The Guardian has the details.
Should the UK become reliant on home-produced vaccines, securing herd immunity through the vaccination of 75% of the population could be delayed by nearly two months from 14 July to 1 September putting thousands of lives in danger, according to analysis by the data analytics firm Airfinity shared with the Guardian.
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The Guardian explains why Facebook News might — or might not — be a good thing for multiple UK mainstream media organizations.
The deal, which will earn leading publishers millions, will be a financial boost as they face a bleak economic landscape, in part because such a large proportion of the ad market is now controlled by the social network.
Facebook said the investment was intended to “support the industry in building sustainable business models”.
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Reuters has distributed the most boring headline possible to a story that really isn’t one.
The report suggests a new poll indicates that British prime minister Boris Johnson could lose his seat in the next election.
That election takes place in 2024.
Or more than 1,000 days from today.
These kinds of stories have zero news value. Moreover, and maybe more worrisome for journalism, they allow critics to advance a narrative that polls make news, no matter what. Of course, and especially in the United Kingdom, a story like this will provide fodder to those who insist that the mainstream media will seek to undermine Johnson because they were in support of the UK remaining within the European Union.
In short, an empty piece of (non-)journalism from an otherwise quality news organization.
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Twenty twenty
A year unlike no other
That’s what people say
Historians wink and nod
They’ve got stories for another day
Twenty twenty
Those many days at home
We certainly will remember
Zooming in our comfy clothes
From March until December
Twenty twenty
The sports that weren’t played
The theatre going pitch black
Concerts that were silenced
Entertainment, we did lack
Twenty twenty
A Minnesota man was murdered
Causing protests near and far
America’s racial problem
Such a painful visible scar
Twenty twenty
Murder hornets made the news
But they seemed mighty small
Compared to a virus
That sought to infect us all
Twenty twenty
China crushed Hong Kong
And freedom took a slap
While some evil men in America
Planned a governor’s kidnap
Twenty twenty
Harry and Meghan said tata
To all that royal stuff
Americans bid farewell to RBG
That lady, she was tough
Twenty twenty
Boris got Brexit done
Donald lost an election
But still don’t know how many men
Epstein helped get an…
What a year!
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Another reminder that hospitals all over the world remain dangerously close to — if not already at — capacity because of coronavirus. And that situation is not going to change anytime soon.
The Guardian has the details.
Hospitals have been ordered to free up every possible bed for the growing number of Covid patients amid fears of a high death toll from the disease in January.
NHS England warned that the entire health service will have to stay on its highest state of alert until at least the end of March because of the ongoing influx of very sick patients, exacerbated by the new strain of coronavirus.
But, hey, you carry on like there’s nothing wrong.
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