…judging from some images being shared around the Internet, the food sure doesn’t make it worth it either.
And maybe what makes it the lease worth of all for NBC is a fact that very few people are watching. Ratings of crashed, there seems to be a lack of interest, and the United States is it a gold medal drought.
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/
A U.S. nuclear submarine hit an object in the South China Sea last Saturday, CNN reported, citing two defense officials.
A Navy official confirmed to The Hill that multiple people were injured and characterized the injuries as bumps and scrapes. The Navy declined to confirm the location of the incident, but in a statement said the incident occurred in “international waters in the Indo-Pacific region.”
“The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) struck an object while submerged on the afternoon of Oct. 2,” the U.S. Pacific Fleet said in a statement on Thursday. “The safety of the crew remains the Navy’s top priority. There are no life threatening injuries.”
More from published reports..
There are also no indications that the mishap was hostile or that the sub collided with another vessel, according to the official, who cautioned that information on the incident is preliminary at this point.
While two crew members suffered moderate injuries, no one required evacuation from the boat, according to the official, who declined to provide a total number of sailors injured but described those injuries as “bumps, bruises and lacerations.”
But defector and democracy campaigner Wei Jingsheng made a stunning accusation in Sky News’ new documentary, What Really Happened In Wuhan, telling reporter Sharri Markson – who has also penned a book by the same name – that he believed the first Covid superspreader event could have occurred as early as October.
— Read on www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/global/allegations-first-superspreader-covid-event-occurred-in-wuhan-military-games-in-october-2019/news-story/d7a612421bc888367020b7e3b8f5f072
While the media publication is reporting this as a bombshell report, it has been a long rumored possibility. Some have argued that the virus originated as early as September, with other stating that it was around Italy in mid 2019.
The Wuhan games is included thousands of athletes from around the world, and as cases began to pop up in different portions of the planet in December 2019 and January 2020, it gives credence to the possibility that this was a mass super spreader event that truly began the pandemic officially before we even realized it was occurring.
There have also been documented reports of athletes becoming sick, and some athletes showing similar signs of the COVID-19 virus…

SAVE THIS TANK MAN IMAGE WHILE YOU CAN! DON’T BING IT
Bing, the search engine owned by Microsoft, is not displaying image results for a search for “Tank man,” even when searching from the United States. The apparent censorship comes on the anniversary of China’s violent crackdown on protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
“There are no results for tank man,” the Bing website reads after searching for the term. “Tank man” relates to the infamous image of a single protester standing in front of a line of Chinese tanks during the crackdown.
Motherboard verified that the issue also impacts image searches on Yahoo and DuckDuckGo, which both use Bing.
On 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, we look to this photo was taken the day before the famous tank man photo. The Chinese regime massacred hundreds of unarmed protesters demanding democratic rule:
And this is a full image of TANK MAN, not just one tank.. no… NUMEROUS:
A Microsoft spokesperson told Motherboard in an email that “This is due to an accidental human error and we are actively working to resolve this.”..
Official news agency Xinhua confirmed that 21 of the 172 participants had died, citing the local rescue command headquarters. The other 151 are now safe, according to state media.
Baiyin city mayor Zhang Xuchen said that at around midday Saturday a section of the rugged ultramarathon course — between kilometres 20 and 31 — was “suddenly affected by disastrous weather”.
“In a short period of time, hailstones and ice rain suddenly fell in the local area, and there were strong winds. The temperature sharply dropped,” Zhang said.
— Read on news.yahoo.com/20-runners-dead-extreme-weather-015013647.html
Thousands of shoppers in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen fled the vicinity of a 957-foot (291-meter) skyscraper Tuesday, after it inexplicably began swaying.
Videos circulating on Chinese social media showed crowds running from the wobbling building, with some screaming and looking back over their shoulders.
The weather was fine at the time and there were no reports of an earthquake in the region. No deaths or injuries were reported.
— Read on www.cnn.com/2021/05/19/china/china-shenzhen-skyscraper-intl-hnk/index.html
India is reeling..
America is vaccinating..
And China is worried?
According to late week reports, a ‘double mutant strain’ of COVID is now infecting cities in China..
Wu Zunyou revealed the “Indian variant” had been found in “some Chinese cities,” without elaborating. The news has sparked intense discussion online about stricter border controls amid the five-day Labor Day break beginning Saturday…
Citizens are rightly concerned about the variant, Wu said, noting: “The virus has been mutating since the start of the pandemic.” It will not stop mutating until the pandemic is over, he added. “Implementing containment measures is key to stopping the spread of mutant strains, and also to prevent the occurrence of new mutations,” the senior health official said.
Partying like it’s 1999?
Or like there’s no viral load to be shared!?
International media is abuzz with photos and video of a big pool party in the Wuhan province of China.
This was the epicenter of 2020’s 2019 coronavirus.
The photographs taken over the weekend at Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park show carefree swimmers putting the infectious past behind them!
Close contact?
It’s fine.
Here’s video of the event:
As the world suffers the new plague.. The city it started in parties into the night..
Chinese state media announced Friday that Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has ordered the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to “enhance their combat readiness,” without elaborating what threat has made preparation for combat so urgent.