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Coronavirus Morning News Brief – May 10: U.S. Senators Revive Plan for Covid-19 Commission, Health Worker Offered Nurse Bribe for Vaccine Certificate
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,155th day of the pandemic and, while today is not a particular holiday of note, it may in the future go down as Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire Day in honor of the day that Congressman George Santos was placed into federal custody after having been charged on a 13-count …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – April 30: Light a Bonfire for Walpurgis Night to Ward Off Plague, San Francisco’s Pandemic Non-Recovery
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,145thday of the pandemic and Eeyore’s Birthday.
Where is Saint Walpurgis when you need her the most?
For the uninitiated, Walpurga was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to the Frankish empire. She was canonized on May 1, 870 by Adrian II. Sankt Walpurgisnacht, or Saint Walpurgis Night, is the name for her the eve …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – April 21: Does XBB.1.16 Cause Pinkeye?, Outbreak Hits Bay Area Hospital
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,136th day of the pandemic. Yesterday was 420 (pronounced four-twenty and based on the U.S. format of month date year for dates), an international counterculture holiday based on the celebration and consumption of weed. For the life of me, I cannot figure out how I forgot to mention it, but …
United to Launch Dozens of New Flights to South Pacific Including Brisbane, Auckland, and Christchurch
United Airlines on Tuesday announced multiple new flights and routes to the South Pacific.
Terming it the “largest South Pacific expansion in aviation history,” the Chicago-based carrier said it would increase flying to the region by 40% next winter.
“This past winter, United enhanced our network and became the largest carrier to the South Pacific region,” said Patrick Quayle, the airline’s senior vice president of global network planning and alliances. “This upcoming winter, …
San Francisco Cash App Founder Murder Wasn’t What It Appeared to Be, Sources Say
The highly publicized murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco on April 4 of this year was followed by much hand-wringing about progressive-led urban decay.
The killing took place in what a friend of his termed in a social-media post the “good” part of the city, referring to Rincon Hill, not the part where homelessness, property crime, and drug addiction are problems that rear their ugly head in …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – April 3: Scientists Fear ‘Catastrophic’ Fusion of Covid and MERS, Japan Reports 1.5M Live as Recluses after Covid
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,118th day of the pandemic and American Circus Day.
As we near the end of the first month of year four of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s clear that the fat lady has yet to sing, and some scientists are painting a dismal scenario of what her encore might be.
A new study …
Coronavirus Morning News Brief – March 3: After Pandemic Lull, Global Emissions Rise, Nurse in Spain Gave Children Fake Inoculations
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,057th day of the pandemic.
While global emissions dropped during the first full year of the pandemic, namely 2020, enough so as to cause a decline in asthma and other respiratory issues as well as bring a return to blue skies in many cities in China, where they hadn’t been visible …
