President Joe Biden’s administration is stockpiling tens of millions of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine whose authorisation in the US remains uncertain, frustrating US allies who say those doses should be used now to save lives overseas. Read more:jamaica-gleaner.com/article/world-…
Friend: “I’m waiting to see what happens.”
Me: “AstraZeneca vaccine given to millions closely monitored by experts, no deaths related to its use. COVID-19 has killed 2.6 million people, may cause permanent organ damage.”
Friend: “I will take my chances with COVID.”
Me: “OK then.”
@jaevionn I got my jab and didn’t see a needle. I think it’s a baby needle. And I start cry every time I need blood work; even before the nurse comes in the room.
UPDATE: 42 year old #StephenWitter, who was seen on a viral video defying a directive of the Police to put on his mask & comply with Covid-19 protocols outlined in the DRMA, was convicted today of six offences.
Witter has been sentenced to 80 days in prison or a fine of $26,000.
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Miss me with the outrage over Health Minister @christufton not being among the first to be vaccinated against covid-19. Yea, miss me with that
In no serious convo did anyone suggest Dr. Tufton & PM @AndrewHolnessJM shd not be among the first vaccinated
#VaccinateJa
@djmillerJA Is u started it. I remember where I was when u started the mischief. I was driving up Biscayne Blvd., at the stop light at 95th Street; is u started the rumor and people ran with it.
It's easy to pull for the "people hate politicians that's why we're having this discussion" argument, but that is not it at all.
Let's bring some reason and critical analysis to this issue.
That always helps.
And, yes, let us #VaccinateJa
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is seeking to assure Jamaicans, that the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines will be free of corruption of bribery.
He says there will be no breaking of lines nor persons receiving vaccines based on their connections.
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@teecarty@Aestheticthin13 Well, being from St. Mary, the banana capital of the world, I know that when a bunch is full it’s normally chopped and hung to ripen in a safe place away from humans and animal pests. Don’t know about d mango tree doe.
Charmin McKoy, the regional health educator at the South East Regional Health Authority, says that Christians who are defying the COVID-19 safety regulations, claiming they are “covered under the blood”, must set an example by obeying the law.
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Jury trials for the Hilary Term of Circuit Courts have been suspended with immediate effect due to the surge in COVID-19 cases. Read more:jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/2…
Maggie Lena Walker made US history when she became the first woman to own a bank in 1903. On top of that, she was a Black woman. The St. Luke Penny Savings Bank became a catalyst for economic advancement in the Black community.
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@MissJustice6@AndersonCharmin@JamaicaGleaner@Ian1foto Everyone is not the same, we are all untitled to our own decisions right, my brother took it, and my sister didn't, so that my own sister and brother choice, and they are both in the USA,
The first two Jamaicans in Kingston have received the COVID-19 vaccine. Public Health Nurse Marcia Thomas Yettman and Dr Denise Eldemire Shearer were inoculated a short while ago. They are now in observation, consistent with the vaccine administration protocol. - @Ian1foto video
@Michell73064743@AndersonCharmin@JamaicaGleaner@Ian1foto I’m in the USA and ALL the vaccines are being administered here. My pharmacy CVS, told me they were giving the Pizser; I got it. But how I know dem never did a tell me lie? I’m no vaccines expert. I’m a willing guinepig. Cause mi nuh wah ketch covid.
@browngriselda53@JamaicaGleaner She might be. A lady in her 30s got an offer for the vaccine; refused it. A friend says the girl pitch ova, flat out at a gathering just before COVID. Had to rush her to emergency. Obviously, something wrong with her even tho she young. This in Florida.
Fear of the coronavirus has convinced Maureen Haslam to take the coronavirus jab the first chance she gets. But the 35-year-old Spanish Town resident still has lots of unanswered questions about the vaccine.
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