2021-04-12: News Headlines

Ethan Yang (2021-04-12). Young People Are Particularly Vulnerable to Lockdowns. globalresearch.ca In response to the Covid-19 pandemic governments across the world implemented …

John Bachtell (2021-04-12). Global imbalance in vaccinations threatens to derail fight against pandemic. peoplesworld.org As the Biden administration orchestrates a massive effort to open vaccination against COVID to every adult by April 19, a "shocking imbalance" in vaccination is occurring globally. While governments of many wealthier capitalist countries are vaccinating their populations, vaccinations have all but stalled in the global South countries, leaving the people in large swaths of …

WSWS (2021-04-12). California Governor Newsom halts COVID-19 tiered restriction system, plans full reopening in June as deaths hit 60,000. wsws.org Against the backdrop of a growing fourth wave of the pandemic and new COVID-19 variants, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared he would fully reopen the economy in a little more than two months.

Matt Colburn (2021-04-12). Mold, roaches, leaks: snapshot of South Carolina's housing crisis. liberationnews.org With the highest eviction rates in the nation, South Carolina has been in a housing crisis long before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Binoy Kampmark (2021-04-12). Nimble Failure: The Australian COVID-19 Vaccination Program. dissidentvoice.org "I am not going to be talking about numbers today," Australia's Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly told Australia's Radio National on April 12. This echoed suggestions from the Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, who had adopted the position that Australia best forget meeting any clear vaccination targets. Having left battling the pandemic to State governments, …

Patrick Delaney (2021-04-12). Media Censored COVID-19 Early Treatment Options that Could Have Reduced Fatalities by 85%. Prominent Medical Doctor. globalresearch.ca An exceedingly well-qualified physician, who was censored by YouTube last year, …

_____ (2021-04-12). On Contact: American Economic Illusion. popularresistance.org On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses with the economist Richard Wolff the nearly $5 trillion being allocated by the Biden administration for Covid-19 relief and infrastructure projects.

WSWS (2021-04-12). Staggering 10 to 15 percent of infected children suffer from Long COVID. wsws.org The findings derived primarily from Britain, dispel the myth that children are largely unaffected by COVID-19 and face no significant dangers from the lasting effects on their development and lives.

teleSUR (2021-04-12). Uruguay Reports 10.57 Deaths per Million Inhabitants in April. telesurenglish.net With an average of 10.57 related fatalities in the last seven days, Uruguay ranked among the ten countries with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths per million inhabitants per day. | RELATED: | The National Emergency System (Sinae) reported 181 deaths connected to the Novel coronavirus last year. The figure increased between April 1 and April 7 this year as 257 people succumbed to the virus. | Regarding the ages…

Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War (2021-04-12). Lift Canada's Economic Sanctions against the World's Poorest Countries. Trudeau Government "Must Respect the Rule of International Law" globalresearch.ca One year ago, following the declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic, UN …

Matt Colburn (2021-04-12). Mold, roaches, leaks; snapshot of South Carolina's housing crisis. liberationnews.org With the highest eviction rates in the nation, South Carolina has been in a housing crisis long before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jeanne Smits (2021-04-12). French National Academy of Medicine: COVID Nasal Swabs Associated with Increased Meningitis Risk. globalresearch.ca The Académie nationale de médecine, an independent but official learned society …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2021-04-12). Nimble Failure: The Australian COVID-19 Vaccination Program. globalresearch.ca "I am not going to be talking about numbers today," Australia's …

Giacomo Tognini (2021-04-12). Meet the 40 New Billionaires Who Got Rich Fighting COVID-19. globalresearch.ca Below is the summary of Forbes analysis on how the Corona …

webdev (2021-04-12). Headlines for April 12, 2021. democracynow.org Protesters Take to Minneapolis Streets After Police Kill 20-Year-Old Black Man Daunte Wright, Medical Examiner Reaffirms George Floyd Homicide Ruling, Caused by Derek Chauvin's Restraint, Black Army Lt. Sues After Virginia Police Attack, Pepper-Spray Him in Face Without Provocation, Maryland Passes Sweeping Police Reforms, Alabama Amazon Warehouse Organizers Lose Union Vote But Plan Legal Challenge, India Has World's 2nd-Highest COVID Caseload; WHO Blasts Vast Global Vaccine Inequality, Michigan Remains Major COVID Hot Spot But Refrains from Imposing New Lockdown | , Death Toll Mounts in Burma as Military Fires o…

Binoy Kampmark (2021-04-12). Nimble Failure: The Australian COVID-19 Vaccination Program — OpEd. eurasiareview.com "I am not going to be talking about numbers today," Australia's Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly told Australia's Radio National on April 12. This echoed Part of the monumental failings of the government…

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). India records over 150,000 daily COVID-19 cases, tally at 13,358,805. ecns.cn India reported a record high of 152,879 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking the total tally to 13,358,805, according to data released by the federal government.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). NYS COVID-19 hospitalizations down to 4,241, positivity rate 2.79 pct: governor. ecns.cn The COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York State dropped to 4,241 on Friday, compared with 4,351 one day earlier, tweeted Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). UK records another 2,589 coronavirus cases, 40 deaths. ecns.cn Another 2,589 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,368,045, according to official figures released Saturday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). Foreigners in Guangdong can be vaccinated against COVID-19 now. ecns.cn Starting on Monday, foreigners in Guangdong province can make an appointment for vaccination against COVID-19 online under the principle of "informed, voluntary and self-assumed risk".

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). COVID-19 variants spread leads to surge of new cases in Canada. ecns.cn The rapid spread of more contagious COVID-19 variants is believed to have driven a devastating third wave in Canada.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). Commentary:Keep alert against sinister political manipulations on COVID-19 origin tracing research. ecns.cn &nbsp…

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). Chile receives new shipment of Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines. ecns.cn A new batch of CoronaVac vaccine from China's Sinovac arrived in Chile on Saturday to become part of the country's vaccination campaign against the COVID-19.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). Brazil's COVID-19 death toll tops 350,000. ecns.cn Brazil's COVID-19 death toll has risen to 351,334 after 2,616 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). China's Yunnan reports no new COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn Southwest China's Yunnan Province, where new locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections began to emerge in late March, reported no new confirmed or asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the provincial health commission said on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). Hong Kong reports 13 new COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 13 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, taking the tally to 11,581.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). Chinese mainland reports no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Sunday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). Low-income nations have received just 0.2 pct of all COVID-19 shots given. ecns.cn The vast majority of COVID-19 vaccines administered have so far gone to wealthy nations, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). Africa's COVID-19 cases pass 4.33 mln: Africa CDC. ecns.cn The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,330,666 as of Saturday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.

Robert Norse (2021-04-12). Chico Shines a Light, But Activists Here Must Do the Heavy Lifting. indybay.org Down Chico way, a Senior Sacramento Judge of the Eastern Division of the Federal District Court has stopped encampment sweeps dead in their tracks city-wide with a TRO in the Commanche Creek Greenway case. This was justified not by the fading COVID-19 shelter-in-place concerns, but rather by lack of shelter or campground alternatives for those being rousted.

Labor Video Project (2021-04-12). Teachers Against Dying, AFT and The Pandemic With Texas Teacher Michael Hull. indybay.org Texas teacher and founder of Teachers Against Dying talks about the effect of Covid and the pandemic on teachers, students and their families. He also discusses the role of the AFT including a debate he had with Randi Weingarten national president of the union.

Youth Art Exchange (2021-04-12). Thursday 4/15: (415) Public Gallery: Handmade COVID Cards Workshop with Sofie Ramos. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Rafe Scobey Thal, Luca Valente (2021-04-12). Covid: Drawn from Experience. thenation.com A short animated documentary.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-12). Housing activists in UK protest resumption of evictions. peoplesdispatch.org On April 10, the group Momentum, and housing rights activists took part in protests against the resumption of evictions in the United Kingdom. They condemned the rising number of evictions after the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions…

Anonymous103 (2021-04-12). Nimble Failure: The Australian COVID-19 Vaccination Program. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | "I am not going to be talking about numbers today," Australia's Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly told Australia's Radio National on April 12. This echoed

Dean Baker (2021-04-12). A Vaccine Summit: Taking the Pandemic Seriously. counterpunch.org You might think that, after a year in which have seen millions of deaths and tens of millions of infections, and trillions of dollars in economic losses, our leaders would take the pandemic seriously. But apparently, that is too much to ask. To my view, taking the pandemic seriously means doing everything we can to

Paul Dobson (2021-04-12). Venezuela Reports Release of Blocked Funds for COVAX Vaccines. venezuelanalysis.com According to Maduro, the funds to purchase 11.3 million doses were liberated by US authorities.

Laura Flanders (2021-04-12). Arm Our Cities With Military-Grade Health Care…Not Weapons. counterpunch.org American police are armed to the teeth with military-grade weapons, and the results are in. The more combat gear, the more combat. So how about we arm our cities with military-grade healthcare instead? The US Department of Veterans Affairs is part of the most generously funded institution in the government, and guess what? All that

WSWS (2021-04-12). Australian government's vaccine rollout falls apart. wsws.org Australia's progress is on a par with developing nations beleaguered by crisis-ridden public health systems and the hoarding of the vaccine by wealthier countries.

Luke Yamaguchi (2021-04-12). Another of the Many Dark Sides of Vaccines. Getting the "Vaccine" After Having Had the Infection. globalresearch.ca Introduction by Dr. Gary G. Kohls | If Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & …

WSWS (2021-04-12). In "third wave," coronavirus cases surging in France. wsws.org While the Macron government in France has implemented extremely limited and belated lockdown measures, a catastrophe is unfolding across the country and Europe.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-04-11). Covid-19 and the Falsification of Death Certificates: The CDC's "More Often Than Not" Clause. globalresearch.ca This text is an excerpt from Chapter III of Michel Chossudovsky's E Book entitled | Introduction | At the outset of the Covid pandemic, …

teleSUR (2021-04-11). Slight Retreat of COVID-19 Cases in Cuba. telesurenglish.net Six patients died, however, among them a health professional and a four-year-old girl, Dr Francisco Duran said. | Of the those diagnosed, 953 are domestic contagions and six imported. | RELATED: | Durán also pointed out that 138 are children under 18 years of age (eight of them less than 12 months old), belonging to almost all the provinces of the country. | The four-year-old girl with an underlying oncological disease " is the first dea…

teleSUR (2021-04-11). Restaurant, Band: Peru's Candidates Go Wild on TV. telesurenglish.net Peru's 18 presidential candidates had a televised breakfast with their relatives on Sunday to kick off election day. This, amid despair outside of polling stations due to opening delays. | RELATED: | The candidates moved to several parts of the country for the morning event, which is a tradition in Peru. Some of them, such as Verónika Mendoza from Together for Peru, received several reporters at this house despite social distancing measures amid the COVID-19 pandemi…

Eric Sagonowsky (2021-04-11). Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 Vaccine Under Scrutiny at EMA after 4 'Serious Cases' of Unusual Blood Clots. globalresearch.ca AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine has dominated headlines as reports of rare blood …

Guillaume Chabert, Robert Gregory, Gaelle Pierre* (2021-04-11). Funding The Recovery Of Low-Income Countries After COVID — Analysis. eurasiareview.com Many of the poorest countries in the world are facing the threat of a weak recovery, and setback in their development path. | In

Prof Anis Bajrektarevic (2021-04-11). March 2020-March 2021: Europe And Beyond — OpEd. eurasiareview.com For months, many argue that our Covid (C-19) response is a planetary fiasco, whose size is yet to surface with its mounting disproportionate and enduring secondary effects, causing tremendous socio-economic, demographic and cross-generational, political and psychosomatic contractions and convulsions. However, worse than our response is our silence about it. | It is an established fact that the quintessence of Nazism was not Hitler and the circle of darkness around him. It was rather a commonly shared 'banality of crime' atmosphere: Benevolent acceptance of ordinary village people living next to Auschwitz, Maut…

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). Panama approves emergency use of Chinese vaccine against COVID-19. ecns.cn Panamanian health authorities on Friday approved the emergency use of the CoronaVac vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac.

Gustavo Lopardo, Waldo H. Belloso, Esteban Nannini, Mariana Colonna, Santiago Sanguineti, Vanesa Zylberman, Luciana Muñoz, Martín Dobarro, Gabriel Lebersztein, Javier Farina, Gabriela Vidiella, Anselmo Bertetti, Favio Crudo, Maria Fernanda Alzogaray, Laura Barcelona, Ricardo Teijeiro, Sandra Lambert, Darío Scublinsky, Marisa Iacono, Vanina Stanek, Rubén Solari, Pablo Cruz, Marcelo Martín Casas, Lorena Abusamra, Héctor Lucas Luciardi, Alberto Cremona, Diego Caruso, Bernardo de Miguel, Santiago Perez Lloret, Susana Millán, Yael Kilstein, Ana Pereiro, Omar Sued, Pedro Cahn, Linus Spatz, Fernando Goldbaum, INM005 Study Group (2021-04-11). [Research Paper] RBD-specific polyclonal F(ab ¥)2 fragments of equine antibodies in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 disease: A randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, adaptive phase 2/3 clinical trial. thelancet.com Albeit not having reached the primary endpoint, we found clinical improvement of hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, particularly those with severe disease.

Dean Baker (2021-04-11). A Vaccine Summit: Taking the Pandemic Seriously. commondreams.org This would mean suspending intellectual property claims over these vaccines. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

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