Thursday, December 9th, 2021

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 9 December 2021

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Today, we run through your favorite segment: Headlines That Speak For Themselves. Up first, Australia, Canada, and the UK announced yesterday that they’ll be joining the US in its diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Yesterday Pfizer announced that its booster shot offers significant protection from the Omicron variant. Also yesterday, the head of Instagram Adam Mosseri testified in front of the Senate. As predicted, Trump’s former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows did not show up for his January 6th committee testimony. Meanwhile, this week began the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter for the killing of Daunte Wright. Finally, we close with why a school district in San Antonio pre-emptively pulled more than 400 books from its libraries. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: BBC: "UK and Canada join diplomatic boycott of China Winter Olympics" NY Times: "Covid Live Updates: Over 200 Million Americans Are Fully Vaccinated" AP News: "CDC chief says omicron mostly mild so far" Washington Post: "‘Baby steps’ won’t fix Instagram, lawmakers say in first hearing with social network head" NY Times: "Meadows Sues Pelosi in Bid to Block Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena" Axios: "Trump-backed Perdue says he wouldn’t have certified Georgia 2020 results" Washington Post: "Kim Potter trial begins in case of former officer charged with Daunte Write shooting" NBC News: "Texas school district pulls 400 books from library shelves for review after legislator’s inquiry" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Thursday, December 9th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:07.4	by Bech's media.
0:08.8	I'm Sammy Sage.
0:12.1	We have a lot of unconnected stories today, so this episode will be a rundown of headlines
0:16.4	that speak for themselves.
0:18.1	Australia, Canada and the UK announced yesterday that they'll be joining the United States
0:22.2	in its diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
0:26.0	No word on whether China has stopped their genocide after learning that everyone is RCP
0:29.9	being known.
0:32.9	Yesterday, Pfizer announced that its booster shot offers significant protection from the
0:36.6	Omicron variant.
0:38.1	Their data shows that tests of blood from people who only got two doses had much lower
0:42.0	antibody levels against Omicron compared with an earlier version of the virus.
0:47.0	More encouraging news is that CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced that the virus has
0:51.0	been mild in all cases they've seen so far, which would be great because the sooner it
0:55.5	goes away, the sooner we can stop fighting over how to pronounce it.
1:00.4	Yesterday, the head of Instagram, Adam Moseri, testified in front of the Senate about
1:04.1	the company's failure to address child safety.
1:07.1	Moseri called for a new industry body that would create standards for age verification,
1:11.3	age-appropriate experience, and parental controls in his prepared statements, adding that
1:15.9	they've been calling for regulation for nearly three years now, and that, quote, self-policing
1:20.6	depends on trust.
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