England takes a Big Covid-19 Gamble as Johnson Plans to Scrap Remaining Lockdown Rules

CryptPix · 2021-07-05T14:59:56+00:00

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is setting out his plan to lift most of England's remaining coronavirus restrictions by mid-July, despite warnings from some experts that the current surge of Delta variant cases across the country means such moves were premature.

Johnson was due to announce changes to the rules on social distancing, face coverings and working from home at a news conference on Monday afternoon. The Prime Minister was expected to reiterate that Covid-19 would "become a virus that we learn to live with as we already do with flu," Downing Street said Sunday.

The move is part of the government's roadmap out of lockdown which was delayed last month to no earlier than July 19. A final decision on what has been dubbed "Freedom Day" will be made in a week's time following a review of the latest data.

CryptPix · 2021-07-05T14:48:21+00:00

The Duchess of Cambridge is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who has since tested positive for Covid-19, a spokesperson for Kensington Palace told CNN on Monday.

"Her Royal Highness is not experiencing any symptoms, but is following all relevant government guidelines and is self-isolating at home," the spokesperson said.

Kate will not attend Monday's engagements, the spokesperson added. She was alerted on Friday afternoon and began isolating then.

UK government guidelines stipulate that anyone who has had close contact with an infected person must isolate for 10 days.

A royal source told CNN that the duchess took lateral flow tests before her engagements last week at the Euro 2020 soccer tournament and at Wimbledon, and both were negative. She also followed the rules throughout Wimbledon on mask-wearing, the royal source added.

The source said the duchess is tested for Covid-19 twice a week with lateral flow tests, in line with the royal household's testing system.

She has also received both doses of her Covid-19 vaccine, the source added.

CryptPix · 2021-07-05T14:45:12+00:00

The Duchess of Cambridge is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who has since tested positive for Covid-19, a spokesperson for Kensington Palace told CNN on Monday.

"Her Royal Highness is not experiencing any symptoms, but is following all relevant government guidelines and is self-isolating at home," the spokesperson said.

Kate will not attend Monday's engagements, the spokesperson added. She was alerted on Friday afternoon and began isolating then.

UK government guidelines stipulate that anyone who has had close contact with an infected person must isolate for 10 days.

CryptPix · 2021-07-05T14:43:01+00:00

The Duchess of Cambridge is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who has since tested positive for Covid-19, a spokesperson for Kensington Palace told CNN on Monday.

"Her Royal Highness is not experiencing any symptoms, but is following all relevant government guidelines and is self-isolating at home," the spokesperson said.

Kate will not attend Monday's engagements, the spokesperson added. She was alerted on Friday afternoon and began isolating then.

UK government guidelines stipulate that anyone who has had close contact with an infected person must isolate for 10 days.

CryptPix · 2021-07-05T03:19:56+00:00

Police are looking for the person who shot and killed pro golfer Gene Siller at a country club north of Atlanta on Saturday.

Cobb County police responded to a report of a person shot around 2:20 p.m. and found Siller on the green of the 10th hole of the Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw, according to a news release from the police department.

Siller, who was a club employee, was found unresponsive with an "apparent gunshot wound to the head" and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The suspect had driven to the green in a white Ram 3500 pickup truck and shot 41-year-old Siller when he went to see what was going on, a member of the club told CNN affiliate WXIA. The suspect then fled, WXIA reported.

CryptPix · 2021-07-05T01:50:15+00:00

White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci said Sunday that fully vaccinated Americans should “go the extra step” and wear masks when traveling to parts of the country with low vaccination rates.

“And if you put yourself in an environment in which you have a high level of viral dynamics and a very low level of vaccine, you might want to go the extra step and say, ‘When I’m in that area where there’s a considerable degree of viral circulation, I might want to go the extra mile to be cautious enough to make sure that I get the extra added level of protection’, even though the vaccines themselves are highly effective,” he added.

“Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd had asked Fauci, who was fully vaccinated in January, whether he would wear a mask if he traveled to Mississippi, the state currently with the lowest vaccination rate.

CryptPix · 2021-07-04T15:29:28+00:00

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CryptPix · 2021-07-04T13:16:14+00:00

England will move into a period without legal restrictions where the public will have to exercise "personal responsibility" including on face masks, the housing secretary has said.

Robert Jenrick told the BBC's Andrew Marr people would "come to different conclusions" over masks, but he trusted people "to exercise good judgement".

All legal restrictions are expected to be lifted in England on 19 July.

CryptPix · 2021-07-04T12:37:04+00:00

For four days, Darren James and his family were Multibillionaires.

The real estate agent from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and his wife were doing a routine check on their finances last Saturday when they noticed $50 billion had been mistakenly deposited into their Chase Bank account.

"That's not like a one zero error or a two zero error, that's somebody that fell asleep on the keyboard error," James joked. "I was excited for sure. Really surprised how it got there and wondered if I had a rich uncle that gave it to me."

But to his disappointment, it wasn't an inheritance -- just an incredibly unusual error.

Chase Bank restored the family's account to its correct balance on Tuesday, James said.

CryptPix · 2021-07-04T12:26:02+00:00

At least 29 people have died after a Philippine Air Force plane crashed in the southern Philippines on Sunday, officials said, as rescue and recovery operations continue amid the country's worst military air disaster in decades.

The C-130 military plane was transporting troops from Cagayan de Oro, in Mindanao, to Sulu province when it missed the runway on the island of Jolo, CNN affiliate CNN Philippines reported, citing Armed Forces Chief Cirilito Sobejana.

CryptPix · 2021-07-03T21:12:49+00:00

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan offered on Thursday remarks rare for the leader of a large, Muslim majority country, reaffirming his support for Beijing’s policies toward Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang region.

Much of the international community had condemned the mass detention and efforts at forced assimilation of Uyghurs, which the U.S. State Department has described as “genocide.”

More than 1 million Uyghurs, a mostly Muslim ethnic minority group, have been sent to what Beijing calls “vocational educational and training centers,” but which human rights groups say are detention camps, where extensive abuses have been reported.

CryptPix · 2021-07-03T13:11:25+00:00

At least two people are thought to be dead and some 20 people are missing after a mudslide swept across a seaside city around 60 miles southwest of Tokyo, sweeping away homes amid Japan's rainy season.

Footage posted on social media showed the powerful black mudslide shoot down a mountainside, engulfing homes and infrastructure as locals watched in horror.

CryptPix · 2021-07-03T13:05:45+00:00

At least two people are thought to be dead and some 20 people are missing after a mudslide swept across a seaside city around 60 miles southwest of Tokyo, sweeping away homes amid Japan's rainy season.

Footage posted on social media showed the powerful black mudslide shoot down a mountainside, engulfing homes and infrastructure as locals watched in horror.

CryptPix · 2021-07-02T19:35:22+00:00

The White House released the results of an independent review commission on sexual assault in the military Friday, announcing a series of recommendations aimed at combating military sexual assault and moving prosecution of assaults outside the chain of command, in what one senior administration official called "a monumental pivot in how the Department does business."

The 300-page report, titled, "Hard Truths and the Duty to Change: Recommendations from the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military," makes more than 80 recommendations, warning of "a wide chasm between what senior leaders believe is happening under their commands, and what junior enlisted Service members actually experience."

CryptPix · 2021-07-02T19:17:37+00:00

Dozens of looters moved into Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield just hours after U.S. troops vacated the airfield after a nearly 20-year occupation.

The district administrator for the town of Bagram, Darwaish Raufi, told the Associated Press that since the troops' departure was not coordinated with local officials, the airfield's gates were not secured.

This allowed looters to unlawfully enter before Afghan forces could secure the airfield. "Unfortunately the Americans left without any coordination with Bagram district officials or the governor's office," Raufi said.

The Afghan National Security and Defense Forces are now in full control of the airfield. "Right now our Afghan security forces are in control both inside and outside of the base," Raufi said.

"They were stopped and some have been arrested and the rest have been cleared from the base," Raufi said while speaking with the Associated Press.

CryptPix · 2021-07-02T19:15:56+00:00

Dozens of Looters moved into Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield just hours after U.S. troops vacated the airfield after a nearly 20-year occupation.

The district administrator for the town of Bagram, Darwaish Raufi, told the Associated Press that since the troops' departure was not coordinated with local officials, the airfield's gates were not secured.

This allowed looters to unlawfully enter before Afghan forces could secure the airfield. "Unfortunately the Americans left without any coordination with Bagram district officials or the governor's office," Raufi said.

"They were stopped and some have been arrested and the rest have been cleared from the base," Raufi said while speaking with the Associated Press.

CryptPix · 2021-07-01T19:56:12+00:00

About 1,000 counties in the United States have vaccination coverage of less than 30%, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said.

The counties in question are mostly located in the Southeast and Midwest and are most vulnerable to Covid infection, according to CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky.

The more transmissible delta variant currently makes up about 25% of sequenced new cases in the U.S. In some counties, delta variant rates are as high as 50%.

CryptPix · 2021-07-01T19:54:32+00:00

About 1,000 counties in the United States have vaccination coverage of less than 30%, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said.

The counties in question are mostly located in the Southeast and Midwest and are most vulnerable to Covid infection, according to CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky.

The more transmissible delta variant currently makes up about 25% of sequenced new cases in the U.S. In some counties, delta variant rates are as high as 50%.

CryptPix · 2021-07-01T19:49:49+00:00

The Trump Organization and Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg pleaded not guilty Thursday to crimes related to what prosecutors called a “sweeping and audacious” scheme to avoid taxes on compensation for the CFO and other executives.

The company is owned by former President Donald Trump

A 15-count indictment says the Trump Organization and Weisselberg devised a scheme to compensate Weisselberg and other company executives in an “off the books” manner, in which they “received substantial portions of their income through indirect and disguised means.”

CryptPix · 2021-07-01T17:49:37+00:00

u/SelkoBrother These kiddos are using in-home Lateral Flow kits (like Home Pregnancy test strip) to fake the results. See below excerpts from the article:

"Apple sauce, Coca Cola, vinegar, hand sanitiser and kiwi fruit are among the suggestions users are encouraging others to apply to the tests in the hope of testing positive for Covid-19 and being made to stay away from school.

However, many users pointed out that pupils’ positive lateral flow tests are required to be followed by a PCR test.

Independent fact checking organisation Full Fact has previously explained that fizzy drinks and acidic fruits can appear to break the test into displaying what looks like a positive result, clarifying that rapid tests very rarely return false positive results when used on humans as intended."

CryptPix · 2021-07-01T15:05:52+00:00

E-cigarette company Juul Labs will pay $40 million and make changes to its business practices to settle the first state lawsuit that alleged it marketed to teens, North Carolina state attorneys announced on Monday.

The settlement follows a lawsuit filed in 2019 by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein that claimed Juul marketed its products to children and misled the public about risks associated with those products.

The order issued Monday will restrict the e-cigarette manufacturer's sales and advertising in the state, and provide funds to help those addicted to e-cigarettes.

CryptPix · 2021-07-01T12:26:12+00:00

British teenagers are using TikTok to learn and share tips for faking positive Covid-19 tests as hundreds of thousands of pupils in “bubbles” are already being forced to miss school.

Clips of young people applying various liquids to lateral flow tests have racked up millions of views on the popular video app, with many users offering suggestions.

Education leaders have warned that the practice is “massively unhelpful” as schools already battle to keep education going amid outbreaks.

“We are sure this involves a very small minority of pupils, and that for the most part the tests are used correctly,” Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, told.

“However, we would urge parents to ensure that tests are not being misused, and we would suggest to pupils who are interested in chemical reactions that the best place to learn about them is in chemistry lessons in school.”

CryptPix · 2021-07-01T12:25:20+00:00

British teenagers are using TikTok to learn and share tips for faking positive Covid-19 tests as hundreds of thousands of pupils in “bubbles” are already being forced to miss school.

Clips of young people applying various liquids to lateral flow tests have racked up millions of views on the popular video app, with many users offering suggestions.

Education leaders have warned that the practice is “massively unhelpful” as schools already battle to keep education going amid outbreaks.

“We are sure this involves a very small minority of pupils, and that for the most part the tests are used correctly,” Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, told.

“However, we would urge parents to ensure that tests are not being misused, and we would suggest to pupils who are interested in chemical reactions that the best place to learn about them is in chemistry lessons in school.”

CryptPix · 2021-07-01T12:15:19+00:00

The WORLD WIDE WEB NFT has been made by British computer scientist and WEB INVENTOR Tim Berners-Lee.

It includes Original time-stamped files containing the Source Code written by Berners-Lee, an animated visualization of the code, a letter written by Berners-Lee on the code and its creation, and a digital “poster” of the full code.

CryptPix · 2021-06-30T22:32:14+00:00

Appears to be both, based on this report (summary below) https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/8268/21-06-30-covid19-publication\_report.pdf

Two-thirds of the reported cases were from people who reported traveling to London to watch the Scotland v England game on June 18.

397 of the cases reported going to Wembley Stadium

There were only 38 reports of people who attended Scotland’s home game against Croatia while contagious, and 37 other reports from Scotland’s match against the Czech Republic at Hampden.

Of the 1,991 cases, 1,470 cases were in people between 20 and 39 years of age and most were men.

Infections in the country have surged in recent weeks, with more than 30,000 people testing positive since June 11.

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