Inmate dies 3 weeks after having been found unconscious in prison cell

Jul 5 2021

An inmate died three weeks after having been found unconscious in her Corradino Correctional Facility cell. The case was described as a suicide attempt by police officials at the time. Having been hospitalised on 16th June after receiving first aid by doctors and nurses at the prison, the woman allegedly last met a mental health expert on 3rd June.

This was revealed by prison authorities in a statement on Sunday as the woman had been receiving regular psychological monitoring.

A police investigation is still underway as psychiatric reports indicated she was progressing and was not at risk of suicide. An inquiry is being led by Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech.

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Record-breaking hot dog eater Joey Chestnut wins 14 times in a row

Jul 5 2021

Joey Chestnut, the defending world champion, broke his own world record last Sunday by devouring 76 hotdogs and buns in just 10 minutes during Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest. This is the 14th edition Chestnut won in a row. Chestnut ate one more hotdog than he managed last year, whilst completely leaving second place Geoffrey Esper in the dust as he skipped him with a whopping 26 more hotdogs.

Michelle Lesco, who ranked ninth overall, picking up her first women’s championship victory following the consumption of 30 and 3/4 hot dogs and buns. This is 6 and 3/4 more than her runner up Sarah Rodriguez. The women’s record was set in 2020 by Mike Sudo when she ate 48.5 hot dogs and buns. Sudo did not compete this year as she’s expecting her first child later this month.

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Boris Johnson to confirm end of COVID-19 rules by 19 July despite scientist warning

Jul 5 2021

Despite a backlash from the UK’s governmental scientific advisers, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce the lifting of most remaining COVID-19 restrictions in England. Despite advisers warning that lifting restrictions would be like ‘building new variant factories’, Johnson is set to go ahead with the 19th July as being the date of measure erasure. Cases in the UK have risen to their highest since January 2021, but the UK prime minister is not holding back on making most measures a matter of individual choice.

With 86% of adults in the UK having had at least their first jab, Johnson is expected to announce during a press conference on Monday that the government will move on from relying on such restrictions. Changes will include fully vaccinated adults being allowed to travel to amber list countries without having to self isolate upon return, mask wearing becoming voluntary (with exceptions being hospitals and healthcare settings) and no more self-isolation should fully-vaccinated individuals come into contact with infected persons.

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Lockdowns and masks useless according to health specialist Jean Karl Soler

Jul 5 2021

Family doctor and occupational health specialist Jean Karl Soler returned to Facebook to reveal the latest COVID-19 information. He opens his post by stating that as another week goes by, no significant excess deaths across Europe were recorded. This allegedly shows how COVID-19 is a seasonal virus, with the emergence of variants being associated not with increased mortality but increasing case numbers. Soler goes on to stated that new variants are simply a sign of a virus adapting to a new host and is not unusual. New influenza variants are recorded every year, with COVID-19 variants being less deadly than the original strain.

Soler points out how the pandemic’s mortality rate is comparable to that of influenza, with the only exceptions being the elderly and those with ‘significant co-morbidity.’ Soler highlighted how, out of those younger than 70 years of age who get COVID-19, only 5 out of 10,000 will die.

More prominently however, he points out how lockdowns do not save lives and masks are useless in the open. He stated that some lockdown measures in fact increase daily numbers. ‘Lockdowns, travel restrictions, border closures and contact tracing are useless with an endemic virus, as the WHO found in their review of the evidence in preparing their epidemic and pandemic guidelines in 2019.’

With widespread vaccination, these measures need to go ‘forever’, says Soler. As for masks, Soler states that they cause carbon dioxide retention and have significant harmful effects with no demonstrable benefits. He encouraged those over 65-70 who have not had COVID-19 to take their vaccine.

He stated that social distancing is a reasonable precaution but there is no need to be afraid of people who are not sick as they cannot transmit COVID-19 without symptoms. He concluded that if one is already immune to COVID-19, they do not need vaccination. The vaccines are still only approved for emergency use, Soler states.

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Photo Source: Jean Karl Soler FB