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2020-04-30: Social Media Postees

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How can schools open up again safely? The UN has some new guidelines
news.un.org | 2020-04-30
As countries grapple with severe disruptions to education caused by COVID-19, several UN agencies

Citing COVID-19 crisis, Ontario teacher unions impose concession-filled contracts
wsws.org | 2020-04-30
The unions have sabotaged a months-long struggle by education workers that had the potential to spearhead a working-class upsurge against the hated Ford government.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/30/teac…

More than 1,700 UK deaths avoided due to improvement in air quality during lockdown
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-30
More than 1,700 deaths in the UK have been avoided in the past month due to better air quality caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown, according to a Europe-wide study. | The Finland-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) report says levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 news briefing with Dr. Greg Poland
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-30
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/

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

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

Seniors, Prisoners and the Plight of the Detroit Majority
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-30
Statistical indicators from the city of Detroit and the state of Michigan reveal that the rate of infections and deaths resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic are on the decline. | During the early weeks of April the state of Michigan was …
globalresearch.ca/seniors-prisoners-plight-detroit-majority/5711328

Science Saturday: Antimalarials, COVID-19, cardiac arrest
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-30
Over the last few weeks, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have become household words. These antiparasitic drugs normally prescribed for malaria were introduced early in the rush to find potential treatments for COVID-19. As time goes on, the public discussion has centered on who should get these particular drugs and when. Meanwhile many doctors and medical researchers …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/science-saturday-antimalarials-covid-19-cardiac-arrest/

Seniors, Prisoners and the Plight of the Detroit Majority
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-30
Statistical indicators from the city of Detroit and the state of Michigan reveal that the rate of infections and deaths resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic are on the decline. | During the early weeks of April the state of Michigan was …
globalresearch.ca/seniors-prisoners-plight-detroit-majority/5711328

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

Vice President Pence to visit Mayo Clinic in Rochester on April 28
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-30
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/

The Power and Plight of Science
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-30
The Greeks used the word episteme for science. Episteme means knowledge, techne (craftsmanship), understanding, and experience. Episteme / science was primarily knowledge from the observation of nature and natural phenomena, which slowly eclipsed the role of the divine and superstition in the organization and understanding of life and the cosmos. In the fifth century BCE,…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/30/the-power-and-plight-of-science/

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

German students oppose reopening of schools
wsws.org | 2020-04-30
Under the slogan "average grade 2020," students are demanding the suspension of final exams and the closing of schools so long as the lives of students, teachers and their relatives are at risk from COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/30/schu…

The lessons of the University of California grad student strike
wsws.org | 2020-04-30
Lacking any viable political strategy, the leaders of the UC grad student strike capitulated to the United Auto Workers, the same union teaching assistants rebelled against.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/30/ucgr…

On Mumia's birthday, global event honors political prisoners
| workers.org | 2020-04-30
By Mirinda Crissman and Judy Greenspan From behind prison walls nearly 39 years, Mumia Abu Jamal continues to educate, energize and unite prison abolitionists, former and current political prisoners, and the global activist community. On April 24, his 66th birthday, Abu-Jamal's story and legacy brought together a virtual gathering "U.S. . . . | Continue reading On Mumia's birthday, global event honors political prisoners at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/04/48035/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=virtual-teach-in-pays-tribute-to-mumia-abu-jamal-on-66th-birthday

Education Crisis: From Pre-K to Higher Ed, Students Face Unequal Access During Coronavirus Shutdown
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-29
We look at the impact of the pandemic on schools, universities, students, parents, teachers and professors

"One of the Most Influential Scientists Alive" Read This 2010 Profile of Dr. Ioannidis, the COVID Doomsday Cult Slayer
David H Freedman | anti-empire.com | 2020-04-29
Excerpt: Indeed, given the breadth of the potential problems raised at the meeting, can any medical-research studies be trusted? | That question has been central to Ioannidis's career. He's what's known as a meta-researcher, and he's become one of the world's foremost experts on the credibility of medical research. He and his team have shown, again and again, and in many different ways, that much of what biomedical researchers conclude in published studies–conclusions that doctors keep in mind when they prescribe antibiotics or blood-pressure medication, or when they advise us to consume more fiber or les…
anti-empire.com/one-of-the-most-influential-scientists-alive-read-this-2010-profile-of-dr-ioannidis-the-covid-doomsday-cult-slayer/

Three Imperial researchers elected Fellows of the Royal Society
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-29
The Royal Society has granted fellowship to three scientists at Imperial College London.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197194/three-imperial-researchers-elected-fellows-royal

Data and Privacy Unprotected in One Third of Countries, Despite Progress
UNCTAD | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
Only 66% of the nations of the world safeguard people's data and privacy, despite an 11 percentage point increase in the adoption of data protection and privacy legislation in the period 2015-2020, according to new UNCTAD data. | Results of a | …
globalresearch.ca/data-privacy-unprotected-one-third-countries-despite-progress/5711236

Western Media Continues to Spread Fake News About North Korea
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
In modern warfare, one of the greatest weapons is the power to manipulate information. In a globalized international society, extremely integrated and connected by an infinite information circulation network, a media which controls the dissemination and content of such information …
globalresearch.ca/western-media-continues-spread-fake-news-about-north-korea/5711182

The Dubious COVID Models, The Tests and Now the Consequences
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
Since late in January the world has undergone staggering changes which in many cases may be irreparable. We have given decisions over every aspect of our lives to the judgment of tests and to the projections of computer models for …
globalresearch.ca/models-tests-consequences/5711194

Tajikistan confirms first cases of coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-30
Tajikistan reported Thursday the first coronavirus cases in the country.The Ministry of Health and Social Protection announced that 15 people, 10 in Khujand and five in Dushanbe, have been diagnosed with COVID-19.Meanwhile, the country made it compulsory for people to wear protective mask upon the decision taken by the Coronavirus Prevention Center during a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda.With the decision, a break is announced for all university students in the country starting from May 4.On April 28, the ministry said that 319 people, including 126 health workers, had been hospitalized with s…
yenisafak.com/en/world/tajikistan-confirms-first-cases-of-coronavirus-3518323

EU unemployment rate up 6.6% in March
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-30
The European Union's unemployment rate rose to 6.6% in March, the bloc's statistical office reported on Thursday.The figure was up from 6.5% in the previous month, while it dropped from 6.9% in the same month last year, Eurostat said in a press release.Meanwhile, the unemployment rate was 7.4% in the euro area, the office said, rising from 7.3% in the previous month and decreasing from 7.7% in the same month of 2019.The eurozone/euro area or EA19 represents member states that use the single currency

New COVID-19 Antiviral Drug Remdesivir Offers 'No Significant' Benefit, More Research Needed-Study
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-30
The first randomised trial for a promising new antiviral drug, lauded by many as a positive treatment for SARS-CoV-2 patients, suggested that there were no significant clinical benefits, with researchers urging further trials, a study released on late Wednesday revealed.
sputniknews.com/science/202004301079142995-new-covid-19-antiviral-drug-remdesivir-offers-no-significant-benefit-more-research-needed-study/

Scientists Discover Potentially Oldest Mammal Dubbed 'Crazy Beast' in Madagascar
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-30
Researchers have discovered a nearly complete skeleton of a mammal that lived on the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, according to the magazine Nature.
sputniknews.com/science/202004301079143165-scientists-discover-potentially-oldest-mammal-dubbed-crazy-beast-in-madagascar/

If ET Sapient Life Exists, It Can Intercept Our Signals, Chinese Astrophysicist Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-30
According to the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC), China has started searching for extraterrestrial civilisations with the world's largest FAST radio telescope.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202004301079143810-if-et-sapient-life-exists-it-can-intercept-our-signals-chinese-astrophysicist-says/

Killer From Heaven: Turkish Scientists Uncover Earliest Evidence of Meteorite-Struck Person
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-30
A new scientific report suggests one was killed and another paralysed by a celestial body that allegedly hit Earth in August 1888, with many locals reporting to have seen a massive fireball in the sky above present-day Iraqi Kurdistan.
sputniknews.com/science/202004301079143382-killer-from-heaven-turkish-scientists-uncover-earliest-evidence-of-meteorite-struck-person/

Brighter Than Trillion Stars: Scientists Predict Enormous Flare From Two Supermassive Black Holes
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-30
These blackholes are located in the galaxy OJ 287, which has been observed by scientists since the 19th century. OJ 287 is not an ordinary galaxy, it's a blazar, a special type of active galactic nuclei powered by a material

Video: Liberiamoci dal virus della guerra
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
"Convegno internazionale "Liberiamoci dal virus della guerra" in occasione del 75 ∞ anniversario della Liberazione d'Italia" | Michel Chossudovsky (Canada), economista, direttore del Centro di ricerca sulla globalizzazione; Peter Koenig (Svizzera), economista con lunga esperienza nella Banca Mondiale, Guido Grossi, già dirigente …
globalresearch.ca/video-liberiamoci-dal-virus-della-guerra/5711191

The Myth of V-Shape US Economic Recovery
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
The spin is in! Trump administration economic 'message bearers', Steve Mnuchin, US Treasury Secretary, and Kevin Hasset, senior economic adviser to Trump, this past Sunday on the Washington TV talking heads circuit launched a coordinated effort to calm …
globalresearch.ca/myth-v-shape-us-economic-recovery/5711226

Death: "The Most Frightening Idea" or "A Simple Idea with a Powerful Punch"?
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
Since death is one idea that has no history except as an idea and not a reality any of us has experienced, it is the most frightening idea there is and also quite simple. It is the ultimate unknown. It …
globalresearch.ca/death-simple-idea-powerful-punch/5711205

Giulietto Chiesa: Lets Free Ourselves from the Virus of War
Comitato No Nato | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
GIULIETTO CHIESA remained on the front line of the fight, to implement Article 11 of the Constitution, to take Italy out of the "War System". | Giulietto Chiesa passed away a few hours after the conclusion, on the 75th Anniversary of …
globalresearch.ca/giulietto-chiesa-lets-free-ourselves-from-the-virus-of-war/5711034

Pandemic Diplomacy: "The Gum on China's Shoe"
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
"Australia is always there, making trouble. It is a bit like chewing gum stuck on the sole of China's shoes. Sometimes you have to find a stone to rub it off."

"Belt and Road" Regionalization: Pakistan's Gwadar Port Opens Afghan Trade to the World
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
The successful opening of Gwadar Port to Afghanistan lays the basis for expanding this trade network to Central Asia and Russia via N-CPEC+, which sets a positive example for how BRI-led regionalization can rejuvenate globalization after the coronavirus is finally …
globalresearch.ca/bri-led-regionalization-gwadar-port-opens-afghan-trade-world/5711243

How to Think Post-Planet Lockdown
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
Between unaccountability of elites and total fragmentation of civil society, Covid-19 as a circuit breaker is showing how the king

Syrian Resistance to the US Occupation Escalates
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
US President Trump ordered a surprise withdrawal of US troops from Syria in October 2019; however, he bent to pressure from aides and Pentagon officials and soon reversed his decision. He then ordered about 500 US soldiers to occupy the …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-resistance-us-occupation-escalates/5711186

Video: Israeli Military Buildup Near Golan Heights Follows Strikes on Syrian Capital
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
Israel has deployed additional units of the Iron Dome and Patriot air defense systems near the borders of Lebanon and Syria. Pro-Israeli sources claim that the country's military is preparing to repel possible retaliatory strikes from Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed …
globalresearch.ca/video-israeli-military-buildup-near-golan-heights-follows-strikes-syrian-capital/5711188

Israel Attacks Syria, US OKs Annexation, OPCW Caught Again & Impending (Already Here) Bio False Flag
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-29
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/28/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-attacks-syria-us-oks-annexation-opcw-caught-again-impending-already-here-bio-false-flag/

Round Two of the "Paycheck Protection Program": Another Disaster for US Small Businesses and Their Employees
Barry Grey | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
The launch Monday morning of the second round of the US "small business" Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was a debacle. Millions of family-owned entities, desperate for credit and tottering on the brink of permanent closure, were once again shut out …
globalresearch.ca/round-two-paycheck-protection-program-disaster-us-small-businesses-their-employees/5711249

Iraq Facing a Great US Threat: Expanding the US' "Harir" Military Base in Iraqi Kurdistan
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
No country could fail to be shaken by the kind of profound struggle between all its political groups that currently prevails in Iraq. The US does not need to make any great effort to sow discord between the parties because …
globalresearch.ca/iraq-facing-great-us-threat/5711215

COVID-19 Sweeping Through US Immigrant Farmworker and Meatpacker Ranks
Danica Jorden | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
"We work shoulder to shoulder. We're very close to each other…. I've had a fever and flu symptoms, but I take Tylenol and keep working." María, worker from Butterball. Español | On April 7, Tyson Foods announced it was closing an | …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-sweeping-us-immigrant-farmworker-meatpacker-ranks/5711064

The British Military Information War Waged on Their Own Population
Mike Robinson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
Last Wednesday, during the daily UK Government Coronavirus livestream, the head of the British Army, General Sir Nick Carter, bragged: | We've been involved with the Cabinet Office Rapid Response Unit, with our 77th Brigade helping to quash rumours | …
globalresearch.ca/the-british-military-information-war-waged-on-their-own-population/5711223

COVID-19: 'It's the System, Stupid!' Black Alliance for Peace
Black Alliance for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
The current disaster exists in large part because the U.S. healthcare system is the opposite of what is needed. It is fragmented, discriminatory and designed for corporate profits, not the well-being of the public. Even before the pandemic, the United …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-its-the-system-stupid-black-alliance-for-peace/5711051

Millions of US Workers Blocked from Applying for Jobless Benefits
Kevin Reed | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
While the US government has proceeded expeditiously to hand over trillions of dollars to the Wall Street banks and corporations, millions of workers who have lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic have been blocked from applying for unemployment benefits….
globalresearch.ca/millions-us-workers-blocked-applying-jobless-benefits/5711247

The Coronavirus 5th "Relief Package" We Need
Howie Hawkins | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
The coronavirus depression is fast becoming as deep as the Great Depression. The federal government's response has been too little, too late. | While sickness and death spread, while unemployment and small business failures soar, while health care and essential workers …
globalresearch.ca/5th-coronavirus-relief-package-we-need/5711201

Being male or overweight can lead to more serious COVID-19 hospital admissions
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-29
New UK research has found that being male or obese reduces chance of survival from severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
imperial.ac.uk/news/197216/being-male-overweight-lead-more-serious

Western Accusations of Russian Interference in Libya in Favor of Haftar's LNA
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
Marshal Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army (LNA) has declared that his forces will take control of Libya, arguing that the UN-negotiated unity agreement is dead. The statement was made during a televised speech, in which Haftar reported …
globalresearch.ca/western-accusations-russian-interference-libya-distraction-own-crimes/5711184

New guidance to support innovators fighting COVID-19
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-29
Imperial researchers have set out key regulations innovators must comply with when designing and building technologies safely to tackle COVID-19.
imperial.ac.uk/news/196896/new-guidance-support-innovators-fighting-covid-19

Video: Free Ourselves from the Virus of War. David Swanson
David Swanson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
David Swanson was to speak at a conference in Florence, Italy, on April 25, 2020.commemorating the 75 anniversary of Italy's Liberation. | The conference became a Live Stream. | This was David Swanson's speech at this important venue in Italy organized by …
globalresearch.ca/video-free-ourselves-virus-war/5711181

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2020-04-29: News Headlines

WSWS (2020-04-29). Pseudo-lefts ask: "What is the least we can accept?" wsws.org As the ruling class prepares to use the ongoing pandemic as an excuse to carry out long-planned attacks on public education, pseudo-lefts promote Biden.

RT (2020-04-29). Turkey extends closure of schools to end of May — minister. rt.com Turkey has extended the closure of schools until the end of May as part of its measures to combat the spread of coronavirus, Education Minister Ziya Selcuk said on Wednesday. | Ankara announced the initial closure of schools on March 12 after it reported its first case of Covid-19. It now has almost 115,000 cases with a death toll of nearly 3,000, Reuters reported. | The government aims to begin reviving the economy in late May after a sharp slowdown due to measures to contain the outbreak, while minimizing the risk of a second wave of infections, a senior official said on Tuesday. | A group of Turkish malls s…

WSWS (2020-04-29). Australian schools reopening as spearhead of "back to work" campaign. wsws.org State and federal governments are invoking dubious research to insist it is safe for teachers and students to return to schools.

Telesur (2020-04-29). Brazilian Court Orders Investigation Against Bolsonaro. globalresearch.ca Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) on Monday ordered an investigation against President Jair Bolsonaro, due to accusations by former Justice Minister Sergio Moro. | Moro, who resigned from his post at the Ministry of Justice last Friday, accused Bolsonaro …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-29). Physicians, scientists and physician-scientists connect dots between heart disease, potential for worse COVID-19 outcomes. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. ? People with certain heart diseases may be more susceptible to worse outcomes with COVID-19, but the reason why has remained unknown. New research from Mayo Clinic indicates that in patients with one specific type of heart disease ? obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) ? the heart increases production of the ACE2 RNA transcript …

imperial.ac.uk (2020-04-29). New guidance to support innovators fighting COVID-19. imperial.ac.uk Imperial researchers have set out key regulations innovators must comply with when designing and building technologies safely to tackle COVID-19.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-29). Science Saturday: Antimalarials, COVID-19, cardiac arrest. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Over the last few weeks, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have become household words. These antiparasitic drugs normally prescribed for malaria were introduced early in the rush to find potential treatments for COVID-19. As time goes on, the public discussion has centered on who should get these particular drugs and when. Meanwhile many doctors and medical researchers …

Ryan Cristián (2020-04-29). Israel Attacks Syria, US OKs Annexation, OPCW Caught Again & Impending (Already Here) Bio False Flag. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/28/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-29). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 news briefing with Dr. Greg Poland. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, covers the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Poland discusses current outbreak numbers, why there may be a second wave of infections, and research on a vaccine. Click the player below: Mayo Clinic Q&A is …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-29). 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 …

Derrick Z. Jackson (2020-04-29). The EPA's Dirty Water: New Rule Discards Science, Ignores Importance of Wetlands and Tributaries. globalresearch.ca Water, water everywhere and hardly a drop is being protected by the Trump administration. In its latest act of abdication, the Environmental Protection Agency

Philip A Farruggio (2020-04-29). It Can't Happen Here? The Roots Run Deep! globalresearch.ca Sinclair Lewis wrote an important novel in 1935, It Can't Happen Here. In the fictitious book, based on the threats at the time of fascism taking root in the USA, we see how this virus spread. | As with Philip Roth's …

Mike Robinson (2020-04-29). The British Military Information War Waged on Their Own Population. globalresearch.ca Last Wednesday, during the daily We've been involved with the Cabinet Office Rapid Response Unit, with our 77th Brigade helping to quash rumours …

David H Freedman (2020-04-29). "One of the Most Influential Scientists Alive" Read This 2010 Profile of Dr. Ioannidis, the COVID Doomsday Cult Slayer. anti-empire.com Excerpt: Indeed, given the breadth of the potential problems raised at the meeting, can any medical-research studies be trusted? | That question has been central to Ioannidis's career. He's what's known as a meta-researcher, and he's become one of the world's foremost experts on the credibility of medical research. He and his team have shown, again and again, and in many different ways, that much of what biomedical researchers conclude in published studies—conclusions that doctors keep in mind when they prescribe antibiotics or blood-pressure medication, or when they advise us to consume more fiber or les…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-29). How Mayo Clinic is using artificial intelligence in its COVID-19 research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Artificial intelligence has a vital role in helping researchers in their efforts to fight COVID-19 and is an important tool in the work being done at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Andrew Badley is an infectious diseases specialist and leads Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 Research Task Force. In this Q&A, Dr. Badley answers questions about the task force …

John W. Whitehead (2020-04-29). Your Freedoms Don't Have to be Muzzled Just Because You're Wearing a Mask. globalresearch.ca "If 2019 was the year of the street protest, of tear gas and rubber bullets, Despite all appearances …

RT (2020-04-29). Almost 18,000 EXTRA cancer patients could die in England within year while nation focuses on treating Covid-19 — study. rt.com While the UK has put all efforts into battling the epidemic of the novel coronavirus, cancer could claim up to 18,000 additional lives in England due to lack of diagnostics and treatment, a new study warns. | Delays in diagnosing and treating cancer could hurt the survival chances of thousands of people across England, joint research by University College London (UCL) and the Health Data Research Hub for Cancer (DATA-CAN) suggests. Scientists analyzed data from more than 3.5 million patients and discovered that the Covid-19 outbreak could indirectly lead to more than 17,900 extra cancer deaths within a year, i…

Paul Street (2020-04-29). Coronavirus Capitalism and "Exceptional" America. counterpunch.org United States capitalism system was already on the verge of a major recession before COVID-19 hit. All the classic signs were there: absurdly inflated P/E ratios s (an absurdly inflated stock market), massively deb-leveraged corporations, giant consumer and student debt, savage economic inequality (so extreme that the top tenth of the U.S. upper 1 percent had more wealth than the nation's bottom percent), tens of millions living just one inadequate paycheck away from being unable to meet basic living expenses , and more. If the virus hadn't broken that camel's back, something else would have done the job, albeit…

Andy Sullivan (2020-04-29). True Number of Americans Run Out of Work by Virus Maoists So Far Could Be 10 Million Higher at 36 Million. anti-empire.com Millions of Americans who have been thrown out of work during the coronavirus pandemic have been unable to register for unemployment benefits since the U.S. economy entered a free fall, according to a poll released on Tuesday. | The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found in an online poll that for every 10 people who have successfully filed unemployment claims, three or four people have been unable to register and another two people have not tried to apply at a time of acute economic crisis. | Official U.S. statistics show that 26.5 million people have applied for unemployment benefits since mid-March, w…

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-04-28). Pandemic Delays: Postponing the Assange Extradition Hearing. globalresearch.ca "Mr Assange will be facing a David and Goliath battle with his hands tied behind his back." — Edward Fitzgerald QC, lawyer for Julian Assange, April 27, 2020 | Julian Assange must have had time amidst cramped and hostile surrounds, paper …

, Owens DK, Davidson KW, et al. (2020-04-28). USPSTF Recommendation: Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation in Children and Adolescents. jamanetwork.com This 2020 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends that primary care clinicians provide interventions, including education or brief counseling, to prevent initiation of tobacco use among school-aged children and adolescents (B recommendation) and concludes that current evidence is insufficient to assess the benefits and harms of primary care interventions for cessation of tobacco use among school-aged children and adolescents (I statement).

Shawgi Tell (2020-04-28). Charter Schools Continue Seizing Enormous Sums of Public Funds During Pandemic. dissidentvoice.org While private businesses like non-profit and for-profit charter schools have been seizing enormous sums of public money for decades,1 they continue to seize hundreds of millions of public dollars during the "COVID Pandemic"—a move that further undermines the nation's public education system and economy. The latest example of this massive transfer of public funds to …

Sargent JD, Unger JB, Leventhal AM. (2020-04-28). USPSTF Recommendations for Prevention and Cessation of Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents. jamanetwork.com In this issue of JAMA, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) presents updated recommendations on prevention and cessation of tobacco use among children and adolescents seen in primary care settings. The USPSTF recommends education and brief counseling with a clinician to prevent initiation of tobacco use (B recommendation). The USPSTF also concludes that evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of primary care—feasible interventions for the cessation of tobacco use among school-aged children and adolescents (I statement). These recommendations reflect the accompanying Ev…

Dora Taylor (2020-04-28). 'Coronavirus Capitalism' Is Coming for Public Schools. progressive.org Amid the pandemic, superintendents are gaining the power to sell out public education for private gain.

teleSUR (2020-04-28). Nicaragua: VP Rosario Murillo Grateful for UNICEF Donation. telesurenglish.net Nicaraguan Vice President, Rosario Murillo, recognized Monday UNICEF's donation to the Central American nation during the COVID-19 outbreak. The UN body sent 1,659 health kits to schools and other scholastic institutions as they combat the COVID-19 crisis. | RELATED: | According to Murillo, both UNICEF and the Nicaraguan Education Ministry will hold a virtual meeting to discuss distance education's challenges during social isolation due to the COVID-19 si…

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-28). Reports of North Korean Leader's Death Greatly Exaggerated. globalresearch.ca Once again, the good old reliable US major media proved unreliable again — time and again delivering fake news to readers, viewers and listeners. | On April 20, the NYT reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "was receiving treatment after …

Prof Michael Hudson (2020-04-28). The Use and Abuse of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). globalresearch.ca Summary | After being attacked by monetarists and others for many decades, MMT and the idea that running government budget deficit is stabilizing instead of destabilizing are suddenly gaining applause from the parts of the political spectrum that long opposed MMT: …

yenisafak (2020-04-29). US teachers' unions vow action against early reopening. yenisafak.com Major teachers' unions in the US are gearing up to call for strikes or major protests if states reopen schools without taking proper precautions amid the coronavirus pandemic.The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and The National Education Association (NEA), the nation's two biggest teachers' unions, told Politico news outlet Tuesday that they will not remain silent when it comes to student safety.AFT President Randi Weingarten said schools need funding to implement public health measures, including personal protective equipment, to prevent possible exposure to the virus.If schools reopen without proper safet…

yenisafak (2020-04-29). Sweden's confirmed COVID-19 cases rise above 20,000. yenisafak.com The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Sweden rose past the 20,000 mark on Wednesday as the Nordic country reported 107 new deaths to put the tally at 2,462 since the outbreak began.Statistics compiled and reported daily by Sweden's Public Health Agency showed 681 new cases of the disease caused by the new coronavirus that emerged in China late last year, bringing the accumulated number to 20,302.Sweden has taken a less strict approach to curbing the the spread of the disease than most European countries, allowing most schools and businesses to remain open even as its mortality rate in the pandemic has r…

John Balzar (2020-04-29). 1985 LA Times Poll Found 51% of Americans Supported Quarantining AIDS patients, 15% Wanted Them Tattooed. anti-empire.com Large numbers of Americans stand ready for strong new government action in the fight against the AIDS epidemic. | A Los Angeles Times Poll found that more than half of the adults in the nation support quarantining AIDS patients, nearly half would approve of ID cards for those who test positive for AIDS antibodies, more than a third would be willing to pay a one-penny national sales tax to finance greater research, and one in seven would favor such radical action as tattooing those with the disease. | The poll also found great public aversion to electing homosexuals, the largest AIDS risk group, to office. And…

Miri Wood (2020-04-28). Netanyahu Air Force Bombings Targeted Homes, Killed Three Civilians. globalresearch.ca Americans awaiting their COVID-19 stimulus and unemployment checks will be thrilled to know their taxes continue to be spent via Netanyahu bombing and murdering Syrians in their homes. Israel remains the US' most voracious welfare state queen, subsidized at more …

Andrew Korybko (2020-04-28). The U.S. Wants to "Purchase" Greenland from Denmark. globalresearch.ca The US' plan to leverage economic aid to Greenland for strategic ends is exactly the same thing that it accuses China of doing in Africa, suggesting that its infowar against Beijing's Belt & Road Initiative is driven more by jealousy …

Richard Gale (2020-04-28). The COVID-19 "Economic Holocaust" … Bankrupting the Nation. "The Shut-In Economy" globalresearch.ca For all the uncertainties the COVID-19 pandemic poses to the world, especially in the US, one thing seems evident. Our neoliberal capitalist civilization has proven itself to be unprepared for unexpected crises and catastrophes. For decades, the US has been …

Whitney Webb (2020-04-28). Douglas Valentine Interview — How The COVID-19 Police State Was Born In Vietnam. thelastamericanvagabond.com Interview Transcript: Whitney: Today I am joined by the legendary author and researcher Doug Valentine, whose books, including "The CIA as Organized Crime," among several others, are essential reading for understanding how covert and illegal intelligence operations have shaped, and continue to shape, conflict and policy in the U.S. and beyond. In this interview, we …

Peter Oborne (2020-04-28). HSBC to Block Donations to Palestinian Aid Charity Interpal. globalresearch.ca British bank HSBC has told customers in the UK that it will stop processing standing order payments to the Palestinian aid charity Interpal from next month. | The bank sent out letters earlier this month to account holders who make regular …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-28). Are the US and China on a Collision Course for Greater Confrontation? globalresearch.ca US policymakers from both right wings of the one-party state want China's rise on the world stage as an economic, industrial, and technological power undermined. | A undeclared Cold War between both countries rages. There's always risk of things turning hot …

teleSUR (2020-04-28). Covid-19: Oxford University Vaccine Proves Effective in Monkeys. telesurenglish.net The Jenner Institute at Oxford University in the United Kingdom successfully tested a vaccine against COVID-19 in Rhesus macaques, scientists revealed on Monday. | RELATED: | The results of the research will be released next week, a month after testing the drug on six Rhesus macaques. | The vaccine was given to the six monkeys at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Montana. | The…

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-04-28). Corruption Scandals Could See Bolsonaro Removed from Power Quicker than One Could Expect. globalresearch.ca The Brazilian government was shaken by a new controversy on Friday after the General Director of the Federal Police, Maurício Valeixo, was sacked by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Following threats made on Thursday, the Minister of Justice and Public …

Johanna Ross (2020-04-28). Covid-19 Is the Perfect Catalyst for Trump's War Against China. globalresearch.ca The phrase 'Yellow Peril' — pertaining to the alleged threat of the Far East — was coined by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in the 1880s after he had a dream featuring a Buddha riding a dragon threatening to invade …

Germán Gorraiz López (2020-04-28). Paranoia and Hybris Syndrome in Donald Trump. globalresearch.ca Among the "losers of globalization" in the US, in addition to African-Americans and Latinos, indebted university students and white adults over 45 years of age without university studies and with jobs with low added value appear for the first time, …

Barbara Boland (2020-04-28). Is Trump Using the U.S. Military for Regime Change in Venezuela? globalresearch.ca U.S. policy towards Venezuela has been a head-spinning series of contradictions lately, with no end in sight. From placing a bounty on the heads of President Nicolas Maduro and a dozen current and former Venezuelan officials, to upping sanctions and …

Dr. John Whyte (2020-04-28). Video: COVID-19: 70% of Patients Are on Ventilators. Is It a "Solution"?… Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell. globalresearch.ca Welcome to "Coronavirus in Context." | Today we're going to talk about whether we're managing coronavirus correctly; do we need to think about a change in our treatment regiments? | My guest is Dr Cameron Kyle-Sidell. He's a physician trained in …

Rubin R. (2020-04-28). New AHRQ Patient Safety Guidance. jamanetwork.com The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently issued a review of 47 practices that can improve patient safety in various settings.

Ajamu Baraka (2020-04-28). Video: Venezuela and the Struggle Against Empire: Ajamu Baraka. globalresearch.ca Black Alliance for Peace National Organizer Ajamu Baraka discussed the role of U.S. activists in stopping the U.S. war machine during "An Inside View of Resistance to US Imperialism in Venezuela and How to Build International Solidarity," a webinar co-hosted …

South Front (2020-04-28). Video: Turkish Army Clashing with Turkish Proxies in Idlib. globalresearch.ca Early on April 27, the Israeli Air Force carried out a series of airstrikes on alleged Iranian targets in the countryside of Damascus. As always, pro-Israeli sources claimed that the missile attack hit and destroyed weapon depots and HQs of …

Rep. Ron Paul (2020-04-28). Next in Coronavirus Tyranny: Forced Vaccinations and 'Digital Certificates'. globalresearch.ca In my first week in the House of Representatives in 1976, I cast one of the two votes against legislation appropriating funds for a swine flu vaccination program. A swine flu outbreak was then dominating headlines, so most in DC …

Philip Giraldi (2020-04-28). Netanyahu Is Back Yet Again. Israel Will Become Much Bigger. globalresearch.ca Rahm Emanuel, up until recently the mayor of Chicago and before that a top advisor to the president in the Bill Clinton and Barack Obama White Houses and still earlier a volunteer in the Israeli Army, famously once commented that …

Consensus911 (2020-04-28). 9/11 Truth and Giulietto Chiesa, 1940-2020. His Legacy Will Live. globalresearch.ca The 9/11 Consensus Panel mourns the loss of the great Italian journalist, Giulietto Chiesa, whose life was devoted to upholding the foundations of democracy, not just in his native Italy, but in Russia and worldwide. | The Consensus Panel was …

Drago Bosnic (2020-04-28). Iraq: Official Warns of US Plot to Transfer ISIS Terrorists from Syria to Iraq's Al-Anbar. globalresearch.ca A senior official in Iraq's al-Anbar province warned of the increasing presence of the ISIS terrorists in the desert areas of the province which are controlled by the US forces. | "These areas are controlled by the US military men and …

Rubin R. (2020-04-28). Using 2 Prostate Biopsy Techniques Optimizes Cancer Diagnosis. jamanetwork.com Combining a traditional biopsy with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)—targeted biopsy more accurately diagnoses clinically significant prostate cancer than either technique alone, according to a recent study by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers.

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