“Dogs and cats as pets have established a much closer relationship with humans than all other animals, and banning the consumption of dogs and cats and other pets is a common practice in developed countries and in Hong Kong and Taiwan,” officials in Shenzhen, which is about 16 miles from Hong Kong, said in an order Wednesday, according to Reuters. … [Read more...] about Chinese city bans eating dogs and cats in response to coronavirus
US coronavirus deaths top 5,000, more states issue stay-at-home orders
While Trump said the numbers being reported by Beijing “seem to be a little on the light side,” the president and National Security Adviser Robert C. O'Brien said they currently have no way to confirm the number of COVID-19 cases being reported by the Chinese government. The comments follow accusations from critics that China is underreporting its cases. Click here for more. … [Read more...] about US coronavirus deaths top 5,000, more states issue stay-at-home orders
Coronavirus deaths top 5,000 in US as more states issue stay-at-home orders
“Right now there’s still 95 counties in this state that has less than five cases of coronavirus in it,” Parson said Tuesday, according to the Star. “The majority, 75 of them, has one or two. I have to take all that into consideration as I make decisions on how it affects the economy and how it will affect those areas.” … [Read more...] about Coronavirus deaths top 5,000 in US as more states issue stay-at-home orders
Army Warned in Early February That Coronavirus Could Kill 150,000 Americans
This week, as coronavirus deaths in the U.S. spiraled upward to surpass those killed on 9/11, the White House is conceding that an optimistic assessment of the coming death toll will leave between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans dead. But if the White House had heeded an Army warning nearly two months ago, it might have prompted earlier action to prevent an outbreak that threatens to kill more Americans than two to four Vietnam Wars. … [Read more...] about Army Warned in Early February That Coronavirus Could Kill 150,000 Americans
The Villains of the Virus Are Cashing In and Spreading Death
The ugly world view that has brought us to this wretched point was on full display, along with the evidence that this impassioned advocate of a return to pedagogical normalcy must have skipped English class as a lad (“kids coulda went back to school in two weeks to four weeks,” he said). The experts, from education to public health, are making ninnies of us, when what we really need is for a few real men to get back out there in public and show the rest of us what real Muricans think of a pesky little virus. … [Read more...] about The Villains of the Virus Are Cashing In and Spreading Death
