Earthquake: Georgia! “I thought somebody set a bomb outside our bedroom window it was so loud”

A 2.8-magnitude earthquake rattled Georgia overnight, and some people said they didn’t just feel it. Social media users also reported hearing the tremor. “I didn’t feel it but I heard it,” one person wrote on the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page. “It was the first one while I was awake! I honestly thought it was a plane or something.”

Louie Anderson dead at 68

The legendary comedian is dead at 68.. Louie Anderson died at a hospital in Las Vegas of complications from cancer, said Glenn Schwartz, his longtime publicist. Anderson had a a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Schwartz said previously. THE AP ALERT.. The best..

New data emerges: Those who recovered from Covid were less likely than vaccinated to get infected during Delta!

New data released Wednesday showed that both vaccination and prior infection offered strong protection against infection and hospitalization from Covid-19 during the Delta wave — and that case and hospitalization rates were actually lower among people who had recovered from Covid-19 than among those who had been vaccinated. The data, released by the Centers for … Read moreNew data emerges: Those who recovered from Covid were less likely than vaccinated to get infected during Delta!

Covid over in UK?!

The UK GUARDIAN among news outlets reporting: Boris Johnson has announced the end of all Covid measures introduced to combat the Omicron variant – compulsory mask-wearing on public transport and in shops, guidance to work from home and vaccine certificates – from next week. The prime minister also told the Commons that the legal requirement on people … Read moreCovid over in UK?!

Virus in the Vatican! Pandemic hits Rome

The Vatican secretary of state and his deputy have both tested positive for the coronavirus, Vatican officials said Tuesday. Cardinal Pietro Parolin serves as the Vatican’s secretary of state and the pope’s No. 2.. the AP reports sources quoting he has “very light” symptoms, while Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra is asymptomatic, officials said. There was no … Read moreVirus in the Vatican! Pandemic hits Rome

Models show that the US faces a wave of omicron deaths in the coming weeks

The fast-moving omicron variant may cause less severe disease on average, but COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are climbing and modelers forecast 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by the time the wave subsides in mid-March. The seven-day rolling average for daily new COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. has been trending upward since mid-November, … Read moreModels show that the US faces a wave of omicron deaths in the coming weeks