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May82020 by adminNo Comments

Coronavirus: ‘Plandemic’ virus conspiracy video spreads across social media

Technology

Major social networks are rushing to take down a new coronavirus conspiracy theory video which has rapidly spread across the internet.The so-called "Plandemic" video is edited in the style of a documentary, with much higher production standards than many conspiracy videos.The video is filled with medical misinformation about where the virus came from and how it is transmitted.Despite efforts to remove it, users are constantly re-uploading the clip.Since the 26-minute video first appeared earlier this week, it has exploded across YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other websites, prompting an attempt to remove it. Among its claims are that the virus must have been released from a laboratory environment and could not possibly be natura...

May42020 by adminNo Comments

Coronavirus: Far-right spreads Covid-19 ‘infodemic’ on Facebook

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Media playback is unsupported on your device "What if [they] are trying to kill off as many people as possible" reads one Facebook post."Eventually, these scum will release something truly nasty to wipe us all out, but first they have to train us to be obedient slaves" reads another.A third: "Coronavirus is the newest Islamist weapon."Many of us by now will have seen something of the "infodemic" the World Health Organization (WHO) warned is swirling across society. Whether popping into your online timeline or maybe forwarded by a relative, it would have been a rumour or revelation so eye-grabbing, so shockingly different from the norm, that they're hard to ignore. Yet while false claims about coronavirus have...

Apr122020 by adminNo Comments

With a bike and loudspeakers, London vicar spreads the word

World

The vicar of an Anglican church in London's fashionable Notting Hill district isn’t one to let a public health lockdown get in between him and the Easter message of hopeBy PAN PYLAS Associated PressApril 12, 2020, 10:00 PM3 min read3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleLONDON -- Pat Allerton, the vicar of an Anglican church in London's fashionable Notting Hill district, isn't one to let a nationwide lockdown get in between him and a message of hope. Armed with two loudspeakers, Allerton left his vicarage at St. Peter's church and got on his bicycle to deliver his Easter Sunday sermon on the area's backstreets. Allerton, like other Church of England clergy members, has had to be ingenious at finding ways to spread the word during the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. T...

Mar22020 by adminNo Comments

Virus spreads to more countries as new cases slow in China

Health

NEW YORK -- The coronavirus spread to ever more countries and world capitals Monday — and the U.S. death toll climbed to six — even as new cases in China dropped to their lowest level in over a month. A shift in the crisis appeared to be taking shape: Hundreds of patients were released from hospitals at the epicenter of the outbreak in China, while the World Health Organization reported that nine times as many new infections were recorded outside the country as inside it over the past 24 hours. Alarming clusters of disease continued to swell in South Korea, Italy and Iran, and the virus turned up for the first time in New York, Moscow and Berlin, as well as Latvia, Malaysia, Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Jordan and Portugal. The worldwide death toll topped 3,000 and the number of tho...

Mar12020 by adminNo Comments

Here’s how to get overseas medical coverage as coronavirus spreads

Finance

If you plan to travel abroad and are worried about medical coverage due to the coronavirus outbreak, there may not be a need to panic — or cancel your trip — just yet.Travel insurance policies that include emergency medical and evacuation coverage are still available, although the situation is fluid and could change as the coronavirus spreads, say insurers and brokers."About a third of our providers are still offering coverage for medical emergencies while traveling abroad," said Kasara Barto, spokesperson for website SquareMouth.com, which lets users compare policies from 22 insurers. "Travelers who are still planning on going, aren't worried about canceling and just want to be covered for medical only can find standard comprehensive travel insurance policies that will cover that."Passeng...