Follow RT on South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said his country is being penalized for detecting the latest Covid-19 “variant of concern,” dubbed Omicron, urging other nations to lift travel bans imposed amid alarm over the new strain. “Excellent science should be applauded and not punished,” the president said during…
‘Superspreader of misinformation’: New York Times corrects story that exaggerated child Covid-19 hospitalizations by over 90%
Follow RT on The New York Times had to issue a doozy of a correction on an article by its Covid-19 reporter Apoorva Mandavilli, who somehow inflated the number of US children hospitalized with the virus to 14 times the actual level. Mandavilli claimed in her article, published on Tuesday,…
Your fake news-spotting ‘expertise’ makes you more likely to fall victim to fake news, study says
Follow RT on Americans convinced they can spot fake news are actually more likely to be conned by it, according to a new study that also found a whopping 9 out of 10 respondents believed their ability to spot fake news was top-notch. Participants in the study were shown Facebook…
Dr. Anthony Fauci publicly opposes delaying second doses of Covid vaccines to inoculate more people
Follow RT on Dr. Anthony Fauci has disagreed with calls to delay the second dose of Covid-19 jabs to inoculate more Americans, rejecting the strategy adopted by the UK government and others to speed up their vaccine rollout. America’s top infectious disease official made the comments to the Washington Post,…
‘Now is not the time’: Fauci urges against Super Bowl parties, tells Americans to ‘lay low’
Follow RT on US Covid-19 czar Anthony Fauci is urging Americans to “lay low” and not break quarantine with Super Bowl watch parties, or they could become coronavirus “superspreader” events like Christmas and Thanksgiving. Having previously poured cold water on Americans’ holiday plans, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser did…
Mandatory Covid-19 vaccines? ‘Everything is on the table,’ says Dr. Fauci
Follow RT on Dr. Anthony Fauci believes vaccinations against Covid-19 could be mandated by “individual institutions” and for travel, though he’s unsure if the vaccine prevents the spread and wants people to keep wearing masks. “Everything will be on the table for discussion,” Fauci told Newsweek, on being asked about…