
News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Paramedics in Southern California are being told to conserve oxygen and not to bring patients to the hospital who have little chance of survival.
— NPR (@NPR) January 5, 2021
It comes amid a surge in COVID-19 cases that have inundated ICUs.https://t.co/pXUDoRAEjK
Arizona currently has the highest rate of COVID-19 infections per capita of any region in the world, data shows. https://t.co/OHPqyPIzBv pic.twitter.com/iEMgHYUEnG
— ABC News (@ABC) January 5, 2021
A pharmacist accused of trying to destroy hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine is allegedly a conspiracy theorist who believed the medication wasn't safe, Wisconsin authorities say. https://t.co/M5bcjLGbV1
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 5, 2021
FDA warns U.K. strategy with Pfzier vaccine could create "significant risk" to public health https://t.co/VYNrXx5e5a
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 5, 2021
About one in 50 people across England now has coronavirus, England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty says, calling the figure "really very high." https://t.co/WlXd1hsdc1
— CNN (@CNN) January 5, 2021
President Trump has replaced the top federal prosecutor in Atlanta with another Trump-appointed prosecutor from southern Georgia, bypassing a top career prosecutor https://t.co/swRqT9QTWY
— POLITICO (@politico) January 5, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teenager accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding a third amid summer protests on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, has pleaded not guilty to charges including intentional homicide. https://t.co/MkBxWmA0C4
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 5, 2021
JUST IN: Rusten Sheskey, the White officer who shot Jacob Blake in the back last August in Wisconsin, will not face charges https://t.co/kfNU4wEdwC pic.twitter.com/cC3j2RM9Hj
— CNN (@CNN) January 5, 2021
The Senate Republicans opposed to certifying Biden’s win are heading toward a hefty defeat tomorrow. The only remaining question is this: how badly do they lose?
— POLITICO (@politico) January 5, 2021
So far 13 senators are part of the effort — and many more have come out swinging against it.https://t.co/OgMPiNsHIf
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter won't attend Biden's inauguration, but send their “best wishes;" marks the first time the couple, 96 and 93, will have missed the ceremonies since Carter was sworn in as the 39th president in 1977. https://t.co/2eYgODU2LJ
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 5, 2021