After the Lockdown: A Global Coronavirus Vaccination Program
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-24
The tendency is towards a Worldwide lockdown spearheaded by fear and media disinformation. Currently, hundreds of millions of people Worldwide are under lockdown. | What is the next step in the evolution of the COV-19 Crisis? | A coronavirus vaccine program was …
globalresearch.ca/after-the-lockdown-a-global-coronavirus-vaccination-program/5706547
The Not-So-Shocking Report on Israeli Weapons Exports
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-24
The Middle East region, battered by wars and adjoining humanitarian crises that have left millions of people stateless, hungry and diseased, is in urgent need for peace, security and reconstruction. Thanks to the US, Russian, French, Israeli and other weapons manufacturers, however, it is now the dumping ground for military hardware, an ominous sign for …
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California Nurses Association protest in Oakland against lack of protective gear
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-03-24
Last Friday, I watched around 4 first responders from a fire truck in Oakland respond to the needs of someone that was hauled off to the hospital. I was shocked that the first responders were not wearing any protective gear or N95 respirators. Barely three days later, nurses from the California Nurses Association and National Nurses United held a protest Monday evening March 23, in front of Kaiser Permanente in Oakland. They protested against the lack of protective gear and weakening of standards by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) needed to protect them from getting sick during the coronavirus COVID-19 pand…
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Trump, putting Profit Motive and Reelection over Public Health
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-03-24
How Trump is Undermining Coronavirus Social Distancing Strategy…
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All Marin Parks to be Closed Amid COVID-19 Spread
LKPMCPR | indybay.org | 2020-03-24
Ignoring epidemic rules, crowds seeking recreation fill Marin's open areas. Food workers in delis and markets endangered.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/22/1883173…
'Why did we vote?' French election officials sick a week after controversial ballot held amid Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-03-24
Holding a nationwide election during an epidemic may not seem like the wisest move, but France went along with it. Fast forward a week, and some people who made the voting possible report they have contracted the coronavirus. | The first round of municipal elections in France took place on March 15, even as the government was shutting down non-essential public venues and calling on people to stay at home
Albert Uderzo, legendary artist behind 'Asterix and Obelix' comics, dies aged 92
rt.com | 2020-03-24
The co-creator of 'The Adventures of Asterix' comic book series, Albert Uderzo, has died aged 92 at his home, his family announced. He passed away from a heart attack in his sleep, after several weeks of weakness. | The death was not related to the coronavirus epidemic currently ravaging France, Uderzo's son-in-law told AFP. | Asterix is an iconic French comic book series focused on the ancient Gauls standing up to the war machine of the Roman Empire
Egypt imposes nighttime curfew, partially closes shops to fight coronavirus spread
rt.com | 2020-03-24
The Egyptian government has imposed a two-week long curfew and is shutting down shops and restaurants to curb the spread of the coronavirus epidemic in the country. | The curfew will be in force between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. starting Wednesday and apply to all citizens and transport, Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly announced in a televised address. Violators would be subjected to fines and prison terms. | Businesses will have to stay shut between 5 p.m. and 6 a.m. on all days except Fridays and Saturdays, when they will not be allowed to open at all. | Cafes and restaurants will be allowed to deliver foo…
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Death By Tweetstorm: a Win-Win for Trump
John Galbraith Simmons | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-24
For lack of respirators, patients with severe respiratory distress from COVID-19 will die as the epidemic unfolds. A drug to treat the disease is urgently needed. But the US press subjected news about hydroxychloroquine, a potential treatment, to an excess of caution in response to a Trump tweetstorm. Journalists and health care professionals alike were whipsawed by the president's irresponsible ballyhooing of the drug amid deprecatory assertions of "anecdotal" evidence by Anthony Fauci at the CDC.
counterpunch.org/2020/03/24/death-by-twe…
"Rare Disease" Status Potentially Limitis Affordability
Sharon Lerner | zcomm.org | 2020-03-24
"It's absurd that this would happen in the middle of an epidemic when everything is in short supply."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/rare-disease-statu…
New Zealand health workers speak out on lack of preparation for COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-03-24
One nurse told the WSWS: "All the health workers are just going to get infected themselves, and then there's going to be nobody to look after anybody."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/24/intv…
Italy's Misleading Figures on the C-Virus
repost | indybay.org | 2020-03-24
In addition to false positives from the C-virus testing kits, we have these figures from Italy's Italian Institute of Health (ISS):…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/20/1883169…
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' message to warehouse workers: Keep working despite coronavirus threat
wsws.org | 2020-03-24
After strikes by US and European Amazon workers over the danger to their health, the company's billionaire CEO feigned concern while insisting that workers keep pumping out profits.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/24/bezo…
French Site Helps Decide About Seeking Health Care
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-03-24
French government health site provides simple, direct questionnaire to help health care provider quickly decide if you need medical attention. Here is an English translation.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/23/1883175…
EPA Proposes to Restrict Applied Public Health Scientific Research in Midst of Coronavirus Pandemic
Michael Halpern | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-24
The Environmental Protection Agency moved today to restrict the types of research that can be used in public health protection decisions and scientific assessments. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the agency is recklessly giving the public just 30 …
globalresearch.ca/epa-proposes-broad-science-restrictions-midst-coronavirus-pandemic/5707132
Covid Catastrophe: Trump Fiddles While America Burns
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-03-24
Covid Catastrophe: Trump Fiddles While America Burns…
thenation.com/article/society/coronaviru…
Real Estate Interests Seek Limits on Proposed Eviction Moratorium in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz News Network | indybay.org | 2020-03-24
Santa Cruz Together is calling for a 90-day "repayment period" to be written into the proposed emergency eviction moratorium ordinance on the agenda of tomorrow's Santa Cruz City Council meeting. The ordinance seeks to, "protect the health, safety, and welfare of the larger community by preventing residential or commercial evictions for non-payment of rent as a result of economic losses related to the coronavirus pandemic to avoid further homelessness and loss of jobs and employment opportunities within the community," according to the meeting's agenda packet. Santa Cruz Together fought rent control and other ren…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/23/1883175…
Florida residents on COVID-19 pandemic: "There is no way we can go longer than a month at this rate."
wsws.org | 2020-03-24
Workers and students spoke with the WSWS about lack of supplies, limited testing, and growing concerns over the economic, social, and health impact on their families and friends.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/24/flco…
China's first locked-down province of Hubei, where coronavirus originated, to reopen on March 25
rt.com | 2020-03-24
Beijing is lifting travel restrictions on Hubei Province on Wednesday, as China's fight against Covid-19 is yielding positive results. Even constraints on the city of Wuhan, where the virus first emerged, will be lifted in April. | Residents will once again be allowed to travel in and out of the country's central Hubei Province starting from March 25, the regional health commission announced on Tuesday. Travel bans in the region's capital, Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak started, will be lifted on April 8. | Wuhan was the first city in China to be quarantined, and along with several of Hubei's other majo…
rt.com/news/483909-china-to-lift-hubei-l…
At Port of Oakland, ILWU Tells SAA We Want Health/Safety Protection from COVID-19
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-03-24
ILWU Local 10 and 34 leaders and rank and file had a press conference in front of SSA in Oakland demanding that they have proper health and safety in their port jobs. Tra-Pack was forced to clean the equipment and they are demanding the same action from SSA. They also discussed the issue of the conditions of the Grand Princess Crew docked in Hunters Point…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/20/1883169…
Europe's coronavirus death toll passes 10,000
wsws.org | 2020-03-24
The coronavirus crisis has exposed how Europe's health and social care services face collapse after decades of being underfunded, privatised and de-staffed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/24/euro…
COVID-19 hits Nevada: Catastrophic job losses coupled with woefully inadequate health care infrastructure
wsws.org | 2020-03-24
Hundreds of thousands of workers have been laid off and Nevada's sparse health care infrastructure is buckling as community spread of coronavirus takes hold.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/24/lvcv…
President Rouhani says about half of Iran's state workers are staying home
rt.com | 2020-03-24
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday about half of all government employees were staying at home as part of measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak. | Another measure to contain the outbreak, the temporary release of prisoners, will be extended until the end of the current Iranian month of Farvardin, about April 18, he said, according to state TV. | Iran is one of the hardest hit countries outside China. The country's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak increased by 122 in the past 24 hours to 1,934, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Tuesday. | The total number of people…
rt.com/newsline/483931-rouhani-iran-stat…
Germany: Appalling lack of protective equipment in COVID-19 outbreak
wsws.org | 2020-03-24
It is still virtually impossible to be tested for the life-threatening virus and there is a lack of protective marks and other urgently needed equipment for health care workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/24/geco…
Five Demands for Emergency COVID-19 Survival
Dave Id | indybay.org | 2020-03-24
With the Bay Area and now all of California on coronavirus lockdown, millions going without paychecks and health insurance, prisoners and unsheltered folks at great risk of contracting the virus, wheatpaste posters have gone up in Oakland making five reasonable demands to increase our collective chance at survival.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/22/1883172…
Beijing to quarantine & test ALL foreign arrivals for Covid-19 as outbreaks accelerate outside China
rt.com | 2020-03-24
China's capital city has stepped up measures to detect and contain those carrying the coronavirus, isolating all travelers arriving from other countries and testing them for the lethal pathogen, the state-run Beijing Daily newspaper reported on Tuesday. | Starting on March 25, Beijing health authorities will require anyone traveling to the capital from overseas to enter centralized quarantine and undergo an RNA test for the virus, part of enhanced containment measures adopted as Covid-19 hotspots flare up across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in Asia. | Those who arrived in China over the past 14 days will…
rt.com/newsline/483906-beijing-test-quar…
Irish politician urges legal action over 'thugs' taking part in 'Corona Challenge'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-24
A Fianna Fail TD (MP) has called for legal action to be taken against people joking about having coronavirus while deliberately coughing into others' faces. | Kildare North TD James Lawless said "thugs" are taking videos of themselves coughing into people's faces and posting them online as part of the so-called Corona Challenge. | The party's spokesperson on science, technology, research and development said it is a serious offence to cause another person to believe they have become infected with a disease. | t.co/ir4PQiglo4 |
Covid-19 cases in Germany surge by 4,700+ in one day, with 28 new deaths
rt.com | 2020-03-24
A total of 4,764 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded across Germany, with 28 deaths, the federal Robert Koch Institute (RKI), which releases daily monitoring of the disease, announced on Tuesday. | Overall, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus grew from 22,672 to 27,436 within one day, RKI reported. There have been 28 new deaths, bringing the nation's death toll to 114. | Germany has a relatively low death rate from Covid-19 compared to other nations, but remains among the hardest-hit countries in terms of people infected. | Several German states, including Bavaria and Saxony, introduced quarantine mea…
rt.com/news/483912-germany-coronavirus-c…
UN calls for respecting human rights in COVID-19 fight
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-24
UN experts on Tuesday called on governments to respect human rights while combatting the coronavirus pandemic.In a joint statement by the chairs of the 10 UN Treaty Bodies, the experts called on states to ensure equal access to health care to all without any discrimination."Only by including all people in COVID-19 strategies can the pandemic be combatted," said Hilary Gbedemah, chairwoman of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.Experts also warned states to take extra care of vulnerable people such as "elders, people with disabilities, minorities, indigenous peoples, refugees, asylum s…
yenisafak.com/en/news/un-calls-for-respe…
Saudi Arabia reports first coronavirus death, an Afghani resident
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-24
Saudi Arabia has recorded its first death from the coronavirus in a 51-year-old Afghani resident, Health Ministry spokesman Mohammed Abdelali told a televised news conference on Tuesday.The man's health deteriorated quickly after reporting to a hospital emergency room in the city of Medina and he died on Monday night, Abdelali said.
yenisafak.com/en/world/saudi-arabia-repo…
COVID-19 accelerating rapidly, Europe, US main drivers
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-24
COVID-19 is accelerating rapidly globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday, with Europe and the United States the main drivers of 85% of the cases in the past 24 hours."The outbreak is accelerating very rapidly, and the case number we have received overnight will put that up considerably," WHO spokeswoman Dr. Margaret Harris said at a briefing held online by the UN in Geneva. | The Johns Hopkins University of Medicine put the number of cases worldwide at nearly 384,000, with around 17,000 confirmed deaths.Harris said: "Sadly, the number of deaths will increase considerably."So, 85% of cases rep…
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Bangladesh's opposition leader Khaleda Zia to be freed from jail
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-24
Bangladesh will suspend the jail sentence of its ailing former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia and release her for a period of six months, the nation's law minister said on Tuesday."We have decided to release her on humanitarian grounds as per the instructions of the prime minister," Law Minister Anisul Huq said at a media briefing. "She can receive treatment staying at her home, but she cannot go abroad."Khaleda, 74, who has twice been prime minister, has been in jail since she was convicted in a graft case in February 2018. Her health has been deteriorating for months and she was moved to a hos…
yenisafak.com/en/world/bangladeshs-oppos…
Olympics-Tokyo Games delayed to 2021, easing athletes' angst
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-24
The Tokyo Olympics were postponed on Tuesday into 2021, the first such delay in the Games' 124-year modern history, as the coronavirus crisis wrecked the last international sporting showpiece still standing this year.Though a huge blow to Japan, which invested $12 billion in the run-up, the decision was a relief to thousands of athletes fretting over how to train as the world headed into lockdown over the disease that has claimed more than 16,500 lives.Pressure had been building on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its powerful president Thomas Bach, with some athletes and sporting bodies critical of…
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Two Indian Security Personnel Killed in Incident in Kashmir
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-24
New Delhi (Sputnik): Despite steps taken by the government to provide a healthy environment, Incidents of fratricide, where a person kills another person and then commits suicide, are often reported in the Indian army.
sputniknews.com/india/202003241078692147…
Coronavirus Tip for Sex Workers: Reverse Cowgirl Yes, Missionary No
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-24
The social distancing rules born out of the coronavirus pandemic have taken their toll on the sex industry, but there are still those who are seeking intimacy
Peace groups: Stop US troops from arriving in Darwin
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-03-24
Healthcare Kerry SmithIssue 1258 Australia COVID-19 Australian Defence Force United States defence forcesMarch 24,…
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Britain: Mass deaths, mass poverty, mass repression
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-03-24
Healthcare Neil Faulkner Phil HearseIssue 1258 Britain COVID-19March 24, 2020Callousness, incompetence, and cynicism
Get mad, but don't let them divide us
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-03-24
Healthcare Zebedee ParkesIssue 1258 Australia COVID-19March 24, 2020Over the past few weeks, politicians and the media have been blaming ordinary working people for the spread of the coronavirus. This is a calculated move to divide us and quell rising anger about their own i…
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Trump intensifies murderous Iran sanctions during COVID-19 crisis
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-23
As Iran struggles to contain COVID-19, the US has imposed new sanctions that further weaken the Iranian economy and health…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/23/trump-intensi…
The Pathogenic Profits System: Beyond Begging, Praying, and Capital
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-23
We live in an age of Orwellian untruth where falsehood is the norm. One key falsehood worth unmasking is the claim that the current COVID-19 stock market decline, soon to usher in a full-on recession, is a "black swan"
"Hope Is Not a Strategy": Emergency Doctor Asks, Where Are COVID-19 Tests? Where Is Protective Gear?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-23
As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. rises to more than 35,000, doctors are facing a desperate lack of supplies, and tests continue to lag. We speak with Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University. She previously served as Baltimore's health commissioner. She says healthcare workers are "putting their lives on the line every day" as they work in hazardous conditions with inadequate supplies, including N95 respirator masks. "First we're going to run out of masks, and then we're going to run out of doctors and nurses, because they'll become…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/23/dr_leana_…
Ten years after Affordable Care Act, former Obama official's group offers COVID-19 plan
United States of Care | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-23
United States of Care is a non-partisan non-profit group working to build and mobilize a movement to improve health care. It is made up of patients, caregivers, advocates, clinicians, policymakers, and business, civic, and religious leaders. It is headed by Andy Slavitt, former acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under President …
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Justice Dept reassures Americans only judges can suspend their constitutional rights during coronavirus epidemic
rt.com | 2020-03-23
The US Department of Justice has reassured Americans freaked out by a request to Congress for powers of indefinite detention without trial by explaining that only judges
#Where'sJoe? Biden pledges to hold Covid-19 'briefings' after disappearing for week amid speculation over whereabouts
rt.com | 2020-03-23
Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden has promised to address the nation about the coronavirus epidemic "soon" as critics wonder where he's been for the last week
At War With Ourselves
Anthony Freda | thenation.com | 2020-03-23
Coronavirus threatens our health and our liberty.
thenation.com/article/world/at-war-with-…
If We Run Out of Masks, We're Going to Run Out of Nurses, Says Emergency Doctor
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-23
As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. rises to more than 35,000, doctors are facing a desperate lack of supplies, and tests continue to lag. We speak with Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University. She previously served as Baltimore's health commissioner. She says healthcare workers are "putting their lives on the line every day" as they work in hazardous conditions with inadequate supplies, including N95 respirator masks…
truthout.org/video/if-we-run-out-of-mask…
Who is it? Speculations are rife as WH press corps journo tests positive for coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-03-23
A member of the White House Correspondents' Association has tested positive for coronavirus, the group has revealed, triggering feverish speculation as to who the unlucky journalist might be
US States Release 'Low-Risk' Inmates Over COVID-19 Spread
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-23
Thousands of 'low-risk' inmates in at least 16 U.S. states are being released in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in crowded jails and prisons. | RELATED: | Iran Temporarily Frees 85,000 Inmates As Pandemic Worsens | "Jails can be incubators for disease so we have to take bold and drastic steps," New Jersey's Attorney General Gurbir Singh Grewal said, adding this measure is made to protect the health of prisoners and limit COVID-19 effect in prison population. | T…
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Coronavirus: Latest updates from across the world
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-23
Covid-19 has infected hundreds of thousands of people across the globe.Here are the latest updates:
COVID-19 in the Caribbean: Overview of the Situation, Outbreak
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-23
In the wake of the coronavirus global outbreak, the Caribbean Public Health Agency has raised the risk level in the region from "moderate to high" to "very high." | Governments in the region are focusing on precautionary measures such as mandatory quarantines and restrictions for travelers arriving from countries with important numbers of infected people, including China and the United States. | RELATED: | Africa, Latin America Fragile Targets for Coronavirus Spread | Here is an…
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