Coronavirus Outbreak

[Ken]

[GaryK]

The Energy Department recently disseminated a report among government agencies that concluded with “low confidence” a laboratory leak was the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to reports by The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times on Sunday.

The report cited that the conclusion was reached due to new intelligence but details of what that information is was not revealed, according to the news outlets. The determination now puts the Energy Department in line with the FBI, which holds the view with “moderate confidence.”

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing ... c-reports/

[Valerie]

I guess i will continue to believe the people i know personally who did benefit from it, which I'm sure is why it was recommended in the first place.
A man with a testimony is not at the mercy of a man with an argument.

[Valerie]

The Energy Department recently disseminated a report among government agencies that concluded with “low confidence” a laboratory leak was the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to reports by The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times on Sunday.

The report cited that the conclusion was reached due to new intelligence but details of what that information is was not revealed, according to the news outlets. The determination now puts the Energy Department in line with the FBI, which holds the view with “moderate confidence.”

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing ... c-reports/

Someday, maybe, the truth about it will be known

[RZehr]

Full circle. The only thing the same, is the government telling people what to do.

New York mayor says retailers must force shoppers to remove masks when entering stores to prevent crime.

New York Mayor Eric Adams has a clear message for retailers: If you want to prevent theft, don't allow shoppers to enter with face masks on.

"Do not allow people to enter the store without taking off their face masks," Adams told a local radio station Monday. "When you see these mask-wearing people, it's not about being fearful of a pandemic. (They're) fearful of the police catching (them) for their misdeeds."

Adams said that stores need to be able to use technologies to "identify those shoplifters and those who have committed serious crimes," but that face masks — an item that has become commonplace, albeit decreasingly so, due to the coronavirus pandemic — make it hard to do so. He added that once in the store, shoppers can feel free to wear face masks.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/york-mayor-s ... 36377.html

[temporal1]

Full circle. The only thing the same, is the government telling people what to do.

New York mayor says retailers must force shoppers to remove masks when entering stores to prevent crime.

New York Mayor Eric Adams has a clear message for retailers: If you want to prevent theft, don't allow shoppers to enter with face masks on.

"Do not allow people to enter the store without taking off their face masks," Adams told a local radio station Monday. "When you see these mask-wearing people, it's not about being fearful of a pandemic. (They're) fearful of the police catching (them) for their misdeeds."

Adams said that stores need to be able to use technologies to "identify those shoplifters and those who have committed serious crimes," but that face masks — an item that has become commonplace, albeit decreasingly so, due to the coronavirus pandemic — make it hard to do so. He added that once in the store, shoppers can feel free to wear face masks.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/york-mayor-s ... 36377.html

i recall the sheer irony of entering a bank with a sign on the door requiring masks to enter.
you cannot make this up.

[HondurasKeiser]

Full circle. The only thing the same, is the government telling people what to do.

New York mayor says retailers must force shoppers to remove masks when entering stores to prevent crime.

New York Mayor Eric Adams has a clear message for retailers: If you want to prevent theft, don't allow shoppers to enter with face masks on.

"Do not allow people to enter the store without taking off their face masks," Adams told a local radio station Monday. "When you see these mask-wearing people, it's not about being fearful of a pandemic. (They're) fearful of the police catching (them) for their misdeeds."

Adams said that stores need to be able to use technologies to "identify those shoplifters and those who have committed serious crimes," but that face masks — an item that has become commonplace, albeit decreasingly so, due to the coronavirus pandemic — make it hard to do so. He added that once in the store, shoppers can feel free to wear face masks.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/york-mayor-s ... 36377.html

i recall the sheer irony of entering a bank with a sign on the door requiring masks to enter.
you cannot make this up.

We're still masking in banks and other very public businesses here.

[Robert]

[Ken]

[MaxPC]