>DOUGH
>"Quarantine facility"
Australia builds the first "quarantine facility" to "keep the community safe," Premier of Queensland announces.
>"quarantine facility" to "keep the community safe,"
>First thing Aussies need to do is get rid of 'Queensland' name.
>I actually think the President of the United States is a retard
>Kids at Wildwood Elementary in Minnesota practice the "zombie walk" to keep them safe as they go to the cafeteria.
>What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men, you just can't reach.
>brian
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article253728768.html
A South Beach tourist was shot to death. Suspect told police he was ‘high on mushrooms.’
A 22-year-old man who shot and killed a Colorado tourist inside a South Beach restaurant says he was “high on mushrooms which made him feel empowered,” according to an arrest report.
Miami Beach police have arrested Tamarius Davis, of Norcross, Georgia, who was charged with second-degree murder with a weapon and attempted murder.
The shooting happened Tuesday evening at La Cerveceria, in the 1400 block of Ocean Drive. Killed was 21-year-old Dustin Wakefield, who was dining with his family in the outdoor patio area at the restaurant. Davis told police he “randomly chose” to shoot Wakefield, and attack another man minutes earlier on the street.
Davis was arrested in an alleyway next door. In a video obtained by the Miami Herald, he can be heard yelling as police officers approach him as he lay on the ground in an alley beside the restaurant. He partially obeys police commands and puts his hands outward, then is forced onto his back and handcuffed by police who say they have the shooter over the radio. A gun lies nearby.
Wakefield’s uncle told the Herald that Dustin Wakefield was vacationing with his family, wife and 1-year-old son.
“This guy came in with a gun waving it, saying it’s time to die. He pointed the gun at his son and Dustin said, ‘He’s only a boy,’” said Mike Wakefield, who was not in South Beach but heard the account from his family. “Dustin stood up between the gunman and the baby and he shot him. He shot him multiple times on the ground.”
Video posted by WSVN FOX-7 showed the man believed to be Davis dancing, while holding the weapon, outside the Ocean Drive restaurant.
Dustin Wakefield worked in the construction industry and loved music and hunting, his uncle said.
“He was the kindest kid. He loved his family. He loved being a dad,” he said.
A GoFundMe campaign has been started for his family.
Davis is also charged with attempted murder for shooting at — and missing — another man on 14th Street moments earlier.
According to the arrest report, a Miami Beach park ranger, Lorenzo Trench, heard the shots and saw Davis chasing the man. Trench told police he saw Davis appearing to fire toward the ground, police said. Another bystander video obtained by the Miami Herald shows Davis striding down a street toward Ocean Drive, next to the entrance of the Winter Haven hotel, aiming and firing at a man who was not hit and ran away.
At the same time, according to Davis’ arrest report, calls were coming in to the police station about an active shooter. Officers found Wakefield, who was mortally wounded, and soon arrested Davis, who waived his right to remain silent and admitted he chose his two victims “randomly,” the report said.
Davis was jailed early Wednesday. He made his first appearance in Miami-Dade bond court on Wednesday, and was ordered held in jail before trial. His defense attorney did not return a phone call from the Herald.
The arrest report incorrectly reported his last name as “David.”
Reached by phone on Wednesday, his father said his son had been visiting South Beach with some friends, and worked in Georgia as a UPS driver. “We’re shocked,” his father said.
The daylight murder on South Beach’s iconic strip shocked Miami Beach, which has grappled with several high-profile tourist deaths and arrests this year. In March, as unruly crowds clashed with Miami Beach police, two vacationers died from the powerful drug fentanyl, allegedly given to them by a North Carolina man also visiting for vacation. One was a Chicago college student, the other a 24-year-old woman from Pennsylvania.
“I’m angry and disgusted by the horrific shooting yesterday of Dustin Wakefield,” Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber told the Miami Herald. “Though it appears it was entirely random, that does not make it any less shocking or provide any solace to his young family.”
The homicide was also the second in two days in Miami-Dade County that may involve a violent mental health episode.
On Monday night, a North Miami-Dade woman — agonizing about COVID and talking about Jesus — submerged her baby in a bathtub in a bizarre “baptism.” The cause of death has been ruled a drowning, and the manner a homicide, the Medical Examiner’s Office said on Wednesday. Charges against the mother, who is also alleged to have stabbed her husband and teen daughter, are pending.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article253698788.html
In bizarre baptism, infant found unresponsive in tub by mom who feared COVID, sources say
A Northwest Miami-Dade woman accused of stabbing her husband and teenage child also submerged her infant daughter in a bathtub during a bizarre baptism while screaming about Jesus and worrying that COVID-19 was coming to kill her family, according to multiple law enforcement sources.
Police believe the woman’s husband was stabbed Monday night while trying to intervene in what may have been a violent mental health episode. Her teenage daughter was also stabbed during the incident, police said.
On Wednesday, the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office said the child, identified as Emii Bland, died by drowning. The manner of death was homicide.
When police reached the home at 3005 NW 99th St., they found the woman’s husband on the front lawn with stab wounds and the woman inside the home with what they believe were self-inflicted stab wounds. The 15-month-old girl was found unresponsive in the bathtub and taken to Jackson North Medical Center, where doctors pronounced her dead.
Police said the couple’s four other children, all under 11, escaped and ran to a neighbor’s home. None were injured.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/japan-suspends-1-63-million-doses-of-moderna-vaccine-after-reports-of-contamination_3966233.html
Japan Suspends 1.6 Million Doses of Moderna Vaccine After Reports of Contamination
No reported safety incidents so far
Japan on Aug. 26 announced the suspension of about 1.63 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine due to reports of contamination.
The country’s health ministry said “foreign materials” were found in at least 390 doses—or 39 vials—of the Moderna vaccine, coming from eight vaccination sites, according to The Asahi Shimbun.
Takeda Pharmaceutical, a Japanese drugmaker distributing the Moderna vaccines in Japan, had received reports of contamination from multiple vaccination sites. The health ministry subsequently learned about the matter on Aug. 25, reported the outlet.
A ministry official was reported by Nikkei Asia as saying, “It’s a substance that reacts to magnets … it could be metal.”
The reports of contamination involve a batch that has a total of 565,400 doses. The ministry said that it decided to suspend the lot as a precaution after it consulted with Takeda. It also suspended another two batches.
The three batches altogether contain 1.63 million vaccine doses, which have been distributed to 863 vaccination centers across the country. The ministry will request the centers not to use them.
Officials said that an unknown number of doses in the affected lot have been administered but there have been no reported adverse effects so far.
Takeda said in a statement that it had asked Moderna to investigate the safety of the vaccine as a matter of emergency. It also shared the batch numbers, which are 3004667, 3004734, and 3004956.
“Moderna confirms having been notified of cases of particulate matter being seen in drug product vials of its COVID-19 vaccine,” Moderna said in a statement. “The company is investigating the reports and remains committed to working expeditiously with its partner, Takeda, and regulators to address this.”
The health ministry said that all the vaccines currently being rolled out in Japan are manufactured by a company based in Spain.
It was not immediately clear whether the issue impacted supplies of the Moderna vaccine to other countries.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said that the Japanese government is discussing with Takeda ways to minimize the impact on the country’s vaccination rollout.
“We will do [our] utmost in order to avoid any impact on vaccination progress, especially at worksites and large-scale centers,” he said.
About 43 percent of the population in Japan have been fully vaccinated. About 50 percent have received at least one dose.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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