On Sunday, India officially gave the green light to Covishield, a drug developed by the Pune-based Serum Institute based on the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, as well as Covaxin, created by Indian pharmaceutical Bharat Biotech. The AstraZeneca jab received emergency approval despite Covishield showing at least 62-percent efficacy, a value considerably lower …
Read More »Kareem Abdul-Jabbar declares celebrity ‘wrongthink’ threatens society and urges them all to shut up (except him, of course)
Celebrities with political opinions outside the ‘safe’ range dictated by the media establishment should keep their mouths shut and their Twitter fingers still, Abdul-Jabbar declared, in a shockingly tone-deaf op-ed in the Hollywood Reporter on Thursday. The sports star warned his fellow famous people that expressing unorthodox political opinions risked …
Read More »‘Brexit is madness’, French finance minister declares, claiming the British will be ‘the big losers’
Speaking on France Info TV, the minister of the economy, Bruno Le Maire, used a phrase coined by the recently deceased John le Carré, calling the UK’s departure from the EU a “political, economic and historical folly,” and stating that “Brexit is madness.” Asked about the impact of a no-deal …
Read More »‘It’s not over,’ Trump declares 1 day before Electoral College votes, claims US looks like ‘3rd world country’
“We’re going to speed it up as much as we can, but you can only go so fast,” Trump told ‘Fox & Friends’ in an interview that aired on Sunday. The president cited “numerous local cases,” including in Wisconsin, that could still help prove his allegations of voter fraud. “They …
Read More »‘The beginning of the end’: US general declares Pfizer jab rollout ‘D-Day’ as FDA says ‘very concerned about vaccine hesitancy’
The head of the US Food and Drug Administration, Stephen Hahn, said that his agency is “very concerned about vaccine hesitancy” and thus always tried to be as “open and transparent” as possible about the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine testing and emergency approval process. The US Army General in charge of …
Read More »Trump declares law protecting social media national security threat, vows to veto military spending bill if it’s not repealed
The president took to Twitter on Tuesday night with a series of posts deeming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act a “serious threat” to US national security and the integrity of its elections. Trump has taken aim at Section 230 in the past, repeatedly urging lawmakers to amend or …
Read More »Pennsylvania certifies election results, declares Joe Biden victorious in latest blow to Trump
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced the certification on Tuesday, locking in the state’s 20 electors for the Democratic candidate. According to state officials, Biden won Pennsylvania by around 80,000 votes, or a margin of 1.2 percent. The certification comes a day after Michigan certified its results, and two days after Georgia …
Read More »American Medical Association declares racism a ‘public health threat,’ prompting both applause & mockery
The new policy rules, adopted on Monday, are aimed at combating racist policies and practices across all US healthcare, according to a press release on the AMA website. “The AMA recognizes that racism negatively impacts and exacerbates health inequities among historically marginalized communities,”said Board Member Dr Willarda V. Edwards during …
Read More »Joe Biden declares election victory, promises to be a president for all Americans
In a post on Twitter on Saturday, Biden said he was honored that Americans have chosen him to be their president and said it was now time to heal divisions and unite as a country. “I am honored and humbled by the trust the American people have placed in me …
Read More »If Trump declares himself the early winner, the toughest choices will be on the media
Trump’s alleged plan to declare himself victor prematurely was revealed in a scoop by Axios, citing close Trump confidants. This is significant because the results of the election in many states, including key states like Pennsylvania, are unlikely to be certified on the night of election day due to an …
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