2020-03-19: Social Media Postees

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Vague emergency legislation gives UK police & 'public health officers' powers to DETAIN suspected Covid-19 sufferers
rt.com | 2020-03-19
The British government is giving police, public health and immigration officers authority to detain those suspected of having coronavirus under a new emergency bill, but it's not clear exactly how the new powers will be exercised. | The proposed powers were outlined in a 329-page emergency bill on Thursday and come as the UK implements more draconian measures to curb the spread of Covid-19. | In explanatory notes provided with the bill, the government says "public health officers, constables and…
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AOC calls for universal basic income and 'Medicare for all'
Eliza Relman | zcomm.org | 2020-03-19
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive lawmakers are calling for a significantly more robust federal-government response to the coronavirus than has so far been proposed by both Democrats and Republicans…
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The Dem Primary is Over, and We Need Bernie Sanders to Lead on Health Care From the Senate
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-19
On Tuesday, I cast a joyless vote for the very much politically doomed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Illinois primary, in an elementary school where hushed whispers and fearful glances had replaced the normal din of an election day. There was no one standing just outside the perimeter hustling me to vote for this …
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Socialist countries response to pandemic shows stark contrast to capitalism
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-19
Minneapolis, MN – As the number of confirmed cases of the viral illness COVID-19 approaches 200,000 worldwide, we can already see how differently issues of public health and human needs are treated in socialist countries vs. capitalist countries. | COVID-19 was first detected in Wuhan, a major city in the People's Republic of China. Local officials took three to four weeks to recognize its significance. Once the threat was clear, the whole of the country and vast resources were mobilized. Everything was shut down to stop the virus in its tracks. People were quarantined at home as new hospitals were constructed, s…
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Trump's Budget Proposal Reveals His Values
Lawrence Wittner | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-19
It is often said that government budgets are "an expression of values." Those values are clear in the Trump administration's $4.8 trillion budget proposal for 2021, unveiled early this February. The budget calls for deep cuts in major U.S. government programs, especially those protecting public health. The Department of Health and Human Services would be…
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Tulsi Gabbard suspends presidential campaign, endorses Biden
rt.com | 2020-03-19
Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has suspended her presidential campaign and endorsed Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden, citing the establishment favorite's primary victories and the coronavirus as her reasons. | Gabbard made the surprise announcement on Thursday in a video posted to her Twitter account, explaining she was dropping out to focus on dealing with the coronavirus epidemic in Hawaii and potentially serving in her National Guard capacity should she be called to action. | The endorsement of Biden came as a particular surprise, given Gabbard's opposition to "regime change wars," a central plank of he…
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What about ending endless wars? Tulsi Gabbard drops out of presidential race and backs …Biden
rt.com | 2020-03-19
Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has suspended her presidential campaign and endorsed Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden, citing the establishment favorite's primary victories and the coronavirus as her reasons. | Gabbard made the surprise announcement on Thursday in a video posted to her Twitter account, explaining she was dropping out to focus on dealing with the coronavirus epidemic in Hawaii and potentially serving in her National Guard capacity should she be called to action. | The endorsement of Biden came as a particular surprise, given Gabbard's opposition to "regime change wars," a central plank of he…
rt.com/usa/483521-tulsi-gabbard-ends-cam…

DIY disaster: CDC tells nurses to 'use bandanas and scarves' as face mask shortage hits US
rt.com | 2020-03-19
The US Centers for Disease Control has advised nurses and frontline healthcare workers to use bandanas and scarves as makeshift masks when caring for Covid-19 patients "as a last resort" should hospitals reach "crisis capacity." | The updated guidance comes during a national shortage of face masks as supplies dwindle amid soaring infection numbers. The CDC acknowledged that the new advice to "use homemade masks (e.g., bandana, scarf) for care of patients with COVID-19," goes against recommended st…
rt.com/usa/483515-bandanas-scarves-cdc-a…

S.C. County Issues Shelter-in-Place with No Shelter or Facilities for Those Outside
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2020-03-19
Several hours ago the County of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency followed up on actions by San Francisco, Marin, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Mateo counties declaring much public assembly a misdemeanor. Meanwhile acting City czar Martin Bernal has declined to provide portapotties, open bathrooms, provide vacant hotel and motel rooms, or declare an eviction moratorium for folks outside and hard-pressed renters inside.
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San Francisco Food Not Bombs Is Sharing Food on Wednesday, March 18
San Francisco Food Not Bombs | indybay.org | 2020-03-19
San Francisco Food Not Bombs will keep its regular schedule during the San Francisco Department of Public Health's Shelter In Place Order.
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Italy's coronavirus toll OVERTAKES China, total cases in Europe pass 100,000
rt.com | 2020-03-19
Health officials in Italy have confirmed a further 427 deaths from Covid-19, pushing the country's overall death toll to 3,405. The figure overtakes the number of total deaths in China from the outbreak. | According to a tally compiled by the AFP, the overall number of cases across Europe has now risen over 100,000. | The latest deaths in Italy are a slight decrease on the previous 24-hour period, in which a record 475 people died in one day from the rapidly-spreading virus. | The outbreak was first recorded in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019, and has since spread around the world at an alarming rate, i…
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Moratorium on Water Shut-offs in Detroit Long Overdue
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a halt to the ongoing water shut-offs in the state of Michigan in the midst of a global healthcare crisis spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic. | In Detroit the suspension of all terminations of water services …
globalresearch.ca/moratorium-water-shut-offs-detroit-long-overdue/5706755

Coronavirus Shock Doctrine
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
Supranational polities, including the World Health Organization (WHO), have created the perception that the coronavirus is a significant global threat

Coronavirus: Scientists warn young people not to be complacent as deaths rise
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-19
The government's top scientific advisers have warned young people not to be complacent over Covid-19 as they urged the public to keep up social distancing measures to protect themselves.England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said the vast majority of people in all age groups would recover but it was a mistake for young people who are healthy to think they would all just "breeze through" the pandemic.He spoke before latest figures revealed that a further 29 people who tested positive had died in England, taking the UK total to 137, and the Bank of England slashed interest rates to a new historic lo…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/03/19/coronavirus-scientists-warn-young-people-not-to-be-complacent-as-deaths-rise/

Texas court stays second execution in a week 'because of coronavirus'
rt.com | 2020-03-19
A Texas appeals court has issued a 60-day stay of execution for convicted murderer Tracy Beatty, citing the "enormous resources" needed to deal with the coronavirus crisis – its second such decision this week. | The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals pressed pause on Beatty's execution on Thursday, explaining in its decision that "the current health crisis and the enormous resources needed to address that emergency" necessitated waiting 60 days before setting a new date. Beatty was convicted and sentenced to death 15 years ago for killing his mother and burying her in his backyard, and was due to be executed next…
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As coronavirus pandemic grows, anger rises against German companies
wsws.org | 2020-03-19
While the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced that the health risk posed by COVID-19 is "high", VW announced its production lines would operate until Friday.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/19/coge…

Silent streets: Life halts, but not for all workers
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-19
This is the first installment of a two-part series featuring interviews with the workers in the service, health, and other sectors who are still going to their jobs each day during the coronavirus crisis–the ones keeping our society functioning. ST. LOUIS–The mood is uneasy. The streets are quiet and show their pain through the paint …
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We're in a Recession, and It's Likely to Get Worse
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-19
The coronavirus epidemic is creating an ongoing teachable moment that could be used to transform the U.S. economy. COVID-19 and the oil war are triggers leading to a recession that has its roots in record corporate and personal debt, longterm low wages and an artificially-inflated stockmarket. The shortcomings of U.S. economic policy, the healthcare system, and workers' rights are being magnified by the current crisis. | Epidemiologists are reporting the coronavirus epidemic will last months, maybe more than a year. A
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Coronavirus Pandemic: Science Sidelined in Trump Rose Garden Fiasco: "Double Collapse of Human and Economic Health, Shutdown of Normal Life"
Derrick Z. Jackson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
Having paved over the science on pandemics, the Trump administration puts up parking lots. Literally. | It wasn't enough that President Trump's Rose Garden declaration of a national coronavirus emergency on Friday disintegrated into a self-congratulatory monologue. It wasn't enough that …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-pandemic-science-sidelined-trump-rose-garden-fiasco/5706685

Minnesota: Hennepin County workers fight back in times of crisis
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-19
Minneapolis, MN – Hennepin County union workers keep fighting for worker and community safety. AFSCME Local 2822 has led the charge, alongside sister Hennepin County AFSCME locals. AFSCME Local 2822 represents almost 1300 clerical workers, including service center representatives, office specialists and library specialists, who do work that cannot be done from home. | Workers won a major victory on March 16, after days of frontline workers and community members speaking out about public health and safety concerns at worksites like licensing service centers, libraries, and human service hubs. Hennepin County final…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/3/18/minnesot…

Current economic disaster is like three neutron bombs dropped on us, market analyst tells Boom Bust
rt.com | 2020-03-19
The US Federal Reserve has been attempting to stop investor panic with its emergency actions, but those moves are like firing "a water gun" when we need "a bazooka," Tobin Smith, CEO of Transformity Research, believes. | Speaking to RT's Boom Bust, the analyst said that the real problem is in the US debt market, as there is four times as much debt than there was in 2008-2009. | "This is as a financial disaster, as a health disaster as an economic disaster

First coronavirus patient dies in Russia: Elderly woman with underlying medical conditions
rt.com | 2020-03-19
A 79-year-old woman, with numerous underlying health conditions, who was diagnosed with Covid-19 has died in an infectious disease hospital in Moscow, the agency for monitoring the situation with the disease reports. | The cause of death was pneumonia against the background of other very severe health problems, including type 2 diabetes, arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease, and arteriosclerosis among other things. | According to Moscow daily Moskovsky Komsomolets her name was Valentina Zubareva, a professor who lectured at the Gubkin Oil and Gas University in the Russian capital. She was still delive…
rt.com/russia/483478-russia-first-corona…

Health inequality: The rich and famous get coronavirus tests first
Michael Biesecker, Michelle R. Smith | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-19
WASHINGTON (AP)–Celebrities, politicians, and professional athletes faced a backlash this week as many revealed that they had been tested for the coronavirus, even when they didn't have a fever or other tell-tale symptoms. That's fueling a perception that the wealthy and famous have been able to jump to the head of the line to get …
peoplesworld.org/article/health-inequali…

Under Capitalism, Every Plague Has a Silver Lining
Charles Pierson | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-19
However grave the calamity, someone will see it as a way to make a buck. COVID-19, which the World Health Organization declared as a global pandemic on March 11, is no exception. Forget about human misery. The private sector and the Trump Administration see the coronavirus as an opportunity. Because under capitalism, every plague has…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/19/under-capita…

On the Front Lines of the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Doctor's View
Michael Pappas | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-19
Coronavirus has officially hit the United States. Throughout the country, there have been anywhere between 1600 and 3600 confirmed cases and 41 deaths. This number is likely a gross underestimate of the actual number of cases, as the U.S. has only tested a small proportion of the population. Meanwhile, top health officials in Ohio estimate 100,000 people could have potentially already been…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/19/on-the-front…

For the 1st time since outbreak, China reports NO NEW LOCAL COVID-19 CASES
rt.com | 2020-03-19
Mainland China has had no new local coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours

What the Coronavirus Says about Us
John Feffer | zcomm.org | 2020-03-19
Trump's message to governors on lifesaving medical equipment

Canadian government's Coronavirus response: Tens of billions for business, a pittance for healthcare and workers
wsws.org | 2020-03-19
While the Liberal government is handing the corporate elite virtually unlimited supplies of cash, it is placing working people and their families on rations amid a global pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/19/caco…

ACLU Demands the Release from Prisons and Jails of Communities Vulnerable to COVID-19
ACLU-NC | indybay.org | 2020-03-19
ACLU Also Calls for Release of People Currently in Pretrial Detention Because of Cash Bail to Prevent a Public Health Crisis…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/19/1883166…

Front-line nurses and doctors face dire shortages of personal protective equipment
wsws.org | 2020-03-19
There are mounting fears among health care workers that they are running unacceptable risks because of the lack of equipment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/19/prot…

China reports no new Covid-19 cases in Wuhan and Hubei province
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-19
China has recorded no new cases of Covid-19 in Wuhan or in the surrounding Hubei province, officials said. | Wuhan had previously reported thousands of new cases of coronavirus infection daily, overwhelming its health care system. | The country's health ministry said early on 19 March that results over the past 24 hours showed 34 new cases, all detected in people arriving from abroad. | Eight new deaths were reported, all in Wuhan. | Of those new cases of infection, 21 were in Beijing, nine in the southern manufacturing centre Guangdong, two in Shanghai and one each in coastal Zhejiang and Heilongjing in the far…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/03/19/china-reports-no-new-covid-19-cases-in-wuhan-and-hubei-province/

Covid-19 and the Need, Right Now, For a Universal Basic Income
Daniel Raventós, Julie Wark | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-19
Apart from the medical threat revealing a brutal class divide in healthcare, the coronavirus pandemic is creating social and economic havoc among non-rich populations. If ever the need for a universal basic income was evident, it is now. But governments, trying to save the neoliberal system, and making the most of the disaster to lay the foundations for a new round of disaster capitalism, won't see it. To give a couple of examples of this catastrophe profiteering, laissez-faire entrepreneur par excellence, Sir Richard Branson, wants a £7.5 billion government bailout for his airline, and Trump has proposed a…
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Colombia: Senators Ask Duque for More Decision to Halt Covid-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-19
More than 60 Colombian lawmakers and senators Thursday asked President Ivan Duque to take more forceful measures in the face of the health emergency caused by the Covid-19. | RELATED: | Colombian and Venezuelan Ombudsmen Unite Against COVID-19 | They argued that while reconnecting water to thousands of homes is fine, Colombians need four things that the government is not doing. | Mandatory isolation is the most effective measure. However, for people to stay at home, the government mu…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Senator…

On the Front Lines of the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Doctor's View
Dr. Michael Pappas | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-19
Coronavirus has officially hit the United States. Throughout the country, there have been anywhere between 1600 and 3600 confirmed cases and 41 deaths. This number is likely a gross underestimate of the actual number of cases, as the U.S. has only tested a small proportion of the population. Meanwhile, top health officials in Ohio estimate 100,000 people could have potentially already been…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/19/on-the-front…

DIY disaster: CDC tells nurses to use 'use bandanas and scarves' as face mask shortage hits US
rt.com | 2020-03-19
The US Centers for Disease Control has advised nurses and frontline healthcare workers to use bandanas and scarves as makeshift masks when caring for Covid-19 patients "as a last resort" should hospitals reach "crisis capacity." | The updated guidance comes during a national shortage of face masks as supplies dwindle amid soaring infection numbers. The CDC acknowledged that the new advice to "use homemade masks (e.g., bandana, scarf) for care of patients with COVID-19," goes against recommended st…
rt.com/usa/483515-bandanas-scarves-cdc-a…

Not Giving Up on Happiness: Care of the Self and Well-Being in a Plague Year
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-19
The specter of plague haunts our world, and it brings with it not only the ghouls of disease and death but vast economic and social uncertainty of a sort only the most elderly among us remembers (the Great Depression and World War II). My father is 90 and when I called him a child of …
truthdig.com/articles/not-giving-up-on-h…

Economists Demand Trump Immediately Lift Iran, Cuba, Venezuela Sanctions
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-19
A group of economists and policy experts on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump to immediately lift the United States' crippling sanctions against Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, and other countries, warning that the economic warfare

Hungarian government uses coronavirus epidemic to promote racism
wsws.org | 2020-03-19
As throughout Europe, the coronavirus is spreading rapidly in Hungary.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/19/hung…

Convoy of Italian army trucks haul away corpses as local crematorium flooded with coronavirus dead (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-03-19
The Italian military has been called in to help transport dead bodies as the northern city of Bergamo reels from the ongoing coronavirus epidemic. The city's crematorium is reportedly now working around-the-clock. | The head of Lega Nord, Matteo Salvini, posted a photograph on Twitter showing a seemingly endless line of army trucks moving their way through the Italian town, located in the Lombardy region. | L'Esercito porta le bare fuori da Bergamo, per la cremazione fuori dalla Lombardia, una terra messa a prova durissima, che lotta senza tregua contro il male. | àà un'immagine straziante, che colpisce…
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India locks down Kashmir as it reports 1st case of coronavirus, Sri Lanka postpones election
rt.com | 2020-03-19
India blocked roads in Kashmir on Thursday after the insurgency-torn region reported its first case of coronavirus. The development comes as several other parts of the country imposed restrictions on public gatherings in attempts to prevent the spread of epidemic. | Dozens of people in Kashmir told Reuters they had been prevented from leaving their neighborhoods on Thursday because roads were blocked by police and paramilitary units. | Srinagar's senior superintendent of police Haseeb Mughal said that road blockades across the valley had been imposed to prevent the spread of the virus. | Elsewhere in densely-p…
rt.com/newsline/483494-india-locks-kashm…

Collectivism by the Chinese People Played Indispensable Role in China's COVID-19 Fight
Xinhua | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-19
It is indeed a "people's war" against the epidemic, which demonstrates China's ability to mobilize huge resources and its sheer national strength while relying on its people to win. | *** | China has stabilized the COVID-19 epidemic situation in a short …
globalresearch.ca/collectivism-plays-indispensable-role-china-covid-19-fight/5706690

French govt ready to extend lockdown if necessary, interior minister says
rt.com | 2020-03-19
France's 15-day lockdown ordered by President Emmanuel Macron to curb the coronavirus epidemic could be extended if necessary, according to Interior Minister Christophe Castaner. | "The 15-day period may be extended. If necessary, the government will re-conduct it," Castaner told Europe 1 radio station on Thursday. | Since Wednesday morning, the police deployed to enforce the lockdown have carried out 70,000 controls and handed out 4,095 tickets to those flouting the lockdown, Reuters quoted Castaner as saying. | The minister said earlier that 100,000 police would be deployed to enforce the lockdown, and check…
rt.com/newsline/483475-france-government…

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