🇬🇧 The U.K. has administered the 1st shots of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, in a race against a faster-spreading coronavirus variant bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Bitcoin fizzled in Monday trading as the famously volatile cryptocurrency pulled back after a spectacular rally bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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🇺🇸 Joe Biden and Donald Trump held dueling rallies Monday ahead of Georgia’s critical Senate runoff election bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
🇬🇧 Boris Johnson pinned his hopes for a national recovery on a plan to deliver 2 million vaccinations a week, as the U.K. went back into lockdown bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
THREAD: The #Covid19 vaccines 💉💉that have been authorized in Western countries come with some safety concerns and side effects — like all new drugs.
Here's what you need to know about allergic reactions to the shots 👇 trib.al/qaLxXdt
As many as 10 people have had a serious allergic reaction, called anaphylaxis, to the vaccines.
It's the runaway inflammation and swelling of tissues. As much as 5% of people in the U.S. have had such a reaction to various substances trib.al/qaLxXdt
2 people in the U.K., 6 people in the U.S. and a man in Israel who took the Pfizer/BioNTech shot had it. Also, a physician in Boston who took the Moderna vaccine suffered an allergic reaction.
LIVE Q&A THREAD: We asked our followers to send us their biggest #Election2020 questions. Bloomberg QuickTake reporter @MadisonMills22 is taking over the account to answer them all below 👇
Can polls be wrong?
@MadisonMills22: Yes, but they’re likely to be better this time than in 2016. In 2016, national polls weren’t far off, but state polls failed to anticipate a spike in turnout from non-college-educated voters who came out in droves for Trump.
How long will results take? (pt. 1)
@MadisonMills22: Unclear! If either candidate wins an unexpected state with tons of electoral votes, like Biden wins Texas or Florida, they may declare victory.
THREAD: As the world waits for the results of the U.S. election, everyday Americans will be obsessively checking the news or distracting themselves.
But how will some of tech's biggest heavyweights be spending election night?
Dave Barrett, the CEO of Exepnsify, an expense management tracking company, said he'd be "working a regular day" before spending time with his 6-year-old at night
Howard Lerman, CEO of Yext, an online brand management platform, gave his employees the day off to cast their ballots — and will be having a Chinese delicacy with guests on Election Night
🕑Build in a time to worry:
If you haven't had the chance to worry all day, you will spiral down right before bedtime. So jot down a list of stressful things that you can look at after lunchtime the next day trib.al/BkGWLs1
📺No news before bed:
You should begin to “wind down” about an hour before going to bed. That means no TV, late-night exercise, meals or alcoholic drinks trib.al/BkGWLs1
🇳🇬 At least 56 people have died in Nigeria in over 2 weeks of protests against police brutality, with 38 killed on Tuesday alone amid a government crackdown, says @AmnestyNigeriabloom.bg/2ThUgng
🇳🇬 A rising death toll amid #EndSARS demonstrations in Nigeria has prompted protests in multiple cities including Nairobi, London, Pretoria and New York bloom.bg/31viEGq
MORE: Violence in Nigeria has begun to unnerve financial markets, with the nation’s currency, international bonds and stock market posting declines on Wednesday bloomberg.com/news/articles/…