Outbreak of 69 #COVID19 cases in 2 schools, plus 20 at daycare centers in one Danish city—all #B117. “Something going on with the infection of [🇬🇧 variant] #B117 among children that we have not seen with the old coronavirus” says an epidemiologist. 🧵
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Walmart is getting great press for raising pay for a fourth of its workers.
The total cost to the company is equal to 4% of the fortune gained by the Waltons in the pandemic.
Workers still make as little as $11/hour with no benefits.
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Hypocrites. Complete and utter hypocrites.
And don't forget @MayorAdler who took a private jet with eight people to Cabo and WHILE IN CABO recorded a video telling Austinites to "stay home if you can...this is not the time to relax."
This, please. If you or anyone you know is COVID +, has mild symptoms in the past 10 days, and is either age 65+ and/or has a pre-existing condition. Lives on the line.
THREAD: There are 9,000 people caged in the downtown Houston jail, most of them solely because they can't pay cash. The situation is getting dire: "We don't have any running water anymore." (1)
I'm just sitting here laughing. My rage shot way over anger to stunned laughter. Cruz hopped on a jet to Cancun while millions in his state are freezing?! That is just terrible screenwriting for a villain.
The people of Texas pay for the utilities they are currently not receiving. Their taxes pay the salaries of the government officials who seem not to care if their constituents freeze to death. But, sure, too much regulation is the problem.