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UK Scientists Cry Foul After Government Redacts Criticism Of Its Response In Key Coronavirus Report
The government of the United Kingdom has sparked a strong backlash from many in the scientific community by redacting large portions of a Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies report advising ministers on the coronavirus pandemic, the Guardian reported Friday.
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Reveals That Doctors Were Prepared To Announce His Death From Covid-19
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday said that the doctors who treated him were prepared to announce his death as he battled covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, according to a report in the Sun. Johnson said there was a strategy to deal with a “‘death of Stalin’-type scenario.”
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Guy Who Tweeted At Trump Landed $69 Million Ventilator Deal With New York, Never Sent Any
Appearing in the president’s Twitter mentions has, incredibly, finally paid off for somebody: a random Silicon Valley-based electrical engineer named Yaron Oren-Pines who scored a $US69.1 ($106) million contract with the state of New York after he tweeted at Trump, “We can supply ICU Ventilators, invasive and noninvasive. Have someone call me URGENT.”
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148 Crew Members Test Positive For Coronavirus On Cruise Ship Docked In Japan
One hundred forty-eight crew members—out of 632 total—on board the Italian cruise ship Costa Atlantica have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, USA Today reported on Tuesday.