This Week's UPDATES
In just a week and half, I'm heading back on a CUNY Campus for the first time since this dreadful pandemic reared its ugly head on March 11, 2020. Mark the date: October 6. I'll be at Brooklyn College with with a tripod and a cell phone camera filming my experience and you're all see it soon on FakeTV Box on YouTube. Until then, bite in to an all-new 7-Day Round-Up with big news from every single day of last week.
7-Day Round-Up |
Sunday |
Michaela Coel makes history as first Black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. | KlicK |
Monday |
Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine with BioNTech is safe and highly effective in children aged five to 11. | KlicK |
Tuesday |
The Taliban asks to speak at the U.N. General Assembly’s meeting consisting of world leaders. | KlicK |
Wednesday |
College Football Playoff board won't vote next week on a proposed 12-team playoff format. | KlicK |
Thursday |
Illumination casts Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Keegan-Michael Key, and Seth Rogen in the Super Mario Bros movie. | KlicK |
Friday |
Top former aides of President Trump have been subpoenaed by the Capitol riot committee. | KlicK |
Saturday |
Hurricane Sam becomes fourth major hurricane of the 2021 season and strengthens to Category 4. | KlicK |
We've got WWE Extreme Rules Pay-Per-View tonight, we've got Week 3 of the 2021 NFL season today, and we've got one more week of 2021 MLB action before Postseason Baseball begins in October. It's becoming very clear who's in the postseason, who's going to be and who's going to be out in the week to come, check out the MLB standings which are part of a brand new Max Sports rundown.
MLB
Yesterday
Cardinals 8, Cubs 5
Phillies 3, Pirates 0
Athletics 2, Astros 1
Yankees 5, Red Sox 3
Tigers 5, Royals 1
Rays 7, Marlins 3
Orioles 3, Rangers 2
Brewers 2, Mets 1
Blue Jays 6, Twins 1
Reds 7, Nationals 6
Braves 10, Padres 8
Indians 6, White Sox 0
Diamondbacks 7, Dodgers 2
Giants 7, Rockies 1
Angels 14, Mariners 1
Today
Royals vs Tigers at 12:10PM
Pirates vs Phillies at 1:05PM
Rangers vs Orioles at 1:05PM
White Sox vs Indians at 1:10PM
Marlins vs Rays at 1:10PM
Nationals vs Reds at 1:10PM
Mets vs Brewers at 2:10PM
Blue Jays vs Twins at 2:10PM
Cardinals vs Cubs at 2:20PM
Giants vs Rockies at 3:10PM
Astros vs Athletics at 4:07PM
Mariners vs Angels at 4:07PM
Braves vs Padres at 4:10PM
Dodgers vs Diamondbacks at 4:10PM
Yankees vs Red Sox at 7PM on ESPN
Tomorrow
White Sox vs Tigers at 1:10PM
Pirates vs Reds at 1:10PM
Royals vs Indians at 1:10PM
Nationals vs Rockies at 8:40PM
Athletics vs Mariners at 10:10PM
MLB Postseason Picture
American League
East: Rays, 96-59 - Clinched Division
West: Astros, 91-64
Central: White Sox, 87-68 - Clinched Division
Wild Card:
1. Red Sox, 88-67
2. Yankees, 88-67
3. Blue Jays, 86-69 2 GB
4. Mariners, 85-70 3 GB
5. Athletics, 84-71 4 GB
Nationals League
West: Giants, 101-54 - Clinched Playoff Berth
Central: Brewers, 93-62 - Clinched Playoff Berth
East: Braves, 82-72
Wild Card:
1. Dodgers, 99-56 - Clinched Playoff Berth
2. Cardinals, 86-69
3. Phillies, 81-74 5 GB
4. Reds, 80-75 6 GB
NFL
Week 3 Matchups
Last Thursday
Carolina Panthers 24, Houston Texans 9
Today
Washington Football Team vs Buffalo Bills at 1PM on FOX
Chicago Bears vs Cleveland Browns at 1PM on FOX
Baltimore Ravens vs Detroit Lions at 1PM on CBS
Indianapolis Colts vs Tennessee Titans at 1PM on CBS
LA Chargers vs Kansas City Chiefs at 1PM on CBS
New Orleans Saints vs New England Patriots at 1PM on FOX
Atlanta Falcons vs NY Giants at 1PM on FOX
Cincinnati Bengals vs Pittsburgh Steelers at 1PM on CBS
Arizona Cardinals vs Jacksonville Jaguars at 1PM on FOX
NY Jets vs Denver Broncos at 4:05PM on CBS
Miami Dolphins vs Las Vegas Raiders at 4:05PM on CBS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs LA Rams at 4:25PM on FOX
Seattle Seahawks vs Minnesota Vikings at 4:25PM on FOX
Green Bay Packers vs San Francisco 49ers at 8:20PM on NBC
Tomorrow
Philadelphia Eagles vs Dallas Cowboys at 8:15PM on ESPN
WWE
Extreme Rules match card
- Becky Lynch vs Bianca Belair for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
- Damian Priest vs Jeff Hardy vs Sheamus in a Triple Threat for the WWE United States Championship
- Charlotte Flair vs Alexa Bliss for the WWE Raw Women's Championship
- Roman Reigns vs "The Demon" Finn Bálor in an Extreme Rules match for the WWE Universal Championship
- The Usos vs The Street Profits for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
- Liv Morgan vs Carmella
Our Main Topic this week is a continuation of last week's story on COVID-19. We know that Pfizer and BioNTech have been hard at work making more and more vaccines, but more specifically the companies have made booster shots for kids ages 5 to 11 and for older people 65 and older. Some countries other than the United States have suffered greatly from the COVID pandemic and would like nothing more than it all be over soon. On September 22 last Wednesday, the White House and President Joe Biden hosted a virtual summit with world leaders to discuss how best the world can end said pandemic. Biden had previously pledged in July at the G7 summit that the US would buy and purchase 500 million Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine doses which would be shipped from August 2021 to June 2022. Now last Wednesday, Biden announced the US will buy and ship 500 million more Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine doses to low- and middle-income countries from January to September 2022. The leaders who participated in the virtual summit included United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, several World Health Organization officials, and public health officials. In my review, I think that this is good on the part of the United States to give aid to countries whose incomes have grown worst due to the pandemic and their people have died from when the virus had a stronghold on the world last year, but things are different this year now that the vaccines are out now. it's interesting to me that the US is working very close with world leaders especially now that there's a new President in office and we all know how the last one botched this whole thing last year and I believe that if not for the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Election last year might have turned out differently. There's not much for me to report on this topic, so let's turn it over to a new political #TwitterTrend down below.
CSPAN @cspan
The Washington Post @washingtonpost
The U.S. will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to donate to countries in need, President Biden is expected to announce Wednesday. The Biden administration already purchased 500 million doses in July to be donated.
Courtney Subramanian @cmsub
Those virtually attending the first of four sessions of Biden's COVID summit:
Josh Michaud @joshmich
Today, Pres Biden & other leaders hold a summit to discuss the global COVID-19 response, focusing heavily on access to vaccines. In anticipation, we updated our @kff analysis of global vaccine equity. A few key takeaways here in a thread. https://t.co/O8uDvcLlGz?amp=1
DW News @dwnews
The US has already donated 160 million doses to over 100 countries.
The Times Of India @timesofindia
Our Quad partnership with India, Japan and Australia is on track to help produce at least one billion vaccine doses in India to boost the global supply by the end of 2022: US President Joe Biden
Josh Michaud @joshmich
Low-income countries have been left far, far behind. Just 2% of people in LICs had received at least on vaccine dose, compared to 30% in lower-middle income (LMICs), 54% in upper-middle income (UMICs), and nearly two-thirds (65%) in high-income countries (HICs).
The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe
As President Biden convenes for a COVID-19 summit on Wednesday, pressure is growing on American drug companies, particularly Moderna, to share their formulas with manufacturers in nations that desperately need more shots.
The Nation @thenation
Biden’s vaccine mandate for employees is good—but making employers responsible for covid safety measures would be even better.
Franco Ordoñez @FrancoOrdonez
Biden: "We can do this.... We can defeat Covid-19 together. "
Josh Wingrove @josh_wingrove
U.S. donations abroad:
Package130 million doses, of various brands, donated so far from surplus
Package500 million Pfizer-BioNTech doses pledged at the G-7, shipping from August '21 to June '22 (30m shipped so far)
Package500 million Pfizer-BioNTech doses pledged today, shipping Jan-Sept '22
Mark Leon Goldberg @MarkLGoldberg
The first session of the White House covid summit will feature Biden, Guterres and Tedros.
Yesterday, @antonioguterres said called vaccine inequity 'an obscenity.'
"We passed the science test.
But we are getting an F in Ethics."
The Recount @therecount
President Biden announces the U.S. will donate 500 million Pfizer COVID vaccines to “low and middle-income countries.”
Sky News @SkyNews
President Biden announces the launch of EU-US COVID vaccine partnership to allow closer collaboration.
He calls on global leaders to 'donate, not sell' vaccines to lower income countries, and that donations come with "no political strings attached."
CELEBRITY of the WEEK
Ben Whishaw
Born: October 14, 1980
Starred in Paddington and Spectre
Set to star in No Time to Die
That's your Celebrity of the Week, No time to Get Lazy.
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