Alexander Aggregated COVID and non-COVID news Watch, May 8th 2022; "Taking back our rights, freedoms, & liberties, USA" (TBORFAL)

MUST KNOWs PRIORITY 1 news (COVID and non-COVID related):

1)Russia state TV warns Putin more likely to start WW3 than accept defeat in Ukraine

2)Putin to test terrifying ‘Doomsday’ plane tomorrow in horror warning to West

3)CBS CEO George Cheeks Tests Positive For Covid After Attending WHCD

4)'Stop asking why': Shanghai tightens Covid-19 lockdown, Beijing keeps testing

5)GOP Rep. Mace: ‘Vast Majority of Republicans’ Support Abortion Ban Exceptions for Rape, Incest, Life of Mother 

6)Coronavirus: Israeli Scientists Warn of Delta Comeback in Summer

7)China’s ‘Zero-COVID’ Controls Prompt EU Firms to Consider Moving Investments Elsewhere

8)CDC investigating highly vaccinated cruise ship

9)Alabama Governor Signs Bill Prohibiting Gender-Transition Procedures for Children

10)Triumphal Russian holiday marks potentially perilous moment for Ukraine in war

11)China 'Carefully' Studying Ukraine War As It Eyes Taiwan: CIA Chief

12)The lucky few to never get coronavirus could teach us more about it

13)Blueberries Protect Blood Vessels, May Slow Age-Related Mental Decline

14)How to Prepare for Food Shortages, Hard Times on a Shoestring Budget: Preppers’ Advice

15)President Trump Issues Statement About “Weak and Totally Ineffective” Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper

16)Fully Vaccinated and Boosted NY Governor Kathy Hochul Tests Positive for Covid-19

17)COVID-19 in Israel: PCR testing system at airport set to end, no longer required; The decision to end COVID-19 testing at the airport was made in light of the decreased spread of infection and decreased morbidity.

18)Can China preserve both its economy and its zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy? The costs of prioritizing the pandemic over all else are creating a dilemma for President Xi Jinping as he prepares to assume a third term later this year.

PRIORITY 2 news (COVID and non- COVID related):

1)Washington insider David Gergen's advice for the nation's older political leaders: Step aside

2)U.S. Walks Fine Line Sharing Intelligence With Ukraine in War With Russia; Washington is seeking to help Kyiv defeat Moscow’s invasion while avoiding direct conflict with President Vladimir Putin

3)End of dinner? ‘Landmark study’ shows eating only during daytime could add years to your life

4)Clarence Thomas Delivers a Message to Roe v. Wade Leaker

5)Biden’s Disinformation Chief: Parents Concerned About Critical Race Theory Are ‘Disinformers’

6)China 'Carefully' Studying Ukraine War As It Eyes Taiwan: CIA Chief

7)Former AG Eric Holder Says Trump Should Be Indicted, in Reversal of Previous Stance: ‘He Has To Be Held Accountable’

8)South Africa Covid positivity rate nears record amid Omicron spread

9)Biden’s Disinformation Chief: Parents Concerned About Critical Race Theory Are ‘Disinformers’

10)Dinesh D’Souza: Enough Fraud Was Committed to Steal 2020 Election

11)How COVID-19 changed e-commerce for good - interview

12)COVID-19: Omicron variant did not wipe out Delta, it could return - study; While the Delta virus wiped out the variants that preceded it, Omicron has not eliminated Delta, according to a new study from Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

PRIORITY 3 News (COVID and non- COVID related):

1)Sailors say aircraft carrier that had multiple suicides occur among crew was uninhabitable

2)NYTimes outs Ed Koch

3)Fury as Boris Govt Prepares to Dump 1,500 Migrants on Quiet Village of 700

4)Exclusive—Aram Hamparian: Mehmet Oz’s Turkish Ties Put Him ‘At Odds’ with America First Agenda

5)Can Democrats win back working-class voters? Watch Ohio.

6)Only Approved Speech Will Be Allowed: YouTube-Google Censor Judicial Watch and Newsmax over Biden Corruption Video — Lock Out Judicial Watch for a Week

7)COVID's new Omicron sub-lineages can dodge immunity from past infection - study

PRIORITY 4 News (COVID and non- COVID related):

1)Fecal transplants have ‘fountain of youth’ potential: Process reverses effects of aging in mice

2)Exclusive Video: London Mayor Sadiq Khan Tells Muslim Crowd They Are Trump’s ‘Worst Nightmare’

3)Nazi flags flown at Disney World entrance - watch

Developing key research:

1)Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 vaccine among children 5-11 and 12-17 years in New York after the Emergence of the Omicron Variant

2)Managing an evolving pandemic: Cryptic circulation of the Delta variant during the Omicron rise

3)Increased emergency cardiovascular events among under-40 population in Israel during vaccine rollout and third COVID-19 wave