Well 6 people test pos at her job
nobody at mine, a supervisor was in fl and they told him to stay home
How has the Coronavirus impacted you directly, to this point?
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nobody at mine, a supervisor was in fl and they told him to stay home
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Blanket COVID-19 liability shield will cost taxpayers
Legal immunity won’t heal the economy or prevent harm, but it could end up making ordinary Americans pay
The coronavirus relief package unveiled by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his GOP conference last month would make it more difficult to hold businesses responsible for gross negligence, Ellis writes. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)
By Steve Ellis
Posted August 21, 2020 at 3:04pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made a five-year “liability shield” a key demand in negotiations for the next COVID-19 relief legislation. As the country navigates uncharted waters of the pandemic, many types of businesses — nursing homes, retail and restaurants, and health care providers — could receive legislated protection from civil liability for harms (including deaths) their actions may or may not have caused. This news comes on the heels of a letter from 21 of the 26 Republican governors asking Congress to enact pandemic-related civil liability protections.
As a starting point, it is important to remember who is protected by immunity and who is harmed. Immunity from civil liability for negligence does not prevent harm or injury. It simply shifts the burden and costs to the person or group who has been injured — and all too often, to the taxpayer. The legal standard for negligence requires a plaintiff to prove four separate elements: duty of care, a breach of that duty, harm, and a causal connection between the harm and the breach of duty.
Each state has its own case law about what it takes to meet each element, but there are some key commonalities around “duty of care.” Businesses are responsible for taking reasonable care of their employees, customers and neighbors. It is a broad standard: Do we really want businesses that chose not to take reasonable care to suffer no consequences?
The HEALS Act package released by Senate Republicans last month would even make it more difficult to hold businesses responsible for gross negligence, or conduct with reckless disregard for the safety of others. Under the proposal, those reckless companies could defend themselves by saying they tried not to be reckless. Responsible businesses that choose to invest in the safety of their employees and customers may be undercut by competitors who find that going beyond that first effort is too expensive.
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Eliminating liability takes away a critical tool for holding corporations accountable to the individuals putting themselves at risk to keep the economy moving. In the context of the spreading pandemic, establishing a causal relationship will be difficult — people could have contracted the virus almost anywhere, from anyone they encountered. Claims that COVID-19 will lead to unprecedented litigation are simply not supported by the facts. Of more than 4,100 COVID-19 related lawsuits filed, only 75 are for wrongful death or injury as a result of getting sick at work. Two-thirds fall into three categories — insurance disputes, prison cases and civil rights cases, including challenging shelter-in-place orders.
Even more absurd than the general coronavirus-related liability shield is the talk of adding other, unrelated immunity clauses to the relief bills. The oil and gas industry, for example, has been looking to avoid liability for the monumental climate harms and public costs their products have caused — even after they understood how harmful their product was to human health and the climate. One thing I have learned over 20 years as a budget watchdog is that once large legislation gets moving, all sorts of extraneous pieces try to catch a ride.
But finally, we can’t forget the potential burden on taxpayers. How is it that taxpayers get stuck with the bill when corporations are given immunity from liability? Because the costs do not disappear. What may seem like private losses — medical bills, lost wages, for example — trickle (or gush) down to state and federal taxpayers through increased unemployment insurance costs, Medicaid rolls and personal bankruptcies.
Insulating businesses from financial risk can also lead to more risky environments for workers, leading to more COVID-19 cases, more community spread, more possible disruptions and closures … and again, more taxpayer costs.
And the Senate’s version of the COVID-19 relief legislation would funnel liability lawsuits through the federal courts instead of the state courts — a move that would also further drain taxpayer dollars.
As much as Sen. McConnell says otherwise, the immunity fight is a red herring. Legal immunity will not heal the economy. Congress must act immediately to prioritize effective testing, contact tracing and vaccine development; secure Personal Protective Equipment; sustain reasonable unemployment insurance; and bring accountability and transparently to ensure that the programs intended to provide a lifeline to small business do just that and don’t line the pockets of corporations with easy access to capital.
These are the solutions that will keep the country healthy and allow individual consumer demand to determine which businesses survive. The last thing millions of unemployed Americans need as they continue to recover from the devastating financial impacts of this pandemic is to pay the cost of businesses’ mistakes.
Steve Ellis is the president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a nonpartisan budget watchdog group dedicated to cutting wasteful spending in government.
Legal immunity won’t heal the economy or prevent harm, but it could end up making ordinary Americans pay
The coronavirus relief package unveiled by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his GOP conference last month would make it more difficult to hold businesses responsible for gross negligence, Ellis writes. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)
By Steve Ellis
Posted August 21, 2020 at 3:04pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made a five-year “liability shield” a key demand in negotiations for the next COVID-19 relief legislation. As the country navigates uncharted waters of the pandemic, many types of businesses — nursing homes, retail and restaurants, and health care providers — could receive legislated protection from civil liability for harms (including deaths) their actions may or may not have caused. This news comes on the heels of a letter from 21 of the 26 Republican governors asking Congress to enact pandemic-related civil liability protections.
As a starting point, it is important to remember who is protected by immunity and who is harmed. Immunity from civil liability for negligence does not prevent harm or injury. It simply shifts the burden and costs to the person or group who has been injured — and all too often, to the taxpayer. The legal standard for negligence requires a plaintiff to prove four separate elements: duty of care, a breach of that duty, harm, and a causal connection between the harm and the breach of duty.
Each state has its own case law about what it takes to meet each element, but there are some key commonalities around “duty of care.” Businesses are responsible for taking reasonable care of their employees, customers and neighbors. It is a broad standard: Do we really want businesses that chose not to take reasonable care to suffer no consequences?
The HEALS Act package released by Senate Republicans last month would even make it more difficult to hold businesses responsible for gross negligence, or conduct with reckless disregard for the safety of others. Under the proposal, those reckless companies could defend themselves by saying they tried not to be reckless. Responsible businesses that choose to invest in the safety of their employees and customers may be undercut by competitors who find that going beyond that first effort is too expensive.
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Eliminating liability takes away a critical tool for holding corporations accountable to the individuals putting themselves at risk to keep the economy moving. In the context of the spreading pandemic, establishing a causal relationship will be difficult — people could have contracted the virus almost anywhere, from anyone they encountered. Claims that COVID-19 will lead to unprecedented litigation are simply not supported by the facts. Of more than 4,100 COVID-19 related lawsuits filed, only 75 are for wrongful death or injury as a result of getting sick at work. Two-thirds fall into three categories — insurance disputes, prison cases and civil rights cases, including challenging shelter-in-place orders.
Even more absurd than the general coronavirus-related liability shield is the talk of adding other, unrelated immunity clauses to the relief bills. The oil and gas industry, for example, has been looking to avoid liability for the monumental climate harms and public costs their products have caused — even after they understood how harmful their product was to human health and the climate. One thing I have learned over 20 years as a budget watchdog is that once large legislation gets moving, all sorts of extraneous pieces try to catch a ride.
But finally, we can’t forget the potential burden on taxpayers. How is it that taxpayers get stuck with the bill when corporations are given immunity from liability? Because the costs do not disappear. What may seem like private losses — medical bills, lost wages, for example — trickle (or gush) down to state and federal taxpayers through increased unemployment insurance costs, Medicaid rolls and personal bankruptcies.
Insulating businesses from financial risk can also lead to more risky environments for workers, leading to more COVID-19 cases, more community spread, more possible disruptions and closures … and again, more taxpayer costs.
And the Senate’s version of the COVID-19 relief legislation would funnel liability lawsuits through the federal courts instead of the state courts — a move that would also further drain taxpayer dollars.
As much as Sen. McConnell says otherwise, the immunity fight is a red herring. Legal immunity will not heal the economy. Congress must act immediately to prioritize effective testing, contact tracing and vaccine development; secure Personal Protective Equipment; sustain reasonable unemployment insurance; and bring accountability and transparently to ensure that the programs intended to provide a lifeline to small business do just that and don’t line the pockets of corporations with easy access to capital.
These are the solutions that will keep the country healthy and allow individual consumer demand to determine which businesses survive. The last thing millions of unemployed Americans need as they continue to recover from the devastating financial impacts of this pandemic is to pay the cost of businesses’ mistakes.
Steve Ellis is the president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a nonpartisan budget watchdog group dedicated to cutting wasteful spending in government.
Vic Fangio 'Disappointed' Drew Lock And Other Broncos Quarterbacks Put Team In Difficult Position
Quarterbacks Drew Lock, Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles were pulled off the practice field and sent home after the NFL deemed them high-risk close contacts of Jeff Driskel, who tested positive for COVID.
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Vic Fangio ‘Disappointed’ Drew Lock And Other Broncos Quarterbacks Put Team In Difficult Position
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DENVER (CBS4/AP) – Quarterbacks Drew Lock, Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles were pulled off the Broncos practice field Saturday and sent home after the NFL deemed them high-risk close contacts of Jeff Driskel, who tested positive for the coronavirus on Thanksgiving Day. It turns out, the four Denver QBs had gathered for some film study on their own Tuesday, the players’ day off, “which is commendable,” coach Vic Fangio said after Denver’s 31-3 loss to New Orleans on Sunday.
Drew Lock during practice last week (credit: CBS)
But the four QBs didn’t wear their mandated masks or keep their social distance, something the league discovered in looking at surveillance footage. None were allowed to play against the Saints.
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An hour before kickoff, Lock issued an apology, an explanation and a defense in a lengthy Twitter post.
“In a controlled and socially distanced area, we let our masking slip for a limited amount of time. An honest mistake, but one I will own,” Lock wrote, adding, “I sincerely apologize and I fully understand why these safety precautions are so important. Doing the right thing for a majority of the time is not good enough.”
Fangio, whose team fell to 4-7 with Kendall Hinton as the emergency starter at QB, said he was “disappointed on a couple of levels” that his quarterbacks’ actions put his team and the NFL into a difficult position.
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“We count on them to be the leaders of the team and leaders of the offense and those guys made a mistake and that is disappointing,” Fangio said. “Obviously, I haven’t done a good enough job of selling the protocols to them when they are on their own so part of that could fall on me. I thought I was.
“We have emphasized it a lot and we’re really doing good with COVID up to this point … relative to other teams. There was a failing there and that’s disappointing.”
When the league informed the Broncos that their QBs had violated COVID-19 protocols and had to quarantine, the Broncos pleaded with league commissioner Roger Goodell to postpone their game against the Saints a day or two.
Making that argument were Fangio, who was fined earlier this season for not wearing a mask on the sideline, and two executives in general manager John Elway and team president Joe Ellis who were infected by the virus earlier this month.
“I feel like maybe it could have been moved, but at the same time, maybe the league (was) just making an example of us,” said safety Kareem Jackson.
Fangio demurred when asked if the NFL’s refusal to push the game back was unfair, saying that was a question for Elway or Ellis.
“Terribly unfortunate,” Elway posted on Facebook after the league disqualified his three healthy quarterbacks.
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Michigan is experiencing its highest levels of mortality since early in the pandemic. But COVID’s victims now are typically older and whiter.
Yo, remember to get your heart checked after you pull through. SOME research pointing to high rates of myocarditis. Never can be too careful.I have it now
Tom Cruise yelling at film crew for breaking Covid Safety Protocol
can’t fuck up that money
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Tom Cruise's Covid rant
We want the gold standard. They’re back there in Hollywood making movies right now because of us! Because they believe in us and what we’re doing!
I’m on the phone with every f***ing studio at night, insurance companies, producers, and they’re looking at us and using us to make their movies. We are creating thousands of jobs you motherf***ers.
I don’t ever want to see it again, ever! And if you don’t do it you’re fired, if I see you do it again you’re f***ing gone. And if anyone in this crew does it - that’s it, and you too and you too. And you, don’t you ever f***ing do it again.
That’s it! No apologies. You can tell it to the people that are losing their fing homes because our industry is shut down. It’s not going to put food on their table or pay for their college education.
That’s what I sleep with every night. The future of this f***ing industry! So I’m sorry I am beyond your apologies. I have told you and now I want it and if you don’t do it you’re out. We are not shutting this f***ing movie down! Is it understood?
If I see it again you’re f***ing gone — and you are — so you’re going to cost him his job, if I see it on the set you’re gone and you’re gone.
That’s it. Am I clear?
Do you understand what I want? Do you understand the responsibility that you have? Because I will deal with your reason. And if you can’t be reasonable and I can’t deal with your logic, you’re fired. That’s it. That is it.
I trust you guys to be here. That’s it. That’s it guys. Have a little think about it. . .[inaudible].
That’s what I think of Universal and Paramount. Warner Brothers. Movies are going because of us. If we shut down it’s going to cost people f***ing jobs, their home, their family. That’s what’s happening.
All the way down the line. And I care about you guys, but if you’re not going to help me you’re gone. OK? Do you see that stick? How many metres is that?
When people are standing around a f***ing computer and hanging out around here, what are you doing? And if they don’t comply then send their names to Matt Spooner. That’s it.
At my job...they are tracking all of the new positive cases each month..and sending out daily email updates....
in November we had 90 new cases...in December we had 304...by last count...
and every time somebody tests positive...they are given ten days off...and everybody that had contact with him or her...is given 10 days off....
and then the custodians come in and spray Clorox Total 360...in every room or office...that person may have gone into...
in November we had 90 new cases...in December we had 304...by last count...
and every time somebody tests positive...they are given ten days off...and everybody that had contact with him or her...is given 10 days off....
and then the custodians come in and spray Clorox Total 360...in every room or office...that person may have gone into...
bet. I do be getting heart palpitations from time to time now in my recovery stage.
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UK has two cases of variant linked to South Africa
By James Gallagher
Health and science correspondent
Published23 December 2020
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The UK has detected two cases of another new variant of coronavirus, the health secretary Matt Hancock says.
The cases in London and north west England are contacts of people who travelled to South Africa, where the variant was discovered.
Travel restrictions with South Africa have been imposed.
Anyone who has travelled there in the past fortnight, and anyone they have been in contact with, are being told to quarantine immediately.
The variant has been causing mounting concern in South Africa, where health minister Zweli Mkhize warned that "young, previously healthy people are now becoming very sick".
He said the country "cannot go through what we went through in the early days of the Aids pandemic".
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Scientists in South Africa say the variant has "spread rapidly" and became the dominant form of the virus in parts of the country.
The variant is still being analysed, but the data are consistent with it spreading more quickly.
It was detected for the first time in the UK on Tuesday.
'Explosive outbreaks'
This variant shares some similarities to the one that has already been detected in the UK, although they have evolved separately.
Both have a mutation - called N501Y - which is in a crucial part of the virus that it uses to infect the body's cells.
Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, said: "I think the greatest concern of ours at the moment is the South African one.
"There's certainly anecdotal reports of explosive outbreaks for that virus and very steep increases in case numbers."
At the Downing Street press briefing, Mr Hancock said the new variant was "highly concerning" and that anyone told to quarantine must avoid "all contact with any other person whatsoever".
At the same briefing, he announced millions more people were being moved to Tier 4 on Boxing Day in an effort to control the virus.
She said she was "pretty confident" the quarantine and travel rules would control the spread of the new variant.
Prof Lawrence Young, from Warwick Medical School, said: "The standard measures to restrict transmission (hands, face, space) will prevent infection with this variant.
"The move to harsher levels of restriction across the country is inevitable. "
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How is South Africa responding?
By Farouk Chothia, BBC News
The government tightened restrictions for the festive season, including closing beaches along the famous Garden Route in Western Cape province.
It faced resistance from the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), and some lobby groups, who challenged the decision in the courts, arguing that the closure of beaches would have a devastating effect on small businesses.
But judges upheld the restrictions, saying the government had a duty to protect the health of people.
Western Cape premier Alan Winde said hospitals in the province were under "severe strain". The province had more Covid-19 cases this time around than during the first wave.
South Africa has so far recorded about 950,000 cases and more than 25,000 deaths - the highest in Africa.
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Published23 December 2020
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The UK has detected two cases of another new variant of coronavirus, the health secretary Matt Hancock says.
The cases in London and north west England are contacts of people who travelled to South Africa, where the variant was discovered.
Travel restrictions with South Africa have been imposed.
Anyone who has travelled there in the past fortnight, and anyone they have been in contact with, are being told to quarantine immediately.
The variant has been causing mounting concern in South Africa, where health minister Zweli Mkhize warned that "young, previously healthy people are now becoming very sick".
He said the country "cannot go through what we went through in the early days of the Aids pandemic".
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.View original tweet on Twitter
Scientists in South Africa say the variant has "spread rapidly" and became the dominant form of the virus in parts of the country.
The variant is still being analysed, but the data are consistent with it spreading more quickly.
It was detected for the first time in the UK on Tuesday.
'Explosive outbreaks'
This variant shares some similarities to the one that has already been detected in the UK, although they have evolved separately.
Both have a mutation - called N501Y - which is in a crucial part of the virus that it uses to infect the body's cells.
Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, said: "I think the greatest concern of ours at the moment is the South African one.
"There's certainly anecdotal reports of explosive outbreaks for that virus and very steep increases in case numbers."
At the Downing Street press briefing, Mr Hancock said the new variant was "highly concerning" and that anyone told to quarantine must avoid "all contact with any other person whatsoever".
At the same briefing, he announced millions more people were being moved to Tier 4 on Boxing Day in an effort to control the virus.
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She said she was "pretty confident" the quarantine and travel rules would control the spread of the new variant.
Prof Lawrence Young, from Warwick Medical School, said: "The standard measures to restrict transmission (hands, face, space) will prevent infection with this variant.
"The move to harsher levels of restriction across the country is inevitable. "
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How is South Africa responding?
By Farouk Chothia, BBC News
The government tightened restrictions for the festive season, including closing beaches along the famous Garden Route in Western Cape province.
It faced resistance from the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), and some lobby groups, who challenged the decision in the courts, arguing that the closure of beaches would have a devastating effect on small businesses.
But judges upheld the restrictions, saying the government had a duty to protect the health of people.
Western Cape premier Alan Winde said hospitals in the province were under "severe strain". The province had more Covid-19 cases this time around than during the first wave.
South Africa has so far recorded about 950,000 cases and more than 25,000 deaths - the highest in Africa.
UK has two cases of variant linked to South Africa
Travel restrictions and quarantine rules have been introduced to limit the spread.
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Currently dealing with it now. Tested positive this past Friday. Symptoms have been mostly like a regular cold but have lost my sense of smell and had a few nights where I had hot flashes. My girl tested positive too but she's not exhibiting any symptoms.
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Jessie Cave has revealed that her infant son has contracted COVID-19.
In a lengthy Instagram post shared on Tuesday morning, the 33-year-old Harry Potter actress, who played Lavender Brown in the film franchise, shared a photo of her baby boy, Abraham "Bam" Benjamin, in a small hospital bed alongside a laptop playing a video of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's speech announcing the new coronavirus lockdown in the country.
"I watched the news about lockdown from an isolated room in hospital. Poor baby is COVID positive," Cave wrote of her 11-week-old son. "He's OK and doing well but they are being vigilant and cautious, thankfully."
"This strain is super powerful and contagious so I do hope that people take extra care in the coming weeks," the mother of three continued. "Really didn't want this to be the start of my families new year. Really didn't want to be back in a hospital so soon after his traumatic birth."
"Once again I'm in awe of nurses and doctors," Cave added, before she asked her followers to "wish baby a speedy recovery."
RELATED: Harry Potter's Jessie Cave Welcomes Son Abraham Benjamin After 'Slightly Extreme' Labor
Back in October, the actress revealed that she and comedian Alfie Brown welcomed their third child together. The newborn arrived "in the early hours" on Oct. 22, "just 40 mins after my waters were broken," Cave wrote in a post at the time.
"Slightly extreme but so were his kicks throughout the pregnancy!" joked the mom of her son, who joined older sister Margot, 4, and brother Donnie, 6. She posted an intimate snapshot, taken by Brown, of herself cradling the newborn for the first time in her hospital bed.
"This has been a very different experience to my first two births ... much more humbling, terrifying and out of my control," Cave explained. "We are currently in the neo natal unit but he's a strong boy and it's the safest place for him right now."
"The midwives (Magda & Daisy) and the doctors and neo natal nurses have been amazing (our first one to welcome us into the ward was named Rosaria and she was extremely comforting)," the actress said.
On Monday, Johnson, 56, announced that a national coronavirus lockdown will once again be imposed in England.
Due to the "alarming" spread of the new variant of COVID-19, which was first identified in the U.K. in late December, Johnson said that additional steps needed to be taken or the country's National Health Service risked the possibility of being overwhelmed within the next 21 days.
"Our scientists have confirmed this new variant is between 50 and 70 percent more transmissible – that means you are much, much more likely to catch the virus and to pass it on," he said during a televised broadcast, noting that within the past week, the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations had "increased by nearly a third" to almost 27,000.
The number of deaths has also risen by over 20 percent over the past week "and will sadly rise further," added Johnson, who battled the virus last year.
Starting on Tuesday, schools across the country will close, although nurseries will be permitted to remain open. Residents will also be permitted to leave homes for essential errands, to seek medical attention and escape domestic abuse. The lockdown is expected to last through at least mid-February.
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Jessie Cave has revealed that her infant son has contracted COVID-19.
In a lengthy Instagram post shared on Tuesday morning, the 33-year-old Harry Potter actress, who played Lavender Brown in the film franchise, shared a photo of her baby boy, Abraham "Bam" Benjamin, in a small hospital bed alongside a laptop playing a video of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's speech announcing the new coronavirus lockdown in the country.
"I watched the news about lockdown from an isolated room in hospital. Poor baby is COVID positive," Cave wrote of her 11-week-old son. "He's OK and doing well but they are being vigilant and cautious, thankfully."
"This strain is super powerful and contagious so I do hope that people take extra care in the coming weeks," the mother of three continued. "Really didn't want this to be the start of my families new year. Really didn't want to be back in a hospital so soon after his traumatic birth."
"Once again I'm in awe of nurses and doctors," Cave added, before she asked her followers to "wish baby a speedy recovery."
RELATED: Harry Potter's Jessie Cave Welcomes Son Abraham Benjamin After 'Slightly Extreme' Labor
Back in October, the actress revealed that she and comedian Alfie Brown welcomed their third child together. The newborn arrived "in the early hours" on Oct. 22, "just 40 mins after my waters were broken," Cave wrote in a post at the time.
"Slightly extreme but so were his kicks throughout the pregnancy!" joked the mom of her son, who joined older sister Margot, 4, and brother Donnie, 6. She posted an intimate snapshot, taken by Brown, of herself cradling the newborn for the first time in her hospital bed.
"This has been a very different experience to my first two births ... much more humbling, terrifying and out of my control," Cave explained. "We are currently in the neo natal unit but he's a strong boy and it's the safest place for him right now."
"The midwives (Magda & Daisy) and the doctors and neo natal nurses have been amazing (our first one to welcome us into the ward was named Rosaria and she was extremely comforting)," the actress said.
On Monday, Johnson, 56, announced that a national coronavirus lockdown will once again be imposed in England.
Due to the "alarming" spread of the new variant of COVID-19, which was first identified in the U.K. in late December, Johnson said that additional steps needed to be taken or the country's National Health Service risked the possibility of being overwhelmed within the next 21 days.
"Our scientists have confirmed this new variant is between 50 and 70 percent more transmissible – that means you are much, much more likely to catch the virus and to pass it on," he said during a televised broadcast, noting that within the past week, the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations had "increased by nearly a third" to almost 27,000.
The number of deaths has also risen by over 20 percent over the past week "and will sadly rise further," added Johnson, who battled the virus last year.
Starting on Tuesday, schools across the country will close, although nurseries will be permitted to remain open. Residents will also be permitted to leave homes for essential errands, to seek medical attention and escape domestic abuse. The lockdown is expected to last through at least mid-February.
Nurse Lori Marie Key Sings ‘Amazing Grace’ at COVID-19 Memorial
By Charu Sinha@charulatasinha
Prior to tomorrow’s inauguration day festivities, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris attended a much more somber ceremony on Tuesday night at the Lincoln Memorial. A national memorial ceremony was held to honor the 400,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19, represented by 400 lights illuminated around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. “It’s hard sometimes to remember, but that’s how we heal. It’s important to do that as a nation,” Biden said at the start of the ceremony. The archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, delivered the invocation, and gospel singer Yolanda Adams performed “Hallelujah.” Harris also delivered brief remarks, calling the ceremony a chance to “begin healing together.” She then introduced Michigan nurse Lori Marie Key, who performed “Amazing Grace.” “Working as a COVID nurse was heartbreaking,” Key said. “But when I’m at work, I sing. It gives me strength during difficult times and I believe it helps heal.”
