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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House just launched an office to prepare for and respond to potential pandemics, to be led by Paul Friedrichs, a military combat surgeon and retired Air Force major general who helped lead the Pentagon’s COVID response. The new Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy will also take over the duties of President Joe Biden’s current COVID-19 and m-pox response teams, the White House said. The office will be a charged with
“leading, coordinating, and implementing actions related to preparedness for, and response to, known and unknown biological threats or pathogens that could lead to a pandemic or to significant public health-related disruptions in the United States,” its statement said.
MORE: https://www.jcs.mil/Leadership/Article-View/Article/1981148/maj-gen-paul-friedrichs/
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‘Threads’ was an attempt by Mark Zuckerberg to pull away traffic from Elon Musk and Twitter, as Zuckerberg and Musk have started a nasty feud. But, it appears that Zuckerberg’s attempt to steal traffic from Twitter is going horribly wrong. Reports released yesterday claim that the number of users on ‘Threads’ has decreased 70% since its July 7th launch. Vice ran a hilarious headline about the failed app, saying, “Threads is All The Worst Parts of Twitter And Instagram in One Very Bad App”
CITE: TheWrap reports on the 70% decrease in users ….
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