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U.K. coronavirus vaccine authorization prompts grumbling by countries taking slower approach

Boorish Boris has to try to claim he has done something correct, even if someone else did it, not him…

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Some foreign officials complained about a sense of British patriotism and accomplishment over a product by two non-British companies.

Release of PPP loan recipients’ data reveals troubling patterns (Grifters Trump and Kushner made out well)

  • Over 25 PPP loans worth more than $3.65 million were given to businesses with addresses at Trump and Kushner real estate properties, paying rent to those owners. Fifteen of the businesses self-reported that they only kept one job, zero jobs or did not report a number at all.
  • The loans to businesses located at Trump and Kushner properties included a $2,164,543 loan to the Triomphe Restaurant Corp., at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in New York City. The company reported the money didn’t go to keeping any jobs. It later closed.
  • A company called LB City Inc, which is located at Kushner’s Bungalow Hotel in Long Branch, New Jersey, received a loan for $505,552.50 that it used to keep 155 jobs.
  • Two tenants at 725 5th Avenue, Trump Tower, received more than $100,000 and kept only three jobs.
  • Four tenants at the Kushner-owned 666 5th Avenue combined received more than $204,000, and retained only six jobs.

Source: Release of PPP loan recipients’ data reveals troubling patterns

‘The scientists have done it’: Boris Johnson hails Covid vaccine

Still not leading – sounds more like a pitchman. His statements will encourage people to let their guard down and more will die from his poor leadership.

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PM says news brings ‘sure and certain knowledge’ that people can reclaim their lives

Boris Johnson has declared that the nation is no longer resting on the hope of a return to normality by spring but instead has the “certain knowledge” that people can reclaim their lives, as he hailed the arrival of the newly approved Covid-19 vaccine.

The prime minister told a Downing Street press conference on Wednesday that “the scientists have done it”, although he stressed that people should not get carried away with “over-optimism”, insisting that they continue to abide by the rules.

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Valéry Giscard d’Estaing dies after Covid-19 diagnosis

RIP

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Former French president, 94, steered the modernisation of French society during his time in office

The former French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, a key architect of European integration in the early 1970s, has died at the age of 94 after contracting Covid-19.

Giscard, who served as France’s leader from 1974 to 1981, had recently been hospitalised in Tours with respiratory problems, and was released only to return to hospital in mid-November.

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Mexico: López Obrador says pandemic lockdowns are the tactic of dictators

Had hope for you and Mexico – no longer. Being against solving Covid-19 – what’s next invited malaria and polio back in to your country? So sad.

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‘The fundamental thing is to guarantee liberty,’ says Mexican president when asked why he almost never wears a mask

Mexicos’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suggested on Wednesday that politicians who impose lockdowns or curfews to limit Covid-19 are acting like dictators.

The comments came as López Obrador once again fended off questions about why he almost never wears a face mask, saying it was a question of liberty.

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Avian Flu Diary: Taiwan Doubles Down On Facemask Wearing Against COVID-19

The Central Epidemic Command Center stated today (2) that my country has implemented the “Autumn and Winter Epidemic Prevention Project” on December 1, and it is mandatory for people to wear masks when performing activities in eight types of high-risk areas. Those who refuse to listen will be punished according to law. The command center further explained that the eight categories of fields include “medical care, public transportation, living consumption, education and learning, exhibitions and games, leisure and entertainment, religious sacrifices, and public institutions

Source: Avian Flu Diary: Taiwan Doubles Down On Facemask Wearing Against COVID-19