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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer apologized Sunday after apparently violating state-mandated social distancing guidelines at an East Lansing bar and grill. It was the latest pandemic-related misstep for the Democratic governor, who waited weeks to disclose partial details of a private jet trip she took to visit her father in Florida after two of her top aides headed south as coronavirus cases surged in Michigan and residents were cautioned against traveling south for spring break. A photo circulated on social media of Whitmer with a large group of unmasked people at an East Lansing bar-restaurant, The Landshark Bar & Grill.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is now calling for more investigation into China to uncover the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, a dramatic reversal from his earlier position in which he dismissed theories that COVID-19 emerged from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. In a recent interview that received little attention, Fauci was asked by PolitiFact editor Katie Sanders whether he is "still confident that [COVID-19] developed naturally?" Shockingly, Fauci said he doubts the natural emergence of COVID-19. "No, actually," Fauci said. "No, I'm not convinced about that. I think that we should continue to investigate what went on in China until we...

All social media platforms have been asked by the Indian government to take down any content that refers to an "Indian variant" of coronavirus, according to a letter published over the weekend. In the letter, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said the World Health Organization has not associated the term "Indian Variant" with the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus in any of its reports. The B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus gained the "Indian variant" label when online content claimed it was originated from there. Last month, the UK Science Media Centre said usage of the "India variant"...

May 24 , 2021 Mary mother of the Church Basilica Notre Dame de Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. First readingGenesis 3:9-15,20 ©The mother of all those who liveAfter Adam had eaten of the tree the Lord God called to him. ‘Where are you?’ he asked. ‘I heard the sound of you in the garden;’ he replied ‘I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.’ ‘Who told you that you were naked?’ he asked ‘Have you been eating of the tree I forbade you to eat?’ The man replied, ‘It was the woman you put with...

Sorry about the vanity, but here goes....my wife and I sold our Bay Area home and bought a nice place in suburban Boise. Our kids were in school, limited masks and life was about 80% of normal vs. 20% in California. Fast forward to May. My wife hates it here. She is conservative but said she would pay the high taxes, property taxes and cost of living to avoid the culture here. She thinks that our school-aged kids will not be able to prosper if they stay here in Idaho. No exposure to worldly things, more blue collar, less sophistication,...

Late on a Friday night, eight dog enthusiasts and their pet pooches prowl several dark alleys in New York's Lower East Side with one mission: to hunt and kill as many rats as possible. The dogs, mostly terriers, pant and strain at their leashes before diving into trash bags and emerging seconds later with a convulsing rodent between their teeth. "They're bred for the job. They're wired for the job. They live for the job," explained Richard Reynolds, organizer of the Ryders Alley Trencher-fed Society, or R.A.T.S. for short. New York's furry rodents are notorious. Legend has it there are...

SHARON, Mass. (AP) — For a year, Michelle Pepe awoke every day, recited the Kaddish, the mourner’s prayer, and kissed a photo of her father. And coped with her guilt. “’Dad,” she says, “I’m so sorry that this happened.” “This” was COVID-19. In March 2020, just as the pandemic bloomed in the United States, Pepe traveled from Boston to Florida for her mother’s 80th birthday. She believes she gave the coronavirus to her father; Bernie Rubin died weeks later. “At the beginning, people would say, ‘Well, how did he get it?’ From me. That’s how he got it — he...

Imshin (@imshin) Tweeted: 1/ They lie to us that mainly women and children killed in #Gaza. But the truth is that the overwhelming majority were #HamasTerrorists. Here are some of them. https://t.co/KfixsjsUBx

The 27-year-old BLM activist is in critical condition Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson is reportedly in critical condition after she was shot in the head. According to The Guardian, Johnson’s affiliated group, Taking the Initiative party, announced the news on social media on Sunday. On the group’s official Facebook page, the party explained that the incident happened early in morning. The statement said: “It is with great sadness that we inform you that our own Sasha Johnson has sustained a gunshot wound to her head. She is currently hospitalized and in critical condition. The incident happened in the early...

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Ever since China launched its digital yuan in 2019, western commentary has reacted to the initiative with waves of nonsense. Many of these articles suggest that the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has stolen a march on the West. Many claim that China’s digital effort will secure the yuan global status and enable it to supplant the dollar as the world’s premier currency for international reserves and transactions.The venerable Economist magazine forecast that soon everyone everywhere will be using the digital yuan. The most recent wave of such commentary emerged after the Federal Reserve (Fed) and other central banks announced...

Racism is defined by Dictionary.com this way.a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.Okay, its time for a multiple choice quiz.Which of these news stories are examples of racism at work?a) A politician denying interviews to white reporters.b) Denying white farmers financial aid but not minority farmersc) Denying white people spots on police oversight boardsd) Denying financial assistance to poor white families...

Many Americans have become more germ-conscious since the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year – but Vice President Kamala Harris may have made her apparent concerns too conspicuous.Harris was caught on camera Friday immediately wiping her right hand on her jacket after shaking hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House....Many social media users accused the vice president of being rude to Moon – with some claiming a Republican leader would have faced much harsher criticism for the same action."This is the USA VP?" one user wrote. "Not only disrespectful, but it would be ‘racist’ if...

The Chinese communist regime announced on May 23 that 21 athletes, including China’s marathon champions, died at the Gansu ultramarathon due to the extreme weather.The death list includes Liang Jing, 31, China’s ultramarathon record holder, Huang Guanjun, 34, winner of the men’s marathon for hearing-impaired runners at China’s 2019 National Paralympic Games, and famous ultramarathon runners Huang Yinbin and Cao Pengfei.“All elite ultramarathon runners died,” a Chinese netizen wrote on Weibo on Sunday.From videos and photos that surviving sportsmen shot onsite and shared on social media, the athletes dressed in shorts were stuck in no man’s land and couldn’t procure...

This is turning into a banner day for evidence supporting the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic was the result of the virus leaking from a lab in Wuhan, China. Earlier today, RedState reported on the surprising flip-flop from the exalted Dr. Anthony Fauci.After over a year of dismissing the idea that the COVID-19 virus leaked from a lab, either purposely or inadvertently, Fauci’s now “not convinced” that the virus originated in nature (see: Fauci Admits He’s ‘Not Convinced’ COVID-19 Developed Naturally, Could Have Leaked From Lab). His change of heart is especially rich, given how combative he’s been with Sen....

Los Angeles (CNN)A social media post telling people to show up to a party in Huntington Beach led to the unlawful assembly of more than 2,500 people, police said.... ..."The initial crowd at the beach grew in size and moved to the downtown area where it was estimated to be over 2,500," the Huntington Beach Police Department said in a statement.... ..."As the crowd size continued to grow rapidly, large groups disbursed into various locations throughout the area, throwing bottles, rocks, fireworks, and other items...

Michigan's governor apologizing after a photo shows her violating social distancing rules but first... "Until they show me evidence that people who have already had the infection are dying in large numbers or being hospitalized or getting very sick, I just made my own personal decision that I'm not getting vaccinated because I've already had the disease and I have natural immunity." Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky interviewed on WABC Radio... More than 227,000 Americans have experienced adverse reactions to coronavirus vaccines through May 14th... America's Frontline Doctors filing a federal court motion seeking a restraining order to suspend...

* If Australia continues with its current approach to pandemic containment it could be decades before international borders reopen, the Australian Medical Association has warned. * While the AMA suggests many Australians don’t think border closures past 2022 are “reasonable”, in fact evidence on the ground suggests the majority of Australians are content to sacrifice freedom for safety. * The statement comes as the Scott Morrison government is forced to defend its border plans amid pushback from industry groups. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The nation’s peak body for doctors has warned that Australia’s current strategy of COVID-19 elimination would keep the country’s international...

OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Hospitals in Japan's second largest city of Osaka are buckling under a huge wave of new coronavirus infections, running out of beds and ventilators as exhausted doctors warn of a "system collapse", and advise against holding the Olympics this summer.... ..."Simply put, this is a collapse of the medical system," said Yuji Tohda, the director of Kindai University Hospital in Osaka. ....Minami said a supplier recently told him that stocks of propofol, a key drug used to sedate intubated patients, are running very low, while Tohda's hospital is running short of the ventilators vital for severely...

New Delhi: Amid the rising coronavirus cases in the country, one drug that has almost become a household name is – Ivermectin. However, the medical fraternity is divided on its use amid lack of strong evidence of its success in treating COVID-19. Ivermectin is mainly prescribed for patients with mild to moderate infection. With the second wave raging upon us, there was a huge surge in demand for these drugs. Dr Chandrashekhar T, Chief Intensivist, Fortis Hiranandani Hospital, Vashi has now cleared the air around its use, points to consider and more. Recently, World Health Organisation (WHO) issued guidelines saying...