A civilian contractor receives his COVID-19 vaccine from Preventative Medicine Services in Fort Knox, Kentucky, US, on Sept 9, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
Vaccinated Americans call it quits with friends6
Vaccinated Americans have called it quits with friends refusing to get the COVID-19 shot, according to a new poll.
Latest poll shows that some Americans who have been vaccinated with the new crown vaccine have cut ties with friends who refuse to get vaccinated.
A survey of 1,000 Americans examined why people have ended friends in the last year and a half. Results show 16% of respondents have axed three pals from their lives since the pandemic began in March 2020.
A total of 1,000 Americans were accepted into the survey, aiming to reveal why people have ended friendships in the past year and a half. The results showed that 16% of respondents said that they have ended at least three friendships since the outbreak of the epidemic in March 2020.
Fourteen percent of vaccinated responses - about 1 in 7 - says they parted ways with friends who didn't want to get the vaccine.
About one-seventh (14%) of vaccinated respondents said they no longer make friends with people who are unwilling to get the vaccine.
The vast majority of vaccinated people (97%) consider their ex-friends to be "full-blown anti-vaxxers" and says they could never get them to understand the importance of the vaccine.
The vast majority of vaccinated people (97%) think their ex-friends to be "full-blown anti-vaxxers" and say they could never get them to understand the importance of the vaccine.
The vast majority of vaccinated people (97%) think their ex-friends to be "full-blown anti-vaxxers" and say they could never get them to understand the importance of the vaccine.
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Scientists are potty-training cows
German scientists perform potty-training on cows
If you can potty-train a child, you can potty-train a cow.
If you can train your child to use potty-train, you can also perform potty-training on cows
At least, that was the theory a group of researchers in Germany decided to test, in a bid to find a solution to the environmental damage caused by livestock waste.
At least, that was the theory a group of researchers in Germany decided to test, in a bid to find a solution to the environmental damage caused by livestock waste.
"It's usually assumed that cattle are not capable of controlling defeat or urination," said Jan Langbein, co-author of a study published Monday in the journal Current Biology.
The study was published on September 13 in the journal Contemporary Biology. "People often think that livestock cannot control urination and defecation," said the study's co-author, Jan Langben, said. "
The team of scientists from FBN and FLI in Germany and the University of Auckland in New Zealand began to potty-train the calves, in a process they called "MooLoo training."
The team of scientists from the German Institute of Farm Animal Biology, the Fritz-Lippmann Institute and the University of Auckland in New Zealand began potty training for livestock, which they called MooLoo training.
The results showed that calves performed at a similar level to children when learning to potty-train, and did better than very young children.
The results showed that cows learn to use the toilet at a similar level to children, and they performed better than young children.
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Man holds plank for over 9 hours
CRPS patient plank support record breaking
Nine hours, 30 minutes and 1 second. That's how long Daniel Scali held an abdominal plank position, shattering the men's world record. When the 28-year-old Australian man broke the record, the tough feat was made even more difficult by complex regional pain syndrome, or CRPS, which causes almost constant pain in his left arm.
28-year-old Australian man Daniel Scalley broke the men's world record for the project with a plank support time of 9 hours, 30 minutes and 1 second. This difficult feat of Daniel is even more difficult because of complex localized pain syndrome (CRPS), which causes constant pain in his left arm.
He has been dealing with chronic pain since the age of 12, when he fell off a trampoline and broke his arm.
He has been suffering from chronic pain for many years since he fell off a trampoline and broke his arm.
He has been dealing with chronic pain since the age of 12, when he fell off a trampoline and broke his arm.
He has been dealing with chronic pain since the age of 12, when he fell off a trampoline and broke his arm.
He has been dealing with chronic pain since the age of 12, when he fell off a trampoline and broke his arm.
He has been dealing with years of chronic pain since the age of 12, when he fell off a trampoline and broke his arm.
He has been dealing with years of chronic pain since the age of 12, when he fell off a trampoline and broke his arm.
He has been suffering from chronic pain since the age of 12, when he fell off a trampoline and broke his arm.
He has been suffering from chronic pain since the age of 12, when he fell off a trampoline and broke his arm.
He has been suffering from chronic pain since the age of 12, when he fell off a trampoline and broke his arm.
He has been suffering from chronic pain since the age of 12, when he fell off a trampoline and broke his arm.
He has been suffering from chronic pain since the age of 12, when he fell off a trampoline and broke his arm.
He has been suffering from chronic pain since the age of 12, when he fell off a trampoline and broke his arm.
He has been suffering from chronic pain since the age of 12, when he fell off a trampoline and broke his arm.
He has been suffering from chronic pain since the age of 12, when he fell off a tra
He got help from a coach. He also had the help of his compression band that he wears every day on his left arm to ease the pain.
Daniel usually uses the pressure on his left arm to ease the pain.
"The pains aren't changing, but my attitude towards the pain changes," he said. "I would know someone else is out there watching me. I would know that someone else is fighting a more severe disease than what I've got. I wanted to show people that no matter what pain you deal with, no matter what issues you have, if you want to do it and you believe you can do it, then go for it."
Daniel said: "The pain has not changed, but my attitude towards pain has changed. I know that people are watching me outside, and there are also people fighting diseases that are more severe than CRPS. What I want to tell people is that no matter what kind of pain you are facing and what problems you encounter, as long as you want to do it and think you can do it, then do it."
An Amazon delivery worker pulls a delivery cart full of packages during its annual Prime Day promotion in New York City, US, June 21, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Amazon Amazon has offered to cover the cost of college tuition of all 750,000 of its frontline workers in the US. It comes as the online shopping giant struggles to attract and retain staff amid an industry wide labor shortage.
e-commerce giant Amazon announced that it will pay full college tuition for all 750,000 employees working on the frontline workers in the US, thereby attracting and retaining employees in the tight labor market.
The firm said it would invest $1.2 billion in the plan, with workers able to access the annual funding for as long as they remain at Amazon.
Amazon said it would invest $1.2 billion (about RMB 7.7 billion) in the funding project, and employees can receive the annual funding as long as they stay at Amazon.
It's the latest big firm to offer to fund workers' education after similar moves by Walmart and Target.
This is another big company that announced the funding of employees' tuition fees after Walmart and Target.
The shopping giant also said it would cover other types of education, including high school diplomas and English language courses, as well as extending on-the-job career training to 300,000.
Amazon also said that the bursary will cover other types of education, including high school diplomas and English language courses, as well as extending on-the-job career training to 300,000.
Amazon also said that the bursary will cover other educational programs including high school diplomas and English language courses, as well as extending on-the-job career training to 300,000.
Amazon also said that the bursary will cover other types of education, including high school diplomas and English language courses, as well as extending on-the-job career training to 300,000.
Amazon also said that the bursary will cover other types of education, including high school diplomas and English language courses, as well as extending on-the-job career training to 300,000.
Amazon also said that the bursary will cover other types of education, including high school diplomas and English language courses, as well as extending on-the-job career training to 300,000.
Amazon also said that the bursary will cover other types of education, including high school diplomas and English language courses, as well as extending on-the-job career training to 300,000.
The shopping giant also said it would cover other types of education, including high school diplomas and English language courses, as well as extending on-the-job career training to 300,000.
The shopping giant also said it would cover other types of education, including high school diplomas and English language courses, as well as extending on-the-job career training to 300,000.
The shopping giant also said it would cover other types of education, including high school diplomas and English language course
According to the US Labor Department, job openings hit a new record high of 10.9 million in July, surpassing the number of unemployed people by more than 2 million.
Data from the U.S. Department of Labor showed that the number of job openings in July reached a record 10.09 million, more than 2 million higher than the number of unemployed people.
Experts says a mixture of people leaving the workforce during the pandemic, lingering concerns about COVID-19 and a lack of childcare have prolonged the shortage.
Experts point out that people from all walks of life have left the labor force during the epidemic, and the concerns about the COVID-19 epidemic and the current situation of no one taking care of children have further continued the labor tension.
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