COVID: how incorrect assumptions and poor foresight hampered the UK’s pandemic preparedness: Loveandrock/Shutterstock Matt Hancock, the former health secretary, has told the recently opened COVID-19 Inquiry that the UK’s pandemic planning was “completely wrong”. According to Hancock, the doctrine was “to plan for the consequences of a disaster” rather than stopping or containing the virus …
Claims that foetuses are surrounded by bacteria in the womb are incorrect – new review: Turns out it is a sterile environment after all. Rawpixel/Shutterstock When a baby is born, its immune system is already developed to survive in a world full of germs. This developmental process is not only important for the baby but …
Mom who beat girl for incorrect Bible verses gets prison new: This undated photo provided by the Dauphin County Judicial Center in Harrisburg, Pa., shows Rhonda Kemp Shoffner of Middletown, Pa., who beat and tried to strangle her daughter on March 14, 2017, for incorrectly reciting Bible verses. Shoffner was sentenced Wednesday, Oct. 25 to …
Dairy Queen owner defends ‘politically incorrect’ sign: A Wisconsin Dairy Queen owner is defending a sign describing his restaurant as “politically incorrect” for its unabashed support for “God and country.” The sign at the franchise in Kewaskum, Wisconsin, notifies patrons that staff may say “Merry Christmas,” ''Happy Easter” and “God Bless America” among other things. …
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