Merry Christmas
A doctor in Boston says he developed a severe allergic reaction after receiving the Moderna coronavirus vaccine. Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, who has a shellfish allergy, felt dizzy and had a racing heart after his injection with the vaccine. Reactions have also been reported to the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine which is also approved for use in the United States...ASIA ONE
South Africa is rejecting the assertion of British Health Secretary Matt Hancock that a new variant of COVID-19 is more transmissible or more dangerous.
An official statement of the country's health ministry says in part:
"there is no evidence that the 501.V2 is more transmissible than the UK variant--as suggested by the British health secretary. There is also no evidence that the 501.V2 causes more severe disease."...SCROLL INDIA
The Centers for Disease Control says the US will require all airline passengers from the UK to test negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours of departure. The new restriction takes effect Monday amid fears of a new version of the coronavirus that is more easily transmitted...THE GUARDIAN UK
Public opinion in Israel souring on the notion of a lockdown as the country prepares to enter a third national shutdown on Sunday. A wide majority used to endorse lockdowns now the public is said to be more evenly divided on the notion...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
On Christmas Eve the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an effort by President Trump's campaign to throw out hundreds of thousands of questionable ballots in Wisconsin from the Presidential election...UPI
IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE THIS MORNING (630 AM, 730 AM EASTERN US TIME)... WSMV NASHVILLE (VIDEO EMBEDDED)....AN RV EXPLODED AS POLICE INVESTIGATED IT AS A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE. THEY HAD RESPONDED EARLIER TO A SHOTS FIRED CALL IN THE AREA. THE EXPLOSION IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN "AN INTENTIONAL ACT".
MORE DETAILS EMERGING AS THE DAY WENT ON INCLUDING WORD THAT THREE WERE HURT. A RECORDED MESSAGE ON THE VEHICLE WARNED OF AN IMPENDING EXPLOSION. THE BLAST NEAR AN AT AND T BUILDING WITH AT AND T SERVICE DISRUPTED AND SERVICE DISRUPTED AT NASHVILLE'S AIRPORT...THE NATIONAL-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES...ALSO REPORTS THAT HUMAN REMAINS WERE FOUND NEAR THE SITE OF THE EXPLOSION.
On Christmas Eve at least seven killed, seven abducted and a church burned during an attack by the Boko Haram Islamic terrorist group in Nigeria...UPI
Syria says that it's air defenses shot down most of the Israeli missiles fired during an air attack early this morning in the Masyaf area in the central part of the country. The pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is saying that an Iranian missile factory was attacked and that six were killed. Media reports also say that Israeli aircraft were flying over Lebanon around the time of the attack...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY...SHAFAQ NEWS IRAQ...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Israel's Iron Dome air defense system activated tonight intercepting two missiles fired from Gaza. Three hurt in Israel scrambling for shelter...YNET NEWS ISRAEL...Israel launching air strikes into Gaza tonight in response...RUSSIA TODAY
The Turkish ruler President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he wants better relations with Israel although Israel's policy towards the Palestinians is "unacceptable". Speaking after Friday prayers today in Istanbul Erdogan acknowledged that talks between Turkey and Israel are underway involving intelligence officials...AL JAZEERA QATAR
A SAUDI GOVERNMENT OWNED TV CHANNEL REPORTING THAT A CARGO SHIP STRUCK A MINE IN THE SOUTHERN RED SEA TODAY. THE MINE BELONGING TO YEMEN'S HOUTH REBELS FIGHTING AGAINST A SAUDI LED MILITARY COALITION...ASSOCIATED PRESS
In Russia arrests of associates of opposition leader Alexei Navalny today...NEW YORK TIMES
THE US STATE DEPARTMENT TELLING CONGRESS THAT THE US IS MOVING FORWARD WITH SELLING "SMART WEAPONS" TO SAUDI ARABIA...MIDDLE EAST EYE
The government of Pakistan has filed an appeal of a local court decision to free four men associated with Al-Qaeda convicted of killing American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002...AFP NEWS-STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE
A federal judge has vacated the scheduled January 12th execution of Lisa Montgomery. US District Judge Randolph Moss says the execution must be rescheduled. The execution of Montgomery, the only woman on the federal "death row", was one of a series scheduled in what are believed to be the last days of the Trump Administration....YAHOO NEWS UK
Coronavirus statistics via Worldometers today showing 98,490 new positive tests in the US led by the state of California with 21,797. Half the states in the US not reporting any numbers for Christmas.
Around the world today 472,443 new cases reported with the US leading the nations. Other nations include Russia with 29,018, Italy with 9,037, the Netherlands with 11,487 and Israel with 4,146.
And that's the way it really is Friday December 25th, 2020 Christmas Day and Day 285 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania.
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