Sharon Stone has condemned “non-mask wearers”, and states that her sister Kelly is currently “fighting for her life” with coronavirus in the hospital. On Sunday, August 16, Stone shared several photos on Instagram of her sister’s hospital room. One of the photos shows a large yellow tube, which pumps air …
Read More »The ‘excessive deaths’ in the US are 204,691 in 7 months – so COVID-19 deaths may be too bad
The death toll in the United States through July 2020 is 8% to 12% higher than it would have been if the coronavirus pandemic had never happened. That is at least 164,937 deaths above the number expected for the first seven months of the year – 16,183 more than the …
Read More »Fear, language barriers hinder contact tracing of immigrants
Only a handful of contact tracers working to carry COVID-19 in 125 communities near Chicago speak Spanish, despite significant Spanish populations. Churches and advocacy groups in the Houston area are trying to persuade immigrants to cooperate when health officials call. And in California, immigrants are being trained as contact persons …
Read More »The extra $ 600 in weekly unemployment benefits expired – but gig workers and self-employed Americans still qualify for benefits
For the first time during the pandemic, weekly unemployment claims dipped below 1 million, but there are likely to be many more Americans eligible for unemployment benefits that were not applicable. When the $ 2 trillion CARES law was passed in March, the self-employed, self-employed, gig workers and other non-traditional …
Read More »Minority owners pressure Dan Snyder to sell Washington’s NFL team
Washington NFL team minority partners are pushing Dan Snyder to sell the franchise, according to people familiar with the matter, amid a growing battle within a team that has controversy on multiple fronts. Mr Snyder, the 55-year-old billionaire owner, has no intention of selling his majority stake in the team, …
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