Will the world ever be able to move beyond the coronavirus?

 

The former director of the CDC talks about the Delta variant, booster shots and the world’s unvaccinated.

While COVID-19 deaths and lockdowns have become less frequent in certain parts of the world, the coronavirus still looms large over humanity.

Affecting rich and poor countries, disrupting the supply of everything from magnets to cars and altering societies in countless ways, it seems like the disease will not just go away.

CDC Told to Downplay COVID-19 Risks So Schools Could Reopen

CDC TOLD TO SKEW COVID DATA: The CDC was reportedly told to downplay the risks of COVID-19 to better support the Trump admin’s stance on reopening schools, according to former Pence staffer and WH coronavirus task force member Olivia Troye.
 

How teargas became the go-to weapon for US police

The riot control agent, often referred to as 'tear gas', has been used in 100 US cities since late May.

While it was banned from war a century ago, it remains a vital police tool around the world.

Some US law enforcement agencies said they used other gases like pepper spray to disperse protesters.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines tear gas as "chemical compounds that temporarily make people unable to function by causing irritation to the eyes, mouth, throat, lungs, and skin."

CDC, White House Send Conflicting Messages On Coronavirus (video)

Gee, you think?

Larry Kudlow White House economic adviser:
is continuing to claim the COVID-19 coronavirus is "contained" as the number of cases in the United States passes 230 across 21 states.
"We don't actually know what the magnitude of the virus is going to be, although frankly, so far, it looks relatively contained," Kudlow told CNBC on Friday. "The vast majority of Americans are not at risk of this virus."

Kellyanne Conway White House senior legal adviser
claims coronavirus “is being contained.”

do you not think it's being contained in this country?" She said the number of US deaths attributed to the virus is proof that that the virus "has been" contained "because the President took 


Ben Carson HUD Secretary 
“The plan will be in place by that time,” the HUD secretary said. “But I don’t want to preview the plan right now.”

on Sunday refused to reveal how the administration is planning to handle the 3,500 passengers aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship that has been hit with a coronavirus outbreak and is scheduled to dock in Oakland, California as early as Sunday afternoon.

A Summary Of Donald Trumps Unfettered Stupidity

• The Summary of Ignorance
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• Trump used a freewheeling CDC press conference, intended to provide updates on the coronavirus, as an opportunity to attack Democrats, praise his own intelligence, lash out at CNN and spread false and misleading information about the status of the outbreak.
• The president made false statements about the availability of tests.
• Trump also said he wanted exposed passengers to remain on a cruise abroad so that the number of cases wouldn’t increase in the US.
• The president insulted the governor of Washington state, who is currently overseeing the most serious coronavirus outbreak.
• Trump’s re-election campaign sued CNN for publishing an opinion piece that argued Trump did not stop Russia from helping the campaign during the presidential election.
• The president escalated his attacks on Joe Biden’s cognitive health.

Presidential Science

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Coronavirus quarantine: 'I haven't had freedom for a month' (video)

US citizen Ningxi Xu describes what it's like to live under quarantine for coronavirus after evacuating from Wuhan.

She managed to get on the first civilian flight out of the city and is part way through her 14-day quarantine at a military base in San Diego.

The World Health Organization has named the virus, which has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people, Covid-2019. Tens of thousands of people have been infected.