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“Mickey
and Minnie
Wish Upon
a Christmas”
(Available now)
When Mickey and
the gang are separated
as Christmas
approaches, a
mysterious jolly
man shows up to
tell them about the
Wishing Star, which
may be the answer
to bringing everyone
together for the holiday in this animated short
that originally aired on Disney Junior.
Vaccine
Jeff Bridges reprises
his role from almost
30 years earlier
— and, thanks to
digital effects, doesn’t
look a day older in
certain scenes — in
this visually dazzling
2010 sequel to the
Disney fantasy.
His character’s son
(Garrett Hedlund,
“Mudbound”)
plunges into the inner world of a video game
to find out what happened to Dad. Bruce
Boxleitner also returns from the original film.
“Mr. Popper’s
Penguins”
(Available now)
Jim Carrey’s co-stars
aren’t merely for the
birds in this 2011
comedy-fantasy based
on a long-popular
children’s book:
They actually are
birds, who get a huge
assist from computer
animation. Popper
(Carrey) is stunned
to inherit several
penguins and isn’t sure what to do with them,
until he sees what bonding agents they are for
him and his children (Maxwell Perry Cotton,
Madeline Carroll).
Grand finales
BY JOHN CROOK
Questions:
Carol
Burnett
1) In addition to Carol Burnett, who
was the only cast member of “The
Carol Burnett Show” who remained
for the entire 12-year run?
2) HBO viewers were startled by the
2007 finale of this Emmy-winning
drama, which ended with an abrupt
jump to black as if the broadcast had
been interrupted. Can you name it?
3) In the series finale of “The Mary
Tyler Moore Show,” nearly everyone
at WJM was fired. Who was the
only person who escaped the ax?
4) What long-running NBC sitcom
ended with a bartender telling a late-
arriving customer “We’re closed”?
5) How did the sitcom “Newhart”
end in 1990?
Answers:
From “Zootopia”
collaborators Jared
Bush and Byron
Howard comes
this animated
fantasy about a
family that lives
in a magical place
called Encanto that
imbues each of them
with extraordinary
powers — except
for Mirabel (voice
of Stephanie Beatriz). When she learns that the
magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger,
she decides she might be her family’s last hope.
(ORIGINAL)
“Tron: Legacy”
(Available now)
1) Vicki Lawrence
2) “The Sopranos”
3) Idiot anchorman
Ted Baxter
4) “Cheers”
5) Series star Bob
Newhart reprised
his earlier role
as psychologist
Bob Hartley from
“The Bob Newhart
Show,” waking up
in bed with TV wife
Emily (Suzanne
Pleshette) and
telling her he had
a strange dream
about running a
New England inn.
“Encanto”
(Dec. 24)
COVID-19
Other vaccine events offered in December:
Location: Center for Human Development
Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm every Friday with the exception of New Year’s Eve
in addition to Christmas Eve.
Additional options: Scheduled appointments available throughout the week.
Vaccines offered: 1st dose, 2nd dose, 3rd doses and booster vaccines. All
Covid vaccine configurations will be available including pediatric vaccination.
Other pediatric and adult immunizations also available at CHD.
CDC General Vaccine Info:
COVID-19 vaccines are effective
COVID 19-vaccines are effective and can reduce the risk of getting and
spreading the virus that causes COVID-19. Learn more about the different
COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 vaccines also help children and adults from getting seriously ill
even if they do get COVID-19.
While COVID-19 tends to be milder in children than adults, it can make
children very sick, require hospitalization, and some children have even died.
Children with underlying medical conditions are more at risk for severe illness
compared to children without underlying medical conditions.
Getting children ages 5 years and older vaccinated can help protect them
from serious short- and long-term complications.
Getting everyone ages 5 years and older vaccinated can protect families and
communities, including friends and family who are not eligible for vaccination
and people at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19.
Booster Information from CDC:
Fast Facts Everyone age 18 and older is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine booster beginning Nov. 20,
2021. Some people are strongly advised get a booster dose to protect themselves and others. You
can choose which vaccine to get. The COVID-19 vaccines are extraordinarily effective at preventing
serious illness, hospitalization and death. That said, we are seeing immunity drop over time, espe-
cially in people over age 50 and those with compromised immune systems who are more likely to
experience severe disease, hospitalization and death. For these people, another dose boosts their
immunity, sometimes greater than what was achieved after the primary, two-dose series. Health
experts strongly recommend people over age 50, people over 18 who live in long-term care facil-
ities, and anyone who received one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine get a booster dose.
Younger, healthy people may also get a booster dose to protect themselves and others. A booster
will re-build neutralizing antibodies that strengthen the body’s ability to fight getting a breakthrough
case. Even if you’re not at high risk, you could be infected and then pass it on to others, such as
children too young to be vaccinated, the elderly, or people who are immunocompromised. Booster
doses help people maintain strong immunity to disease longer. The first vaccine series built up
the immune system to make the antibodies needed to fight the disease. Over time, the immune
response weakens. A booster dose stimulates the initial response and tends to result in higher
antibody levels that help people maintain their immunity longer. Boosters take about two weeks to
bring up the immune response. This continues to be studied, but we can reliably say it takes two
weeks to bring the immune response up to or better than that after the primary series.
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