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Daily Money: COVID vaccines and eating out; Cinnamon Toast Crunch controversy; Pontiac museum

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Good morning, Daily Money folks, it's Nathan Bomey wishing you a happy Wednesday. Did you know there were container ships the size of skyscrapers? Nor did I. But the Suez Canal is apparently being blocked by one.

We have lots of cereal news today. We tried hard over here.

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💡 INSIGHT OF THE DAY: Getting vaccinated will greatly protect you from COVID-19. But about 25% to 30% of Americans will still wait until the nation reaches herd immunity to dine out or fly, according to a Harris Poll survey for USA TODAY.

Shuai Yang, co-owner of LanZhou Ramen restaurant in Doraville, Ga.

📰 Here are our top stories:

1. Asian Americans reported the single biggest increase in serious incidents of online hate and harassment over the past year, Jessica Guynn reports. Racist and xenophobic slurs blaming people of Asian descent for the coronavirus pandemic have been widespread, according to a new survey shared exclusively with USA TODAY. 

2. Who to believe? This comedian claims he found shrimp tails in his box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but General Mills says nope.

3. Remember Pontiac? This collector wants to turn a Michigan school into a museum for the defunct GM car brand.

4. The Grape-Nuts shortage is over. We're saved at last.

Something tells me there won't be a Cinnamon Toast Crunch shortage for a while.

More news below!

--@NathanBomey

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