I didn’t get a chance to watch the June 5th FDA advisory committee meeting on the new vaccine formulation for Covid-19 for this fall. There is a nice summary on the Minnesota CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy).
The committee unanimously upvoted the selection of the JN.1 lineage strain (which includes JN.1, KP.2 etc) for Covid vaccines this fall in the U.S.
As usual, Director Dr. Jerry Weir’s slides (summary slides 22-26) provide excellent background and clear discussion.
Great mindfulness video below. Millions of views.
The voting question for today’s FDA VRBPAC Meeting on the Covid Vaccine strain for this fall is:
“For the 2024-2025 Formula of COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S., does the
committee recommend a monovalent JN.1-lineage vaccine composition?
Please vote “Yes” or “No” or “Abstain.”
The FDA Selection of the 2024-2025 Formula for COVID-19 vaccines briefing document has a thorough review on the issue.
There will be an FDA VRBPAC meeting on June 5, 2024, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ET to discuss Covid vaccines for this fall.
The Memorial Day ceremonies in Iowa City, Iowa this year will be on May 27, 2024. At 8:30 a.m. there will be a ceremony at Park Road Bridge. Then at 9:30 a.m., the second part will be at Oakland Cemetery. At 11:00 a.m. the third part will be at Memory Gardens.
There will be Memorial Day events in Clear Lake, Iowa starting at 9:30 a.m. on May 27, 2024.
The DEA is asking for public comments on the rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to III. There are many comments:
See the Federal Register notice about proposed rulemaking.
Also see the Regulations government website for further information.
The May FDA VRBPAC meeting on Covid vaccines, originally scheduled for this month has been rescheduled to June 5, 2024, 8:30 AM-4:30 PM EST.
Hey, it’s that time of year again; the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) food drive. Learn more about it at this link.
Today was Day 17 for the house finch nest with eggs-which did not hatch. I suspect the female moved on, probably because of too many intrusions. I removed the nest and eggs.
You’d think they’d know better than to build a nest in a fake Christmas tree in the first place.
It has been said:
You cannot keep birds from flying over your head but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair.
Martin Luther
But you can’t keep birds from nesting in your artificial Christmas tree on your front porch.
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