A student is in custody after three people died and six were injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon at a high school in Oxford, Michigan, authorities said.
The three killed at Oxford High School are believed to be students, Oakland County Undersheriff Michael G. McCabe said at a news conference. One of those shot is believed to be a teacher.
— Read on www.cnn.com/2021/11/30/us/michigan-oxford-high-school-incident/index.htmlYet another nightmare before Christmas developing at another school in the United States.
Month: November 2021
‘This is not going to be good’: Moderna CEO on what scientists are telling him about the omicron coronavirus variant
CEO Stéphane Bancel has left no doubt whether he’s taking a glass half-full or half-empty approach to the emergence of the new omicron coronavirus variant.
He told the Financial Times there’s no world where current vaccines are as effective as they have been against the delta variant. And he suggested the drop-off could be significant.
“I think it’s going to be a material drop. I just don’t know how much because we need to wait for the data. But all the scientists I’ve talked to . . . are like, ‘This is not going to be good’.
— Read on www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-not-going-to-be-good-moderna-ceo-on-what-scientists-are-telling-him-about-the-omicron-coronavirus-variant-11638266621
The numbers: Did we just see the end of Black Friday?
And would it be a bad thing if we did?
It is too early to stick a fork in it, but things sure seemed quiet this year.
Despite previous years’ fights and retail mayhem, we went silent in 2021.. yes the pandemic. We know. But even with that said, a semblance of a return to “normal” tried to occur before the omicron outbreak started in South Africa.. and even with that, these numbers:
- Traffic at retail stores on Black Friday dropped 28.3% compared with 2019 levels, according to preliminary data from Sensormatic Solutions.
- Traffic was up 47.5% compared with year-ago levels, Sensormatic said.
- “It’s clear shoppers are shopping earlier this season, just as they did last season,” said Brian Field, senior director of global retail consulting at Sensormatic.
- Online, retailers rang up $8.9 billion in sales on Black Friday, down from the record of about $9 billion spent on the Friday after Thanksgiving a year earlier, according to data from Adobe Analytics.
Retail watchers say that the “consumers,” as they refer to the huddled massive of bargain basement shoppers, are starting to browse earlier.. online retail is going to soon far outweigh the brick and mortar..
Stores being closed had an impact as well..
On Thanksgiving day, visits to brick-and-mortar stores cratered 90.4% from 2019 levels, Sensormatic found. Retailers including Target, Walmart and Best Buy opted to keep their doors closed to customers on the holiday. Target has said it will be a permanent shift.
Home Alone! Fauci opens the door to more American lockdowns due to Omicron
Fauci said everything should be on the table
The United States’ top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said on Sunday that Americans should be prepared to do “anything and everything” to fight the spread of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron.
It is “too early to say” whether we need new lockdowns or mandates, Fauci told ABC News.
“You want to be prepared to do anything and everything,” he said.
30 years ago: The night the Undertaker beat Hulk Hogan
A few days ago, wrestling legend Ric Flair revealed that Hulk Hogan’s health was deteriorating..
So we stroll back to his heyday: Survivor Series 1991, the night when the Undertaker stripped Hulkster of his WWF title belt.. WITH THE HELP OF COURSE OF FLAIR
When you watch the Undertaker’s final tombstone move, you can also see it could be the fakest wrestling finishing move in the history of TV.. such a bad angle for a badly sold moment!
But it also led to tears among the youngest in the audience!
Children in the arena and at home were suddenly move to weep: Their hero was broken .. all the prayers and vitamins didn’t help..
So that, coupled with Vince McMahon’s desire to establish more than its usual 4 pay per views a year, led to THIS TUESDAY IN TEXAS just a few days later when Hogan drove the scary Undertaker back to hell.. kind of.. The president, “Jack Tunney,” was able to stop the match when Hogan used the Undertaker’s urn ashes against him.. and the title was put up for grabs at the Royal Rumble a month later.
A brilliant early Vince McMahon move to build and keep interest..
Omicron panic takes over planet
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the UK must take “targeted and proportionate measures now” amid concerns over the new Omicron Covid-19 variant.
“I must stress this: As always, with a new variant, there are many things we just cannot know at this early stage. Our scientists are learning more hour by hour. It does appear that Omicron spreads very rapidly and can be spread between people who are double vaccinated. There is also a very extensive mutation, which means it diverges quite significantly from previous configurations of the virus, and as a result, it might at least in part reduce the protection of our vaccines over time,” Johnson said in a press conference.
Two cases of the variant have been detected in the UK so far.
Johnson also announced additional measures:
“We’re not going to stop people traveling. But we will require anyone who enters the UK to take a PCR test by the end of the second day after their arrival and to self-isolate until they have a negative result,” Johnson said. “…In addition to the measures we’re already taking to locate those who have been in countries of concern over the last 10 days, we will require all contacts of those who test positive with a suspected case of Omicron to self-isolate for 10 days regardless of your vaccination status.”
The prime minister said his country will also “boost the booster campaign” in an effort to get as many people possible their vaccine booster shot.
Fast moving: Omicron variant hits UK
British officials now report that the nation has its first 2 cases of the COVID Omicron Variant, with Africa travel connection.
The UK now adds Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Angola to its travel red list.—“If you have returned from there in the last 10 days you must isolate & get PCR tests”..
Some
Feel that this sudden emergence indicates it is already global and spread without any knowledge of it occurring.. developing..
Developing..
In addition to the U.K, cases have been reported in travelers in Belgium, Israel and Hong Kong. Germany also said it suspected a positive case and Dutch authorities were testing whether 61 people who arrived on two flights from South Africa with COVID-19 have the omicron variant…
DUTCH AUTHORITIES REVEAL: DOZENS OF COVID CASES ON A FLIGHT FROM SOUTH AFRICA!
Developing…
Reuters reporting
Around 600 passengers arrived at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on the two KLM flights on Friday and then faced hours of delays and testing due to concerns over thenew virus variant. On the basis of initial testing, the Dutch health ministry estimated there may be around 85 positive cases among the passengers.
The WHO apparently thought XI was the true variant of concern .. they skipped it when they named the new Africa strain Omicron
The World Health Organization announced Friday it was naming a new Covid-19 variant “Omicron,” skipping over a politically sensitive letter of the Greek alphabet.
The WHO made the announcement about the B.1.1.529 variant out of Johannesburg, South Africa, passing over a letter many observers presumed would be next — “Nu” — as well as the subsequent letter, “Xi,” which composes part of Chinese leader Xi Jinping‘s name.
— Read on www.mediaite.com/news/world-health-organization-skips-greek-letter-xi-in-naming-new-covid-variant/
Missing any mail lately?
Story from Alabama they show you were potentially missing packages ended up: down in the river.
More from local reports:
Authorities said 300 to 400 boxes of packages were thrown off of the ravine, WBRC reported.
“There’s a river down by this area, and it was down the ravine, down towards the river. None of the packages made it to the river. The packages are, obviously, have not been there longer than one or two days,” Sheriff Mark Moon said.
FedEx crews arrived Thanksgiving morning to pick up the package, removing them all before 10:30 a.m.
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