The senior health official acknowledged that inoculation would be voluntary, but encouraged “everyone who is able to, to have the vaccination,” noting that there could be consequences for those who forgo the procedure. The remarks were made on Monday in response to a question from a journalist about whether schools, …
Read More »Rand Paul tries to get govt to stop paying stimulus to dead people, bill ‘watered down’ with 3-year deadline
“Recently, I passed a bill in the Senate to stop sending stimulus checks to dead people, immediately,” Paul tweeted on Monday. The Kentucky senator revealed the bill has been “watered down” so stimulus checks will only cease being sent to dead people after three years. “This is exactly why 90 …
Read More »Tone-deaf do-gooders claim free pass for people accomplices while British public wants tougher action on Channel boats
The majority of British people have little or no sympathy for migrants crossing the Channel from France, according to a recent poll, so it would only be fair to assume that most care even less about the pilots that drive the dinghies overladen with their cargo of humanity at its …
Read More »Covid pandemic could push more than a BILLION people worldwide into extreme poverty, UN warns
According to a new study from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) released this week, a “high-damage” scenario would mean a protracted recovery from the pandemic. The report anticipates that 80 percent of the pandemic-induced economic crisis would persist for over a decade, stalling the pre-pandemic growth trajectory. A “baseline Covid” …
Read More »‘Apologize to the Afghan people’: China scoffs after Canberra demands Beijing retract poster about Aussie war-crime report
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison demanded an official apology from Beijing after Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian posted a tweet calling for justice over a recent war-crimes report released in Australia – with an illustration of an Aussie soldier holding a knife to a child’s throat. But Beijing appears …
Read More »Better health, less pressure on NHS: 2.5 million vulnerable people to get free supply of Vitamin D in England
The free Vitamin D supplement will be offered to more than 2.5 million people across England, the government announced. Care homes will receive supplies automatically. In the meantime, individuals who are on the “extremely vulnerable” list will get a letter inviting them to apply for four months’ worth of supplements …
Read More »As a doctor, people ask me if it’s safe to take a new Covid vaccine. Given that criticism is risky, here’s my very careful answer
Since the first positive results on vaccines have come out, a lot of people have asked me if I think everyone should take them? For some reason, a number of people out there trust my judgement on such things. I noticed that the Daily Mail recently ran a poll, which …
Read More »US Covid-19 vaccinations may begin as soon as December 11, reach enough people for return to normalcy in May – program chief
An FDA vaccine advisory committee is scheduled to meet on December 10 and may grant Pfizer’s request for emergency use authorization that day, Dr. Moncef Slaoui said on Sunday during an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper. The Trump administration stands ready to ship the vaccine to immunization sites in all …
Read More »‘Pay people to stay home’: AOC’s Covid-19 proposal spawns Twitter spat with Nikki Haley
“To get the virus under control, we need to pay people to stay home,” tweeted Ocasio-Cortez, also known by her initials AOC, on Thursday. “Are you suggesting you want to pay people to stay home from the money you take by defunding the police?” replied Nikki Haley, former Republican governor …
Read More »‘We HAVE TO get people to take the vaccine,’ Fauci tells CNN, adding no return to ‘normal’ until next summer
Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday, Fauci heralded the recent announcement that US drugmaker Pfizer’s experimental vaccine is more than 90 percent effective against Covid-19. However, Fauci went on to say that the next challenge for politicians and scientists would be convincing people to take the jab. “That’s great, …
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