Dr. David Nabarro, one of six special envoys from the World Health Organization’s effort to tackle Covid-19, told Sky News that people may need to be even more “cautious” as a new variant of the virus sweeps across the UK. The special envoy noted that there has always been virus …
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“Hmm. We’ve sent you a DM with the next steps. Please check and let us know if you have any questions,” the tech company tweeted on Monday. Google often responds by direct message to users having difficulty with their email accounts. The company deleted the tweet within minutes, but that …
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It is often overlooked that Donald Trump currently holds the distinction of being the oldest-ever US president, being 70 at the time of his inauguration. Biden will take that trophy as well if he’s inaugurated in January 2021, having turned 78 last month. Even so, he is actually younger than …
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The British-Swedish vaccine and its Russian alternative took somewhat different approaches to triggering an immune response to the SARS-Cov-2 virus, and using them in a single regimen may produce a better result, Alexander Gintsburg, the head of the Gamaleya Institute, which developed Russia’s pioneering Sputnik V vaccine, told RT. On …
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“How many people did Tucker Carlson try and kill tonight?” Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-California) tweeted on Friday. While such a message might seem extreme, it’s just one of many reactions to a recent vaccine critique from Carlson. In a segment on his show, Carlson, one of the president’s more vocal …
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The Spanish government officially ended the forced sterilization of disabled people on Thursday, publishing new legislation in an official newsletter. According to the newsletter, “In the last decade, more than a thousand forced sterilizations have been practiced in Spain, most of them on women.” “The end to this practice…brings an …
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While 79 percent of white citizens will do so, only 57 percent of minority-ethnic people have stated any desire to be vaccinated, according to a survey conducted on behalf of the Royal Society for Public Health. These statistics reflect the level of resentment and suspicion that has been stoked by …
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The Covid-19 pandemic could have brought humanity together in cooperation to combat the deadly disease. Instead, 2020 has seen an expansion of the use of unilateral sanctions, which target entire nations and hurt their ability to respond to outbreaks on their territory while undermining global efforts to provide humanitarian assistance …
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A NYPD spokesman confirmed that a vehicle “plowed” into the protesters at the corner of 39th Street and Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan on Friday afternoon, shortly after 4 pm local time. The injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, police added. Dozens of officers cordoned off the area after …
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After 10 months of life under this damned Covid-19 cloud, we all have our own way of dealing with it, whether it’s by pretending it doesn’t exist and ignoring the myriad rules, tiers, and traffic lights, or accepting the new regime with a more phlegmatic approach… so to speak. We …
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