Author: Annie May
COVID cases lowest since March 2020
Posted by Annie May / June 5, 2021COVID cases have fallen to their lowest levels since March of 2020, the beginning of the pandemic. Nevertheless, Dr. Anthony Fauci has warned Americans against declaring premature victory and abandoning all COVID precautions. This after several fully vaccinated people in southern California tested positive for COVID, serving as a reminder that the vaccines are not 100% …
Read MoreFauci warns US against declaring premature victory
Posted by Annie May / June 1, 2021Dr. Anthony Fauci has warned Americans against declaring premature victory and abandoning all COVID precautions. This after several fully vaccinated people in southern California tested positive for COVID, serving as a reminder that the vaccines are not 100% effective and thus as many people as possible need to get it. Nevertheless, many states are beginning …
Read MoreFully vaccinated people testing positive for COVID
Posted by Annie May / May 30, 2021Fully vaccinated people in several southern California towns have tested positive for COVID, serving as a reminder that the vaccines are not 100% effective and thus as many people as possible need to get it. COVID rates are slowing in the South and the plains states, worrying health experts. Appointments for the first COVID shot …
Read More40% chance of world hitting temperature limit by 2025
Posted by Annie May / May 28, 2021Climate scientists have warned that the world has a 40% chance of being hotter than pre-Industrial Revolution temperatures, which is the lower of the two temperature limits set by the Paris Agreement. The odds of that happening sooner rather than later seem good, since China’s construction boom has generated something like 12 billion metric tons …
Read MorePetition to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from House gets 100k signatures
Posted by Annie May / May 27, 2021A petition to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House of Representatives has garnered over 100,000 signatures after she compared wearing masks to the Holocaust. The beleaguered Greene also defended Capitol rioters as the Republicans try to block an investigation into the riots. Her defense is very “on brand.” After the incredible negative backlash against the …
Read MoreChina’s construction boom raises global greenhouse gas levels
Posted by Annie May / May 24, 2021China’s construction boom has generated something like 12 billion metric tons of CO2. Nevertheless, the United States and China have agreed to move forward with climate change, despite the rising tensions over Taiwan and the Philippines. Climate change reached another grim milestone this week. The Arctic Circle reached a shocking 100.4ºF this week, a temperature scientists …
Read MoreTrump’s charged the secret service $40k since leaving office
Posted by Annie May / May 23, 2021Former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort has charged the secret service $40,000 during the spring as they protected him after he left office. The resort made $16,000 by renting rooms to the secret service during Trump’s Christmas stay. The rooms cost nearly twice the limit for federal government hotel spending, but the White House can overrule …
Read MoreThousands of Indians suffering from “black fungus” after COVID
Posted by Annie May / May 22, 2021More than 7,000 Indians have been diagnosed with black fungus disease, which has a 50% mortality rate. The disease often follows extended use of antibiotics or steroids, which weaken the immune system. Hundreds of corpses have been found floating in in the river or buried in the sand on the banks. Fifty doctors have been reported …
Read MoreMarjorie Taylor Greene defends Capitol rioters
Posted by Annie May / May 19, 2021Marjorie Taylor Greene defended Capitol rioters as the Republicans try to block an investigation into the riots. Her defense is very “on brand.” After the incredible negative backlash against the proposed “America First Caucus,” Marjorie Taylor Greene is trying to put as much distance between herself and the caucus as possible, basically denying she had …
Read More50 doctors reported dead in India in one day
Posted by Annie May / May 19, 2021Fifty doctors have been reported dead in India in a single day. India, already buckling under the weight of a COVID surge, is about to face a new challenge: it is spreading to Indian villages, threatening to overwhelm their already weak healthcare systems. Already, hundreds of bodies have been found along the banks of the Ganges …
Read MoreInternational coalition calls for Beijing Olympics boycott
Posted by Annie May / May 18, 2021A coalition made up of Uighurs, Tibetans, residents of Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and others have all called for a total boycott of the Beijing Olympics. Increasing calls for boycotting the Beijing Olympics are ratcheting up tensions with China. Thirteen MPs from Canada have signed a letter to the International Olympic Committee , urging them to …
Read MoreUC system drops SAT requirements
Posted by Annie May / May 16, 2021The University of California system has dropped its SAT requirements, which critics have accused of harming low income students’ changes of admittance. Two months ago, Lori Loughlin, the former “Full House” star who is accused of bribing her children’s way into college, has finally agreed to plead guilty. For her attempt to circumvent what little meritocracy …
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