Former “American Idol” winner Just Sam is speaking candidly about life after the TV show.
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“I think, in many respects, Omicron, with its extraordinary, unprecedented degree of efficiency of transmissibility, will, ultimately, find just about everybody,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci yesterday during a “fireside chat” with the Center for Strategic & International Initiatives. His comment came one day after the U.S. set an all-time record for daily infections, at 1.4 million, and also for test positivity, at 26%, per Johns Hopkins University.
Fauci went on to reference statements he made last year in which he said Covid would likely not be eradicated, but controlled, becoming an endemic problem, rather than a pandemic.
“It’s no way, I believe, likely – I mean, aspirational, but not likely – that we’re going to eliminate it because, A.) it has a high degree of transmissibility; B.) variants arise; and C.) there are so many people that are unvaccinated. And we eliminated polio because we got almost everybody vaccinated. We eliminated measles because we got almost everybody vaccinated.”
The U.S. currently has 63% of its population vaccinated. Last June, President Biden outlined a plan to have 70% of adults — then the only Americans eligible for the vaccines — get vaccinated by July 4. The country did not achieve that goal.
The percent of adults vaccinated is certainly higher now but the goal posts have shifted now that Americans as young as 5 are eligible to receive the shots. Even with the vaccines available to a greater swath of the U.S. population, the number of daily vaccinations has fallen precipitously from a 7-day moving average of 1.7 million in early December to about 900,000 this week. Given that, the goal of eradication seems less possible now than it may have least summer.
“People who are going to be vaccinated,
Former “American Idol” winner Just Sam is speaking candidly about life after the TV show.
Leave him out. Rumors of Kim Kardashian and Ray J’s second sex tape are in the news again after Kim’s estranged husband, Kanye West, claimed that he once had a copy. Now, Ray is fighting back.
dropped the inflammatory new song Monday, along with two others, to promote his upcoming Bad Reputation tour, which he claims could be his last, Fox News reported.Entitled “We The People,” the rabble-rousing rock song begins by slamming Dr. Anthony Fauci, the world’s leading infectious disease expert.
After a two-year absence due to Covid, Manchester Day - a city-wide celebration - is back for 2022 with organisers promising it will be "bigger and better than ever".
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorCyndi Lauper’s music video for “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” officially crossed 1 billion views on YouTube — marking the music icon’s first entry onto the video platform’s billion-views club.Lauper’s recording of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” was released in 1983 on her historic debut album, “She’s So Unusual,” becoming a breakthrough hit and feminist anthem. The accompanying music video, which culminates in Lauper dancing back to her parents’ New York City apartment accompanied by a parade of revelers, was first uploaded to YouTube in October 2009.“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” is the fourth song from the 1980s to surpass 1 billion views on YouTube, alongside Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” A-ha’s “Take on Me” and Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.” Lauper, commenting on her hit song and video, said that many people don’t realize that “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” is really a political song.
Pete Davidson couldn't contain himself during a funny segment for s Weekend Update. The comedian popped on to discuss the recent news that he and Colin Jost, fellow Staten Island native and Weekend Update anchor, purchased a Staten Island Ferry boat together. Appropriately, they discussed the sale with co-star Alex Moffat, who was playing his recurring character — a guy who just bought a boat. «Hey! We bought a ferry, the windowless van of the sea,» Davidson quipped. «Yes, it's very exciting. We thought the whole thing through,» Jost sarcastically added. While discussing their difficulties parking the boat, Davidson told Moffat, «Well actually, our boat is 300 feet long.»Moffat replied, «Ew, look, it's the width that counts.
Pete Davidson couldn't contain himself during a funny segment for s . He popped on to discuss the recent news that he and fellow Staten Island native and co-star Colin Jost purchased a Staten Island Ferry boat together. Appropriately, they discussed the sale with co-star Alex Moffat, who was playing his recurring character — a guy who just bought a boat. «Hey! We bought a ferry, the windowless van of the sea,» Davidson quipped. «Yes, it's very exciting. We thought the whole thing through,» Jost sarcastically added. While discussing their difficulties parking the boat, Davidson told Moffat, «Well actually, our boat is 300 feet long.»Moffat replied, «Ew, look, it's the width that counts.
Following news that “SNL” cast members Pete Davidson and Colin Yost were part of a group that bought a decommissioned Staten Island ferry, the two addressed their new purchase during Weekend Update on the Jan. 22 edition of “Saturday Night Live”.
A lot of eyebrows were raised when it was revealed Pete Davidson, 28, and his Saturday Night Live co-star Colin Jost, 39, purchased a Staten Island Ferry recently. In case you missed it, the comedians, along with comedy club owner Paul Italia, won the auction for a decommissioned, 277-foot boat that was used to shuttle commuters between Manhattan and Staten Island since 1965 before it was taken out of service last August. As fans were clamoring to figure out exactly why the trio coughed up $280,100 for the vessel, a source EXCLUSIVELY told HollywoodLife that the new owners have some big plans for it.
Saturday Night Live, as multiple cast members have hailed from there. At present, there are a couple of Staten Island natives amongst the current cast – namely, Pete Davidson and Colin Jost. And recently, the two came together to save the world-renowned ferry system, which also has a connection to Jost's and Scarlett Johansson's wedding.
Pete Davidson and Colin Jost are celebrating the ferry they just bought together!
On tonight’s episode of SNL, Weekend Update found a wide range of targets, from Jon Voight, Bono, Dwayne Johnson and the new Lord of the Rings seriess, to cast members Colin Jost and Pete Davidson themselves.
Instagram post, the 79-year-old rock legend strongly condemned his song’s inclusion in the ad and alluded to retaliating with legal action:“The use of my song ‘Chicago’ by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Children’s Health Defense movement in a video to promote his organization’s rally in Washington, D.C.
Regina King is mourning the death of her son Ian Alexander Jr., who died by suicide at the age of 26. “Our family is devastated at the deepest level by the loss of Ian,” the Oscar winner, 51, said in a statement on January 22, per People. “He is such a bright light who cared so deeply about the happiness of others. Our family asks for respectful consideration during this private time. Thank you.”
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Lara Logan no longer is represented by UTA, after her comments in late November in which she compared Dr. Anthony Fauci to Dr. Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor who performed cruel medical experiments on Jewish prisoners.
More than 150 care home workers are testing positive for Covid every day, plunging the system into chaos.