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Vaccines currently are the primary mitigation strategy to combat COVID-19 around the world. For instance, the narrative related to the ongoing surge of new cases in the United States (US) is argued to be driven by areas with low vaccination rates [1]. A similar narrative also has been observed in countries, such as Germany and the United Kingdom [2]. At the same time, Israel that was hailed for its swift and high rates of vaccination has also seen a substantial resurgence in COVID-19 cases [3]. We investigate the relationship between the percentage of population fully vaccinated and new COVID-19 cases...

No need for a shot! Just do it yourself. https://www.amlc.army.mil/Portals/73/Documents/COVID-19%20Vaccination%20Record%20Card_CDC%20(1).pdf?ver=y1sxpPbUB-Nbl7NPAj1cnA%3d%3d

Donald Trump is likely on the verge of losing the Republican primary, falling short of the number of delegates required to win the presidential nomination. But, as bullies are wont to do, Trump is now trying desperately to change the rules—to argue that the nomination should go not to the candidate who wins 1,237 delegates but to whoever comes closest. What’s wrong with that argument? Electing a U.S. president is not a schoolyard game, where goalposts change when bullies whine. There’s a reason a candidate has to make it to 1,237 votes to win the nomination. Each party’s goal is...

<p>ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez won’t say if she will vote for Donald Trump if he is the Republican presidential nominee.</p> <p>But the chair of the Republican Governors Association and the nation’s only Latina governor said Tuesday she’s “certainly not” voting for Democratic hopefuls Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders.</p>

Forty-eight hours ago, the campaign of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and the super PACs that supported him had apparently found a cohesive, potent attack on Donald Trump -- that the mogul was a "con artist" who defrauded "the little guy." Any attempt to cohere around an anti-Trump message is gone. For the past 24 hours, Rubio and surrogates have eviscerated Trump for a rambling non-response to a question about endorsements from white supremacists. And for just the last hour, Rubio allies and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) have demanded answers from Trump on BuzzFeed's report that the candidate had more immigration...

The New York Times is sitting on an audio recording that some of its staff believes could deal a serious blow to Donald Trump who, in an off-the-record meeting with the newspaper, called into question whether he would stand by his own immigration views. Trump visited the paper’s Manhattan headquarters on Tuesday, Jan. 5, part of a round of editorial board meetings that — as is traditional — the Democratic candidates for president and some of the Republicans attended. The meetings, conducted partly on the record and partly off the record in a 13th floor conference room, give candidates a...

WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump knew a man he named as a senior business adviser in 2010 had been convicted in a major Mafia-linked stock fraud scheme, according to Associated Press interviews and a review of court records. Trump had worked with Felix Sater previously during the man's stint as an executive at Bayrock Group LLC, a real estate development firm that partnered with Trump on numerous projects after renting office space from the Trump Organization. But Sater's past was not widely known at the time because he was working as a government cooperator on mob cases and the judge overseeing...

With lawsuits pending and shady partners, Trump's business empire could not withstand the scrutiny of a presidential campaign, and even his kids might have been muddied. Editor's Note, 8/10/15: Four years ago, Wayne Barett reported shady business deals ahead of Trump's flirtation with a White House run. After first exposing Trump’s ties to organized crime in his 1992 book, Barrett looked into his most recent business dealings and discovered the following: One associate who was an "unindicted co-conspirator" in a massive 2000 stock swindle-and escaped prison only by helping to convict 19 others, including six members of New York crime...

Donald Trump has more followers on Facebook than any other candidate, but most are from developing countries Donald Trump is running for president and whatever you think of his chances of picking up votes, on social media, few candidates trump The Donald. Yet, there’s something strange about a lot of his online fans. Only 42 percent of Trump’s 1,694,561 followers on Facebook are American, while most come from developing nations like the Philippines, Malaysia, India, South Africa, Indonesia and Colombia, a Vocativ analysis shows. It’s not entirely unusual for Trump to have followers in developing countries given that he’s an...

2.2% of page views of FreeRepublic originate from India, according to the Alexa website: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/freerepublic.com Now, I suppose there could be a contingent of loyal posters from India, but I strongly suspect this represents the hot houses we've all heard about of serial posters and disruptors who come out of the wood work, especially during primary season, to push a given candidate and then switch to "I'm not going to vote" mode come general. Since there are apparently thousands of real Freepers from India, I encourage you to post here to dissuade me of what I feel certain is correct.

Americans are not typically aware of how their federal and state prison systems work. What we think we know, we learned from watching television. When I took my first walk through at FCI (Federal Correctional Institution) El Reno Oklahoma as a new employee, I was surprised at how non-Hollywood real prison life is. Frankly, all I knew about prison life was what I saw on television or at the movies. Not even close. As I got closer to retiring from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP), it began to dawn on me that the security practices we used in the...

Well, I just bought 6,480 rounds of armor-piercing 5.45X39 Russian Ammo for AK-74. I bought it because, well, it's cheap and my AR-15 is like a buck a shot and my FNAR is worse. So, now, having done this backwards, and knowing ZERO about AK platform, other than apparently the Taliban want to upgrade to AK-74s from AK-47s because the smaller, nastier, round is more effective and pops through kevlar, I come asking knowledgeable Freepers what kind of AK-74 I should buy. This would be a plinker, bought to shot varmits and generally have fun at lesser expense than my...

Former NFL cheerleader has been charged with aggravated sexual battery after allegedly grabbing a 12-year-old boy's penis outside his pants ... and attempting to perform oral sex on him. 42-year-old Elizabeth Garner -- who cheered for the Tennessee Titans until 2009 -- was also charged with solicitation of a minor for rape of a child. According to law enforcement, Garner -- who is married -- is accused of following the 12-year-old to the bathroom during a party last month hosted by the boy's mother, grabbing his penis over his shorts ... and attempting to remove them in order to...

I was inspecting an industrial company my group is thinking about using to supply oil rig parts. It's located in a bad neighborhood of a major, major city. As an event, we went to shoot some sporting clays and get some rifle practice in (not at the location linked, but in the same vein). Well, the ranges were filled with Korean groceries getting the cobwebs off, making sure everything works, and buying lots of 10 round magazines (largest they can get). Apparently they've been at Home Depot buying plywood, too, as their trucks were full up. I view this as...

What do you all think about the Umberti recreation of the Schofield .45? For whatever reason, I love this gun, probably from watching too many westerns. This is not particularly a self-defense gun, although I suppose the .45LC would not be pleasant to be shot with. I just think it's cool and want to hang it in a holster in my cabin the the moutains to counter-act the crap my wife is hanging up, and occassionaly go cowboy shoot with it.

A new advertisement scheduled to run in Florida makes the case that President Obama has pushed the Democratic Party to embrace anti-Israel policies, according to a copy of the ad obtained by the Free Beacon. In the coming days, the Emergency Committee for Israel, a pro-Israel advocacy organization, will release an ad entitled, “Whose Democratic Party?” The spot, which will air during Sunday’s football game between the Miami Dolphins and the Oakland Raiders in what is being described as a “significant ad buy,” accuses Obama of leading his party to weaken the U.S.-Israel alliance. Coming on the heels of the...

I was just wondering if anyone would like to share their most memorable and favorite Christmas present. I'm tied between being a kid and getting Darth Vader's tie Fighter (with removable wings) --- and --- This year I got a late model, new in box, .356 Colt Python. My father's service weapon was a Colt Python. When he died, my sister took it because she lived alone. Sister got married, then divorced --- and the ex-husband took my dad's gun. Always has made me MAD. Mrs. TTR replaced it this year -- little early. Cool pistol and she put some...

Apparently, there is something about GLOCKs in this video.

A study on the most effective and useful handgun ammunition for self-defense and law enforcement purposes.

A teacher who advises colleagues on how to avoid affairs with students was caught having sex with a teenager in the back of her car. Courtney Bowles was found by a police officer naked lying on top of the boy, who was also completely naked, from her school in Colorado. A partly consumed bottle of vodka was also found in the car with the couple Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1352063/Teacher-advises-colleagues-avoid-affairs-students-caught-having-sex-16-year-old-boy-school.html#ixzz1CeQYN7O5