The president’s approval includes 40 percent of Republicans, 97 percent of Democrats and 70 percent of independents. The highest percentage of support that Trump had earned came from 55 percent of Americans in mid-March last year, including 30 percent of Democrats. … [Read more...] about More than two-thirds of Americans approve of Biden’s coronavirus response: poll
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Coronavirus cases: India reports 13,203 new COVID-19 cases, 131 deaths in last 24 hours
According to the health ministry, the total coronavirus cases mounted to 1,06,67,736 and the death toll climbed to 1,53,470 with the novel coronavirus virus claiming 131 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country. The COVID-19 case fatality rate stood at 1.44 per cent. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus cases: India reports 13,203 new COVID-19 cases, 131 deaths in last 24 hours
The information warriors fighting ‘robot zombie army’ of coronavirus sceptics
Bowman and O’Brien had found large audiences on Twitter by posting threads of messages highlighting some of the more outlandish claims made by the likes of Young, who has deleted his old tweets, the TalkRadio presenter Julia Hartley-Brewer, and the Daily Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson, including confident assertions last year that the virus had vanished. Bowman’s examined Pearson’s record, finding declarations such as that she would not wear a mask because she found them demeaning, and got 126,000 likes. (“It’s sort of sad that the most successful thing I’ll ever do in my life is owning a Telegraph columnist,” he said.) … [Read more...] about The information warriors fighting ‘robot zombie army’ of coronavirus sceptics
Sir Billy Connolly, 78, gets his first coronavirus vaccine after comedy legend revealed he has ‘come to terms with death’ amid Parkinson’s battle
'It was obvious from my movement, that I wasn’t who I used to be. And so I had to explain it... just to say that I am not defined by it,' he said. 'It’s got me, it will get me and it will end me, but that’s OK with me.' … [Read more...] about Sir Billy Connolly, 78, gets his first coronavirus vaccine after comedy legend revealed he has ‘come to terms with death’ amid Parkinson’s battle
First Brit known to have caught coronavirus dies aged 26 in university halls
The student, originally from Llandudno, north Wales, beat the killer bug with a “glass of hot whisky and honey”, Mr Reed said at the time, and he returned to the UK this year to undertake a degree in Chinese language at Bangor University. … [Read more...] about First Brit known to have caught coronavirus dies aged 26 in university halls
