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Whether they'll be able to confer complete sterilizing immunity, that's a very tall order, but we should be now working on ways to slow down person-to-person transmission, because this virus continues to mutate and then fools our immune system and gets past that mucosal layer.Get CNN Healths weekly newsletter Sign up here to get The Results Are In with Dr. Sanjay Gupta every Tuesday from the CNN Health team. – Jennifer Gommerman	Found on CNN 1 year ago
He would confer with us on the sideline during crucial timeouts, and we’d give him a play, and he’d say, ‘No, no, no, I feel good about this play,’ and it would work, he had that kind of rapport and knowledge of the game. – Chuck Long	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This is positive news as it shows that just one dose of this vaccine generates good levels of immunity and that this protection does not seem to wane in the shorter term, in immunology terms, this finding is not unexpected as we know that some other vaccines confer better immunity when the doses are more spread out. Although further information is required to confirm these findings for older age groups, overall this new research should provide reassurance around the UK's decision to offer the two doses of this vaccine 12 weeks apart. – Doug Brown	Found on CNN 3 years ago
These processes are likely adaptive in some way. In the long term they confer costs for our health, mentally, that can be anxiety and depression later on. Physically it can be diabetes and heart disease. – Katie McLaughlin	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The President has the constitutional authority to confer pardons and commutations, but that power is not unlimited, and was provided to remedy injustices, not to cover up for a president or shield The President from potential criminal liability. – Adam Schiff	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The good news is,( the vaccine) is producing neutralizing antibodies, which scientists think is important for protective immunity against Covid-19, what is less certain is whether the levels of neutralizing antibody are high enough to confer complete protection, or whether this will be partially protective. – Peter Hotez	Found on CNN 3 years ago
As the Founding Fathers knew well, a government that does not trust its honest, law-abiding, taxpaying citizens with the means of self-defense is not itself worthy of trust. Laws disarming honest citizens proclaim that the government is the master, not the servant of the people... The Bill of Rights does not grant rights to the people, such that its repeal would legitimately confer upon government the powers otherwise proscribed. The Bill of Rights is the list of the fundamental, inalienable rights, endowed in man by his Creator, that define what it means to be a free and independent people, the rights which must exist to ensure that government governs only with the consent of the people. – Jeffrey R. Snyder	added by Normando 4 years ago
There's a lot of stuff that moves and exactly how Customs and Border Patrol would deal with that would be something that we'll have to confer with them about, should we get to that. – Kevin Hassett	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It's known that pregnancy at a younger age may confer some long-term protective benefits against breast cancer, however it's also been recognized that in the immediate years following a pregnancy, there seems to be an increased risk of breast cancer that slowly resolves with time, the findings in this paper support and confirm the prior observations. – Erica Mayer	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The Queen has today been pleased to confer a Dukedom on Prince Henry of Wales, his titles will be Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel. Prince Harry thus becomes His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex, and Ms. Meghan Markle on marriage will become Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex. – Kensington Palace	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
There may be some kind of immunity, we have so many diseases which are related to Zika, they may confer some kind of immunity to the African body. – Julius Lutwama	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have so many diseases which are related to Zika, they may confer some kind of immunity to the African body. – Julius Lutwama	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
That's not to say that there might not be some special quality of red wine like resveratrol that could confer additional benefits. – Howard Sesso	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Unfortunately, I think that breakups in Hollywood confer upon both individuals the chance for more notoriety because the press revisits these celebrities and takes interest, again, in their personal lives and their new romantic conquests. – Keith Ablow	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I know I will make mistakes, but I hope it will be said of me when I give up the highest honour that you can confer on any man—He wasn't always right; sometimes he was on the wrong side, but never on the side of wrong. – John George Diefenbaker	added by Greying_Geezer 8 years ago
We shouldn’t confer Malaysia’s sins to these other countries that we’re trying to get agreements with. – Paul Ryan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Be cautious in your intercourse with the great; they seldom confer obligations on their inferiors but from interested motives. Friendly they appear as long as it serves their turn, but they will render no assistance in time of actual need. – The Talmud	added by anonymous 12 years ago
Every man knows his own but not others? defects and miseries; and ?tis the nature of all men still to reflect upon themselves their own misfortunes, not to examine or consider other men?s, not to confer themselves with others; to recount their own miseries but not their good gifts, fortunes, benefits which they have, to ruminate on their adversity, but not once to think on their prosperity, not what they have but what they want. – Burton	added by anonymous 12 years ago
The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. – Sallust, The War with Catiline	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The love of retirement has in all ages adhered closely to those minds which have been most enlarged by knowledge, or elevated by genius. Those who enjoyed everything generally supposed to confer happiness have been forced to seek it is the shades of privacy. – Johnson	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give. – Charles Caleb Colton	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. – Sallust	added by anonymous 14 years ago
All schools, all colleges have two great functions to confer, and to conceal valuable knowledge. - Notebook, 1908 – Mark Twain	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. – William Ellery Channing	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Whether they'll be able to confer complete sterilizing immunity, that's a very tall order, but we should be now working on ways to slow down person-to-person transmission, because this virus continues to mutate and then fools our immune system and gets past that mucosal layer.Get CNN Healths weekly newsletter Sign up here to get The Results Are In with Dr. Sanjay Gupta every Tuesday from the CNN Health team.

– Jennifer Gommerman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He would confer with us on the sideline during crucial timeouts, and we’d give him a play, and he’d say, ‘No, no, no, I feel good about this play,’ and it would work, he had that kind of rapport and knowledge of the game.

– Chuck Long

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is positive news as it shows that just one dose of this vaccine generates good levels of immunity and that this protection does not seem to wane in the shorter term, in immunology terms, this finding is not unexpected as we know that some other vaccines confer better immunity when the doses are more spread out. Although further information is required to confirm these findings for older age groups, overall this new research should provide reassurance around the UK's decision to offer the two doses of this vaccine 12 weeks apart.

– Doug Brown

Found on CNN
3 years ago

These processes are likely adaptive in some way. In the long term they confer costs for our health, mentally, that can be anxiety and depression later on. Physically it can be diabetes and heart disease.

– Katie McLaughlin

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The President has the constitutional authority to confer pardons and commutations, but that power is not unlimited, and was provided to remedy injustices, not to cover up for a president or shield The President from potential criminal liability.

– Adam Schiff

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The good news is,( the vaccine) is producing neutralizing antibodies, which scientists think is important for protective immunity against Covid-19, what is less certain is whether the levels of neutralizing antibody are high enough to confer complete protection, or whether this will be partially protective.

– Peter Hotez

Found on CNN
3 years ago

As the Founding Fathers knew well, a government that does not trust its honest, law-abiding, taxpaying citizens with the means of self-defense is not itself worthy of trust. Laws disarming honest citizens proclaim that the government is the master, not the servant of the people... The Bill of Rights does not grant rights to the people, such that its repeal would legitimately confer upon government the powers otherwise proscribed. The Bill of Rights is the list of the fundamental, inalienable rights, endowed in man by his Creator, that define what it means to be a free and independent people, the rights which must exist to ensure that government governs only with the consent of the people.

– Jeffrey R. Snyder

added by Normando
4 years ago

There's a lot of stuff that moves and exactly how Customs and Border Patrol would deal with that would be something that we'll have to confer with them about, should we get to that.

– Kevin Hassett

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It's known that pregnancy at a younger age may confer some long-term protective benefits against breast cancer, however it's also been recognized that in the immediate years following a pregnancy, there seems to be an increased risk of breast cancer that slowly resolves with time, the findings in this paper support and confirm the prior observations.

– Erica Mayer

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The Queen has today been pleased to confer a Dukedom on Prince Henry of Wales, his titles will be Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel. Prince Harry thus becomes His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex, and Ms. Meghan Markle on marriage will become Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex.

– Kensington Palace

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

There may be some kind of immunity, we have so many diseases which are related to Zika, they may confer some kind of immunity to the African body.

– Julius Lutwama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have so many diseases which are related to Zika, they may confer some kind of immunity to the African body.

– Julius Lutwama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

That's not to say that there might not be some special quality of red wine like resveratrol that could confer additional benefits.

– Howard Sesso

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Unfortunately, I think that breakups in Hollywood confer upon both individuals the chance for more notoriety because the press revisits these celebrities and takes interest, again, in their personal lives and their new romantic conquests.

– Keith Ablow

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I know I will make mistakes, but I hope it will be said of me when I give up the highest honour that you can confer on any man—He wasn't always right; sometimes he was on the wrong side, but never on the side of wrong.

– John George Diefenbaker

added by Greying_Geezer
8 years ago

We shouldn’t confer Malaysia’s sins to these other countries that we’re trying to get agreements with.

– Paul Ryan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Be cautious in your intercourse with the great; they seldom confer obligations on their inferiors but from interested motives. Friendly they appear as long as it serves their turn, but they will render no assistance in time of actual need.

– The Talmud

added by anonymous
12 years ago

Every man knows his own but not others? defects and miseries; and ?tis the nature of all men still to reflect upon themselves their own misfortunes, not to examine or consider other men?s, not to confer themselves with others; to recount their own miseries but not their good gifts, fortunes, benefits which they have, to ruminate on their adversity, but not once to think on their prosperity, not what they have but what they want.

– Burton

added by anonymous
12 years ago

The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.

– Sallust, The War with Catiline

added by anonymous
13 years ago

The love of retirement has in all ages adhered closely to those minds which have been most enlarged by knowledge, or elevated by genius. Those who enjoyed everything generally supposed to confer happiness have been forced to seek it is the shades of privacy.

– Johnson

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give.

– Charles Caleb Colton

added by anonymous
14 years ago

The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.

– Sallust

added by anonymous
14 years ago

All schools, all colleges have two great functions to confer, and to conceal valuable knowledge. - Notebook, 1908

– Mark Twain

added by anonymous
14 years ago

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

– William Ellery Channing

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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