Linked List: August 23, 2021

Monday, 23 August 2021

The Talk Show: ‘Paper Floor Mats’ 

Christina Warren returns to the show to discuss Apple’s controversial child safety initiatives, the tumultuous summer of Safari 15 beta UI designs, and a bit more on MagSafe battery packs.

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Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Gets Full Approval From FDA, Opening Door to More Vaccine Mandates 

Jacqueline Howard, reporting for CNN:

The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for people age 16 and older. This is the first coronavirus vaccine approved by the FDA, and is expected to open the door to more vaccine mandates.

Way more mandates. Mandate vaccinated status for everything. School, air travel, train travel, restaurants, stores. Everything. Get vaccinated or stay home.

The vaccine will be marketed as Comirnaty, the FDA said in its announcement on Monday.

I don’t care what they call it, but that’s a bad name. Looks like someone spilled a drink on the keyboard while trying to type “Cormac McCarthy”.

(Moderna has secured “Spikevax” for their vaccine, an excellent name.)