Monthly Archives: April 2020

2020-04-26: News Headlines

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-04-26). Coronavirus Escalates a Pharmaceutical Arms Race. globalresearch.ca In each era, it is possible to detect a central factor in the struggle for power between nations, which, when achieved, will enable the nation that conquered it to be at an advantageous stage in relation to all the others …

Lauren Melendez (2020-04-26). A ("Presumed"or "Confirmed") "Covid Death" Does not Mean that the Virus Was the Cause of Death: Illinois Public Health Director. globalresearch.ca State Health officials have acknowledged a bending of the "Covid Curve" seeing smaller spikes in positive cases, or rather, not as exponential of a jump as recorded weeks ago when virus testing capability was much lower. | Additionally, despite the additional …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-26). Trump Regime Aims to Suppress Iranian Truth-Telling. globalresearch.ca US hostility toward Iran is all about its sovereign independence — free from US control. | It's also because of its large hydrocarbon resources the US seeks control over, along with wanting Israel's main rival neutralized. | Hostile US policy toward Iran …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2020-04-26). The Digital Revolution: Unlimited Ability to Spy and Control Populations. The Creation of a Police State Dystopia. globalresearch.ca Many have expressed concerns that coronavirus will be used, as 9/11 and the hoax "war on terror" were, to further expand the American police state dystopia. But we were doomed by the digital revolution to a controlled existence regardless of …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-26). Vice President Pence to visit Mayo Clinic in Rochester on April 28. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Vice President Mike Pence will travel to Rochester, Minnesota, on Tuesday, April 28. He will tour Mayo Clinic facilities that support COVID-19 research and treatment, and speak with staff. Later that evening, Vice President Pence will return to Washington, D.C. Additional details about the vice president's trip are forthcoming. Members of the media can contact …

James Corbett (2020-04-26). Predictions: What Will Happen Next in the Corona Crisis? globalresearch.ca Sometimes it isn't all that hard to predict the future. All you have to do is listen to what the social engineers are telling you they're going to do. | For example, when the neocons

Peter Koenig (2020-04-26). The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic: The Real Danger is "Agenda ID2020" globalresearch.ca WHO has most likely received orders from "above", from those people who also manage Trump and the "leaders" (sic) of the EU, European Union. The final decision to go ahead NOW with COVID-19 pandemic, was taken in January 2020 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos – behind very much closed doors.

RT (2020-04-26). 'They should study Shakespeare, not science': Sen. Cotton claims China could be using visa students to STEAL US Covid-19 vaccine. rt.com Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton believes China is "actively" trying to steal a coronavirus vaccine from the US and could be using foreign students to do so. As such, he has urged the government to limit what they can study. | "The Chinese Communist Party has been stealing America's intellectual property for decades and they're not going to magically stop in the middle of a pandemic," Cotton told Fox News' 'Sunday Morning Futures'. | "In the middle of a pandemic, what's the most valuable intellectual property in the world? It's the research that our great laboratories and life science companies are doing on prophyl…

Philip A Farruggio (2020-04-26). 'They Massage Horses Don't They?'. globalresearch.ca It's been over 25 years since that glorious warm, blue sky summer day at Belmont Park Racetrack. I not only remember it so well, but I can almost inhale that special racetrack smell, the combination of disinfectant merged with horse …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-26). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 research task force. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As the SARS-CoV-2 virus spread worldwide, a race began to develop testing protocols and ramp up research. Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 research task force is studying the virus, predicting hot spots, and working towards effective treatments and a vaccine. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Andrew Badley, chair of Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 research task force, …

Brett Jordan (2020-04-26). The New "Normal": We Do Have Some Say in All This. globalresearch.ca In a televised CBS interview with Anthony Mason on April 2nd, Bill Gates issued a few key words that have since become iconic in the world of mainstream media. As has been the general trend whenever the famed …

Colin Todhunter (2020-04-26). The Gates Foundation and the "War on Cash": 'Financial Inclusion' in an Age of Neoliberalism. globalresearch.ca Back in November 2016, the Indian government decided to remove all 500- and 1000-rupee notes from circulation overnight without prior notice. This effectively removed 86% of cash in a country that was almost 90% cash reliant. | The notes became worthless …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-26). She's Back: Nikki Haley's Anti-China Rage: "Stop Communist China" globalresearch.ca Neocon hardliner Haley is a "hawk" on the far-right fringe of US politics. She's militantly hostile toward sovereign states on the US target list for regime change. | As former Trump regime UN envoy, she was an embarrassment to the …

Robert Fantina (2020-04-26). Suffering in Kashmir and Palestine. globalresearch.ca While the world is pre-occupied with coronavirus and its impact on lives and the international economy, one must not forget that suffering due to oppression knows no season and has no vaccine, but is not without a cure. Sadly, for …

Barbara Nimri Aziz (2020-04-26). Have Nepal's People Managed a Healthy Breakthrough in the Covid-19 Crisis? globalresearch.ca "We're all going to die!" This feeble appeal came in a Facebook phone call with B. Thapa from deep within Nepal's eastern hills. | Our conversation was in early March when news headlines from Italy and the U.S. began to alarm …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-26). 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 …

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2020-04-26). Let's Call the Geopolitical Operation of the "Global Elite" by Its Name, A Crime Against Humanity. globalresearch.ca What do we want to call the geopolitical operation of the "global elite" with its real "depopulation agenda" currently taking place before our very eyes? | The consequences of this gigantic, frightening swindle are being experienced by everyone personally at the …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-26). Science Saturday: Antibody testing, in pictures. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Convalescent plasma therapy for the treatment of COVID-19 virus infection is based on the function of antibodies, tiny proteins created by the immune system, that combat invaders to the body in a variety of ways. Some are capable of neutralizing a virus, while others work by mobilizing a range of other immune cells that fight …

Robert Koehler (2020-04-26). Moral injury and the pandemic of violence. zcomm.org In recent years, "post-traumatic stress disorder" emerged, which kept the matter in isolation: a "disorder" to be fixed. It's your problem, not ours. But the term "moral injury" opens up everyone's conscience and begins to make the matter collective…

Dudley Paul (2020-04-26). Teachers' unions and COVID-19: time to step up. zcomm.org It's really encouraging to see educators continue to push this collective responsibility in the midst of COVID-19…

graham (2020-04-26). Mission Creep — Yet more intrusive surveillance powers given to government. truepublica.org.uk By TruePublica: Back in 2016 — TruePublica wrote: "One should wonder where the universal surveillance system dubbed the 'snoopers charter' being installed by Britain's government is heading for eventually. Recently described by Edward Snowden in tweets as the "most intrusive and least accountable surveillance regime in the West" and its "a comprehensive record of your …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-04-25). After the Lockdown: A Global Coronavirus Vaccination Program… globalresearch.ca The tendency is towards a Worldwide lockdown spearheaded by fear and media disinformation. Currently, hundreds of millions of people Worldwide are under lockdown. | What is the next step in the evolution of the COV-19 Crisis? A multibillion dollar coronavirus vaccination program to be implemented in the wake of the Lockdown.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-04-25). Fake Coronavirus Data, Fear Campaign. Spread of the COVID-19 Infection. globalresearch.ca Do not let yourself be misled by the fear campaign, pointing to a Worldwide coronavirus calamity with repeated "predictions" that hundreds of thousands of people are going to die. | According to the WHO, the death rate pertaining to Seasonal Influenza globally is between 6 to 12 times higher than COVID-19.

Ann Charles (2020-04-25). Musicians Dig Their Own Grave. globalresearch.ca Live music is illegal. | Anyone who has been self-employed understands how difficult it is to make a living do so, let alone as a musician. Lives of many musicians are being destroyed as a result of being banned from working …

Kurt Nimmo (2020-04-25). Death Panel Ezekiel: "No Choice" but Mass Poverty and Death. globalresearch.ca If several weeks of state-imposed house arrest and unemployment have maxed out your stress level, wait until you hear what the experts have in mind to "mitigate" a bad seasonal influenza. | Here is

Alan MacLeod (2020-04-25). "Sanctioned Countries" Are Now Leading the World in the Fight Against Coronavirus. globalresearch.ca After weeks of dismissing it as a liberal "hoax" designed to unseat the president, brushing the virus off as no big deal and under control, the Trump administration is clearly floundering in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite …

sputniknews (2020-04-26). 'Hank-ccine': Tom Hanks Donates Plasma to COVID-19 Vaccine Research Effort. sputniknews.com As NPR host Peter Sagal said, "there could be no better ending" to the current coronavirus crisis than if a cure to this disease could be made out of Tom Hanks' blood.

sputniknews (2020-04-26). Blame Game in Full Throttle: Why WHO's Listing of Israel as 'European' Raises No Red Flags. sputniknews.com Donald Trump's criticism of the WHO has turned all eyes on the entity's alleged political biases. However, it appears the media spread it on thick when they lambasted the WHO for including Israel in the list of European nations in its COVID-19 situation reports. WHO and Israeli researchers have explained why and what's behind the controversy.

sputniknews (2020-04-26). Russian Scientists Prove Life Can Survive on Mars, Venus, Jupiter's Ice Moon. sputniknews.com Theories about the possible habitability of Earth's closest neighbours go back to the dawn of the space age, with scientists creating increasingly complex instruments to try to confirm beyond a doubt whether such life exists in the years since.

Gordon Duff (2020-04-26). Russia's Love of Trump, But Why? Trump is Burying the United States, Just Like Nikita Promised. thealtworld.com Over the past year, since Russiagate has blown over for the most part, Sputnik News and Russia Today, the two major government controlled media operations (controlled by the same person) have embarrassingly fawned over Trump. | More than that, their slant has been decidedly racist, anti-Semitic (expressing virulent hatred for America's liberal Jewish majority), anti-Hispaic/African American/Islamic America and anti-intellectual. | They have also been anti-science but their real bias has been an ongoing smear campaign against any democratic politician or anyone that isn't a pure Deep State sludge eater. | Above al…

Global Research News (2020-04-25). Washington's Dr. Strangelove. The Disrupter in Chief. globalresearch.ca There are lots of choices for this dubious distinction from elements of both right wings of Washington's one-party state. | As president and commander-in-chief with his finger on the nation's nuclear trigger, Trump is most dangerous — notably because he's easily …

France 24 (2020-04-25). Video: Sweden: Europe's Lockdown Exception. globalresearch.ca First published on April 3, 2020 | Here is the link to a 3-minute video of Swedish life that should looks pretty good to everybody. This single example of a nation willing to be a "Control Group" to the massive experiment …

Dr. Annie Bukacek (2020-04-25). Video: How COVID-19 Death Certificates Are Being Manipulated. Montana Physician Dr. Annie Bukacek. globalresearch.ca First published by GR on April 8, 2020 | Dr. Annie Bukacek is a longtime Montana physician with over 30 years experience practicing medicine. Signing death certificates is a routine part of her job. | In this brief video, Dr. Bukacek blows …

Global Research News (2020-04-25). Lets Rid Ourselves of the War Virus. Liberiamoci del Virus della Guerra. IN DIRETTA STREAMING, 3PM ITALY, 9AM EST. globalresearch.ca TRASMESSO DA BYOBLU e PANDORATV | Sabato 25 Aprile 2020 DALLA ORE 15 | In Diretta Streaming, 25 Aprile 2020 | Click to VIEW at 15pm (Italia, CET), 9am (EST, USA, Canada) | April 25, 2020 | *** | Il 25 aprile è una data …

OffGuardian (2020-04-25). Minnesota: Doctors Receiving Instructions "to Report Covid19 as a Cause of Death, even if Patient was never Tested". globalresearch.ca First published April 10. | Minnesota State Senator Scott Jensen appeared on a local news show to report that doctors were receiving instructions from the Minnesota Department of Health to report Covid19 as a cause of death, even if the patient …

Shepard Ambellas (2020-04-25). Mike Pompeo Admits COVID-19 Is a "Live Exercise," Trump Retorts "I Wish You Would Have Told Us" globalresearch.ca First published March 21, 2020 | United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had a slip of the tongue while addressing the American people from the White House when he stated that COVID-19 is a live military exercise. | "This is not …

UNCTAD (2020-04-25). A Matter of Life and Debt: UN Agency Proposes Global Debt Deal to Prevent Health Pandemic Spreading Economic Disaster Across the Developing World. globalresearch.ca We publish this article largely to inform our readers what UNCTAD is proposing, in consultation with the World Bank and the IMF. The article also provides useful statistics. | UNCTAD does not propose a scheme to cancel the debt. The emphasis …

Mark Taliano (2020-04-25). Will the US Suffer Heavy Casualties in Persian Gulf in Case of War against Iran? globalresearch.ca A Canadian political analyst praised Iran's improved military situation after the IRGC successfully launched the country's first military satellite into the orbit, and said US will suffer heavy casualties in case of any war in the Persian Gulf. | *** | "US …

Philip A Farruggio (2020-04-25). Four Dead in Ohio — "Feeding the Beast"… globalresearch.ca Singer/Songwriter Neil Young wrote the song 'Four Dead in Ohio' for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: | Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'. | We're finally on our own. | This summer I hear the drummin'. | Four dead in …

John V. Walsh (2020-04-25). China's Covid-19 Reporting Is Truthful, Birx and Trump Demonstrate-Unwittingly. globalresearch.ca At President Trump's April 18 press briefing on the Covid-19 Pandemic, Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the US response to the outbreak, criticized China's reports on the Covid-19 data. | She did so by showing a chart with data from …

Kerry-anne Mendoza (2020-04-25). Coronavirus has already killed more British people than the Blitz. thecanary.co The UK government only reports deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) that happen in hospitals. New research shows that the true number of people dying is more than double government reports. Figures prepared by the Financial Times (FT) show that

Sputnik (2020-04-25). US Launches Campaign to Accuse Syria of Inability to Curtail Coronavirus, Claims Syrian-Russian Joint Statement. globalresearch.ca The United States has launched a propaganda campaign by accusing Damascus of its inability to effectively combat the spread of COVID-19 in Syria, the Russian and Syrian coordination centres said in a joint statement. | According to the statement, the United …

Manlio Dinucci (2020-04-25). The "Future of America", Increasingly Weaponised. Does "The Future of America" Mean "The End of the World"? globalresearch.ca First published on February 24, 2020 amidst the onslaught of the Financial Crisis and the "Economic War against China" | The Budget for the Future of America, presented by the US government, shows the priorities of the Trump Administration in the …

F. Douglas Stephenson (2020-04-25). Some Medieval Towns Handled Plagues Better Than Trump's Unequal, Rundown America. commondreams.org The Black Death killed as much as half of Europe's population. (Photo: Science & Society Picture Library/SSPL/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

The Canary (2020-04-25). Cummings' presence at Sage may have led to 'flawed' advice on the coronavirus crisis. thecanary.co A more transparent approach is needed towards the scientific group convened to advise the government in times of emergency, scientists and policy experts say. One warned that recent revelations could mean Sage potentially gave "flawed" advice. | The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) became embroiled in controversy on 24 April, when it emerged Boris Johnson's chief adviser Dominic Cummings had attended meetings. | Sage is intended to provide technical and scientific advice and remain strictly politically neutral during national crises. | It does not disclose the names of the scientists involved beyo…

teleSUR (2020-04-25). 'Science Doesn't Back a COVID-19 Immunity Passport' WHO Holds. telesurenglish.net The RELATED: | Some governments have claimed th…

Jeff Bryant (2020-04-25). How a Trump administration official is quietly exploiting the pandemic to advance her family business — and right-wing agenda. mronline.org As school districts reported huge problems with converting classroom learning into online instruction delivered to students' homes, often due to lack of funding for internet-capable devices and Wi-Fi hotspots, charter school proponents spread the news of how their industry could take advantage of emergency aid.

WSWS (2020-04-25). As US passes 50,000 deaths, workers strike against back-to-work campaign. wsws.org As states rush to reopen workplaces, logistics workers, nursing home employees and graduate students have gone on strike to protest unsafe conditions.

WSWS (2020-04-25). German government endangers the health and lives of millions with return to work and schools. wsws.org A number of state governments—including the Social Democrat/Left Party/Green government in Berlin—forced thousands of students back to school earlier this week to sit their final exams.

WSWS (2020-04-25). Australia's national cabinet targets teachers to ramp up back-to-work drive. wsws.org Prime Minister Scott Morrison took direct aim at school teachers, falsely alleging they were not "going to work."

2020-04-26: Social Media Postees

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A ("Presumed"or "Confirmed") "Covid Death" Does not Mean that the Virus Was the Cause of Death: Illinois Public Health Director
Lauren Melendez | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-26
State Health officials have acknowledged a bending of the "Covid Curve" seeing smaller spikes in positive cases, or rather, not as exponential of a jump as recorded weeks ago when virus testing capability was much lower. | Additionally, despite the additional …
globalresearch.ca/idph-director-explains-how-covid-deaths-classified/5710807

The Digital Revolution: Unlimited Ability to Spy and Control Populations. The Creation of a Police State Dystopia
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-26
Many have expressed concerns that coronavirus will be used, as 9/11 and the hoax "war on terror" were, to further expand the American police state dystopia. But we were doomed by the digital revolution to a controlled existence regardless of …
globalresearch.ca/digital-revolution-inconsistent-liberty/5710803

The New "Normal": We Do Have Some Say in All This
Brett Jordan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-26
In a televised CBS interview with Anthony Mason on April 2nd, Bill Gates issued a few key words that have since become iconic in the world of mainstream media. As has been the general trend whenever the famed …
globalresearch.ca/new-normal-we-do-have-some-say-in-all-this/5710809

'They Massage Horses Don't They?'
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-26
It's been over 25 years since that glorious warm, blue sky summer day at Belmont Park Racetrack. I not only remember it so well, but I can almost inhale that special racetrack smell, the combination of disinfectant merged with horse …
globalresearch.ca/they-massage-horses-dont-they/5710821

Have Nepal's People Managed a Healthy Breakthrough in the Covid-19 Crisis?
Barbara Nimri Aziz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-26
"We're all going to die!" This feeble appeal came in a Facebook phone call with B. Thapa from deep within Nepal's eastern hills. | Our conversation was in early March when news headlines from Italy and the U.S. began to alarm …
globalresearch.ca/have-nepal-people-managed-healthy-breakthrough-covid-19-crisis/5710819

Coronavirus Escalates a Pharmaceutical Arms Race
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-26
In each era, it is possible to detect a central factor in the struggle for power between nations, which, when achieved, will enable the nation that conquered it to be at an advantageous stage in relation to all the others …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-pharmaceutical-arms-race/5710823

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 research task force
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-26
As the SARS-CoV-2 virus spread worldwide, a race began to develop testing protocols and ramp up research. Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 research task force is studying the virus, predicting hot spots, and working towards effective treatments and a vaccine. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Andrew Badley, chair of Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 research task force, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-covid-19-research-task-force/

The Gates Foundation and the "War on Cash": 'Financial Inclusion' in an Age of Neoliberalism
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-26
Back in November 2016, the Indian government decided to remove all 500- and 1000-rupee notes from circulation overnight without prior notice. This effectively removed 86% of cash in a country that was almost 90% cash reliant. | The notes became worthless …
globalresearch.ca/gates-foundation-war-cash/5710801

'They should study Shakespeare, not science': Sen. Cotton claims China could be using visa students to STEAL US Covid-19 vaccine
rt.com | 2020-04-26
Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton believes China is "actively" trying to steal a coronavirus vaccine from the US and could be using foreign students to do so. As such, he has urged the government to limit what they can study. | "The Chinese Communist Party has been stealing America's intellectual property for decades and they're not going to magically stop in the middle of a pandemic," Cotton told Fox News' 'Sunday Morning Futures'. | "In the middle of a pandemic, what's the most valuable intellectual property in the world? It's the research that our great laboratories and life science companies are doing on prophyl…
rt.com/usa/486939-cotton-china-coronavirus-vaccine/

Suffering in Kashmir and Palestine
Robert Fantina | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-26
While the world is pre-occupied with coronavirus and its impact on lives and the international economy, one must not forget that suffering due to oppression knows no season and has no vaccine, but is not without a cure. Sadly, for …
globalresearch.ca/suffering-kashmir-palestine/5710799

She's Back: Nikki Haley's Anti-China Rage: "Stop Communist China"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-26
Neocon hardliner Haley is a "hawk" on the far-right fringe of US politics. She's militantly hostile toward sovereign states on the US target list for regime change. | As former Trump regime UN envoy, she was an embarrassment to the …
globalresearch.ca/nikki-haley-anti-china-rage/5710813

Trump Regime Aims to Suppress Iranian Truth-Telling
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-26
US hostility toward Iran is all about its sovereign independence

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 news briefing with Dr. Greg Poland
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-26
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.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-news-briefing-with-dr-greg-poland/

The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic: The Real Danger is "Agenda ID2020"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-26
WHO has most likely received orders from "above", from those people who also manage Trump and the "leaders" (sic) of the EU, European Union. The final decision to go ahead NOW with COVID-19 pandemic, was taken in January 2020 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos – behind very much closed doors.
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-causes-effects-real-danger-agenda-id2020/5706153

'They should study Shakespeare, not science': Sen. Cotton claims China could be using visa students to STEAL US Covid-19 vaccine
rt.com | 2020-04-26
Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton believes China is "actively" trying to steal a coronavirus vaccine from the US and could be using foreign students to do so. As such, he has urged the government to limit what they can study. | "The Chinese Communist Party has been stealing America's intellectual property for decades and they're not going to magically stop in the middle of a pandemic," Cotton told Fox News' 'Sunday Morning Futures'. | "In the middle of a pandemic, what's the most valuable intellectual property in the world? It's the research that our great laboratories and life science companies are doing on prophyl…
rt.com/usa/486939-cotton-china-coronavirus-vaccine/

Vice President Pence to visit Mayo Clinic in Rochester on April 28
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-26
Vice President Mike Pence will travel to Rochester, Minnesota, on Tuesday, April 28. He will tour Mayo Clinic facilities that support COVID-19 research and treatment, and speak with staff. Later that evening, Vice President Pence will return to Washington, D.C. Additional details about the vice president's trip are forthcoming. Members of the media can contact …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/vice-president-pence-to-visit-mayo-clinic-in-rochester-on-april-28/

Predictions: What Will Happen Next in the Corona Crisis?
James Corbett | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-26
Sometimes it isn't all that hard to predict the future. All you have to do is listen to what the social engineers are telling you they're going to do. | For example, when the neocons tell you that we need a …
globalresearch.ca/predictions-what-will-happen-next-corona-crisis/5710836

Let's Call the Geopolitical Operation of the "Global Elite" by Its Name, A Crime Against Humanity
Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-26
What do we want to call the geopolitical operation of the "global elite" with its real "depopulation agenda" currently taking place before our very eyes? | The consequences of this gigantic, frightening swindle are being experienced by everyone personally at the …
globalresearch.ca/geopolitical-operation-global-elite-crime-against-humanity/5710793

Sunday's Andrew Marr Show was even more of a clusterf*ck than usual
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-04-26
It was quite the Sunday morning for the Andrew Marr Show. Because it managed to let a Tory minister off the hook, treat the Scottish First Minister completely differently, and leave it to a scientist to warn about the government's coronavirus (Covid-19) science mantra. Just the usual for the BBC, really. | Nicola Sturgeon: cool, calm, collected: | First out of the blocks was Nicola Sturgeon. Some people on social media thought her appearance showed that of a "true leader"; the "best" in the UK apparently: | Nicola Sturgeo…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/04/26/sundays-andrew-marr-show-was-even-more-of-a-clusterfck-than-usual/

Science Saturday: Antibody testing, in pictures
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-26
Convalescent plasma therapy for the treatment of COVID-19 virus infection is based on the function of antibodies, tiny proteins created by the immune system, that combat invaders to the body in a variety of ways. Some are capable of neutralizing a virus, while others work by mobilizing a range of other immune cells that fight …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/science-saturday-antibody-testing-in-pictures/

Moral injury and the pandemic of violence
Robert Koehler | zcomm.org | 2020-04-26
In recent years, "post-traumatic stress disorder" emerged, which kept the matter in isolation: a "disorder" to be fixed. It's your problem, not ours. But the term "moral injury" opens up everyone's conscience and begins to make the matter collective…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/moral-injury-and-the-pandemic-of-violence/

Teachers' unions and COVID-19: time to step up
Dudley Paul | zcomm.org | 2020-04-26
It's really encouraging to see educators continue to push this collective responsibility in the midst of COVID-19…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/teachers-unions-and-covid-19-time-to-step-up/

After the Lockdown: A Global Coronavirus Vaccination Program
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-25
The tendency is towards a Worldwide lockdown spearheaded by fear and media disinformation. Currently, hundreds of millions of people Worldwide are under lockdown. | What is the next step in the evolution of the COV-19 Crisis? A multibillion dollar coronavirus vaccination program to be implemented in the wake of the Lockdown.
globalresearch.ca/after-the-lockdown-a-global-coronavirus-vaccination-program/5706547

Fake Coronavirus Data, Fear Campaign. Spread of the COVID-19 Infection
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-25
Do not let yourself be misled by the fear campaign, pointing to a Worldwide coronavirus calamity with repeated "predictions" that hundreds of thousands of people are going to die. | According to the WHO, the death rate pertaining to Seasonal Influenza globally is between 6 to 12 times higher than COVID-19.
globalresearch.ca/fake-coronavirus-data-fear-campaign-spread-of-the-covid-19-infection/5708643

Video: How COVID-19 Death Certificates Are Being Manipulated. Montana Physician Dr. Annie Bukacek
Dr. Annie Bukacek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-25
First published by GR on April 8, 2020 | Dr. Annie Bukacek is a longtime Montana physician with over 30 years experience practicing medicine. Signing death certificates is a routine part of her job. | In this brief video, Dr. Bukacek blows …
globalresearch.ca/video-montana-physician-dr-annie-bukacek-discusses-how-covid-19-death-certificates-manipulated/5709062

Death Panel Ezekiel: "No Choice" but Mass Poverty and Death
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-25
If several weeks of state-imposed house arrest and unemployment have maxed out your stress level, wait until you hear what the experts have in mind to "mitigate" a bad seasonal influenza. | Here is Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, brother of Rahm, …
globalresearch.ca/death-panel-ezekiel-no-choice-mass-poverty-death/5710627

Blame Game in Full Throttle: Why WHO's Listing of Israel as 'European' Raises No Red Flags
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-26
Donald Trump's criticism of the WHO has turned all eyes on the entity's alleged political biases. However, it appears the media spread it on thick when they lambasted the WHO for including Israel in the list of European nations in its COVID-19 situation reports. WHO and Israeli researchers have explained why and what's behind the controversy.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202004261079095387-blame-game-in-full-throttle-why-whos-listing-of-israel-as-european-raises-no-red-flags/

'Hank-ccine': Tom Hanks Donates Plasma to COVID-19 Vaccine Research Effort
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-26
As NPR host Peter Sagal said, "there could be no better ending" to the current coronavirus crisis than if a cure to this disease could be made out of Tom Hanks' blood.
sputniknews.com/us/202004261079098893-hank-ccine-tom-hanks-donates-plasma-to-covid-19-vaccine-research-effort/

Russian Scientists Prove Life Can Survive on Mars, Venus, Jupiter's Ice Moon
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-26
Theories about the possible habitability of Earth's closest neighbours go back to the dawn of the space age, with scientists creating increasingly complex instruments to try to confirm beyond a doubt whether such life exists in the years since.
sputniknews.com/science/202004261079098796-russian-scientists-prove-life-can-survive-on-mars-venus-jupiters-ice-moon/

Russia's Love of Trump, But Why? Trump is Burying the United States, Just Like Nikita Promised
Gordon Duff | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-26
Over the past year, since Russiagate has blown over for the most part, Sputnik News and Russia Today, the two major government controlled media operations (controlled by the same person) have embarrassingly fawned over Trump. | More than that, their slant has been decidedly racist, anti-Semitic (expressing virulent hatred for America's liberal Jewish majority), anti-Hispaic/African American/Islamic America and anti-intellectual. | They have also been anti-science but their real bias has been an ongoing smear campaign against any democratic politician or anyone that isn't a pure Deep State sludge eater. | Above al…

Russia’s Love of Trump, But Why? Trump is Burying the United States, Just Like Nikita Promised

Mike Pompeo Admits COVID-19 Is a "Live Exercise," Trump Retorts "I Wish You Would Have Told Us"
Shepard Ambellas | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-25
First published March 21, 2020 | United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had a slip of the tongue while addressing the American people from the White House when he stated that COVID-19 is a live military exercise. | "This is not …
globalresearch.ca/secretary-state-mike-pompeo-admits-covid-19-live-exercise-president-trump-comments-i-wish-you-would-have-told-us/5707223

Minnesota: Doctors Receiving Instructions "to Report Covid19 as a Cause of Death, even if Patient was never Tested"
OffGuardian | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-25
First published April 10. | Minnesota State Senator Scott Jensen appeared on a local news show to report that doctors were receiving instructions from the Minnesota Department of Health to report Covid19 as a cause of death, even if the patient …
globalresearch.ca/minnesota-doctors-receiving-instructions-to-report-covid19-as-a-cause-of-death-even-if-patient-was-never-tested/5709269

China's Covid-19 Reporting Is Truthful, Birx and Trump Demonstrate-Unwittingly
John V. Walsh | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-25
At President Trump's April 18 press briefing on the Covid-19 Pandemic, Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the US response to the outbreak, criticized China's reports on the Covid-19 data. | She did so by showing a chart with data from …
globalresearch.ca/china-covid-19-reporting-truthful-birx-trump-demonstrate-unwittingly/5710642

Coronavirus has already killed more British people than the Blitz
Kerry-anne Mendoza | thecanary.co | 2020-04-25
The UK government only reports deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) that happen in hospitals. New research shows that the true number of people dying is more than double government reports. Figures prepared by the Financial Times (FT) show that 45,000 people have likely died from Covid-19. To put that in perspective, 43,000 died in the Blitz. Coronavirus has killed more Bri…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2020/04/25/coronavirus-has-already-killed-more-british-people-than-the-blitz/

Washington's Dr. Strangelove. The Disrupter in Chief
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-25
There are lots of choices for this dubious distinction from elements of both right wings of Washington's one-party state. | As president and commander-in-chief with his finger on the nation's nuclear trigger, Trump is most dangerous

Will the US Suffer Heavy Casualties in Persian Gulf in Case of War against Iran?
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-25
A Canadian political analyst praised Iran's improved military situation after the IRGC successfully launched the country's first military satellite into the orbit, and said US will suffer heavy casualties in case of any war in the Persian Gulf. | *** | "US …
globalresearch.ca/us-suffer-heavy-casualties-persian-gulf-case-any-war/5710635

Can We Trust the WHO?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-25
The most influential organization in the world with nominal responsibility for global health and epidemic issues is the United Nations' World Health Organization, WHO, based in Geneva. What few know is the actual mechanisms of its political control, the shocking …
globalresearch.ca/can-we-trust-who/5708576

Lets Rid Ourselves of the War Virus. Liberiamoci del Virus della Guerra. IN DIRETTA STREAMING, 3PM ITALY, 9AM EST
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-25
TRASMESSO DA BYOBLU e PANDORATV | Sabato 25 Aprile 2020 DALLA ORE 15 | In Diretta Streaming, 25 Aprile 2020 | Click to VIEW at 15pm (Italia, CET), 9am (EST, USA, Canada) | April 25, 2020 | www.byoblu.com | *** | Il 25 aprile è una data …
globalresearch.ca/lets-rid-ourselves-of-the-war-virus-liberiamoci-del-virus-della-guerra/5710218

A Matter of Life and Debt: UN Agency Proposes Global Debt Deal to Prevent Health Pandemic Spreading Economic Disaster Across the Developing World
UNCTAD | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-25
We publish this article largely to inform our readers what UNCTAD is proposing, in consultation with the World Bank and the IMF. The article also provides useful statistics. | UNCTAD does not propose a scheme to cancel the debt. The emphasis | …
globalresearch.ca/un-agency-proposes-global-debt-deal-prevent-health-pandemic-spreading-economic-disaster-across-developing-world/5710556

Video: Sweden: Europe's Lockdown Exception
France 24 | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-25
First published on April 3, 2020 | Here is the link to a 3-minute video of Swedish life that should looks pretty good to everybody. This single example of a nation willing to be a "Control Group" to the massive experiment | …
globalresearch.ca/video-sweden-europes-lockdown-exception/5708515

"Sanctioned Countries" Are Now Leading the World in the Fight Against Coronavirus
Alan MacLeod | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-25
After weeks of dismissing it as a liberal "hoax" designed to unseat the president, brushing the virus off as no big deal and under control, the Trump administration is clearly floundering in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite …
globalresearch.ca/sanctioned-countries-leading-world-fight-against-coronavirus/5710675

Musicians Dig Their Own Grave
Ann Charles | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-25
Live music is illegal. | Anyone who has been self-employed understands how difficult it is to make a living do so, let alone as a musician. Lives of many musicians are being destroyed as a result of being banned from working …
globalresearch.ca/musicians-dig-their-own-grave/5710623

US Launches Campaign to Accuse Syria of Inability to Curtail Coronavirus, Claims Syrian-Russian Joint Statement
Sputnik | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-25
The United States has launched a propaganda campaign by accusing Damascus of its inability to effectively combat the spread of COVID-19 in Syria, the Russian and Syrian coordination centres said in a joint statement. | According to the statement, the United …
globalresearch.ca/us-launches-campaign-accuse-syria-inability-curtail-coronavirus-claims-syrian-russian-joint-statement/5710569

The "Future of America", Increasingly Weaponised. Does "The Future of America" Mean "The End of the World"?
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-25
First published on February 24, 2020 amidst the onslaught of the Financial Crisis and the "Economic War against China" | The Budget for the Future of America, presented by the US government, shows the priorities of the Trump Administration in the …
globalresearch.ca/future-america-increasingly-weaponised/5704553

Some Medieval Towns Handled Plagues Better Than Trump's Unequal, Rundown America
F. Douglas Stephenson | commondreams.org | 2020-04-25
The Black Death killed as much as half of Europe's population. (Photo: Science & Society Picture Library/SSPL/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/views/2020/04/25/some-medieval-towns-handled-plagues-better-trumps-unequal-rundown-america?cd-origin=rss

'Science Doesn't Back a COVID-19 Immunity Passport' WHO Holds
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-25
The World Health Organization (WHO) Saturday confirmed that scientific evidence does not provide certainty that a patient recovered from COVID-19 is protected against a second infection, which leaves no support for the idea of granting "immunity passports." | RELATED: | 'Coronavirus Did Not Come out of a Laboratory', WHO Holds | Some governments have claimed th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Science-Doesnt-Back-a-COVID-19-Immunity-Passport-WHO-Holds-20200425-0004.html

Cummings' presence at Sage may have led to 'flawed' advice on the coronavirus crisis
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-25
A more transparent approach is needed towards the scientific group convened to advise the government in times of emergency, scientists and policy experts say. One warned that recent revelations could mean Sage potentially gave "flawed" advice. | The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) became embroiled in controversy on 24 April, when it emerged Boris Johnson's chief adviser Dominic Cummings had attended meetings. | Sage is intended to provide technical and scientific advice and remain strictly politically neutral during national crises. | It does not disclose the names of the scientists involved beyo…
thecanary.co/discovery/science/2020/04/25/cummings-presence-at-sage-may-have-led-to-flawed-advice-on-the-coronavirus-crisis/

German government endangers the health and lives of millions with return to work and schools
wsws.org | 2020-04-25
A number of state governments–including the Social Democrat/Left Party/Green government in Berlin–forced thousands of students back to school earlier this week to sit their final exams.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/25/germ…

German government endangers the health and lives of millions with return to work and schools
wsws.org | 2020-04-25
A number of state governments–including the Social Democrat/Left Party/Green government in Berlin–forced thousands of students back to school earlier this week to sit their final exams.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/25/germ…

As US passes 50,000 deaths, workers strike against back-to-work campaign
wsws.org | 2020-04-25
As states rush to reopen workplaces, logistics workers, nursing home employees and graduate students have gone on strike to protest unsafe conditions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/25/work…