Mask requirements coming back in still more places
Posted by Jimmy Cooper / August 3, 2021Masks are being required in even more places as the COVID virus resurges thanks to the Delta variant. San Francisco and neighboring counties have reinstated mask mandates, and McDonald’s throughout the U.S. will also require masks. Upscale fitness establishments Equinox and SoulCycle are set to proof of vaccination by September. Major tech employers, including Google, …
Read MoreResearchers find less than 1% chance climate change occurred naturally
Posted by Annie May / August 3, 2021The amount of energy the Earth absorbs from the sun has, for most of planet’s history, been in equilibrium with the amount of energy the Earth emits back into space. Recently, however, that balance has been thrown off, and recent research has just revealed that there is a less than 1% chance that such an …
Read MoreSummer heatwave to set new records in Europe
Posted by Jimmy Cooper / August 2, 2021Eastern Europe––including southern Italy, Greece, and Turkey––is coming off record-breaking temperatures only to enter even higher temperatures as another heatwave set in. That earlier heatwave caused massive ice melt in Greenland. A “heat dome” is set to punish the United States with extreme temperatures, making for yet another brutal heat wave this summer. According to …
Read MoreFauci warns that more “pain and suffering” ahead
Posted by Annie May / August 2, 2021As COVID cases rise and vaccination rates continue to falter, Anthony Fauci is warning that more “pain and suffering” is in our future. The same is already happening around the world. In Nanjing, the Delta outbreak is the worst since the original outbreak of COVID-19. The country is, as a result, on high alert for …
Read MoreChina’s Delta COVID outbreak worst since original
Posted by Thomas Bush / August 1, 2021In Nanjing, the Delta outbreak is the worst since the original outbreak of COVID-19. The country is, as a result, on high alert for another surge. Similarly, Russia has set another record––its third––for daily COIVD deaths after 799 people died of the virus. The nation has been registering record-breaking numbers of daily virus deaths for …
Read MoreOnly 10% of ICU beds available in Mississippi
Posted by Ivan Vaquero / August 1, 2021Mississippi has only 10% of ICU beds available as the Delta variant surges in the state. An increase in rare “breakthrough” cases––that is, cases in which a vaccinated person gets COVID––show that the unvaccinated pose some threat to the vaccinated by dint of their sheer numbers. Major tech employers, including Google, Facebook, and Netflix, are …
Read MoreSome Missourians are getting secretly vaccinated to avoid criticism
Posted by Jimmy Cooper / July 31, 2021In a sign of just how polarizing the vaccine has become, some Missourians are getting vaccinated in secret to avoid backlash from their families. Just three states––Florida, Missouri, and Texas––account for 40% of the nation’s COVID surge. All three states are severely lagging in vaccination rates. The US has extended its public health emergency as …
Read MoreBreakthrough COVID cases suggest the unvaccinated do pose a threat to the vaccinated
Posted by Annie May / July 31, 2021An increase in rare “breakthrough” cases––that is, cases in which a vaccinated person gets COVID––show that the unvaccinated pose some threat to the vaccinated by dint of their sheer numbers. Major tech employers, including Google, Facebook, and Netflix, are requiring proof of vaccination of employees. Apple is requiring both customers and employees to wear masks, …
Read MoreMajor tech employers to require vaccines, masks
Posted by Robert Leonard / July 30, 2021Major tech employers, including Google, Facebook, and Netflix, are requiring proof of vaccination of employees. Apple is requiring both customers and employees to wear masks, regardless of vaccination status. Similar things are happening outside the tech world. Disney World, for example, will require guests to wear masks indoors. The rapid spread of the Delta variant …
Read MoreRussia sets a third record for COVID deaths
Posted by Catherine Reed / July 30, 2021Russia has set another record––its third––for daily COIVD deaths after 799 people died of the virus. The nation has been registering record-breaking numbers of daily virus deaths for weeks as it struggles with a third wave of COVID. Russia has seen its highest daily rise in COVID cases since January. Last week, Russia set a …
Read MoreMoroccan authorities arrest Uighur on Chinese request
Posted by Annie May / July 29, 2021Authorities in Morocco have arrested a Uighur activist on China’s request, part of the country’s continuing campaign against so-called dissidents outside its borders. Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs and the Uyghur Human Rights Project has released a report detailing the vast extent to which the Islamic world has collaborated with China’s campaign against the …
Read MoreNevada issues emergency mask order in 12 of 17 counties
Posted by Robert Leonard / July 29, 2021Nevada has issued an emergency order in 12 of 17 counties requiring everyone––vaccinated or unvaccinated––to wear masks. Some San Francisco bars are requiring proof of vaccination for entry. Anthony Fauci has said that the CDC is considering recommending that everyone wear masks, regardless of vaccination status, as cases in the United States continue to rise. …
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