It’s Day 25 of Stilgherrian’s coronavirus isolation. A trip down to Sydney on Friday provided some relief, but also a reminder of how bleak everything is becoming.
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Episode Links
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Police Chief of Uganda losing his cool over people breaking curfew. #QuarantineAndChill [CORRECTION: See next link.]
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The man in the video is Sering Thiapathioly, a YouTuber based in Seattle, Washington
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Concerns about what is now known to be the novel coronavirus pandemic were detailed in a November intelligence report by the military's National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI), according to two officials familiar with the document’s contents.
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The Wall Street Journal always “forgets” to mention that the ratings for the White House Press Briefings are “through the roof” (Monday Night Football, Bachelor Finale, according to @nytimes) & is only way for me to escape the Fake News & get my views across. WSJ is Fake News!
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We've reached the stage of Fox News' coronavirus coverage where primetime hosts call for the removal of public health officials for not sticking to their talking points.
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Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly made an unhinged speech to the crew members of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, in which he lashed out at former Capt. Brett E. Crozier and told sailors to stop complaining and do their jobs.
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“They called him Chopper. His name was Chopper. He was a great helicopter pilot... I know a lot about helicopters”
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Adm. Michael Gilday, the chief of naval operations, told The Associated Press he hadn't decided against reinstating Crozier. "I am taking no options off the table," Gilday said.
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A retired Navy admiral and former top NATO commander in Europe, James Stavridis, said he sees more trouble ahead, and not just for the Navy.
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From a few days ago - guy cracks a whip and abuses Chinese lining up outside the Sydney consulate. Example of the toxic way Covid conspiracy theories are mixing with more mainstream talking points about Chinese domination. Way things are going, we're going to see more of this.
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Peak medical groups have criticised the Australian celebrity chef Pete Evans for suggesting that a $15,000 “subtle energy platform” could be used to treat coronavirus, saying such claims are baseless, ill-informed and dangerous.
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Described as "the world's only digital subtle energy platform that constantly generates the frequencies your body needs to re-energise, refocus and recover".
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Some of Australia’s most iconic beaches are closed this Easter, as authorities try to contain the spread of coronavirus.
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From an interview with an obscure Belgian doctor to apparent arson attacks in the UK, the conspiracy theory that 5G is somehow linked to the coronavirus pandemic has spread unlike any other.
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The Pyrmont balcony choir featuring people dancing in the street with umbrellas. Pandemics are weird.
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