newyorkpost--2020-04-30--Stacey Dash announces split from fourth husband, lawyer Jeffrey Marty

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Twitter ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Facebook ( Opens in new window ) Stacey Dash announced Thursday that she was separating from her fourth husband , lawyer Jeffrey Marty .
The pair were nearing their second year of marriage after having gotten hitched a mere 10 days after they met in 2018 .
“ My husband and I have made the hard decision of ending our marriage , ” Dash ’ s message — posted to Instagram — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I feel this is the right path for both of us .
I wish him nothing but the best .
Thank you everyone for your support and [ for ] respecting our privacy during this difficult time.
” Dash ’ s announcement doesn ’ t specify whether there ’ s been an actual divorce filing or if the two are just separating .
The news will likely not come as the gravest of shocks to anyone familiar with Dash and Marty ’ s marriage : Dash , 53 , was arrested for domestic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her initial 911 call , she claimed Jeffrey had assaulted her .
Ultimately , the charges were dropped , and Dash eventually dismissed the entire situation as a “ marital dispute that escalated .
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Stacey Dash announced Thursday that she was separating from her fourth husband, lawyer Jeffrey Marty. The pair were nearing their second year of marriage after having gotten hitched a mere 10 days after they met in 2018.
“My husband and I have made the hard decision of ending our marriage,” Dash’s message — posted to Instagram — begins. “After much prayer, I feel this is the right path for both of us. I wish him nothing but the best. Thank you everyone for your support and [for] respecting our privacy during this difficult time.”
Dash’s announcement doesn’t specify whether there’s been an actual divorce filing or if the two are just separating.
The news will likely not come as the gravest of shocks to anyone familiar with Dash and Marty’s marriage: Dash, 53, was arrested for domestic battery in late September, though in her initial 911 call, she claimed Jeffrey had assaulted her.
Ultimately, the charges were dropped, and Dash eventually dismissed the entire situation as a “marital dispute that escalated.”


newyorkpost--2020-04-30--Nearly 900 workers at a Tyson Foods pork plant test positive for coronavirus

Nearly 900 workers at an Indiana Tyson Foods pork processing plant have tested positive for the coronavirus , a report said .
The meat processing facility in Logansport is one of several Tyson plants across the country that have voluntarily closed due to virus outbreaks .
County officials have been working with Tyson , the largest US meat supplier , to develop a reopening plan , according to WISH-TV .
The plan gained steam after President Trump on Tuesday invoked the Defense Production Act to mandate meat plants stay open during the pandemic , the report said .
The Logansport @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or 40 percent of which , have tested positive for the illness .
“ We were in good shape for a couple weeks and then just within the couple weeks it kind of blew up , ” Serenity Alter , the health department administrator of Cass County , where the Tyson plant is , told the network .
Alter said that because of its high number of coronavirus cases , stay-at-home orders in the county should remain in place , despite Gov .
Eric Holcomb ’ s expected plan to gradually lift restrictions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
“ With our numbers increasing the way they are , hopefully we will not be one of those regions just quite yet , ” Alter said .
Tyson has also voluntarily idled its meat processing facilities in Waterloo and Perry , Iowa , and beef plants in Pasco , Washington and Dakota City , Nebraska while it completes cleaning of the facilities and workers there undergo screening .

Nearly 900 workers at an Indiana Tyson Foods pork processing plant have tested positive for the coronavirus, a report said.
The meat processing facility in Logansport is one of several Tyson plants across the country that have voluntarily closed due to virus outbreaks.
County officials have been working with Tyson, the largest US meat supplier, to develop a reopening plan, according to WISH-TV.
The plan gained steam after President Trump on Tuesday invoked the Defense Production Act to mandate that meat plants stay open during the pandemic, the report said.
The Logansport plant employs 2,200 people — 890, or 40 percent, of whom have tested positive for the illness.
“We were in good shape for a couple weeks and then just within the couple weeks it kind of blew up,” Serenity Alter, the health department administrator of Cass County, where the Tyson plant is, told the network.
Alter said that because of its high number of coronavirus cases, stay-at-home orders in the county should remain in place, despite Gov. Eric Holcomb’s expected plan to gradually lift restrictions on a regional basis, the report said.
“With our numbers increasing the way they are, hopefully we will not be one of those regions just quite yet,” Alter said.
Tyson has also voluntarily idled its meat processing facilities in Waterloo and Perry, Iowa, and beef plants in Pasco, Washington, and Dakota City, Nebraska, while it completes cleaning of the facilities and workers there undergo screening.
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newyorkpost--2020-04-30--Getting a coronavirus test in NYC is about to get easier — finally

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It’s still tough to get a coronavirus test in New York City, but it’s not impossible, even for those with just mild symptoms — and it’s only going to get easier.
Only 13,000 New Yorkers are getting coronavirus tests each week. But officials promise that number is going to go up exponentially.
Widespread testing will eventually allow officials to pinpoint infection hotspots and aggressively isolate the infected — crucial for easing the current lockdown.
But for now, first responders and essential workers still get priority diagnostic and anti-body testing at hospitals — and the easiest way for everyone else to get tested remains the worst way: to be hospitalized with serious COVID-19 symptoms.
Still, there are options. Walk-in medical clinics — including CityMD — are offering diagnostic and anti-body testing to the general public, as are an increasing number of private physicians.
No pharmacies in the city currently offer walk-in testing.
But on Saturday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo cut the red tape to allow the state’s 5,000 independent, non-chain drug stores to begin doing so, and industry reps say that testing will start coming online in the coming weeks.
“The chains aren’t really pulling their weight — but this has been a priority for the independent pharmacies for a long time,” said Michael Johnston, a spokesman for the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York.
The society is working with the state department of health on the nuts and bolts of stocking testing materials and keeping COVID-19-infected test-seekers safely apart from the rest of the pharmacy customers.
FDA-approved anti-body tests will also be available at independent pharmacies, said Roger Paganelli, a past Pharmacists Society president who co-owns Mount Carmel Pharmacy in Little Italy in The Bronx.
“We are speaking with the governor’s staff at the department of health on a daily basis,” Paganelli said.
The future of testing looks promising. Hospital-based screening, city-run public housing programs, and walk-in testing at clinics and pharmacies are all in the pipeline, officials say.
Meanwhile, self-swab tests will become more widely available in the coming weeks.
“Testing is how we get out of widespread transmission of the coronavirus, and on to the next phase, where we can start to get back to life as normal,” Mayor de Blasio said Thursday.
Four city hospitals — Montefiore Medical Center in The Bronx, SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, and the city-run Bellevue and Elmhurst hospitals in Manhattan and Queens — began offering antibody testing for front line healthcare workers this week.
Diagnostic tests are also being offered at city-run hospitals and at NYCHA sites in all five boroughs.
The city testing program gives priority to housing project residents over age 65 and who have pre-existing conditions.
Last week, three locations came online: Cumberland Health Center in Crown Heights, Belvis Health Center in Mott Haven and Gouverneur Health Center on the Lower East Side.
This week, three more locations started testing: Jonathan Williams Houses in Williamsburg, Woodside Houses in Woodside and St. Nicholas Houses in Harlem.


newyorkpost--2020-04-30--Yankees announce coronavirus ticket refund and credit policy

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The Yankees announced on Thursday a ticket policy for home games impacted by COVID-19 that includes the rain check policy, credits, bonuses and refunds subject to eligibility.
“At this time the only impacted games are home games originally scheduled to be played in April 2020,’’ a release by the team explained.
Coronavirus forced the Yankees to postpone 16 home dates in April.
According to a release by the Yankees, MLB has been preparing for a variety of contingency plans regarding the 2020 regular-season schedule and at this time no game has been canceled. MLB will announce the effects on the schedule at an appropriate time with the hope of resuming normal operations as soon as possible.
Instructions for season-ticket licensees, group tickets and individual game suite purchases, individual game ticket purchases, complimentary tickets, tickets purchased from StubHub and other resellers were explained.
As for refunds, they were listed under other options.
“For more information and other options, including a refund, please contact your New York Yankees ticket representative or visit your Ticketmaster account as applicable,’’ the release read.
According to the release, in the event of an impacted game the Yankees will provide a credit equal to the established price of the ticket to the impacted game originally purchased directly from the Yankees by season-ticket licensees, group ticket purchases and individual game suite purchases.
Season-ticket licensees at Yankee Stadium will automatically receive the impacted game credit applied to the account holder of record’s ticket account. They will have the option to use the impacted game credit for the purchase and use of: tickets for another regular-season game through the end of 2021 regular season, toward the renewal of their 2021 season-ticket plan and/or tickets in accordance with the rain check policy through the end of the 2021 regular season. Season-ticket licensees will be eligible for an impacted game bonus equal to 10 percent of their entire impacted game credit up to a maximum of $25,000.
Group tickets and individual game suite purchases will automatically receive the impacted game credit and will have the option to use the entire impacted game credit for the purchase of: tickets for another regular-season game through the end of 2021 regular season and/or tickets in accordance with the raincheck policy through the end of the 2021 regular season. They will also be eligible for impacted game bonus equal to 10 percent of their entire impacted game credit up to a maximum of $25,000.
As for those who purchased individual game tickets through Ticketmaster.com, they will automatically receive a credit equal to the established price of the ticket originally purchased from Ticketmaster.com applied on the account holder or record’s online Ticketmaster account.
An exchange policy for complimentary tickets will be announced at a later date.
Those who purchased tickets from StubHub should visit StubHub.com for information. Those who purchased tickets from other resellers will have to contact the reseller to discuss options.


newyorkpost--2020-04-30--Soccer diehards fill empty stadium with cardboard-cutouts of fans

If you thought the coronavirus presented difficult policy questions , don ’ t ...

Don’t be surprised if these soccer fans look a little board.
Supporters of German club Borussia Mönchengladbach have filled their stadium with thousands of cardboard cut-outs of themselves in the event the sport returns behind closed doors in May, Time reported.
The cutouts, planted in the Borussia-Park stadium seats, cost about $20.60 a pop, and require people to submit a photo wearing their club kits and scarves, said Ingo Müller, a who came up with the idea some three weeks ago while quarantined in his Berlin apartment.
Local print shops are producing the cutouts — a bid at helping keep their businesses afloat, he said.
The club embraced the idea and allowed supporters to enter the 54,000-seat stadium to place some 3,000 cutouts in seats so far, according to Müller.
Rival fans have also placed orders, so that their avatars can boo the home team — in spirit at least, Müller said.
“It’s a good feeling for the players,” he said. “It’s fun. It’s a statement by the fans that they want to be with the team. It’s a statement for us: the fans are part of the game.”


newyorkpost--2020-04-30--Gigi Hadid confirms pregnancy on ‘The Tonight Show’

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Twitter ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Facebook ( Opens in new window ) Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Twitter ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Facebook ( Opens in new window ) Gigi Hadid officially confirmed she ’ s going to be a mom .
Days after the news broke that she was expecting a child with boyfriend Zayn Malik , Hadid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fallon .
“ Obviously we wish we could ’ ve announced on our own terms , ” the 25-year-old told Fallon , “ but we ’ re very excited and happy and grateful for everyone ’ s well wishes and support.
” “ Especially during this time , it ’ s a nice silver lining to be able to be home and together and really experience it day by day , ” she added .
Hadid and Malik , 27 , are quarantining together in her family ’ s farm in Pennsylvania .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 25th birthday , which fans speculated doubled as a gender reveal party .
The mom-to-be also shared with Fallon that her cravings include everything bagels , and Buddy the Cake Boss made her an everything bagel cake to celebrate her birthday .
The supermodel and former One Direction singer are expecting a baby girl , TMZ reported Wednesday .
The two were in an on-again-off-again relationship , and were spotted back together in New York for Malik ’ s birthday on Jan. 12 , and have been together since .

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Gigi Hadid officially confirmed she’s going to be a mom.
Days after the news broke that she was expecting a child with boyfriend Zayn Malik, Hadid opened up in an interview with Jimmy Fallon.
“Obviously we wish we could’ve announced on our own terms,” the 25-year-old told Fallon, “but we’re very excited and happy and grateful for everyone’s well wishes and support.”
“Especially during this time, it’s a nice silver lining to be able to be home and together and really experience it day by day,” she added.
Hadid and Malik, 27, are quarantining together in her family’s farm in Pennsylvania. Earlier this week, Hadid celebrated her 25th birthday, which fans speculated doubled as a gender reveal party.
The mom-to-be also shared with Fallon that her cravings include everything bagels, and Buddy the Cake Boss made her an everything bagel cake to celebrate her birthday.
The supermodel and former One Direction singer are expecting a baby girl, TMZ reported Wednesday.
The two were in an on-again-off-again relationship, and were spotted back together in New York for Malik’s birthday on Jan. 12, and have been together since.


newyorkpost--2020-04-30--Why science can’t actually tell us what we should do

The first drug shown to help treat coronavirus patients is ...

If you thought the coronavirus presented difficult policy questions, don’t worry — we have science.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted the other day, “The West Coast is — and will continue to be — guided by SCIENCE.”
Former Vice President Joe Biden urged President Trump, “Follow the science, listen to the experts, do what they tell you.”
The invocation of science as the ultimate authority capable of settling questions of how we should govern ourselves is a persistent feature of modern Western life going back several centuries and has always been a mistake. It is especially so in this crisis, when so much is still unknown about the coronavirus and immensely complicated and consequential public-policy questions are in play.
Modern science is obviously one of the wonders of our age. We owe it an unimaginable debt — for technological advancements in medicine, transportation, industry, communication, computing and more.
Of course, our policymakers should be informed by facts and reason, but science has a limited competency. Once you are outside a lab setting and dealing with matters of public policy, questions of values and how to strike a balance between competing priorities are involved, and they simply can’t be settled by people in white lab coats.
Science can make the atom bomb; it doesn’t tell us whether we should drop it. Science can tell us how to get to the moon; it doesn’t tell us whether we should go. Science can build nuclear reactors; it doesn’t tell us whether we should deploy them.
Invoking scientists in this crisis is a little like saying, “My economic policy is going to be guided by an ECONOMIST.” Well, good for you. But is your economist on the left or on the right? What are his assumptions? Does he care most about inequality or dynamism? Is he Paul Krugman or Art Laffer? Both muster facts and research in support of their positions.
Science can indeed settle debates once and for all — we don’t argue about heliocentrism anymore. But an extraordinary feature of the coronavirus is how poorly understood it is. We don’t know how many people have it, what the death rate is, what the long-term health consequences of having a severe case are or how best to treat it, among other things.
The models of how the virus would spread and how many would be hospitalized and die were invested with a certainty they didn’t deserve. They were all over the map, and some have failed to accurately predict the course of the disease even a couple of weeks in the future.
If we are going to unquestioningly accept expert opinion, we’d better prepare for whiplash. At first, the elite consensus was that wearing masks was unnecessary. Now, we are told, it’s an essential piece of getting out of this mess.
We worried about running out of ventilators, but in recent weeks some doctors have been wondering whether they have been overused.
Then there are the big questions. Science can’t tell us how we should think about the trade-off between economic misery caused by shutdowns and the public-health risks of reopenings. It can’t determine the balance between shutting down a hospital’s elective surgeries so it can prepare for a COVID-19 surge and tanking its business, forcing it to furlough employees.
The people in our political debate who are most volubly insistent that they are simply following “the science” tend also to be most resistant to nuance and prone to fervency rather than scientific dispassion. They are using “science” as a bludgeon and conversation-stopper.
Obviously, science already has made an enormous contribution to our fight against the coronavirus and may — through therapies or a vaccine — go a long way to solving this crisis. But life is not an equation, and neither is politics or policy.
We, as a self-governing people, will have to decide the important questions about how to respond to the coronavirus going forward, not the doctors on TV or the researchers in the labs.
Twitter: @RichLowry


newyorkpost--2020-04-30--Researches may know within 6 months whether coronavirus vaccine works

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Doctors developing a coronavirus vaccine in England may know how effective it is within six months , according to a report Thursday .
Researchers conducting a clinical trial at Oxford University aim to release the vaccine to a million people by September , professor John Bell , who is working on the project , told The Telegraph .
Bell said “ several hundred ” people have already been injected at a trial that began last week — and that his team hopes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
On Thursday , UK officials announced a partnership between the college and and the biopharmaceutical firm Astra Zeneca — with the goal of rapidly rolling out a vaccine .
“ They vaccinated several hundred people now , and we hope to get some signal about whether it ’ s working by the middle of June , ” he told BBC Radio 4 Today .
“ Once we get an approval by the regulators .
we don ’ t want to have to go back to the beginning and work out how we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ involves preparing facilities to produce 30 or 40 million doses of the vaccine in the first wave of release , Bell said .
He added , “ We are very conscious of the fact that we do not want a lag in the availability of this vaccine between developed countries and developing countries .
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Doctors developing a coronavirus vaccine in England may know how effective it is within six months, according to a report Thursday.
Researchers conducting a clinical trial at Oxford University aim to release the vaccine to a million people by September, professor John Bell, who is working on the project, told The Telegraph.
Bell said “several hundred” people have already been injected at a trial that began last week — and that his team hopes to see signs of it working by mid-June.
On Thursday, UK officials announced a partnership between the college and and the biopharmaceutical firm Astra Zeneca — with the goal of rapidly rolling out a vaccine.
“They vaccinated several hundred people now, and we hope to get some signal about whether it’s working by the middle of June,” he told BBC Radio 4 Today. “Once we get an approval by the regulators. we don’t want to have to go back to the beginning and work out how we manufacture it at scale.
The initiative involves preparing facilities to produce 30 or 40 million doses of the vaccine in the first wave of release, Bell said.
He added, “We are very conscious of the fact that we do not want a lag in the availability of this vaccine between developed countries and developing countries.”


newyorkpost--2020-04-30--The World Health Organization’s Swedish flip-flop

Just last month , the World Health Organization warned that lifting coronavirus lockdowns was the “ last thing ” countries needed .
Shutdowns , it insisted , “ are the best way to suppress and stop transmission.
” Or maybe not .
Dr. Mike Ryan , WHO ’ s top emergencies expert , suggests learning from Sweden — which never shut down completely — as a “ model ” for battling the coronavirus .
In part because its Constitution doesn ’ t allow a state of emergency except in wartime , Sweden ’ s ( left-leaning ) government simply asked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Restaurants and other businesses never closed , though the economy still took a big hit .
Ryan sees “ lessons to be learned ” from the way Sweden “ has very much relied on its relationship with its citizenry and the ability and willingness of its citizens to implement self-distancing and self-regulate.
” Still , Sweden has seen about 2,500 COVID-19 deaths in its population of 10.3 million — higher than its locked-down Nordic neighbors .
Denmark has under 500 deaths among its 5.8 million residents ; Norway , just over 200 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Sweden may be worth studying — but the WHO still needs to get its message straight .

Just last month, the World Health Organization warned that lifting coronavirus lockdowns was the “last thing” countries needed. Shutdowns, it insisted, “are the best way to suppress and stop transmission.”
Or maybe not. Dr. Mike Ryan, WHO’s top emergencies expert, suggests learning from Sweden — which never shut down completely — as a “model” for battling the coronavirus.
In part because its Constitution doesn’t allow a state of emergency except in wartime, Sweden’s (left-leaning) government simply asked its citizens to do prudent social distancing. Restaurants and other businesses never closed, though the economy still took a big hit.
Ryan sees “lessons to be learned” from the way Sweden “has very much relied on its relationship with its citizenry and the ability and willingness of its citizens to implement self-distancing and self-regulate.”
Still, Sweden has seen about 2,500 COVID-19 deaths in its population of 10.3 million — higher than its locked-down Nordic neighbors. Denmark has under 500 deaths among its 5.8 million residents; Norway, just over 200 fatalities in a land of 5.4 million.
Sweden may be worth studying — but the WHO still needs to get its message straight.


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--Joe Biden denies Tara Reade allegations: ‘They aren’t true’

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Joe Biden on Friday denied sexual assault allegations from former staffer Tara Reade — insisting the 1993 incident never happened while also repeatedly refusing to release “private” records which may contain information about the alleged incident.
“They aren’t true. This never happened,” the presumptive Democratic nominee said in a statement on Friday morning.
Biden also claimed that Reade never raised concerns with supervisors or senior staffers at the time of the alleged assault.
“News organizations that have talked with literally dozens of former staffers have not found one — not one — who corroborated her allegations in any way,” he wrote in the statement, which was released before an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
“Indeed, many of them spoke to the culture of an office that would not have tolerated harassment in any way — as indeed I would not have.”
The presumptive Democratic nominee had dodged commenting on the accusations from his former staffer for weeks.
His campaign has emphatically denied claims and had circulated talking points to Democrats instructing them to say it never happened.
Reade has accused Biden of pinning her against a wall in 1993 when she was a staff assistant at his Senate office. She said Biden reached under her skirt and assaulted her.
The former veep told Morning Joe anchor Mika Brzezinski that he was “not worried at all” about Reade’s claims which he maintained were false.
“It is not true. I’m saying it unequivocally – it never happened. It didn’t. It never happened,” he said.
“This is an open book. There’s nothing for me to hide. Nothing at all,” he added.
Biden was not asked once about the multiple people who have come forward to corroborate Reade’s claims, or a CNN tape which recently emerged which bolstered his accuser’s story.
But he was repeatedly pressed by Brzezinski on whether or not he would release his Senate records spanning 36 years which are currently being kept by the University of Delaware — something he claimed wasn’t possible.
Reade believes the records, handed over by Biden in 2012, will contain her original complaint form, separation letter and other documents relating to the alleged assault.
“Let’s get this straight, there are no personnel documents. You can’t do that,” the former veep insisted. “They’re private documents. They don’t get put out in the public. They’re not part of the public record.”
Biden said the personnel records, if they existed, would be kept in the National Archives and called on the Secretary of the Senate to release any such complaint.
A National Archives spokesperson told Business Insider after the interview that they do not hold records from Biden’s office.
Reade also noted to ABC News that when she complained about the alleged incident to the Senate personnel office in 1993, she said that Biden “made her feel uncomfortable,” but that she did not mention an assault.
A report published Thursday revealed the University of Delaware is in possession of Biden’s senate records, and that board members have close financial and personal ties with Biden, the chairman even purchasing his home for a “top dollar” price of $1.2 million in the 1990s.
The presidential wannabe told Brzezinski that the documents were being withheld because he is running for office and said there were concerns any speeches he made or interviews with officials overseas could be “taken out of context.”
The towering Democratic figure said he had never reached out to his former staffer after she went public with her allegations and said he had no idea why she brought the charges against him.
“I’m not going to question her motive. I’m not going to get into that,” he said. “I don’t know why she’s saying this. I don’t know why after 27 years all of a sudden this gets raised.”
“I don’t understand it but I’m not going to go in and question her motive. I’m not going to attack her,” he added.
Many Democrats have struggled with the claims after they steadfastly backed Christine Blasey Ford, Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, during his 2018 confirmation hearings and as they continue to highlight the host of accusations facing President Donald Trump.
Biden himself stumbled over remarks he made during the hearings, claiming at the time that if a woman came forward with charges of sexual harassment, people needed to start with the presumption that “the essence of what she is talking about is real.”
“The facts are that — look, I’m not suggesting she had no right to come forward,” Biden said Friday when asked why Reade was being treated differently to Ford.
“They should come forward, they should be heard, and then it should be investigated and if there’s anything that’s consistent with what’s being said, and she makes the case or the case is made that it should be believed, but always, truth matters. The truth matters,” he said.
The former veep’s campaign has steadfastly denied the allegations while also repeatedly saying that women had a right to tell their story, even as new evidence continues to emerge.
“We encourage them to do so, because these accusations are false,” Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s communications director, told Business Insider earlier this month.
A former neighbor of Reade’s, who is voting for Biden in November, spoke out earlier this week to say Reade had told her about the attack in the mid-1990s.
Last week, video also emerged of a woman calling into CNN’s Larry King in August 1993 to describe a situation involving her daughter who had “problems” while working in a prominent senator’s office.
Reade has said that the caller was her mother, who died in 2016.
In April, Reade filed a police report in Washington DC about the alleged assault and on Saturday officials said the case had been “moved to an inactive status.”
Top Democratic supporters of Biden have defended their pick for president — and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said she supported him.
“I’m satisfied with how he has responded,” the highest-ranking Democrat said, even though Biden was still dodging the allegations.
The issue of Biden not releasing the documents could shape up to be a cudgel in the 2020 election battle — with Republicans already attacking the former veep over it on Friday.
“The most transparent thing Joe Biden did this morning was admit that he is hiding documents so they can’t be used against him,” GOP rapid response director Steve Guest said in a statement.
Brzezinski at one point asked, “So for complete transparency, why not push for the release of any documents with Tara Reade’s name on them whether it’s at the University of Delaware, or the National Archives?”


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--Hafthor Bjornsson isn’t letting coronavirus stop deadlift record attempt

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A global pandemic isn’t keeping the Mountain from “Game of Thrones” from being, well, the Mountain.
Hafthor Julius Bjornsson, a k a Thor, the 6-foot-9, 425-pound actor who played Cersei Lannister’s undead henchman in the final five seasons of the HBO hit, is attempting to break the 500-kg deadlift record from ReykjavÍk, Iceland, as part of the World’s Ultimate Strongman Competition on Saturday, May 2 at noon.
The event will air live on ESPN and stream live on CoreSports.World with commentary from Strongman Laurence “Big Loz” Shahlaei.
Because of the coronavirus, this deadlift attempt will be quite different from Bjornsson’s previous Strongman competitions, which have always taken place in front of huge crowds.
“It’s going to be more of a challenge for me because I can say without a doubt that I perform 5, maybe 10 percent better in a competition — the crowd gives you that adrenaline rush that you need,” Bjornsson tells The Post. “I’m a little bit worried to do it in my gym by myself with a doctor, a referee and film crew.”
Still, Bjornsson is quick to point out, the event will be in compliance with Iceland’s ban on gatherings of more than 20 people amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
While Bjornsson’s deadlift attempt comes at a time where sports fans are salivating for any sort of action after the coronavirus axed live sports across the globe, the event isn’t without its naysayers, chief among them, Bjornsson’s fellow Strongman — and rival — Eddie Hall.
Hall happens to hold the very world record Bjornsson is trying to beat, having pulled 500 kgs (1,102 pounds) during Europe’s Strongest Man competition in 2016.
In an Instagram post from April 10, Hall questioned the legitimacy of Bjornsson’s attempt taking place outside normal competition conditions.
“Absolutely no legitimate sport would acknowledge World Records broken out of competition & you are undermining the very sport you are claiming to champion,” he wrote, adding that he looks forward to having his record broken and Bjornsson is “probably the man to do it.”
“I’ll still shake your hand afterwards and say well done . . . if you do it under the appropriate conditions,” he continued. “Break a record in a comp where other people can contest it & no one will have a negative word to say, including myself.”
To that, Bjornsson said this 501-kg deadlift feat was already in the works when the coronavirus hit.
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“I knew I was in great shape, and when you’re trying to train yourself for something big like that, it’s very difficult on the body,” he says. “So I thought of just hosting a show. If we could stream it live, people would love that, they could be excited for something.
“When things get a lot of attention, there’s always going to be some negativity,” he says. “People are saying that this needs to be done in a competition — I wish I could do it in a competition, but I can’t control this situation, so I’m trying to do the best I can.”
Bjornsson’s 501 kg deadlift is officially sanctioned by World’s Ultimate Strongman and will be refereed by four-time World’s Strongest Man (and Bjornsson’s fellow Icelander) Magnus Ver Magnusson.
“He’s known as one of the strictest referees in the world — he will not give you anything for free. That’s the reason why I want him to referee my lift because I knew people would respect that. I want my lift to be legit,” Bjornsson says.
The Mountain and the homebody
Although many people across the world are struggling with the coronavirus-related lockdowns, Bjornsson is used to being a homebody with his pregnant wife Kelsey.
“Usually when I prepare myself for competitions, I do isolate myself a lot so I can stay focused,” he says. “It hasn’t been really tough for us, honestly. She’s enjoying herself right now sleeping in and watching TV. It’s good timing for her since she’s supposed to be resting.”
Bjornsson, a self-described “huge gamer,” has been spending his own downtime playing “a lot” of video games on the new computer he ran out to get as “things were getting scarier” amid the coronavirus.
“Every morning I make breakfast, stream for my followers and play some games — I play about three hours a day when I’m resting,” he says. His current go-tos are Call of Duty: Warzone, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Valorant.
Since he’s been so focused on his deadlift training, Bjornsson only ventures out for grocery store runs to prep for his diet of six meals a day.
“A lot of people think the training is the most difficult part, but the diet is actually the most difficult part,” he says. “I’m basically eating nonstop, from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to sleep.”
While he does need to fill up on carbs like his once-a-week “huge pizza” to recover from training, Bjornsson’s not scarfing comfort foods like the rest of us on lockdown.
“I don’t have a whole lot of cheat days — I haven’t even opened my Easter eggs yet.”


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--Adorable dog flips out seeing himself on the news

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Most people aren’t happy to find out they’re on the news. This dog in Mousa, Louisiana, however, was thrilled. Watch the cute moment when 2-year-old Bronn, an energetic black-haired Labradoodle, jumps up and down in front of the TV after seeing himself on the screen. The lighthearted news segment, “Adorable Alert,” showcased a video of Bronn making his buddy, 7-month-old Liam, laugh.
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newyorkpost--2020-05-01--‘Parks and Recreation’ stars say coronavirus was ‘only circumstance’ for reunion

It seems like the long-awaited reunion promised to Leslie Knope in the series finale of “ Parks and Recreation ” — “ It will happen , someday , ” her husband , played by Adam Scott , says — has finally arrived .
It just took a global pandemic to make it happen , according to a report in Variety .
“ This is essentially the only circumstance that would call for a ‘ Parks ’ reunion , I think : to help people out , ” Scott , who plays a mild-mannered state auditor named Ben Wyatt , told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sense , and creative sense as well.
” According to the report , show co-creator Mike Schur sent an email to the cast of “ Parks and Rec ” in March asking if they would be interested in doing a reunion episode to help raise donations for Feeding America , a non-profit organization that helps feed hungry Americans through its network of 200 food banks .
The idea was to create an episode that mirrors today ’ s world : the actors would videoconference in from their homes rather than gathering on a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quarantine and the pandemic explicitly .
The episode ’ s entire point is to see “ what would happen if this was happening in Pawnee ?
Where would we find these characters in their own quarantine situation ?
” says Aubrey Plaza , who plays the deadpan slacker April Ludgate .
It was not clear Thursday night how much money the episode has raised , though State Farm and Subaru of America have each made matching contributions of $ 150,000 .
Donations will be accepted through May 21 .

It seems like the long-awaited reunion promised to Leslie Knope in the series finale of “Parks and Recreation” — “It will happen, someday,” her husband, played by Adam Scott, says — has finally arrived.
It just took a global pandemic to make it happen, according to a report in Variety.
“This is essentially the only circumstance that would call for a ‘Parks’ reunion, I think: to help people out,” Scott, who plays a mild-mannered state auditor named Ben Wyatt, told the publication. “It makes emotional sense, and creative sense as well.”
According to the report, show co-creator Mike Schur sent an email to the cast of “Parks and Rec” in March asking if they would be interested in doing a reunion episode to help raise donations for Feeding America, a non-profit organization that helps feed hungry Americans through its network of 200 food banks.
The idea was to create an episode that mirrors today’s world: the actors would videoconference in from their homes rather than gathering on a set, and the characters would address quarantine and the pandemic explicitly.
The episode’s entire point is to see “what would happen if this was happening in Pawnee? Where would we find these characters in their own quarantine situation?” says Aubrey Plaza, who plays the deadpan slacker April Ludgate.
It was not clear Thursday night how much money the episode has raised, though State Farm and Subaru of America have each made matching contributions of $150,000.
Donations will be accepted through May 21.


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--Mike Pence seeks apology from reporter over Mayo Clinic mask tweet

Vice President Mike Pence wants an apology from a reporter who tweeted about a planning memo that said masks were required for the veep ’ s Tuesday visit to the Mayo Clinic .
Pence went maskless on the trip and his wife , Karen Pence , told Fox News her husband was unaware of the clinic ’ s policy until after the visit .
The mask policy was communicated to reporters on the trip by Pence ’ s office and was revealed in a Thursday tweet by Voice of America reporter Steve Herman .
“ All of us who traveled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of @ VP the day before the trip that wearing of masks was required by the @ MayoClinic and to prepare accordingly , ” Herman wrote .
Herman , who was on the Mayo Clinic trip , told the Washington Post that Pence ’ s office has threatened to bar him from future trips on Air Force Two for violating the off-the-record terms of the memo .
But a Pence spokesperson later told the paper that repercussions were still up in the air pending an apology from Herman or his employer .
Pence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going mask-free .
Photos and videos of the tour showed the vice president bare-faced as he met with the staff of the Minnesota clinic and at least one patient .
Everyone else in the footage wore a protective face covering .

Vice President Mike Pence wants an apology from a reporter who tweeted about a planning memo that said masks were required for the veep’s Tuesday visit to the Mayo Clinic.
Pence went maskless on the trip and his wife, Karen Pence, told Fox News her husband was unaware of the clinic’s policy until after the visit.
The mask policy was communicated to reporters on the trip by Pence’s office and was revealed in a Thursday tweet by Voice of America reporter Steve Herman.
“All of us who traveled with him were notified by the office of @VP the day before the trip that wearing of masks was required by the @MayoClinic and to prepare accordingly,” Herman wrote.
Herman, who was on the Mayo Clinic trip, told the Washington Post that Pence’s office has threatened to bar him from future trips on Air Force Two for violating the off-the-record terms of the memo.
But a Pence spokesperson later told the paper that repercussions were still up in the air pending an apology from Herman or his employer.
Pence was sharply criticized after the trip for going mask-free.
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Photos and videos of the tour showed the vice president bare-faced as he met with the staff of the Minnesota clinic and at least one patient. Everyone else in the footage wore a protective face covering.


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--Broncos star Von Miller tests negative for coronavirus

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Denver Broncos star linebacker Von Miller tweeted Thursday night that he tested negative for the coronavirus two weeks after announcing he had been diagnosed with COVID-19.
“Got my results back. Im ‘negative’ for Covid-19,” Miller tweeted.
Miller went public with his diagnosis on April 16, saying he wanted to show that the virus could affect anybody, even a young, world-class athlete in tip-top shape.
Miller, who has asthma, was under the care of Broncos team doctors and quarantined at his Denver area home over the last two weeks.
Through a broadcast on Instagram Live during the NFL draft last weekend, Miller offered some entertaining draft analysis through an N95 mask from his home.
Miller is the second active NFL player to acknowledge testing positive during the coronavirus pandemic that has sickened more than 3 million people globally and killed over 230,000 people worldwide, including about 63,000 confirmed deaths in the U.S.
The Super Bowl 50 MVP is the highest-profile American athlete to announce he’s contracted COVID-19. In March, NBA star Kevin Durant was among several members of the Brooklyn Nets to test positive.
Los Angeles Rams center Brian Allen said last month that he tested positive for COVID-19 several weeks earlier. New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton revealed in March that he also tested positive for the virus.
Before the draft, Broncos general manager John Elway said, “I’m proud that Von’s coming out and helping everybody with the seriousness of the COVID-19 virus. It goes to show you that it can affect anybody. I’m glad Von’s doing fine, which is good, but also hopefully it brought more attention to it.”


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--Yoenis Cespedes deal actually was worth it for Mets

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Yoenis Cespedes. The Mets. $111.7 million.
Totally worth it.
OK, this won’t be the most analytical, 400-level-Econ-class column ever written. This one comes partly from the heart, partly from the contrarian impulses that course through my veins. Yet with the coronavirus shutdown further limiting, if not fully ending, both Cespedes’ time in a Mets uniform and his income from this beleaguered organization, why not get a head start on an assessment of one of the most dynamic acquisitions — and derided financial commitments in the franchise’s colorful history?
The essence of the argument: Like Tom Cruise and Renee Zellweger in “Jerry Maguire,” Cespedes and the Mets completed each other, or at least came close to doing so, at a critical time for both. The fruits of that extended fling mitigated the inevitable turbulence from the marriage.
Or, as Jake Mintz put it in a recent telephone interview: “Before [Cespedes] was traded to the Mets, we were not ingrained in the culture of the Mets and the history of all the crazy stuff that has happened to the Mets. When Yoenis joined the circus and has contributed to the circus, you think, ‘Maybe there is something about this team that is amplifying all of this.’”
If you’re wondering who the heck Jake Mintz is, he is the co-founder, along with Jordan Shusterman (hence Mintz’s reference to “We”) of Cespedes Family BBQ, a popular Twitter feed (and former blog) that discusses all things baseball. The high school chums from the Washington, D.C. area also can be seen on “Change Up” on DAZN — and get their handle from the showcase video Cespedes posted when he first defected from Cuba in 2012. That video, the original version of which appears to be gone from the internet, displayed Cespedes’ strength and athleticism and concluded with him roasting a pig over an open spit … which of course brings to mind last year’s incident with a wild boar on his Florida ranch that caused serious injuries to both his right ankle and his wallet.
“It really brings things full circle in the best possible way,” Mintz said.
“The pig got revenge,” Shusterman added.
The pig (or boar — same thing, right?) took $29.6 million of guaranteed money away from Cespedes, a historic haircut for a baseball player, and that’s how you get to $111.4 million for Cespedes’ estimated Mets earnings: $3.8 million in 2015 upon arriving from Detroit in a trade, $27.5 million in 2016 and $80.4 million for his four-year contract that originally was $110 million. The final tally could drop to as low as $105.7 million if this season gets wiped out, as veteran players will draw about $300,000 each from the $170 million lump sum that teams gave the Players Association in late March. It also could increase to as high as $125.4 million if we have a season and Cespedes stays healthy and plays a lot, although a shorter-than-normal schedule would block some incentive clauses from being reached.
So how much bang have the Mets received from their Cespedes bucks to date? Consider FanGraphs’ “Dollars” metric, which calculates how much a player would receive on the theoretical open market in return for his production.
2015: $15.4 million
2016: $29.9 million
2017: $13.1 million
2018: $7.3 million
2019: $0
That’s $65.7 million, considerably short of what the Mets spent on Cespedes. Then consider that the Mets’ insurance policy on Cespedes’ contract gave them some relief when he experienced his dual heel injuries; let’s conservatively ballpark that at $5 million, as the boar mishap further complicates an already labyrinthine guesstimation process.
Then we get into the meat of this argument: How much money have the Mets banked from having Cespedes in their uniform? Would they have made the World Series in 2015 and the National League wild-card game in 2016 without him? How many Cespedes shirseys and other assorted memorabilia have they sold? It’s worth noting, too, that whenever Cespedes has been healthy enough to play, he has produced. Never has he served as an albatross on the lineup, as opposed to the payroll.
They say that flags fly forever, and Cespedes and the Mets earned one of those, if not the biggest one, in ’15. Memories can stay aloft pretty long, too.
“I was at Citi Field the weekend after he got traded [to the Mets],” Mintz said. “The energy of those first couple of months was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced with a player and a team. Obviously what has happened since has dampened that, but don’t cry that it’s over. Smile that it happened.”
Maybe it’s not entirely over yet for Mintz to pull out his last sentiment, “just a thing middle-schoolers say when their summer camp experience is over,” he explained. Regardless, the verdict is in: The Mets have done plenty wrong in their history. Obtaining and retaining Yoenis Cespedes, in part because of the rough times, still feels so very right.


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--U-Haul hands down lifetime ban to Brooklyn funeral home that stored bodies in truck

Rental company U-Haul has reportedly cut ties with the Brooklyn funeral home caught storing dozens of bodies inside their unrefrigerated trucks .
Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Services in Flatlands is no longer welcome to rent from the company , U-Haul sources told TMZ .
The U-Haul trucks used by the funeral home to hold corpses are also being decommissioned so they can be deep cleaned , according to the report .
“ This is a wrongful , egregious and inhumane use of our equipment , ” company bigs told the outlet .
“ Our trucks are designed for household moves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Properly caring for the remains of people ’ s loved ones requires vehicles suited specifically for that purpose .
Our trucks absolutely can not be rented for this reason.
” The ghastly use of the trucks was uncovered Wednesday when workers at a nearby business alerted police of a foul smell coming from the truck , sources have said .
“ It was bad , ” said an employee of the Dollar General store next door .
“ Disgusting , ” a neighbor had said while watching a worker sweep a clear liquid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ truck parked on Avenue M. Dr. Howard Zucker , the state ’ s health commissioner , said Thursday the funeral faced possible “ fines and suspensions , ” and vowed that “ we ’ ll enforce this as much as possible.
” “ We have issued guidance out to all funeral homes that we will not tolerate any of that kind of behavior , ” Zucker said during Gov .
Cuomo ’ s daily coronavirus briefing in Albany .

Rental company U-Haul has reportedly cut ties with the Brooklyn funeral home caught storing dozens of bodies inside their unrefrigerated trucks.
Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Services in Flatlands is no longer welcome to rent from the company, U-Haul sources told TMZ.
The U-Haul trucks used by the funeral home to hold corpses are also being decommissioned so they can be deep cleaned, according to the report.
“This is a wrongful, egregious and inhumane use of our equipment,” company bigs told the outlet.
“Our trucks are designed for household moves,” the sources said. “Properly caring for the remains of people’s loved ones requires vehicles suited specifically for that purpose. Our trucks absolutely cannot be rented for this reason.”
The ghastly use of the trucks was uncovered Wednesday when workers at a nearby business alerted police of a foul smell coming from the truck, sources have said.
“It was bad,” said an employee of the Dollar General store next door.
“Disgusting,” a neighbor had said while watching a worker sweep a clear liquid out the rear doors of a U-Haul truck parked on Avenue M.
Dr. Howard Zucker, the state’s health commissioner, said Thursday the funeral home faced possible “fines and suspensions,” and vowed that “we’ll enforce this as much as possible.”
“We have issued guidance out to all funeral homes that we will not tolerate any of that kind of behavior,” Zucker said during Gov. Cuomo’s daily coronavirus briefing in Albany.


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--Yankees fans chance to see Gerrit Cole’s greatness is on hold

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By now Gerrit Cole would have made at least five starts had the season opened on March 26. And with 14 combined games against the lowly Orioles and Tigers, the Yankees likely would have been in the early stages of grabbing an AL East lead they wouldn’t relinquish.
Of course, Cole hasn’t thrown a pitch that counts in a Yankees uniform since all 30 teams are 0-0 because of the coronavirus.
When the newest Yankee will give the club a peek at the reason they dropped a whopping $324 million across nine years on him isn’t known, and there is a possibility that will have to wait for the 2021 season.
Cole isn’t the only star on the Yankees’ roster. Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Gleyber Torres, DJ LeMahieu, Aroldis Chapman, Gary Sanchez, Zack Britton and Masahiro Tanaka are high-profile names fans are drawn to.
Yet the new guy is always the most intriguing until a newer body arrives. People know Judge and the others. What they know about the 29-year-old Cole is he has been very good in Pittsburgh and Houston, and enormously wealthy because of that success and the Yankees needing a legitimate ace at the top of the rotation. They also know that Cole opted to attend UCLA instead of signing with the Yankees, who took him in the first round of the 2008 draft.
In the brief time spring training was alive, Cole displayed a need for knowledge, the willingness to engage teammates for information, a competitive chip even in bullpen sessions and easiness with the media. He also had a 7.00 ERA in four outings in which he gave up 10 hits (four homers), struck out 13 and walked two. Those bloated numbers were the result of giving up six runs and six hits (four homers) to the Tigers in two innings on March 5 in Lakeland. The other three outings, Cole allowed an earned run in seven frames, four hits and struck out 10.
When spring training ended March 12, Cole eventually returned to his home north of The Bronx and began a program designed to keep his valuable body ready.
“Keeping my arm in shape, playing catch with [Aaron] Boonie, [Adam] Ottavino and [bullpen catcher] Radley [Haddad],’’ Cole told The Post on April 4. “Staying on my regimented workout routine here at my residence. Being able to stay in that routine has been beneficial. Trying to keep the pilot light on like other players and being as ready as we can be when we are called back to being able to play.’’
Asked if he thought that will happen, Cole said, “I hope so. I certainly hope so.’’
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Whenever Cole takes the mound, there will be the usual pressure from the outside due to the money and what he did in two years with the Astros.
In the past two seasons, Cole made 65 starts, went 35-10 with a 2.68 ERA, stuck out 602, walked 112 and allowed 285 hits in 412 innings. Last year he went 20-5 with a 2.50 ERA in 33 starts and whiffed an MLB-leading 326 in 212¹/₃ innings.
There is an ocean of reasons for MLB to play games this season. Getting to watch Cole on baseball’s biggest stage should rank near the top of a lot of lists.


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--NBA considering a Disney World reopening plan

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It’s “The Happiest Place on Earth” and it soon could be the temporary home for the best basketball players in the world.
The NBA is considering playing its games on the Walt Disney Resort property in Orlando, Fla., if the coronavirus threat lessens and it becomes safe, according to The Athletic.
The league, which suspended its season on March 11, also “has kept different scenarios in mind,” according to the report. NBA commissioner Adam Silver made the call to shut down the league after All-Star Jazz center Rudy Gobert became the first of more than a dozen players to test positive for the coronavirus.
Earlier this month, Yahoo! Sports’ Keith Smith, who previously was an employee at Disney for nearly 20 years, reported that the Wide World of Sports Complex had enough on-site housing and facilities to hold games.
The complex already has a main court, the HP Field House, where high-level basketball games are played. The annual AdvoCare Invitational college basketball tournament in November and the Jr. NBA Global Championship have been played at the venue.
The complex itself sits on 255 acres, according to its website.
This comes on the heels of an Associated Press report Wednesday in which Disney chairman Bob Iger held a video conference with the NBA’s board of governors.


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--Cristina Cuomo defends using bleach baths, holistic remedies as coronavirus treatment

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Cristina Cuomo defended herself against critics of her holistic treatments used to fight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” received backlash after sharing a list of homeopathic treatments in a blog post on the website , the Purist .
In it , she admitted to taking a bath with ¼ of a cup of Clorox added to the water–as recommended by Linda Lancaster , her homeopathic doctor .
She also listed pricey medicines and a $ 300 vitamin C drip to help boost immunity .
Many readers commented that the treatments were only available to a “ privileged ” population .
In an interview with People , Cristina addressed the controversy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what I am about to talk about are remedies for people who are already in a privileged situation—we have a roof over our head , enough food to eat and clean drinking water , and not everyone has that , ” adding , “ There ’ s a huge opposition against holistic medicine , I get that.
” Cristina ’ s husband , CNN anchor Chris Cuomo , broke the news that his wife tested positive for the coronavirus — two weeks after he was diagnosed — during a broadcast from his Southampton @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who is “ feeling well ” stood her ground on trying alternative medicines to fight the virus , speaking with People .
“ We are all trying to find tools to help beat this .
The fact is , there are no standardized treatments for this virus , ” she said .
“ My hope is to share information and alternatives that many might not have access to and are interested in hearing about .
Access to healthcare and medicine is not a privilege , it is a human right .
Regardless of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immune system a fighting chance.
” The couple ’ s 14-year-old son , Mario contracted the virus and their two daughters haven ’ t shown any symptoms .
“ I have to say , the fear I had going into it was far greater than the fear I had while I was in it , ” she said .
“ I think there ’ s so much anxiety right now around this virus , and part of it is the fear of knowing there ’ s no vaccine , and there ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she added .

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Cristina Cuomo defended herself against critics of her holistic treatments used to fight COVID-19.
The self-described “wellness worshiper” received backlash after sharing a list of homeopathic treatments in a blog post on the website, the Purist.
In it, she admitted to taking a bath with ¼ of a cup of Clorox added to the water–as recommended by Linda Lancaster, her homeopathic doctor. She also listed pricey medicines and a $300 vitamin C drip to help boost immunity.
Many readers commented that the treatments were only available to a “privileged” population.
In an interview with People, Cristina addressed the controversy and she’s “aware that what I am about to talk about are remedies for people who are already in a privileged situation—we have a roof over our head, enough food to eat and clean drinking water, and not everyone has that,” adding, “There’s a huge opposition against holistic medicine, I get that.”
Cristina’s husband, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, broke the news that his wife tested positive for the coronavirus — two weeks after he was diagnosed — during a broadcast from his Southampton basement earlier this month.
Cristina, who is “feeling well” stood her ground on trying alternative medicines to fight the virus, speaking with People.
“We are all trying to find tools to help beat this. The fact is, there are no standardized treatments for this virus,” she said.
“My hope is to share information and alternatives that many might not have access to and are interested in hearing about. Access to healthcare and medicine is not a privilege, it is a human right. Regardless of accessibility, I wanted to give my immune system a fighting chance.”
The couple’s 14-year-old son, Mario contracted the virus and their two daughters haven’t shown any symptoms.
“I have to say, the fear I had going into it was far greater than the fear I had while I was in it,” she said. “I think there’s so much anxiety right now around this virus, and part of it is the fear of knowing there’s no vaccine, and there’s no proven cure or treatments,” she added.


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--Transformer explosion disturbs Brooklyn family electrocuted by power line in 2017

A Brooklyn woman who was electrocuted by a downed power line three years ago had an eerily similar encounter Thursday night when a live wire from a transformer explosion left her trapped inside her home .
Lisa Grieco , 56 — who narrowly escaped death with her daughter in 2017 when power lines caused an electrical fire at their Dyker Heights house — was in her living room when at about 9:45 p.m. she heard another explosion .
“ I felt like I was going to die , ” Grieco , who again , was with her daughter at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ harrowing ordeal .
“ We were in the living room and we just heard an explosion .
Boom !
I thought , ‘ god , not again !
’ ” Grieco has sued Con Edison from the 2017 incident that also electrocuted her then 18-year-old daughter , Lena Grieco .
Though injured , the two were able to escape the blaze .
Lena , now 21 , said Thursday night was like “ déjà vu.
” “ My mom was crying , ” the daughter said .
“ This is the second time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re terrified , we have like PTSD from the last time , ” she said .
The family said Con Edison and the FDNY responded to the electrical explosion .
But the fire department told them “ not to leave the house ” oin Thursday night because of the live wire .
Con Edison reported two outages , one in front of the home and the other outside their neighbors .

A Brooklyn woman who was electrocuted by a downed power line three years ago had an eerily similar encounter Thursday night when a live wire from a transformer explosion left her trapped inside her home.
Lisa Grieco, 56 — who narrowly escaped death with her daughter in 2017 when power lines caused an electrical fire at their Dyker Heights house — was in her living room when at about 9:45 p.m. she heard another explosion.
“I felt like I was going to die,” Grieco, who again, was with her daughter at the time, told The Post of the harrowing ordeal. “We were in the living room and we just heard an explosion. Boom! I thought, ‘god, not again!’”
Grieco has sued Con Edison from the 2017 incident that also electrocuted her then 18-year-old daughter, Lena Grieco. Though injured, the two were able to escape the blaze.
Lena, now 21, said Thursday night was like “déjà vu.”
“My mom was crying,” the daughter said. “This is the second time! We were screaming. We’re terrified, we have like PTSD from the last time,” she said.
The family said Con Edison and the FDNY responded to the electrical explosion. But the fire department told them “not to leave the house” oin Thursday night because of the live wire.
Con Edison reported two outages, one in front of the home and the other outside their neighbors.


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--Heavily tattooed Florida man allegedly abducted, drugged, beat woman in camper

A Florida man with extensive full-body tattoos who allegedly drugged , abducted and sexually battered a woman in a run-down camper earlier this year has been arrested , the local sheriff announced Thursday .
Efthimios Michael Zachary Mikedis , also known as Zak , a 28-year-old from Ocklawaha , allegedly attacked the victim with an accomplice on Jan. 5 .
When the victim regained consciousness , Mikedis allegedly burned her hair with a cigarette and held a pair of scissors to her throat before beating her , dragging her to a waiting car and eventually letting her go at a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the victim that he would give her a ride from Orange County to her aunt ’ s home in Marion County , according to the Marion County Sheriff ’ s Office .
He arrived to pick her up with his mother , Shannon James , in the driver ’ s seat and another man in the vehicle , the sheriff ’ s office said .
Investigators have identified the second man as Robert McDaniel .
The victim told police Mikedis looked like someone you would be “ be instantly scared of ” and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gun in his waistband .
The victim told him she no longer wanted the ride , according to authorities , but Mikedis ordered her into the vehicle .
Then he allegedly forced an unknown substance down her throat , pinned her to the floor , drove to a residence and brought her to a camper parked on the property , police said .
The victim began to blackout , but she told investigators that she was sexually battered by Mikedis , abused with an unidentified object and then assaulted by another individual at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s office said the victim heard Mikedis saying , “ Go , go , ” before the second person battered her .
She awoke and tried to call an Uber car , but Mikedis allegedly forced another unknown substance down her throat , burned her hair , punched her in the back of the head and dragged her across the property into his mother ’ s car once again .
He eventually forced her out of the car at a grocery store parking lot , according to police .
Mikedis faces one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ held in the Marion County Jail , authorities said .
The sheriff ’ s office said more arrests and more charges could be coming as the investigation continues .
Anyone with information on Robert McDaniel is asked to contact Detective Jessica Galler at ( 352 ) -368-3535 .

A Florida man with extensive full-body tattoos who allegedly drugged, abducted and sexually battered a woman in a run-down camper earlier this year has been arrested, the local sheriff announced Thursday.
Efthimios Michael Zachary Mikedis, also known as Zak, a 28-year-old from Ocklawaha, allegedly attacked the victim with an accomplice on Jan. 5.
When the victim regained consciousness, Mikedis allegedly burned her hair with a cigarette and held a pair of scissors to her throat before beating her, dragging her to a waiting car and eventually letting her go at a Winn-Dixie parking lot.
Mikedis had told the victim that he would give her a ride from Orange County to her aunt’s home in Marion County, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
He arrived to pick her up with his mother, Shannon James, in the driver’s seat and another man in the vehicle, the sheriff’s office said. Investigators have identified the second man as Robert McDaniel.
The victim told police Mikedis looked like someone you would “be instantly scared of” and he had what appeared to be a gun in his waistband.
The victim told him she no longer wanted the ride, according to authorities, but Mikedis ordered her into the vehicle.
Then he allegedly forced an unknown substance down her throat, pinned her to the floor, drove to a residence and brought her to a camper parked on the property, police said.
The victim began to black out, but she told investigators that she was sexually battered by Mikedis, abused with an unidentified object and then assaulted by another individual at Mikedis’ apparent urging.
The sheriff’s office said the victim heard Mikedis saying, “Go, go,” before the second person battered her.
She awoke and tried to call an Uber car, but Mikedis allegedly forced another unknown substance down her throat, burned her hair, punched her in the back of the head and dragged her across the property into his mother’s car once again.
He eventually forced her out of the car at a grocery store parking lot, according to police.
Mikedis faces one count of sexual battery and is being held in the Marion County Jail, authorities said.
The sheriff’s office said more arrests and more charges could be coming as the investigation continues.
Anyone with information on Robert McDaniel is asked to contact Detective Jessica Galler at (352) 368-3535.


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--Yankees’ Don Mattingly rewatches an at-bat he doesn’t want to remember

It has been 25 years since Don Mattingly played his final game and made his lone playoff appearance as a player with the Yankees .
And in this time of no baseball — or any other sports — Mattingly has found himself watching old games , and recently caught some of his last game — the Yankees ’ loss in Seattle in Game 5 of the 1995 ALDS .
“ My wife was switching through the channels the other day and that game was on , ’ ’ the Marlins manager said Thursday on MLB Network ’ s “ High @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interested in reliving the whole game , he quickly noticed he was about to come to the plate .
“ They showed I was coming up the next inning and I said , ‘ Well , who ’ s pitching ?
’ ’ ’ Mattingly said .
“ If it ’ s Randy Johnson , that at-bat is not going to go very well .
And it actually was , so I did watch that .
That ’ s about it.
” It was the last plate appearance of Mattingly ’ s career @ @ @ @ @ @ @ top of the 10th inning .
The Yankees went on to lose the game on Edgar Martinez ’ s two-run double off Jack McDowell in the bottom of the 11th .
“ That ’ s one of those games you don ’ t really want to remember , to be quite honest with you , ’ ’ Mattingly said .
“ I know it was a great game in a great series , but it was a tough one … to live through.
” Though it ended poorly for Mattingly and the Yankees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both the team and its first baseman .
Over the last 30 games of the regular season , the Yankees went 24-6 to clinch the wild card and Mattingly — who struggled for much of the season because of his chronic back issues — was a key reason for the run .
He went 35-for-113 ( .310 ) with two homers , 13 RBIs and an OPS of .803 during that stretch and followed it up with a fantastic postseason , going 10-for-24 with a homer and six RBIs in the ALDS loss @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finish to a change he made in his swing .
Submit your Yankees questions to be answered in an upcoming mailbag “ During that season , probably that last month … I started getting my feel back , ’ ’ Mattingly said .
“ I kind of went to a leg kick.
” It helped make up for the lack of power that plagued him in the latter part of his career .
“ Once I really got hurt and had trouble maintaining my back , I could never find that place , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ’ Mattingly said .
“ It took me two or three years and I kind of ran into a leg kick that season late and I went to it and it felt unbelievable.
” “ All of a sudden , I had a little bit of power back [ and ] I was driving the ball the other way , ’ ’ Mattingly said .
“ I kind of found the rhythm that last month and we needed to win every day .
I kind of got hot along with a lot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the bat [ well ] going into that postseason and I always felt if I was swinging the bat good , I ’ m as good a hitter as anybody.
” It wasn ’ t enough for the Yankees to win their first postseason series since 1981 , but it allowed Mattingly to close out his career on a high note .

It has been 25 years since Don Mattingly played his final game and made his lone playoff appearance as a player with the Yankees.
And in this time of no baseball — or any other sports — Mattingly has found himself watching old games, and recently caught some of his last game — the Yankees’ loss in Seattle in Game 5 of the 1995 ALDS.
“My wife was switching through the channels the other day and that game was on,’’ the Marlins manager said Thursday on MLB Network’s “High Heat.”
While Mattingly wasn’t interested in reliving the whole game, he quickly noticed he was about to come to the plate.
“They showed I was coming up the next inning and I said, ‘Well, who’s pitching?’ ’’ Mattingly said. “If it’s Randy Johnson, that at-bat is not going to go very well. And it actually was, so I did watch that. That’s about it.”
It was the last plate appearance of Mattingly’s career, a strikeout against Johnson in the top of the 10th inning. The Yankees went on to lose the game on Edgar Martinez’s two-run double off Jack McDowell in the bottom of the 11th.
“That’s one of those games you don’t really want to remember, to be quite honest with you,’’ Mattingly said. “I know it was a great game in a great series, but it was a tough one … to live through.”
Though it ended poorly for Mattingly and the Yankees, it came after a resurgence by both the team and its first baseman.
Over the last 30 games of the regular season, the Yankees went 24-6 to clinch the wild card and Mattingly — who struggled for much of the season because of his chronic back issues — was a key reason for the run.
He went 35-for-113 (.310) with two homers, 13 RBIs and an OPS of .803 during that stretch and followed it up with a fantastic postseason, going 10-for-24 with a homer and six RBIs in the ALDS loss.
On Thursday, Mattingly attributed his finish to a change he made in his swing.
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“During that season, probably that last month … I started getting my feel back,’’ Mattingly said. “I kind of went to a leg kick.”
It helped make up for the lack of power that plagued him in the latter part of his career.
“Once I really got hurt and had trouble maintaining my back, I could never find that place, it didn’t seem like,’’ Mattingly said. “It took me two or three years and I kind of ran into a leg kick that season late and I went to it and it felt unbelievable.”
The results were dramatic.
“All of a sudden, I had a little bit of power back [and] I was driving the ball the other way,’’ Mattingly said. “I kind of found the rhythm that last month and we needed to win every day. I kind of got hot along with a lot of our guys. I was swinging the bat [well] going into that postseason and I always felt if I was swinging the bat good, I’m as good a hitter as anybody.”
It wasn’t enough for the Yankees to win their first postseason series since 1981, but it allowed Mattingly to close out his career on a high note.


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--Biden campaign operatives accessed secret Senate records at Delaware library, report says

University of Delaware board members , who are withholding Joe Biden ’ s ...

Joe’s Biden’s campaign dispatched operatives to the University of Delaware’s library in the past year to rifle through his secretive Senate records there, Business Insider reported Thursday — raising the possibility they accessed documents related to Tara Reade’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her when she worked for him in 1993.
The development comes as both The Atlantic and The Washington Post argued that Biden should instruct the university to turn over the records, saying they “could contain confirmation of any complaint Ms. Reade made, either through official congressional channels or to the three other employees she claims she informed not specifically of the alleged assault but more generally of harassment.”
Biden dropped off 1,875 boxes of “photographs, documents, videotapes, and files” and 415 gigabytes of electronic records to the University of Delaware in 2012. The university initially said it expected to make the records “available to the public two years after Biden’s last day in elected public office.” In April 2019, just hours before Biden announced his current presidential bid, the university changed its mind, and said the papers wouldn’t be released until either December 31, 2019, or until two years after Biden “retires from public life,” whichever comes later.
Biden campaign officials “rifled through” the documents on “at least one occasion,” Business Insider reported, citing a statement from University spokeswoman Andrea Boyle Tippett. The campaign’s visit to the library came some point after Biden announced his presidential campaign in April 2019 — but before “mid-March” 2020, when the library closed due to the coronavirus. No one from the Biden team has visited since the closure, Tippett claimed.
The university did not return Fox News’ request for comment Thursday.
Reade made her explosive public claim that Biden sexually harassed her on March 25, but in the past year, Reade and several other women have accused Biden of inappropriate touching. Biden has also been caught on camera touching young girls and making them visibly uncomfortable.
Fox News reported on Thursday that numerous top officials on the board of the University of Delaware, which is refusing to release Biden’s Senate records despite an earlier promise to do so, have close personal and financial ties to the former vice president — and the chairman of the board even bought Biden’s house in 1996 for $1.2 million, reportedly a “top dollar” price given its condition.
The University of Delaware’s charter states that the Board of Trustees has “entire control and management of the affairs of the university,” and notes that no university bylaws “shall diminish or reduce the Board’s plenary authority over all matters related to the control and management of the affairs of the University.”
The current chairman of the board at the University of Delaware, John Cochran, is a longtime Biden donor and former CEO of MBNA.
In a January 1998 American Spectator article headlined “The Senator from MBNA,” columnist Byron York recounted how Cochran, then MBNA’s vice chairman, paid “top dollar” for Biden’s home in February 1996, just prior to his Senate re-election bid, and that “MBNA gave Cochran a lot of money—$330,000—to help with ‘expenses’ related to the move.”
The $1.2 million sale was a “pretty darned good deal for Biden,” York wrote, noting that “Cochran simply paid Biden’s full asking price” even though the “house needed quite a bit of work; contractors and their trucks descended on the house for months after the purchase.”
Asked how Cochran and Biden found each other for the sale, an MBNA spokesperson told York: “That’s a very personal question.” Federal election records also showed top MBNA executives apparently made a “concerted” effort to donate to Biden’s campaign, York reported.
Shortly after the house sale, Biden’s son Hunter was hired on at MBNA. Rachel Mullen, a former senior personal banking officer at MBNA from 1994-2001 who later went into Republican politics, tweeted that managers referred to the younger Biden as “Senator MBNA” after he was hired into a lucrative management-prep track right after he graduated from Yale Law School.
As Hunter cashed the checks, Biden was pushing successfully on the Senate floor for legislation that would make it harder for consumers to file for bankruptcy protection — benefiting companies like MBNA. In a contemporaneous interview, Tom Brokaw asked the elder Biden whether it was “inappropriate” for the then senator to have his son “collecting money from this big credit card company while you were on the [Senate] floor protecting its interests.”
Further, at least seven other members of the University of Delaware’s board of trustees have donated to Biden’s political campaigns — including a former Biden senior counsel from the Senate, as well as the state’s governor and other senior officials.
Terri Kelly, the former president and CEO Of W.L. Gore & Associates, has served on the university’s board of trustees since 2014 — and donated the maximum legal amount to Biden in 2019.
Carol Ammon, who has been on the board since 2013, has given more than $10,000 to Biden’s campaign and affiliated PACs, federal election records show.
John Paradee, a lawyer, joined the board in 2018. He has also donated heavily to Biden.
John Carney, the state’s governor and another board member, has also donated more than $1,000 to Biden.
Claire DeMatteis served as counsel to Biden. Since 2001, she has given over $16,000 to Democratic PACs, including Biden’s, called Unite Our States.
Chai Gadde, a CEO, has donated thousands to Biden.
William Lafferty, a partner at a Delaware law firm who serves on the board as well, has also given more than $2,500 Biden’s campaign.
Despite some outlets calling for the release of the records held by these board members, Senate Democrats and media outlets have been mostly silent on Reade’s claims, even though they called for an immediate FBI investigation into claims against then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2018. Reade, however, has presented substantially more corroborating evidence than Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford.
Biden himself hasn’t addressed the allegation against him, and no one in the media has asked him about it during interviews. Representatives for Biden’s campaign have denied the allegations, even as some Democrats have urged Biden to address the matter himself.
Biden’s team has indicated he will address the accusations in-person on Friday.


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--Coronavirus outbreak at Wisconsin convent leaves five nuns dead

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Five nuns have reportedly died during a coronavirus outbreak in a single Wisconson convent specializing in care for older sisters with dementia .
Three of the nuns died within a week of each other earlier in April in the Lady of the Angels Convent , where four other staff members have fallen ill , according to a report in the New York Times .
The virus spread rapidly without staff knowing that the nuns had the virus until after they had passed away @ @ @ @ @ @ @ June Skender , Mary Regine Collins , Annelda Holtkamp , Mary Francele Sherburne and Bernadette Kelter .
They had come to the convent after decades of service around the Midwest .
The facility earlier in April had closed its doors to visitors and kept patients who tested positive in isolation , but it stopped testing nuns around then because it believed the nasal swab tests were too traumatizing for elderly nuns who were losing their cognitive functions , according to medical examiner records cited by the Times .
Officials told the paper the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sometimes multiple times .
“ The convent administrator and staff have been following , and continue to follow , all the guidelines and recommendations of the local health department , the facility ’ s infection control coordinator , and the sisters ’ primary care physician , ” said Michael O ’ Loughlin , a spokesman for the School Sisters of St. Francis , a co-sponsor of the convent .
“ They are very aware that the convent ’ s residents , who are elderly and receive specialized memory care , are a vulnerable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suspended all communal activities and enforced social distancing long before any of the residents tested positive for Covid-19.
” Darren Rausch , the director and health officer for the Greenfield Health Department , came to the defense of Our Lady of the Angels , saying it was in close contact with his office as the pandemic unfolded .
It ’ s definitely very challenging , ” Mr. Rausch said , referring to caring for nuns with dementia .
“ They can ’ t always vocalize what ’ s going on .
”

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Five nuns have reportedly died during a coronavirus outbreak in a single Wisconson convent specializing in care for older sisters with dementia.
Three of the nuns died within a week of each other earlier in April in the Lady of the Angels Convent, where four other staff members have fallen ill, according to a report in the New York Times.
The virus spread rapidly without staff knowing that the nuns had the virus until after they had passed away, claiming the lives of Sister Marie June Skender, Mary Regine Collins, Annelda Holtkamp, Mary Francele Sherburne and Bernadette Kelter.
They had come to the convent after decades of service around the Midwest.
The facility earlier in April had closed its doors to visitors and kept patients who tested positive in isolation, but it stopped testing nuns around then because it believed the nasal swab tests were too traumatizing for elderly nuns who were losing their cognitive functions, according to medical examiner records cited by the Times.
Officials told the paper the convent is now testing every resident, sometimes multiple times.
“The convent administrator and staff have been following, and continue to follow, all the guidelines and recommendations of the local health department, the facility’s infection control coordinator, and the sisters’ primary care physician,” said Michael O’Loughlin, a spokesman for the School Sisters of St. Francis, a co-sponsor of the convent.
“They are very aware that the convent’s residents, who are elderly and receive specialized memory care, are a vulnerable population, which is why the convent suspended all communal activities and enforced social distancing long before any of the residents tested positive for Covid-19.”
Darren Rausch, the director and health officer for the Greenfield Health Department, came to the defense of Our Lady of the Angels, saying it was in close contact with his office as the pandemic unfolded.
It’s definitely very challenging,” Mr. Rausch said, referring to caring for nuns with dementia. “They can’t always vocalize what’s going on.”


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--Beverly Hills Council votes to resume cosmetic surgeries

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The Beverly Hills Council voted to resume elective and cosmetic surgeries as California continues to deal with the coronavirus pandemic .
The decision by the Council repealed the freeze on the surgeries — after moratorium was made March 16 to help slow the spread of the virus .
Councilman John Mirisch , who voted against the repeal , said maybe people could wait for their Botox treatment .
“ I was absolutely supportive of angioplasty , tumor removal , heart valve replacement , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Mirisch told Fox 11 .
“ What I do have a problem with is allowing purely elective cosmetic surgery so rhinoplasty , breast augmentation , Botox , that sort of thing.
” “ I don ’ t think people need face jobs especially when you ’ re supposed to be covering your face , ” remarked Mirisch .
He mentioned that Beverly Hills is “ not going well ” with the coronavirus and is the fourth most infectious city in LA County .
He plans to add safety protocols and measures on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ We didn ’ t take any specific measures to ensure that surgery centers and medical buildings that will be seeing increased traffic now have higher standards of hygiene , or cleaning or other safety measures , ” the councilman said .
However , Dr. Arash Moradzadeh told Fox 11 , “ Essential life-saving surgeries are the key and most important factors and we are going to focus a lot of our attention on that.
” People need these procedures because it helps them feel better and feeling better is very important @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such a psychological impact of being stuck at home or losing our jobs , ” said Moradzadeh .
Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans to resume surgeries earlier in the week , but said plastic surgeries were prohibited .

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The Beverly Hills Council voted to resume elective and cosmetic surgeries as California continues to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
The decision by the Council repealed the freeze on the surgeries — after moratorium was made March 16 to help slow the spread of the virus.
Councilman John Mirisch, who voted against the repeal, said maybe people could wait for their Botox treatment.
“I was absolutely supportive of angioplasty, tumor removal, heart valve replacement, those sort of medically necessary procedures,” Mirisch told Fox 11.
“What I do have a problem with is allowing purely elective cosmetic surgery so rhinoplasty, breast augmentation, Botox, that sort of thing.”
“I don’t think people need face jobs especially when you’re supposed to be covering your face,” remarked Mirisch.
He mentioned that Beverly Hills is “not going well” with the coronavirus and is the fourth most infectious city in LA County.
He plans to add safety protocols and measures on the agenda for the next Council meeting.
“We didn’t take any specific measures to ensure that surgery centers and medical buildings that will be seeing increased traffic now have higher standards of hygiene, or cleaning or other safety measures,” the councilman said.
However, Dr. Arash Moradzadeh told Fox 11, “Essential life-saving surgeries are the key and most important factors and we are going to focus a lot of our attention on that.”
People need these procedures because it helps them feel better and feeling better is very important right now when we’re taking such a psychological impact of being stuck at home or losing our jobs,” said Moradzadeh.
Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans to resume surgeries earlier in the week, but said plastic surgeries were prohibited.
Mirisch hopes Newsom will overturn the Beverly Hills ordinance.


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--White House blocks Fauci from testifying at coronavirus hearing

WASHINGTON — A spokesman for a key House panel said Friday that the White House has blocked Dr. Anthony Fauci from testifying next week at a hearing on the coronavirus outbreak .
House Appropriations Committee spokesman Evan Hollander said the panel sought Fauci — the highly respected director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — as a witness for a subcommittee hearing on the government ’ s response to the pandemic , but was denied .
Hollander said the panel was informed by an administration official that Fauci ’ s testimony was blocked by the White House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ informed the committee that Fauci would not appear .
The White House said Fauci is busy dealing with the pandemic and will appear before Congress later .
“ While the Trump Administration continues its whole-of-government response to COVID-19 , including safely opening up America again and expediting vaccine development , it is counter-productive to have the very individuals involved in those efforts appearing at Congressional hearings , ” said White House spokesman Judd Deere .
“ We are committed to working with Congress to offer testimony at the appropriate time.
” Fauci is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s coronavirus task force and is no stranger to testifying before Congress .
He has sometimes contradicted Trump ’ s optimistic misstatements about the virus and how much it is under control after claiming more than 64,000 lives in the U.S. Fauci has warned against relaxing social distancing rules that have helped slow the spread of the virus but caused a major hit to the economy .
That has earned him criticism from some of Trump ’ s most ardent supporters , and Trump himself has retweeted a supporter who called for @ @ @ @ @

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WASHINGTON — A spokesman for a key House panel said Friday that the White House has blocked Dr. Anthony Fauci from testifying next week at a hearing on the coronavirus outbreak.
House Appropriations Committee spokesman Evan Hollander said the panel sought Fauci — the highly respected director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — as a witness for a subcommittee hearing on the government’s response to the pandemic, but was denied. Hollander said the panel was informed by an administration official that Fauci’s testimony was blocked by the White House.
He wouldn’t identify who informed the committee that Fauci would not appear.
The White House said Fauci is busy dealing with the pandemic and will appear before Congress later.
“While the Trump Administration continues its whole-of-government response to COVID-19, including safely opening up America again and expediting vaccine development, it is counter-productive to have the very individuals involved in those efforts appearing at Congressional hearings,” said White House spokesman Judd Deere. “We are committed to working with Congress to offer testimony at the appropriate time.”
Fauci is the top scientist on President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force and is no stranger to testifying before Congress. He has sometimes contradicted Trump’s optimistic misstatements about the virus and how much it is under control after claiming more than 64,000 lives in the U.S.
Fauci has warned against relaxing social distancing rules that have helped slow the spread of the virus but caused a major hit to the economy. That has earned him criticism from some of Trump’s most ardent supporters, and Trump himself has retweeted a supporter who called for Fauci’s firing.


newyorkpost--2020-05-01--Teach the kids: Coronavirus is no excuse for giving up on NYC students

Sorry : The coronavirus can not and should not be an excuse to give up on teaching New York ’ s kids .
Yet the city Department of Education and the United Federation of Teachers are treating it as just that .
As Selim Algar reported in Friday ’ s Post , many parents are learning that their children ’ s teachers have given up on direct instruction .
Some families say a week or more can go by without their kids hearing from a teacher .
The UFT says it ’ s not required , with a rep telling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that educators know their students and families the best and that they use a variety of instructional strategies.
” Principals have said union work rules leave them powerless .
One DOE source told Algar that the tech is to blame — or , at least , some teachers ’ lack of technical savvy .
Others note that , after the DOE banned Zoom for security reasons , many teachers couldn ’ t make alternate videoconferencing work .
Other educators tell us they ’ re still working hard and trying to connect with every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ handful of the children actually log on most days , and teachers are powerless to do anything about it , especially since they ’ re under orders to pass every child this year .
Kudos to the teachers trying to make distance learning work .
But shame on the parents who aren ’ t helping them , and the vast DOE bureaucracy that is shrugging its shoulders .
Why was $ 723 million spent last year on central administration and district offices for the Department of Education ?
What are those people doing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ getting every kid that needs one a laptop or iPad — and then why aren ’ t they following up to make sure that distance learning works ?
Why aren ’ t they making sure teachers do their jobs — and helping them if they need help ?
Teach the kids .
And children who don ’ t log in shouldn ’ t get credit — or move on to the next grade .
From Chancellor Richard Carranza on down , the DOE has had weeks to get on top of this .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ June , they ’ ve got weeks more .
Inaction is inexcusable .

Sorry: The coronavirus cannot and should not be an excuse to give up on teaching New York’s kids. Yet the city Department of Education and the United Federation of Teachers are treating it as just that.
As Selim Algar reported in Friday’s Post, many parents are learning that their children’s teachers have given up on direct instruction. Some families say a week or more can go by without their kids hearing from a teacher.
The UFT says it’s not required, with a rep telling The Post that DOE policy “recognizes that educators know their students and families the best and that they use a variety of instructional strategies.” Principals have said union work rules leave them powerless.
One DOE source told Algar that the tech is to blame — or, at least, some teachers’ lack of technical savvy. Others note that, after the DOE banned Zoom for security reasons, many teachers couldn’t make alternate videoconferencing work.
Other educators tell us they’re still working hard and trying to connect with every student daily — but that only a handful of the children actually log on most days, and teachers are powerless to do anything about it, especially since they’re under orders to pass every child this year.
Kudos to the teachers trying to make distance learning work. But shame on the parents who aren’t helping them, and the vast DOE bureaucracy that is shrugging its shoulders.
Why was $723 million spent last year on central administration and district offices for the Department of Education? What are those people doing now?
Why aren’t they getting every kid that needs one a laptop or iPad — and then why aren’t they following up to make sure that distance learning works? Why aren’t they making sure teachers do their jobs — and helping them if they need help?
Teach the kids. And children who don’t log in shouldn’t get credit — or move on to the next grade.
From Chancellor Richard Carranza on down, the DOE has had weeks to get on top of this. With school buildings closed at least through June, they’ve got weeks more. Inaction is inexcusable.