• General Jerome Adams: U.S. economy will not fully reopen unless all Americans wear face masks

    General Jerome Adams: U.S. economy will not fully reopen unless all Americans wear face masks

    Surgeon General Jerome Adams has changed his story yet again in the latest attempt to impose the mandatory use of face masks. On Tuesday, he said the U.S. economy will not fully reopen unless all Americans wear face masks in public. Back in March, the surgeon general urged people not to buy face masks and …
  • From bailouts for the rich to stimulus for the dead, Congress has already made its incompetence clear

    From bailouts for the rich to stimulus for the dead, Congress has already made its incompetence clear

    In the United States and around the world, concern is mounting over a potential COVID-19 “second wave” as economies reopen and nominal coronavirus case numbers rise. While we don’t yet know how the virus will play out and whether this concern is warranted, one thing is certain—no matter what happens, American taxpayers shouldn’t support a …
  • US buys almost the ENTIRE world stock of remdesivir

    US buys almost the ENTIRE world stock of remdesivir

    The US has bought almost the entire global supply of one of only two drugs proven to be effective against coronavirus.         Remdesivir, which has previously been initially developed as a failed Ebola treatment but has now been found to speeds up recovery times among Covid-19 patients, is exclusively manufactured by American pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences. …
  • Arizona Gov Doug Ducey has ordered the closure of bars, gyms for 30 days due to an increase in coronavirus cases

    Arizona Gov Doug Ducey has ordered the closure of bars, gyms for 30 days due to an increase in coronavirus cases

    Gov. Doug Ducey urged residents to wear masks and practice social distancing guidelines amid a spike in COVID-19 cases. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has ordered the closure of bars, gyms, movie theaters, nightclubs and water parks across the state for 30 days in an effort to combat a spike in coronavirus cases. “Our numbers continue to …
  • Beneath TikTok Fun Exterior Lies A Sinister Purpose

    Beneath TikTok Fun Exterior Lies A Sinister Purpose

    Three years since TikTok was launched, the video-sharing social network grown rapidly to accumulate more than two billion downloads, one of the most popular apps of the moment, beating even Instagram or YouTube in consumption time in the United States, United Kingdom or Spain, particularly among younger age segments. TikTok might be described as a …
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    The plan for "contact tracing" to preven the spread of COVID-19 relies on huge amounts of government spending

    As states move through phases of reopening, “contact tracing” has remained a topic of national interest. For months now, talking heads in the government and media have hailed the strategy as the country’s saving grace. One NBC headline read, “Coronavirus contact tracing could stop COVID-19 and reopen America,” and a CNN article declared, “the US …
  • How “defensive pessimism

    How “defensive pessimism" in Dystopian Fiction can help us in real life

    Police violence, civil unrest, riots, fires, looting, destruction, a “no-go zone” in a major American city, and media suppression, all set against the backdrop of a global pandemic and economic upheaval. It’s our current reality, although it sounds an awful lot like the setting of the next dystopian bestseller/blockbuster. The dystopia genre has been around …
  • Dr. Fauci: Community spread ‘insidious,’ economy should be reopened in a ‘measured way’

    Dr. Fauci: Community spread ‘insidious,’ economy should be reopened in a ‘measured way’

    Dr. Anthony Fauci has suggested the reopening of the economy should be done in a”‘measured way” to avoid another COVID-19 outbreak. During an interview Saturday, the coronavirus task force member said many people took an “all or nothing” approach to distancing guidelines by either completely locking down or ignoring guidelines entirely. Dr. Fauci admitted the …
  • Global COVID-19 cases surpass 10 million, half a million deaths

    Global COVID-19 cases surpass 10 million, half a million deaths

    Global deaths from coronavirus have surpassed 500,000 in a grim new milestone, as some countries continue to grapple with the first wave. More than 10 million global COVID-19 cases have been reported, according to the latest official figures, with the respiratory infection being particularly dangerous for the elderly. While the overall death rate has flattened …
  • Democrats call for nationwide mask mandate

    Democrats call for nationwide mask mandate

    Democrats have called on the White House to take a stricter stance in the fight against the novel coronavirus. They are now demanding a nationwide mandate on masks. As the pandemic disrupted normalcy across the globe, the national health crisis within the U.S. turned into a political issue. On Sunday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated …