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  • EU to prioritize global vaccination, von der Leyen says in State of EU address

    09/15/2021 5:51:08 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 6 replies
    Deutsche Welle ^ | 09.15.2021 | jcg/sms (dpa, AFP)
    European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU’s vaccination drive was done “the right way” and vowed to donate 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to low-income countries.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave her annual State of the European Union address to the European Parliament on Wednesday, where she said the coming year would be “another test of character for the EU.” Her speech addressed the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, steps the EU took to slow the spread of the virus and the bloc’s future plans for vaccinations. “In the biggest global health crisis, we chose to go...
  • Barring the unvaccinated from public places in Germany ‘would cost less than a lockdown’

    09/14/2021 10:06:19 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 28 replies
    TheLocal.de ^ | 14 September 2021 12:11 CEST
    A new German study warns about the economic consequences of another shutdown — and says 2G rules, which exclude unvaccinated people from many public settings, would cost less. The fourth wave of the pandemic is underway in Germany — and there are real concerns that there won’t be enough vaccination coverage to get through winter unscathed. That’s why businesses — and politicians — have been discussing whether the so-called ‘2G rule’ should be enforced. That would mean only vaccinated (geimpft) and recovered (genesen) people could visit many indoor areas such as restaurants, bars and cafes, as well as cinemas and...
  • Common myths about Mormon women: Cathy Chamberlain speaks to the LDS Business Conference

    04/10/2011 3:50:38 PM PDT · by Colofornian · 38 replies
    Deseret News ^ | April 9, 2011 | Jamshid Ghazi Askar
    PARK CITY — Cathy Chamberlain spoke about recognizing and remedying common misperceptions of women in the LDS Church, at the 4th Annual LDS Business Conference. "There are a lot of myths out in the world about who Mormon women really are," Chamberlain said Friday in Park City. "The most common myth outside of the church is that LDS women are second-class citizens in the church. Among our own women, they're not sure their roles are as important as men's roles. "We've got some cultural myths we've got to remove, and it's become a mission of mine to figure out how...