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2020-05-12: Social Media Postees

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Trump Regime Hardliners Want Social Security and Medicare Eliminated
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
Social Security and Medicare are insurance programs, not welfare

Coronavirus and Dodgy Death Numbers
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
Not only are the coronavirus models being used by WHO and the most national health agencies based on highly dubious methodologies, and not only are the tests being used of wildly different quality, that only indirectly confirm antibodies of a …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-death-numbers/5712605

Bernie Sanders' interview with the Washington Post: The thin gruel of Democratic Party politics
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
Sanders glossed over the reality of the health and economic catastrophe facing millions of workers and made no mention of the corporate bailouts for which he has voted in the Senate.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/sand…

Cuba Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Its Fight Against COVID-19
Orinoco Tribune | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
The French organization Cuba Linda has recommended awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Cuban medical brigades for their efforts to eradicate COVID-19. | "The international community is witnessing the solidarity of health professionals who leave their country to provide services and | …
globalresearch.ca/cuba-nominated-nobel-peace-prize-fight-against-covid-19/5712594

U.S. hand in recent assaults on Cuba, Venezuela
W. T. Whitney Jr. | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-12
Secretary of State Pompeo loudly condemns Iranian border guards who abused Afghans crossing into Iran. He castigates China's supposed failings with the COVID 19 pandemic. He and President Trump rail against dictatorship they see in Venezuela. They protest Cuba's "slave doctors"

[Research Paper] Mapping of variations in child stunting, wasting and underweight within the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2000–2017
ISDBICC | thelancet.com | 2020-05-12
CGF indicators have improved in India, but there are substantial variations between the districts in their magnitude and rate of decline, and the inequality between districts has increased in a large proportion of the states. The poor correlation between the national surveys for CGF estimates highlights the need to standardise collection of anthropometric data in India. The district-level trends in this report provide a useful reference for targeting the efforts under NNM to reduce CGF across India and meet the Indian and global targets.
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We don't need empty praise: Nurses' unions demand better protection, rights
Anish R | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-12
May 12 is globally observed as International Nurses Day. The day marks the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, who revolutionized healthcare and introduced modern nursing. This year, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses have come out to tell us that they have been left behind. | A virtual press conference held by Public Services International (PSI), on the eve of the Nurses Day, had unions from different parts of the Asia-Pacific region talk about the monumental challenges during the pandemic. According to the South-East Asian Regional Office (SEARO) of the World Health Organization, at this time, the Asia-P…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/12/we-dont-n…

Essential For Survival: The Need Of Global Solidarity
The People's Collective | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
People are dying, every day. Many people are dying too early. People are dying through war, poverty, disease, lack of healthcare or lack of food. People are dying of starvation. Now, in the year 2020, a new disease is spreading around the globe, killing hundreds of thousands and affecting everybody's life.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/11/1883297…

South Africa: COVID-19 Crisis Unmasks Dangers of Profit Oriented Healthcare
Salimah Valiani | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
The pandemic has shown the need for medical care and interventions that have nothing to do with profit. But not even SA's proposed National Health Insurance would fit the bill. | *** | Covid-19 has been linked to a number of truth …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-dangers-commodified-healthcare/5712640

Face Masks Pose Serious Risks to the Healthy
Dr. Russell Blaylock | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
"By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain."

Over 5 million people now suffering food insecurity in lockdown
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-12
The UK has been in official COVID-19 lockdown since March 23 and, just like in other countries, the disruption to the economy has hit people already in a more vulnerable position the hardest. These include people on low incomes or in precarious work situations; or who are dealing with long-term physical or mental health conditions. This issue of …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/over-5-million-people-now-suffering-food-insecurity-in-lockdown/

Empowering local services is key to fighting virus, says public health expert
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-12
A leading public health expert has urged the government to drop its top-down "command-and-control" response to coronavirus (Covid-19) to give the UK the best chance to fight future spikes in infections. | Andrew Lee said empowering local services is the key to tackling the further outbreaks he expects as the country learns to live with Covid-19, but said these surges will be geographically specific. | Dr Lee, who is reader in global public health at Sheffield University, said the key to controlling these outbreaks is speed of response and the current centralised system is too slow to react. | He said: "We just ha…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/12/empowering-local-services-is-key-to-fighting-virus-says-public-health-expert/

Spanish govt orders 2-week quarantine for incoming travelers on May 15-24
rt.com | 2020-05-12
The government in Madrid has ordered a two-week quarantine for all travelers coming into Spain from May 15 in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. | Incoming travelers will have to remain indoors and will only be allowed to go outside for grocery shopping, health center visits and in "situations of need," according to an official order published on Tuesday. | The quarantine has been enforced for all travelers entering the country between May 15 and at least May 24, when the state of emergency is due to end. | The quarantine order can be extended jointly with possible state of emergency extensions…
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Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump's Increased Water Exports Plan
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
In a statement, Mike Conroy, executive director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (PCFFA), said, "This is a big victory for west coast salmon fishing families and the communities which are dependent upon healthy salmon stocks throughout the State."
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France's Earlier Detection of COVID-19 Raises Questions on Global Origin
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-12
The emergence of Covid-19 was first reported by the authorities in China on December 31, as acknowledged by the World Health Organization. But that emergence does not necessarily mean the pandemic originated in China. | By January 30, 2020, a WHO situation report cited nearly 8,000 cases of the respiratory disease globally in 18 different countries. The vast majority of the infections at that stage were in China. It has since exploded to four million cases in virtually all 194 nations with the United States hostin…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/12/fr…

UNICEF ships fifth cargo of protective supplies to Iran amid COVID-19 outbreak
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

In criminal pursuit of profits, Tesla CEO Elon Musk restarts production at California facility
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
In open defiance of local public health authorities, Musk sent 10,000 workers back to work Monday, dramatically increasing the likelihood of the spread of COVID-19 throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/tesl…

Cuba to Begin Mass-Scale COVID-19 Testing
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
Dr. Francisco Durán, national director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, reported on Sunday that a considerable part of the population will be given tests to detect possible positive cases of COVID-19. | Durán explained that a …
globalresearch.ca/cuba-begin-mass-scale-covid-19-testing/5712578

Singapore plans coronavirus tests for all migrant workers as some businesses reopen
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Singapore plans to test all 323,000 migrant workers living in cramped dormitories that have become a hotbed for coronavirus in the city-state, the government said on Tuesday. The island's tally of 24,671 infections is one of Asia's highest, with the vast majority among migrant workers squeezed into often unsanitary dormitories. | "The taskforce has drawn up a plan to allow migrant workers residing in the dormitories… to be progressively cleared so they can be safely returned to work when the time comes," Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said. | Infections in the dormitories had "stabilized," Gan added, with the…
rt.com/newsline/488436-singapore-tests-m…

World Health Organization warns premature return to work risks resurgence of pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reiterated his warnings Monday that a premature return to work without adequate measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic risks a second wave of infections.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/viru…

Iran coronavirus updates: 1,401 new coronavirus cases, 48 deaths
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Science Saturday: Regenerative approaches could foster healing from COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
Regenerative Medicine aims not only to repair or restore the function of cells, tissues or organs, but also the whole person. The latter is particularly important amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Regenerative approaches draw on the body's natural abilities to heal, focus on establishing the healing environments and building new, healthy ways of functioning. These aspects of regenerative …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/sc…

Mayo hospitals again receive 'A' grades for patient safety
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
ROCHESTER, Minn.

Latinx Communities & Accessing Reproductive Health Care During COVID-19
PPAFVL | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
Online via Instagram livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/09/1883293…

Disease capitalism and COVID-19: Hunger in the belly of the beast
Prabir Purkayastha | mronline.org | 2020-05-12
For capital, profits come from disease, not peoples' health. COVID-19 shows the consequence of disease capitalism in a globalized world, the rich–countries or individuals–will not be spared either.
mronline.org/2020/05/12/disease-capitali…

Madagascar Slams WHO for Not Endorsing Its Herbal Cure
Felix Tih | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has slammed the World Health Organization for not endorsing its COVID-19 herbal cure. | Last month, the Malagasy president officially launched Covid-Organics (CVO), an organic herbal concoction, claiming that it can prevent and cure patients suffering from …
globalresearch.ca/madagascar-slams-who-not-endorsing-herbal-cure/5712617

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Maintaining routine vaccine schedules during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the World Health Organization(WHO) says more than 117 million children in 37 countries may be missing out on the lifesaving measles vaccine. The WHO had issued some guidelines to help countries sustain immunization activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo Clinic …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…

'Mayo Clinic Anxiety Coach' e-tool to help children with mental health concerns
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
ROCHESTER, Minn.

Coronavirus restrained in many parts of Iran: health min
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA) –Iranian Minister of Health and Medical Education Saeed Namaki said on Tuesday that coronavirus has been restrained in many parts of Iran.
en.mehrnews.com/news/158624/Coronavirus-…

Mayo Clinic receives $26 million from BARDA for COVID-19 convalescent plasma expanded access program
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
Mayo Clinic was awarded a $26 million contract today from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The financial support is for the Expanded Access Program (EAP) for convalescent plasma to fight COVID-19. …
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Sanctions = Health terrorism
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2020-05-12
A timely international webinar, sponsored by SanctionsKill.org on May 9, featured representatives from Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, Syria and Venezuela, plus a statement from Zimbabwe addressing the deadly impact of U.S. sanctions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over 1,000 people from nearly every continent, including multiple U.S. cities, viewed the event. The . . . | Continue reading Sanctions = Health terrorism at Workers.org…
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Norway dipping into its massive piggy bank to battle Covid-19 crisis
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Norway is set to withdraw $41 billion from its sovereign wealth fund to cushion the blow to the economy from the coronavirus crisis that has resulted in falling oil prices and the highest unemployment in the country in 75 years. | Known officially as the Government Pension Fund, it is the world's biggest wealth fund, worth over $1 trillion. The government announced on Tuesday that it will have to sharply increase spending from the fund, to avoid "sharper downturn and to help healthy companies through the crisis." | According to the Finance Ministry's mid-year fiscal review, the revised budget calls for the use…
rt.com/business/488429-norway-wealth-fun…

US nursing students discuss impact of the pandemic on medical education
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
With overwhelmed hospitals and the immense pressures now exerted on health care workers, the quality of the education of medical and nursing students has been greatly affected.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/nurs…

Herd immunity for Covid-19 is a 'dangerous' concept says World Health Organisation
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-12
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has condemned the "dangerous" concept of herd immunity for Covid-19. | Herd immunity is an epidemiological term usually reserved to describe how the population as a whole is protected from a disease depending on the levels of people vaccinated. | For instance, when 90%-95% of the population is vaccinated against measles, this should be enough to protect others who are unable to get an inoculation

'Humans are not herds': WHO thrashes 'brutal arithmetic' of herd immunity to beat Covid-19 pandemic
rt.com | 2020-05-12
In the absence of a vaccine, the increasingly discussed idea of beating the novel coronavirus pandemic through achieving so-called herd immunity could be a disastrous miscalculation, a senior WHO official has warned. | "This is a really dangerous, dangerous calculation," Michael Ryan, head of the World Health Organization's health emergencies program, said at a briefing on Monday. | This idea that maybe countries that had lax measures and haven't done anything will all of a sudden magically reach some herd i…
rt.com/news/488403-who-herd-immunity-cov…

'Current health crisis revealed ideological bankruptcy of our leaders': Marine Le Pen slams govt as France eases quarantine
rt.com | 2020-05-12
The head of the French right-wing opposition party National Rally, Marine Le Pen, has blasted the government for its "series of failures" as it began to relax the Covid-19 quarantine restrictions. | "This health crisis has revealed the ideological bankruptcy with which our leaders have been leading our country: the bankruptcy of the profit logic in public policy, the bankruptcy of ultra-liberalism, Europeanism, and globalism," Le Pen told RFI radio. | We've seen an uninterrupted series of inconsistencies and failures since the start of the crisis, and this is still the case with transport management! But that…
rt.com/news/488437-france-le-pen-critici…

No HEROES here: Democrats seek tax breaks for rich donors & lobbyists in $3 TRILLION Covid-19 wishlist bill
rt.com | 2020-05-12
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's proposed $3 trillion coronavirus aid bill contains massive tax breaks for wealthy Democrat donors and lobbyists but precious little for working Americans, and has an odd preoccupation with cannabis. | Dubbed the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, the bill is gargantuan in scope and size

In criminal pursuit of profits, Tesla CEO Elon Musk restarts production
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
In open defiance of local public health authorities, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unilaterally restarted production Monday at the company's sole US assembly facility in Fremont, California, which employs roughly 10,000 workers.
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The Wet-Bulb Peril Has Arrived… Way Too Early
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-12
The human body has limits. If "temperature plus humidity" is high enough, even a healthy person seated in the shade with plentiful water to drink will suffer severely or likely die. It's the Wet-Bulb Temperature WBT effect. There is an upper limit to human capacity to adapt to excessive global heat when combined with excessive…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/12/the-wet-bulb…

Facebook paying $52 million settlement to moderators who claim they developed PTSD through work
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Current and former moderators for Facebook will each be receiving $1,000 or more, as part of a settlement in a lawsuit that claimed having to deal with censoring content made them develop post traumatic stress disorder. | The social media giant will be paying out extra to individuals for additional mental health issues stemming from their jobs, such as depression. The settlement, first reported by The Verge, covers 11,250 moderators, while current employees will rec…
rt.com/usa/488483-facebook-settlement-mo…

Iranian researchers attain knowledge of producing corona drugs
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The "Quarantine 15"
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
It's being called the "Quarantine 15" online

Colombia considering guaranteed minimum income as famine looms
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-12
Almost half of Colombia's senators signed off on a proposal to urgently implement a guaranteed minimum income for more than 70% of the population. The radical proposal would temporarily guarantee…
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Colombia considering guaranteed minimum income as famine looms
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-12
Almost half of Colombia's senators signed off on a proposal to urgently implement a guaranteed minimum income for more than 70% of the population. The radical proposal would temporarily guarantee…
colombiareports.com/colombia-considering…

Spring cleaning takes on a new importance during COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released reopening guidelines for cleaning and disinfecting public spaces, workplaces, businesses, schools and homes. Dr. Gregory Poland, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases expert, suggests taking a practical approach to spring cleaning. If no one in your household has been infected, he says standard spring cleaning practices …
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The Important "Plandemic" Documentary that Has Justifiably Gone "Viral"
Dr. Gary G. Kohls | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
The powers-that-be behind the banning of "Plandemic" and the disparaging and slandering of Dr Judy Mikovitz are obviously afraid of something that will expose them for planning something evil. Tyrannical corporate forces, starting with Google and YouTube and the CDC …
globalresearch.ca/important-plandemic-documentary-gone-viral/5712666

Masking your kids during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
Do you or don't you wear a mask? If you do, what material is best? And what about children? Questions around masks during the COVID-19 pandemic abound, especially in light of the recent recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that all Americans wear masks in public settings. "The direction around face masks has …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…

Hundreds of Children Brain Damaged by the Swine Flu Vaccine to Receive $90 Million in Financial Compensation from UK Government
Mike Adams | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
First published in April 2015. The H1N1 vaccine fiasco ordered by the (corrupt) WHO Director General is of relevance to the current debate on a COVID-19 vaccine. | **** | The 2009 swine flu vaccine caused severe brain damage in over 800 …
globalresearch.ca/hundreds-of-children-brain-damaged-by-the-swine-flu-vaccine-to-receive-90-million-in-financial-compensation-from-uk-government/5444329

Why you need to keep your child's vaccine schedule during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-12
Millions of children may be at risk of missing or delaying their routine childhood vaccines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo Clinic family medicine specialist, says she understands being thoughtful about taking your children outside the home for doctor's visits during this time. "The current situation with the novel coronavirus shows us how scary …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/wh…

Canada teams up with Chinese scientists to co-produce potential Covid-19 vaccine and test it on humans
rt.com | 2020-05-12
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has struck a deal with a Chinese biotechnology company developing one of the "most advanced" vaccine candidates against the novel coronavirus to produce and test in Canada. | A vaccine named Ad5-nCoV, which may prove effective against Covid-19, has been developed by China's CanSino Biologics company together with the Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, part of the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences. It was already approved for the first phase of clinical trials in China in mid-March and is now expected to be tested in Canada too. | Also on rt.com | |
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Last Process: 50 Postees: 2020-05-13 02:51 GMT (22:51 EST)

2020-05-11: News Headlines

Alan MacLeod (2020-05-11). Victory in Europe Day: These American Corporations Aided Nazi Germany. globalresearch.ca May 8 marks the 75th anniversary of the Allied armies' victory in Europe, the day when they accepted the formal surrender of Nazi Germany after a bitter, six-year-long struggle that saw tens of millions killed in fighting, famines or …

RT (2020-05-11). Trump responsible for deaths in US and globally because of Covid-19 response, says Chomsky. rt.com Donald Trump is culpable for deaths in the US and beyond due to his Covid-19 pandemic response, according to Noam Chomsky, from making states deal with the crisis individually to cutting the World Health Organization funding. | The progressive activist and author is less than pleased with the president's coronavirus response, and insists his small government attitude and slashing of healthcare and research funds has put the US in a poor position to handle a pandemic. | "That's something that Trump has been doing every year of his term, cutting it back more. So [his plan is] let's continue to cut it back, let's…

RT (2020-05-11). Get your kit off: World Naked Bike Ride organizers say all-day exposure for NUDE cycling is 'best thing that could happen' (VIDEO). rt.com As mass activities worldwide fall victim to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers of the world's foremost bare-biking gathering are planning to turn their annual stripped cycle into a day-long event open to even more pedaling nudists. | While the Tour de France was forced to postpone its launch by more than two months as mass gatherings were outlawed to meet health guidelines around the COVID-19 pandemic, another key date for cycling enthusiasts will go ahead on the tour's original start date of June 27 — albeit in slightly altered form. | Portland's edition of the World Naked Bike Ride is the flagbearer for…

RT (2020-05-11). Dying industry? German coffin makers appeal for govt support to shield from foreign competition during Covid-19 pandemic. rt.com Coffin manufacturers in Germany say they're struggling to make money despite serving a crucial public health role, because the market has been flooded with cheaper imports from Eastern Europe. | The country's casket producers are calling for financial aid to help prop up Germany's dwindling coffin making industry, while pointing out that safe and hygienic burials are particularly important during the coronavirus pandemic. | Just 20 percent of the 950,000 caskets needed annually in Germany are made there, with local producers saying the market has been flooded by cheaper imports from Eastern Europe. | The Feder…

RT (2020-05-11). Virgin Mary image flown on HELICOPTER over Ecuador's Covid-19 hotspot as families struggle to bury the dead. rt.com A Virgin Mary image was flown above Guayaquil, Ecuador in a helicopter, marking the end of a pilgrimage — which was held virtually this year as the city is the worst affected by Covid-19 in the country. | Usually, it's the worshippers who line up to a shrine, sometimes waiting for hours to receive a blessing. However, this year in Guayaquil, it was the Virgin Mary herself who set off on the 'Route of Health' pilgrimage, flying over the city on Saturday. | The local chapter of the Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement was behind the flyover. | "We thought about the possibility, at the beginning only as a possibi…

Julie Hollar (2020-05-11). New York State tries to suspend Democracy; NYT and WaPo shrug. mronline.org Blaming health risks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York State Board of Elections announced last week that the state would simply cancel its Democratic presidential primary, leaving former Vice President Joe Biden to be proclaimed the victor without a vote. The response from the country's two most prominent newspapers? Meh.

Paul Street (2020-05-11). A Late-Breaking Bulletin From PBS: "For Many Americans, Health Insurance is Tied to a Job" counterpunch.org I would like to nominate the "Public" Broadcasting System's ("P"BS) "NewsHour" and its economics reporter Paul Solomon for the 2020 Piss Down Our Backs and Tell Us Its Raining Prize in broadcast journalism. Last Thursday, "P"BS "NewsHour" viewers got to see the show's longtime economics correspondent (Paul Solomon) give a chilling account of how newly unemployed people are disastrously losing their health insurance in the middle of a pandemic.

RT (2020-05-11). ÔªøPaid holidays end May 12, Russia to start gradually easing coronavirus quarantine measures — Putin. rt.com Russia will begin to ease its coronavirus-related restrictions, President Vladimir Putin has announced. The exit from the partial lockdown will be gradual and not too fast, he added. | "Starting from tomorrow, May 12, the joint non-working period for the whole country and for all the sectors of its economy ends," Putin said during a televised speech on Monday. | But the fight against the epidemic does not end. The danger persists, even in areas where the situation is relatively safe. | The non-working period was announced in Russia in late March and has been extended several times since then. | The conclusion…

RT (2020-05-11). Lockheed Martin declares Mission (almost) Accomplished, brings F-35's 100+ safety flaws down to 8… and hundreds of lesser issues. rt.com The maker of the troubled F-35 fighter jet claims to have solved "most" of the safety issues that plagued the $1.5 trillion plane — but flaws that could injure pilots are still present, on top of hundreds of software issues. | Lockheed Martin has fixed all but eight of the 111 'Category 1' flight safety issues found during a January 2018 analysis of the fighter jet program, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing the Government Accountability Office analyst in charge of monitoring the pricey plane's development. Category 1 issues are those that can "injure or kill pilots or otherwise jeopardize the plane's…

Staff (2020-05-11). "COVID-19 Has Been Racialized": Black Scholar Jill Nelson Arrested for Chalking "Trump = Plague" democracynow.org Black and Brown communities are being disproportionately targeted and policed in New York City's response to the spread of COVID-19. We speak with author and activist Jill Nelson, who was herself arrested by NYPD in April for writing "Trump = Plague" in chalk on an abandoned building in her Washington Heights neighborhood. The 67-year-old scholar was handcuffed, taken to the police station and held for five hours. Now she is speaking out. The president is "telling us that as people of color, and older people, we should just die," says Nelson. "It's ridiculous."

G. Dunkel (2020-05-11). In Haiti/ICE is spreading COVID-19. workers.org Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency charged with deporting people from the United States, scheduled five deportations to Haiti on May 11 from the Pine Prairie Detention Center in Louisiana. The agency claims the five individuals have either tested positive for COVID-19 or show signs of having the disease. (Miami . . . |

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-11). Indifference Toward Public Health and Welfare in America. The COVID-19 Healthcare Fiasco. globalresearch.ca The US is the only developed nation without some form of universal healthcare coverage. | The world's richest country is indifferent toward the rights, needs, and welfare of its ordinary people in more normal times. | It's much the same at times …

Staff (2020-05-11). Black Scholar Jill Nelson Arrested for Chalking "Trump = Plague" in New York. truthout.org Black and Brown communities are being disproportionately targeted and policed in New York City's response to the spread of COVID-19. We speak with author and activist Jill Nelson, who was herself arrested by NYPD in April for writing "Trump = Plague" in chalk on an abandoned building in her Washington Heights neighborhood. The 67-year-old scholar was handcuffed, taken to the police station and held for five hours. Now she is speaking out. The president is "telling us that as people of color, and old…

teleSUR (2020-05-11). Bolivia: Citizens Protest Against De Facto Government. telesurenglish.net Bolivian citizens protested in many cities on Monday against coup-born government and its health crisis management. | RELATED: | Residents of El Alto, Cochabamba, La Paz, and other cities demonstrated in the streets demanding Jeanine Añez's removal from office. Protesters manifested their discontent with the de facto administration by calling for the removal of the regime and their financial backers | Protesters also…

The People's Collective (2020-05-11). Essential For Survival: The Need Of Global Solidarity. indybay.org People are dying, every day. Many people are dying too early. People are dying through war, poverty, disease, lack of healthcare or lack of food. People are dying of starvation. Now, in the year 2020, a new disease is spreading around the globe, killing hundreds of thousands and affecting everybody's life.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-11). 'Injured Navy forces in stable health condition'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) — The Head of Iranshahr University of Medical Science says the navy vessel's personnel who were injured in a mishap on Sunday are now in stable health condition.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-11). Iran ranks third in clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment: WHO. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) — According to the latest statistics of World Health Organization (WHO), Islamic Republic of Iran stood at the third rank after China and the United States in the field of clinical research and experiments with the aim of examining the effectiveness of treatment strategies against the coronavirus pandemic.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-11). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Maintaining routine vaccine schedules during COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the World Health Organization(WHO) says more than 117 million children in 37 countries may be missing out on the lifesaving measles vaccine. The WHO had issued some guidelines to help countries sustain immunization activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo Clinic …

en.mehrnews (2020-05-11). Mosques in Iran to be re-opened as of Tuesday. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) — Head of Islamic Development Organization Hojatoeslam Mohammad Ghomi announced on Monday that all mosques across Iran will be re-opened preserving health protocols under the coronavirus pandemic.

teleSUR (2020-05-11). Colombia: Avianca Airlines Declares Bankruptcy Due to COVID-19. telesurenglish.net Colombian airline Avianca announced Sunday that they are declaring bankruptcy after an 80% income drop due to the health crisis. | RELATED: | Avianca Holdings airline representatives published a communication announcing voluntary bankruptcy declaration to protect future operations. "Today our wings are closed so that tomorrow we can all continue to fly "tweeted Anko van der Werff, Avianca president. | The compa…

PPAFVL (2020-05-11). Latinx Communities & Accessing Reproductive Health Care During COVID-19. indybay.org Online via Instagram livestream…

teleSUR (2020-05-11). China Sent Medical Aid to Zimbabwe. telesurenglish.net A Chinese medical staff arrived on May 11 in Zimbabwe to assist the African nation to contain the spread of COVID-19. The 12 health workers traveled from the Hunan province to Zimbabwe. | RELATED: | Alongside the group, Zimbabwe received medical aid, consisting of ventilators, nucleic acid testing kits, masks, and biosecurity suits. | Zhu Yimin, medical team leader, stressed Zimbabwe and other African nations helped C…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-11). Science Saturday: Regenerative approaches could foster healing from COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Regenerative Medicine aims not only to repair or restore the function of cells, tissues or organs, but also the whole person. The latter is particularly important amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Regenerative approaches draw on the body's natural abilities to heal, focus on establishing the healing environments and building new, healthy ways of functioning. These aspects of regenerative …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-11). Mayo Clinic receives $26 million from BARDA for COVID-19 convalescent plasma expanded access program. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic was awarded a $26 million contract today from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The financial support is for the Expanded Access Program (EAP) for convalescent plasma to fight COVID-19. …

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-11). Bolsonaro Is Facilitating U.S. Intervention in Latin America. strategic-culture.org While most countries across the world implemented measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro dismissed concerns of the spread and refused to consider measures to safeguard the population. So far Brazil has In retaliation for suggesting health measures to avoid the pandemic spreading, Bo…

Adriaan Alsema (2020-05-11). Colombia fails to regulate local coronavirus lockdown exemption plan. colombiareports.com Colombia's health ministry failed to publish regulation that would allow mayors to request exemption from national lockdown measures on Monday as promised last week. The regional relaxation of lockdown measures…

en.mehrnews (2020-05-11). COVID-19 death toll mounts to 6,685 in Iran: official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) — Some 45 more Iranians died of coronavirus over the past 24 hours and 87,422 people out of a total of 109,286 infected with the coronavirus have survived and recovered, according to Health Ministry.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-11). 'Mayo Clinic Anxiety Coach' e-tool to help children with mental health concerns. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn.

Children's Health Defense (2020-05-11). Video: Here's Why Bill Gates Wants Indemnity for Vaccines — Are You Willing to Take the Risk? globalresearch.ca Why are the world's top vaccine promoters, like Paul Offit and Peter Hotez, frantically warning us about the unique and frightening dangers inherent in developing a coronavirus vaccine? | Scientists first attempted to develop coronavirus vaccines after China's 2002 …

imperial.ac.uk (2020-05-11). Coronavirus 'not yet under control' in Brazil, scientists warn. imperial.ac.uk The coronavirus epidemic in Brazil is not yet under control according to a report from Imperial researchers.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-11). Spring cleaning takes on a new importance during COVID-19 pandemic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released reopening guidelines for cleaning and disinfecting public spaces, workplaces, businesses, schools and homes. Dr. Gregory Poland, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases expert, suggests taking a practical approach to spring cleaning. If no one in your household has been infected, he says standard spring cleaning practices …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-11). Masking your kids during COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Do you or don't you wear a mask? If you do, what material is best? And what about children? Questions around masks during the COVID-19 pandemic abound, especially in light of the recent recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that all Americans wear masks in public settings. "The direction around face masks has …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-11). Mayo Clinic's comprehensive COVID-19 research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org "At Mayo, we've developed a comprehensive research portfolio, or what we call a COVID-19 research task force, in order to respond to every area that we need to learn more about this virus. We have scientists doing research in epidemiology. We have people doing research in immunology and vaccine development, in virology, in translational work, in …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr (2020-05-11). Video: The Well-Known Hazards of Coronavirus Vaccines. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Interviewed by Dr. J. Mercola. globalresearch.ca Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,1 son of Sen. and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, both of whom were tragically murdered, has continued in the footsteps of these famously courageous men by …

Binoy Kampmark (2020-05-11). Patriotic Vaccines: The Divided Coronavirus Cause. dissidentvoice.org When it comes to the politics of medicine and disease, the United States has always attempted to steal the limelight, while adding the now faded colouring of universal human welfare. In 1965, Washington pledged financial and technical support to the international effort to eradicate smallpox, though the initiative had initially been spurred by the Soviet …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-11). Why you need to keep your child's vaccine schedule during COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Millions of children may be at risk of missing or delaying their routine childhood vaccines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo Clinic family medicine specialist, says she understands being thoughtful about taking your children outside the home for doctor's visits during this time. "The current situation with the novel coronavirus shows us how scary …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-05-11). Patriotic Vaccines: The Divided Coronavirus Cause. globalresearch.ca When it comes to the politics of medicine and disease, the United States has always attempted to steal the limelight, while adding the now faded colouring of universal human welfare. In 1965, Washington pledged financial and technical support to the …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2020-05-11). The Cost of Big Pharma's COVID-19 Vaccine Will be Paid in Lives and in Billions of Dollars. globalresearch.ca Big Pharma and its minions such as Anthony Fauci and Robert Redfield are determined to use Covid-19 to vaccinate us all at the expense our lives and pocketbooks. They are using the media, grant-dependent professionals, medical journals, and the presstitute …

en.mehrnews (2020-05-11). Coronavirus cases worldwide surpass 4.1 mn. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) — Globally, more than 283,000 have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while the number of confirmed infections has surpassed 4.1 million and more than 1.4 million people have recovered.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-11). Iranians working out on rooftops amid pandemic. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) — Lots of people in Iran are exercising on their roofs under the outbreak of the lethal respiratory disease, Covid-19.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-11). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Possible neurological effects of COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Originally identified as a respiratory disease, some COVID-19 patients exhibit neurologic symptoms including stroke, loss of consciousness, headache, and even the loss of taste and smell. What's unknown is whether these are direct effects of the virus entering the nervous system, or consequences of the disease's effect on the body. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, …

Staff (2020-05-11). Pence Insists on No Masks at Public Meeting Despite His Staffer Testing Positive. truthout.org On Friday evening, Katie Miller, the press secretary for Vice President Mike Pence (and spouse of Trump adviser Stephen Miller), The news sent shockwaves through Washington as it became clear that people close to the president and vice president were contracting the disease that has already spread across much of the country. (The day…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-11). What COVID-19 does to your lungs. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org m __________________________________________________ For the latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic, check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. For more information and COVID-19 coverage, go to the Mayo Clinic News Network and mayoclinic.org.

sputniknews (2020-05-11). Germany urged to 'Use its Weight' in Confronting Beijing on Rights Record at EU-China Leipzig Summit. sputniknews.com Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a crucial EU-China summit slated for September in Leipzig had been touted as an opportunity for the sides to stake a stride towards an enhanced economic and strategic relationship, yet the global health crisis and accusations leveled at Beijing over its handling of the epidemic might thwart these hopes.

sputniknews (2020-05-11). Year of Calamity? Plague-like Locusts Return to Pakistan and India, Endangering Food Security. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): After wreaking havoc in various parts of India and Pakistan in late 2019 and early 2020, locusts are back and unleashing attacks on western parts of India, along the border with Pakistan.

yenisafak (2020-05-11). Virus cases pass 10,000 in South Africa, deaths up to 194. yenisafak.com South Africa confirmed 10,015 coronavirus cases after the country registered 595 new contagions on Sunday.In a statement, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said eight people succumbed to COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the death toll in the country to 194."We wish to express our condolences to the loved ones of the deceased and thank the healthcare workers who treated these patients," Mkhize said.Despite increasing numbers of daily infections, the minister said they were encouraged by the number of recoveries which stood at 4,173 as of May 9.On Saturday, South Africa registered 525 new cases of the coronavirus and eight…

yenisafak (2020-05-11). UK's coronavirus death toll rises 210 to 32,065. yenisafak.com The figures, collated by government agency Public Health England and equivalents in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, comprise deaths in all settings following positive coronavirus tests and cover the period up to 1600 GMT on Sunday.

yenisafak (2020-05-11). Japan eyes COVID-19 vaccine trials in July. yenisafak.com Japan is expecting to begin clinical trials for vaccine to treat coronavirus in July, the country's prime minister said on Monday.Addressing the budget committee in parliament, Shinzo Abe revealed that work on vaccines are being carried on several institutions, including University of Tokyo, Osaka University and the National Institute of Infectious Diseases.Noting vaccine trials had already begun outside the country, Abe said: "I hope vaccination programs can get underway at the earliest possible date by gathering the world's wisdom," Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported.Japan is under state emergency since la…

The Canary (2020-05-10). Government faces new legal challenge over 'recurrent and systemic' PPE failures. thecanary.co A legal challenge demanding an immediate inquiry into the government failure to provide adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) to frontline staff has been issued by health professionals.They say that action must be taken quickly so that "lessons can be learnt" from the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis to help shape future responses, should the UK be hit by further waves of the virus.A pre-action letter sent by the Doctor's Association UK (DA) and the Good Law Project (GLP), who are bringing the challenge, details a list of "recurrent and systemic" failures in PPE procurement and supply.The list includes the la…

RT (2020-05-10). Elon Musk resorts to insults in RUSSIAN to defend capitalism. rt.com As Elon Musk sues Californian authorities for stopping a Tesla factory from reopening, he has found a somewhat novel way of dealing with his critics — dismissing them with short Russian insults. | The target of Musk's Cyrillic ire is Robert Reich, an economist and labor secretary under the Clinton administration. A well-known proponent of fairer distribution of wealth, Reich shared a story about the Tesla CEO's plans for legal action in the Golden State with the comment: "Elon Musk threatens to take away people's jobs unless he's allowed to risk their health. Capitalism at its worst." | Elon Musk threate…

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