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Boris Johnson admitted to hospital over virus symptoms
1 hour ago
"Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus, Downing Street has said.
He was taken to a London hospital on Sunday evening with "persistent symptoms" - including a temperature.
It is said to be a "precautionary step" taken on the advice of his doctor.
The prime minister remains in charge of the government, but the foreign secretary is expected to chair a coronavirus meeting on Monday morning.
Mr Johnson, 55, spent the night in hospital and is having what has been described as a series of "routine tests".
In a statement, a Downing Street spokeswoman said: "On the advice of his doctor, the prime minister has tonight been admitted to hospital for tests.
"This is a precautionary step, as the prime minister continues to have persistent symptoms of coronavirus 10 days after testing positive for the virus."
She added: "The prime minister thanks NHS staff for all of their incredible hard work and urges the public to continue to follow the government's advice to stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives.""
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52177125
White House economic adviser got into a massive argument with the coronavirus task force's Anthony Fauci over the doctor's ongoing resistance to the use of hydroxychloroquine
to treat COVID-19, despite reports of the drug's widespread efficacy.
Sun, 04/05/2020 - 23:25
"Numerous government officials were at the table, including Fauci, coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx, Jared Kushner, acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, and Commissioner of Food and Drugs Stephen Hahn.
Behind them sat staff, including Peter Navarro, tapped by Trump to compel private companies to meet the government's coronavirus needs under the Defense Production Act.
According to the report, towards the end of the meeting Hahn began a discussion of the commonly used malaria drug hydroxychloroquine - which was recently rated the 'most effective therapy' for coronavirus according to a global survey of more than 6,000 doctors.
After Hahn gave an update on various trials and real-world use of the drug, Navarro got up and dropped a stack of folders on the table to pass around.
According to Axios's source, "the first words out of his [Navarro's] mouth are that the studies that he's seen, I believe they're mostly overseas, show 'clear therapeutic efficacy,'" adding "Those are the exact words out of his mouth.
Fauci - who's not got his own Twitter hashtag, #FireFauci - began pushing back against Navarro, repeating his oft-repeated contention that 'there's only anecdotal evidence' that the drug works against COVID-19.
Navarro exploded - after Fauci's mention of anecdotal evidence "just set Peter off." The economic adviser shot back "That's the science, not anecdote," while pointing to the stack of folders on the desk, which included the results of studies from around the world showing its efficacy."
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https://www.zerohedge.com/health/peter-navarro-explodes-faucci-heated-showdown-over-hydroxychloroquine
ok suddenly I like Gematria! fucking kek!
I like you we can be fren
Woody Harrelson among stars sharing COVID-19 conspiracy theories tied to 5G'
April 5, 2020 | 8:35pm
"Wild conspiracy theories linking 5G networks to the coronavirus pandemic are being blamed for a spate of attacks on UK cellphone towers — and are even being spread by celebrities such as Woody Harrelson.
Fires at towers in Birmingham, Liverpool and Belfast have all been blamed on the conspiracy theories, UK officials said. The theories have ranged from 5G signals causing the virus, to the contagion being started as a cover-up for health maladies related to the networks.
UK Cabinet minister Michael Gove damned the tales as “dangerous nonsense” while noting that the damaged phone lines are crucial for emergency services battling the pandemic.
Yet the conspiracy theories are quickly reaching a massive audience — thanks in parts to celebrities now sharing it with millions of people on social media.
Former “Cheers” TV star Woody Harrelson recently posted a report “about the negative effects of 5G” and its supposed role in the coronavirus pandemic to his more than 2 million Instagram followers.
“I haven’t fully vetted it I find it very interesting,” he wrote of the report claiming “5G radiation” is “exacerbating” the contagion’s spread and making it more lethal.""
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https://nypost.com/2020/04/05/woody-harrelson-sharing-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory-tied-to-5g/
I bet he misses his father
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Harrelson
don't start nothin' won't be nothin!
Coronavirus: Trump voices hope for ‘levelling-off’ in
US hotspots
saying he saw light at the end of the tunnel
6 hours ago
"The US has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the world
President Donald Trump has expressed hope coronavirus cases were "levelling off" in US hotspots, saying he saw "light at the end of the tunnel".
On Sunday, New York, the epicentre of the US outbreak, reported a drop in the number of new infections and deaths.
Mr Trump described the dip as a "good sign", but warned of more deaths as the pandemic neared its "peak" in the US.
"In the days ahead, America will endure the peak of this pandemic," Mr Trump said at his daily coronavirus briefing.
He said more medical personnel and supplies, including masks and ventilators, would be sent to the states that are most in need of assistance.
Deborah Birx, a member of the president's coronavirus task force, said the situation in Italy and Spain, where infections and deaths have fallen in recent days, was "giving us hope on what our future could be".
"We're hopeful over the next week that we'll see a stabilisation of cases in these metropolitan areas where the outbreak began several weeks ago," Dr Birx said at the same news conference."
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52175746
JFK Jr’s Life Goal Was to Figure Out Exactly
What Happened to His Dad Before Untimely Death
Jan 8, 2020 10:41 am
"The way he was raised may have led to his untimely death. A new podcast, “Fatal Voyage: The Death of JFK Jr.,” explores the mysterious death of John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, Carolyn Bessette, along with his sister-in-law Lauren Bessette in a suspicious plane crash on July 16, 1999. The first episode of the series details the world JFK Jr. was born into — one of power hard-won by his grandfather, Joe Kennedy, and political prestige thanks to the election of his father, John F. Kennedy, to the highest office in the United States of America.
“The original Kennedy relatives came to the United States from Ireland, and they were broke, and they were treated like third-class citizens,” reporter Leon Wagner says on the podcast. “Joe Sr. burned with desire to rise above, no matter what it took. He was going to get there … and he wanted one of his sons to be president of the United States.”
“He was ambitious and he was smart and he was ruthless, and Joe Sr. actually engaged during the prohibition era in criminal activity, including smuggling whiskey into the United States and selling it with the help of gangsters,” Wagner adds.
Doug Wead, one of the country’s foremost authorities on U.S. presidents, agrees. “Much of his tactics are illegal today, and in fact, that was why FDR wanted to put him in charge of the forerunner of the Securities and Exchange Commission,” he claims. “He said, ‘Joe Kennedy knows how to do it, so he’d know how to catch the crooks.'”
“Joe told his children, and later his grandchildren, that winning was the only thing that mattered, and that they had to risk everything, including their lives, to do it,” Wagner claims. “When Jack finally became senator for Massachusetts, and then made his run for president, one of the first things Joe did … he turned back to his mob friends in Chicago and asked for their help in getting his son elected president.”"
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https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/jfk-jrs-life-goal-was-to-figure-out-what-happened-to-his-dad/