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14 minutes ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

This kind of blew my mind...

 

 

Maybe that Batman role really resonated with him...

 

This was pretty well known at the time because he would sponsor or put his name on anything, then, all of a sudden, he's deep into Nespresso. 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/measles-who-cdc-1.5385508

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More than 140,000 people died from measles worldwide in 2018, say health officials, adding they're alarmed by the rapid increase in the easily preventable disease.

The measles virus is highly contagious. It can cause coughing, rashes and fever, and lead to serious complications, such as pneumonia and encephalitis, or brain swelling, especially in children younger than five years old. 

 

The number of measles cases surged globally last year, the World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention reported Thursday.

"Our finding is that in 2018, there's been an increase in both the cases and the deaths that have occurred from measles," Dr. Kate O'Brien, director of WHO's immunization program, said in a video release.

"In other words, we're backsliding."

Measles can be prevented with a safe and effective vaccine that's been used for 50 years, but vaccination rates have stagnated in certain countries for a variety of reasons, O'Brien said.

Reasons include:

  • Those in need aren't getting access to the vaccine because of a lack of public health systems.
  • In communities with widespread access, people's confidence in vaccines is lower after a surge in misinformation about them in general, and measles in particular.

"This is a very high concern for us because families, parents are really vulnerable to misinformation," O'Brien said.

 

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MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Saturday convicted a Muslim professor of blasphemy, sentencing him to death for allegedly spreading anti-Islamic ideas.

Junaid Hafeez has been held for six years awaiting trial. He’s spent most of that time in solitary confinement because he would likely be killed if kept with the general population, local media have reported.

https://apnews.com/2cf2efdb2284dcd922b9c308e3832a8b

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