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Germany: Gütersloh slaughterhouse infections spread to community

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Until recently, a massive coronavirus outbreak at a Tönnies slaughterhouse has largely been confined to workers. There has now been a noticeable spread into the community, tests have revealed.

Shooting at Breonna Taylor Protest in Louisville Leaves 1 Dead – (hate words have deadly consequences) Graphic warning

Video posted on social media shows what appears to be a white man purposely aiming and shooting at a crowd of protestors, who are seen running and hiding for cover as multiple shots ring out (in link)

Source: Shooting at Breonna Taylor Protest in Louisville Leaves 1 Dead

“Fit as a butcher’s dog”, UK PM does press ups to show coronavirus recovery

Metaphor fits, as he has been living out of public trough for too many years.

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FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, June 24, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson did some press ups to show he was “as fit as a butcher’s dog” in an interview with the Mail on Sunday newspaper, just months after he fought for his life in hospital against the coronavirus.

Johnson, well known for staging eye-catching stunts during the campaign to leave the European Union and as London’s mayor, used the interview to unveil plans to spend on infrastructure to help Britain “bounce back” after the coronavirus lockdown.

But the British leader was also keen to show he was returned to health after being in intensive care in April after testing positive for the coronavirus, a stay he described shortly afterwards as one which “could have gone either way”.

“I’m as fit as a butcher’s dog now,” Johnson said, and after asking: “Do you want me to do some press-ups to show you how fit I am?”, the prime minister, dressed in a shirt and tie, then got on the floor to complete some press ups.

“The country is going to bounce forward, and I certainly feel full of beans. Never felt better.”

Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; Editing by Alison Williams

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Another 1-day coronavirus high — ORANGE COUNTY TRIBUNE

Another new one-day high of confirmed coronavirus cases was reported Saturday by the Orange County Health Care Authority. According to the OCHCA, 540 new “positive” cases were recorded, exceeding the previous high of 506 reported on Wednesday. Saturday’s figures brought the cumulative to-date total to 12,462. Of that number, 1,131 were residents of skilled nursing […]

Another 1-day coronavirus high — ORANGE COUNTY TRIBUNE

Florida sets daily record with 9,585 new COVID-19 cases

Florida has continued its morbid streak of breaking coronavirus records — reporting 9,585 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday, the state’s Department of Health confirmed. Saturday’s tally surpassed Friday’s record-breaking 8,942 cases and brings the Sunshine State’s total of confirmed cases to 132,525, according to the Miami Herald.

Florida has reported nearly 40,000 new infections in just over a week — which accounts for about a third of all cases since the pandemic began, the newspaper reported.

Source: Florida sets daily record with 9,585 new COVID-19 cases

Coronavirus Heaven: Why Meatpacking Plants Are Superspreaders – DER SPIEGEL

As the recent outbreak in Germany shows, meat processing facilities offer perfect conditions for the transmission of coronaviruses, with cool temperatures and people cramped in close quarters. Additional changes are needed to protect workers – and theoretically even consumers.

Source: Coronavirus Heaven: Why Meatpacking Plants Are Superspreaders – DER SPIEGEL

Violence by far-right is among US’s most dangerous terrorist threats, study finds

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Center for Strategic and International Studies analysis of domestic terrorist incidents found majority have come from far right

Violence by far-right groups and individuals has emerged as one of the most dangerous terrorist threats faced by US law enforcement and triggered a wave of warnings and arrests of people associated with those extremist movements.

The most recent in-depth analysis of far-right terrorism comes from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

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