Nursery teachers should be taught about white privilege so toddlers can ‘develop anti-racist views’, say unions Unions and charities want nursery teachers trained so toddlers can be anti-racist Tory politicians said that it was the ‘wrong way to go about’ combating racism MP says it ‘insults white working-class people from disadvantaged backgrounds’ By Mail on … Read more
A new internal review of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that guidance issued during the Trump administration downplayed the seventy of the pandemic. First reported by The Washington Post, a memo found the guidance was not ‘primarily authored’ by CDC staff and not based on the most accurate scientific evidence. Specifically, … Read more
Nurses condemn ‘fundamentally flawed’ PPE rules in hospitals and say existing guidance on measures including masks is based on out-of-date evidence Report says UK guidance does not reflect more significant risk of aerosol spread Royal College of Nursing commissioned the report after concerns raised by staff Nursing leaders said concerns raised by community nurse who … Read more
Good times: Watches of Switzerland vows to pay back furlough money after online sales spike boosts its fortunes The firm is Britain’s biggest retailer of Rolex, TAG Heuer and Breitling watches Domestic e-commerce purchases doubled in the seven weeks to December 13 Tesco, Lidl, Asda, and Morrisons have also vowed to repay public Covid relief … Read more
Wearing a mask DOES protect you – and those around you – from coronavirus, CDC now says in change to guidance that initially said face coverings protect others but not the wearer In new recommendations released on Tuesday, the CDC said wearing masks protects wearers from contracting COVI9-19 Previously, the agency said face coverings prevent … Read more
JON SOPEL, £245,000-a-year BBC salary: Jon Sopel, 60, is paid up to £245,000 a year in his role as the broadcaster’s North America Editor, covering all aspects of US news including politics, policy and business. But the presenter last year sparked a conflict of interest row after accepting tens of thousands of pounds from the biggest bank … Read more
Halloween is canceled: CDC advises Americans to not go trick-or-treating or to costume parties but says staying home to carve pumpkins is safe in new coronavirus guidance The CDC has issued its first guidance for how to celebrate Halloween during the coronavirus pandemic Recommendations discourage going traditional trick-or-treating, attending costume parties or visiting an indoor haunted … Read more
Business bosses today savaged Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he endorsed working from home as part of a series of strict coronavirus measures – warning it would be at the expense of the pandemic-ravaged economy. Mr Johnson set out a raft of new restrictions in the face of rising Covid-19 infections, including the directive to … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it mistakenly published guidance suggesting that the novel coronavirus spreads through the air. ”A draft version of proposed changes to these recommendations was posted in error to the agency’s official website,’ the agency in a statement, according to CNBC. ‘CDC is currently updating its recommendations regarding … Read more
KAROL SIKORA: It is illogical and merely invites ridicule and disobedience from an increasingly sceptical and weary public Expert advisers have deep and very specific areas of knowledge, but can only offer a selective view of the facts – in this case a recent and modest rise in coronavirus infections in young people – to ministers. … Read more