While the U.S. reaches a record number of vaccinations given in a single day, front-line medical workers in Michigan worry about a fourth wave as hospitals fill up with new coronavirus cases.
(YOU don't matter to Democrats)
The U.S. is considering sending money to Central Americans in an attempt to stem the flow of migration.
A senior White House official told Reuters the program would aim to address the economic woes pushing people to move.
There's been a steady increase in arrivals at the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months.
Some 168,000 people were picked up by U.S. Border Patrol agents in March - the highest monthly tally in twenty years.
Roberta Jacobson, the White House's southern border coordinator, said the potential program would be targeted at people in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
She told Reuters: "We're looking at all of the productive options to address both the economic reasons people may be migrating, as well as the protection and security reasons."
Republicans have already hit out at the idea.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Friday that the idea was insulting to millions of Americans out of work.
Republicans also blame the recent surge in arrivals on Biden's decision to reverse former President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies.
Biden has instead called for $4 billion in development aid to Central America over four years to address the underlying causes of migration.
On Friday, the White House requested $861 million from Congress for that effort in Biden's first annual budget proposal.
- The US is considering sending money to central Americans in an attempt to stem the flow of migration. A senior White House official told Reuters the program would aim to address the economic woes pushing people to move. There's been a steady increase in arrivals at the US Mexico border in recent months.
Some 168,000 people were picked up by US border patrol agents in March. The highest monthly tally in 20 years. Roberta Jacobson, the White House's southern border coordinator said the potential program will be targeted at people in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.
She told Reuters, "We're looking at all of the productive options to address both the economic reasons people may be migrating, as well as the protection and security reasons." Republicans have already hit out at the idea. House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy said Friday that the idea was insulting to millions of Americans out of work.
Republicans blame the recent surge in arrivals on Biden's decision to reverse former President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies. Biden has instead called for $4 billion in development aid to Central America over four years to address the underlying causes of migration. On Friday, the White House requested 861 million from Congress for that effort, in Biden's first annual budget proposal.
Those words were just spoken.
Things that make you shake your head.
I can't keep up with all the sites now
not sure how many in every state etc
https://twitter.com/zerosum24/status/1380216557700284422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1380216557700284422%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2021%2F04%2Finsurrection-black-lives-matter-goons-take-iowa-capitol-videos%2F
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/insurrection-black-lives-matter-goons-take-iowa-capitol-videos/
The militant leftists forced their way into the building to stage a die-in.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/brutal-female-postal-worker-viciously-beaten-flint-michigan-delayed-stimulus-checks-video/
This was horrible.
A female postal service worker was brutally beaten in broad daylight in Flint, Michigan by several women over delayed stimulus checks.
The women are filmed pummeling the woman and pulling her hair.
Police say the woman is in good condition and an arrest was made in the beating.
According to the video, the white female is a USPS postal worker and she is attacked by multiple African American women regarding “stimulus money”:
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina health officials said on Thursday that they stopped administering Johnson & Johnson doses at a mass vaccination site in Raleigh and at clinics in Hillsborough and Chapel Hill after at least 26 people experienced adverse reactions, including fainting.
Four people were taken to hospitals for further examination, and state and federal health officials are reviewing the matter.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that reactions like fainting are not uncommon after someone is vaccinated, though it is reviewing reports of adverse reactions in North Carolina and three other states. All those taken to hospitals are expected to recover, local health officials said.
“Right now, we are working with NC DHHS (the state Department of Health and Human Services) and the CDC to further evaluate the situation to assure everyone is confident in the continued safety of our vaccine operations,” said a statement from Kim McDonald, medical director at Wake County Human Services.
Wake County announced Thursday evening that it stopped administering Johnson & Johnson doses at PNC Arena after 18 of the more than 2,300 people vaccinated experienced adverse reactions, including four individuals who were taken to hospitals and are expected to be released.
The decision to halt J&J vaccines at PNC Arena was made with less than two hours of appointments left to be administered. People who were at the site were then given Pfizer vaccines or allowed to reschedule their existing J&J appointments.
A pair of clinics in Hillsborough and Chapel Hill also elected to stop offering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and are in the process of rescheduling 350 appointments for people who were set to receive their single-dose J&J shot on Friday.
In Colorado on Wednesday, 11 people saw adverse reactions after receiving a J&J shot. Two of those individuals were taken to a hospital.
CDC spokeswoman Kristen Nordlund said it is aware of adverse reactions in some people who received the vaccine shots in Iowa, Colorado, Georgia and North Carolina. Those reactions include dizziness, light headedness, feeling faint and rapid breathing.
She said the CDC is working with state and local officials to evaluate the issues and has performed vaccine lot analyses and not found reasons for concern. The CDC is not telling health departments to stop vaccinations.
“COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective,” she said. “Many people don’t have any side effects after COVID-19 vaccines, but some people will have pain or swelling at the injection site or fever, chills, or a headache. These typically don’t last long and are signs that your body is building protection.”
David Wohl, an infectious disease expert at UNC Health who oversees the UNC vaccination sites, said between eight and 14 of the roughly 1,250 J&J vaccine recipients it injected on Thursday fainted after receiving the shot, though nobody was taken to a hospital.
Because of the timing of the day in which the adverse reactions started occurring, Wohl said UNC Health completed all shots for people who had appointments on Thursday at the two sites.
While his department is still working to analyze the source of the problem, he does not believe most of the cases stem from allergic reactions to the vaccine.
“I'm just concerned that if we have as many people fainting as we do, we need to understand why,” Wohl said. “Everyone that I've seen really doesn't have an underlying medical history that's of concern, but many of them do report having fainted previously.”
Johnson & Johnson, the vaccine's manufacturer, said in a statement that “there is no greater priority than the safety and well-being of the people we serve. When we receive reports of adverse events in individuals receiving our medicines and vaccines, we collect necessary information and carefully assess the events.”
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Associated Press writer Mike Stobbe in New York contributed to this report.
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