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For the first seven months of 2021, remittances sent to the Mexican homeland by U.S. immigrants have soared to $28 billion—up about 24 percent from the same period last year. The driver is family ties during a prolonged pandemic.
New infections have fallen sharply in nearly every nation in South America as vaccination rates have ramped up.
Three quarters of U.S. adults have received at least one vaccine dose.
Those who were not fully vaccinated this spring and summer were 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than those who were fully vaccinated.
The chances of the average vaccinated American contracting COVID are about one in 5,000 per day, and lower for those who take precautions or live in a highly vaccinated community.
“The key to more jobs is more jabs.”—Catherine Rampell, WaPo.
The TSA has received more than 4,000 reports of mask-related incidents in airports, on trains and other transportation settings.
Nearly 50,000 people have died from the virus since it first hit Florida in March 2020.
So far, about 230,000 Floridians have gotten a booster shot.
As of last week, about 57 percent of eligible Florida residents have been fully vaccinated.
Starting Sept. 18, The Straz Center for the Performing Arts will require proof of a negative COVID-19 test or vaccination.