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How to be a working snowbird: 5 expert tips
In this blog post, I will discuss five useful tips and tricks about finding a job and making money during your stay in a sunny place for the winter season.
How to be a working snowbird:
- Tip 1: Use your contacts
- Tip 2: Join a non-profit organization
- Tip 3: Use job boards for 50+
- Tip 4: Search for parttime jobs
- Tip 5: Check remote year
Besides these tips to find something we also created a big list of potential jobs you could do to be a Wintersun visitor on a budget, or if you just like to be a snowbird that does something during the day.
- 1 The 5 tips to be a working snowbird
- 2 31 jobs that allow you to be a snowbird
- 2.1 1. Blogger/vlogger
- 2.2 2. Boot fitter
- 2.3 3. Bar/night club worker
- 2.4 4. Bellperson
- 2.5 5. Campground host/workcamper
- 2.6 6. Camp counselor
- 2.7 7. Car/RV washer
- 2.8 8. Craft vendor
- 2.9 9. Catering and convention jobs
- 2.10 10. Disney jobs
- 2.11 11. Event planning and management
- 2.12 12. Freelancing
- 2.13 13. Golf caddie
- 2.14 14. Guest ranch jobs
- 2.15 15. Hotel/resort/restaurant management
- 2.16 16. Imagineering
- 2.17 17. Ice cream-ologist
- 2.18 18. Lift operator
- 2.19 19. Lifeguard
- 2.20 20. Landscaper
- 2.21 21. Packer
- 2.22 22. Pet/baby sitter
- 2.23 23. Driving
- 2.24 24. Retail shops
- 2.25 25. Ski and snowboard instructor
- 2.26 26. Ski journalist
- 2.27 27. Ski patrol
- 2.28 28. Shared economy
- 2.29 29. Terrain park crew
- 2.30 30. Travel Nurse
- 2.31 31. Volunteering
- 3 Final remarks
The 5 tips to be a working snowbird
Tip 1: Use your contacts
Contact the staff members of your former office. Finding something using your contacts is the best way to find something, they know you and can introduce you somewhere. If they do not know something themselves, they might know somebody else that can help you.
Tip 2: Join a non-profit organization
Join a non-profit organization or an NGO, as a volunteer.
Tip 3: Use job boards for 50+
Search job boards for people over fifty years of age. Three best examples are AARP, retiredbrains.com, and retiredjobs.com. Susan K. Weinstock, vice president for financial resilience at AARP, shared her thoughts.
She said AARP, has plentiful listings for retail and hospitality jobs on the AARP jobs board. Call-center customer-service jobs are also a popular option for retirees, she noted. She emphasized that AARP constantly gets part-time job postings in many other areas, so it is best to continually check back for the most recent openings.
Tip 4: Search for parttime jobs
Search the job boards that specialize in snowbird season and parttime jobs. Mary Grace Gardner, a career strategist at The Young Professionista says: "Job seekers (especially snowbirds) may be sometimes underestimating the value they can bring into a role. If you meet the majority of the qualifications for a job you are interested in and are confident you can quickly learn the remainder, apply for the job, but make sure your resume demonstrates your past success in learning: new skills."
Tip 5: Check remote year
Reimagine the way we work and travel. This inspiration spurred the founding of Remote Year in 2014. It aimed at professionals who want to travel abroad, Remote Year has created programs that allowed its participants to embrace their wanderlust―without quitting their jobs.
Remote Year helps coordinate the experience, which can range from four months to a year, with workers' existing employers. The program consultants work with employees to arrange remote work with their managers. Then, for a monthly fee, Remote Year coordinates program logistics, including the travel and workspace.
While abroad, its participants also have access to the company's local city experts and social as well as professional networking events. According to a survey, eighty-seven percent of its participants were as or more productive while on Remote Year than before they had participated in the program.
31 jobs that allow you to be a snowbird
According to Indeed.com, the most frequent searches for part-time jobs by people sixty years and older were for driving jobs, including, professional drivers, van drivers and shuttle drivers (think Uber and UPS). Medical jobs such as telemedicine physicians (doctors who provide clinical health care remotely) were also popular. Even doctors are interested in working part-time in retirement.
1. Blogger/vlogger
According to WPVirtuoso, every half second a new blog is created. Snowbirds can opt for blogging or vlogging as these are both home-based jobs. Unlike a full-time office-based job, you will not be bound by any fixed official hours. A vlogger is a blogger that uses Youtube. You will be amazed at how much a popular blogger can make per month, and they are not all young.
Bloggers or vloggers are their own boss and make a handsome income online. As a snowbird, you can take the full advantage of the desirable, flexible and remote work environment. The best part of this job is that it needs no investment at all.
During the snowbird season, you can write blog posts about your outdoor experiences or create videos about them, while you are away from home and your frustrating nine to five office work.
2. Boot fitter
Boots are an absolute necessity that connects a snowbird to the road and a skier to the snow. It is a pair of boots that can break or make a snowbird, a skier, a hiker, a camper and a traveler. A pair of custom boots are critical to be a better, more dialed-in and more efficient snowbird, skier, snowboarder, ice skater or an ice hockey player.
A boot fitter is a specialist that customizes a pair of boots to a person's feet. Professional boot fitters examine and measure people's feet. You can earn $15 to $35 per hour as a boot fitter.
3. Bar/night club worker
Southern sunbelt has thousands of bars, casinos, cruise ships, lodges, resorts, bakeries, airports, grocery stores, restaurants, hotels, and wildlife parks. All of these places hire hospitality staff on a part-time or seasonal basis from October to March and April to October. As a snowbird, you can work as a bartender, baker, barista, busser, cook, dishwasher, delivery boy, greeter, host, manager, prep cook, cashier, and executive chef.
You will welcome and greet the guests, complete all payments and cashier reports, clean the bar area, stock glassware, ice, and paper supplies, prepare garnishes and open and serve the bottles. In addition to your salary, you will get discounts on your hotel room, food, drinks, and gifts.
4. Bellperson
A bellperson welcomes and escorts the guests to their rooms. You must open and close the doors and assist snowbirds/visitors entering and leaving the property. You will inform the guests of property amenities, services, hours of operation, and local areas of attraction, interest, and activities.
You will identify and explain room features to visitors like the use of room key. You will transport tourist luggage to and from their rooms and/or designated bell area. You will assist with their luggage storage and retrieval.
You will assist visitors/travelers in and out of vehicles, including assisting them with loading/unloading luggage. You must supply them with directions. You must arrange transportation for them, and record advance transportation requests as needed.
You must communicate parking procedures to them. You will have to follow all company safety, security policies, and procedures. You will report any maintenance problems, safety hazards, accidents, or injuries; complete safety training and certifications.
You will ensure uniform and personal appearance are clean and professional. You will maintain the confidentiality of proprietary information. You will protect company assets.
You will support all co-workers and treat them with dignity and respect. You will also support the team to reach common goals. You will comply with quality assurance expectations and standards.
You will wave, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to fifty pounds without assistance. You will assist with moving, lifting, carrying, and placing of objects weighing in excess of seventy-five pounds. You will stand, sit or walk for an extended period of time or for an entire work shift.
You will move at a speed that is required to respond to work situations. You will read and visually verify information in a variety of formats. You will reach overhead and below the knees, including bending, twisting, pulling, and stooping.
You will move over sloping, uneven, or slippery surfaces and steps. You will move up and downstairs and/or service ramps. You will welcome and acknowledge all guests according to company standards.
You must speak with others using clear and professional language, and answer telephones using appropriate etiquette. You must maintain awareness of undesirable persons on property premises. You will perform other reasonable job duties as requested by Supervisors.
5. Campground host/workcamper
In Europe, this job has a very different kind of a title, campsite courier job. You can earn $500 to $800 per month plus a FREE place to pitch your tent or park your RV. You will have to perform some minor tasks which include answering the questions, greeting the visitors, light cleaning, routine maintenance and collecting the campsite fees.
6. Camp counselor
Camping is an activity that kids do across the country from California to Maine to North Carolina to Oregon. In fact, some 3,000,000 kids go to nearly 2,500 camps annually according to the American Camp Association. As a snowbird, if you opt to be a camp counselor you will make $225 a week to $4000 for a season.
7. Car/RV washer
As a snowbird, you can also opt for a car or RV washing. Your work duties will include all tasks of cleaning and washing the exteriors and interiors of a vehicle. For the interior part of a vehicle, you will have to dust the foot mats, dispose of any trash, clean the inside of its windows, windshield, and mirrors, polish the surfaces and vacuum clean the seats and the floor.
For the exterior part of the vehicle, you will have to clean the tires, apply wax, pre-soak, soap, rinse and dry the vehicle. You can earn $10.04 per hour.
8. Craft vendor
From selling crafting tools to handmade items to gifts, drinks and food, a variety of vendors can be seen at a Snowbird camping ground all with a goal of making money from the thick concentration of tourists being brought together to bask in the sun. Booth space typically costs between $200 to $300 or a percentage of your sales. If you decide to be a food vendor then the Food Service License will cost between $100 to $1000.
9. Catering and convention jobs
At Disney, the catering and convention services team take their guest's dream of an amazing, overwhelming party and weave in their Disney service. You can arrange and plan award ceremonies, anniversaries, banquets, balls, birthdays, cocktails, entertainment and weddings, all for a handsome income. The Disney Jobs website lists the following mandatory requirements for their catering and convention services team: "Execute, monitor, and ensure exceptional food quality, presentation, and event management while also continually working to ensure the exceptional 'World-Class' guest services."
10. Disney jobs
At the Disney Parks and Resorts, you can work as a carpenter, brush painter, FT Pictorial artist, Guest service specialist, transportation mechanic, Electronic/sound technician, security handler, attractions mechanic, pest control operator, cosmetologist, spray painter, plasterer, ager/grainer, sandblaster, AC/fridge mechanic, gardener, costume cam specialist, garment cutter or a sewing specialist. Also under the banner of Disney Creative Entertainment, you will find jobs in the stage production, music, dance and choreography, audio/visual, Radio Disney on-air personalities and show content producers, pyrotechnicians, and scriptwriters. As a snowbird, you can also opt to be an Entertainment manager which involves focusing on the characters/actors/dancers in your shows, supervise tech tests, call show cues, schedule performances and performers, coach employees and guest talent, manage expenses, and understand and uphold union agreements.
11. Event planning and management
Every year during the snowbird season a lot of conventions, marathons, parades, film festivals, and shopping festivals are held. Each of them needs full event staff and volunteers in order to succeed. Additionally, there are dozens of event opportunities available locally in the South that offer the best experience for the Snowbirds just beginning to explore the industry.
Burning Man jobs is an example of event jobs. You can help with lighting, art installations, box office, cleanup, and emergency services. You can be an earth guardian, greeter, recycle camp and perimeter worker, San Francisco office worker, theme camp operator, tech and web team, ranger, safety officer, lamplighter and PR staff. All of these jobs are usually advertised as volunteer positions through Burning Man every year.
12. Freelancing
There are dozens of online platforms for freelancers to sell their services like Fiverr, Upwork, Guru, Indeed, Flexjobs, Freelancer.com, emploi.com.ng, People per hour and many many more. Whether you are a graphic designer, website designer, social media marketer, SEO expert, scriptwriter, video artist or an eBay or Amazon seller, you can earn thousands of dollars during your snowbird trip. You will determine the prices and timings as you desire.
13. Golf caddie
Most Golf professionals caddied at some time during their life. No experience is necessary you can start by volunteering. You can earn $30 to $60 per bag.
If your client wins a tournament you can earn up to $400,000. You can also plan to be tipped if you help a golfer have a super day. You can take an online caddie course or training with Professional Caddie Association.
Evans Scholars Foundation offers scholarships to college for caddies. This is a great idea to spend your snowbird season if you are a golf fan.
14. Guest ranch jobs
Ranch and Cowboy culture is part of life in Arizona and California. Ranches are the perfect way for the snowbirds to experience and enjoy the wild culture of the southwest. At dude ranches, guests can listen to music, explore the mountains, go sightseeing, help with cattle drives, ride horses, shoot guns, learn archery and fly fishing, ride a zipline or even enjoy a bonfire.
You can make a handsome income in an enjoyable and unforgettable way. Don't hesitate, go ahead and apply for this opportunity if you find one this snowbird season.
15. Hotel/resort/restaurant management
A hotel offers you dozens of different work opportunities. You can be a housekeeper, a groundskeeper, front desk clerk, receptionist, night auditor, room attendant, laundry attendant, kitchen supervisor, maintenance staff, sales clerk, bus person, gift shop clerk or a customer service supervisor.
16. Imagineering
Imagineers are the architects and designers of Disney parks. They build up the show sets, plan the location of the dining sites and create the shops. The official website of Disney described Imagineering as the master design, engineering, planning, production, project management, research, and development arm of the Walt Disney Company and its affiliates.
Representing more than one hundred and fifty disciplines, its talented corps of Imagineers is responsible for the creation of Disney cruise ships, resorts, theme parks, real estate developments, regional entertainment venues, and new media technology projects. By blending creativity and innovative technological advancements, Walt Disney Imagineering has produced some of the world's most distinctive experiential storytelling.
17. Ice cream-ologist
The ice cream-ologist is responsible for creating, designing, decorating and serving exclusive ice creams to every visitor. These beautiful and mouth-watering shareable make memories for everyone. You will be responsible for quickly preparing and serving the orders.
You will be responsible for the maintenance and cleaning of the chill area. You must know the prices of all the products in your stock. You must follow the guidelines of the department of agriculture and food safety.
You will have to keep the dining area clean and hygienic. You must be 16 years old and above to apply for this post.
18. Lift operator
Many of the hill stations in the USA have a lift for passengers to ride. A lift operator can make $9 to $10 per hour. His responsibilities include starting, stopping and slowing down the lift to ensure the riders' safety.
For safety reasons, he must remove the snow from the seats now and then. He will have to greet the visitors and help them to get on and get off the lift. He must ensure that the loading and unloading zones are safe and secure.
He must inspect, identify and inform the authorities about any life hazards.
19. Lifeguard
A lifeguard assists and ensures the safety of the people in swimming, boating, caving, climbing, hiking, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, skating, diving, water sporting, surfing, hunting, horse riding, cycling, Skydiving, Skiing, Wildlife Viewing, and kayaking. You must be 18 years old and above to apply for a lifeguard job. You must have at least one year of experience and specific qualifications.
You must have a valid driving license, must be certified by the Red Cross first aid techniques. And you must hold the water safety instructor certificate.
20. Landscaper
A landscaper prunes trees, removes snow, builds patios, lays walkways, picks weeds, trims shrubs, aerate lawns, mows grass, tend gardens, plants trees, digs ditches, moves rocks, prevents pests, toss seed, spreads straw, decorates the garden, reshapes the hills, rakes leaves, and fertilizes the yards. You must be certified by the Professional Landcare Network and Professional Ground Management Society. You can earn $6 to $17 per hour or $16000 to $37,000 per year. The average salary is $23000.
The National Park Service employs over 20,000 people and utilizes over 221,000 volunteers every Snowbird season. With the National Park Service, there are jobs as Dispatchers, Park Management, Park Rangers, Curators, Guides, Fire Management, National Park Service Historian, Administration, Maintenance, and Resource Management.
21. Packer
If your snowbird location is a seashore there is a good chance that you may be hired at the port to pack the fish and other seafood. The local butchers and poultry farms also hire packers to meet the rising demands of the snowbird season. You will be responsible for surveying, compiling, requisitioning and ordering the list of the Fish, meat, beef, pork or the poultry.
You must respect and follow all the safety standards set by the food and beverage department. You must eliminate overproduction and over purchase. You will be responsible for safe storage temperature and cleanliness.
22. Pet/baby sitter
A seasonal pet sitter can earn $800 to $1200 per month. If you take care of more than one dog at a time your money will multiply. Sometimes you can make even more than $100000 per year.
A babysitter must be certified by the American Red Cross Babysitting Course. You can earn $5 an hour to $25 an hour and the average hourly salary is $13. You can charge double fees on holidays like Christmas and New Year's Eve.
The hourly pay rate for babysitting depends upon the age of the children, the experience of the babysitter, the geographical location, skill set, and demand. There are free babysitting rate calculators available online.
23. Driving
Transportation and shipping companies like Uber, UPS, and FedEx offer thousands of seasonal job opportunities for snowbirds. They hire many drivers to meet the growing demands for food and gift delivery. You can earn $13 to $16 an hour by driving your own personal vehicle.
Just remember that you have to hold a valid driver's license and ensure you are over 18 years of age. Your car should not be older than 1988. An ability to drive a forklift is a bonus for you.
24. Retail shops
You can be a retail store owner, retail sales clerk or a retail manager. You must do all your necessary homework before applying for this job. You must research your pay rates, job duties, and timings.
You must have excellent communication skills and knowledge to maintain interpersonal connections with your customers. You should have the capability to excel in a competitive environment. You should also provide confident and honest feedback to your customers about recent style and fashion trends.
You must have enough knowledge about the prices and quality of the product in your department. Temporary employees during the snowbird season can earn up to $13 an hour and they are eligible for all product discounts.
25. Ski and snowboard instructor
Every year in North America 30,000 ski and Snowboard instructors get hired over 450 snow Resorts. They are all professionally certified and qualified. They make $12 to $35 per hour.
You must have proper safety gear with snow goggles, snow boots, snow helmets, snowboards, snow poles, sunglasses, sunscreen, bindings, gloves, socks, and jacket to be able to train your clients during the snowbird season.
26. Ski journalist
NASJA North American Snowsports Journalist Association can be joined for the snowbird season if you love to write. Just pick up your most favorite one among snowsports and start pouring out all your ideas and opinions about it. The number of readers will determine your success.
Higher education and diplomas are always helpful for a writer. Freedom of speech is expressed through magazines where writers are free to write anything about snowsports.
27. Ski patrol
Members of the National Ski Patrol (NSP) must be experienced in toboggan handling, snowboarding and snowmobiling, lift evacuation, emergency first aid, avalanche and landslide management, risk management and area operations.
Shared economy specializes in coaching, delivery services, meal sharing, ride sharing, travel/ tour gigs, tutoring or teaching, freelancing, pet sitting, on-demand moving, on-demand odd jobs, matchmaking and peer to peer car sharing.
29. Terrain park crew
These include builders, crew, designers, and managers. They can earn from $10 per hour to $100,000 per year. Riding and skiing are two mandatory skills for these jobs.
30. Travel Nurse
Nurses can get enough experience in distinctive disciplines while they travel. It is recommended that the professional nurses planning the traveling lifestyle have at least 1 year of experience in the department they select. But after appointment, travel nurses can benefit from the other opportunities in other departments.
The duration of the assignment can be eight weeks to twenty-six weeks long, with a handsome salary. Sometimes the assignment is as long as one year. They can earn as much as $40 per hour with insurance and retirement plans.
31. Volunteering
Volunteers work with non-profit organizations to build homes for the homeless people to inhabit, teach, tutor or train the at-risk youth, promote fundraising campaigns, work at a soup kitchen or at an animal shelter.
Final remarks
In order to conclude this blog post, I would say that remember, no knowledge or skill ever goes to waste. You can always make a respectable income from your own hands rather than depending upon others to feed you. Snowbird season is not just about sun-basking idly, but you must have enough money at hand to prevent you from going bankrupt.


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A historic Super Bowl will have a historic matchup. The Green Bay Packers won the first two Super Bowls, then returned and won Super Bowl XXXI. The trophy is named after legendary Packers head coach Vince Lombardi.
↵The Pittsburgh Steelers have won 6 Super Bowls, including two of the last five. Their 8 appearances in the Super Bowl ties the Dallas Cowboys for most ever - they already have more Super Bowl wins than any team in history.
↵The two teams played last season in what may have been the game of the 2009 NFL Season. Pittsburgh scored on the final play of the game to beat the Packers 37-36 in a game that saw the teams combine for 73 points and 973 yards. Ben Roethlisberger threw for over 500 yards himself.
↵Neither of the teams that remain might be one of your favorites, but it is hard to deny that the two teams that remain are the two best teams in football this season.

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Covid-19 Therapies at the Crossroads
Katherine Bliss and J. Stephen Morrison. "Covid-19 Therapies at the Crossroads." CSIS Commission on Strengthening America's Health Security, Center for Strategic and International Studies, July 06, 2022. Accessed December 21, 2023. https://healthsecurity.csis.org/articles/covid-19-therapies-at-the-crossroads/
The last two and a half years of the global Covid-19 pandemic have witnessed unprecedented research and development collaboration that has resulted in the availability—in record time—of new vaccines. Significant gains have also been achieved in developing treatments that reduce the severity of illness for high-risk patients. With Covid-19 vaccine coverage in many low- and middle-income countries stuck at low levels, far below the 70 percent target set by the World Health Organization (WHO), therapies have become an even more central—and urgently needed—tool to mitigate the potential for a surge in infections and hospitalizations that can rapidly overwhelm fragile health systems and to reduce the transmission of virus among susceptible populations. To date, the Covid-19 therapies research landscape has shown great promise, with clinical trials of existing and new monoclonal antibodies, antivirals, and drug combinations leading to a diverse set of treatments that have been granted emergency authorization.
But the agenda to advance therapies is fraught. With so much early attention focused on vaccines, the effort to develop Covid-19 therapies was more limited and less well coordinated. Considerable progress has now been made, but there is a significant risk of stagnation imperiling efforts to scale production and delivery of therapies, in combination with diagnostics. There is also the very real possibility of interrupted progress in the United States and other wealthy countries and of even more pronounced setbacks in low- and middle-income countries where programmatic implementation capacity, demand, and financing all remain highly problematic. Each new mutation of SARS-CoV-2 threatens to undermine the efficacy of existing therapies and points to the importance of sustained investments in research and development to ensure continual innovation in next-generation treatments and availability of a range of options to serve diverse populations. Even as multiple highly transmissible sub-lineages of the Omicron variant circulate, skepticism persists that a "test and treat" approach in low- and middle-income countries is warranted or feasible in the near and even medium term. Both high-level political will and national and international financial commitments fall far short of what is required to ensure equitable and timely access to Covid-19 therapies. Despite several years of discussion, there is still no agreed, concrete plan for coordinating, scaling, financing, and holding to account an international mobilization to implement Covid-19 antiviral treatment in low- and middle-income countries.
In the fall of 2021, the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America's Health Security convened a Covid-19 Therapies Working Group to develop policy recommendations aimed at strengthening U.S. leadership and global action to ensure access to and uptake of Covid-19 therapies worldwide. Drawing on insights gleaned through a series of private meetings and roundtable discussions with pharmaceutical manufacturers, government officials, representatives of multilateral organizations, and nongovernmental organizations, the working group recommends accelerated U.S. leadership to mobilize adequate new resources; ensure continued research and development into the next generation of Covid-19 therapies; create a scalable, accountable, international financing mechanism; strengthen health systems; create a more favorable marketplace; and develop communications to improve the understanding by both patients and providers of the uses and benefits of Covid-19 therapies.
The Challenges
Since 2020, the search for new Covid-19 therapies has primarily involved assessing older, existing products for new uses, with some research and development into innovative therapeutic approaches. Yet even as repurposed and novel products have received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for treating Covid-19, the research and development process has faced multiple challenges that compound limited political will and long-term financing. These include inadequate infrastructure and capacity for clinical trials; complicated regulatory processes; a lack of timely data sharing; weak market signals to stimulate production and distribution globally; misinformation about the risks and benefits of Covid-19 therapies; gaps in access to healthcare; and a lack of guidance regarding how to assess the appropriateness of treatment options and eligibility criteria, leading to poor understanding among healthcare providers regarding the implementation of test and treat approaches.
Early in the pandemic, research collaborations, including the WHO's Covid-19 Solidarity Therapeutics Trial, the European Union's "Therapeutics Innovation Booster," and the Accelerating Covid-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) partnership, led by the National Institutes of Health, were launched to coordinate and accelerate the development and testing of promising new products. In China and elsewhere, universities and research consortia have also brought promising treatment candidates forward. While several monoclonal antibody treatments have been granted EUA, new sub-lineages of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant have rendered some of these ineffective, resulting in the authorization being removed. In the United States and elsewhere, new oral, tablet form, antiviral preparations—Merck's Lagevrio (molnupiravir) and Pfizer's Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir) —have been granted EUA, alongside Gilead's Veklury (remdesivir), an older drug that must be given through infusion and is approved by the FDA for treatment of Covid-19.
But sustaining a research agenda also relies on streamlining and integrating regulatory processes, which can be time-consuming and complicated, particularly when national governments have different requirements for labeling, packaging, and marketing products. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established the Coronavirus Treatment Acceleration Program (CTAP) to facilitate availability of drugs capable of treating Covid-19, providing guidance and prioritizing review of Covid-19-related products. In the European Union, the EU Strategy on Covid-19 Therapeutics outlines a strategy for ensuring accelerated review, provides for flexibilities in terms of packaging and labeling requirements, and allows for conditional marketing authorizations, with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) working closely with member countries' regulatory authorities to secure approval for clinical trials. In Latin America and the Caribbean, 20 countries use regulatory reliance to adopt marketing authorizations from the U.S. FDA, the EMA, and Health Canada, while others in the region also rely on regulatory guidance from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Japan, Mexico, and Switzerland. In other regions, such as sub-Saharan Africa, regionally fragmented approaches to drug authorizations have been alleviated to some extent through the WHO prequalification process.
Yet overcoming regulatory hurdles does not guarantee that authorized products will be easily manufactured or made available in a transparent and equitable fashion. In 2021 President Biden and EU president Ursula von der Leyen launched the EU-U.S. Covid-19 manufacturing and supply chain task force, with subsequent plans to "work towards aligning R&D [research and development] investments with manufacturing and manufacturing capabilities development." In April 2021, Merck announced bilateral voluntary licenses with several generic manufacturers, followed by the announcement last October with the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) of a licensing agreement to authorize production of molnupiravir in more than 100 countries. The MPP has also negotiated with 36 generics producers to manufacture generic versions of Pfizer's Paxlovid to be sold in 95 low- and middle-income countries. Recently the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) announced that it had also negotiated agreements with generics suppliers "to make generic Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir -NIR/r) available . . . at under US$25 per treatment course for treatment of COVID-19 in high-risk patients." Recent analyses in the New York Times and elsewhere, however, have suggested that the vast majority of Paxlovid and molnupiravir purchases have been made by high-income countries, raising the likelihood that the inequities and delays seen in vaccines, and experienced two decades ago in the midst of the HIV pandemic, will be repeated with respect to Covid-19 therapies. Affordability questions, limited demand by some governments that have not yet prioritized therapeutics within their pandemic response, and the complexities of manufacturing, which can make it difficult for some generics producers to enter the market, all point to the importance of an integrated approach to research, development, production, and distribution.
In addressing challenges related to making Covid-19 tools available worldwide, the second Global Covid-19 Summit, hosted by President Biden on May 12, focused in part on galvanizing global engagement and commitments in support of equitable distribution of Covid-19 therapies. The summit secured more than $3 billion in new funding pledges, but those focused on Covid-19 therapies, including test and treat options, totaled a mere $122 million and did not advance planning for greater global coordination in planning for and expediting the delivery of Covid-19 treatments to the most vulnerable communities. Such modest U.S. commitments toward the global distribution of Covid-19 therapies reflect tension between domestic and foreign priorities and, most importantly, reflect the recent inability of Congress to secure additional, essential resources for both the domestic and overseas Covid-19 response. They may also reflect a fundamental lack of understanding of the vital role of therapeutics and the importance of a multifaceted strategy, rather than one that solely relies on vaccines. Without significant new funding, U.S. leadership—and the ongoing response—will remain heavily constrained.
At the summit, the United States announced an investment of $20 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to pilot Covid-19 test and treat strategies in up to eight countries, with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) leading the work in coordination with the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and other government programs. Merck committed to make "two million patient courses of Merck's investigational oral antiviral COVID-19 medicine, LAGEVRIO™ (molnupiravir), available to USAID at Merck's best access price to increase access in lower-income countries." And Pfizer said that it would provide the two components of Paxlovid, nirmatrelvir and ritonavir, "to countries in need, including emerging economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the Americas." While the summit saw little discussion and no commitments regarding monoclonal antibodies, the U.S. FDA did commit to continue prioritizing the review of "Covid-19 therapeutics, including applications seeking tentative approval of generic products."
Ensuring people are able to make use of Covid-19 medicines once they are available is a final piece of the puzzle. One necessary step is finding ways to ensure supply meets demand. As recently as February there was a mismatch in the United States between the locations of reported Covid-19 cases and the availability of antiviral and monoclonal antibody therapies. In some places, monoclonal antibodies, which require infusions, are not easily delivered because of limited clinical space or a dearth of health workers trained to administer them. And because WHO guidance on using monoclonal antibodies continues to evolve in response to the emergence of new variants that are not susceptible to existing preparations, ongoing communication with providers is critical. Yet even though oral antivirals might be far simpler to administer in places where health systems are fragile, there is considerable confusion among healthcare providers about their use and how to prioritize treatments for people at highest risk of severe illness, hospitalization, and death. And since both antivirals and monoclonal antibody treatments must be used within a short period after symptom onset, it is important to ensure both the availability of additional treatment options appropriate for use in settings where testing and access to providers who can prescribe the products may be limited, underscoring the importance of continued investment in research and development to secure a broad range of therapeutic interventions, including for early treatment and prophylaxis.
- Increase U.S. leadership and diplomatic engagement to secure resources. At the summit, there were important announcements made by manufacturers Merck and Pfizer, along with CHAI, to make antiviral products available at lower prices for low- and middle-income countries. More recently, Pfizer has announced "An Accord for a Healthier World," committing to make all of its patented medicines, including Paxlovid, available to 45 low- and lower-middle income countries at not-for-profit prices. An urgent priority is that the White House and Congress reach a consensus on major additional U.S. financial commitments for domestic and global efforts related to Covid-19 response, including supporting research and development into next-generation therapies, as well as procurement and distribution of the full range of therapies. Aggressive U.S. diplomatic outreach in the run up to the G7 and G20 meetings is essential to secure higher commitments by other countries to support globally equitable access to Covid-19 therapies.
- Sustain research and development into next-generation Covid-19 therapies to ensure a range of options that keep pace with the evolution of the virus and that are capable of meeting the needs of diverse global populations. Researchers, private sector research and development companies, governments, and international consortia involved in research on Covid-19 therapies should understand the barriers to equitable access across diverse settings within low-, middle-, and high-income countries; prioritize the development of products that provide a diversity of options to address these barriers; and take global equity and access considerations into account at the earliest stages of product design and development. In addition to scaling up access to oral treatments, finding ways to more easily and affordably deliver monoclonal antibody therapies to populations in low- and middle-income countries will be important. Yet, it is also essential at this early stage to create financing and regulatory incentives for companies to assess how products made by different manufacturers can be used in combination or whether they can be used prophylactically. It is also important to continue to streamline regulatory processes through greater use of new regional approaches including the African Vaccine Regulatory Forum (AVAREF), the African Medicines Agency, and, critically, WHO prequalification to accelerate the availability of new medicines as well as quality-assured generics that meet the criteria of such global procurement organizations as UNICEF and the Global Fund.
- Prioritize the development of a global mechanism that can coordinate, scale, finance, and hold to account an international mobilization. Within the U.S. government, this will involve achieving better unity of U.S. efforts across different agencies. USAID is well situated to lead U.S. bilateral efforts to support countries in distributing Covid-19 therapies and can incorporate funding such activities into its existing Covid-19 response strategy. But in doing so, it should work in coordination with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other federal agencies. The U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) should continue to lead U.S. efforts to accelerate testing and treatment development and support expanding the industrial base for manufacturing in the United States.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) can play a key role in working with ministries of health and other partner organizations to research, standardize, and promote appropriate testing in countries around the world to help ensure the effective use of therapies. The U.S. Department of Defense has considerable planning, contracting, and logistics capabilities to offer to the U.S. international response. PEPFAR has considerable experience delivering antiviral therapies. Its role leading the U.S. representation on the board of the Global Fund, which currently finances the greatest amount of non-vaccine Covid-19 interventions for low- and lower-middle-income countries, points to a prominent role for PEPFAR in helping to ensure U.S. bilateral approaches to Covid-19 testing and treatment complement multilateral agencies' strategies. As the United States looks ahead to the Global Fund replenishment, which it will host in September, it will be important that it continue to encourage other pledging countries to join it in reaching the Global Fund's $18 billion goal for the next work phase.
- Strengthen health systems and shape the marketplace. At present, demand for antivirals outside the high-income countries remains lukewarm, in part because government procurers in low- and middle-income countries may not perceive a need for them and also because under-resourced health systems may not be capable of ensuring patients can be diagnosed and initiated on treatment within the short window following symptom onset. New initiatives, such as the pilot projects led by the partnership between the Open Society Foundations, the Covid Global Accountability Platform, and CHAI seek to demonstrate the potential for scaling up therapies in low- and middle-income countries and can shed light on the factors that hamper or encourage successful distribution and uptake of therapeutic approaches. Actors including the U.S. government and other organizations that procure pandemic therapies could serve as large volume buyers to ensure production, particularly of quality-assured generic products from the generic licensees. Transparent price tiering should be encouraged to incentivize purchase orders by countries at varying income levels.
- Accelerate the establishment of a global communications hub to ensure patients and providers have access to accurate information regarding Covid-19 testing and treatments. Communicating the benefits, eligibility criteria, and uses of novel products will be critical if providers are to be confident prescribing new products and patients are to feel comfortable taking them. The United States can also share lessons learned from the launch of its own test to treat model, which is gaining momentum.
Asaf Bitton is the executive director of Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Katherine E. Bliss is a senior fellow and director of immunizations and health systems resilience with the CSIS Global Health Policy Center.
Rachel Cohen is the regional executive director for the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi).
Rear Admiral (Ret.) Thomas R. Cullison is a senior associate (non-resident) with the CSIS Global Health Policy Center. During his 38-year naval career, culminating as deputy surgeon general of the Navy, he was active in disaster management, international health engagement, graduate medical education, and health policy.
Julie Louise Gerberding is the chief executive officer of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health and cochair of the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America's Health Security.
Nikolaj Gilbert is the president and chief executive officer of PATH and managing director of PATH's Swiss subsidiary, Foundation for Appropriate Technology in Health.
Mark Godfrey is the senior director of global public policy at Eli Lilly and Company.
Rajesh Gupta is the vice president of the global health portfolio and public-private partnerships at Vir Biotechnology Inc.
Margaret "Peggy" Hamburg serves as chair of the NTI | bio Advisory Group and previously served as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from 2009 to 2015. |
Ambassador Karl Hofmann is the president and CEO of Population Services International (PSI) and was previously a career American diplomat for 23 years.
Yanzhong Huang is a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Heather Ignatius is the managing director of advocacy and public policy at PATH.
Seth G. Jones is a senior vice president, Harold Brown Chair, director of the International Security Program, and director of the Transnational Threats Project at CSIS.
Jenelle Krishnamoorthy is a vice president and head of global public policy and international affairs at Merck & Co., Inc.
Ramneek Mahal is the vice president of global corporate government affairs and policy at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
J. Stephen Morrison is a senior vice president at CSIS and director of its Global Health Policy Center.
U.S. Senator Patty Murray is the senior senator from the state of Washington and currently serves as chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
Jamie Nishi is the executive director of the Global Health Technologies Coalition.
Carolyn Reynolds is cofounder of the Pandemic Action Network and a senior associate (non-resident) with the CSIS Global Health Policy Center.
Paul Schaper is the executive director of global public policy at Merck & Co., Inc.
Stephanie Segal is a senior associate (non-resident) with the CSIS Economics Program.
Jeffrey Sturchio is a senior associate (non-resident) with the CSIS Global Health Policy Center.
Prashant Yadav is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and affiliate professor of technology and operations management at INSEAD.
Juan Zarate is the global co-managing partner and chief strategy officer of K2 Integrity and a senior adviser (non-resident) with the CSIS Transnational Threats Project and Human Rights Initiative.
This commentary conveys a majority consensus of the signatories who are participating in their individual capacity, not as representatives of their respective organizations. No expert is expected to endorse every single point contained in the commentary. In becoming a signatory to the commentary, experts affirm their broad agreement with its findings and recommendations. Language included in this commentary does not imply institutional endorsement by the organizations that participants represent.
Special thanks to the participants in the CSIS commission's meetings on Covid-19 therapies in the winter and spring of 2022; to Humzah Khan and Michaela Simoneau for their support of the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America's Health Security and the commission's Covid-19 Therapies Working Group; and to Courtney Burks for her research assistance.
This commentary is a product of the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America's Health Security, generously supported by GSK.
Commentary is produced by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a private, tax-exempt institution focusing on international public policy issues. Its research is nonpartisan and nonproprietary. CSIS does not take specific policy positions. Accordingly, all views, positions, and conclusions expressed in this publication should be understood to be solely those of the author(s).
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Spirted Snowman Chrismtas SAS Card # 4
Welcome back and I am showing this week and next the 10 Christmas Cards made at my Christmas SAS I held in Nov that my sister was here for. Yippee.
Made this card using the Spirited Snowman Stamp set and loved using the gingham Designer Series paper with it. It was so fun to make and color using the blendables.
Have a wonderful day.


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Victory Womens Movement & Victory childrens founda
managed by K. Garises
About us
We are working with the poorest people in Namibai living mostly in the informal settlement(squatercamps or slums) people living with HIV/AIDS and street children.Women are train in many skills income generating taking care of the very sick people and workshops in how to handle daily problems in the community ,support group sare set up.streetchildren are pick up from the streets and send to school where posible and also train in handwork like arts and crafts ,gardening ect.business skills.We take part in most of the Natinal and International days like international womens day,African child day worlds aids day ,poverty day ect.We are raising funds €90.000.00 to buy the house which we rent at this moment.Monthly we need €5000.00.We are depenting on funding and also vulanteers.
Latest project news
Afrika Tage Austria Trip-28 July -17 August 2011
This is the second time our team from Namibia takepart in this festival,its a great time to raise funds face to face for our project.This year we are 4 women one will doing culture dance in the San and Namibian traditional uniforms ,to make it possible for us we need your help,two of us will remain in Europe until end of August two look for business and you are welcome us to your city or town for exhibitions.
Visas 286 Euro,Airtickets 5715Euro,exhibition Space 1607 Euro,Accomodation 5543 Euro,per Diem spenting money 4756 Euro,Cargo 617 Euro
Total 18524 Euro
Bachstreet 140 Windhoek west -windhoek
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On Wednesday 27th October 2021, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced the autumn Budget with the overall theme of delivering "a stronger economy for the British people". LWA's Corporate & Personal Tax team have summarised the key points from the announcement below.
Economy overview
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecasts that the economy will grow by 6.5% this year and inflation will average 4% next year.
Business rates
Whilst business rates in general will be retained (the planned increase in the business rates multiplier will be cancelled), there will be some reforms, such as a new 12-month relief for companies to invest in their premises and a new 50% business rates discount will apply in the retail, hospitality, and leisure sectors, up to a maximum of £110,000.
Employment news
For employees aged 23 and over, the national living wage will increase from £8.91 to £9.50 per hour from April 2022, with the following increases in the national minimum wage for younger workers:
- for those aged 21-22: From £8.36 to £9.18
- for 18 to 20-year-olds: From £6.56 to £6.83
- for under-18s: From £4.62 to £4.81
There will be an increase of 42% (£3.8bn) in government spending on skills and training.
The above follows an announcement by the government in September, that employees, employers and the self-employed would all pay £1.25p more in the pound for National Insurance (NI) from April 2022, to fund social care.
Research and Development
The government will invest £20bn in R&D by 2024-25 with the Chancellor stating this is a "record investment to secure the UK's future as a global science superpower". Whilst the tax relief for business R&D spending will be expanded to include the data collection and cloud company sectors, the relief across all sectors will be limited to domestic activities.
The planned rise in fuel duty will be cancelled following the highest pump prices the country has seen in eight years.
£1.7bn will be invested in local areas across the UK as part of the Levelling Up Fund.
Schools will get an extra £4.7bn by 2024-25 including just under £2bn of new funding to help with recovery from the pandemic, as funding set to increase by more than £1,500 per pupil.
Property and infrastructure
A 4% levy will be placed on property developers with profits over £25m (to help create a £5bn fund to remove unsafe cladding).
There will be an investment of £21bn on roads and £46bn on railways to improve journey times between cities.
The Chancellor confirmed that the £1m annual investment allowance that was due to end in December this year, will be extended to March 2023. He also confirmed that the corporation tax increase announced earlier this year from 19% to 25% will continue to be implemented from April 2023.
If you need advice as a result of the Chancellor's Autumn Budget, please contact a member of our team – we're here to help. Call 0161 905 1801 in Manchester or 01925 830 830 in Warrington. We will also be running a webinar hosted by Steve Collings in December 'Planning for a successful 2022' where you'll have the opportunity to ask questions about announcements made in the Budget – please email firstname.lastname@example.com to register your place.


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On Saturday 20 November a second session on the Hobblers Hole pond took place with 7 enthusiastic volunteers (See Hobblers Hole Pond: Progress Update for details on the first session).
As well as the opportunity for a pleasant outdoor chat, a 6-metre diameter area was dug by the group to about a 20-25 cm depth, with soil removed to expose the clay level. About 5 cubic metres of built up soil was barrowed to an area about 15 metres away, increasing the pond capacity by 5,000 litres. Equally importantly, most of the roots and seeds in that area should have been removed so there will be less growth of vegetation next year in the pond area.
Thanks go to Mark, Caroline, Dave, Janet, Isla & Breda for their spade and barrowing work.
Next Session
The final pond digging session of 2022 will be on Saturday 4 December between 10am and 11:20am. This session will extend the dug area by a metre all round, and then put in a slightly angled slope so there is not such a steep step between dug pond and the surrounding area. If you are interested in participating in this or future work on Hobblers Hole, then email Jon Davies of the LLRA at email@example.com with your contact details.
Horseshoe Evidence
Amongst the broken bottles and abandoned bicycle parts found in the pond, there was also evidence of a past occupant of the area, a horseshoe, presumably from the 1990s when Hobblers Hole was last grazed by horses.


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The first ten lectures in Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture Series are here collected in one volume. The series, established by one of the twentieth-century West's most distinguished historians, Leonard Arrington, has become a leading forum for prominent historians to address topics related to Mormon history. The first lecturer was Arrington himself. He was followed by Richard Lyman Bushman, Richard E. Bennett, Howard R. Lamar, Claudia L. Bushman, Kenneth W. Godfrey, Jan Shipps, Donald Worster, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, and F. Ross Peterson. Utah State University hosts the Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture Series. The University Libraries' Special Collections and Archives houses the Arrington collection. The state's land grant university began collecting records very early, and in the 1960s became a major depository for Utah and Mormon records. Leonard and his wife Grace joined the USU faculty and family in 1946, and the Arringtons and their colleagues worked to collect original diaries, journals, letters, and photographs.
Although trained as an economist at the University of North Carolina, Arrington became a Mormon historian of international repute. Working with numerous colleagues, the Twin Falls, Idaho native produced the classic Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic History of the Latter-day Saints in 1958. Utilizing available collections at USU, Arrington embarked on a prolific publishing and editing career. He and his close ally, Dr. S. George Ellsworth, helped organize the Western History Association, and they created the Western Historical Quarterly as the scholarly voice of the WHA. While serving with Ellsworth as editor of the new journal, Arrington also helped both the Mormon History Association and the independent journal Dialogue get established.
One of Arrington's great talents was to encourage and inspire other scholars or writers. While he worked on biographies or institutional histories, he employed many young scholars as researchers. He fostered many careers as well as arranged for the publication of numerous books and articles.
In 1973, Arrington accepted the appointment as the official historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as the Lemuel Redd Chair of Western History at Brigham Young University. More and more Arrington focused on Mormon, rather than economic, historical topics. His own career flourished by the publication of The Mormon Experience, co-authored with Davis Bitton, and American Moses: A Biography of Brigham Young. He and his staff produced many research papers and position papers for the LDS Church as well. Nevertheless, tension developed over the historical process, and Arrington chose to move full time to BYU with his entire staff. The Joseph Fielding Smith Institute of History was established, and Leonard continued to mentor new scholars as well as publish biographies. He also produced a very significant two-volume study, The History of Idaho.
After Grace Arrington passed away, Leonard married Harriet Horne of Salt Lake City. They made the decision to deposit the vast Arrington collection of research documents, letters, files, books, and journals at Utah State University. The Leonard J. Arrington Historical Archives is part of the university's Special Collections. The Arrington Lecture Committee works with Special Collections to sponsor the annual lecture.
Number 1 (1996): Faith and Intellect as Partners in Mormon History by Leonard J. Arrington
Number 2 (1997): Making Space for the Mormons by Richard L. Bushman
Number 3 (1998): The Exodus as Reformation by Richard E. Bennett
Number 4 (1999): The Theater in Mormon Life and Culture by Howard R. Lamar
Number 5 (2000): Mormon Domestic Life in the 1870s by Claudia L. Bushman
Number 6 (2001): The Importance of the Temple in Understanding the Latter-day Saint by Kenneth W. Godfrey
Number 7 (2002): Signifying Sainthood, 1830-2001 by Jan Shipps
Number 8 (2003): Encountering Mormon Country by Donald Worster
Number 9 (2004): Rachel's Death by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Number 10 (2005): I Didn't Want to Leave the House, but He Compelled Me To by F. Ross Peterson


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Armed Robbery in West Ealing |
Raiders threatened staff with gun at local bank
Detectives are appealing for information following an attempted armed robbery at Lloyds TSB in West Ealing. Two men, armed with a firearm, entered the bank, pointed a gun at a female cashier and demanded cash from the front counter staff. It is believed the men, who left empty handed, then fled on foot - direction unknown. No shots were fired. Police were called at approximately 3.30pm (Tuesday 16th March) to the branch on The Broadway. Both suspects are described as black of a slim build and in their late teens. Suspect (1) was wearing a builder's hard hat and a fluorescent yellow high visibility jacket. Suspect (2) was wearing smart/casual clothing and a Trilby style hat. He is described as 5'9" Anyone with information is asked to call the incident room at the Finchley Flying Squad on 020 March 16th, 2010 |