The sale of beer 🍺 in Germany 🇩🇪 fell by 17,3 % in April, compared to the same period last year, the Federal Statistical Office reported today. The closure of clubs, pubs and most bars, cafés and restaurants, as well as the cancellation of large events and popular parties triggered a domino effect that drastically reduced beer consumption, according to the German brewers federation. - https://www.facebook.com/Alemaniaparati/posts/2998811150164622

The U.S. and Mexico have extended travel restrictions on their shared border until late July, as both countries continue to grapple with a high number of #coronavirus cases.
Both countries announced the decision on Tuesday ahead of a Monday deadline
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Regional officials in western Germany said Wednesday that the number of new COVID-19 cases linked to a large meatpacking plant has risen to 657, a higher figure than many recent daily increases for the entire country. - https://apnews.com/8f3d55200396a30057156299b70689d4

The head of the State Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Coepris), Blanca Pulido Medrano reported, participating in a virtual conference, that 67 businesses are suspended in Baja California Sur, since they have opened even though they do not fall within the Classification of phase 5 of the COVID-19 traffic light. - https://lapazbcs.xyz/suspensions

Mexico's API Baja California Sur issued a tender for the construction and operation of a multi-use cruise facility at the Port of Pichilingue.
This would involve developing a site of 63,496 square meters to include a facility and berth for cruise ship and public use - https://www.bajanews.site/2020/06/pichilingue.html

Biggest crowds ever. Record breaking bullshit!! - https://twitter.com/MichaelRapaport/status/1274486272543780870

La Paz está lista para reactivar su turismo. El destino mexicano reabre sus puertas para recibir a los turistas procurando ambientes seguros, controlados y limpios. - https://www.forbes.com.mx/forbes-life/la-paz-reactiva-operaciones-turisticas-con-altos-protocolos-de-seguridad

As nationwide protests over the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are met with police brutality, John Oliver discusses how the histories of policing and white supremacy are intertwined, the roadblocks to fixing things, and some potential paths forward. - https://youtu.be/Wf4cea5oObY

US-based motor-racing organisation Nascar says it is investigating after a noose was found in the garage stall of African-American driver Bubba Wallace.
Wallace, Nascar's only full-time black driver, successfully campaigned to get the Confederate flag banned from races. - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53132933

The reproduction number (R) of the coronavirus in Germany has risen sharply, the country's center for disease control has said, after an outbreak at a meat processing plant infected hundreds of workers.
The value indicates how much the virus is spreading in the country. A reproduction rate of 1 means each person with coronavirus will infect an average of one other person.
Data published by the Robert Koch Institute puts Germany's R-number at 2.88. Chancellor Angela Merkel has repeatedly said that Germany needs to keep the number below 1 if the country is to successfully combat the virus. - https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/22/europe/germany-coronavirus-reproduction-rate-intl-grm/index.html

Graph shows stark difference in US and EU responses to Covid-19

A reproduction rate of 1 means each person with coronavirus will infect an average of one other person.
Data published by the Robert Koch Institute puts Germany's R-number at 2.88. Chancellor Angela Merkel has repeatedly said that Germany needs to keep the number below 1 if the country is to successfully combat the virus.
In May, Germany's R-number had fallen to 0.75 - https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/22/europe/germany-coronavirus-reproduction-rate-intl-grm/index.html

There was no melt down in Tulsa people. You can front all you want, I watch entire speech #DickStain isn’t going away without a fight. - https://twitter.com/MichaelRapaport/status/1274541502929047552

WHO announced Sunday evening that over 183,000 people had tested positive for coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, the largest ever single-day increase in COVID-19 cases.
Two-thirds of the new cases came from North and South America, which contributed over 116,000 confirmed infections. Brazil alone saw over 50,000 new confirmed cases in that period. - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7qzkx/these-countries-are-still-seeing-large-increases-in-coronavirus-cases

FAUCI: ‘FRUSTRATING’ THAT AMERICANS DON’T LISTEN TO MEDICAL ADVICE: Dr. Anthony Fauci of NIH, Dr. Robert Redfield of the CDC, and Dr. Stephen Hahn of the FDA testify before the House Energy and Commerce committee on the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Last week, Dr. Fauci told CBS News that it is ‘frustrating’ that coronavirus continues to spread in the U.S. because Americans are not following the necessary guidelines and responding to science. - https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=262688195011362

More than 8.7 million Americans with COVID-19 went undiagnosed in March, study says - https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/coronavirus/article243721007.html

The photo, which was upsampled from a pixelated image of the former president, depicted him as a white man and was created through artificial intelligence—bringing up the question of bias in machine learning generative models. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7kpxyy/this-image-of-a-white-barack-obama-is-ais-racial-bias-problem-in-a-nutshell

As the coronavirus spreads, soaring demand for oxygen is bringing out a stark global truth: Even the right to breathe depends on money. In much of the world, oxygen is expensive and hard to get — a basic marker of inequality both between and within countries. - https://apnews.com/df97326ec00fb7cc4abf5b3821ace984

Former defense secretary William Cohen, a veteran Republican senator, says a second Trump administration would mean the end of American democracy. - https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2020/06/23/amanpour-cohen-bolton-trump-second-term.cnn

Pulitzer prize-winning author Anne Applebaum and Dean of SAIS at Johns Hopkins, Eliot A. Cohen talk about why Republicans aren't willing to speak up as President Trump challenges American norms. - https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/06/05/intv-amanpour-anne-applebaum-republican-trump-eliot-cohen.cnn/video/playlists/amanpour-trump/