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People should be paid to get a Covid vaccine to ensure that millions get protected against the disease, a leading expert has said. Oxford University ethicist Professor Julian Savulescu said people could either get money or an exemption from face mask and social distancing rules if they got the jab. He said that simply asking … Read more
Cities across the nation are boarding up in preparation for widespread violence on and after Election Day, as many states prepare the National Guard for activation and specialized units of military police Guardsmen ready for rapid deployment. On Friday, boards went up over storefronts in Washington DC, New York City, Los Angeles, Denver and elsewhere … Read more
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a sweeping new diversity measures that holds film productions and studios accountable for promoting inclusion. The diversity initiatives will go into effect with films released in the year 2024, which will be recognized at the 96th Oscars in 2025. Films vying for Best Picture in 2022 … Read more
Widespread Panic founding drummer Todd Nance dead at 57… following years of suffering from ‘chronic illness’ Nance passed away in Athens, Georgia, ‘from sudden and unexpectedly severe complications of a chronic illness,’ his family wrote in a statement posted on the band’s website and social media platforms The Tennessee native native reportedly had been struggling … Read more
President Xi Jinping is facing widespread opposition within his Communist Party and leading China into ‘disaster’, insider claims Cai Xia, a retired Chinese professor of politics, criticised the nation’s leader She claimed discontent within the ruling Communist Party was widespread It came after Ms Cai was expelled from the party due to a leaked recording She … Read more
Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday that the unfair policing of African Americans is a ‘widespread phenomenon’ before rejecting calls to defund the police. Protests over the recent police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and other African Americans have ignited a national conversation about the role of law enforcement in society. … Read more
Compulsory face coverings and testing for everyone with symptoms could cut UK coronavirus deaths by 50,000 over two years until a vaccine is found, a study has claimed. A team of experts investigated 31 different scenarios for capping the UK death toll. Each scenario had a range of interventions, such as testing the whole population … Read more
The widespread use of face masks in Britain could keep the reproduction rate below one and stop a second wave of coronavirus, a study suggests. Modelling by the universities of Cambridge and Greenwich found if half of Brits wore masks it would prevent the crisis from spiralling back out of control. The researchers said mask-wearing … Read more
Wuhan biosafety expert admits widespread security and maintenance concerns at China’s top-secret labs which carry out research on lethal diseases Pressure was last night building on Beijing following the leak of a bombshell intelligence dossier which accuses China of having lied about Covid-19 The dossier, which has been circulated between Western governments including Britain, also … Read more
More than 75 per cent of Britons support extending the lockdown next week, according to a new poll – amid fears widespread ‘coronaphobia’ could stop the country getting back up and running. A new YouGov poll of 3152 adults has revealed that 77 per cent would like to see the lockdown continue while just 15 per … Read more