At a market in Tsomo, South Africa, December 2, 2021 (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters) South Africa lifted a Covid-19-related curfew on Thursday as officials believe the fourth Covid-19 wave driven by the Omicron variant has receded, a cabinet statement announced. The South African cabinet statement noted there was only a “marginal increase” in fatalities, as deaths remained
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A government advert on a bus stop in London encourages people to get their COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, as the Omicron variant of coronavirus spreads across the globe, Dec. 28, 2021. Vuk Valcic | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images People infected with omicron are less likely to require hospital treatment compared to patients
Tributes have been paid to veteran actress Betty White who has died less than three weeks before her 100th birthday. The Golden Girls star, whose career spanned eight decades, reportedly died at her home on New Year’s Eve. Her death was confirmed by her longtime agent and close friend, Jeff Witjas. He told Associated Press
On Monday, PBS played a Christiane Amanpour interview from CNN with Boston Celtics basketball star Enes Kanter over the controversy caused by his activism against China, which cuts against the usual “social justice warrior” vein. It’s worth watching to see his takedown of Nike as “one of the biggest hypocrite countries in the world.” Amanpour
We’re now approaching nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic. Sometimes I wonder if I’ve already had it. In February 2020, after a family trip to Disney World, I found myself ridiculously sick. It was a few weeks before the World Health Organization declared COVID a pandemic, and Democrats were accusing Trump of being xenophobic for
Dr. Robert Malone, inventor of the mRNA technology in use in the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 jabs, was permanently suspended from Twitter on Dec. 29. According to The COVID World, Malone had over 520,000 Twitter followers. Malone was suspended after posting a video from the Canadian COVID Care Alliance. The nearly 40-minute video is well
The Wilson Library on the campus of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Jonathan Drake/Reuters) Every year at about this time, the Martin Center staff compiles a list of reforms and improvements that we would like to see adopted (or at least considered) during the coming year. We have just published our new list.
Two things are undoubtedly true in Washington, D.C.: 1. Many people are scared of the omicron wave, and 2. There are not nearly enough COVID tests to meet the demand. This combination has created a problem that may end up having deadly consequences: Emergency Rooms packed with patients who are there solely to get a
On behalf of the entire news team here at TheBlaze, I wish each and every one of you in our audience the happiest of new years. This has been a long and arduous year filled with challenges that have shaken us to our very core, and we are all glad to have you, our readers,
Vaccine scientist Dr. Robert Malone spoke with podcaster Joe Rogan about his ban from Twitter. Malone is an innovator in the mRNA vaccine technology used in COVID vaccines and was suspended for alleged “misleading and potentially harmful information related to COVID-19.” Newsbusters reported on the ban earlier this week: “Malone has repeatedly voiced his concerns
It always seems as if the tragedies of black Americans—instead of our triumphs—remain center stage in the media. Discussions of our history focus on the tragedies of slavery, but seldom mention the ancient African civilizations ruling the world by the power of their wealth, intelligence, and strength. Archaeological studies of these civilizations have produced breakthrough
The Clintons are likely the most corrupt couple in US history. If we had a DOJ and protection for Jeffrey Epstein, they’d be in jail. Can there be anyone as corrupt and oblivious to their own corruption as the Clintons? Bill was impeached for obstructing justice and tampering with witnesses involving numerous incidents and crimes
People line up for a COVID-19 test in Times Square as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in New York, December 26, 2021. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) I have written frequently here about how the medical establishment has been promoting policies that would discriminate against white people to promote “equity” (for example, this piece in the
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft lands at San Francisco International Airport on March 13, 2019 in Burlingame, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images United Airlines is offering its pilots triple pay to pick up trips for most of January to help ease a staffing shortage driven by the rapid spread of the
Veteran actress Betty White, best known for her role in The Golden Girls and whose career spanned eight decades, has died aged 99. Less than three weeks before her 100th birthday, the actress reportedly died at her home on Friday. Her agent and close friend Jeff Witjas told People magazine: “Even though Betty was about
On Thursday afternoon, MSNBC host Katy Tur pushed for police officers to be less armed when they go into dangerous situations as she fretted that LAPD officers had too much weaponry when they responded to reports of a violent attack at a Burlington Coat Factory. She did not mention that responding officers had reason to believe
In September, when Joe Biden announced a federal vaccine mandate on private businesses with 100 or more employees, a clear majority of the public supported Biden’s mandate, according to Gallup. That poll showed 58 percent favoring Biden’s mandating vaccination or weekly testing of employees. A Morning Consult-Politico poll released last month showed that while most Americans still supported
While COVID-19 cases surged in New York City, Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was pictured vacationing in Florida, National Review reported. Ocasio-Cortez was spotted drinking cocktails outside of a restaurant in Miami Beach on Thursday while New York City reported a record high number of COVID-19 cases, National Review reported. Ocasio-Cortez represents New York’s
Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio in Don’t Look Up. (Niko Tavernise/Netflix) When Mike Judge’s Idiocracy first came out, I criticized it (wrongly, in retrospect) as being too uncharitable, too mean-spirited, and cruel. I did not have that reaction to Don’t Look Up, the Netflix comet-headed-for-Earth comedy written by Adam McKay (Anchorman) and leftist journalist David
Although it is still too early to say for sure, the early data suggests strongly that the Omicron variant, while more infectious than its predecessors, is significantly less deadly. Nevertheless, as the variant causes yet another wave of COVID-19 positive test results, many parents with students in districts where states have not required schools to
A series of animal studies released in recent days regarding the Omicron variant all point to the same conclusion: that while Omicron is highly infectious, it is significantly less lethal than any previous variant of COVID-19 because it causes much less damage to the lungs, according to the New York Times. The Times highlighted a
This was CNN cognitive dissonance on steroids — with a booster shot of hypocrisy. Picture this. In its 7 am hour, New Day brought on CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner who called the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration a potential “superspreader” event that is “completely unnecessary” and “unwise.” Reiner called omicron “the most
New bereavement policies in Boston and Portland acknowledge the death and grief the act entails. While conservatives might be skeptical of the city of Boston’s new parental-leave policy, which provides up to twelve weeks of paid leave after a miscarriage or voluntary abortion, some of us in the pro-life community are grateful that Boston’s political
Democrats are responding in typical fashion to Sen. Joe Manchin’s promised “no” vote on President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act: They are foaming at the mouth. According to Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., “It’s an example of Joe Manchin, as a white man, showing that he doesn’t care about black people. He doesn’t care about
Thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate on Thursday as 100 mph winds whipped up fast-moving wildfires in Boulder County, Colorado. Downed power lines sparked two small grass fires that quickly turned into large blazes because of gusty winds. At least 600 homes and one mall were destroyed, according to the Boulder County sheriff. More
(dkfielding/Getty Images) The Cook Political Report released several ratings on Thursday showing the GOP as the clear favorite to take control of the U.S. House in the 2022 midterms. Three Democratic-held districts have fallen into the “lean Republican column,” while another two are in the “likely Republican” column. Meanwhile, just one Republican-held district currently leans
In this article CFX PTON PFE AMD XOM XLNX Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Exxon Mobil (XOM) – The energy giant signaled that it will report a fourth consecutive quarterly profit, thanks in large part to stronger oil and gas prices. The snapshot of fourth quarter results came in an SEC
Hundreds of homes have been destroyed and tens of thousands of residents evacuated as wildfires spread across part of the US state of Colorado. At least one first responder and six others were injured after the flames took hold following an extremely dry autumn in the region and a winter that has so far not
One of the most disturbing concepts in politics is the media elite providing the “first draft of history.” You can test-drive this with a look at ABC’s two-hour year-end special on December 27. It was mostly about celebrities and athletes and some natural disasters. But when President Biden came up, ABC was energetically playing defense. It
For the past few weeks, I’ve been testing New York state’s mask mandate—which isn’t much of a mandate at all but more of a strongly worded suggestion. Governor Kathy Hochul decided that she would put the responsibility of enforcing her ridiculous mandate on the counties. When counties responded by telling her to shove it, she