America’s a great country, but sometimes you really do wonder what’s going on: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tells @MarthaRaddatz his statewide order mandating face masks be worn in stores went "too far." "It became clear to me that that was just a bridge too far. People were not going to accept the government telling them […]
New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, was giving an update to her country yesterday about their progress in conquering Covid 19 and getting back to some state of normalcy. The country has, so far, reported 1,487 cases, and just 20 deaths, and is considering re-opening for business as usual, and even relaxing restrictions on international […]
Discussing a possible Covid-19 vaccine, Gates said that it’s safety cannot be guaranteed.
The law will not expire until March 2021, with Health Minister Magnus Heunicke wholeheartedly welcoming the legislation.
Tesla founder and entrepreneur Elon Musk has described the continuation of the Covid-19 lockdown as “fascist” in an earnings conference call for the business. He added that many small businesses would not survive the restrictions. Mr Musk the lockdowns amounted to “forcibly imprisoning people in their homes”. “To say that they cannot leave their house […]
Easy to miss the distinction here, but it’s there, all right. He’s not praying “for the people of Europe”, or even, “to grant wisdom to European leaders”, or anything like that. He’s praying for “the unity of the European Union”. On the feast of St. Catherine of Siena, Doctor of the Church and Patroness of […]
The bill, which is due to come before the Hungarian parliament on May 5th, is expected to pass through the majority-Fidesz house.
Last week, two Californian doctors, Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi, held a press conference in Bakerfield, California, to release data which, they claimed, shows that the present lockdown measures in the United States and most of the rest of the world, including Ireland, are an unnecessary over-reaction. In their statement, which has been widely criticised […]
A Facebook post by the Greater Manchester Police has provoked fury online after telling the public to report anyone “repeating conspiracy theories” or “speaking to people spreading hate”. The post linked to a police website which said that a desire for political or social change could be a sign that some one was vulnerable to […]
US President Donald Trump has said that China should be held accountable for the coronavirus pandemic and that the United States may seek “very substantial damages” from China in this regard. At a press briefing yesterday (Monday) Trump launched sharply criticised China, saying there were “a lot of ways you can hold them accountable” for the spread of the virus. “We’re […]
China’s ambassador to Australia, Cheng Jingye, has said that the Chinese Communist Party may encourage boycotts of imported Australian goods if Australia continue to call for an independent investigation into the origin and spread of the COVID-19 outbreak. In an interview with the Australian Financial Review Ambassador Cheng also said that an investigation would “disrupt […]
A fascinating piece in Newsweek, yesterday, speculated that Coronavirus is, in fact, man-made, and that it may well have come directly from Chinese efforts to engineer a deadly virus. Speculated is a key word here, because speculation is exactly what it is. There’s no hard evidence. But there’s speculation, and then there’s informed speculation: “What’s […]