Honestly, did we all miss the bit where Bill Gates headed off to university and spent a decade studying to become the world’s leading expert on infectious diseases? Because it sure seems that way. As Tim points out this morning, there’s an unfortunate habit in the press of giving more space to non-scientists who support […]
Two babies who had been abandoned at a New Jersey recycling center in February have been buried with dignity by the Catholic Diocese of Metuchen. Last Friday, a graveside committal service laid the bodies of the two infants to rest in St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery in New Brunswick. Because of covid-19 restrictions, the small number of mourners […]
The Chinese Communist Party [CCP] is continuing to put economic pressure on the Australian Government as part of an escalating campaign seemingly designed to stop the Australian Government from continuing to push for an investigation into the crucial early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak. This week has already seen the CCP threaten tariffs of 80% on Australian […]
Timely and relevant, one might argue, given events in this jurisdiction over the past 24 hours: MADISON – The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down Gov. Tony Evers’ order shutting down daily life to limit the spread of coronavirus — marking the first time a statewide order of its kind has been knocked down by […]
If you think you’re going around the twist at home now, be thankful (for maybe the first time in your life) that you don’t live in sunny California, with its lovely weather and scenery and friendly bears wandering around the place: “Los Angeles County’s stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next […]
They married in 1959 and went on to have six boys and one girl, with Bill calling his wife “babe” right up until the end.
China has given Australian producers 10 days to respond before the country imposes crippling tariffs on the country’s barley producers. China has also separately suspended beef imports from four Australian abattoirs. China alleges that the Australian barley industry is propped up by illegal state supports, that an investigation by its Minister of Commerce found this to be true, and that it now needs to impose the tariffs to protect its […]
The Hungarian businessman also claimed that Mr. Trump is self-destructing in his role.
The German Newspaper Der Spiegel, renowned for its world-class fact-checking, has reported that Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service, the BND, believes that Xi Jinping, leader of China’s Communist Party [CCP], personally asked the head of the WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, to “hold back” information on human-to-human transmission of COVID-19 and to delay declaring that the […]
One advantage of President Trump’s tendency to say exactly what he’s thinking, regardless of the consequence, is that sometimes he hits on an important point. He did that yesterday: Trump on why businesses should reopen: "I'm viewing our great citizens of this country to a certain extent and to a large extent as warriors. They're […]
Gavi, the vaccine alliance, founded and funded largely by Bill Gates and his wife Melinda, is an appealing option for Governments looking to make donations, according to a paper published in Global Public Health in 2014, because “it can often produce quantified, politically-appealing, easy-to-explain results within an election cycle, which is appealing to public-sector donors.” […]
The creator of the New York Times controversial 1619 Project, which aims to “re-examine the legacy of slavery in the United States”, has won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary despite a critical backlash which saw numerous prominent historians, from both the right and left, coming forward to publicly say the project is misleading, ahistorical, deeply […]