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US election: Justice lawyer quits after attorney general orders 'vote fraud' inquiries
US attorney general William Barr has allowed federal prosecutors to probe alleged irregularities in the presidential election, prompting a top justice department official to quit.
The official, Richard Pilger, would have overseen such investigations. Any such cases would normally be the remit of individual states, but Mr Barr said this was not a hard and fast rule. Donald Trump refuses to accept Joe Biden's projected victory, and has made unsubstantiated fraud claims. The president's campaign is seeking an emergency injunction in Pennsylvania to prevent Mr Biden's victory being certified in the state. The president-elect's projected win there on Saturday took him over the threshold of 270 electoral college votes needed to secure victory nationwide. -
@mlnews so when Trump gets dragged out of the white house, do you think they'll use the billy clubs or tazers?
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews so when Trump gets dragged out of the white house, do you think they'll use the billy clubs or tazers?
I dunno... but I think they should make it Pay Per view. My money is on Billy Clubs, Tazers, and Rubber Bullets.
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews so when Trump gets dragged out of the white house, do you think they'll use the billy clubs or tazers?
I dunno... but I think they should make it Pay Per view. My money is on Billy Clubs, Tazers, and Rubber Bullets.
I'd easily drop money on that.
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'Murder hornets': More nests likely to be found in US
Washington is unlikely to have seen its last Asian giant hornets, the state's agricultural department has said, after scientists found 200 queens in one nest.
The nest - the first in the US - of the so-called murder hornets was captured with a vacuum from a tree in October. Researchers believe more queens - which are responsible for establishing colonies - could remain at large. But they are confident the population can be brought under control. Asian giant hornets are an invasive species in the Pacific North-West. They target honeybees, which pollinate crops. The insect, which is native to Japan and South Korea, can slaughter a bee colony in a matter of hours. -
Black people 'twice as likely to catch coronavirus'
Black people are twice as likely as white people to catch the coronavirus, a study of 18 million people suggests.
The research also indicates Asian people are 1.5 times more likely than white people to be infected - and may be more likely to need intensive care. Researchers say their findings are of "urgent public-health importance" and raise questions about how vaccines will be prioritised within at-risk groups. The work, in EClinical Medicine, adds support to other studies' findings. -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Black people 'twice as likely to catch coronavirus'
Black people are twice as likely as white people to catch the coronavirus, a study of 18 million people suggests.
The research also indicates Asian people are 1.5 times more likely than white people to be infected - and may be more likely to need intensive care. Researchers say their findings are of "urgent public-health importance" and raise questions about how vaccines will be prioritised within at-risk groups. The work, in EClinical Medicine, adds support to other studies' findings.Bad link - it goes to ML somewhere.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Bad link - it goes to ML somewhere.
Empty link. Lazy poster.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Black people 'twice as likely to catch coronavirus'
Black people are twice as likely as white people to catch the coronavirus, a study of 18 million people suggests.
The research also indicates Asian people are 1.5 times more likely than white people to be infected - and may be more likely to need intensive care. Researchers say their findings are of "urgent public-health importance" and raise questions about how vaccines will be prioritised within at-risk groups. The work, in EClinical Medicine, adds support to other studies' findings.This is the polar opposite of the infection rate risks published in Germany a few weeks ago that cited the vastly higher rate of white infection over non-white infection as a primary reason why Africa was handling the pandemic so well as it was simply less invasive there.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Black people 'twice as likely to catch coronavirus'
Black people are twice as likely as white people to catch the coronavirus, a study of 18 million people suggests.
The research also indicates Asian people are 1.5 times more likely than white people to be infected - and may be more likely to need intensive care. Researchers say their findings are of "urgent public-health importance" and raise questions about how vaccines will be prioritised within at-risk groups. The work, in EClinical Medicine, adds support to other studies' findings.This is the polar opposite of the infection rate risks published in Germany a few weeks ago that cited the vastly higher rate of white infection over non-white infection as a primary reason why Africa was handling the pandemic so well as it was simply less invasive there.
Would the correlation there be that so many world travelers who are infected simply aren't going to Africa as much?
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Black people 'twice as likely to catch coronavirus'
Black people are twice as likely as white people to catch the coronavirus, a study of 18 million people suggests.
The research also indicates Asian people are 1.5 times more likely than white people to be infected - and may be more likely to need intensive care. Researchers say their findings are of "urgent public-health importance" and raise questions about how vaccines will be prioritised within at-risk groups. The work, in EClinical Medicine, adds support to other studies' findings.This is the polar opposite of the infection rate risks published in Germany a few weeks ago that cited the vastly higher rate of white infection over non-white infection as a primary reason why Africa was handling the pandemic so well as it was simply less invasive there.
Would the correlation there be that so many world travelers who are infected simply aren't going to Africa as much?
That's typically only a big deal for initial infections. But SSA has had infections for quite some time. I know doctors in Malawi and they've been tackling it since at least May. But it just isn't spreading there like here.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Black people 'twice as likely to catch coronavirus'
Black people are twice as likely as white people to catch the coronavirus, a study of 18 million people suggests.
The research also indicates Asian people are 1.5 times more likely than white people to be infected - and may be more likely to need intensive care. Researchers say their findings are of "urgent public-health importance" and raise questions about how vaccines will be prioritised within at-risk groups. The work, in EClinical Medicine, adds support to other studies' findings.This is the polar opposite of the infection rate risks published in Germany a few weeks ago that cited the vastly higher rate of white infection over non-white infection as a primary reason why Africa was handling the pandemic so well as it was simply less invasive there.
I'm betting the article is bad at best - and assuming your info on Africa is good, then it's the US health system and how % wise blacks don't have good healthcare - so they have higher than average % of bad health - and therefore covid hurts them more, again % wise.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Black people 'twice as likely to catch coronavirus'
Black people are twice as likely as white people to catch the coronavirus, a study of 18 million people suggests.
The research also indicates Asian people are 1.5 times more likely than white people to be infected - and may be more likely to need intensive care. Researchers say their findings are of "urgent public-health importance" and raise questions about how vaccines will be prioritised within at-risk groups. The work, in EClinical Medicine, adds support to other studies' findings.This is the polar opposite of the infection rate risks published in Germany a few weeks ago that cited the vastly higher rate of white infection over non-white infection as a primary reason why Africa was handling the pandemic so well as it was simply less invasive there.
I'm betting the article is bad at best - and assuming your info on Africa is good, then it's the US health system and how % wise blacks don't have good healthcare - so they have higher than average % of bad health - and therefore covid hurts them more, again % wise.
Very possible.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Black people 'twice as likely to catch coronavirus'
Black people are twice as likely as white people to catch the coronavirus, a study of 18 million people suggests.
The research also indicates Asian people are 1.5 times more likely than white people to be infected - and may be more likely to need intensive care. Researchers say their findings are of "urgent public-health importance" and raise questions about how vaccines will be prioritised within at-risk groups. The work, in EClinical Medicine, adds support to other studies' findings.This is the polar opposite of the infection rate risks published in Germany a few weeks ago that cited the vastly higher rate of white infection over non-white infection as a primary reason why Africa was handling the pandemic so well as it was simply less invasive there.
I'm betting the article is bad at best - and assuming your info on Africa is good, then it's the US health system and how % wise blacks don't have good healthcare - so they have higher than average % of bad health - and therefore covid hurts them more, again % wise.
Very possible.
I actually heard the thing I stated a few months ago on NPR....
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Black people 'twice as likely to catch coronavirus'
Black people are twice as likely as white people to catch the coronavirus, a study of 18 million people suggests.
The research also indicates Asian people are 1.5 times more likely than white people to be infected - and may be more likely to need intensive care. Researchers say their findings are of "urgent public-health importance" and raise questions about how vaccines will be prioritised within at-risk groups. The work, in EClinical Medicine, adds support to other studies' findings.This is the polar opposite of the infection rate risks published in Germany a few weeks ago that cited the vastly higher rate of white infection over non-white infection as a primary reason why Africa was handling the pandemic so well as it was simply less invasive there.
I'm betting the article is bad at best - and assuming your info on Africa is good, then it's the US health system and how % wise blacks don't have good healthcare - so they have higher than average % of bad health - and therefore covid hurts them more, again % wise.
Very possible.
I actually heard the thing I stated a few months ago on NPR....
Well for the U.S., those are facts and are true. And that can certain skew how thigns "look" compared to other regions.
The U.S. population is also generally less healthy than many other countries.
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
The U.S. population is also generally less healthy than many other countries.
That's why I'm moving to Canada, to mess with their healthy population percentage.
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Black people 'twice as likely to catch coronavirus'
Black people are twice as likely as white people to catch the coronavirus, a study of 18 million people suggests.
The research also indicates Asian people are 1.5 times more likely than white people to be infected - and may be more likely to need intensive care. Researchers say their findings are of "urgent public-health importance" and raise questions about how vaccines will be prioritised within at-risk groups. The work, in EClinical Medicine, adds support to other studies' findings.This is the polar opposite of the infection rate risks published in Germany a few weeks ago that cited the vastly higher rate of white infection over non-white infection as a primary reason why Africa was handling the pandemic so well as it was simply less invasive there.
I'm betting the article is bad at best - and assuming your info on Africa is good, then it's the US health system and how % wise blacks don't have good healthcare - so they have higher than average % of bad health - and therefore covid hurts them more, again % wise.
Very possible.
I actually heard the thing I stated a few months ago on NPR....
Well for the U.S., those are facts and are true. And that can certain skew how thigns "look" compared to other regions.
The U.S. population is also generally less healthy than many other countries.
yeah I was thinking the same thing - in Africa - it's likely the white people that are less healthy because they are more wealthy and act more like Americans - i.e. not taking care of themselves, not as physically active.. but that's really only a guess.
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Ethiopia Tigray crisis: UN warns 'war crimes' may have happened
Reports of the mass killing of civilians in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region "would amount to war crimes" if confirmed, the UN human rights chief has warned.
Michelle Bachelet called for an inquiry into reports that scores and maybe hundreds of people had been stabbed and hacked to death in one town. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has accused forces loyal to Tigray's leaders of the massacre. Its officials have denied involvement. Tigray leader Debretsion Gebremichael told AFP news agency that the accusations were "baseless." Mr Abiy said that fighters backing Tigray's ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), went on the rampage after federal troops had "liberated" the western part of Tigray, "brutally" killing innocent civilians in Mai-Kadra, a town in the South West Zone of Tigray. Witnesses blamed forces loyal to TPLF for Monday's killings - first reported by human rights group Amnesty International. -
Moderna: Covid vaccine shows nearly 95% protection
A new vaccine that protects against Covid-19 is nearly 95% effective, early data from US company Moderna shows.
The results come hot on the heels of similar results from Pfizer, and add to growing confidence that vaccines can help end the pandemic. Both companies used a highly innovative and experimental approach to designing their vaccines. Moderna says it is a "great day" and they plan to apply for approval to use the vaccine in the next few weeks. However, this is still early data and key questions remain unanswered. -
US troops in Afghanistan: Republicans alarmed by withdrawal plans
Senior Republicans have voiced their alarm at US plans to withdraw some of its forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The US is to cut its number of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq by 2,500, the US Department of Defense confirmed. President Donald Trump has long called for troops to come home and has criticised US interventions abroad. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell - usually a staunch defender of Mr Trump - called the plan "a mistake". He also warned the president against taking "any earthshaking changes in regards to defence and foreign policy" before leaving office. Mr Trump is yet to concede to Democrat Joe Biden, and the cuts are scheduled to take place five days before Mr Biden takes office on 20 January 2021.
