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The Week In News that it’s effective against the disease. “Here’s my evidence: I get a lot of positive calls about it,” Trump said on Monday. “So far, I seem to be OK.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called Trump’s decision to take hydroxychloroquine “reckless.” “I know him saying he is taking it, whether he is or not, is reckless, reckless, reckless. It gives people false hope, has people avoid real medical attention, and can actually cause them trouble. It is just dangerous what he did,” Schumer said on MSNBC. The White House later Monday released a memo from the president’s physician saying the two discussed the use of hydroxychloroquine and determined “the potential benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risks.” “In consultation with our inter-agency partners and subject matter experts around the country, I continue to monitor the myriad studies investigating potential COVID-19 therapies, and I anticipate employing the same shared medical decision making based on the evidence at hand in the future,” presidential physician Sean Conley wrote.
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Melon Heads
Looking to conceal their identity, a pair of thieves used watermelons as face masks when they went to rob a convenience store in a small town in Virginia. The burglars drove up in a stolen pickup truck with empty watermelons on their heads. They had cut out holes for the eyes so they could see what they were stealing. “This is definitely not something you see very often in Louisa,” Police Chief Tom Leary said. “We’re a really nice, quiet town, with a lot of hardworking people and something like
this is pretty unusual.” After releasing photos of the fruity felons and asking for people to call in with tips on the case, authorities arrested the duo.
Use Your Noodle
Want to eat out? You may have to use your noodle – your pool noodle, that is. A café in Germany has been asking patrons to wear hats with foam swimming noodles attached to encourage social distancing while dining outside. Café & Konditorei Rothe, in Schwerin, Germany, posted a picture of the scene to its Facebook page. Diners can be seen sitting at separate tables wearing the octopus-like hats and enjoying the spring day. No word on how to have a serious conversation with your spouse if you’re both wearing pool toys on your heads.
Social Distancing – to the Max Think you’ve become somewhat of a social distancing expert? This job may be for you. NASA has announced that it is seeking a team of social isolation experts to spend eight months locked in a Russian lab to help collect data for future missions to the moon and Mars. Selected candidates will spend the time in a closed facility with “environmental aspects similar to those astronauts are expected to experience on future missions to Mars.” The team will also conduct scientific experiments similar to those NASA expects future astronauts to attempt on missions to the moon and
Mars. NASA is hoping to study the psychological and physiological effects astronauts are likely to face as a result of isolation on long missions. “As many around the world are staying at home in response to the global coronavirus pandemic, NASA is preparing for its next spaceflight simulation study and is seeking healthy participants to live together with a small crew in isolation for eight months,” the agency said in a statement. NASA’s Artemis program is working on a plan to send humans to the moon for the first time since the agency’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Hope they pack enough hand sanitizer for the journey.
the shore, Morris realized that the leg probably belonged to someone. He decided to try and find the owner. With the help of his dad, they started a Facebook page to spread the word. After few days, they found out that the leg belonged to surfer Carter Hess. Hess had been surfing at the beginning of April and got hit by a large wave and lost his fake leg. Although his friends endeavored to find it, they weren’t able to locate the appendage. A few weeks later, his friends showed him the Morrises’ Facebook page, and Hess realized that his lost leg had been found. The two newfound friends met up, and now Hess is reunited with his leg. They all plan to go diving together in the near future.
A Leg Up
Purr-fect Match?
While scuba diving, 13-year-old Sebastian Morris expected to find some unusual things on the ocean floor. What he found, though, really floored him. Morris was just three miles off the coast of Panama City, Florida, with his dad when something caught his eye. “It kind of shined...so my natural reaction is, OK, it might be treasure, so I’ll go take a look,” Morris told CNN. He dove down and tried to free it from the sand. After several attempts, it was still stuck. His dad saw the struggle and came over to help. After one final tug, they realize the object they had been trying to free was a prosthetic leg. “My first reaction was ‘Oh my gosh, that’s hilarious!’ So many thoughts were going through my head, like how did he lose it?... What happened and why did he have a lost leg?” Morris said. When they were heading back to
A California man is seeking to raise money for an animal shelter by holding a wedding ceremony to marry his cat. Scott Perry said he adopted his cat, Olivia, from Los Angeles Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in 2015 and that she has since become his constant companion. After being quarantined with the feline for the past two months, Perry has decided to marry his furry companion. He will even have a “registry” for the new couple – a fundraiser for the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. According to Perry, the event will be livestreamed over his Instagram page. I wonder what they’ll be serving at the wedding feast.
