In our 1 December 2020 issue, we reported that although COVID vaccines had not been rolled out yet, the Ad Council had plans in play for the general public to buy their “It’s great to get vaccinated” sales pitch. Lisa Sherman, the Ad Council’s chief executive, told The New York Times, “We’re working in advance...
Tag: may 4 2021
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UPDATE: BAD & UGLY, UPS & DOWN
Last Friday, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) reported that recently imported doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine were blocked from use after confirmation they came from the same U.S. manufacturing plant “mired in quality-control problems.” Last month, it was revealed that 15 million doses of the vaccine had been contaminated at the Emergent BioSolutions...
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NEW YORK: READY TO REOPEN. CALLS FOR MASS VAX
Last Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo declared he plans to ease coronavirus restrictions next month, which includes lifting the curfew for New York City restaurants. The curfew mandate will expire on 17 May for outdoor dining and 31 May for indoor areas. The state will also allow dancing during catered events as long as the participants...
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HONG KONG: NO JAB, NO JOB, NO FREEDOM
Hong Kong has taken a move to require its foreign domestic workers in the city to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or lose their job. The Guardian reported the city announced a new measure that would make testing for these 370,000 workers mandatory and also require them to receive a vaccination. The paper said residents have...
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TURKEY LOCKS DOWN
Turkey, which has a COVID-19 death rate of 0.8 percent, announced last Thursday it will begin to enforce its first full lockdown amid what is being called a “third wave” of infections. The country of 82 million has recorded the grand total of 39,000 virus deaths since the COVID War broke some 14 months ago. ...
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FRANCE RELAXING COVID CURFEWS
President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday that by mid-May, the country plans to ease its COVID-19 measures impacting bars and restaurants and will lift the ban on domestic travel. Local reports from the country said Macron announced these initiatives, which begin on 3 May. The BBC reported the country will largely be reopened by 30 June. Marcon...
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EGYPT LOCKDOWN: NEW MUMMIES NOT BRINGING TOURISM BACK
The once-thriving tourism industry in Egypt has been decimated by lockdowns and travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Officials in the country hope that recent finds can lure back some of the market. But since the COVID War was launched in 2020, the country, like others that depend on tourism, suffered a 69-percent drop...
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FBI USES “DOMESTIC TERRORISM” LABEL TO TARGET POLITICAL DISSENT
Forget foreign-funded Jihadis and drug cartels. Pay no attention to the Communist China-connected agents and organizations embedding into American education, business, entertainment, and political institutions. Trump supporters and groups like Oath Keepers, made up largely of retired police and former members of the Armed Forces, are the biggest threats to the country. That’s the assessment...
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SUPREME COURT FIDDLING WHILE AMERICA CHURNS
The same Supreme Court that refused cases brought by Donald Trump and various states regarding alleged 2020 election fraud found time this past week to argue over how “a” should be read in a 1996 immigration-related act. The case, Niz-Chavez vs. Garland, concerned how the government sends deportation notices to nonresidents who have been living...
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MIGRANTS: COME ON IN. COVID DON’T COUNT
Some politicians in cities near the U.S. border with Mexico have raised concerns with the influx of migrants and the lack of COVID-19 testing for new arrivals. Douglas J. Nicholls, the mayor of Yuma, AZ, told The New York Times that before a city medical center took over testing these individuals for the virus, they would be...