close Video Celebrities and Democrats alike gush over Dr. Anthony Fauci FOX News contributor Raymond Arroyo joins Laura Ingraham for another edition of 'Friday Follies' Almost everyone has strong opinions about Dr. Anthony Fauci . Broadly speaking, Republicans have expressed criticism for his response to the pandemic . To Democrats, he is the voice of science. While he has no direct political power, he does have influence. With respect to Dr. Fauci’s words, while they have influence in decision-making , it is his lack of words that have sewn a larger web of repercussions. DR. SAPHIER & CHAFFETZ: BIG TECH VS. SCIENCE – SUPPRESSING DEBATE HURTS FIGHT AGAINST COVID. HERE'S HOW One job, prepare for a pandemic When cases emerged in late December 2019, the key to preparedness was to define the mode of transmission. The genetic sequence was released mid-January and confirmed to be a coronavirus like MERS/SARS, with cases of asymptomatic infection documented by the end of January. The identification of superspreading events, reports of infected health care workers and growing case counts by mid-January pointed to sustained human transmissibility and the potential for aerosol transmission. CLICK HERE TO GET THE OPINION NEWSLETTER Fauci’s old-school, flawed mentality of not believing something until ample data is produced had profound effects as it cut off the response at the knees, not allowing the U.S. to respond quickly to the emerging threat. This ultimately left hospitals and health care workers underprepared. Fauci said his mask advice changed with the science, but the science didn’t change "There is no reason to be walking around with a mask." Dr. Fauci said many times in the early months of 2020. He was recently challenged on this statement during an interview on MSNBC, but his answer implied his "wrong" recommendation wasn’t wrong at all, but deception on his part as ...
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84 Lumber To Host Hiring Event In Bridgeville Next Week
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — 84 Lumber will host a hiring event in Bridgeville next week. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, April 27 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hampton Inn in Bridgeville. The company said that there are 30 open positions, including drivers, field operations managers, manager trainees, office/operations managers and lumber yard, warehouse, and production associates. People who are interested in attending the event must pre-register on 84 Lumber’s website and schedule an interview time. The company also encourages people to apply for positions ahead of the event to speed along the hiring process. Attendees will be required to wear masks and social distance. ...
Miners union to back Biden on green energy if it retains jobs
The nation’s top miners union on Monday said it will back the White House’s plan to transition fossil fuel industries to renewable energy production if the Biden administration can guarantee the preservation of jobs. “There needs to be a tremendous investment here,” United Mine Workers of America President Cecil E. Roberts told The New York Times on Monday. “We always end up dealing with climate change, closing down coal mines. We never get to the second piece of it.” Roberts made the announcement Monday at an event with Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin Joe Manchin On The Money: Treasury creates hub to fight climate change | Manchin throws support behind union-backed PRO Act | Consumer bureau rolls out rule to bolster CDC eviction ban Miners union to back Biden on green energy if it retains jobs Manchin throws support behind union-backed PRO Act MORE (D-W.Va.), whose vote will almost certainly be required for any major climate legislation in a Senate where each party controls 50 seats. ADVERTISEMENT The union’s plan calls for the government to subsidize a transition to renewable energy in heavily coal-dependent Appalachian economies. These include tax credits for manufacturing wind turbine and solar panel parts, as well as funding for reclaimed mines that damage the environment and public health in the surrounding areas. The union also called for increased research into carbon capture technology, which has attracted the support of Republicans as well. In August, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John Barrasso John Anthony Barrasso Miners union to back Biden on green energy if it retains jobs Senate GOP to face off over earmarks next week Biden outreach on infrastructure met with Republican skepticism MORE (R-Wyo.) called the technology “one of my top policy priorities” in the leadership position. “We’re trying to, first of all, insert ourselves to ...
The Hill’s 12:30 Report – Presented by Facebook – All US adults now eligible for COVID vaccines
Presented by Facebook via GIPHY To view past editions of The Hill's 12:30 Report, click here: http://bit.ly/1M1mIfw To receive The Hill's 12:30 Report in your inbox, please sign up here: http://bit.ly/1Tt4hqN --> A midday take on what's happening in politics and how to have a sense of humor about it.* *Ha. Haha. Hahah. Sniff. Haha. Sniff. Ha--breaks down crying hysterically. The Hill’s 12:30 Report: All U.S. adults now eligible for COVID vaccine | Greece opens to tourists | NASA flies helicopter on Mars | Biden holds bipartisan infrastructure meeting | Rep. Steve Stivers Steven (Steve) Ernst Stivers The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - All US adults now eligible for COVID vaccines GOP Rep. Steve Stivers plans to retire Former Ohio health director won't run for Senate MORE retires | House to vote on DC statehood | Closing arguments in Derek Chauvin trial | 2024 hopefuls court House conservatives NEWS THIS MORNING Step right up. Come one, come all, get ’em while they’re cold!: All American adults are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting today! https://nyti.ms/3x2XLRr Vaccine pace : “The United States is administering an average of 3.2 million doses a day, up from roughly 2.5 million a month before.” How many people have been vaccinated : “More than 131 million people, or half of all American adults, had received at least one shot as of Sunday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and about 84.3 million people have been fully vaccinated.” Didn’t most states already open eligibility to all adults before today? : Yes, a lot of states have already opened eligibility. The states that expanded eligibility today: “Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont were the last states to expand eligibility, opening vaccinations to all adults on Monday.” The latest with the vaccine rollout, via The New York Times’s ...
Why Everyone Is Enraged About the European Super League
An Arsenal fan protesting the Super League outside the Emirates on Monday in London. Photo: Charlotte Wilson/Offside via Getty Images When it comes to sports fans, there’s always someone willing to defend the indefensible. There are people out there who claim to enjoy Alex Rodriguez’s ramblings on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball , or who cheer for Boston-area sports teams, or who think golf is interesting. I wouldn’t want to get stuck with them on an elevator, but they exist. Over the weekend came the first sports phenomenon I can remember that absolutely no one likes. On Sunday evening, 12 top European soccer clubs, including legendary franchises like Manchester United, Real Madrid, and AC Milan, announced that they were launching a new competition, constructed after months of secret negotiations, called “Super League,” which exists exclusively for the richest, most powerful clubs. The new league claimed in a release that it would split $4.2 billion in estimated revenues by essentially walling itself off from the other European leagues. This would completely upend — destroy, essentially — the entire structure of European soccer, much of which is buffeted by those top teams mingling with smaller, less wealthy teams. And people are furious . Furious! Everyone hates this thing. UEFA, the group in charge of European soccer , not only blasted the new league but claimed that any player on any of the teams involved in the Super League would be banned from international competition. ( Which is a legally dubious threat but one all those players and their agents surely heard.) Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the U.K. has promised his government will do whatever is possible to block the new league , and the Spanish and Italian governments condemned it too. (There have even been calls for the European Commission to step in .) The top fan group for Liverpool, the club famous for its “You’ll Never Walk Alone” song/cheer, is removing all banners and ...
