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Of course ask them first, and then have them send us an email to [email protected]. Need to find a vaccine? Here are a few good sites and resources we have come across that may help: White House Vaccine Resource - Website to make it easier for people to find information, https://www.vaccines.gov/, and people can also text their zip code to 438829 to find out information about vaccination sites. CDC Vaccine Finder – https://vaccinefinder.org/ [Free government website where users can search for pharmacies and providers that offer vaccinations, currently limited number of states but expanding] Dr. B Standby list for COVID vaccines - https://hidrb.com/ [Sign-up website that connects eligible adults with leftover vaccines at risk of expiring] NBC News Plan Your Vaccine – https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/plan-your-vaccine/ [Website that walks you through eligibility, a timeline for when you can get vaccinated and where you can get a vaccine] Apple Maps App [Use the app to find vaccination location data from the US CDC's Vaccine Finder by searching or asking Siri, “Where can I get a Covid-19 vaccination?] Facebook Locator Tool [Access the social media’s Covid Information Center to see when and where to get vaccinated and get a link to make an appointment] TGIF! Yes, it’s here. We made it. Our week is officially done. Time for a happy dance. A good evening Everyone! Hope you are doing well and are ready for a longer than usual holiday weekend ahead. Thank you to the smarter Mr. Morris for taking care of our update for us yesterday. I always know I leave us in good hands and he will continue to not miss a beat and keep us well informed. Following is our Daily Recap of major Headlines, the “Good Stuff”, US Snapshots, US Vaccinations, US Variant Cases, Highlights, as well as key Statistics, Vaccine and Treatment information, US Restrictions and the Back to Normal Index related to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Tonight, we leave you with inspiration about hope and faith – two important words - from Robert Breault, who said: At the point where hope would otherwise become hopefulness, it becomes faith. Faith is raising the sail of our little boat until it is caught up in the soft winds above and picks up speed, not from anything within itself, but from the vast resources of the universe around us. Hope. Something that I’m sure most if not all of us at times over the past 16 months at times struggled to find. And in wanting to have that hope, we kept talking about faith. Faith that we would get through this, with an inner strength that we found in ourselves and together with each other. Faith that helped us face the tough days and kept us moving forward. We all needed the wind for our sailboats at times to keep blowing us toward the horizon and a brighter day ahead. And as we return to at least a closer normal that we have been able to experience in a long time, let’s be sure to be thankful. For our family, our friends, the frontline workers and everyone who in our daily lives kept our hopes alive and restored our faith over and over. Looking ahead to our country’s celebration this Sunday, Josh and I hope that all of you get the chance to get out, grill out and of course … rest, relax and recharge. Be safe, be careful, and have fun until we talk to you again Monday . 1 CVOB Website Dashboard, individual US State, US County, Global Trending Charts and Data as well as US Vaccinations, US Restrictions and our Communications Archive can be found at https://www.sunknighty.net/. Headlines The Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine provides immunity that lasts at least eight months, and it appears to provide adequate protection against the worrying Delta variant, the company said in a statement Thursday night, adding that one dose elicits both a lasting antibody response and generates immune cells called T-cells that last eight months, also. Germany has issued what appears to be the strongest recommendation anywhere for the mixing of Covid-19 vaccines on efficacy grounds, with the country’s Standing Committee on Vaccination saying Thursday that people who receive a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine "should get an mRNA vaccine as their second dose, regardless of their age." People can celebrate the Fourth of July as long as they take the appropriate precautions, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday, while urging people to "get vaccinated," and asked whether it was appropriate to hold a mass gathering and fireworks display on the National Mall in Washington, DC, as the pandemic continues, White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients said “It's an appropriate time to step back and celebrate the progress we've made." Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former Food and Drug Administration commissioner said Friday that most Americans should feel comfortable safely gathering over Independence Day weekend, citing high Covid vaccination rates and low virus infection levels in many parts of the country, however warned that there are certain places where people should be more careful. Local US officials are sounding the alarm over an increase in Covid-19 infections just as the nation prepares to celebrate a Fourth of July holiday that many hoped would mark the start of the resumption of normal life, and in Arkansas, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the nation, cases are surging, with officials in Los Angeles County, where the vaccination rate is slightly above the national average, warning about a possible new wave of infections, especially given the rapid spread of the Delta variant. Arkansas, bracing for a 3rd surge as vaccination rate slows, reported 686 new probable and confirmed COVID-19 cases Wednesday - the largest one-day increase in more than four months, as the state's COVID-19 hospitalizations rose by 19 to 325. With just a few days to go, there is no longer much doubt that the US will fall just short of President Biden’s goal to have 70 percent of adults at least partly vaccinated against the coronavirus by Independence Day, but twenty states, Washington, D.C., and two territories have exceeded the 70 percent threshold by Thursday, three days ahead of the target date, with twelve in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region. The White House is deploying Covid-19 response teams across the US focused on combatting the highly contagious Delta variant, the Biden administration announced Thursday, with the teams, comprised of officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal agencies, working with communities at higher risk of experiencing outbreaks and will focus on increasing the rate of Covid-19 vaccinations. After 16 months of US coronavirus-related restrictions and requirements - mask mandates, social distancing, extensive state of emergencies - nearly every jurisdiction in the country has now moved to ease up or, for some, completely lift virus-related orders, a move that comes as many communities attempt to begin to return to some sense of pre-pandemic normalcy, following a 95% drop in the number of cases since the beginning of the year when infections peaked at more than 250,000 cases a day. The World Health Organization warned that Europe was risking a new wave in August due to the relaxation of restrictions, the spread of an infectious Covid-19 variant and low vaccination coverage, with Hans Kluge, Regional Director, saying Thursday that “Last week, the number of cases rose by 10%, driven by increased mixing, travel, gatherings and easing of social restrictions," and that the Delta mutation would be dominant in the region by the end of the summer. India’s official coronavirus death toll surpassed 400,000 on Friday, as the nation continued to grapple with the fallout of a devastating spring surge in cases, an outbreak that was driven in part by the more contagious delta variant now gaining ground in the US and around the world, and while the outbreak appears to have peaked - with 853 deaths recorded over the past 24 hours - the more virulent variant that spurred its spring wave is now seeding new virus clusters from Moscow to Jakarta to rural Missouri. 2 South Africa is leading the new surge in Africa, where case numbers are doubling every three weeks, according to the World Health Organization, with the delta variant, now reported in 16 African countries, dominant and accounting for more than half of the new cases, including 97% of samples sequenced in Uganda and in 79% of samples sequenced in Congo detecting the mutation.