Other news, 04/01/2021

• US House Oversight Committee will markup bill to make Washington DC the 51st US state in a meeting on April 14th (NBC 4)
• EPA Administrator Michael Reagan (appointed by Pres. Biden) to fire all experts hired under the Trump administration, a move he says will restore “science” and “trust in the agency” -WaPo
• Pfizer/BioNTech says clinical trials show COVID vaccine 100% effective, safe for youths 12 to 15
• A Belgian court has ruled that all Covid-19 restrictions need to be lifted within 30 days or the state will be excessively fined. The court found that the government did not have the legal standing to put the restrictions in place. 
• Washington state reports 'vaccine breakthrough,' hundreds get COVID weeks after being vaccinated

A 'vaccine breakthrough' occurs when some who are fully vaccinated still contract the virus, which has happened to over 100 people in Washington state. 

Epidemiologists report evidence of 102 breakthrough cases in 18 Washington counties, among millions of vaccinated residents. Two patients who received the vaccination died after becoming infected with the virus.

"DOH is investigating two potential vaccine breakthrough cases where the patients died. Both patients were more than 80 years old and suffered underlying health issues," officials said in a news release. The health department also said the majority of those vaccinated who tested positive experienced mild symptoms, but at least eight have been hospitalized.

• George Floyd’s girlfriend says the man he was with in the car was his drug dealer