āWhen I become mayor, you know what Iām going to spend my first year doing? Iām going to have a bunch of ribbon-cuttings tearing out your fucking bike lanes.ā āCongressman Anthony Weiner to frenemy Mayor Bloomberg, during a recent dinner at which beef was served, in their few minutes of cordial man-to-man conversation. [NYT via Gothamist]
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Mark your calendar
President Joe BidenāsĀ address to a joint session of Congress will be April 28. We reported several weeks ago that the White House was looking at scheduling Bidenās speech to Congress around his 100th day in office. April 28 is Bidenās 99th day as president.
ā¦ The crowd for this Biden speech is expected to be far smaller than it usually would be for a joint session. Multiple senior aides tell us that only several hundred people would be allowed in the House chamber, and there will be strict spacing requirements on the floor.
According to a Capitol officialĀ involved in the planning, āthere will be limits on the number of members and senators allowed to attend,ā and lawmakers will be seated both on the floor and galleries above. Like other presidential addresses, this Biden speech will be designated a āNational Security Special Event.ā This formally puts the U.S. Secret Service in charge of ādeveloping, exercising, and implementing security operationsā for the event.
The J&J vaccine pause may be very temporary
Your plan to go āone and doneā just got more complicated
Federal health agencies on Tuesday will call for an immediate pause in use of Johnson & Johnsonās single-dose coronavirus vaccine after six recipients in the United States developed a rare disorder involving blood clots within about two weeks of vaccination, officials briefed on the decision said.
All six recipients were women between the ages of 18 and 48. One woman died and a second woman in Nebraska has been hospitalized in critical condition, the officials said.
Nearly seven million people in the United States have received Johnson & Johnson shots so far, and roughly nine million more doses have been shipped out to the states, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While the move is framed as a recommendation to health practitioners in the states, the federal government is expected to pause administration of the vaccine at all federally run vaccination sites. Federal officials expect that state health officials will take that as a strong signal to do the same.
Scientists with the Food and Drug Administration and C.D.C. will jointly examine possible links between the vaccine and the disorder and determine whether the F.D.A. should continue to authorize use of the vaccine for all adults or limit the authorization. An emergency meeting of the C.D.C.ās outside advisory committee has been scheduled for Wednesday, officials said.
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