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Ticks Are Mostly Likely To Bite This Tender, Hidden Body Part

“The tick has evolved to go into places where humans can’t check very easily.” Aug 11, 2020 NYUp.com – When you check your body for ticks after being outdoors, start with your thighs. That’s the most likely spot to find ticks, according to a survey by Upstate Medical University’s tick-borne disease lab. Of the 748 black-legged ticks sent over this spring and summer that had been attached to humans, nearly 16% of them were pulled off the thigh....

Kamala Harris (Wrestler), Dead Of Diabetes, Covid-19

‘I’m heartbroken’ WWE legends Bret Hart, Hulk Hogan, Goldberg express grief as ex-wrestler Kamala dies at 70 | High blood pressure, diabetes, Covid-19 contribute to death of "The Ugandan Giant" Aug 10, 2020 | Hindustan Times – World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) lost another legend on Monday. It was announced by the professional wrestling giants that former wrestler James Harris, better known as Kamala, has died at the age of 70. Harris was battling a lot of health issues since 2011. Harris...

Masks Rated, Best To Worst

Aug 09, 2020 New York Daily News – Not all masks are created equal. Researchers at Duke University have tested 14 types of masks and other facial coverings and found that some are wanting when it comes to coronavirus protection, while others are quite good. Using an easy-to-assemble laser and cellphone system, the team shined precise light onto the droplets emitted by someone wearing all varieties of mask, from none to the high-concept N95 that health care workers...

Bill Gates Faces New Questions On Virus Role

Bill Gates on Covid: Most US Tests Are ‘Completely Garbage’ | The techie-turned-philanthropist on vaccines, Trump, and why social media is “a poisoned chalice.” | August 7, 2020 WIRED – My first interview with Gates was in 1983, and I’ve long lost count of how many times I’ve spoken to him since. He’s yelled at me (more in the earlier years) and made me laugh (more in the latter years). But I’ve never looked forward to speaking...

CDC Offices Contaminated After Lockdown

CDC closes some offices over bacteria discovery Aug 8, 2020 | New York Times – The nation’s foremost public health agency is learning that it is not immune to the complex effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told employees that some office space it leases in the Atlanta area would be closed again after property managers of the buildings discovered Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease, in water sources...

The Coronavirus Was Not Engineered In A Lab. Here’s How We Know.

Given that myths about the origin of the novel coronavirus are as prevalent today as ever, this review published by Live Science back in March is worth another look ... By Jeanna Bryner - Live Science Editor-in-Chief March 21, 2020 Live Science – As the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19 spreads across the globe, with cases surpassing 284,000 worldwide today (March 20), misinformation is spreading almost as fast. One persistent myth is that this virus, called SARS-CoV-2, was...

Boy, 6, Scarred For Life By ‘Loveable’ Pit Bull

GRAPHIC IMAGE WARNING | What a pit bull can do to a child | Lucky just to be alive | Aug 6, 2020 The Sun – Camdon Bozell, age six, suffered life-changing injuries when he was mauled by pet dog, Chaos, 5, at his grandma's home in Schoolcraft, Michigan. The dog was ordered to be put down. The pet dog attacked Camdon’s face last April in a fit of rage after he got up to get a snack and had to...

If Masks Prevent Colds, Your Immune System Will Be Weaker

A recent scientific article reports that exposure to cold viruses "can train the immune system " to recognize and fight the coronavirus. If that's true, opponents of mandatory masks may have their best argument ever ... August 5, 2020 Live Science – Previous infections with common cold viruses can train the immune system to recognize SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a new study. The study, published Aug. 4 in the journal Science, found that...

‘Expelled’ | Border Patrol Sends Illegals Back Where They Came From

HOUSTON (AP) — When officers led them out of a detention facility near the U.S.-Mexico border and onto a bus last month, the 12-year-old from Honduras and his 9-year-old sister believed they were going to a shelter so they could be reunited with their mother in the Midwest. They had been told to sign a paper they thought would tell the shelter they didn't have the coronavirus, the boy said. The form was in English,...

FOLLOW. THE. MONEY. Wall Street Rally Points To Recovery

"The overall theme from earnings has been 'not as bad as we feared.'" Wall Street rallies again; S&P 500 pulls within 2% of record Aug 5, 2020 NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks climbed again on Wall Street, giving the S&P 500 index its fourth straight gain and pulling it within 2% of the record high it set in February. The benchmark index added 0.6% Wednesday, following up on gains in European markets and across much of Asia....

Trump Now SUPPORTS Mail-In Voting – In Florida

The president's shift on mail-in voting comes as new data indicates his assault on the practice may backfire on him come November. | Aug 4, 2020 Politico – President Donald Trump on Tuesday reversed his opposition to mail-in voting and encouraged it — at least in one crucial battleground state — after railing against the practice for months amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Whether you call it Vote by Mail or Absentee Voting, in Florida the election system...

Trump Vs. Fauci, Birx: Rift Grows Wider

"We continue to have a White House that has made a public health crisis in this country into a debate about whether people like Donald Trump or not." – Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services Secretary under President Barack Obama Chasm grows between Trump, government coronavirus experts PLUS: Conservative Matt Schlapp accuses Fauci of 'playing into the politics' of coronavirus pandemic Aug 5, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — In the early days of the coronavirus crisis, President Donald Trump was...

W.H.O. Casts Doubt on Virus Originating in Wuhan

"State run media outlets in China swiftly seized on Ryan’s comments to cast doubt on the true origin of the virus." Aug 4, 2020 | Breitbart – A senior World Health Organization (W.H.O.) expert on Monday declared that the novel coronavirus did not necessarily jump from animals into humans in Wuhan, China, where health officials detected the first clusters of the highly contagious and lethal disease. The remarks by Dr. Michael Ryan, the executive director of the...

Birx ‘Pathetic’, Tweets Trump

August 3, 2020 CNN – President Donald Trump criticized Dr. Deborah Birx in a Monday tweet after she warned the pandemic is "extraordinarily widespread" in the US. While Trump and other top White House officials have publicly attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci, the tweet marked the first time Birx, the coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, publicly drew Trump's ire. The dust-up comes as the country continues to be ravaged by coronavirus, with more than 150,000...

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