The Daily Populous

Wednesday July 15th, 2020 evening edition

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"Centralizing control of all data under the umbrella of an inherently political apparatus is dangerous and breeds distrust.".

The administration's new directive came in the form of a document (pdf) quietly posted online last week by HHS, an agency headed by former pharmaceutical executive and Trump appointee Alex Azar.

"It appears to cut off the ability of agencies like CDC to do its basic job," said Lurie.

Trump has been insistently announcing for weeks he wants to cover up the scale of the epidemic by slowing down testing.

"Speechless—Trump White House is now muzzling, bypassing, and kneecapping the CDC," tweeted epidemiologist Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding.

"The CDC is supposed to analyze the data coming from different regions of the country," said Wen.

In a column for Esquire Tuesday, Charles Pierce urged hospitals to ignore the Trump administration's directive and "send the data to the CDC anyway.". »

‘Paedophile hunters’ do not violate right to privacy, Supreme Court rules

Authored by independent.co.uk

“The interests of children have priority over any interest a paedophile could have in being allowed to engage in criminal conduct,” the judgment added.

The group’s evidence was relied upon in Sutherland’s prosecution, and a trial judge dismissed his attempts to have it ruled inadmissible.

Sutherland appealed against his conviction to Scotland’s High Court of Justiciary, which granted the appellant permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court. »

Quirks Of The First Jet Powered Air Force One

Authored by blog.museumofflight.org
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But the plane that you’re most familiar with today is a sibling of Boeing VC-137B, the very first jet-powered presidential plane.

President Johnson loved his beagles and took them everywhere he could, including on Air Force One during his travels across the nation or abroad.

After a while the crew got tired of his shenanigans, so they installed a “fake” temperature control in the Conference Room. »

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Where Is the Outrage Over Anti-Semitism in Sports and Hollywood?

Authored by hollywoodreporter.com

Given the New Woke-fulness in Hollywood and the sports world, we expected more passionate public outrage.

Then he went on to talk about the Rothschilds owning all the banks and his support for the notorious homophobe and anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan.

THR columnist Kareem Abdul Jabbar is an NBA Hall of Famer and the author of Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage and other books. »

Absence of Apparent Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Two Stylists After Exposure at a Hair Salon with a Universal Face Covering Policy — Springfield, Missouri, May 2020

Authored by cdc.gov
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At salon A in Springfield, Missouri, two stylists with COVID-19 symptoms worked closely with 139 clients before receiving diagnoses of COVID-19, and none of their clients developed COVID-19 symptoms.

Both company and city policies were likely important factors in preventing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 during these interactions between clients and stylists.

Consistent and correct use of face coverings, when appropriate, is an important tool for minimizing spread of SARS-CoV-2 from presymptomatic, asymptomatic, and symptomatic persons. »