Mass Shooting in Colorado, Israel Elections, and Toilet-Invading Iguanas
No images? Click here Good morning. It's Tuesday, March 23, and Colorado is reeling from yesterday's deadly grocery store rampage. Have feedback? Let us know at hello@join1440.com. First time reading? Sign up here. NEED TO KNOWColorado Mass ShootingTen people were killed yesterday after a gunman opened fire inside a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, as customers waited in line to check out. As of this morning, the victims had not been publicly identified, though reports say 51-year-old police officer Eric Talley, the first officer on the scene was among those killed. See photos from the scene here. Eyewitness accounts provided little insight into the motivation for the attack—shoppers recalled the shooter, also unnamed as of this morning, dressed in black and opening fire as soon as he entered the store. After a standoff of about an hour, footage showed the suspect being led away in handcuffs (w/video, warning: sensitive content). Colorado has one of the highest rates of mass shootings per capita, many occurring in or near Denver. The list includes the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and the 2012 theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado. AstraZeneca Vaccine DataEditor's Note: In overnight news, a government panel said AstraZeneca may have provided outdated information in its results, possibly delaying authorization. This story is developing. A COVID-19 vaccine developed by drugmaker AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford showed an efficacy of 79% in US trials, according to data released yesterday. The two-dose regimen was 100% effective in preventing serious illness, hospitalization, and death, and was found to be equally effective in younger patients and those over 65 years of age. The company will seek emergency use authorization, with the drug potentially available as early as May. The report follows a temporary suspension of the vaccine in more than a dozen European countries last week over blood clotting concerns. Regulators concluded the vaccine does not increase the general risk of blood clots. Scientists are still studying cases of a condition known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. European health officials identified 18 cases of CVST out of more than 20 million people vaccinated. A causal link to the vaccine has not been identified. Three shots are currently authorized in the US—Moderna (two doses), Pfizer/BioNTech (two doses), and Johnson & Johnson (one dose). AstraZeneca's vaccine can be stored at regular refrigeration temperatures for up to six months. See how the drug works here. Almost 83 million people in the US have received at least one vaccine shot, with the country averaging about 2.5 million doses per day. As of this morning, 542,949 total COVID-19 deaths had been reported, with a rolling seven-day average of just over 1,000 deaths per day. New cases have plateaued at around 55,000 new cases per day. Explore the data here. (Another) Election in Israel Voters in Israel head to the polls today to cast ballots in the country's fourth round of national elections in less than two years. The nation has been politically paralyzed since April 2019, when longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a governing coalition. Today's elections follow the collapse of a fragile power-sharing agreement between Netanyahu and challenger Benny Gantz reached last March. No party in Israel has ever won a majority of the 120-person legislature (known as the Knesset). As a result, parties must successfully form coalitions to govern. Whether Netanyahu retains control, despite the prominence of his center-right Likud party, will likely come down to which smaller groups win a handful of seats—a system that places outsized power on the more minor parties. One factor that may tip the race is Netanyahu's handling of the pandemic. Israel leads the world in vaccination rate, having inoculated roughly half its population, enabling the country's economic reopening. THE HOTTEST BAR OF THE YEARIs life at home shockingly exhausting? Please support our sponsors! 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