Checkpoints were installed at Wellington’s Pauatahanui wildlife reserve this weekend, after a pod of orcas were sighted in the waters nearby, local media reported. Police have warned people not to travel to the area, currently under lockdown because of Covid, and blocked a state highway in the area so non-residents …
Read More »‘Everyone must be vaccinated and re-vaccinated’: Russia’s re-inoculation drive essential for stopping Covid-19, experts tell RT
The initiative, announced by the country’s Ministry of Health last week, has been recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). According to the most up-to-date scientific research, protection from coronavirus persists for six months, regardless of how it was obtained. Therefore, after half a year, Russia will give a third …
Read More »Drag queen show was ‘essential to morale, cohesion and readiness,’ US Air Force base tells media
A flyer for the ‘Drag-u-Nellis’ show at the Nellis Club, intended to teach airmen (and women) the “significance of Drag in the LGBT+ Community,” was first posted on Twitter last Friday, by a veteran Air Force podcaster wondering what that was all about. The first-ever drag show was indeed hosted …
Read More »‘We turned essential services into a casino,’ energy market expert tells Max Keiser after Texas power-grid failure
The Texas energy market is largely not under federal oversight and relies entirely on market forces to have an impact on energy companies’ and power plants’ behavior, the analyst said, on the latest episode of RT’s Keiser Report. “This complete failure to have any sort of regulations or mandates tied …
Read More »Health officials ask Hollywood to halt ‘essential’ productions amid spike in Covid-19 cases
FilmLA, the official film office for Los Angeles, has heard from public health officials asking them for productions to voluntarily shut down and no more filming permits to be issued. Despite the regional stay-at-home order, film and television productions have been deemed essential businesses and, thus, exempt from citywide restrictions. …
Read More »Non-essential services shut, no drinking in public & no fireworks: Germany rolls out tougher Covid-19 rules
The new rules will take effect on December 16 and last until January 10. All non-essential shops and services, like hair salons, will be shuttered. Schools are urged to send students home and continue lessons online, while employers are asked to allow workers to work remotely. Daycare centers will also …
Read More »Essential entertainment? California Governor excludes Hollywood from having to follow his strict Covid-19 curfew order – report
The month-long curfew requirement, which was announced on Thursday and runs from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. each day, excludes television and movie crews, as well as other entertainment industry workers, a representative of Newsom’s office told media outlet Deadline. Unlike when the governor imposed a statewide lockdown in March, …
Read More »Boris Johnson announces new 4-week England lockdown – all pubs, restaurants & ‘non-essential’ shops to shut down
“I’m afraid, from Thursday, the basic message is the same: stay at home, protect the NHS, and save lives,” Johnson said. The new restrictions were “far less primitive and less restrictive” than the full-scale lockdown of March and April, he assured. From November 5 to December 2, people in England …
Read More »Israel to enter full-blown lockdown, shut schools & close most non-essential businesses starting September 18 – report
The sweeping lockdown is set to take effect on September 18 at 6 a.m. local time, multiple Israeli media reported on Saturday. The Israeli cabinet is expected to approve the new stringent restrictions on the movement of people as well as on commerce as soon as on Sunday morning, Haaretz …
Read More »Taxes on ‘non-essential’ foods won’t prevent obesity – but they will hurt poorer people
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is a left-leaning think tank that has a track record of supporting state intervention in our lives. Moreover, the IPPR’s new report, The Whole Society Approach: Making A Giant Leap On Childhood Health, has been bankrolled by three charities – Cancer Research UK, …
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