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Monday, December 27, 2021

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Updated Dec. 24, 2021 with Danish study again confirming serious heart inflammation risk from vaccination
Updated Dec. 16, 2021 with CDC warning of dangerous blood clot risk with Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Updated Dec. 15, 2021 with CDC confirming Johnson and Johnson vaccine link to Guillain Barre paralysis
Updated Dec. 14, 2021 with British study showing increased heart inflammation risk from vaccination
Updated Nov. 21, 2021 with "dramatic" increase in risk of heart injury
Updated Nov. 14, 2021 with Taiwan suspending second dose of Covid vaccine for children
Updated Nov. 13, 2021 with concerns over Capillary Leak Syndrome
Updated Nov. 10, 2021 with Germany limiting Moderna in young people; pregnant women
Updated Nov. 7, 2021 with study showing 2 of 3 U.S. vaccines under 50% effectiveness after 6 mos.
Updated Oct. 30, 2021 with UK study showing no difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated in peak viral load
Updated Oct. 29, 2021 with Israel study showing waning immunity in a few months in all age groups after vaccination
Updated Oct. 23, 2021 with increased rate of preterm birth in pregnant women
Updated Oct. 10, 2021 with Iceland pausing Moderna over increased heart problems
Updated Oct. 8, 2021 with Vietnam study about vaccinated people carrying more Delta viral load; spreading Covid
Updated Oct. 7, 2021 with Finland pausing Moderna vaccine for young males due to heart issues.
Updated Oct. 6, 2021 with Sweden and Denmark halting Moderna in young people due to risk of heart injuries. Slovenia suspends Johnson & Johnson.
Updated Oct. 4, 2021 with study about vaccine immunity quickly wearing off
Updated Oct. 3, 2021 with EU blood disorder concerns and Hepatitis C death
Updated Sept. 19, 2021 with British study about menstrual cycle changes in women
Updated Sept. 12, 2021 with study finding teenage boys face much higher heart risk from vaccine than Covid
Updated Sept.10,2021 with Israel study on majority of hospitalized being vaccinated
Updated Sept. 9, 2021 with CDC study about increased myocarditis/heart inflammation risk, lymphadenopathy, appendicitis, and herpes zoster infection
Updated Sept. 4, 2021 with acute CNS demyelination after Pfizer and Moderna vaccines
Updated Aug. 30, 2021 with Functional Neurological Disorder
Updated Aug. 24, 2021 with waning immunity
Updated Aug. 17, 2021 with Bell's Palsy analysis, Hong Kong
Updated Aug. 16, 2021 with Antibody Dependent Enhancement (ADE) study
Updated Aug. 5, 2021 with heart disorders more common than CDC reported from database
Updated July 22, 2021 with EU warning about Guillain-Barre autoimmune paralysis after Johnson and Johnson vaccination.
Updated July 12, 2021 with new FDA warning of Guillain-Barre autoimmune paralysis cases after vaccination.
Updated July 12, 2021 with reports of Graves disease autoimmune disorder after vaccination.
Updated July 1, 2021 with reports of Guillain-Barre paralysis cases after vaccination.
Updated June 30, 2021 with news of first case of blood clot disorder in double-dose RNA vaccinE

If you find yourself confused about the mixed guidance when it comes to Covid-19 vaccines and safety concerns, you’re not alone.

While the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is marketing widespread use of the emergency-use vaccines in the U.S. for both old and young alike, many other countries are limiting Covid-19 vaccine use. Health officials around the world are giving varying advice on safety issues as Covid-19 vaccines are given to...

Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #141

NASA Launches Massive, $10 Billion Telescope Into Space. It’s 100 Times More Powerful Than Hubble

NASA launched the pioneering James Webb Space Telescope into space Saturday from French Guiana, according to Business Insider.

The telescope, known as Webb, cost $10 billion and is 100 times more powerful and six times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope that launched in 1990, according to Business Insider.

Business Insider reported that Webb is the result of a partnership between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency.

An Ariane 5 rocket with Webb inside launched at 7:20 a.m. ET before it shed the outer shell, the body, and the engines, according to Business Insider.

Reuters reported that flight engineers celebrated as Webb then smoothly glided off into space.

Merry Christmas! We got you a new telescope.

The James Webb Space Telescope launched today, beginning a one-million-mile journey to see 13.5 billion years into the past. Follow @NASAWebb and join the quest to #UnfoldTheUniverse: https://t.co/TlYpoUHdJu pic.twitter.com/ilwWPuIJun

— NASA (@NASA) December 25, 2021

The launch is one of multiple for NASA in 2021. The agency, in partnership with SpaceX, planned and launched a rocket in November designed to collide with a threatening asteroid.

Business Insider reported that Webb will potentially further human knowledge of the universe and identify distant planets with alien life.

NASA associate administrator Thomas Zurbuchen said that people have “never seen the universe as Webb will show it to us,” according to Business Insider.

Over the next six months, the telescope will unfold, align mirrors, calibrate instruments, reach a temperature of minus 380 degrees Fahrenheit, and reach a distance of...

New Jersey is set to pay approximately $53 million in settling claims its negligence contributed to the deaths of over 100 veterans in state-run homes amid the coronavirus pandemic, attorneys announced Thursday.

NBC Philadelphia reported:

The settlement reached this week involved the families of 119 residents of veterans homes in Paramus and Menlo Park, according to attorney Paul da Costa. Da Costa’s firm represented 72 of the claimants, who will receive about $32 million in total. The families had filed notices of intent to sue but hadn’t yet formally filed lawsuits, da Costa said.

“This settlement of course does not replace their lost loved ones who served their countries honorably, but it certainly represents a good measure of civil justice,” da Costa said. “My clients do take satisfaction in the fact that there has been a resolution that they believe gives a voice to their lost loved ones.”

Over 200 residents in the homes died amid the pandemic, and Gov. Phil Murphy’s (D) administration was heavily criticized in April last year after instructing the homes not to turn away patients who tested positive for the illness.

The order was eventually rescinded, according the the NBC article.

In May 2020, New Jersey Democrats were silent regarding Murphy’s decision to place coronavirus patients in nursing homes, Breitbart News reported at the time.

“The rising problem of coronavirus deaths prompted New Jersey state Senate Republicans to call for an investigation into the coronavirus outbreak at New Jersey nursing homes,” the outlet said.

In September last year, approximately 100 people gathered outside Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park to demand an investigation into the virus deaths, NJ.com reported.

Video showed participants holding balloons and photos of their loved ones:

The Justice Department later issued a letter to Murphy asking about its nursing home death count, saying it was launching an investigation into the state’s veterans homes “after receiving what it described as incomplete answers to an earlier request for data,” the NBC report continued.

In the beginning of the pandemic, the state took measures to protect long-term care facilities such as veterans homes from liabilities for...