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COVID hospitalizations in New York jump 40 percent since Thanksgiving to 4,222 but Gov Cuomo says people are spending HALF as long in hospital and the death rate of inpatients has dropped from 23% in March to 8%

COVID hospitalizations in New York have jumped more than 40 percent since Thanksgiving. Statewide statistics on Friday showed the total number of hospitalizations on December 3 at 4,222. On November 24 - the day before the Thankgiving holidays - hospitalizations were at 2,982. Sixty people died yesterday. Currently the statewide positivity rate is 4.79% and in the state's micro-clusters it's now 7.35%. Again this is a jump from last week when 3.62% positivity was reported statewide with 5.28% in the micro-clusters.  Governor Cuomo revealed on Friday that the death rate among hospitalized COVID patients in the state of New York has dropped from 23 percent in March and April to just eight percent and people are spending half as long in the hospital.    EMTs arrive at Elmhurst Medical Center on April 10, 2020 in New York City. Since then, the rate of death among hospitalized patients has dropped from 23 percent to just 8 percent The rate of hospitalization is increasing but it'

Ex-healthcare CEO, 74, dies of COVID-19 after telling granddaughter he was 'excited to get the virus now so he could see his grandchildren at the holidays'

The former CEO of a Wisconsin healthcare system who said he was excited to get COVID-19 because it meant he would be able to see his grandchildren again after he recovered has died of complications caused by the virus.  Rexford 'Ford' Titus, 74, was considered a titan of healthcare in the state, having led as president and CEO of ProHealth Care until his retirement in 2010 after 42 years.   He passed away on November 16 in AngelsGrace Hospice in Oconomowoc, a hospice he opened, after telling his grandchildren that he had been looking forward to seeing them again for the holidays.   He had hoped that recovering from the virus would mean he would not catch it over the holidays, and he would be free to see his grandchildren.  'We were on the phone talking about how he was so excited, not necessarily excited…but excited to have COVID so he could not have COVID. So he could see his grandkids again this winter,' his granddaughter Ali Dickinson told CBS 58 of her last conversa

Joe Biden says his inauguration will NOT have million-strong crowd on the National Mall or a parade and says it will look like Democrats' all-virtual convention

President-elect Joe Biden says his inauguration January 20th won't have an assembly of a million cheering fans on the Mall – nearly four years after President Trump's presidency got off to a rocky start after false claims about crowd size. Biden framed the issue in terms of the coronavirus, and referenced his 'virtual' party convention, which also shattered norms amid the pandemic.  He said he would perform the traditional swearing-in at the Capitol – considered an important symbol of the transfer of power, even as President Trump continued to call the election 'rigged' in a way that could undermine Biden's legitimacy.  President-elect Joe Biden said his inauguration would 'closer to what the convention was like' than typical inaugural' The way it was: Crowds gather before Barack Obama is sworn in for the first time on January 20, 2009 Biden says keeping people safe is his first consideration for his Jan. 20 inauguration. He said it will be '

It's the new McCarthyism, says Cambridge philosophy don as he blasts 'woke' constraints on freedom of speech in higher education 

Dr Arif Ahmed - a philosophy professor at Cambridge - has branded 'woke' constraints on freedom of speech in higher education an academic version of McCarthyism A philosophy professor at Cambridge has branded 'woke' constraints on freedom of speech in higher education an academic version of McCarthyism. Dr Arif Ahmed was speaking out as his university is being balloted to approve a policy requiring students and staff to be 'respectful' of others' views. Critics fear it could be used to shut down debate over transgender issues and other controversial topics, leading to the 'no platforming' of speakers considered 'disrespectful'. A fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Mr Ahmed is leading the Campaign for Cambridge Freedom, which wants to amend the policy to require differences of opinion to be 'tolerated' rather than 'respected'. 'A lot of people feel as if they're living in an atmosphere where there are witch-hunts go

Tycoons whose firm fitted Grenfell Tower with flammable cladding and 'stretched the truth' about tower's fire safety cash in £123 MILLION shares

Bosses at the firm whose flammable insulation was fitted on Grenfell Tower have cashed in company shares worth £123million since the inferno, the Daily Mail can reveal. Directors at Kingspan sold three million shares before the business was last month accused of selling hazardous building products at the inquiry into the disaster. Last night survivors and bereaved relatives labelled the profits ‘disgraceful and disgusting’. Chairman and founder Eugene Murtagh made an astonishing £76million, while his son Gene, the chief executive, raked in almost £22million. Gene Murtagh, pictured with his wife Orla, is the Chief Executive of Kingspan, who sold the cladding which was used in Grenfell Tower, cashed in shares worth £22 million in the company. His father Eugene, who founded the firm, sold shares worth £76 million  Mr Murtagh purchased a sea front property in Dublin for an estimated £6.8 million  The sale helped the Murtagh family become the fifth richest family in Ireland, with a combined

John Lennon's last interview: How Beatles star shared his feelings about Paul McCartney, homesickness and dreams for the future in a moving encounter with Radio 1 legend Andy Peebles

Even for a famous presenter on BBC Radio 1 who had interviewed countless household names, a meeting with one of the most famous musicians on the planet promised to be a thrilling exclusive. Yet little did Andy Peebles know that his audience with John Lennon — the former Beatle’s first interview in a decade — was fated to become the most important obituary in the history of pop music. Just two days after they met in December 1980, and while Andy was on his flight back to London, Lennon was gunned down in cold blood by Mark Chapman outside his New York apartment block. This Tuesday it will be 40 years since that appalling event generated instant news-flashes and headlines worldwide. It was only when his plane landed at Heathrow that Andy learnt of the tragedy. Still in shock, he found himself delivering live tributes on radio and television, for domestic and foreign media, as the last British journalist to have seen Lennon before he died. But far from it being a career-defining moment, t

'The day I nearly jumped': Rugby league legend Wally Lewis reveals how close he came to killing himself while battling depression as he opens up on the highs and lows of his life - and the bizarre way he was conceived

Rugby league legend Wally Lewis has shared how his battle with depression almost saw him take his own life. The Queensland icon, who owned the State of Origin arena in the 1980s and early 1990s, considered killing himself at his home in Brisbane when his wife Jackie was out one day running errands. It followed Lewis having brain surgery in 2007 to combat daily seizures he had kept a secret since 1980.  Only close friends Gene Miles, Paul Vautin, Wayne Bennett and Allan Langer knew of his condition and they were all sworn to secrecy.  Wally Lewis with his family, including actor Lincoln Lewis and water polo star Jamie-Lee Lewis (also left) Dubbed 'the most popular man in Queensland', Wally Lewis will always be viewed as a footy legend 'I had suicidal thoughts (after brain surgery) and found myself crying uncontrollably, for no reason,' Lewis wrote in his recently released autobiography My Life, according to the Courier Mail. 'I needed someone with me at all times.

Marvel star Letitia Wright LIKES tweets calling for her to be recast and Black Panther sequel to be cancelled as she is slammed online for sharing COVID anti-vax video asking if the vaccine will implant 5G antennas inside people

Black Panther star Letitia Wright has liked tweets calling for her to be recast in the movie’s sequel or for it to be completely canceled after she doubled down on her anti-vaccine views on social media. The British star was slammed throughout Friday after sharing a conspiracy theorist video which asked if the injection will implant 5G antennas inside people or create human animal 'chimeras'. Fans and even co-star Don Cheadle reacted, unleashing a frenzy of complaints about her views, with some saying that another actress should be found to take her role following the comments. Wright’s character, Shuri, had been slated to take on a more prominent role in the Black Panther sequel following the death of the Marvel hit’s star Chadwick Boseman earlier this year. The 27-year-old Guyana-born actress liked several of the tweets that called for her to be recast, as she continued her Twitter tirade claiming that people are 'canceled' as soon as you 'don't conform to pop