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2020-05-01: Social Media Postees

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[Perspectives] Death of a courtier
Sarah Ditum | thelancet.com | 2020-05-02
A plague sweeps the nation, the head of state's health is threatened, and the business of government is rendered fragile and unsteady. It has been over a decade since Hilary Mantel began her Thomas Cromwell trilogy with Wolf Hall in 2009, and 8 years since 2012's Bring Up the Bodies, but what felt like an arduous wait now seems like nothing but impeccable timing. Cromwell even ends the novel under his own version of lockdown as a prisoner in the Tower of London. The world has been uncannily prepared for The Mirror & the Light.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)30939-9/fulltext?rss=yes

[Perspectives] Society and the slow burn of inequality
Michael Marmot | thelancet.com | 2020-05-02
On June 14, 2017, Grenfell Tower, a high-rise housing block in the Royal London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, UK, went up in flames. 72 people died, among the poorest and most marginalised in society. A dramatic conflagration such as this could teach us two kinds of lessons, if we were but open to receiving them. This event exposed underlying problems in society and it showed us that we have to do things differently. In the case of Grenfell, the underlying societal problem was deep-seated and enduring social inequalities and resultant health inequalities.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)30940-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[Comment] Offline: A global health crisis? No, something far worse
Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-05-02
Every evening we scour those graphs looking for signs that the epidemic is in retreat. New cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). People in hospital with COVID-19. Critical care beds with COVID-19 patients. Daily COVID-19 deaths in hospital. And then the final and bluntly worded "global death comparison". Those with responsibility for leading us through this emergency have called it "a once in a century global health crisis". This statement is incorrect on two grounds. First, because we cannot know what the rest of the century will bring.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)31017-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[World Report] Prisons are "in no way equipped" to deal with COVID-19
Talha Burki | thelancet.com | 2020-05-02
Prisons are a hotspot for COVID-19. In theory, prisoners have the same right to health as anyone else, but the reality is very different. Talha Burki reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)30984-3/fulltext?rss=yes

[Editorial] COVID-19: remaking the social contract
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-05-02
"Allegiance, after all, has to work two ways; and one can grow weary of an allegiance which is not reciprocal." The British playwright David Hare quoted this line by the American writer James Baldwin in his recent reflections on the UK Government's response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Baldwin's reminder and warning in the context of civil rights in the mid-20th century USA speak now in the pandemic to communities the world over who are unsure of their governments' allegiances to them.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)30983-1/fulltext?rss=yes

US Deportations Add Extra Risk to Global Public Health
Xinhua | telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-01
In the name of protecting U.S. citizens against COVID-19, Washington has recently stepped up the deportation of illegal immigrants from Mexico and Central American nations. | RELATED: | US Deports Thousands of Migrants to COVID-19 Vulnerable Nations | The U.S. authorities seem to have paid no regard that such moves at the time of a ravaging pandemic may overwhelm the often vulnerable public health systems in the recipient countries and thus pose a grave danger to the global an…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Deportations-…

Farewell to the god of plague
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-05-01
The Communists were determined to eradicate disease. In the 1930s, Mao joined the Chinese Communist Party's Public Health Commission; in 1934, when he was in the Jiangxi Soviet, Mao placed public health at the top of the list for party work.
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Nurses in South Africa protest demanding PPE, income tax breaks and Danger Allowance
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-01
The protests were organized by the Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union. Other demands included the immediate and periodic testing of all healthcare workers and compulsory, conducive, decent and habitable accommodation for essential staff…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/01/nurses-in…

May Day People's Strike! Target, Amazon, Instacart Workers Demand Safe Conditions & Pandemic Relief
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-01
This May Day, an unprecedented coalition of essential workers from Amazon, Instacart, Whole Foods, Walmart, Target and FedEx are calling out sick or walking out during their lunch break to demand better health and safety conditions, along with hazard pay. Others are joining them for May Day actions that include rent strikes, car caravan protests and online organizing calling for a "People's Bailout" and economic recovery plan that prioritizes workers. We speak with Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, which issued a call for a people's strike starting May 1. "The corporations and the gov…
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/1/kali_akuno…

May 1 Actions to Counter "ReOpen America" Rallies; Demand Trump/Pence #OutNOW
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2020-05-01
Join us to demand Trump, Pence, the whole fascist regime #OutNow in social distancing counter protest of the May 1st fascist rallies that demand the end to sheltering at home and demand their rights to disregard the health and lives of the most vulnerable. In contrast to this, unite with refuse fascism by saying Humanity first and in the name of humanity we refuse to accept a fascist America.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/29/1883268…

Target, Amazon, Instacart Workers Demand Safe Conditions and Pandemic Relief
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-01
This May Day, an unprecedented coalition of essential workers from Amazon, Instacart, Whole Foods, Walmart, Target and FedEx are calling out sick or walking out during their lunch break to demand better health and safety conditions, along with hazard pay. Others are joining them for May Day actions that include rent strikes, car caravan protests and online organizing calling for a "People's Bailout" and economic recovery plan that prioritizes workers. We speak with Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-di…
truthout.org/video/target-amazon-instaca…

Armed Gunmen Enter Michigan Capitol Demanding End to COVID-19 Lockdown
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-01
The right-wing movement against public health measures designed to stave off the coronavirus pandemic escalated on Thursday as armed gunmen were among those who stormed the Michigan state house and tried to enter the legislative chamber. | The protesters entered the building after holding a small rally outside the State House in Lansing, calling fo…
truthout.org/articles/armed-gunmen-enter…

CROWDS of Californians protest governor's order to close BEACHES over coronavirus fears (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-05-01
Residents in Orange County, California turned out by the hundreds to protest Governor Gavin Newsom's order to close all beaches, in the latest outburst of frustration with Covid-19 lockdowns now entering week seven. | Newsom ordered a "hard close" of state and local beaches on Thursday, arguing that people from outside the area were coming to congregate there and posing a risk to public health. Huntington Beach, located south of Los Angeles and known as "Surf City," said it would resist. | Before the city fathers could sue, however, local residents gathered on the beach to confront mounted and heavily armed po…
rt.com/usa/487602-california-beach-prote…

May Day People's Strike! Target, Amazon, Instacart Workers Demand Safe Conditions & Pandemic Relief
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-01
This May Day, an unprecedented coalition of essential workers from Amazon, Instacart, Whole Foods, Walmart, Target and FedEx are calling out sick or walking out during their lunch break to demand better health and safety conditions, along with hazard pay. Others are joining them for May Day actions that include rent strikes, car caravan protests and online organizing calling for a "People's Bailout" and economic recovery plan that prioritizes workers. We speak with Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, which issued a call for a people's strike starting May 1. "The corporations and the gov…
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/1/kali_akuno…

CROWDS of Californians protest governor's order to close BEACHES over coronavirus fears (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-05-01
Residents in Orange County, California turned out by the hundreds to protest Governor Gavin Newsom's order to close all beaches, in the latest outburst of frustration with Covid-19 lockdowns now entering week seven. | Newsom ordered a "hard close" of state and local beaches on Thursday, arguing that people from outside the area were coming to congregate there and posing a risk to public health. Huntington Beach, located south of Los Angeles and known as "Surf City," said it would resist. | Before the city fathers could sue, however, local residents gathered on the beach to confront mounted and heavily armed po…
rt.com/usa/487602-california-beach-prote…

Hasidic Jews Defy New York's Lockdown
Philip Giraldi | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-01
When does religious observance override community health? | Last Tuesday an estimated 2,500 male Hasidic Jews gathered in the streets of the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn to attend the funeral of Rabbi Chaim Mertz. The gathering was contrary to New York City's coronavirus lockdown, which forbids gatherings of more than ten persons while also mandating that individuals must maintain "social distancing" of at least six…
thealtworld.com/philip_giraldi/hasidic-j…

First Official Cases of Coronavirus and Deadly Flooding Mark Ramadan in Yemen
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-01
Health officials tell MintPress that flooding has impeded coronavirus prevention measures in a country already devastated from five years of Saudi bombing that has left 70 percent of its health facilities destroyed.
mintpressnews.com/first-cases-coronaviru…

The Working Life of the Meat Packer in the Time of the Plague
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-01
End of the day, factory whistle cries, Men walk through these gates with death in their eyes. And you just better believe, boy, somebody's gonna get hurt tonight, It's the working, the working, just the working life. -Bruce Springsteen, "Factory" (1978) President Trump, responding to meatpacking plant closures occasioned by COVID-19 has ordered the plants…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/01/the-working-…

Coronavirus: How European Countries Are Treating Refugees Amid the Pandemic?
Romana Rubeo | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-01
Neglecting the refugees while fighting coronavirus is as foolish as it is inhumane. The last few months have taught us that self-centered strategies do not apply in the cases of global healthcare crises.
mintpressnews.com/europe-treatment-refug…

Coronavirus: How Are European Countries Treating Refugees Amid the Pandemic?
Romana Rubeo | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-01
Neglecting the refugees while fighting coronavirus is as foolish as it is inhumane. The last few months have taught us that self-centered strategies do not apply in the cases of global healthcare crises.
mintpressnews.com/europe-treatment-refug…

Brazil: Manaus Collapses as COVID-19 Hits Indigenous People
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-01
The rising number of infections and deaths due to COVID-19 has caused a collapse in the health system in Manaus, the capital city of the Amazonas state. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro to Heal Brazil From COVID-19 With Religious Rituals | Manaus is experiencing a very complex epidemiological emergency with 3,091 people infected, 135 of whom are in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). | Since hospitals do not have enough beds to admit critical patients, local authorities are about to open a "fie…
telesurenglish.net/news/brazil-manaus-co…

Millions spent by Trump to "salute" health care workers with military flyovers
wsws.org | 2020-05-01
Vast sums of money are being spent to fly military aircraft over America's hospitals while health care workers still lack adequate protection from the coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/01/msts…

At least 31 US states easing restrictions despite rising pandemic death toll
wsws.org | 2020-05-01
Trump is promoting a reckless and criminal policy of reopening the economy, placing the health and lives of countless millions of Americans in danger.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/01/open…

Iran's judiciary express concern over health of Iranian scientist imprisoned in US
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-01
TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA)

Experts slam Tories for NHS cuts and systematic failures in coronavirus testing
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-01
A public health professor has claimed Conservative government cuts have "emaciated" the testing system and made the ability to track down coronavirus (Covid-19) cases more difficult.Gabriel Scally, a former regional director of public health, said he was "very worried" about the country's ability to get to the levels of contact tracers needed. Scally said 10 years ago it would have been possible

Florida governor reopening state while suppressing reporting of COVID-19 deaths
wsws.org | 2020-05-01
The Florida Department of Health is blocking medical examiners from reporting the accurate number of COVID-19 deaths.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/01/flor…

WHO's not invited? World Health Organization seeks permission to participate in China's investigation into Covid-19 origins
rt.com | 2020-05-01
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that Beijing is investigating the origins of the novel coronavirus that first appeared in Wuhan, but the agency has so far been prevented from participating in the probe. | It has now said that it wants an invitation to take part in China's investigation into the outbreak of Covid-19. Tarik Jasarevic, a spokesman for the WHO, said the organization "would be keen to work" at the "invitation of the Chinese…
rt.com/news/487530-who-covid-investigati…

#PeoplesBailout May Day Actions & Livestream for COVID-19 Health & Economic Justice
People's Bailout coalition | indybay.org | 2020-05-01
Online and actions across USA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/29/1883268…

Criminal Big-Pharma Put in Charge of Covid-19 "Vaccine"
Anthony Cartalucci | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-01
Big-Pharma

Big-Pharma Put in Charge of COVID-19 "Vaccine"
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-01
Big-Pharma is being given billions to develop a Covid-19 "vaccine." Would you trust your health to these profit driven criminals? | Coronavirus Disease 2019 or "Covid-19″ hysteria is sweeping the globe

The Tenderloin Containment Zone: A Photo Essay
Marc Norton | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-01
San Francisco

Meat/Mental Health Story Latest in Fake Nutritional Science
Martha Rosenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-01
"Meat Improves Mental Health" mainstream media blasted out this week, without mentioning the "study," published in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, was funded by an "unrestricted research grant from the Beef Checkoff, through the National Cattlemen's Beef Association." Such fake science from the meat industry is becoming more common as people drop meat. Whereas only…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/01/meat-mental-…

NSAIDS and heart disease: Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-01
They're common over-the-counter pain medications that are used millions of times. But on this Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute, Dr. Rekha Mankad explains why caution should be used when taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. To listen, click the link below. NSAIDS and heart disease…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ns…

How Covid Alarmists Waged Biological Warfare on Nursing Homes
Fraser Myers | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-01

"And now we have a situation in which we have protected the healthy from a disease that poses little threat to them and exposed the most vulnerable to a disease that could kill them"

| The daily death figures from hospitals have dominated the news headlines and the government's press briefings during Britain's coronavirus crisis so far. Mercifully, those figures have been in decline for some time now. The peak of hospital deaths was passed on 8 April

Abortion access threatened during pandemic
Sue Davis | workers.org | 2020-05-01
"These anti-choice governors have created a health crisis within a health crisis," Julie Burkhart told the April 16 Los Angeles Times. She is the founder and CEO of Trust Women, which runs nonprofit health care clinics in Wichita, Kan., and Oklahoma City, Okla. In Texas, the Trust. Respect. Access. coalition . . . | Continue reading Abortion access threatened during pandemic at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/04/48050/?utm_source=rs…

N. Korea leader issues new message coinciding with recent rumors
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-01
TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA)

Our health over their profits: France's CGT in the thick of struggle
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-01
Patrick Correa of the CGT Metalworkers' union of France talks to Peoples Dispatch on the impact of COVID-19 on the workers of the country.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/01/our-healt…

What is contact tracing, and why is it important in fight against COVID-19?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-01
Contact tracing is one of those terms associated with the COVID-19 pandemic that has seemingly become a part of our everyday language. But it's a public health strategy that's been used for years to combat communicable diseases. Contact tracing is the process of finding out who has recently been in close contact with a person …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/wh…

Mayo Clinic expert talks social distancing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-01
The need for social distancing will continue into the summer as an important public health tool to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases specialist at Mayo Clinic acknowledges the hardships of public safety measures and says they important. "The nature of social distancing, isolating ourselves, and shelter-in-place has been tremendous hardships from an …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…

Russia reports almost 8,000 new Covid-19 cases in a record daily rise
rt.com | 2020-05-01
Russian health officials have recorded 7,933 new Covid-19 cases since Thursday, according to the daily update. It brings the total number of coronavirus infections in the country to 114,431. | Moscow remains the biggest hotbed for the outbreak, with roughly half of the identified cases localized in the capital. The death toll in Russia stands at 13,220, after 96 more people succumbed to the disease. | On Thursday, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin tested positive for coronavirus. He revealed his diagnosis du…
rt.com/newsline/487504-russia-coronaviru…

Developing Countries Struggle with Coronavirus Health and Economic Impacts
Kate Zeller | indybay.org | 2020-05-01
From Ecuador to the Dominican Republic to Ethiopia, developing countries are struggling to obtain aid and financing to address the health and economic impacts of the coronavirus.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/01/1883273…

AskMayoExpert's COVID-19 information made available to public
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-01
Mayo Clinic is making parts of its AskMayoExpert clinical knowledge resource for providers available to the public to make trusted knowledge on COVID-19 easily available to other health systems and providers. AskMayoExpert, Mayo Clinic's primary clinical knowledge resource for providers at the point of care, is sharing its COVID-19 content with the public. "Mayo leadership …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/as…

COVID-19 Underscores Why We Need to Make May Day Radical Again
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-01
Millions of Americans have lost their jobs and health care in the midst of the pandemic lockdown and people are, reasonably, looking for someone or something to blame for their hardship. Meanwhile, right-wing media, Republican politicians and their Tea Party-funded "grassroots" allies are directing fury and desperation toward various scapegoats: Chinese people, the World Health Organiz…
truthout.org/articles/covid-19-underscor…

The Tenderloin Containment Zone: A Photo Essay
Marc Norton | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-01
San Francisco

North Korea's Kim makes public appearance at FERTILIZER PLANT amid death rumors fueled by Trump's 'no comments' (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-05-01
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made his first public appearance in weeks, at a fertilizer factory north of Pyongyang. The state media reports and photos, however, have not entirely dispelled speculations about his health. | A news broadcast by the North Korean state radio said that Kim cut the ribbon on a fertilizer plant in Sunchon, in South Phyongan Province, on Friday. He was accompanied by his sister Kim Yo-jong and several other officials. The Sunchon event was also reported by the state news agency KCNA, and by South Korea's news agency Yonhap, who said it "contradicted rumors" about Kim's health.
rt.com/news/487599-kim-korea-fertilizer-…

Mayor of Nice calls for Covid-19 'health passports' to enter or leave France
rt.com | 2020-05-01
The mayor of Nice has urged French PM Edouard Philippe to introduce new travel controls during the Covid-19 pandemic through "health passports" in the parts of France which border other countries. | Christian Estrosi posted the details of his letter on Facebook a day after PM Philippe unveiled plans to ease France's lockdown in May, including finally increasing the strict one-kilometer movement limit to 100km of a person's home. Philippe warned that people would need t…
rt.com/news/487573-france-health-passpor…

Millions spent by Trump to "salute" health care workers with military flyovers
wsws.org | 2020-05-01
Vast sums of money are being spent to fly military aircraft over America's hospitals while health care workers still lack adequate protection from the coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/01/msts…

COVID-19 Underscores Why We Need to Make May Day Radical Again
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-01
Millions of Americans have lost their jobs and health care in the midst of the pandemic lockdown and people are, reasonably, looking for someone or something to blame for their hardship. Meanwhile, right-wing media, Republican politicians and their Tea Party-funded "grassroots" allies are directing fury and desperation toward various scapegoats: Chinese people, the World Health Organiz…
truthout.org/articles/covid-19-underscor…

Ireland extends coronavirus lockdown to May 18 as PM gives first details for easing restrictions
rt.com | 2020-05-01
The Irish government on Friday announced a further extension to the country's lockdown measures, with Prime Minister Leo Varadkar saying they would remain in place until May 18; then first steps to ease restrictions will be made. | Varadkar said the Irish economy would reopen in five stages, with each successive easing dependent on the level of coronavirus infections being kept under control. The current travel limit for personal exercise will be extended from two to five kilometers from Tuesday, while people aged over 70

Colombia vows to pay health workers' back payment 6 weeks into state of emergency
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-01
Colombia's health minister said Thursday he will pay health workers' back payments amid confusion over where the $1.5 billion promised by President Ivan Duque six weeks ago went. In Duque's…
colombiareports.com/colombia-vows-to-pay…

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2020-04-30: News Headlines

Dave Welsh (2020-04-30). Pandemic used as proxy to privatize USPS. workers.org USPS worker delivers mail on Beacon Hill in Boston, April 8. U.S. Postal Service workers, like health care workers, go to work every day risking exposure to the COVID-19 virus. Over 900 USPS employees have tested positive for COVID-19, and over 35 have died. On Workers' Memorial Day, April 28, . . . |

Curt Wechsler (2020-04-30). May 1 Actions to Counter "ReOpen America" Rallies; Demand Trump/Pence #OutNOW. indybay.org Join us to demand Trump, Pence, the whole fascist regime #OutNow in social distancing counter protest of the May 1st fascist rallies that demand the end to sheltering at home and demand their rights to disregard the health and lives of the most vulnerable. In contrast to this, unite with refuse fascism by saying Humanity first and in the name of humanity we refuse to accept a fascist America.

RT (2020-04-30). 'No need to generate undue alarm': Doctors call for calm amid media hype over Covid-19-linked inflammatory syndrome in children. rt.com The Western media has been flooded with stories about a "mysterious disease" affecting children in the UK and the US that is supposedly linked to Covid-19. RT has asked a number of pediatricians if there is cause for concern. | On Monday, the UK's Paediatric Intensive Care Society (PICS) sent a memo to British doctors warning them about a rise in cases of a "multi-system inflammatory state requiring intensive care" that had been exhibited in "children of all ages" in several regions across the UK, including London. It further noted that the symptoms of the condition were "consistent with severe Covid-19," and…

Marko Marjanoviƒá (2020-04-30). It's No Coincidence That COVID-19 First Popped Up in Wuhan, But Not in the Way You Think. anti-empire.com The American/Western conspiracy theory is that COVID-19 is an "escaped bio-weapon" which found its way out Wuhan's biosafety level 4 laboratory which is only one of two such institutions in China. | The corresponding Chinese conspiracy theory is that COVID-19 is an American "bio-weapon" spread by the US delegation to the 2019 Wuhan Military Games. | Why someone would use a virus that is as good as spreading as the common cold, and equally unlikely to make a healthy person significantly ill as a "weapon" is unknown. | And yet it's not a coincidence that the virus seemingly first popped up in Wuhan as a German d…

Jackie Salo (2020-04-30). Lockdowns-Boosting WHO Now Lauds Sweden as a 'Model' for Other Countries to Copy Going Forward. anti-empire.com The World Health Organization lauded Sweden as a "model" for battling the coronavirus as countries lift lockdowns — after the nation Dr. Mike Ryan, the WHO's top emergencies expert, said Wednesday there are "lessons to be learned" from the Scandinavian nation, which has largely relied on citizens to self-regulate. [This would be the same Mike Ryan who argued authorities would need to enter people's homes and forcefully take away infected fami…

ENO (2020-04-30). COVID-19 devastates Indigenous communities. workers.org From Indian Country Today: ""My feet hurt," says Denise Begaye, an X-ray technician with the Monument Valley Health Center, as she sits on a curb and takes a break from COVID-19 testing outside of the center in Oljato-Monument Valley, San Juan County on Thursday, April 16, 2020." This article is . . . |

RT (2020-04-30). S. Korea reports no new domestic coronavirus cases for 1st time since February. rt.com South Korea on Thursday reported no new domestic coronavirus cases for the first time since February, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). | It reported four new infections, all imported cases, taking the national tally to 10,765. The death toll rose by one to 247, while 9,059 have been discharged. Of the total, 1,065 were imported cases, while more than 90 percent were Koreans, a KCDC statement said. | The health authorities also said that no local transmissions occurred from a parliamentary election this month, where authorities took safety measures. | "Twenty-nine millio…

The Canary (2020-04-30). Boris Johnson to front first press conference since recovering from coronavirus. thecanary.co Boris Johnson will front his first daily press conference since recovering from coronavirus (Covid-19) on 30 April.The UK's coronavirus death toll is now the third highest in the world after the US and Italy, so Downing Street is playing down any expectations of an easing of restrictions.Number 10 said a cabinet meeting earlier in the day would look at the "response in general" but not make any decisions on lockdown measures.(PA Graphics)That response was facing further criticism as health secretary Matt Hancock's deadline arrived for carrying out 100,000 Covid-19 tests a day.With just over 52,000 tests carried o…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-30). What is contact tracing, and why is it important in fight against COVID-19? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Contact tracing is one of those terms associated with the COVID-19 pandemic that has seemingly become a part of our everyday language. But it's a public health strategy that's been used for years to combat communicable diseases. Contact tracing is the process of finding out who has recently been in close contact with a person …

en.mehrnews (2020-04-30). Confirmed COVID-19 cases reach 94,640 in Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) — Iran's Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Thursday that 983 new cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in the country in the past 24 hours, putting the total number of infections at 94,640.

W. T. Whitney (2020-04-30). COVID 19: Think Science and the People. counterpunch.org The people need science. The teaching is a legacy of pathologist Rudolph Virchow who was at the barricades in Berlin in 1848. A journal entry in that year of revolutions reads, "Medicine is a social science, and politics nothing but medicine on a grand scale." The pioneering Virchow first pronounced upon the biological importance of cells in health and disease. He was the "chief founder of modern scientific medicine." (William H. Welch, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 1902),

WSWS (2020-04-30). Sweden forced to admit significant under-counting of coronavirus deaths. wsws.org Sweden did not impose a lock-down and even delayed issuing social distancing guidelines, leading to more deaths and pushing the health system to the limit.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-30). Why are more men dying from COVID-19 than women? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Men appear to be hit harder by COVID-19 than women. Early data from China and the World Health Organization (WHO) show that more men than women are dying from COVID-19. Other countries like Spain and Italy also are seeing higher death rates among men. But why might that be? Dr. Gregory Poland, a Mayo Clinic …

People's Bailout coalition (2020-04-30). #PeoplesBailout May Day Actions & Livestream for COVID-19 Health & Economic Justice. indybay.org Online and actions across USA…

WSWS (2020-04-30). Washington DC, Virginia and Maryland announce plans for reopening region. wsws.org Political leaders announced their plans to end stay-at-home orders and business closures despite warnings from health experts that the pandemic has not peaked yet.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-30). NSAIDS and heart disease: Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org They're common over-the-counter pain medications that are used millions of times. But on this Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute, Dr. Rekha Mankad explains why caution should be used when taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. To listen, click the link below. NSAIDS and heart disease…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-30). Mayo Clinic partners with state of Minnesota, University of Minnesota on breakthrough COVID-19 initiative. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic joined Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcom, the University of Minnesota, and other health system leaders to announce a breakthrough initiative to provide rapid, widespread testing for COVID-19 in Minnesota. The goal of this statewide strategy is to test all symptomatic people, isolate confirmed cases to limit the …

Ryan Cristián (2020-04-30). Dismantling The Superficial "China Did It" Narrative (Origin Unknown) & CDC "Suspends" Flu Reporting. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/29/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

Gregg Gonsalves (2020-04-30). How Long Will It Take Until There's a Vaccine? thenation.com How Long Will It Take Until There's a Vaccine?

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-30). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 news briefing with Dr. Greg Poland. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, covers the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Poland discusses current outbreak numbers, why there may be a second wave of infections, and research on a vaccine. Click the player below: Mayo Clinic Q&A is …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-30). Symptom list for COVID-19 expanded. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, affects people in many ways. Early symptoms have included fever, cough and chills. The list of symptoms in people with confirmed COVID-19 disease has expanded since early reports of the disease. "We're learning more about the virus and more about the syndrome that it causes as people …

Troy Prouty* (2020-04-30). The Deterioration of the United States. indybay.org COVID-19 is just a Virus. Propaganda is the Disease.

Irma A. Velásquez Nimatuj (2020-04-30). Organized Indigenous Communities and Indigenous Knowledge Can Prevent the Spread of Covid19. counterpunch.org With the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic in Latin American countries, indigenous peoples and communities face the challenges that this disease brings, the contagion of which has proven to be highly rapid and aggressive. Faced with government neglect, the absence of social investment in their regions and the lack of access to regional or national

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-30). Infographic: Informed but not overwhelmed. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org 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.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-30). Physicians, scientists and physician-scientists connect dots between heart disease, potential for worse COVID-19 outcomes. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. ? People with certain heart diseases may be more susceptible to worse outcomes with COVID-19, but the reason why has remained unknown. New research from Mayo Clinic indicates that in patients with one specific type of heart disease ? obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) ? the heart increases production of the ACE2 RNA transcript …

WSWS (2020-04-30). Prime Minister Philippe announces premature end of the lockdown in France. wsws.org The decision puts hundreds of thousands of lives at risk that have been saved by the insistence of the working class on measures to contain the disease.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-30). How Mayo Clinic is using artificial intelligence in its COVID-19 research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Artificial intelligence has a vital role in helping researchers in their efforts to fight COVID-19 and is an important tool in the work being done at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Andrew Badley is an infectious diseases specialist and leads Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 Research Task Force. In this Q&A, Dr. Badley answers questions about the task force …

yenisafak (2020-04-30). ANALYSIS: Turkey's healthcare system: an example to follow. yenisafak.com The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has turned healthcare systems upside down in most European countries. It has exposed numerous inadequacies, with most healthcare systems across the globe struggling hard to cope with the challenges.The decade-long austerity measures [1] in countries like Italy, Spain, Portugal and the UK have led to substantial budget cuts and lack of investment in national public healthcare systems. These policies resulted in serious shortages in critical equipment, hospital beds and medical personnel.In contrast, Turkey's healthcare system has responded well to the pandemic through effe…

yenisafak (2020-04-30). Tajikistan confirms first cases of coronavirus. yenisafak.com Tajikistan reported Thursday the first coronavirus cases in the country.The Ministry of Health and Social Protection announced that 15 people, 10 in Khujand and five in Dushanbe, have been diagnosed with COVID-19.Meanwhile, the country made it compulsory for people to wear protective mask upon the decision taken by the Coronavirus Prevention Center during a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda.With the decision, a break is announced for all university students in the country starting from May 4.On April 28, the ministry said that 319 people, including 126 health workers, had been hospitalized with s…

yenisafak (2020-04-30). Coronavirus cases rise in Oman, Iraq. yenisafak.com Health authorities in Oman and Iraq reported more coronavirus cases on Thursday.In Oman, 74 fresh cases of COVID-19 were recorded, bringing the total to 2,348. The death toll in the country stood at 10, while 495 people have so far recovered from the virus, according to the Health Ministry.In Iraq, the Health Ministry of the Kurdish Regional Government recorded five cases in Erbil and one in Wasit province. The new cases push the total number of cases across Iraq to 2,008

sputniknews (2020-04-30). India Hints at Extending Lockdown Beyond 3 May as Number of COVID-19 Cases Keeps Growing. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): Despite the slow rate of COVID-19's spread across the country, serious concerns have been erupting in regions where health infrastructure is in a bad state and the government fears that any relaxation at this juncture will lead to serious problems for the country.

sputniknews (2020-04-30). British Airways Plans to Cut Pilot Jobs by Almost 25%. sputniknews.com On 2 April, British Airways said it would suspend up to 36,000 staff due to the coronavirus pandemic. All airline employees temporarily left without work can reportedly rely on compensation of up to 80 percent of their salary under a state support programme in light of the epidemic.

Vijay Prashad (2020-04-29). Why did the World Health Organization wait until March to declare a global pandemic? peoplesdispatch.org The 2005 regulations pushed on the World Health Organization by the United States and the Europeans hampered the WHO's ability to declare an emergency and a pandemic…

Yang Liu, Zhonglei Gu, Shang Xia, Benyun Shi, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Yong Shi, Jiming Liu (2020-04-29). What are the underlying transmission patterns of COVID-19 outbreak? An age-specific social contact characterization. thelancet.com With an in-depth characterization of age-specific social contact-based transmission, the retrospective and prospective situations of the disease outbreak, including the past and future transmission risks, the effectiveness of different interventions, and the disease transmission risks of restoring normal social activities, are computationally analyzed and reasonably explained. The conclusions drawn from the study not only provide a comprehensive explanation of the underlying COVID-19 transmission patterns in China, but more importantly, offer the social contact-based risk analysis methods that can readily be appl…

Workers World Party (2020-04-29). International Workers' Day: Find an action! workers.org May Day — International Workers' Day — will be celebrated on May 1 across the U.S. despite the challenges imposed by the pandemic. Activists in many cities are protesting from their cars about a range of key working-class issues, including health, safety and economic well-being in the context of COVID-19. . . . |

teleSUR (2020-04-29). Guatemalans Stage a Funeral Procession to Protest. telesurenglish.net After staging a funeral procession through the streets of Guatemala City on Tuesday, social activists and workers came together in the Constitution Square to denounce the poor management of the health emergency by RELATED: | "Basic services were c…

Black Alliance for Peace (2020-04-29). COVID-19: 'It's the System, Stupid!' Black Alliance for Peace. globalresearch.ca The current disaster exists in large part because the U.S. healthcare system is the opposite of what is needed. It is fragmented, discriminatory and designed for corporate profits, not the well-being of the public. Even before the pandemic, the United …

Staff (2020-04-29). Education Crisis: From Pre-K to Higher Ed, Students Face Unequal Access During Coronavirus Shutdown. democracynow.org We look at the impact of the pandemic on schools, universities, students, parents, teachers and professors — and who is at the table to shape what happens next. "We now have an economic crisis on top of the public health crisis, and the ways that we're choosing to educate children is simply unequal and is going to lead to an educational crisis," says education scholar and Cornell University professor Noliwe Rooks, author of "Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education."

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2020-04-29). Pandemic Story: Failures, forebodings, signs of solidarity. peoplesworld.org The long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, while uncertain, promises to be far-reaching and profound. Here we look for signs evident now that point to various kinds of long-term effects in the future. One set of indicators has to do with U.S. failures in prioritizing and protecting the public's health. These may provoke movement toward …

Staff (2020-04-29). This is Not a Drill: LIVE, April 29. therealnews.com What does it mean for left organizers to build independent political power after Bernie and in the middle of health, political, and economic crises? Join us for the next episode of This is Not a Drill: LIVE as we talk 2020 political and electoral strategy in the face of a global pandemic. Hosts Adam Gold…

The Canary (2020-04-29). Testing tsar 'confident' government will hit 100,000 target for Covid-19. thecanary.co The government's testing tsar has said he is confident the 100,000 daily target for coronavirus tests will be met on Thursday.Professor John Newton, director of public health improvement for Public Health England (PHE), said: "We are pretty confident we will hit that target. It puts us really right up there with countries like Germany, so we need that now but we need that for the future as well."There will be a lag in receiving the data but "by the end of the week we will know whether we have reached that target", he added.The government has been under pressure over the target, with health secretary Matt Hancock…

RT (2020-04-29). Covid-19 was already 'silently circulating' in France before virus arrived from China & Italy — study. rt.com The outbreak of the coronavirus in France has little to do with cases imported from China or Italy, as another strain of the disease of unknown origin had already been infecting people in the country, research claims. | The virologists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris have sequenced the genomes from samples taken from 97 French and three Algerian coronavirus patients between January 24 and March 24. | What they found is that the dominant types of Covid-19 viral strains in France differed from those that arrived from China or Italy, and belonged to another group, or 'clade.' | The earliest sample in the French…

RT (2020-04-29). US coronavirus deaths pass 60,000, eclipsing Fauci's lowered prediction — JHU count. rt.com The Covid-19 death toll in the US has passed 60,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. The deaths are now above the figure predicted by the latest model used by Dr Anthony Fauci, President Donald Trump's disease specialist. | The United States saw its coronavirus deaths tick past 60,000 on Wednesday, after another 1,743 fatalities were recorded in the preceding 24 hours. At just over a million cases, the US has more coronavirus infections than the next five countries combined. More than a third of all American Covid-19 deaths have been recorded in New York. | Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Ins…

Staff (2020-04-29). Chomsky: COVID-19 Has Exposed the US Under Trump as a "Failed State" truthout.org The label "failed state" has started to fit the U.S. like a glove as the COVID-19 national health crisis continues to reveal the structural flaws and weaknesses of the United States, argues world—renowned public intellectual Noam Chomsky in this exclusive interview for Truthout. Meanwhile, the Trump administration continues to exact a high price in human lives due to its caricaturish but highly dangerous response to the crisis. In the interview that follows, Chomsky also analyzes what's behind Trum…

Adriaan Alsema (2020-04-29). Colombia's southeast in crisis as coronavirus breaks out and promised medical aid is missing. colombiareports.com The government of Colombia's southeastern Amazonas province urged for help on Tuesday after a coronavirus outbreak almost instantly collapsed its healthcare system. The National Health Institute (INS) reported that the…

Ashley Curtin (2020-04-29). Frontline healthcare personnel at risk from COVID-19 because of age or chronic conditions, study finds. nationofchange.org "Millions of health workers likely to be exposed to SARS—CoV-2 have medical conditions that increase their risk for poor COVID-19 outcomes."

Staff (2020-04-29). Students Face Unequal Access During COVID-19 Shutdown. truthout.org We look at the impact of the pandemic on schools, universities, students, parents, teachers and professors — and who is at the table to shape what happens next. "We now have an economic crisis on top of the public health crisis, and the ways that we're choosing to educate children is simply unequal and is going to lead to an educational crisis," says education scholar and Cornell University professor Noliwe Rooks, author of Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education. | TRANSC…

The Canary (2020-04-29). UK coronavirus death toll reaches more than 26,000 — the second highest in Europe. thecanary.co 26,097 people with confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) have died in hospitals, care homes and elsewhere in the UK, new figures from Public Health England (PHE) show. This puts the UK in second place for most coronavirus deaths in Europe, just behind Italy's The new UK figure includes 765 deaths reported in the 24 hours to 5pm on Tuesday. And it is the first time data on the number of deaths in care homes and the wider community has been included in the Government's daily updates. | The new method of reporting includes an additional 3,811 deaths since the s…

teleSUR (2020-04-29). Cuba: Interferon's Effectiveness Against COVID-19 Confirmed. telesurenglish.net Cuban scientific authorities confirmed this week that the use of Interferon to treat COVID-19 patients was indeed effective. | RELATED: | Eulogio Pimentel Vazquez, President of the Cuban Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), affirmed that the Interferon application complies with Cuban Health Ministry (Minsap) protocols. Pimentel stated that it is part of a patients' treatment but not for those in…

news.un (2020-04-29). World health experts will meet Thursday to assess COVID-19 pandemic. news.un.org International health experts will convene on Thursday to evaluate the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and advise on updated recommendations, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday during his latest virtual press conference from Geneva.

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