‘Enough Is Enough’ Two Pennsylvania Counties Defy Governor and Reopen
The elected officials of two counties in central Pennsylvania have decided to reopen before Gov. Tom Wolf lifts the CCP virus lockdown restrictions in their counties. The Dauphin county board of commissioners declared their intention in a letter to the people of the state on May 8, while the elected officials of Lebanon did it in a letter to the governor on the same day. “Enough is enough. It is time to reopen the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and return our state to the people (as prescribed by our Constitution) and not run it as a dictatorship,” Jeff Haste, the Chairman of the Dauphin County Board of Commissioners wrote in the letter. Haste said that since Gov. Wolf imposed the lockdown to control the pandemic it has caused more than 1,793,200…
ROME鈥擜 skier was killed in an avalanche on the morning of May 9 in the Dolomites near the ski resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo in northern Italy, Italy’s alpine rescue corps said.
The victim was a 23-year-old Italian man who was skiing with a group, including his brother, when the avalanche hit, said the rescue corps spokesman, Walter Milan. His body was retrieved by helicopter and taken to Cortina, a ski resort in the Veneto region, which was severely hit by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak that emerged in Italy in late February.
More than 30,000 people have died as a result of the CCP virus in Italy since the crisis started, the third-highest death toll in the world.
Epoch Times staff contributed to this report.
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FDA Approves First COVID-19 Antigen Test for Emergency Use
Federal authorities announced Saturday that emergency-use authorization has been granted for the first antigen test for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in a May 9 release, said the authorization was issued late Friday to Quidel Corporation for an antigen test, a new type of diagnostic test designed for rapid detection of the virus that causes COVID-19. Antigen tests detect the presence of the disease, while antibody tests indicate past infection. FDA chief scientist Denise Hinton said in a letter (pdf) that Quidel’s test, called the Sofia 2 SARS Antigen FIA, that based on the scientific evidence, “it is reasonable to believe that your product may be effective in diagnosing COVID-19, and that the known and potential benefits of your product when…
