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WNUR News’ Daily Briefing – January 31, 2022
COVID-19 case rates, Wild Onion, Shooting in Rogers Park, Spotify, Joe Rogan, Freedom Convoy in Ottawa
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Speaker 1 00:00:03 Good morning and welcome to the daily cash w and you are daily news. I'm your host. Iris worked out with a few things you need to know today. It's 9:00 AM central on Monday, January 31st week four of classes at Northwestern revealed an overall decrease in the number of cases from the week prior. However, the COVID-19 positive case rate increased slightly as fewer people took tests. Students can get asymptomatic testing at the Jacob center from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM on weekdays with those displaying symptoms using the Northwest side testing entrance between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM on weekdays wild onion. Co-op announced Saturday that it will lease a new store in Rogers park. Wild onion market is a community owned grocery store dedicated to making food supply more transparent, fair, and inclusive for Illinois farmers and local producers. The new store will be leased at 7 0 0 7 north Clark street in Chicago and constructionist set to begin this spring, two men were shot in Logan square on Sunday morning with one victim in serious condition.
Speaker 1 00:01:17 The two men were shot in the 2, 2 0 0 block of north humbled Boulevard just before 5:35 AM on Sunday. The 44 year old was shot in the thigh and went to humbled park hospital where he is in good condition. The 33 year old man was grazed in the head and although take into humble park hospital was later transferred to Stroger hospital and is in serious condition. Spotify has received criticism over the weekend as a number of famous artists have threatened to leave the platform. If comedian Joe Rogan continues to host a show, the Joe Rogan experience on Spotify Rogan has been accused of spreading misleading claims regarding COVID-19, including claiming that healthy young people and children don't need vaccines, which goes against CDC recommendations. Artists such as Neil young Joni Mitchell and Nils Lofgren have announced that they are removing their music off the platform. On Sunday. Spotify said they will release a content advisory on any podcast episode. That includes COVID-19 discussion, directing listeners to trusted sources.
Speaker 1 00:02:29 Canadian truckers have protested the vaccine mandate enforced on truckers, crossing the U S Canada border over the weekend and Ottawa thousands of these protesters identify as part of the freedom convoy, a protest that was set to reach Ottawa on January 29th. The vaccine mandate was enforced by the government of Canada on January 15th by prime minister, Justin Trudeau, who left Ottawa on Saturday for safety reasons. Ottawa police have reported multiple monument desecration and several incidences involving the appearance of swastika flags around 90% of Canada's cross border truckers are now vaccinated. And the U S side of the border also requires foreign truck drivers for vaccine proof upon century. That's all for today's daily task live from WMU I'm Irish horse.
