The CDC last week made a major change to its guidelines for face masks, advising people to avoid respirators that have exhalation valves or vents. ‘Masks with unidirectional valves or vents can be exhaled through holes in the material,’ read the updated guidelines. The change comes days after the Indian …
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“Virgin likes to take on seemingly immutable problems, and try to overcome them,” he said in 2018. But these days, Branson’s business empire is facing what may still be the biggest challenge. Virgin Atlantic filed for bankruptcy protection for the U.S. last week as part of a $ 1.5 billion …
Read More »New York MTA asks Apple to speed up ‘process’ to unlock iPhone while wearing mask
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York has asked Apple to develop alternative ways for iPhone users to unlock their devices, saying that subway riders remove face masks to activate face recognition. MTA chairman Patrick Foye warned in a letter to CEO Tim Cook that the practice of removing masks …
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Infectious disease experts are warning Americans to reconsider their priorities with winter approaching faster than people would think, bringing with it the possibility of an even worse crisis in coronavirus. The problem is that many people do not take advantage of the summer that offers the breaths to limit the …
Read More »Jim Harbaugh of Michigan pleads for fall football, quoting ‘facts’
Jim Harbaugh, Michigan’s head coach, issued a statement Monday calling for the college football season to go ahead as planned. “I would like to address the rumors circulating today,” Harbaugh said in the statement. “I’m not pleading for football this fall because of my passion as the desire of our …
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