Daily Archives: May 14, 2021

2021-05-14: News Headlines

thelancet (2021-05-15). [Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Greenhalgh T, Jimenez JL, Prather KA, Tufekci Z, Fisman D, Schooley R. Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Lancet 2021; 397: 1603—05—In this Comment, the conflict of interest statement for David Fisman has been corrected according to what was declared on his ICMJE form to read: "DF is funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (2019 COVID-19 rapid researching funding OV4-170360), received consulting fees as a legal expert for Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario in August and September, 2020, related to COVID-19 transmission in schools, including t…

Jorge Arévalo, Francisco C Villafuerte, Martin Montes, Theresa J Ochoa, researchers from Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, from Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Peruvian research: striving for the highest standards. thelancet.com For 60 years, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru, has contributed to world-class knowledge in tropical medicine, high-altitude medicine and physiology, public health, and basic sciences with the highest research standards and ethics. We therefore read with interest the World Report by Lucien Chauvin,1 in which we found some inaccuracies that we would like to clarify.

Mark Gruenberg (2021-05-14). Weingarten: Post-pandemic schools should retool education. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The coronavirus pandemic-forced school closures, and upcoming reopening of all public schools this fall, are a massive opportunity to reimagine and retool public education so it serves all kids and gives teachers and staff the support and respect they deserve. So said Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten in a comprehensive hour-long speech on May 13 …

Emerson Sykes (2021-05-14). State Lawmakers Are Trying to Ban Talk About Race in Schools. aclu.org A nationwide attempt to censor discussions of race in the classroom is underway. In recent weeks, Republican lawmakers across the country have proposed bills banning teaching "divisive concepts" in K-12 public schools and in public colleges and universities. The new bills target efforts to provide education about gender and race discrimination, including

WSWS (2021-05-14). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Strikes across Italy to protest high death rates in work accidents; Intensive care nurses protest in France as Covid overwhelms hospitals as lockdown is lifted; After series of union sellouts at bus companies London bus workers strike vote against remote sign on; Teachers in UK oppose victimisations, attacks on jobs, pay and conditions including privatisation…

Jeff Bryant (2021-05-14). What a Florida School's Standardized Test Scores Won't Show. dissidentvoice.org "What I'm working on—like making sure students have access to food, clean clothing, and streetlights—may not look like what I'm working on," Catherine Gilmore told me over a phone call. Gilmore has worked as an educator in Hillsborough County, Florida, for 13 years, and has spent the last six years at Gibsonton Elementary School where …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-14). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ramping up COVID-19 vaccination rate in race against virus. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 cases are falling in the U.S. because 245 million doses of one of the available COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, according to Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "But at the same time, there are still people who need more information about the safety and the value …

Catherine Austin Fitts (2021-05-14). "The Storming of The Bastille 2021" Le Retour! "Danser Encore". Flashmob in Paris. globalresearch.ca You can count …

Global Research News (2021-05-14). This Week's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca

Robert J. Burrowes (2021-05-14). Exposing the Giants: The Global Power Elite. Prof. Peter Phillips. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | First published on August 30, 2018 Developing the tradition charted by C. Wright Mills in his 1956 classic

Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels (2021-05-14). Napoleone tra guerra e rivoluzione. globalresearch.ca La Rivoluzione francese …

Global Research News (2021-05-14). Selected Articles: "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca By The massive concentration of wealth over the last few years has made it possible for a tiny handful of …

Shane Quinn (2021-05-14). History of World War II: Operation Barbarossa. The Roots of Its Failure. globalresearch.ca Operation Barbarossa, whose …

Megan Redshaw (2021-05-14). 'Plausible' Link Between J&J Vaccine and Blood Clots, CDC Says After Confirming 28 Cases, Including 3 Deaths. globalresearch.ca Officials with the …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-14). Science Saturday: Mayo study examines how Latino participants experience genomic medicine. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org How do people from minority communities experience genomic medicine in diverse health-care settings? How do they integrate genetic knowledge into their understandings of health-care needs? These answers are critical to researchers as multiple efforts are underway to increase the inclusion of racial minority participants in genomic research and new forms of individualized medicine. Richard Sharp. …

_____ (2021-05-14). Israel And The Crime Of Apartheid, What's New? popularresistance.org On April 27, Human Rights Watch released the report "A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution." In over 200 pages of rigorous research, the authors establish why, under the 1973 Convention against Apartheid and 1998 Rome Statute, the race-based order through which Israel governs the Jewish and Palestinian population between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River amounts to the crimes of apartheid and persecution. The report follows an identical conclusion by the Israeli human rights group B'tselem that Israel's regime of Jewish supremacy amounts to apartheid. That the f…

Brian Berletic (2021-05-14). Geopolitical Projection: US Claims China Is an "Aggressor" globalresearch.ca US Secretary of …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-14). New therapy shortens treatment for HPV-related cancers of the tonsils, tongue. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Patients with HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer who undergo surgery and are treated with chemotherapy, may be able to forgo significant radiation therapy without increasing the risk of their cancer spreading, according to the results of a clinical trial led by researchers at Mayo Clinic. "We found that decreasing the amount of radiation therapy after a minimally invasive robotic …

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2021-05-14). "Trust WHO": Clandestine Influences Revealed. globalresearch.ca "TrustWHO," a documentary …

WSWS (2021-05-13). Australian university trade union backs "education business" wsws.org The NTEU underscores its commitment to defending the lucrative profits that the universities help generate for the Australian ruling elite.

Staff (2021-05-13). Hinterlaces Poll Reveals the Most Unpopular Leaders of the Venezuelan Opposition. orinocotribune.com A recent opinion poll by Hinterlaces revealed the level of rejection by the people of Venezuela towards the main leaders of the opposition. | The Venezuelan research and analysis firm Monitor País Hinterlaces carried out this latest study between April 14 and April 25 this year, directed 15% to the strata A, B and C, and the remaining 85% to the strata D and E. | In addition, the poll was classified by gender, age, region of the country, socioeconomic condition, and educational qualification of the respondents, with a margin of error of 3%, according to the firm. | What was the poll? | The people who were consult…

Higher Education Action Team (2021-05-13). Saturday 5/15: Stop The Attack On Our Community Colleges Panel. indybay.org To Join This Zoom Meeting | us02web.zoom.us/j/89712887688?pwd=c3E4dV…

Shawgi Tell (2021-05-13). Segregated Unaccountable Charter Schools. dissidentvoice.org Anyone who has carefully followed charter school news and analysis in recent years knows that privately-operated charter schools are not only segregated but actually increase segregation in the sphere of education. It has become common knowledge that charter schools are notorious for consistently under-enrolling English Language Learners, students with disabilities, homeless students, and other groups …

WSWS (2021-05-13). School districts across Texas implement massive austerity and cuts to staff. wsws.org Over the past year, tens of thousands of teachers were forced to quit or retire early after the state government aggressively pressured districts to reopen amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic. Most of these vacancies will now be left unfilled.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-05-13). U.S. Schools Support Genocide Denial. libya360.wordpress.com Matt Mckenna 8th grade students and their teacher examine the role of propaganda in New York's Holocaust Curriculum Lesson Plan Two: The Rise of Nazism. Almost everyone agrees that this curriculum is good, but what about other genocides that students do not learn about, including those coordinated by the U.S.? Is the worldview of students…

Matt McKenna (2021-05-13). U.S. Schools Support Genocide Denial and What To Do About It. covertactionmagazine.com By failing to educate students about the many genocides the U.S. government has supported, they promote a dangerous nationalistic ideology. In the age of the pandemic, as many high school classes are being taught remotely, the value of personal interaction for students cannot be overstated. While traditional high school history classes center on reading a …

Kenny Stancil, staff writer (2021-05-13). Report Debunks Big Pharma's 'Dangerous Narrative' on Vaccine Supplies. commondreams.org "Crossing our fingers is not a sustainable public health strategy," said one researcher from Public Citizen, which has advocated for public manufacturing of vaccines to meet global need and end the pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Dr. Gary G. Kohls (2021-05-13). The Table Top "Event 201" Pandemic Rehearsal and Its Aftermath. globalresearch.ca Less than two months prior to Event 201 (October 19, 2019), …

Celeste McGovern (2021-05-13). Two Young Mothers Paralyzed after Receiving Pfizer's COVID Vaccine. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. A woman in …

Global Research News (2021-05-13). Selected Articles: The Corona Crisis: Has "Depopulation" Already Begun? globalresearch.ca By Remember Bill Gates' infamously saying with his seductive smile, something to the extent, even if I'm no longer around, the system has been set up and …

Celeste McGovern (2021-05-13). Two Young Mothers Paralyzed after Receiving Pfizer's COVID Vaccine. globalresearch.ca A woman in …

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2021-05-13). CDC Embarks on New COVID Cover-Up. globalresearch.ca COVID-19 has been …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-13). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ramping up COVID-19 vaccination rate in race against virus. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 cases are falling in the U.S. because 245 million doses of one of the available COVID-19 vaccines have been administered, according to Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "But at the same time, there are still people who need more information about the safety and the value …

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2021-05-13). CDC Embarks on New COVID Cover-Up. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. COVID-19 has been …

Staff (2021-05-13). "Lynch Mobs": Palestinians Face Brutal Attacks Inside Israel as Assault on Gaza Escalates. democracynow.org Televised images of Israeli mobs attacking Palestinians have been widely denounced by Israeli media and public figures, but Palestinian writer Budour Hassan says the selective outrage ignores decades of occupation that have led to this point. "There is some mention of these lynch mobs that are attacking Palestinians in mixed cities. What is not mentioned is who emboldened these lynch mobs. We're talking about state-sponsored, decades-long discrimination, isolation and erasure that emboldened these groups," says Hassan, legal researcher for the Jerusalem Center for Legal Aid and Human Rights, who joins us from Naz…

Jake Johnson (2021-05-13). Biden Administration Reportedly Blocking UN Cease-Fire Statement as Israel Bombards Gaza. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. The Biden administration …

Haim Bresheeth-≈Ωabner (2021-05-13). Israel's Illusion of Normality Collapses. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. For decades Israelis …

The Global Research Team (2021-05-13). Global Research Needs Your Support. Fundraising Campaign. globalresearch.ca In an era of media disinformation, our focus has essentially been to center on the "unspoken truth". | Twenty years ago, in the Summer of 2001, the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG) launched the globalresearch.ca website. In the course of …

Robert J. Burrowes (2021-05-13). Life on Earth is Dying. Thousands of Species Cease to Exist. Homo Sapiens is the Cause. globalresearch.ca On the day that you read this article, 200 species of life on Earth (plants, birds, animals, fish, amphibians, insects, reptiles) will cease to exist. Tomorrow, another 200 species will vanish forever.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2021-05-13). Detroit Police Chief Departs While Calls Intensify for Defunding and Abolishing Policing. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Since the summer …

David Hearst (2021-05-13). Israel's Annexation Plan Is "The Nakba Revisited" globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. This article was …

imperial.ac.uk (2021-05-13). Printable circuits bring low-cost and high-performance wearables a step closer. imperial.ac.uk Researchers have developed printable inks that enable high-performance inkjet-printed electronic circuits, providing a pathway to wearable devices.

Tony Carnie (2021-05-13). Ghost Fish: After 420 Million Years in the Deeps, Modern Gillnets from Shark Fin Trade Drag Coelacanths into the Light. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Demand for shark …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-13). New therapy shortens treatment for HPV-related cancers of the tonsils, tongue. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Patients with HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer who undergo surgery and are treated with chemotherapy, may be able to forgo significant radiation therapy without increasing the risk of their cancer spreading, according to the results of a clinical trial led by researchers at Mayo Clinic. "We found that decreasing the amount of radiation therapy after a minimally invasive robotic …

Paul Antonopoulos (2021-05-13). "Old Europe" Does Not Trust "New Europe" Involvement in European Rapid Reaction Force. globalresearch.ca On May 5, …

Manlio Dinucci (2021-05-13). Europe: A War Game Ground for the US-NATO Strategy. globalresearch.ca In 2020 land …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-13). Science Saturday: Mayo study examines how Latino participants experience genomic medicine. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org How do people from minority communities experience genomic medicine in diverse health-care settings? How do they integrate genetic knowledge into their understandings of health-care needs? These answers are critical to researchers as multiple efforts are underway to increase the inclusion of racial minority participants in genomic research and new forms of individualized medicine. Richard Sharp. …

Asa Winstanley (2021-05-13). The Truth Is Out About Israel's Cover-up of Nakba Facts. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. In light of …

Pepe Escobar (2021-05-13). Kissinger's "Insider View": The Tragedy of the US Deep State. globalresearch.ca Henry Kissinger, 97, …

Rick Rozoff (2021-05-13). Rick Rozoff on US-NATO Warfare. globalresearch.ca

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