Dr. Monica Gandhi on the Origins of COVID-19, Vaccine Equity, the Debate over Masks & More
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-27
President Joe Biden has ordered U.S. intelligence agencies to investigate the origins of COVID-19 as new questions are being raised over whether an accidental leak from a Chinese virology lab is to blame for the pandemic. The Wall Street Journal reports three employees of the Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill with COVID-like symptoms in the autumn of 2019 and were hospitalized in November of that year, before the first recorded case of COVID-19. China has criticized the Biden administration's call for a new probe, saying the lab leak hypothesis is a "conspiracy created by U.S. intelligence agencies." In March,…
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No Tokyo Olympics: As COVID Spikes in Japan, Calls Grow to Cancel Games. IOC Refuses. Who Profits?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-27
Pressure is growing on organizers to cancel the Tokyo Olympics as Japan struggles to contain a fourth wave of COVID-19 cases. The games, which were delayed by a year due to the pandemic, are scheduled to begin July 23 even though less than 3% of the Japanese population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the lowest rates in the developed world. Jules Boykoff, author and former Olympic athlete who played for the U.S. Olympic soccer team, says the "extremely lopsided" contracts the International Olympic Committee signs with host countries give the body ultimate authority over whether or not to cancel…
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Headlines for May 27, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-27
Transit Worker Fatally Shoots 9, Then Himself, at San Jose Rail Yard, Senate Republicans Blast Biden's ATF Nominee over His Support for Gun Controls, Texas "Constitutional Carry" Bill to Allow People to Openly Carry Handguns Without Permits, Dutch Court Orders Shell Oil Company to Halve Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030, Australia Orders Coronavirus Lockdown for 7 Million; Taiwan Battles Its Worst COVID Outbreak, Biden Orders Probe into COVID-19 Origins; States Offer Prizes to Vaccinated Residents, Iran Nuclear Deal Talks Offer Hope as IAEA Head Expresses Concern over Uranium Enrichment, Another Political Candidat…
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Developing countries desperately need COVID-19 financing
Jomo Kwame Sundaram | mronline.org | 2021-05-27
International cooperation must ensure significantly more official foreign exchange financing to supplement innovative domestic financing for urgently needed spending for relief, recovery and reform. | May 27, 2021…
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White House embraces "Wuhan Lab" conspiracy theory
wsws.org | 2021-05-27
On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden publicly embraced the conspiracy theory that COVID-19 may have been released from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, ordering the US intelligence agencies to produce a report within 90 days into the potentially man-made origins of the disease.
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Mass Vaccination Triggers Spike in Cases, Deaths
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-27
COVID cases have …
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Australia: Victorian state government announces lockdown amid outbreak of Indian COVID variant
wsws.org | 2021-05-27
While infection numbers remain low, the coronavirus is spreading rapidly, including in the state capital of Melbourne, and more than 10,000 people have been deemed as contacts of confirmed cases.
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The New York Times Says 200,000,000 People Have Been Infected with Covid in the United States (sort of)
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2021-05-27
This is the implication of its analysis of likely Covid deaths and infections in India. Its central estimate assumes a case fatality rate of 0.3. This means that for every thousand people who get infected, three will die. There have been roughly 600,000 reported deaths from Covid, since the pandemic began. If this is 0.3 …
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Hyundai and Renault-Nissan forced to shut Indian plants due to worker unrest over lack of COVID-19 protections
wsws.org | 2021-05-27
The autoworkers' job action underscores that it is the global working class that is the main source of opposition to the ruling elite's criminal "open economy" policy, which prioritizes capitalist profit over saving workers' lives.
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America Cannot Afford Another Lost Decade for Black Workers
Tanya Wallace-Gobern | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-27
Black workers have been hit hardest by the pandemic. We are more likely to lose income because of Covid-related layoffs and shutdowns, and by last August–five months into the pandemic–Black unemployment was nearly double that of white unemployment. But the impact is not just economic. We are three times more likely to be exposed to…
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Testimony by former Johnson advisor exposes UK "herd immunity" policy
wsws.org | 2021-05-27
During seven hours of questioning, Cummings showed how the refusal of the government to take any measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in January, February and most of March 2020 laid the basis for mass deaths.
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How It All Went Wrong: The Global Response to COVID-19
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-27
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response was never likely to hand down a rosy report with gobbets of praise. Organised by the World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus last May, the panel's gloomy assessment was grim: the COVID-19 pandemic could have been avoided. Almost nothing in the main report could be seen …
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Trades Union Congress investigation into underreporting of UK workplace Covid-19 deaths confirms its own role in endangering workers
wsws.org | 2021-05-27
Rather than demand the prosecution of employers who have acted in a criminally negligent way, the TUC report urges, "Employers should be encouraged to make retrospective reports to account for this."
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Life Insurance and COVID-19; Something Doesn't Make Sense
Jeff Harris | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-27
You would think …
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Guidelines and nuances of wearing a face mask
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-27
Recent COVID-19 masking guidelines announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, continue to generate a public conversation. "The decision about masking needs to be nuanced," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "Wearing a mask should be based on the risk of infection, the percentage of the …
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La COVID-19 ha confirmado que el mundo necesita de sistemas sanitarios resilientes
José àÅngel Portal Miranda | globalizacion.ca | 2021-05-27
Intervención del Doctor José Angel Portal Miranda, Ministro de Salud Pública de Cuba en la 74 ™ Asamblea Mundial de la Salud | Tema: "Poner fin a esta pandemia, prevenir la siguiente: construir juntos un mundo más saludable, seguro y justo". | Señora…
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Italy: Protests slam G20 health summit, demand free, universal vaccines
People's Dispatch | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-27
Leftist parties and trade unions in Italy organised demonstrations and health workers went on strike on May 21–22 to protest the neoliberal agenda behind the G20 Global Health Summit in Rome and the anti-people policies of Italy's Mario Draghi-led government. | Progressive sectors in Italy demonstrated at the Global Health Summit in Rome, which took place on May 21–22, to demand free and universal vaccination against COVID-19. | Organisations such as Potere al Popolo (Power to the People), the Party of Communist Refoundation (PRC), Giovani Comuniste e Comunisti (GC), Communist Youth Front (FGC), Union…
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The safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines for children
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-27
A coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine is now available to children ages 12 through 15 in the U.S. Here's what parents, caregivers and children need to know about the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine, the possible side effects, and the benefits of getting vaccinated. This is written by Mayo Clinic Staff and you can …
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18 Connecticut Teens Hospitalized for Heart Problems After COVID Vaccines, White House Says Young People Should Still Get the Shots
Megan Redshaw | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-27
One week after …
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Mayo Clinic offers COVID-19 walk-in vaccine clinics in Minnesota
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-27
Mayo Clinic in Rochester and at its Health System sites continue to offer patients, visitors and staff additional convenient opportunities to be vaccinated for COVID-19. All domestic and international patients, visitors and staff who want to be vaccinated for COVID-19 have a couple of opportunities to do so at walk-in clinics this week: Mayo Clinic …
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Mayo Clinic updates masking, in-person meeting guidance
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-27
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidance on May 13 stating that people who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 do not need to socially distance or wear a mask indoors in most settings. This updated guidance excluded certain environments, including health care facilities. Mayo Clinic has reviewed its guidance for masking, distancing and …
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Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine graduates ease physician shortage in world affected by COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-27
Ninety-eight students took part in commencement events on Friday, May 21, at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine ? Arizona Campus and Sunday, May 23, at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. This is the first multistate commencement for Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and the first commencement for the inaugural class of students …
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The Battle to Suppress Hydroxychloroquine as a Cheap and Effective Drug for the Treatment of Covid-19
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-27
The campaign against HCQ is carried out through slanderous political statements, media smears, not to mention an authoritative peer reviewed "evaluation" published on May 22nd by The Lancet, which was based on fake figures and test trials.
globalresearch.ca/scientific-corona-lies-and-big-pharma-corruption-hydroxychloroquine-versus-gileads-remdesivir/5717718
BLM: American Revolution Spreads Around the Globe
WillOfMany | indybay.org | 2021-05-27
The world changed not only because of COVID-19 pandemic beyond 2020. Political and economic crisis has led to growing of various protest movements. The widest and most active emerged in the USA. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement gained the largest extent. It demands from the American government not even reforms but revolutionary changes in the national social political course concerning people of color.
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How are the Children? – Silent Screams
Rubikon editors | indybay.org | 2021-05-27
How could adults do this to them when the risk of contracting Covid-19 is extremely low compared to other risks in life? A lost generation is growing up under our eyes. Those who remain silent and only watch are sinning against growing, still malleable souls and against the future of all of us.
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Demanding Decarceration by San Jose D.A
Vida Linda | indybay.org | 2021-05-27
We call on San Jose D.A. to free our people, free 'em all NOW! Decarceration will not wait while he builds his new brand as a "progressive prosecutor"! We are in solidarity with people inside who have been locked up for over a year during COVID, hunger striked over horrible conditions and make the demand for liberation.
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L.A. City Council votes to support closing SoCalGas Aliso Canyon gas storage facility
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2021-05-27
"Governor Gavin Newsom, stop ignoring the other health crisis right here in LA," said Matt Pakucko, co-founder of Save Porter Ranch and 14-year resident of Porter Ranch, at the press conference. "You shut down the entire state. It's time to shut down this health disaster. It is as real as Covid for the thousands of people that are continually sickened by this fossil fuel dinosaur."
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"We are Human Guinea Pigs": Alarming Casualty Rates for mRNA Vaccines Warrant Urgent Action
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-27
Official US and EU data confirm alarming numbers of deaths and permanent paralysis as well as other severe side effects from the experimental mRNA vaccines. It is now clear that we are being asked to be human guinea pigs in an experiment that could alter the human gene structure and far worse.
globalresearch.ca/alarming-casualty-rates-mrna-vaccines-warrant-urgent-action/5746343
Tenet Healthcare begins replacing striking nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Massachusetts
wsws.org | 2021-05-27
The Massachusetts Nurses Association is being thoroughly exposed for its treacherous role in preventing a wider struggle among nurses in Massachusetts.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/27/nurs…
Chloroquine Is a Potent Inhibitor of SARS Coronavirus Infection and Spread
Martin J Vincent | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-27
This article was …
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Southwest Airlines flight attendant attacked amid growing number of assaults by those opposed to coronavirus restrictions
wsws.org | 2021-05-27
Workers across the US are being subjected to the aggressive behavior of anti-vaxxers and others opposed to masking requirements as the Biden administration continues it push to completely reopen the economy.
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Atlas of malaria parasite gene activity provides targets for drugs and vaccines
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-05-27
Researchers have mapped in fine detail the genetic changes malaria parasites go through as they prepare to infect people.
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Vaccinating the World, If We Had Grown Ups in Charge
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-27
People in policy debates are not supposed to question the desirability of patent monopolies as a mechanism for financing the development of new drugs and vaccines. After all, why ask a question that could jeopardize the profits of some of the world's largest corporations? But, since I live out in Southern Utah, far away from…
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Consumer Health: What do you know about inflammatory bowel disease?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-27
World IBD Day will be observed on Wednesday, May 19, which makes this a good time to learn more about how these disorders are similar and different. Inflammatory bowel disease, also known as IBD, is an umbrella term used to describe disorders that involve chronic inflammation of your digestive tract. Inflammatory bowel disease can be …
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: 21st century stroke prevention strategies
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-27
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A family member had a stroke a month ago. I'm 45 years old, and I maintain a healthy lifestyle with regular exercise and a good diet. What steps can I take to make sure this doesn't happen to me? ANSWER: A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of your brain is interrupted …
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AI-enabled EKGs find difference between numerical age and biological age significantly affects health, longevity
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-27
ROCHESTER, Minn. — You might be older ? or younger ? than you think. A new study found that differences between a person's age in years and his or her biological age, as predicted by an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled EKG, can provide measurable insights into health and longevity. The AI model accurately predicted the age …
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Dr. Prathibha Varkey named president of Mayo Clinic Health System
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-27
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Prathibha Varkey, M.B.B.S., has been named president of Mayo Clinic Health System, effective August 16, 2021.Dr. Varkey will partner with Mary Jo Williamson, chief administrative officer, Mayo Clinic Health System, to lead the strategy and operations of the health system's 17 hospitals and nearly 50 community clinics across Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin."We're …
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Consumer Health: Meditation for healthy living
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-27
World Meditation Day will be observed on Friday, May 21, which makes this a good time to learn more about the benefits of meditation. Meditation is a type of mind-body medicine that's been practice for thousands of years. Of the many forms of meditation, most have in common a quiet setting, a comfortable position, focused …
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Consumer Health: Recovering from a stroke
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-27
May is National Stroke Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about stroke and stroke rehabilitation. Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and a major cause of serious disability for adults. More than 795,000 people in the U.S. have a stroke each year, according to the Centers …
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Consumer Health: What do you know about Lou Gehrig's disease?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-27
May is ALS Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about Lou Gehrig's disease, which is also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, causing loss of muscle control. More than 5,000 people …
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Mayo Clinic Cancer Center joins national call to get HPV vaccinations back on track
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-27
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Mayo Clinic Cancer Center has joined 71 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in calling on the nation's health care providers, parents and young adults to help get HPV vaccinations back on track. HPV causes several types of cancers, and nearly everyone gets infected with HPV by age 50. "Mayo Clinic recommends …
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Mayo named a 2021 DiversityInc No. 4 on the Top Hospitals and Health Systems for Diversity
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-27
DiversityInc announced its annual Top 50 Companies for Diversity listings. Mayo Clinic was named to two specialty lists this year — No. 4 on the Top Hospitals and Health Systems list, up from No. 7 in 2020, and a new entry onto the Top Companies for People with Disabilities list at No. 19. DiversityInc's listing is …
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Consumer Health: Understanding the link between depression and pain
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-27
Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. It affects how you feel, think and behave, and it can lead to emotional and physical problems. Depression and pain are closely related. Depression can cause pain, and pain can cause depression. Sometimes pain and depression create a vicious cycle …
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What The New Acceptability of the Lab Leak Origin Tells Us About Media Outlets
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-26
Have you noticed that a lot of science writers have lately been saying that they were perfectly right a year ago to mock and condemn even considering a lab leak origin for Coronavirus but that now it's perfectly proper to admit that Coronavirus may very well have come from a lab? It seems to be…
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Headlines for May 26, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-26
George Floyd's Family Calls for Passage of Policing Act as Nation Marks One Year Since His Killing, Blinken Says U.S. Will Reopen Jerusalem Consulate, Pledges Aid for Gaza as U.S. OKs New Arms Sales to Israel, Israel Arrests Hundreds of Palestinians; UNRWA Head Apologizes for Remarks on Israeli Assault, U.S. Joins Calls to Further Probe Origins of COVID-19, 50% of U.S. Adults Fully Vaccinated; Moderna's Vaccine Is 100% Effective in 12- to 17-Year-Olds, Kristen Clarke Sworn In as First Black Woman to Lead the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, Iraqi Security Forces Kill Protester at Rally Demanding Accountability for Mu…
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Marcus Smith "Died Like an Animal" When Cops Hogtied Him. Police Have Known for Decades It Can Kill
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-26
Despite decades of warnings against the practice, police departments across the country continue to hogtie people during arrests, sometimes with fatal results. On September 8, 2018, Marcus Smith, a 38-year-old homeless Black man in Greensboro, North Carolina, was facing a mental health crisis and asked police officers for help. Instead, eight white officers brutally and fatally hogtied him. Police videos show officers pushed Smith face down on the street and tied a belt around his ankles, then attached it to his cuffed hands so tightly that his knees were lifted off the pavement. Smith's family filed a lawsuit in…
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Colombia: Broad general strike challenges 'narc-oligarchy'
John Catalinotto | workers.org | 2021-05-26
May 23 — The general strike against anti-poor "reforms" in Colombia is finishing its fourth week. So far, every test of strength has shown popular support has grown in defiance of police and fascist murders and beatings of protesters and the threat of COVID-19, which has already killed 85,000 people. . . . | Continue reading Colombia: Broad general strike challenges 'narc-oligarchy' at Workers.org…
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The pandemic economy hit women workers hardest, but they're fighting back
Anita Waters | peoplesworld.org | 2021-05-26
Five and a half million women lost their jobs in 2020; Black, Latina, and Asian women were hit the hardest. With schools and child care centers closed, women were burdened with increased demands for their unpaid labor. "Confronting the Covid Economy: Women Fight Back," a virtual Town Hall gathering May 2, addressed head-on the economic …
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Nicaragua's Inspiring Response to COVID-19
Rohan Rice | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-26
Little attention has …
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Nestlé Workers Demand Equal Pay For Equal Work
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-26
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, workers at the Nestlé manufacturing plant in Toronto's west end are facing unfair conditions including part-time pay, pension cuts and precarious employment, and management is unwilling to negotiate a reasonable contract with its employees. As of May 19, more than 470 workers are on indefinite strike. | Workers at the factory, which produces Kit Kat bars and is the the only manufacturer of Coffee Crisp in the world, started their picket line on May Day 2021. Long-term disputes around the security of permanent employment and a defined benefit pension plan have previously disrupted pro…
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