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1. Gov. Janet Mills activated the Maine National Guard on Wednesday to help hospitals straining to care for a flood of mostly unvaccinated COVID-19 patients. At Maine Medical Center in Portland, hospital officials are closing six general surgery operating rooms to free them up for COVID-19 patients. hospitalizations continue to break records, with a record 379 people hospitalized for COVID-19 on Wednesday. (PRESS HERALD)
2. Pfizer said Wednesday that a booster of its COVID-19 vaccine may offer important protection against the new omicron variant. Two doses may not be strong enough to prevent infection, but lab tests showed a booster increased by 25-fold people’s levels of antibodies capable of fighting off the omicron variant. (PRESS HERALD)
3. Bowdoin College announced Wednesday that to return to campus next semester, all eligible students, faculty and staff will need to get a COVID-19 booster shot. The school says an on-campus booster clinic will be held next week. (WGME)
4. Just in time for National Brownie Day on Wednesday MariMed in Massachusetts revealed the world’s largest cannabis edible!!! The brownie tips the scales at a whopping 850 pounds and contains 20,000 mg of THC. This big brownie will be sold and distributed in pieces to medical patients. (TMZ)
5. 9th Annual Toys For Tots Fill-A-Fire Truck event is Sunday, December 12th at the York Hannaford. From 8a-4p drop off new, unwrapped toys. Toys will go to over 200 families in York with children from infants to 17 years old.
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