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Twitter Launches "Fleets" as Competitors to Instagram and Snapchat & Volunteers are Still Needed for COVID Vaccine Test Trials

 More tech and medical news... Twitter is rolling out competitors to Instagram, Snapchat and Clubhouse https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/17/twitter-fleets-stories-released-to-all-will-compete-with-snapchat-instagram.html SOURCE:  Salvador Rodriguez, CNBC Volunteers still needed to test variety of COVID-19 vaccines https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/volunteers-needed-test-variety-covid-19-vaccines-74254324?cid=clicksource_4380645_1_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed SOURCE:  Lauran Neergaard -  Medical Writer, ABC News 

Black Americans are Being Recruited By Drug Companies For Vaccine Trials & Gay Men Take Over The Proud Boys Hashtag

Over the past few weeks, I have been hearing that drug companies are having a hard time getting Black Americans to participate in COVID-19 vaccine studies. I hope no one is surprised that most Black Americans don't trust drug companies because of what has been done to them in the past.  It looks like The Proud Boys are going to have to find a new Twitter hashtag.  More details below... Drug companies are recruiting Black Americans to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials, trying to break down decades of mistrust https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/drug-companies-are-recruiting-black-americans-to-participate-in-covid-19-vaccine-trials-trying-to-break-down-decades-of-mistrust/ar-BB19J9CY?ocid=msedgdhp SOURCE:  Taylor Ardrey, Business Insider (via MSN) Gay men take over Proud Boys hashtag on Twitter 'to reclaim our pride' https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/05/proud-boys-gay-men-use-twitter-reclaim-right-wing-group/3620924001/?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=...