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Early Addition: 20-Year-Olds Dressing Up As Grannies To Get Vaccine Aren't Fooling Anyone
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James Ramsay
Published Feb 19, 2021
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- New research found that just a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is 85% effective at preventing symptomatic disease, suggesting that the U.K. is on to something by delaying second shots and prioritizing more first doses.
- Telogen effluvium, a.k.a. temporary hair loss due to illness or severe stress, has been on the rise since the pandemic started.
- "We do cook, but there was no cooking going on this week": Andrew Yang's COVID-recovery Grub Street Diet features a remarkable amount of take-out.
- Health officials in Florida know what a grandma looks like — these women in their 20s dressed as grannies trying to get vaccinated weren't fooling anyone.
- New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy still hasn't signed two cannabis legalization bills sitting on his desk, but if he doesn't veto them by Monday, they'll automatically become law.
- Ivanka Trump recently called Florida Senator Marco Rubio to inform/assure him that she won't try to take his seat in 2022.
- Cash, gift cards, forgotten weed, vomit, and a lot of used condoms: Here's what one guy found in dorm rooms at a major party school while working as a janitor over semester breaks.
- Will TikTok make Americans care enough about figure skating so we can start beating the Russians again?
- I thought this already happened but apparently it wasn't official until this morning: Harry and Meghan are no longer "working members" of the royal family.
- Time to hit the slopes:
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