Notably Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci, the two top experts handling the USA response to the coronavirus , were not made available during the news conference to comment on the study. Many observers were confused by Trump's comments, with some pointing out Birx's reactions as Trump spoke. " Trump is absolutely wrong and irresponsible", Dr Eugene Gu, whose laboratory is involved in coronavirus... [Full Article...]
President Trump took aim at the World Health Organization over its role in the crisis and announced last week that the US will halt all funding to the group, saying it had put "political correctness over lifesaving measures". Pompeo told a news briefing that the United States "strongly believed" Beijing had failed to report the outbreak in a timely manner, in breach of World Health Organisation... [Full Article...]
April 21 and from the Toronto Public Health Coronavirus Rapid Entry System (CORES) as of 2 p.m. April 21, Greater Toronto Area public health units now account for 59.3 per cet of cases. Data is self-reported by long-term care homes to the ministry. About 10 per cent of the province's lab-confirmed cases have been linked to travel history, 18 per cent to close contact, and 32.7 per cent to commun... [Full Article...]
On Thursday, the Russian government coronavirus headquarters reported the first contagion at the Star City, which serves as the main hub for pre-flight training of US, Russian and other global crew members of the worldwide Space Station. [Full Article...]
As Space.com tells us, it's not a insane heavy shower - just 10 to 20 meteors per hour at its peak, which already passed this morning. The moon 's light can obscure some of the meteors as it did in 2019, but fortunately, the moon is in its new phase and will be invisible tomorrow night leaving the sky ideal for viewing the meteors this year. [Full Article...]
Bottom line: There is a tension with this program akin to what most rescue programs face - how do you kick as much money out the door as possible, as quickly as possible, while ensuring only the small businesses that truly need the money, get it? State, local territorial and tribal governments will receive up to $11 billion in funds to develop, run and process COVID tests, boost laboratory capa... [Full Article...]
So far, a whopping 125 outbreaks have been reported in long-term care homes in Ontario, with an increase of four outbreaks from the previous report. "I believe this is the wrong approach and I will continue to advocate that the province urgently find a way to provide more detailed data on COVID-19 tests and cases to Toronto Public Health and other local health units". [Full Article...]
The Lyrid Meteor Showers, running April 20th through 23rd are expected to climax tonight, April 21st into the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 22nd. Before midnight will be the best time to see slower, longer meteors that streak horizontally across the sky, called earthgrazers. The timing of the meteor shower is fortuitous, peaking on Earth Day and during International Dark Sky Week . [Full Article...]