About 1,000 students at a large Virginia high school were absent this week with a flu-like illness. The widespread sickness at Stafford High School outside of Washington, DC, prompted the school to cancel all weekend activities and athletics, according to a Friday posting on its Facebook page. “Due to the high number of student and staff illnessesContinue reading “About 1,000 students out sick with flu symptoms at Virginia high school!!”
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Pfizer’s CEO says Jared Kushner wanted him to divert vaccine supplies from Canada, Japan, and Latin America to boost the US’s COVID-19 jab stockpile
Pfizer’s CEO, Albert Bourla, said in a book excerpt published by Forbes on Monday that he and Jared Kushner, former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, once had a “heated” debate over whether the US should receive additional COVID-19 vaccine doses first. Bourla said he and Kushner, who in the early days of the pandemic was theContinue reading “Pfizer’s CEO says Jared Kushner wanted him to divert vaccine supplies from Canada, Japan, and Latin America to boost the US’s COVID-19 jab stockpile”
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Instagram gossip blog with 2.8 million followers that said Queen Elizabeth had died is doubling down, claiming a retraction was ‘fake news’
The CEO of a celebrity gossip blog went viral for claiming that Queen Elizabeth II has died. The Queen was diagnosed with COVID-19, Buckingham Palace announced on Sunday. Jason Lee doubled down after a Twitter account that appeared to be for his blog had briefly retracted the claim. The founder and CEO of the celebrityContinue reading “Instagram gossip blog with 2.8 million followers that said Queen Elizabeth had died is doubling down, claiming a retraction was ‘fake news’”
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Virginia mom ‘threatened school board with ‘loaded’ gun over COVID masking
A Virginia mom was busted for telling a school board she’d show up with a loaded gun if her kids were required to wear masks in class. Amelia King, 42, was charged Friday by the Luray Police Department with making an oral threat on school property after being cut off during a public comment sectionContinue reading “Virginia mom ‘threatened school board with ‘loaded’ gun over COVID masking”
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Folk singer Hana Horká dies of COVID after deliberately catching virus
Veteran folk singer Hana Horká died Sunday of COVID-19 after intentionally exposing herself to the virus in an ill-advised self-immunization technique. She was 57 years old. The Czech musician’s passing was confirmed by her son Jan Rek, who told Prague Morning that she “preferred to catch the disease than get vaccinated.” Her fatal goal: to regain accessContinue reading “Folk singer Hana Horká dies of COVID after deliberately catching virus”
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Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses
The Supreme Court stopped the Biden administration Thursday from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job. In a concurrent decision, the high court allowed vaccine mandates on most health care workers to stand. The rulings, which came during aContinue reading “Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses”
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