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2020-05-08: Social Media Postees

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What Future for American High School and University-College Graduates? Grim US "Class of 2020" Job Prospects
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
US class of 2020 high school and higher education graduates face the most dismal job market since the 1930s Great Depression with no near-term end of it in prospect. | According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, "(g)raduating in a …
globalresearch.ca/us-class-2020-job-prospects/5712224

US-China "War of Words", COVID-19, Economic Collapse, Is the US-China Trade Deal in Jeopardy?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
In December, China agreed to buy an additional $200 billion worth of US goods and services over 2017 levels in the next two years (in 2020 and 2021). | In return, the Trump regime partially rolled back tariffs on Chinese imports …
globalresearch.ca/sino-us-war-words-covid-19-economic-collapse-us-china-trade-deal-jeopardy/5712221

COVID-19 Might Cause Mass Starvation in the Global South Unless the World Acts Now
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
Provided that developing nations are assured of debt relief (however it be agreed upon) and the world's leading agricultural exporters can ensure the continuance of their operations (preferably subsidized by the state as emergency aid to the Global South), then …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-cause-mass-starvation-global-south/5712215

Beijing May Dump US Treasuries in Response to US Hostility, Start Its Own QE: Chinese Media
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
In response to recent media speculation that as the blame game over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic escalates the US may cancel some of its $1.1 trillion debt owed to China, the South China Morning Post reported today that …
globalresearch.ca/beijing-may-dump-us-treasuries-start-own-qe-chinese-media/5712196

Guaido Accused of Hiring Mercenaries Behind Foiled Coup Attempt in Venezuela
Steve Sweeney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
Washington-backed Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Guaido has been accused of hiring mercenaries responsible for two foiled terror attacks, as more details of the plot begin to emerge. | Venezuelan communications minister Jorge Rodriguez confirmed that the former president of the National …
globalresearch.ca/guaido-accused-hiring-mercenaries-foiled-coup-attempt-venezuela/5712228

Palestine President Abbas Threatens to Tear-up Agreements with Israel, US if West Bank Is Annexed
The New Arab | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
The Palestinian Authority has threatened to cut all agreements signed with Israel and the US, if the annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank goes ahead. | During a meeting in Ramallah with the Fatah Central Committee, Mahmoud…
globalresearch.ca/palestine-president-abbas-threatens-tear-up-agreements-israel-us-west-bank-annexed/5712232

The Coronavirus Crisis Has Exposed Germany's Ambition to Take Control of the EU
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
It has been repeatedly stated that the management of the coronavirus pandemic will be a barometer of how capable leaders are handling unprecedented crisis. Think how U.S. President Donald Trump has been lambasted all over the globe for letting coronavirus …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-exposed-germany-ambition-completely-control-eu/5712259

Greece's Renewed Relations with Syria Further Isolates Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
On Tuesday, the Greek Foreign Ministry finally announced a restoration of relations between Greece and Syria and assigned former ambassador to Syria and Russia, Tasia Athanassiou, as a Special Envoy of Greece's Foreign Ministry for Syria. Greek Foreign Minister …
globalresearch.ca/greece-renewed-relations-syria-isolates-turkey/5712179

Connecting Patients: COVID-19 and transplant patients
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-08
Mayo Clinic Connect is an online community where you can share your experiences and find support from people like you. You can also read Mayo Clinic expert blogs and take part in educational events. COVID-19 and Transplant Patients "As a kidney transplant recipient I have been extra vigilant/worried about protecting myself as COVID-19 spreads. Like …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/connecting-patients-covid-19-and-transplant-patients/

With minimal federal relief, US states plan huge cuts to public education
wsws.org | 2020-05-08
The impact of the pandemic has thoroughly undermined state budgets, which is being used by Democratic and Republican politicians to dismantle and privatize public education and other vital social services.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/08/educ…

US state and municipal governments plan massive austerity to meet COVID-19 budget shortfalls
wsws.org | 2020-05-08
State and municipal governments are announcing cuts to medical programs and education and are furloughing workers to make up for the budget shortfall.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/08/cuts…

Cuomo Adds Another Billionaire to "Reimagine" Public Education
Diane Ravitch | zcomm.org | 2020-05-08
The pandemic is turning into a grand opportunity for the foxes to raid the henhouse under cover of darknessdiane ra…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/cuomo-adds-another-billionaire-to-reimagine-public-education/

Trump Administration Suppresses Centers for Disease Control Coronavirus Guidance Document
Bryan Dyne | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
The Trump administration reportedly shelved a document from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which would have provided detailed instructions for local authorities on appropriate measures to reopen a variety of businesses and institutions. The document is …
globalresearch.ca/trump-administration-suppresses-centers-for-disease-control-coronavirus-guidance-document/5712241

Video: COVID-19 "Fake" Data in Italy: Politician Slams False Numbers: Vittorio Sgarbi
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
Vittorio Sgarbi, MP (Forza Italia) slammed the closure of 60% of Italian businesses. A decision which was taken on the basis an alleged 25,000 Coronavirus deaths. "It's not true," he said. | . | According to the National Institute of Health, 96.3% …
globalresearch.ca/video-covid-19-fake-data-in-italy-politician-slams-false-numbers-vittorio-sgarbi/5712274

Economics and the Pandemic: 'Where's the Money Coming From? Where's the Money Going To?
Bryant Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
When governments announced the huge amounts of money they were to provide to help with the economic shutdown, a friend asked, 'where's the money going to come from?' The question is a good one, better than he realized because of …
globalresearch.ca/economics-pandemic/5712189

Mass Joblessness Deepens in US as Corporations Move to Implement Permanent Layoffs. 40.6 Million Unemployed
Shannon Jones | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
US government figures to be released today are expected to show mass unemployment in April unlike anything seen since the Great Depression. In numbers released Wednesday, ADP Research said that US payrolls in April fell by an astounding 20,236,000, a …
globalresearch.ca/mass-joblessness-us-corporations-implement-permanent-layoffs/5712240

Israel: A Lab for "The New Vaccine Order"? Towards a Second Lockdown?
Joshua Tartakovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
In the fight against corona virus, when trying to discern in what direction the Western world is going, it is almost always useful to watch the steps taken by Israel, the Zionist State.[1]. | Israel is not only a threat to …
globalresearch.ca/israel-lab-new-vaccine-order/5712184

Coronavirus Threatens Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
The effects of the global pandemic of the new coronavirus on large cities are well known and occupy the news all over the world. However, little is said about infection in rural areas and among isolated peoples. In South America, …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-threatens-indigenous-peoples-amazon/5712230

Scientists witness true violence of Jupiter's FEROCIOUS storms in greater detail than ever before
rt.com | 2020-05-08
A years-long observation program of the planet Jupiter has revealed some of the most detailed images ever captured of the gas giant, exposing the truly bizarre nature of its ultraviolent, planet-wide storms. | Vast swathes of the planet are consumed by ferocious storms the likes of which we have never seen here on Earth; indeed, Jupiter's famous and permanent 'Red Spot' storm is larger than the Earth itself. | | © NASA, ESA & M.H. Wong/UC Berkeley & team | Researchers using the powerful Gemini Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope managed to capture thermal radiation glowing through the planet's thick…
rt.com/news/488111-jupiter-wild-storms-lightning-photos/

Time to Change: Coronavirus and Refugees on Greece's Samos Island
Chris Jones | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
The global coronavirus pandemic is affecting every aspect of human life on earth. The challenge is awesome in its scale and scope. | To date we have no cases of the virus on Samos. But still its impact on life here …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-refugees-samos-island/5712203

Mayo Clinic expert discusses potential neurological effects of COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-08
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can take a severe toll on the respiratory system. However, recent research suggests that the virus may also infect the nervous system. A study of patients with COVID-19 out of Wuhan, China found that possible neurological signs and symptoms caused by COVID-19 can include loss of taste and smell, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-expert-discusses-potential-neurological-effects-of-covid-19/

The COVID-19 Crisis Has Already Left Too Many Children Hungry in America
Lauren Bauer | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity has increased in the United States. This is particularly true for households with young children. | I document new evidence from two nationally representative surveys that were initiated to provide up-to-date estimates …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-crisis-many-children-hungry-america/5712258

Mayo Clinic's comprehensive COVID-19 research
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-08
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinics-comprehensive-covid-19-research/

Britain: "The Stench of Corruption Could Hardly be Stronger"
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
It's exhausting following this government. They appear to have less boundaries or rules that they won't break. And there are some rules for those in office because it is they that are supposed to be the ones with the moral …
globalresearch.ca/stench-corruption-stronger/5712235

Venezuela: A Failed US Invasion in the Midst of a Pandemic
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
In the midst of a massive global pandemic that has killed tens of thousands of people and wrecked economies all over the world leaving millions jobless, some terrorists and mercenaries allegedly backed by certain governments had on 3rd May …
globalresearch.ca/invasion-midst-pandemic/5712192

MSc virologists explore infections and cell biology in new virtual laboratory
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-08
As part of the College's move to remote learning, XX MSc Molecular Biology & Virology students are trialling remote research in a 'virtual lab'.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197193/msc-virologists-explore-infections-cell-biology

COVID-19 in Detroit: A Case Study in Resilience and Resistance
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
Detroit has been disproportionately impacted by the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic beginning in early-to-mid- March. | Almost no preparation by the municipal administration was made in advance of such a tremendous healthcare and subsequent social crises. | The majority of the …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-detroit-case-study-resilience-resistance/5712194

Mayo Clinic receives $26 million from BARDA for COVID-19 convalescent plasma expanded access program
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-08
Mayo Clinic was awarded a $26 million contract today from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The financial support is for the Expanded Access Program (EAP) for convalescent plasma to fight COVID-19. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-receives-26-million-from-barda-for-covid-19-convalescent-plasma-expanded-access-program/

Virus Mania: How the Medical Industry Continually Invents Epidemics, Making Billion Dollar Profits at Our Expense
Etienne de Harven | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
The 2007 book Virus Mania by Torsten Engelbrecht and Claus Kà∂hnlein presents a tragic message that will, hopefully, contribute to the re-insertion of ethical values in the conduct of virus research, public health policies, media communications, and activities of the …
globalresearch.ca/virus-mania-how-the-medical-industry-continually-invents-epidemics-making-billion-dollar-profits-at-our-expense/5712252

Roaming Charges: Ain't Living Long Like This
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-08
+ The detestable rationalizations liberals make for sticking with Biden despite Tara Reade's convincing story can't come as any surprise. It's the same ritual contortions they've made about the Iraq war, fracking, abortion, the drug war, Anita Hill, social security, segregation, climate change, health care, deportations, a living wage, student debt, the Patriot Act, pipelines, the Libyan coup, climate change. To be a Democrat is to live in a constant state of denial, self-contradiction and moral hypocrisy.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/08/roaming-charges-aint-living-long-like-this/

How can you calm your mind?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-08
Dr. Amit Sood is a former internal medicine physician at Mayo Clinic. He was director of research in the Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and was chair of the Mind-Body Medicine Initiative at Mayo Clinic. He also contributed to the weekly "Something to Think About" posts on the Mayo Clinic News Network. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/how-can-you-calm-your-mind/

Selected Articles: Economics and the Pandemic, Where's the Money coming From?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
Israel: A Lab for "The New Vaccine Order"? Towards a Second Lockdown? | By Joshua Tartakovsky, May 08, 2020 | As coronavirus broke out, Israel became the first Western country to close itself off to all flights . It then proceeded …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-israel-lab-new-vaccine-order-towards-second-lockdown/5712265

Researchers Unveil Why Earth's Magnetic North Pole Is Being Irreversibly Pulled Toward Siberia
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-08
The World Magnetic Model is normally updated every five years, but it has of late needed to be edited more frequently due to a stunning phenomenon registered just beneath the Earth's core.
sputniknews.com/science/202005081079239808-researchers-unveil-why-earths-magnetic-north-pole-is-being-irreversibly-pulled-toward-siberia/

Trump Likely Desperate to Secure US-UK Trade Deal in Wake of COVID-19, G7 Research Group States
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-08
LONDON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson are likely to place renewed importance on reaching a new trade deal between the UK and the US in…
sputniknews.com/analysis/202005081079242535-trump-likely-desperate-to-secure-us-uk-trade-deal-in-wake-of-covid-19-g7-research-group-states/

Chinese Researchers Find COVID-19 Material in Sperm of Infected Men
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-08
While the pandemic is raging across the world, some facts about the virus remain unclear and new studies may reveal truly bizarre details about the disease.
sputniknews.com/asia/202005081079242751-chinese-researchers-find-covid-19-material-in-sperm-of-infected-men/

Wuhan market had role in virus outbreak, but more research needed
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-08
A wholesale market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan played a role in the outbreak of the novel coronavirus last year, as the source or possibly as an "amplifying setting", the World Health Organization said on Friday, calling for more research.Chinese authorities shut down the market in January as part of efforts to halt the spread of the virus and ordered a temporary ban on trade and consumption of wildlife."The market played a role in the event, that's clear. But what role we don't know, whether it was the source or amplifying setting or just a coincidence that some cases were detected in and around that ma…
yenisafak.com/en/world/wuhan-market-had-role-in-virus-outbreak-but-more-research-needed-3518983

Climate Crisis: False Techtopia, Tariffs Accounting, Orphan Wells, And The Dead Cow
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-08
Recent studies debunk the false techtopianism in climate science models, U.S. import tariffs failed climate accounting, and Argentina's shale industry is flailing. As fracking goes bust, what happens to orphaned wells?
therealnews.com/columns/climate-crisis-false-techtopia-tariffs-accounting-orphan-wells-and-the-dead-cow

Science Saturday: Regenerative approaches could foster healing from COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-08
Regenerative Medicine aims not only to repair or restore the function of cells, tissues or organs, but also the whole person. The latter is particularly important amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Regenerative approaches draw on the body's natural abilities to heal, focus on establishing the healing environments and building new, healthy ways of functioning. These aspects of regenerative …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/science-saturday-regenerative-approaches-could-foster-healing-from-covid-19/

Citizen-science project measures impact of coronavirus pandemic on mental health
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-08
What impact has the lockdown had on our mental health, and what determines how people cope with isolation?>…
imperial.ac.uk/news/197453/citizen-science-project-measures-impact-coronavirus-pandemic

Long Live the Spirit of Kent and Jackson State!
Otis Grotewohl | workers.org | 2020-05-08
May 4 and May 15, 2020, mark the 50th anniversaries of the murders of students at Kent State and Jackson State in the United States. Many people are familiar with the National Guard shooting of students and protesters at Ohio's Kent State University in 1970, which left four dead and . . . | Continue reading Long Live the Spirit of Kent and Jackson State! at Workers.org…
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'Second phase': Denmark to reopen museums and cinemas from June 8
rt.com | 2020-05-08
Danish museums, amusement parks and cinemas will be allowed to reopen from June 8, the government said on Friday. It had struck a deal with parliament on how restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19 could be eased further. Shopping malls, schools for the oldest students and restaurants will be allowed to reopen in the coming weeks, as the country enters the second phase of reopening after curbing the spread of the virus. | So far, 10,083 people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the country of 5.8 million people, and 514 have died of the disease, Reuters said. | In the third phase of its reopening plan, D…
rt.com/newsline/488097-second-phase-denmark-open/

'Mayo Clinic Anxiety Coach' e-tool to help children with mental health concerns
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-08
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COVID-19: The rest of the world is looking at Britain's shame
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-08
By Rob Woodward

Worst month since Great Depression: US unemployment rate soars to 14.7%, with 20.5 million jobs lost in April
rt.com | 2020-05-08
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday that the coronavirus shutdown has slashed a record number of jobs from nonfarm payrolls, sending the unemployment rate to record highs. | The 20.5 million jobs lost last month represents by far the largest and most sudden decline since the government began tracking the data in 1939. The last time American joblessness was that severe was during the Great Depression. | With 870,000 jobs slashed in March, a decade's worth of job gains has now been wiped out in under two months. After the US was hit by coronavirus, the unemployment rate skyrocketed from 3.
rt.com/business/488171-record-jobs-lost-us-coronavirus/

COVID May 8, 2020 An Intel Drop, White House Hiding a 500,000 Death Figure
Gordon Duff | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-08
We begin with the deal breaker of all time. COVID is supposed to be a bat virus, a natural bat virus, unmodified, supposedly from China, right? | Name one animal that can't get COVID? | smiling COVID bat, Lugar Center 2018 | The folks in the White House mostly went to business school. They had statistics classes and they all know numbers. You can't steal without being able to count or at least without being able to hire someone who counts, as in Trump's case. | The numbers we are given are fake, not a little fake but great big fa…

COVID May 8, 2020 An Intel Drop, White House Hiding a 500,000 Death Figure

Trump Against the Government: Officials Conflicted Over Lying for the President
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Once upon a time in the United States there was a consensus among national politicians that there were two areas where there should be a unified approach to policy. They were national security and foreign policy, both of which involved …
globalresearch.ca/trump-against-government/5712074

Mercenary Confesses Failed Plot Was to Bring President Maduro to US
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Former United States ex-green beret Luke Denman, that was captured Monday by Venezuela's Armed Forces, confessed Wednesday that his group aimed at kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro as part of 'Operation Gedeon'. | "I was expecting anywhere between US$50,000 to US$100,000," | …
globalresearch.ca/mercenary-confesses-failed-plot-bring-president-maduro-us/5712098

A Grim New Normal Ahead? Worse than Orwell's 1984. Unprecedented Global Poverty and Human Misery
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Will historians one day look back at unfolding events related to today's public health crisis and economic collapse as a post-coronavirus new normal that's grimly different from what preceded it? | Do ongoing events mark the beginning of an unacceptable dystopian …
globalresearch.ca/grim-new-normal/5712116

Dutch Researchers Discover Effective Anti-COVID-19 Antibodies
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Antibodies aren't COVID-19 cures, but the discovery by Utrecht University researchers of a "human monoclonal antibody that prevents the SARS-CoV-2 virus (that produces COVID-19 disease) from infecting cultured cells" is a positive development. | It's a step toward finding an effective …
globalresearch.ca/german-researchers-discover-effective-anti-covid-19-antibodies/5712124

December 2019 COVID-19 Outbreaks in France, China Rips Pompeo
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Evidence suggests that one or more COVID-19 outbreaks likely first occurred in Hawaii late last summer, what a previous article discussed. | Did outbreaks begin in France before Wuhan, China? | According to a French hospital, a COVID-19 patient was treated on …
globalresearch.ca/december-2019-covid-19-outbreaks-france-china-rips-pompeo/5712122

2020-05-07: News Headlines

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-07). A Grim New Normal Ahead? Worse than Orwell's 1984. Unprecedented Global Poverty and Human Misery. globalresearch.ca Will historians one day look back at unfolding events related to today's public health crisis and economic collapse as a post-coronavirus new normal that's grimly different from what preceded it? | Do ongoing events mark the beginning of an unacceptable dystopian …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-07). German Researchers Discover Effective Anti-COVID-19 Antibodies. globalresearch.ca Antibodies aren't COVID-19 cures, but the discovery by Utrecht University researchers of a "human monoclonal antibody that prevents the SARS-CoV-2 virus (that produces COVID-19 disease) from infecting cultured cells" is a positive development. | It's a step toward finding an effective …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-07). December 2019 COVID-19 Outbreaks in France, China Rips Pompeo. globalresearch.ca Evidence suggests that one or more COVID-19 outbreaks likely first occurred in Hawaii late last summer, what a previous article discussed. | Did outbreaks begin in France before Wuhan, China? | According to a French hospital, a COVID-19 patient was treated on …

Telesur (2020-05-07). Mercenary Confesses Failed Plot Was to Bring President Maduro to US. globalresearch.ca Former United States ex-green beret Luke Denman, that was captured Monday by Venezuela's Armed Forces, confessed Wednesday that his group aimed at kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro as part of 'Operation Gedeon'. | "I was expecting anywhere between US$50,000 to US$100,000," …

RT (2020-05-07). 'Unprecedented in modern times': New research shows 1 in 5 children in US face food insecurity amid Covid-19 lockdowns. rt.com A new study has found that children in the United States are suffering the highest rate of food insecurity ever recorded in the country, as tens of millions of Americans are barred from working under coronavirus-induced lockdowns. | Food insecurity for American children was significantly worse in April than during any year since 2001, before which point no comparable data is available, according to "Looking ove…

Julian Rose (2020-05-07). The COVID Shockdown Doctrine — and How to Beat It. globalresearch.ca Those who have read Naomi Klein's seminal book 'The Shock Doctrine' will remember how the 'short sharp shock' (primarily economic) was the tool fashioned by the Chicago School of Economics in order to create regime change in countries that resisted …

Ben Norton (2020-05-07). Anatomy of a Fake News Campaign: Media Spreads Lie From US Govt-funded Korean Outlet that Kim Jong-un Died. globalresearch.ca Corporate media outlets spread fake news claiming North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had died. The lie originated with a Seoul-based website funded by the US government's regime-change arm the NED. | *** | There may be no other country on Earth lied …

Philip Giraldi (2020-05-07). Trump Against the Government: Officials Conflicted Over Lying for the President. globalresearch.ca Once upon a time in the United States there was a consensus among national politicians that there were two areas where there should be a unified approach to policy. They were national security and foreign policy, both of which involved …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-07). Connecting Patients: COVID-19 and transplant patients. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic Connect is an online community where you can share your experiences and find support from people like you. You can also read Mayo Clinic expert blogs and take part in educational events. COVID-19 and Transplant Patients "As a kidney transplant recipient I have been extra vigilant/worried about protecting myself as COVID-19 spreads. Like …

Howard Lisnoff (2020-05-07). Online Education in a Time of Grave Danger. counterpunch.org I taught a college course online. I used a program that was accepted at that level of education as the standard for teaching. The program took several sessions of individual instruction at the community college's tech center and lots of off-site practice to become competent in meeting students online for one class out of four

Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels (2020-05-07). May 1945: Nazi Germany Surrenders, but… on May 7, 8, or 9? globalresearch.ca After the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, the Americans, British, and Soviets had agreed that there would be no separate negotiations with Nazi Germany with respect to its capitulation.

Children's Health Defense (2020-05-07). RFK, Jr. Joins EM Radiation Research Trust in Calling Upon UK Prime Minister to Halt 5G Deployment. globalresearch.ca Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Dafna Tachover, Director of 5G and Wireless Harms Project of

Dr. Jack Rasmus (2020-05-07). Initial Reflections on 'Debt Jubilee', Modern Money Theory (MMT) and the Limits of Monetary Policy. globalresearch.ca One of the readers of this blog recently asked me my views on topics such as the call by some left economists for a general debt forgiveness (Debt Jubilee), on Modern Money Theory (MMT or sometimes referred to as 'Magical …

Nino Pagliccia (2020-05-07). The Hybrid War on Venezuela Moves to a New Stage of Aggression. globalresearch.ca In the early morning of last May 3 Venezuela has witnessed the first attempt of a raid by speedboats with armed mercenary forces on the central coast of Venezuela, just a few kilometres from the capital city, Caracas. The response …

Catherine Killough (2020-05-07). Kim Jong Un Is Still Alive. What About Peace with North Korea? globalresearch.ca The second anniversary of the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit has just passed. Marking the moment, South Korean President Moon Jae-in

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-07). How can you calm your mind? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Amit Sood is a former internal medicine physician at Mayo Clinic. He was director of research in the Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and was chair of the Mind-Body Medicine Initiative at Mayo Clinic. He also contributed to the weekly "Something to Think About" posts on the Mayo Clinic News Network. …

Michael Jansen (2020-05-07). To Survive, Lebanon Needs a Revolution that Delivers Lebanese People From Want, Despair. globalresearch.ca In an unprecedented call for action on Lebanon's turbulent domestic front, the UN Security Council has urged the Lebanese authorities "to respond to the aspirations of the Lebanese people by implementing meaningful economic reforms" and addressing security, humanitarian and coronavirus …

Abayomi Azikiwe (2020-05-07). Africa, IMF Conditionality and the COVID-19 Pandemic. globalresearch.ca African states across the continent have enacted stringent measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19. | From Kenya, to Egypt and South Africa, governmental leaders, labor unions, community organizations and professional groupings are contributing resources and talents to assist in …

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-05-07). Pandemic and Hunger Threaten Africa. globalresearch.ca The situation of the new coronavirus on the African continent worsens day after day. Although the pandemic has not yet reached its peak of infection in Africa, the figures remain alarming and without due attention from the media and authorities. …

imperial.ac.uk (2020-05-07). Online platform enables scientists worldwide to collaborate on COVID-19 projects. imperial.ac.uk Alumni inspired by the scientific response to the SARS outbreak are developing a platform to help researchers collaborate on global challenges.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2020-05-07). Reopening the United States Economy: Myths and Realities. globalresearch.ca There are tremendous economic and political pressures emanating from the White House and the corporate community to "reopen" the United States economy. | At present the U.S. has outstripped all other countries in the world in the number of COVID-19 infections …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-07). Mayo Clinic receives $26 million from BARDA for COVID-19 convalescent plasma expanded access program. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic was awarded a $26 million contract today from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The financial support is for the Expanded Access Program (EAP) for convalescent plasma to fight COVID-19. …

Tim Stelloh (2020-05-07). Researcher 'On Verge of Making Very Significant' Coronavirus Findings Shot to Death. globalresearch.ca The Pennsylvania researcher "was on the verge of making very significant findings toward understanding the cellular mechanisms that underlie" COVID-19, his university said. | Below are selected quotes fro NBC report together with a statement from the the University Research Unit …

Pepe Escobar (2020-05-07). Get Ready for the Next Game-Changer: China's Digital Yuan, "Backed By Gold"? globalresearch.ca A new, radical paradigm shift is in progress. The U.S. economy may shrink as much as 40% in the first semester of 2020. China, already the world's

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-07). Mayo Clinic expert discusses potential neurological effects of COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can take a severe toll on the respiratory system. However, recent research suggests that the virus may also infect the nervous system. A study of patients with COVID-19 out of Wuhan, China found that possible neurological signs and symptoms caused by COVID-19 can include loss of taste and smell, …

Philip A Farruggio (2020-05-07). Whatcha Gonna Do About Me. globalresearch.ca These lyrics were from a song, written by Dino Valenti (AKA William Chet Powers Jr), of the music group Quicksilver Messenger Service in, ready for this, 1970! | Amazing how everything Valenti mentioned 50 years ago is resonating still. | Sadly, NOTHING …

Mark Taliano (2020-05-07). COVID-19 and Fake News. globalresearch.ca The people who define "legacy systems" are the billionaires like Gates, and the monopolies like Big Pharma. "They" define the problem, and "they" "fix" the problem. The Corona shock gave them all the power and opportunity to fast track it …

(2020-05-07). Lawsuit Targets Toxic Copper Mine Threatening Minnesota's Boundary Waters Wilderness. globalresearch.ca Conservation groups The Wilderness …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-07). Science Saturday: Regenerative approaches could foster healing from COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Regenerative Medicine aims not only to repair or restore the function of cells, tissues or organs, but also the whole person. The latter is particularly important amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Regenerative approaches draw on the body's natural abilities to heal, focus on establishing the healing environments and building new, healthy ways of functioning. These aspects of regenerative …

Joseph Scalia III (2020-05-07). Conserving Politics or Conserving Nature? counterpunch.org Imagine a world in which conservation decisions were based on ethics and aesthetics, that including the interdependence of all the earth's organic and inorganic elements. Imagine a northern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in which the science of ecology, the science of conservation biology, were inextricable and uncompromising parts of those decisions. Imagine a Gallatin Range from

Charles Pierson (2020-05-07). COVID-19 and the High Cost of Dying. counterpunch.org Put down the Clorox. Remdesivir may not be the effective coronavirus treatment the world desperately needs, but it has to be better than President Donald Trump's idea about ingesting disinfectants. One strong point in remdesivir's favor: the MAGA crowd hates it. Remdesivir, which is administered intravenously, is an antiviral drug developed by Gilead Sciences, Inc. which patented it in 2017. It has just been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use in treating cases of Covid-19.

yenisafak (2020-05-07). Japan approves Gilead Sciences' remdesivir as COVID-19 drug. yenisafak.com Japan has approved Gilead Sciences Inc's remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19, the health ministry said on Thursday, making it the country's first officially authorized drug for the coronavirus disease.Japan reached the decision just three days after the U.S. drugmaker filed for fast-track approval for the treatment.Remdesivir will be give to patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms, a Japanese health ministry official said at a press briefing. With no other approved treatments for COVID-19, interest in the drug is growing around the world.Remdesivir was granted authorisation last week by the U.S. Food and Drug A…

Greg Moses (2020-05-07). Gen Z National Student Leadership Begins Fightback for College Relief. zcomm.org If states don't step up, if the federal government doesn't weigh in with a trillion-dollar deal, will we ask students to soak up tuition increases and bundle them into another generation of loans?>

Staff (2020-05-06). Headlines for May 6, 2020. democracynow.org White House to Wind Down Coronavirus Task Force Even as U.S. Cases Surge, Trump Meets Tribal Leaders, Promising to Distribute Long-Delayed Coronavirus Relief Funds, Ousted Scientist's Whistleblower Complaint Cites "Political Connections and Cronyism", Trump Lashes Out Against "Mourning in America" Advertisement, Researchers Say Coronavirus May Have Mutated in Europe to Become More Contagious, Amazon Worker Dies of COVID-19; Wisconsin Supreme Court May Revoke Remain-at-Home Order, Michigan Security Guard Shot After Enforcing Mask Policy, As Meatpackers Fall Ill from COVID-19, Wendy's Faces Hamburger Shortage, Sena…

Staff (2020-05-06). As Trump Claims "Fantastic Job" on COVID, Reporter Laurie Garrett Warns Pandemic May Last 36+ Months. democracynow.org As President Trump starts to reopen the country, Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Laurie Garrett predicts the pandemic will last at least 36 months. Meanwhile, a top government vaccine specialist says he was forced from his job after he resisted the administration's promotion of untested treatments for COVID-19. Garrett predicted the pandemic. In an extended interview, she discusses what's next.

RT (2020-05-06). Government by billionaires? Cuomo names former Google CEO to join Gates & Bloomberg in drafting post-pandemic 'reforms'. rt.com New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt to lead a panel on post-pandemic "reform" of health and education systems, despite criticism for taking other billionaires with conflicts of interest on board. | Schmidt will head a 'Blue Ribbon Commission' tasked with "reimagining" New York's existing systems of healthcare and education, Cuomo announced on Wednesday during his daily coronavirus briefing. The decision to place such power in the hands of another unelected billionaire has riled critics already uneasy about the governor's post-Covid-19 plans. | Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced former…

The Canary (2020-05-06). Trump administration 'ignored virus warnings and pushed unproven drug'. thecanary.co The Trump administration failed to prepare for the onslaught of coronavirus, then sought a quick fix by trying to rush an unproven drug to patients, a senior government scientist has alleged in a whistleblower complaint.Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, alleges he was reassigned to a lesser role because he resisted political pressure to allow widespread use of hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug pushed by Donald Trump.He said the Trump administration wanted to "flood" hot spots in New York and New Jersey with the drug.Rick Bright (Health and Human Services/…

Phillip W. Magness (2020-05-06). Imperial College Model Applied to Sweden Predicted 40,000 Deaths by May, 100,000 by June. anti-empire.com The pace of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has created an unusual situation for academic research. Epidemiology models, which were previously developed over several years and used to forecast hypothetical scenarios that seldom panned out, are now being deployed and tested in real-time. | Unfortunately the results are not pretty. | Last week

The Canary (2020-05-06). No evidence Covid-19 has mutated into different types, researchers conclude. thecanary.co The virus that causes Covid-19 has not mutated into different types, according to new analysis. | Recent research had suggested more than one type of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, is now circulating, with one strain being more aggressive and causing more serious illness than the other. | However using analysis of SARS-CoV-2 virus samples, scientists from the Medical Research Council-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) have found only one type of the virus. | Viruses, including the one causing Covid-19, naturally accumulate mutations — or changes — in their genetic seque…

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-06). The Rise of Optical Biophysics and the Clash Between 'Two Sciences'. strategic-culture.org In a previous paper entitled

Max Kalnitz (2020-05-06). No Student Deserves to Fail During a Pandemic. thenation.com Students across the country are pushing for their schools to adopt a universal pass system, arguing that online classes put underprivileged students at a disadvantage.

Susan Abulhawa (2020-05-06). Taking advantage of pandemic / Israel moves to annex more Palestinian land. workers.org Speaking to students at Tel Aviv's Bar Ilan University in November 1989, Benjamin Netanyahu, at that time the Israeli deputy foreign minister, said: "Israel should have exploited the repression of the demonstrations in China [at Tiananmen Square], when world attention focused on that country, to carry out mass expulsions among . . . |

pip.hinman (2020-05-06). International students plea for help. greenleft.org.au

Alan Macleod (2020-05-06). Cuomo Announces Partnership with Bill Gates to "Revolutionize" NY Schools in Wake of Coronavirus. mintpressnews.com New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he will use the COVID-19 virus as an opportunity to "revolutionize" the state's school system, inviting Bill Gates to implement his controversial ideas about education.

Vanessa Beeley (2020-05-06). PLANDEMIC, a film about the global plan to take control of our lives, liberty, health & freedom. thealtworld.com "ABOUT THE FILM Humanity is imprisoned by a killer pandemic. People are being arrested for surfing in the ocean and meditating in nature. Nations are collapsing. Hungry citizens are rioting for food. The media has generated so much confusion and fear that people are begging for salvation in a syringe. | Billionaire patent owners are pushing for globally mandated vaccines. Anyone who refuses to be injected with experimental poisons will be prohibited from travel, education and work. No, this is not a synopsis for a new horror movie. | This is our current reality. | Let's back up to address how we got here… In…

Andy Spears (2020-05-06). Charter Schools Aren't the Cure for COVID-19. progressive.org Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is using the pandemic to privatize public education.

commondreams (2020-05-06). NWLC Responds to Department of Education's Gutting of Protections For Sexual Assault Survivors. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Diane Ravitch (2020-05-06). Beware! Cuomo Adds Another Billionaire to "Reimagine" Post-Pandemic Public Education. commondreams.org Why doesn't Gov. Andrew Cuomo (right) listen to parents and teachers and students, who will tell him to reinvent schools by fully funding them? (Photo: Gov. Andrew Cuomo / flickr / cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-06). University students and professors in Ecuador protest against budget cuts. peoplesdispatch.org The neoliberal government of President Lenín Moreno announced a budget cut of around 100 million USD in the public higher education sector in response to the economic crisis aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country…

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-05-06). 'We'll Fight This': Groups Outraged Over DeVos 'Gutting' Title IX Protections for Survivors of Sexual Violence. commondreams.org Advocacy groups that support survivors of sexual harassment and assault are vowing to fight against federal rules set to take effect in August governing how all public and private U.S. schools, including higher education institutions, must respond to allegations involving students. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…