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Colombia, the Oligarchs and Washington
Prof. Vijay Prashad | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
Last year, on November 21, the Colombian people took to the streets in massive numbers to reject the policies of the government led by President Iván Duque. In particular, the people called on the government to withdraw two policies….
globalresearch.ca/colombia-oligarchs-washington/5710186

Chile: Teachers Reject Resuming School Year Over COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-20
Chile's Professors College refused Sunday to resume the educational year in May. The union expressed its disagreement with the Chilean president's administrative decisions. | RELATED: | Chile Registers 9,252 COVID-19 Cases, With 116 Deaths | Sebastian Piñeira, Chile ¥s president, announced administrative measures to resume social and economic activities amid the pandemic. Piñera stated gradual retake on productive and public labors April 27. Chilean mandatary also announced professor…
telesurenglish.net/news/chile-teachers-rejects–school-year-restart-amid–the-pandemic-20200420-0002.html

New York City mayor announces $827 million in cuts to public education
wsws.org | 2020-04-20
New York's Democratic mayor Bill de Blasio announced deep cuts to education last week, with predictions of more to come.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/20/more…

Stanford's Antibodies Study Wraps Up, Shows Covid-19 Is 50x More Prevalent and 50x Less Deadly than Believed
John P.A. Ioannidis | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
The heavily anticipated ( at least by Anti-Empire) Stanford University antibodies test of a representative population has now concluded. | Background | Addressing COVID-19 is a pressing health and social concern. To date, many epidemic projections and policies addressing COVID-19 have …
globalresearch.ca/stanford-antibodies-study-wraps-up-shows-covid-19-50x-more-prevalent-50x-less-deadly/5710147

Trump Admin Furloughed 4,000 Korean Workers in the Midst of a Pandemic to Punish South Korea
Kap Seol | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
The U.S. Forces in Korea (USFK) has furloughed about half of its 8,500 local hires, not for fear of the COVID 19 pandemic, but in a ploy to extract more subsidies from the South Korean government, using workers as pawns….
globalresearch.ca/trump-admin-furloughed-4000-korean-workers-punish-south-korea/5710179

Donald Trump's Governor Problem: Debates on Opening Up the Economy
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
Things are getting dizzy in the White House on what, exactly, is being done to "open the economy". Cranky advocates for the financial argument over the restrictions of public health have been attempting to claw back some ground. As Jonathan …
globalresearch.ca/donald-trump-governor-problem-debates-opening-economy/5710154

Lies Won't Stop COVID-19
Eric Margolis | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
Washington-based military think tanks constantly warn of possible attacks by the wicked North Koreans who have a large arsenal of chemical and biological weapons and missiles to deliver to North America. | So do Britain, France, Russia, India, Pakistan, China, India …
globalresearch.ca/lies-wont-stop-covid-19/5710140

Trump Was Real Time Informed During COVID-19 Outbreak in China
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-20
U.S. health experts briefed President Donald Trump in real time about the emergence of COVID-19 in China while working full-time at World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva in late 2019. | RELATED: | Scientists Prove That COVID-19 Can Survive Over 60 Degrees | A dozen U.S. researchers, doctors and experts were at WHO headquarters when the new coronavirus outbreak began in China. | They kept the Trump administration informed of its discovery and spread, U.S. and internation…
telesurenglish.net/news/trump-was-real-time-informed-during-covid19-outbreak-in-china-20200420-0004.html

'China Lied, People Died?' Look Who's Talking!
Thomas L. Knapp | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
"The costs of the pandemic keep piling up," writes Marc Thiessen at the Washington Post. "Somebody has to pay for this unprecedented damage. That somebody should be the government of China." | And why, pray tell, should China's government be punished? …
globalresearch.ca/china-lied-people-died-look-who-talking/5710124

Orwellian Lockstep and a Loaded Syringe
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
Some years ago, the then vice-president of Monsanto Robert T Fraley asked, "Why do people doubt science". He posed the question partly because he had difficulty in believing that some people had valid concerns about the use of genetically modified …
globalresearch.ca/orwellian-lockstep-loaded-syringe/5710144

Science Saturday: The new super power of hand-washing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-20
Researchers are hard at work identifying ways to help patients with COVID-19, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. But in the meantime, one common household object can be used to help prevent infection. Soap. Good old soap, the Clark Kent of clean, is really the superhero fatty acid salt, the Superman of clean. Soap …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/science-saturday-the-new-super-power-of-handwashing/

Milky Way could be slingshotting entire STARS beyond the edge of the galaxy
rt.com | 2020-04-20
Using incredibly sophisticated computer models, astronomers now believe that the Milky Way is launching stars out from its core to the fringes of the galaxy with mind-boggling levels of force. | The research, carried out at the University of California, Irvine, found that clusters of supernovas near the heart of the Milky Way galaxy were exploding with such force that they fired jets of gas towards outer space, beyond the classical disk of our home galaxy. | This so-called 'supernova feedback' could account for roughly 40 percent of these outer-halo stars, while the total number of stars produced by the supern…
rt.com/news/486291-milky-way-catapulting-stars/

What Will You Do if They Try to Extend Coronavirus Lockdowns into Next Year?
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
We are seeing a massive backlash against the coronavirus lockdowns all over the United States, and it is likely that the protests against these lockdowns will only intensify in the days ahead. But some elected officials are doubling down and …
globalresearch.ca/what-will-you-do-if-they-try-extend-coronavirus-lockdowns-next-year/5710119

The Occupation and the Pandemic: The Coronavirus and the Conditions of Palestinian Workers
G.N. Nithya | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
"Colonialism is not a thinking machine, | nor a body endowed with reasoning faculties. | It is violence in its natural state…" |

Sweden Is Right. The Economy Should be Left Open
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
Sometimes, the best thing to do, is to do nothing at all. Take Sweden, for example, where the government decided not to shut down the economy, but to take a more thoughtful and balanced approach. Sweden has kept its primary …
globalresearch.ca/sweden-right-economy-should-left-open/5710128

As Flint Water Crisis Enters Sixth Year, 'Astounding' Report Exposes Lies of Ex-Gov. Rick Snyder and Other Officials
Jessica Corbett | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
VICE on Thursday published an " astounding" and " important" exclusive report on how Rick Snyder, a Republican who served as Michigan's governor from 2011 to 2019, "knew about Flint's toxic water–and lied about it." | The report, based …
globalresearch.ca/flint-water-crisis-enters-sixth-year-report-exposes-lies-ex-gov-rick-snyder-other-officials/5710131

Smearing China a Lame Trick to Aid Reelection for White House
Global Times | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
US President Donald Trump tried to prove his effective leadership in the COVID-19 fight during the White House briefing on Saturday. He said that the US mortality rate was 11.24 per 100,000 people, lower than that of Spain, France and …
globalresearch.ca/smearing-china-aid-reelection-white-house/5710184

Corporate Media Cover for US Mob Threats Against Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
The Trump administration unveiled on March 31 a "democratic transition" plan to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from office, in favor of a "council of state" composed of both opposition and ruling party loyalists. | The plan was, however, less an …
globalresearch.ca/corporate-media-cover-us-mob-threats-against-venezuela/5710173

And so, It's Biden
William Stroock | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
Last week the socialist pest from Vermont, Senator Bernie Sanders, formally endorsed former vice president Biden in an awkward livestream in which the two septuagenarians told one another how wonderful they are and how awful Trump is. As of …
globalresearch.ca/and-so-its-biden/5710188

Reports suggest many have had coronavirus with no symptoms
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-20
New research suggests that far more people have had the coronavirus without any symptoms, fuelling hope that it will turn out to be much less lethal than originally feared.Based on known cases, health officials have said the virus usually causes mild or moderate flu-like illness.Now evidence is growing that a substantial number of people may have no symptoms at all.Scientists in Iceland screened 6% of its population to see how many had previously undetected infections and found that about 0.7% tested positive.So did 13% of a group at higher risk because of recent travel or exposure to someone sick.Aboard the airc…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/04/20/reports-suggest-many-have-had-coronavirus-with-no-symptoms/

A Universal Basic Income Is Essential and Will Work
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
According to an April 6 article on CNBC.com, Spain is slated to become the first country in Europe to introduce a universal basic income (UBI) on a long-term basis. Spain's Minister for Economic Affairs has announced plans to roll out …
globalresearch.ca/universal-basic-income-essential-will-work/5710152

The Massive Covid-19 Hoax
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
By all accounts and from the very beginning it was clear that Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) was at the very most a bad cold

COVID-19: A Diabolical US Anti-China Plot?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
Is it coincidental that the first widely reported COVID-19 outbreak was in China. | It's unknown if the virus was natural or man-made, the latter very much possible, perhaps originating in a US bio-lab. | The US has a long disturbing history …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-us-anti-china-plot/5710176

Are We Brewing a New Feudalism? The Economy is Being Destroyed
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
The answer to the question is "YES." The large bailed-out creditors will end up with the property of the non-bailed-out debtors who are being pushed deeper into debt with "bail-out loans" and fees and penalties for missed debt payments. Write-offs …
globalresearch.ca/are-we-brewing-new-feudalism/5710142

'Armageddon': When Coronavirus Struck a Tehran Hospital
Saheb Sadeghi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
It was like scenes from an Armageddon-like movie made in Hollywood instead of a real-world Tehran hospital, Hesam Khezri said, describing the state of Masih Daneshvari during the first days of the coronavirus outbreak in Iran. | "Looking down from the | …
globalresearch.ca/armageddon-coronavirus-struck-tehran-hospital/5710181

Apple and Google Announced a Coronavirus Tracking System. How Worried Should We be?
Jennifer Stisa Granick | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
Apple and Google last week announced a joint contact tracing effort that would use Bluetooth technology to help alert people who have been in close proximity to someone who tested positive for COVID-19. Similar proposals have been put forward by …
globalresearch.ca/apple-google-announced-coronavirus-tracking-system-how-worried-should-we-be/5710126

Will America Launch a War on Iraq?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
The US administration views Iraq as an arena for confrontation with Iran, with the aim of subjugating the country to its hegemony and dominance. The US imposes harsh sanctions on Iran and is trying to close the Iraqi market to …
globalresearch.ca/will-america-launch-war-iraq/5710134

India's Ventilator Requirement Will Triple Within Next Week, Government Lab Researchers Say
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-20
New Delhi (Sputnik): As the number of cases in India has crossed the 17,000-case mark, several suggestions have been made that the country would require more ventilators, as the COVID-19 situation is developing.
sputniknews.com/india/202004201079029507-indias-ventilator-requirement-will-triple-within-next-week-government-lab-researchers-say/

Selected Articles: A Universal Basic Income Is Essential and Will Work
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer" | | | If, like us, this is a …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-universal-basic-income-essential-will-work/5710167

Australian experts find novel method to study COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-20
Scientists in Australia are using a new method to study the thousands of genetic sequences of the coronavirus.A statement by Australia's national science agency

Super-Earth and Orbital Resonance: Extraordinary Star System Found in the Depths of Space
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-20
While the state of orbital resonance between the planets doesn't appear to be exactly perfect, it is close enough to make the system stand out.
sputniknews.com/science/202004201079029629-super-earth-and-orbital-resonance-extraordinary-star-system-found-in-the-depths-of-space/

A Giant Asteroid is Hurling Towards Earth at Seventeen Kilometres-Per-Second
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-20
NASA's Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), located in California, is tasked with tracking all space rocks which are considered to be flying relatively "close" to our planet in an astronomical sense. The largest of them can have an impact on our planet's environment, even from a far distance.
sputniknews.com/science/202004201079030697-a-giant-asteroid-is-hurling-towards-earth-at-seventeen-kilometres-per-second/

Australian governments refuse to assist international students amid pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-20
Thousands of international students are on the precipice of homelessness and abject poverty after state and federal governments refused to provide them with any assistance.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/20/insu…

International students in Australia speak out: "Governments have done nothing to help us"
wsws.org | 2020-04-20
"Governments are providing billions and even trillions of dollars to the banks and corporations. Why nothing for us?"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/20/inss…

Shakespeare on Trump
Entering 6th Week of Quarantine | indybay.org | 2020-04-20
As we enter the 6th week of quarantine due to Nazi Trump's inexcusable delay in preparing for a pandemic which was known to be a threat in November 2019 , the benchmark of literature in the English language, Shakespeare's writings, teach us that Trump is not an aberration.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/20/18832516.php

Prescribing an overdose: A chapter in the opioid epidemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-20
ROCHESTER, Minn.

Six contracts inked for producing COVID-19 vaccine: VP
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)

England's Office for National Statistics: The Average Covid-Positive Fatality Has Three Other Health Conditions
Nick Triggle | anti-empire.com | 2020-04-20

Some "apocalypse"

| More than nine in 10 people dying with coronavirus have an underlying health condition, figures from the Office for National Statistics show. | The ONS looked at nearly 4,000 deaths during March in England and Wales where coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate. | In 91% of cases the individuals had other health problems. | The most common was heart disease, followed by dementia and respiratory illness. | On average, people dying also had roughly three other health conditions. | It comes amid signs the coronavirus outbreak is deterring people from going to A&E.
anti-empire.com/englands-office-for-national-statistics-the-average-covid-positive-fatality-has-three-other-health-conditions/

Amid US coronavirus disaster, Trump tries to shift focus to China with increasingly anti-Chinese messaging
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-04-20
Donald Trump has insisted that deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) are much higher in China than in the US, despite official statistics painting a far different picture. This comes as Trump and his supporters have been boosting anti-Chinese sentiment as part of his re-election campaign. | The stats: | China has more than four times the population of the US but has reported far fewer deaths. At the time of writing, China has reported 4,…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/04/20/amid-us-coronavirus-disaster-trump-tries-to-shift-focus-to-china-with-increasingly-anti-chinese-messaging/

How Ecuador Descended Into Corona Chaos
Guillaume Long | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
In the last few days and weeks, media outlets around the world have been publishing shocking stories and images of the COVID-19 crisis in Ecuador. Scenes of corpses abandoned in the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador's second-largest city, have shaken audiences in Latin America and beyond. Statistics, even the highly untrustworthy official ones, have confirmed the dire picture of a fast accelerating crisis.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/how-ecuador-descended-into-corona-chaos/

Iran Will Allow Low-Risk Businesses to Resume Work
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-19
Iran's capital Tehran was allowed to resume low-risk businesses on Saturday, a week after kindred deregulations were adopted in other parts of the country amid the COVID-19 epidemic. | RELATED: | COVID-19 Mideast Updates: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel | The move came as per the smart distancing plan, whereby Iran loosened quarantine regulations and allowed the re-opening of businesses with lower risk indices. | According to Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education, high-r…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Will-Allow-Low-Risk-Businesses-to-Resume-Work-20200419-0004.html

COVID-19 Lockdowns Harmfully Impacting Millions of Children: UN
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-19
Millions of children worldwide are being vulnerable to countless threats due to the lockdowns arising from the global coronavirus pandemic, a new United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) report has revealed Thursday. | RELATED: | Children Political Prisoners Face Hell in Egypt | The document called "The Impact of COVID-19 on children" details the different areas in which children could possibly be harmed, including lack of access to healthcare, domestic life, education, and risks as a resu…
telesurenglish.net/news/COVID-19-LockdownsHarmfully-ImpactingMillions-of-Children-UN-20200419-0009.html

Politics and Corruption at the World Health Organization (WHO)
Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
This article, translated from French, was written prior to Wuhan Coronavirus epidemic outbreak | *** | The WHO [OMS in French] is the World Health Organisation. 'WHO' in English

China Denies the Coronavirus Came from One of Its Labs
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-19
Authorities at a maximum-security laboratory in Wuhan, the city where the coronavirus outbreak emerged last December, rejected claims that they could be the source of the COVID-19 surge, following recent accusations by the President of the United States, Donald Trump. | RELATED: | G7 to Back Debt Relief for the Poorest Countries If China Joins | "In no way has this virus left us," said researcher Yuan Zhiming, director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, capital of central Chi…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Denies-the-Coronavirus-Came-from-One-of-Its-Labs-20200419-0003.html

Why Did Hundreds Of CEOs Resign Just Before The World Started Going Absolutely Crazy?
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
In the months prior to the most ferocious stock market crash in history and the eruption of the biggest public health crisis of our generation, we witnessed the biggest exodus of corporate CEOs that we have ever seen. And as | …
globalresearch.ca/why-did-hundreds-of-ceos-resign-just-before-the-world-started-going-absolutely-crazy/5707970

Herd immunity? 1 in 3 test positive for Covid-19 ANTIBODIES in pilot Massachusetts street study
rt.com | 2020-04-19
Nearly a third of 200 randomly tested residents of Chelsea, Massachusetts were found to have Covid-19-related antibodies in yet another indication that the virus could be far more widespread and much less lethal than believed. | All of the participants "generally appeared healthy," but around half of them admitted that they had suffered at least one coronavirus symptom in the past month, according to the Massachusetts General Hospital researchers. Those who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 in the regular nasal swab were deliberately excluded from the study. | A total of 64 out of 200 blood samples t…
rt.com/usa/486235-massachusetts-covid-19-antibody-study/

Orwellian Lockstep and a Loaded Syringe
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-19
Some years ago, the then vice-president of Monsanto Robert T Fraley asked, "Why do people doubt science". He posed the question partly because he had difficulty in believing that some people had valid concerns about the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture. Critics were questioning the science behind GM technology and the impacts …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/orwellian-lockstep-and-a-loaded-syringe/

Lessons From COVID-19 to Address the Climate Crisis
Amy Merrill | commondreams.org | 2020-04-19
Students and environmental activists participate in a climate strike in Los Angeles, California on May 24, 2019. (Photo: Ronen Tivony / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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More evidence that official figures don't reflect the true scale of care home deaths from coronavirus
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-19
A study of deaths linked to Covid-19 in care homes predicts that thousands more people have died than official figures show. | The National Care Forum (NCF), which represents not-for-profit care providers, has estimated that more than 4,000 people may have died after contracting Covid-19 across all residential and nursing homes before April 13. | This is significantly higher than the official weekly figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which recorded 217 care home deaths connected to the virus up until April 3. | The NCF collected data from 47 care homes which support more than 30,000 peo…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/04/19/more-evidence-that-official-figures-dont-reflect-the-true-scale-of-care-home-deaths-from-coronavirus/

Bret Stephens' Employers May Keep Big Pharma Haters Out of the New York Times, but We Are Everywhere Else
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-04-18
The sub-headline of Bret Stephens' latest column tells readers "there should be no big-pharma haters in pandemics." The point is that researchers at Gilead Sciences, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies, are working tirelessly on the testing of remdesivir, which at the moment is the most promising treatment for the coronavirus. Stephens' column focuses on …
cepr.net/bret-stephens-employers-may-keep-big-pharma-haters-out-of-the-new-york-times-but-we-are-everywhere-else/

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2020-04-19: News Headlines

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-04-19). Video: "The House Cat Flu" is Coming. The Meow Apocalypse… globalresearch.ca The following episode of the Simpsons was released in 2010. | It is a satire. But at the same time it reveals the unspoken truth. The writer of the script is award winning author Michael Price. | This episode was not taken …

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

en.mehrnews (2020-04-19). 60 days of living with COVID-19. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) — The outbreak of coronavirus, COVID-19, in the country was confirmed with the official announcement of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education on Feb. 18.

teleSUR (2020-04-19). Iran Will Allow Low-Risk Businesses to Resume Work. telesurenglish.net Iran's capital Tehran was allowed to resume low-risk businesses on Saturday, a week after kindred deregulations were adopted in other parts of the country amid the COVID-19 epidemic. | RELATED: | The move came as per the smart distancing plan, whereby Iran loosened quarantine regulations and allowed the re-opening of businesses with lower risk indices. | According to Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education, high-r…

Ann Garrison (2020-04-19). The USS Navy's Pacific Command COVID-19, from Guam to Puget Sound. globalresearch.ca While the world confronts a real-life deadly epidemic, the Covid-afflicted US Navy struggles to maintain the farce of keeping the planet safe from fictitious threats. | "The US Navy's Pacific Command is not in its normal operational mode." | On April …

teleSUR (2020-04-19). China Denies the Coronavirus Came from One of Its Labs. telesurenglish.net Authorities at a maximum-security laboratory in Wuhan, the city where the coronavirus outbreak emerged last December, rejected claims that they could be the source of the COVID-19 surge, following recent accusations by the President of the United States, Donald Trump. | RELATED: | "In no way has this virus left us," said researcher Yuan Zhiming, director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, capital of central Chi…

Julian Rose (2020-04-19). Puppet Dictators Play a Covid Card Too Far. globalresearch.ca The attempt to make the irrational and implausible appear rational and plausible has now reached dizzying new heights. The ceaseless flow of blatantly contradictory proclamations and actions emanating out of governments and global institutions that represent health, the economy and …

Renee Parsons (2020-04-19). The Coronavirus Death Toll Numbers Game. globalresearch.ca To the casual observer, there appear to be 'hot' pockets of coronavirus infections in certain areas of the country such as NYC which reportedly has been ravaged by CV infections as well as the State of Michigan which, according to …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-19). US COVID-19 vs. Economy Related Polls: Homelessness, Unemployment and Hunger in America. globalresearch.ca A new Gallup poll showed Trump's mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis and indifference toward infected Americans is catching up to him. | Concerned only about his own self-interest and monied ones he serves at the expense of the health and welfare …

Tony Cartalucci (2020-04-19). Oil Profits for Protection: US Extorts Saudi Arabia. globalresearch.ca Legislation circulating in the US Congress threatens to withdraw military support from Saudi Arabia. | This is not because Saudi Arabia is an absolute dictatorship which still severs heads off in public. It is not because Saudi Arabia arms and funds …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-19). Science Saturday: The new super power of hand-washing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Researchers are hard at work identifying ways to help patients with COVID-19, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. But in the meantime, one common household object can be used to help prevent infection. Soap. Good old soap, the Clark Kent of clean, is really the superhero fatty acid salt, the Superman of clean. Soap …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-19). Trump's Best Ever Economy Craters. globalresearch.ca Time and again, Trump's hyperbole defies reality. | As US economic conditions peaked in mid-February and began declining sharply, he falsely claimed that "(o)ur economy (is) the greatest…we've had in the history of our country." | His fantasy assessment was reminiscent of …

Michael Snyder (2020-04-19). Why Did Hundreds Of CEOs Resign Just Before The World Started Going Absolutely Crazy? globalresearch.ca In the months prior to the most ferocious stock market crash in history and the eruption of the biggest public health crisis of our generation, we witnessed the biggest exodus of corporate CEOs that we have ever seen. And as …

Steven Sahiounie (2020-04-19). A Line in the Sand Is Drawn: The US Military Must Leave Iraq. globalresearch.ca The chaos that Iraq is experiencing today has roots in the 2003 US invasion, which set-up sectarian divisions that have been used to keep the country in turmoil. The US foreign policy is based on creating chaos in Afghanistan, Iraq, …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-19). China Bashing, a Bipartisan US Obsession. globalresearch.ca For bipartisan US hardliners and their establishment media press agents, any pretext will do to bash China and other sovereign independent nations on the US target list for regime change. | Blaming China for spreading COVID-19 outbreaks plays out daily in …

Edward Curtin (2020-04-19). Rotating on Boredom's Spit. globalresearch.ca "And all the news just repeats itself | Like some forgotten dream we've both seen" | — John Prine, Hello in There | Without the ability to forget, we become imprisoned within a collective mental habit that induces us to repeat things that …

Tony Cartalucci (2020-04-19). Stanford Study Proves Covid-19 Was Overhyped. "Death Rate Is Likely Under 0.2%" globalresearch.ca MIT Tech Review's hyped coverage of the Covid-19 outbreak is led by the tag-line, "Navigating a world reshaped by Covid-19." | Their articles reflect an eager embracement of the public hysteria prompted by Covid-19's spread, the socioeconomic paralysis it has created, …

Pascal Sacré (2020-04-19). Politics and Corruption at the World Health Organization (WHO). globalresearch.ca This article, translated from French, was written prior to Wuhan Coronavirus epidemic outbreak | *** | The WHO [OMS in French] is the World Health Organisation. 'WHO' in English — and that's much more appropriate. WHO: who is it really? | Would the …

en.mehrnews (2020-04-19). Free, universal access to AI-MED Covid-19 detection system. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) — "In cooperation with the Mustafa (pbuh) Science and Technology Foundation (MSTF), AI-MED Covid-19 Detection System will be offered to all medical and research centers around the world for free", said the head of the Mustafa (pbuh) prize Information and Communication Science and Technology group.

RT (2020-04-19). Herd immunity? 1 in 3 test positive for Covid-19 ANTIBODIES in pilot Massachusetts street study. rt.com Nearly a third of 200 randomly tested residents of Chelsea, Massachusetts were found to have Covid-19-related antibodies in yet another indication that the virus could be far more widespread and much less lethal than believed. | All of the participants "generally appeared healthy," but around half of them admitted that they had suffered at least one coronavirus symptom in the past month, according to the Massachusetts General Hospital researchers. Those who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 in the regular nasal swab were deliberately excluded from the study. | A total of 64 out of 200 blood samples t…

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-19). US Blame Game Twist: Suing China for COVID-19 Outbreaks. globalresearch.ca No evidence suggests that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab or from bat-eating Chinese people. | Writer Allen Yu explained that no Chinese tradition of bat-eating exists. Videos suggesting otherwise weren't from Wuhan or elsewhere in China. | Filming was "in Palau …

Philip A Farruggio (2020-04-19). Memories of Old Brooklyn: The Man in the Yard. globalresearch.ca He was standing there, in the middle of the school yard…alone. At first I envisioned him as a pitcher, standing on the mound with a field full of players, some behind him, and some facing him, in the middle of …

F. William Engdahl (2020-04-19). Lock Step, This Is No Futuristic Scenario: Panic and the Post-Pandemic Future? globalresearch.ca First published by New Eastern Outlook and Global Research March 10, 2020 | Every day world mainstream news reports more people in more countries diagnosed "positive" for the coronavirus illness, now called COVID-19. As the reported numbers grow, so does widespread …

Dan Bacher (2020-04-19). Feinstein implores Newson to collaborate with Trump to weaken fish protections. indybay.org "It is imperative that California not only stand up to the Trump administration to protect our water supply, but also restore our rivers and protect our drinking water quality with regulations that are guided by science, not politic," said Regina Chichizola, co-director of Save California Salmon.

en.mehrnews (2020-04-19). Iran getting prepared to commence exports of anti-coronavirus medical equipment: VP. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) — Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari announced on Sunday that Iran has now the the ability to export medical equipment required in fight against the coronavirus and will start exports of such products in near future.

yenisafak (2020-04-19). Iran extends prisoner furloughs, closure of holy sites amid coronavirus. yenisafak.com Iran has extended furloughs for prisoners for another month, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday, as the Islamic Republic endeavours to stem the spread of the new coronavirus in its crowded jails. Iran's reported temporary release of 100,000 prisoners since February – including prisoners of conscience and dual and foreign nationals – was welcomed by the United Nations on Friday as a good step, but one that must be expanded."Furloughs of those prisoners, who pose no threat to the society, have been extended until May 20," Rouhani said in a televised cabinet meeting.However, a letter by U.N. human right…

sputniknews (2020-04-19). Mystery of Hotter Than Should be Solar Winds Hitting Earth Finally Revealed. sputniknews.com Earth is constantly bombarded by winds coming from the centre of our Solar System, yet the problem that has been puzzling scientists is why the solar winds that reach our planet are hotter than they should be, in defiance of the laws of physics.

sputniknews (2020-04-19). Elvis Has Left the Planet, and Returned? Gravitational Wave Detectors Catch Harmony From Pop Hit. sputniknews.com The King's fascination with UFOs and alien life forms has been written about extensively, with his shocking death in 1977 dismissed by some fans who desperately wanted to believe that maybe he was abducted by aliens, or that he was an alien himself. Now, scientists monitoring space for gravitational waves may have given them another reason to hope.

en.mehrnews (2020-04-19). 2nd group of Iranian students arrive in Tehran from Italy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) — The second group of Iranian students, stranded in Italy due to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic, arrived in Tehran on Sunday morning.

The Canary (2020-04-19). More evidence that official figures don't reflect the true scale of care home deaths from coronavirus. thecanary.co A study of deaths linked to Covid-19 in care homes predicts that thousands more people have died than official figures show. | The National Care Forum (NCF), which represents not-for-profit care providers, has estimated that more than 4,000 people may have died after contracting Covid-19 across all residential and nursing homes before April 13. | This is significantly higher than the official weekly figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which recorded 217 care home deaths connected to the virus up until April 3. | The NCF collected data from 47 care homes which support more than 30,000 peo…

Fight Back (2020-04-18). Texas students fight for Dreamer Center. fightbacknews.org Arlington, TX — The Progressive Student Union commenced a call-in campaign April 13 to get the administration at the University of Texas at Arlington to formally establish a Dreamer Center on their campus. Dreamer Centers exist already on several campuses, including University of Utah, Mountain View College, as well as UTA's sister school the UT San Antonio. The latter has existed since 2018 due to student concerns that the undocumented students did not have adequate resources or protections due to the constant attacks on immigrants by the Trump administration. | This campaign was commenced as the universit…

Dean Baker (2020-04-18). Bret Stephens' Employers May Keep Big Pharma Haters Out of the New York Times, but We Are Everywhere Else. cepr.net The sub-headline of Bret Stephens' latest column tells readers "there should be no big-pharma haters in pandemics." The point is that researchers at Gilead Sciences, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies, are working tirelessly on the testing of remdesivir, which at the moment is the most promising treatment for the coronavirus. Stephens' column focuses on …

Dr. Annie Bukacek (2020-04-18). Video: How COVID-19 Death Certificates Are Being Manipulated. Montana Physician Dr. Annie Bukacek. globalresearch.ca First published by GR on April 8, 2020 | Dr. Annie Bukacek is a longtime Montana physician with over 30 years experience practicing medicine. Signing death certificates is a routine part of her job. | In this brief video, Dr. Bukacek blows …

Peter Koenig (2020-04-18). Bill Gates and the Depopulation Agenda. Robert F. Kennedy Junior Calls for an Investigation. globalresearch.ca Robert F Kennedy Jr, an avid Defender of Children's Rights and anti-vaccination activist, has launched a petition sent to the White House, calling for "Investigations into the 'Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation' for Medical Malpractice & Crimes Against Humanity"

Eds. (2020-04-18). Decades of science denial related to climate change has led to denial of the coronavirus pandemic. mronline.org After the fossil fuel industry spent hundreds of millions of dollars undermining climate science, it's easy to see how epidemiology came next.

WSWS (2020-04-18). Calls for early reopening of UK schools met with widespread opposition. wsws.org The plan is for primary schools to start reopening in a "regionalised approach," despite reports of three teacher deaths from COVID-19.

The Canary (2020-04-18). 7,500 feared to have died with coronavirus in care homes. thecanary.co As many as 7,500 people are feared to have died after contracting coronavirus (COVID-19) in care homes, according to a leading industry body.Care England, which represents independent care firms, said it had collected data which suggested fatalities are far higher than those released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). ONS recorded 217 care home deaths from the virus until 3 April.Care England's chief executive Martin Green told the Telegraph: If we look at some of the death rates since 1 April and compare them with previous years' rates, we estimate a figure of about 7,500 people may have died as a resul…

Beau Peters (2020-04-18). The Important Role of the Gig Economy Worker in Times of Crisis. dissidentvoice.org In 2017, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 55 million Americans were gig economy workers, making up 34% of the working population. At that time, it was expected for the number to rise to 43%, but due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the gig economy is changing. Currently, about 95% of Americans are on …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-04-17). Towards A New World Order? The Global Debt Crisis and the Privatization of the State. globalresearch.ca This is the true picture of what is happening. Poverty is Worldwide. While famines are erupting in Third World countries, closer to home, in the richest country on earth, "millions of desperate Americans wait in long crowded lines for handouts"

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-04-17). Video: COVID-19. The Unspoken Truth. The Most Serious Global Crisis in Modern History. globalresearch.ca This video featuring Prof. Michel Chossudovsky is part of a Global Research series on the corona virus crisis. | The unspoken truth is that the novel coronavirus provides a pretext to powerful financial interests and corrupt politicians to trigger the …

Eleanor Eagan (2020-04-17). March 2020 Update on the State of Independent Federal Agencies. cepr.net The federal government's independent federal agencies receive too little attention relative to their importance to our collective safety and prosperity. The Revolving Door Project has worked through multiple channels to shed light on these overlooked agencies and the threats that they face. We hope public education will generate pressure to safeguard the independence of these agencies and …

Eleanor Eagan (2020-04-17). February 2020 Update on the State of Independent Federal Agencies. cepr.net As we have previously highlighted, the federal government's independent federal agencies receive too little attention relative to their importance to our collective safety and prosperity. The Revolving Door Project has worked through multiple channels to shed light on these overlooked agencies and the threats that they face. We hope public education will generate pressure to safeguard the …

Cal Crilly (2020-04-17). How Complex Is this Pneumonia Crisis? Millions of People Lost Their Jobs, Food is Disappearing… globalresearch.ca How complex is this? If Today is 8th of April 2020 and as I type this

Bill Van Auken (2020-04-17). Pentagon Escalates Tensions with Iran in Persian Gulf. globalresearch.ca The US Navy charged Wednesday that 11 Iranian vessels had "repeatedly conducted dangerous and harassing approaches against multiple US naval ships operating in international waters." | The protest, issued by the command of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, represented a further …

graham (2020-04-17). 5G — What's true, what's not and what you really need to know. truepublica.org.uk Last year, TruePublica published statistical and scientific evidence that the 5G was not as safe as we are being told. We also published a report stating that simply saying that more health research is needed on 5G —the latest generation of cell phone technology— was going to be hazardous to your reputation. And so it …

Lorraine Chow (2020-04-17). 5 Million Nigerians Oppose Monsanto's Plans to Introduce GMO Cotton and Corn. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in 2016. | Millions of Nigerians are urging the Nigerian government to reject One-hundred organizations representing more than …

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2020-04-17). Utopia as a Political Means of Not Sinking into Passivity and Resignation. globalresearch.ca Over 500 years ago Thomas Morus, English statesman and humanist scholar, wrote the philosophical dialogue "Utopia". As a small island state, "Utopia" — Greek for "Nowhere" or "Non-place" — is a counter-model to contemporary England and a cure for a …

imperial.ac.uk (2020-04-17). Further government funding secured for Imperial coronavirus research. imperial.ac.uk Three Imperial research projects have received £2.4 million of national funding to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Andrew Korybko (2020-04-17). Russia -China Relations: "Exchange of Criticisms" Regarding COVID-19 Crisis. globalresearch.ca The recent so-called "exchange of criticisms" between Russia and China over their respective border policies in response to World War C is more of a rare wrinkle in their relations caused by media reports than a growing rift that could …

Almasdar News (2020-04-17). Surrendered US-backed Rebels Admit to Receiving Training to Destroy Syrian Oil Sites. globalresearch.ca The head of the Russian Reconciliation Center affiliated with the Russian Ministry of Defense, Oleg Goralev, announced on Wednesday that the 27 militants who surrendered to the Syrian authorities, reported that they had received training by the American military …

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