Activists Call for Health Measures to Prevent Coronavirus at Immigrant Jails
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-10
As the world responds to the COVID-19 outbreak, we look at how the Trump administration's immigration policies may put everyone at risk. We go to Seattle, Washington, not far from the Life Care Center in the suburb of Kirkland, which was the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak. In nearby Tacoma, Washington, our guest says she saw posters in English only when she went to visit immigrants held in the Northwest Detention Center, which is run by private prison company GEO Group. We speak with…
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Coronavirus Pandemic in U.S. Fueled by Stunted CDC Budget & Lack of Access to Healthcare, Insurance
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-10
The coronavirus pandemic has now infected more than 113,000 people worldwide, and killed more than 4,000. We are joined by two epidemiologists to examine the response so far around the world and in the United States. Thomas Bollyky is director of the global health program, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of the book "Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World Is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways." We're also joined by Alfredo Morabia, professor of epidemiology at the Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment at Queens College, City University of New York, and edit…
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Money for wars but not vaccines? Bernie panel ladles harsh truths as Americans face paying out-of-pocket for coronavirus treatment
rt.com | 2020-03-10
A panelist who took part in a coronavirus roundtable hosted by presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders scoffed at the idea that free vaccines to combat the illness would be untenable, noting that there's always cash to fund US wars. | The Vermont senator assembled a group of medical professionals in Detroit on Tuesday to discuss how the United States could best deal with the ongoing health crisis. | During the question and answer session, one audience member highlighted how Sanders has promised to provide free vaccines against the illness, and asked how the self-described democratic-socialist plans to pay for it.
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Money for wars but not vaccines? Bernie panel ladles harsh truths as Americans face paying out-of-pocket for coronavirus treatment
rt.com | 2020-03-10
A panelist who took part in a coronavirus roundtable hosted by presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders scoffed at the idea that free vaccines to combat the illness would be untenable, noting that there's always cash to fund US wars. | The Vermont senator assembled a group of medical professionals in Detroit on Tuesday to discuss how the United States could best deal with the ongoing health crisis. | During the question and answer session, one audience member highlighted how Sanders has promised to provide free vaccines against the illness, and asked how the self-described democratic-socialist plans to pay for it.
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"Even a Fox News Audience Agrees": Sanders Rebuts Claims His Views Are "Extreme"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-10
During a Fox News town hall Monday night in Dearborn, Michigan on the eve of the state's crucial Democratic presidential primary, Sen. Bernie Sanders made the case that
Civil Disobedience in the Time of Climate Crisis
H. Patricia Hynes | zcomm.org | 2020-03-10
The judge ruled that the potential environmental and public health impacts of the pipeline
Cal-OSHA, Coronavirus, Worker Dangers & Crisis In CA with Dr. Larry Rose, Former Director
Pacifica | indybay.org | 2020-03-10
Dr. Larry Rose, former Cal-OSHA Medical Director talks about the serious staffing crisis at the agency with only 1 doctor and 1 nurse for California's 19 million workers. | He also talks about how this effects the health and safety of not only workers but the public and the growing corruption scandal in the state government with former DIR Director Christine Baker who had her daughter in a no-show job paying over $120,000 a year.
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With 17 confirmed cases of coronavirus, Polish hospitals teeter on the brink of collapse
wsws.org | 2020-03-10
The breakdown of the Polish health care system is a direct result of the restoration of capitalism and decades of social cuts in which all bourgeois parties have been complicit.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/10/pola…
The Fed's Baffling Response to the Coronavirus Explained
Ellen Brown | truthdig.com | 2020-03-10
When the World Health Organization announced on Feb. 24 that it was time to prepare for a global pandemic, the stock market plummeted. Over the following week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by more than 3,500 points, or 10%. In an attempt to contain the damage, the Federal Reserve on March 3 slashed the fed funds rate from 1.5% to 1.0%, in its first emergency rate move and biggest one-time cut since the 2008 financial crisis. But rather than reassuring investors, the move fueled another panic sell-off. | Exasperated com…
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Greece: New Democracy government deepens attacks on pensions
wsws.org | 2020-03-10
Pension legislation maintains the increase in the pension age to 67, including for unhealthy and hazardous occupations, with more increases on the horizon.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/10/pens…
More Health Care Workers Are Self-Quarantining as Coronavirus Spreads
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-10
As the U.S. battles to limit the spread of the highly contagious new coronavirus, the number of health care workers ordered to self-quarantine because of potential exposure to an infected patient is rising at an exponential pace. In Vacaville, California, alone, one case
National Guard to lock down New Rochelle, NY in coronavirus quarantine
rt.com | 2020-03-10
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered the state National Guard to New Rochelle, a town in the affluent Westchester County, to enforce a two-week COVID-19 coronavirus quarantine. | The troops will help clean and deliver food in the designated "containment area" in a one-mile (1.6 km) radius around the area where the contagion appears to have originated, until the lockdown is lifted on March 25. | "It is a dramatic action, but it is the largest cluster of cases in the country," Cuomo said at a news conference on Tuesday. "The numbers are going up unabated, and we do need a special public health strategy for…
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Germany sees rapid increase in coronavirus infections and first deaths
wsws.org | 2020-03-10
The massive spread of the coronavirus in Germany shows both the government's indifference towards the dangers for the population and the precarious state of the country's health care system, which has been systematically run down in recent years.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/10/germ…
Leading by example: Indian deities don masks to 'spread awareness' about coronavirus (PHOTO)
rt.com | 2020-03-10
Deities at a Varanasi temple in Uttar Pradesh, India have been sporting an unusual look lately
Van Damme eat your heart out: Russian gymnast Anastasia Nazarenko amazes New Yorkers with stretching skills (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-03-10
Russian rhythmic gymnast Anastasia Nazarenko may have retired but she remains in incredible shape
New York sending in National Guard to handle virus
Marina Villeneuve, Olga R. Rodriguez | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-10
New York's governor announced Tuesday he is sending the National Guard into a New York City suburb to help fight what is believed to be the nation's biggest cluster of coronavirus cases
The Fed's Baffling Response to the Coronavirus Explained
Ellen Brown | truthdig.com | 2020-03-10
When the World Health Organization announced on Feb. 24 that it was time to prepare for a global pandemic, the stock market plummeted. Over the following week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by more than 3,500 points, or 10%. In an attempt to contain the damage, the Federal Reserve on March 3 slashed the fed funds rate from 1.5% to 1.0%, in its first emergency rate move and biggest one-time cut since the 2008 financial crisis. But rather than reassuring investors, the move fueled another panic sell-off. | Exasperated com…
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CalGEM prerulemaking hearing about the health harms of fossil fuel extraction
Climate health now | indybay.org | 2020-03-10
Greenlining Institute, | 360 14th St., Oakland‚Äã, ca…
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With 17 confirmed cases of coronavirus, Polish hospitals teeter on the brink of collapse
wsws.org | 2020-03-10
The breakdown of the Polish health care system is a direct result of the restoration of capitalism and decades of social cuts in which all bourgeois parties have been complicit.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/10/pola…
Germany sees rapid increase in coronavirus infections and first deaths
wsws.org | 2020-03-10
The massive spread of the coronavirus in Germany shows both the government's indifference towards the dangers for the population and the precarious state of the country's health care system, which has been systematically run down in recent years.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/10/germ…
More Health Care Workers Are Self-Quarantining as Coronavirus Spreads
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-10
As the U.S. battles to limit the spread of the highly contagious new coronavirus, the number of health care workers ordered to self-quarantine because of potential exposure to an infected patient is rising at an exponential pace. In Vacaville, California, alone, one case
(Trump's) Coronavirus Denial Won't Make It Go Away
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2020-03-10
Organizers Discussion: This is not a NIMBY (Not-In-My-Backyard) moment, for Oakland or the Globe. SF has announced $5 million in emergency public health spending. It's a start. But it doesn't even begin to address the inequality of government response in the U.S., let alone the international community. "Covid-19 is not the same for everyone – and has the power to expose and deepen cracks in our social compact," says Nicholas Agar in New Zealand, www.newsroom.co.nz/2020/03/10/1075058/co….
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China: 14 Temporary Hospitals Closed for Covid-19 Reduction
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-10
After a month of strict isolation and quarantine measures, the Chinese city of Wuhan, in Hubei province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, announced Monday the closure of 14 temporary hospitals, due to low levels of infection in the territory. | RELATED: | First Case of Coronavirus Reported in Colombia and Peru | Although there are still 19,000 people hospitalized nationwide because of the epidemic, Wuhan authorities announced that, due to the low level of infection reported…
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UAW Michigan Workers On Elections, Coronavirus, GM Strike, Democracy & Internationalism
Pacifica | indybay.org | 2020-03-10
Pacifica and WorkWeek reporter Steve Zeltzer interviews UAW 909 Detroit retiree Frank Hammer and UAW 598 Flint Truck Assembly worker Sean Crawford about primary elections in Michigan as well as the struggles for auto workers. They also discuss the lack of protection from the coronavirus epidemic expanding into US auto plants. They also discuss the corruption crisis in the UAW, green technology and international solidarity efforts by auto workers.
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Japanese PM Abe & Capitalist Governments Helped Escalate Coronavirus Epidemic
Organizing Committee of March 11 Anti-Nuclear | indybay.org | 2020-03-10
The Organizing Committee of March 11 Anti-Nuclear Power Plant Fukushima Action has warned that the Coronavirus outbreak is a man made disaster which is being used by the reactionary Abe government to prevent mass testing of the population. It has also stopped testing the people of Fukushima.
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Draconian response to coronavirus may be worse for global economy than epidemic itself
rt.com | 2020-03-10
The Covid-19 outbreak has been taking its toll on global supply chains and economic growth, but how governments are tackling the problem could have far worse economic consequences, an expert tells RT. | "A medical threat turned into international economic calamity, with these quarantines, these shutdowns, this frenzy and this hysteria. It's becoming enormously disruptive to international commerce and actually even to domestic [US] commerce," said Jeffrey Tucker, the editorial director at the American Institute for Economic Research. | The epidemic left hundreds of flights grounded and many international events…
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Italy in lockdown as coronavirus restrictions extended nationwide
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-10
Italy extended coronavirus travel restrictions previously limited to the country's north to the whole country on Tuesday, with soldiers and police enforcing bans.Some 9,172 people have been infected with Covid-19 in Italy, with 463 deaths, and there is a growing sense that the numbers will only worsen. | "We're only at the beginning," said Dr Massimo Galli, head of infectious disease at Sacco Hospital in Milan, where people at the city's main railway station were required to sign forms certifying the necessity of their travel.However, the Italian government assured its citizens that supermarkets will remain open…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/03/10/italy-in-lockdown-as-coronavirus-restrictions-extended-nationwide/
Gunners coronavirus fears: Arsenal release statement after Olympiacos owner reveals he has illness
rt.com | 2020-03-10
Arsenal have reassured fans that none of their staff members have reported coronavirus symptoms after it emerged that the owner of recent opponents Olympiacos had tested positive for the disease. | The Gunners played Greek team Olympiacos across two legs in the UEFA Europa League last 32, with the second of those games being played at the Emirates Stadium in London on February 27. | Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis
Delays in Testing Allow Coronavirus to Spread
David R. Kimball | indybay.org | 2020-03-10
In the U.S., delays in testing for coronavirus are enabling the disease to spread rapidly and undetected.
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Coronavirus: Politically Created Panic is the Real Pandemic
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-10
As of early March, there were fewer than 200 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the United States. Nonetheless Congress passed, and US president Donald Trump signed, an $8.3 billion "emergency funding" bill theoretically related to containing the disease. Had the federal government done nothing at all, the "beer flu" might have conceivably have…
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Czech Health Ministry Confirms 40 Coronavirus Cases
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-10
PRAGUE (Sputnik) – The Czech Health Ministry confirmed two new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, which brings the total number of those infected to 40, and noted that one of the patients in Prague, a taxi driver, had no contact with people coming from countries affected by the epidemic.
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EU Parliament chief under self-quarantine as precaution
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-10
The head of the European Parliament said he was in self-quarantine at his Brussels home as precaution after having traveled to Italy over the last weekend."COVID-19 obliges everyone to be responsible and to be cautious", David Sassoli said in a statement."For this reason, I have decided after having been in Italy […] to follow the indicated measures and to exercise my function as President from my home in Brussels in compliance with the 14 days indicated by the health protocol," Sassoli added.Italy is one of the worst affected countries from coronavirus with 463 deaths and 7,161 confirmed cases.The European Par…
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Airlines suspend flights from, to Israel over outbreak
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-10
Domestic and international airlines temporarily suspended flights to and from Israel over the coronavirus outbreak. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday asserted that the government has decided to quarantine all passengers arriving to Israel from abroad for 14 days. | "This is a tough decision, but it is essential to maintain public health," Netanyahu said, "and public health precedes everything." | The Hungarian Wizz Air company decided to suspend its flights to and from Israel until March 23, according to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation. | Also, the "Times of Israel" news website said on T…
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Iran coronavirus deaths reach 291, cases at more than 8,000
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-10
Iran's death toll from coronavirus infections jumped on Tuesday to 291 and the total number of infections rose to more than 8,000, the health ministry said.Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur announced on state television that in the last 24 hours the number of new infections was 881, bringing the total to 8,042, and that another 54 patients had died.
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French coronavirus death toll jumps by 5 to total of 30
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-10
The death toll in France from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 30 from 25 a day earlier, the French public health authority said on Tuesday.
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EU drugs regulator say no shortages yet, steering group to monitor
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-10
The European Union's healthcare regulator said that no drug shortages or supply disruptions have been reported in the region but that an EU steering group had convened to prevent supply bottlenecks due to the coronavirus outbreak."As the public health emergency develops, shortages or disruptions cannot be excluded," the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said in a statement on Tuesday.EMA said that it, the European Commission and national health authorities had organised the first meeting of the EU Executive Steering Group on shortages of medicines caused by major events to head off potential supply disruptions.
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Shia Cleric calls to ban Friday prayers in Iraq to prevent spread of coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-10
Prominent Iraqi Shia cleric Ali al-Sistani on Tuesday urged people to abide by the ban on mass prayers to avoid the spread of coronavirus in the country. | Al-Sistani made this statement on his official website responding to a question on performing mass prayers in the light of coronavirus spread. | "These gatherings are banned to limit the spread of coronavirus, it must be heard and taken seriously," al-Sistani said.Since Feb. 24, 73 cases of and seven deaths from coronavirus have been reported in Iraq.The disease has spread to 110 countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) that declared the out…
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Turkey aims daily salt consumption under 5 grams
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-10
Turkey aims to reduce daily salt consumption per capita to 5 grams, according to the country's Health Ministry.The ministry plans to achieve this by making the necessary arrangements at school canteens with the cooperation of relevant ministries, as well as representatives of the food sector.The world is marking Salt Awareness Week from March 9 to 15 to help raise awareness of the damaging effects of too much salt to our health.According to the World Health Organization (WHO), adults should consume less than 5g of salt per day.The Turkish Health Ministry's diet guide says that high salt consumption can lead to ca…
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Amid COVID-19 constraints, UN women's commission meets to push gender equality forward
news.un.org | 2020-03-09
Despite constraints imposed by the new coronavirus disease, activists for gender equality gathered at UN Headquarters on Monday for the latest session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), to reinforce the message that women's rights are human rights.
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Don't Expect a Democratic President to Roll Back Trump's Policies
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-09
America's health care, its poor, its black and Hispanic minorities and the contest between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders don't amount to a hill of beans in the Middle East. And many American voters
Facts, lies, and the uninsured: Making sense of Medicare for All
Donald Donato | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-09
The White House and a rabid pack of right-wing media have set out on a fear-mongering campaign aimed at Medicare for All. Filed by presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on April 10, 2019, the "Medicare for All Act" (S.1129) would establish a universal single-payer health program for all U.S. residents. The bill has …
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Coronavirus and Ebola Show We Can't Leave Vaccine Development to Big Pharma
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-09
Five years after an Ebola epidemic killed more than 11,000 people across West Africa, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced at the end of December 2019 that Merck, the behemoth, for-profit pharmaceutical company based in New Jersey, had received approval for an Ebola vaccine. | But this is hardly a success story. In fact,…
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As US coronavirus cases top 500, Italy initiates mass quarantine
wsws.org | 2020-03-09
The World Health Organization has emphatically stated that the international community needs to take immediate action to curb the impact of the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/09/coro…
Coronavirus: PM holds Cobra meeting as minister warns against sports shutdown
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-09
Cancelling sports events and shutting museums and galleries due to coronavirus would be "premature", the culture secretary has said, as the prime minister gathered ministers for an emergency Cobra meeting to discuss the next steps to tackle the illness.While some other European countries are cancelling mass gatherings or limiting the number of people who can attend big events, Oliver Dowden said there are "no plans" for Britain to follow suit.Dowden insisted the government is following the advice of health officials and, while the situation is kept under review, there is currently "no need" to cancel big events o…
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Italy, Israel, Others Take Extensive Measures as Virus Spreads
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-09
Dozens of countries worldwide took extensive and unprecedented measures Monday in an effort to halt the rapid spread of the coronavirus, including a total lockdown of Italy and weeks-long quarantines. | RELATED: | Oil Falls 30% As Saudi Arabia Slashes Prices, Sparks Price War | "Now that the virus has a foothold in so many countries, the threat of a pandemic has become very real," said World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. | "The great advantage we h…
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Modi government leaves millions of Indians vulnerable to coronavirus
wsws.org | 2020-03-09
Given India's high population density and dysfunctional public health system, its population is threatened by any rapid spread of the coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/09/modi…
Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Trump-aligned Pressure Group Pushes to Stop Medicine Sales to Iran
Eli Clifton | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-09
Despite a massive coronavirus-related public health crisis, an anti-Iran pressure group with close ties to the Trump administration is urging major pharmaceutical companies to "end their Iran business," focusing on companies with special licenses
As US coronavirus cases top 500, Italy initiates mass quarantine
wsws.org | 2020-03-09
The World Health Organization has emphatically stated that the international community needs to take immediate action to curb the impact of the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/09/coro…
It's Not Just Pence. Evangelicals Are Leading US Coronavirus Response
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-09
If you've been following the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak, you probably saw at least some snippets of President Trump's visit to the CDC last Friday. It will stand as one of the most astonishing appearances by this or any other president
Will the Establishment's Neoliberal Model of Drug Profiteering Finally Kill Us All?
John Buell | commondreams.org | 2020-03-09
President Trump has spent a substantial part of his presidency demeaning and defunding the CDC. (Photo: Feature China/Barcroft Media/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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