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December 19, 2020

Punctuation: it's important

December 19, 2020

Is this Trump tuxedo picture real? -- sorry to sound like a conspiracy theorist

The scale of them on the stairs, to the staircase behind them, and lamps looks weird.

https://twitter.com/flotus/status/1340027918618157057?s=21

December 18, 2020

...if they move my desk one more time......😆😁 🔥

And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were merry, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire...

December 18, 2020

Europe is paying less than U.S. for many coronavirus vaccines

Source: Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=916


The European Union is paying less money than the United States for a range of coronavirus vaccines, including the Pfizer-BioNTech inoculation currently being rolled out across the country, according to a Washington Post comparison of the breakdowns.

The costs to the E.U. had been confidential until a Belgian official tweeted — and then deleted — a list late Thursday.

Comparing that list to calculations by Bernstein Research, an analysis and investment firm, it appears the 27-nation union has a 24 percent discount on the Pfizer vaccine compared to the United States, paying $14.76 per dose compared to $19.50 in the United States. Some of that difference may reflect that the E.U. subsidized that vaccine’s development.

The bloc will pay 45 percent less than the United States for the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine currently under development. But it will pay 20 percent more than the United States for the Moderna vaccine, which is expected to be approved for U.S. use on Friday.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/eu-coronavirus-vaccines-cheaper-than-united-states/2020/12/18/06677e34-4139-11eb-b58b-1623f6267960_story.html

December 18, 2020

Question for DU'ers still working at home.

Do you know where your work ID is?
If you have a security/presence ID that you scan, do you know where it is?

My wife and I were just discussing getting a discount for something related to her employer and she said, “Gee I wonder where that thing is”. She hasn’t been in the office since March.

December 17, 2020

Mitch you sad sack of crap YOU are the inaction. You've had since May!

“Do we want to lapse into politics as usual and let negotiations lose steam? Do we want to haggle and spar like this was an ordinary political exercise?” asked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. “Or on the other hand, after months of inaction, do we want to move swiftly and with unusual bipartisanship to close out our issues, seal the deal, and write text that can quickly pass into law?”

https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-second-coronavirus-stimulus-check-updates-20201217-2brt7qd6rfhcdnq6yqot3bq5ty-story.html

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