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Of all the muddled, panicky, flip-flop responses by the Government to the Covid-19 pandemic, the introduction of a so-called ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown this week would be the worst yet. Shutting down the country for two weeks will turn a dangerous situation into a disaster. It’s precisely the wrong thing to do, at exactly the wrong … Read more
Chantel Jeffries hangs out with a pal in West Hollywood … before California reinstates coronavirus restrictions By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 05:37 BST, 14 July 2020 | Updated: 05:37 BST, 14 July 2020 Chantel Jeffries donned summer colors as she stepped out Monday in West Hollywood, California with a friend for lunch. The … Read more
Half a billion infections of the novel coronavirus were prevented worldwide from lockdowns, a new study finds. Researchers found that stay-at-home orders, business shutdowns and school closures prevented up to 60 million infections in the US alone. Additionally, the guidelines helped avert 470 million more cases from cropping up across Asia and Europe. Several American politicians … Read more
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that his new e-commerce platform Facebook Shops is seeing good uptake thanks to coronavirus lockdowns. ‘We’re seeing increased activity, certainly of people interacting with small businesses, as small businesses start to use Facebook Shops more,’ Zuckerberg told CNBC on Thursday. ‘It’s not just one clear story where every sector is … Read more
YouTube is facing backlash for removing a video interview of two California doctors who argued that coronavirus shutdowns have gone too far, after the streaming video platform said it would not allow content that ‘disputes the efficacy of local health authority guidance.’ The nearly hour-long video, which was taken down on Monday, features Drs. Dan Erickson … Read more
Mickey Rourke’s upcoming film Warhunt has finished shooting after it refused to close down amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The film, which was shot in Latvia’s capital of Riga, had to abide by local regulations, even as it ignored almost every Hollywood production’s choice to shut down. ‘I came to Riga to work and this … Read more
Sony considers scaling back PlayStation 5 launch and shipping up to two million fewer consoles as it fears demand will be lower amid coronavirus pandemic Sony is considering scaling back its plans for the PlayStation 5 launch The company is planning to ship between five million and 6.5 million consoles That would be one to … Read more
Energy use in the US drops to the lowest point in 16 YEARS as coronavirus shutdowns cause industrial and retail sector power consumption to fall Edison Electric Institute predicts a three percent drop in power consumption The biggest driver of the declines are retail and factory closures Residential power consumption is also declining as milder … Read more
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has rebuked President Trump’s claims that he has blanket authority to order a reopening of the country and cease stay-at-home orders, saying Monday night that the last time he checked the US had ‘a constitution…not a king’. In a heated press conference inside the White House on Monday evening, Trump … Read more
America should brace itself for 18 MONTHS of shutdowns as US economy faces ‘long, hard road’ to recovery from coronavirus pandemic, Federal Reserve President warns Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari says he expects the journey to economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will be a ‘long, hard road’ Kashkari said projections for a quick … Read more