Week 7 - 5/11 - 5/15
Monday- May 11, 2020
A lot of politicians in the United States were banning plastic bags before the COVID-19 outbreak, California and New York both banned them, but why are they now canceling their bans? The answer is that reusable bags are actually bring bacteria into different stores because the customers don’t wash them after each use.
Tuesday- May 12, 2020
A lot of media in the United States are very biased as you probably know, but a news article from The Hill in Texas was so biased that they got some information wrong. The Hill stated that after Texas reopened, there have been thousands of new cases of COVID-19 when the rate of infected patients in Texas has declined significantly.
Wednesday- May 13, 2020
Professor Simon Saw-Teong Ang from the University of Arkansas was arrested and found guilty of participating in the Thousand Talents plan, which lets Scientists in the U.S. to send confidential information of research and knowledge to the Communist government of China in exchange for Salaries, Research funding and other benefits.
Thursday- May 14, 2020
A Japanese company did an experiment in a buffet restaurant where 10 were dining, they singled out one person and put a special substance on his hands that is only visible under black light that symbolized the “infected”, at the end when everyone finished, all of the participants had some traces of the particle on their hands.
Friday- May 15, 2020
It is important that Grandparents do not go see their grandchildren. Dr. Samir Sinha, who is the director of Geriatrics for the Sinai Health System and the University Health Network in Toronto, says that until there's a vaccine, the most vulnerable people should continue to stay home if they can. That includes grandparents over 60 and people with chronic illnesses.
