Daily Archives: May 10, 2020

2020-05-10: Social Media Postees

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Latest Failed Coup Attempt Against Venezuela Made in the USA?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
UN Charter Article 2(4) states the following: | “All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the …
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Trump Regime Blocks UN Security Council Resolution for “Global Ceasefire” During COVID-19 Epidemic
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
Run by warlord members from both right wings of the one-party state, the US geopolitical agenda prioritizes permanent wars against invented enemies to enforce their will on humanity by brute force and other hostile actions. | At a time when containing …
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The End of World War II. From the Scourge of Fascism to America’s Imperial “Fantasy Democracy”
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
WW II had nothing to do with defeating the scourge of fascism, far from it. | Its belligerent face in the US, West, Israel, and their imperial allies resembles earlier versions in Germany, Japan and Italy with nationality and cultural differences….
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Fight COVIF-19 Not Venezuela
Howie Hawkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-10
The Keystone Cops have nothing on the rag-tag group of soldiers of fortune who failed earlier this week in their implausible plot to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, trigger a military coup, and install the US puppet, Juan Guaidó, in the presidency. We know all about the hair-brained scheme due to a falling out of …
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Your Crazy Uncle Sam strikes again, Vetoing Global Peace to own the ChiComs
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-05-10
On Friday, the US used its veto power to block a United Nations resolution calling for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic…
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Something about Julian Assange you should know
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-10
Anyone watching the current events surrounding Julian Assange will know that justice in Britain is not the driving motivation behind his incarceration. His treatment by the state is truly shameful, immoral and reprehensible. What you are witnessing in real-time is the abuse and oppression of a journalist all funded by the taxpayer to further the …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/something-about-julian-assange-you-should-know/

Women’s Rights and Social Justice: Julia Ward Howe’s 1870 Anti-War Mother’s Day Proclamation, A Day of Peace
Dr. Gary G. Kohls | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
Julia Ward Howe was a humanist who cared about suffering people, a feminist, a social justice activist & suffragette, and it was because of her anti-war commitment that she wrote the famous “Mother’s Day Proclamation” 5 years after the Civil War, which resulted in 600,000 dead American soldiers…
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COVID-19 Has Exposed Collapse of American Dream: V
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-10
As the world struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic and distancing becomes the new normal, loneliness and the lack of touch has emerged as one of the greatest losses, says activist and playwright V…
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COVID-19 Has Exposed Collapse of American Dream: V
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-10
As the world struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic and distancing becomes the new normal, loneliness and the lack of touch has emerged as one of the greatest losses, says activist and playwright V…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/10/covid-19-…

UNIFIL Serves Israel, So The Hezbollah Deterrence Will Remain
Elijah Magnier | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-10
Every year, before renewing the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mandate, voices are heard from Israel and the US administration asking to expand the term and duties of UNIFIL in order to serve Israel’s goals. The US administration stands shoulder to shoulder with Israel in trying to achieve by other means what it could not accomplish through military confrontation. The aim is always to cripple Hezbollah and limit its social and military capabilities. Until this goal is achieved, the UNIFIL mandate is annually renewed until the time comes when Israel no longer needs these “peacekeeping forces” in…
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Venezuela Bay of Pigs 2.0: The Chuao Beach Defeat of US Sponsored Mercenaries
Jesús Chucho García | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
Recently, Chuao, a town on the coast of Aragua State, Venezuela, was put on the geopolitical world map, given the incursion of some mercenaries from the Venezuelan radical opposition and some green berets from the Donald Trump government, who were …
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Chinese Ministry Warned President Xi Jinping of Armed Confrontation with US: Report
John Bowden | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
A report from China’s top intelligence ministry presented to President Xi Jinping reportedly warned of growing anti-Chinese sentiment around the world and raised the possibility of military conflict with the U.S. | Reuters reported Monday that the analysis, which was supposedly …
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China Forges Ahead Through Chaos and US Threats
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
Amid the deepest economic contraction in nearly a century, President Xi Jinping had already made it very clear, last month, that China should be ready for unprecedented, relentless foreign challenges. | He was not referring only to the possible decoupling of …
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COVID 19 Is a Statistical Nonsense
Iain Davis | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
The mortality statistics for COVID 19 have been incessantly hammered into our heads by the mainstream media (MSM). Every day they report these hardest of facts to justify the lockdown (house arrest) and to prove to us that living in …
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Ensure city poor and vulnerable are fed, amidst lockdown hunger risk, urges UN
news.un.org | 2020-05-10
The UN food agency, FAO, warns that hunger and fatalities could rise significantly in urban areas, without measures to ensure that poor and vulnerable residents have access to food. In Latin America, cities are finding ways to keep food supplies flowing, despite the current restrictions on movement and supplies.
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Dispatches from India Ep 9: Gas leak in south Indian city
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-10
In this episode of Dispatches from India, we take a look at the gas leak in the south Indian city of Visakhapatnam, the situation of drivers in Kashmir due to COVID-19 and the ‘Bois Locker Room’ issue.
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Italy’s Biased COVID-19 “Estimates”. Figures and Analysis of Italy’s National Health Institute (ISS)
Swiss Propaganda Research | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
According to the latest data of the Italian National Health Institute ISS, the average age of the positively-tested deceased in Italy is currently about 81 years. 10% of the deceased are over 90 years old. 90% of the deceased …
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A Swiss Doctor on Covid-19
Swiss Propaganda Research | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
A Swiss medical doctor provided the following information on the current situation in order to enable our readers to make a realistic risk assessment. (Below you will find regular, but not daily, updates on medical and political developments.) | ***…
globalresearch.ca/swiss-doctor-covid-19/…

Disease capitalism and COVID-19: Hunger in the belly of the beast
Prabir Purkayastha | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-10
For capital, profits come from disease, not peoples’ health. COVID-19 shows the consequence of disease capitalism in a globalized world, the rich–countries or individuals–will not be spared either…
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Fog Around COVID-19 Made Thicker by New Ontario Rules for Handling Deaths
Rosemary Frei | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
Alarming COVID-19 death statistics from seniors’ facilities continue to be in the spotlight in Ontario and elsewhere. | However, all is not as it seems in the mainstream-media reports of those statistics. | Procedures that came into effect in Ontario one month …
globalresearch.ca/new-rules-rapid-remova…

After the pandemic, will we return to business as usual?
Francesc Badia i Dalmases | zcomm.org | 2020-05-10
After the catastrophe of the Covid-19 pandemic, we can seriously ask if the “new normal” will be business as usual or is this an opportunity to seriously start changing the paradigm of our civilisation…
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Disease capitalism and COVID-19: Hunger in the belly of the beast
Prabir Purkayastha | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-10
For capital, profits come from disease, not peoples’ health. COVID-19 shows the consequence of disease capitalism in a globalized world, the rich–countries or individuals–will not be spared either…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/10/disease-c…

Portugal to take up to 60 unaccompanied migrant children from Greek camps
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-10
Portugal is to take up to 60 unaccompanied children from Greek refugee camps, according to Socialist Party lawmaker Isabel Santos, as concern mounts over the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the vulnerable group.The children are expected to arrive in Portugal within the next few weeks, Santos was cited by local news agency Lusa as saying during an online conference to celebrate Europe Day. The member of the European Parliament did not specify a date.At least 5,200 unaccompanied minors live in Greece, many of them under harsh conditions in camps on islands in the Aegean.Human Rights Watch said the Greek autho…
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Drones, Documentaries, Death: Silvercorp’s Contract to Take Down Maduro in Full
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
A 13-strong group of US citizens and dissident Venezuelans attempted to infiltrate Venezuela via the coastal state of La Guaira from Colombia in the early hours of the morning, their aim being to precipitate a nationwide rebellion against the government of Nicolas Maduro.
sputniknews.com/military/202005101079262…

US Man Wears Swastika in Protest Against ‘Festering in Lockdown’ Days After Another Sports KKK Hood
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
Dustin Hart, who filmed himself in a San Diego grocery store, explains in the video that the stunt was meant to explicitly put forward his rage over the prolonged quarantine measures in the state of California.
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Taliban blamed for extorting food aid in Afghanistan
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-10
The insurgents extorted five trucks loaded with fresh food items in Faryab province’s restive Sheren Tagab district, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission said in a statement.”During Ramadan, when the country is in dire need of food aid and people are suffering from a deadly disease [coronavirus] under quarantine, the commission expresses concerns over the holding of this aid, urge the Taliban to stop hindering delivery of humanitarian aid, and to keep their promises in this regard,” it read.Naqibullah Fayeq, the governor of Faryab province, received the aid at the Aqina dry port at the border with…
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The Great Russiagate Hoax Exposed. Geopolitical Transition to Chinagate
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
Hoaxes are easy to detect. When accusations lack credible supportive evidence, they baseless. | Not a shred of evidence about alleged Russian US election meddling was ever presented by Washington’s intelligence community, the House, Senate, or farcical Robert Mueller probe. | Russiagate …
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The Bernie Sanders Movement, Its Historical Antecedents, and Its Legacy
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
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San Quentin Gets Car Caravan Protest
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
Protesters demand end to “Covid-19 death camps.”
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Prodded by Right Wingers, Santa Cruz Businesses Operate Outside of Health Restrictions
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
The “Committee to Reopen Santa Cruz,” a group founded recently by right wing extremists who believe the COVID-19 Pandemic is a hoax, is prodding local businesses to open early. The group has announced that the Om Gallery on Pacific Avenue is opening to two shoppers at a time from 1-5pm on Friday, May 8, by appointment. The Committee to Reopen Santa Cruz also plans to do “guerrilla yoga” at a studio that will secretly open its doors for the group. “Some studios are opening the back door for the cool kids club. No Snitches,” a flyer for a May 8 “Freedom Friday” protest states. On May 6, the Santa Cruz County Health…
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Fog Around COVID-19 Made Thicker by New Ontario Rules for Handling Deaths
Rosemary Frei | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
Alarming COVID-19 death statistics from seniors’ facilities continue to be in the spotlight in Ontario and elsewhere. | However, all is not as it seems in the mainstream-media reports of those statistics. | Procedures that came into effect in Ontario one month …
globalresearch.ca/new-rules-rapid-remova…

COVID-19 by “Swiss Doctor Team”
Swiss Propaganda Research | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
Our “Swiss doctor” team provided the following information on the current situation in order to enable our readers to make a realistic risk assessment. (Below you will find regular, but not daily, updates on medical and political developments.) | ***…
globalresearch.ca/swiss-doctor-covid-19/…

Made invisible by pandemic, mass killing of Colombia’s social leaders continues
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-10
The United Nations said Saturday that the coronavirus pandemic didn’t stop the assassinations of Colombia’s social leaders and demobilized FARC members, it just made them invisible. In a press statement,…
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Colombia drops FARC’s mass forced abortion claim after 5 years
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-10
A former guerrilla associate was sentenced to 40 years in prison for carrying out forced abortions on former ELN and ERG guerrillas, according to the prosecution, which had blamed the…
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Colombia’s military attache to Washington removed over spying scandal
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-10
One of Colombia’s military attaches to Washington DC is among the 12 army officials who have been sacked over a major spying scandal, newspaper El Tiempo reported Saturday. According to…
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Colombia claims stepping up coronavirus testing ahead of economic reactivation
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-10
Colombia’s government said Saturday that it has begun distributing 500,000 coronavirus tests in Bogota and to 20 of its 32 departments to improve the reliability of its contagion statistics. The…
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Colombia’s Avianca goes bankrupt
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-10
Colombia’s main airliner Avianca said Sunday it has filed for bankruptcy in the United States. With its bankruptcy, the airliner becomes the largest employer in Colombia to fall victim to…
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Colombia’s military attache to Washington removed over spying scandal
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-10
One of Colombia’s military attaches to Washington DC is among the 12 army officials who have been sacked over a major spying scandal, newspaper El Tiempo reported Saturday. According to…
colombiareports.com/colombias-military-a…

U.S. Regime Has Killed 20-30 Million People Since World War II
James A. Lucas | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
Originally published on March 22, 2018. May 8, 2020 commemorates the defeat of Nazi Germany, May 8, 1945, 75 years ago. | Introduction | After the catastrophic attacks of September 11 2001 monumental sorrow and a feeling of desperate and understandable anger …
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Victory Day and the continuing battle against Fascism
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-10
Victory Day marks the surrender of Nazi Germany during World War II. However, today, Neo-Nazi movements continue to thrive in Europe even as there are concerted attempts to deny the role of the Soviet Union in the defeat of Germany. The people, however, are in the forefront of the struggle against these groups.
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New York pandemic spending favors wealthy over workers
Vincent Tsai and Camden Goetz | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-10
New York politicians have recently barreled forward with plans for massive cuts to public spending.
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Victory Day and the continuing battle against Fascism
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-10
Victory Day marks the surrender of Nazi Germany during World War II. However, today, Neo-Nazi movements continue to thrive in Europe even as there are concerted attempts to deny the role of the Soviet Union in the defeat of Germany. The people, however, are in the forefront of the struggle against these groups.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/10/victory-d…

U.S. Plans and Actions: “Foreign Engagement” versus Aggression
Edward S. Herman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
This article first appeared on GR on June 2016. | The double standard in the media’s treatment of U.S. plans and actions (“us”) and those of our allies, on the one hand, and enemy/target plans and actions (“them”), on the other …
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Moving towards 100% renewable power (with a little help from sheep)
news.un.org | 2020-05-10
The US island state of Hawaii has committed to generating 100 per cent of its power using renewable energy by 2045, demonstrating to other US states and island communities across the world, that sustainable energy can be a reality. UN News travelled to Hawaii with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to talk to a power company executive and a sheep farmer to find out how they are contributing to that goal.
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How did Michael Moore become a hero to climate deniers and the far right?
George Monbiot | zcomm.org | 2020-05-10
The filmmaker’s latest venture is an excruciating mishmash of environment falsehoods and plays into the hands of those he once opposed…
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Can We Trust the World Health Organization (WHO)?
Richard Gale | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
Many more questions are being raised than there are answers being discovered concerning the recent strains of coronavirus. Where and how did it originate? Was it the result of human engineering and manipulation or is it a strain that mutated …
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A Dangerous Idea’
Julia Conley | zcomm.org | 2020-05-10
Public School Advocates Denounce Cuomo-Gates Plan Seizing on Pandemic to ‘Reimagine’ New York’s Education System…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-dangerous-idea/

The Fed’s Historic Gamble: Pre-Bailing Out the Banking System
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
There’s a historic experiment underway among US capitalists and policy makers. That experiment may or may not succeed. It’s the Federal Reserve PRE-BAILOUT of not only the US financial system but the entire business economy as well. | The Fed has …
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Mayo Clinic expert discusses potential neurological effects of COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can take a severe toll on the respiratory system. However, recent research suggests that the virus may also infect the nervous system. A study of patients with COVID-19 out of Wuhan, China found that possible neurological signs and symptoms caused by COVID-19 can include loss of taste and smell, …
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Maintaining routine vaccine schedules during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the World Health Organization(WHO) says more than 117 million children in 37 countries may be missing out on the lifesaving measles vaccine. The WHO had issued some guidelines to help countries sustain immunization activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo Clinic …
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Why you need to keep your child’s vaccine schedule during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
Millions of children may be at risk of missing or delaying their routine childhood vaccines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo Clinic family medicine specialist, says she understands being thoughtful about taking your children outside the home for doctor’s visits during this time. “The current situation with the novel coronavirus shows us how scary …
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Mayo Clinic launches radio campaign to encourage recovered patients of COVID-19 to donate plasma
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
Mayo Clinic is collaborating with Entercom Communications to launch a radio campaign that raises awareness in Detroit, New York City, Miami and Chicago of the federally-sponsored national Expanded Access Program (EAP) for Convalescent Plasma. The Food and Drug Administration announced Mayo Clinic as the lead site for the EAP program to speed access and increase availability of investigational convalescent plasma for hospitalized patients …
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Possible neurological effects of COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
Originally identified as a respiratory disease, some COVID-19 patients exhibit neurologic symptoms including stroke, loss of consciousness, headache, and even the loss of taste and smell. What’s unknown is whether these are direct effects of the virus entering the nervous system, or consequences of the disease’s effect on the body. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, …
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Masking your kids during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
Do you or don’t you wear a mask? If you do, what material is best? And what about children? Questions around masks during the COVID-19 pandemic abound, especially in light of the recent recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that all Americans wear masks in public settings. “The direction around face masks has …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…

Spring cleaning takes on a new importance during COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released reopening guidelines for cleaning and disinfecting public spaces, workplaces, businesses, schools and homes. Dr. Gregory Poland, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases expert, suggests taking a practical approach to spring cleaning. If no one in your household has been infected, he says standard spring cleaning practices …
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Mayo Clinic reopens orthopedics and sports medicine facility in downtown Minneapolis
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
MINNEAPOLIS

Mayo Clinic’s comprehensive COVID-19 research
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
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National Nurses Day: Not all heroes wear capes
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
Photo and article are courtesy of Mayo Clinic News Center andMayo Clinic Employee Facebook. Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear scrubs, protective equipment and step out in difficult times to be there for others. As COVID-19 continues to spread and people heed notices to socially distance themselves and hunker down in their homes, there …
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Science Saturday: Regenerative approaches could foster healing from COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
Regenerative Medicine aims not only to repair or restore the function of cells, tissues or organs, but also the whole person. The latter is particularly important amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Regenerative approaches draw on the body’s natural abilities to heal, focus on establishing the healing environments and building new, healthy ways of functioning. These aspects of regenerative …
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Connecting Patients: COVID-19 and transplant patients
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
Mayo Clinic Connect is an online community where you can share your experiences and find support from people like you. You can also read Mayo Clinic expert blogs and take part in educational events. COVID-19 and Transplant Patients “As a kidney transplant recipient I have been extra vigilant/worried about protecting myself as COVID-19 spreads. Like …
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‘Mayo Clinic Anxiety Coach’ e-tool to help children with mental health concerns
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
ROCHESTER, Minn.

What COVID-19 does to your lungs
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
m __________________________________________________ For the latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic, check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. For more information and COVID-19 coverage, go to the Mayo Clinic News Network and mayoclinic.org.
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The “Quarantine 15”
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
It’s being called the “Quarantine 15” online

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Cancer treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
Because cancer treatments can weaken the immune system, cancer patients are at increased risk of complications from COVID-19. Despite these concerns, cancer patients often still need treatment, including going to the clinic or to the hospital, and many have questions about whether cancer should be treated differently during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the Mayo Clinic …
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Mayo Clinic receives $26 million from BARDA for COVID-19 convalescent plasma expanded access program
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-10
Mayo Clinic was awarded a $26 million contract today from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The financial support is for the Expanded Access Program (EAP) for convalescent plasma to fight COVID-19. …
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Russia breaks 200,000 mark on total Covid-19 cases with over 11,000 newly registered infections
rt.com | 2020-05-10
A total of 11,012 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Russia on Sunday afternoon. Officials in Moscow say the surge in the numbers there is due to increased testing. | The country has now seen the daily number of newly-recorded coronavirus infections exceed 10,000 for eight consecutive days. Overall, there are 209,688 patients who have tested positive for the deadly disease. | Almost two thirds of the new cases reported on Sunday were registered in Moscow area, which remains the country’s worst infection hotspot. | Some 88 people have died across Russia over the past 24 hours, bringing the Covid-19 death to…
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Elon Musk resorts to insults in RUSSIAN to defend capitalism
rt.com | 2020-05-10
As Elon Musk sues Californian authorities for stopping a Tesla factory from reopening, he has found a somewhat novel way of dealing with his critics

Elon Musk resorts to insults in RUSSIAN to defend capitalism
rt.com | 2020-05-10
As Elon Musk sues Californian authorities for stopping a Tesla factory from reopening, he has found a somewhat novel way of dealing with his critics

Russia breaks 200,000 mark on total Covid-19 cases with over 11,000 newly registered infections
rt.com | 2020-05-10
A total of 11,012 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Russia on Sunday afternoon. Officials in Moscow say the surge in the numbers there is due to increased testing. | The country has now seen the daily number of newly-recorded coronavirus infections exceed 10,000 for eight consecutive days. Overall, there are 209,688 patients who have tested positive for the deadly disease. | About half of the new cases reported on Sunday were registered in Moscow, which remains the country’s worst infection hotspot, followed by the region surrounding the capital. | Some 88 people have died across the country over the past…
rt.com/russia/488306-russia-covid-cases-…

‘Aggressive confrontation’ between Indian & Chinese troops causes injuries on both sides, reports claim
rt.com | 2020-05-10
More than a hundred soldiers were involved in a confrontation along the contentious Indian-Chinese border in the Himalayas, Indian media reported. The encounter allegedly left injuries on both sides. | Citing two high-ranking military sources, the Hindustan Times said that the incident occurred at a mountainous pass at a height of more than 5,000m (16,400ft) along the border with China in India’s northeastern Sikkim State on Saturday. | “Four Indian so…
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‘How?!’ Golf model Lucy Robson wows fans with overhead trick-shot putt (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-05-10
British golfer and Instagram favorite Lucy Robson has clearly been honing her trick-shot skills in lockdown, amazing her fans with an unconventional backswing putt into a cup. | Robson has already treated fans to a trip into her “womancave” earlier during the Covid-19 pandemic, giving her 742,000 followers a sneak peak at the newly-installed golf simulator at her Florida home. | Also on rt.com | | ‘Welcome to my womancave!’ Golf starlet and Instagram model Lucy Robson shows off new home simulator (VIDEO) | And whi…
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BoJo introduces Covid-19 ‘alert levels’ for UK as part of ‘roadmap’ out of lockdown (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-05-10
The UK will not lift its Covid-19 lockdown this month, but will roll out an alert system to help judge when and where that easing of restrictions can begin, UK PM Boris Johnson said in a video address. | In a pre-recorded message broadcast Sunday, the PM announced a plan for a new system of alert levels that will be used to implement anti-coronavirus measures based on the rates at which the virus is spreading. | “That Covid Alert Level will tell us how tough we have to be in our social-distancing measures

Over 1,000 line up for FREE FOOD in Geneva amid coronavirus lockdown (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-05-10
More than 1,000 people queued up in Geneva to get free food parcels. The anti-coronavirus measures that have been in place since mid-March have taken a heavy toll on the country’s poor. | Hundreds of people turned out to get free food from charities in one of the world’s leading financial centres, typically associated with wealth, on Saturday. As those gathered had to follow the social distancing rules, the procession stretched for more than 1.5km (a mile). | | © AFP / Fabrice Coffrini | Those most eager to receive food assistance began lining up in a file starting as early as at 5: 00 am, according to t…
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NYC more than doubles number of ‘social-distancing ambassadors’ after cops’ enforcement of Covid-19 rules causes backlash
rt.com | 2020-05-10
Following troubling viral videos of arrests and concerns about racial disparity in enforcing Covid-19-related social distancing, Mayor Bill De Blasio says he is increasing “ambassadors” in the city from 1,000 to 2,300. | “Enforcement has always been the last resort,” the mayor said at a press conference Sunday. | His comment comes in the wake of the city having come under increased scrutiny thanks to a viral video, of what some have flagged as police brutality, showing NYPD officers arresting several people suspected of breaking social-distancing rules, and also to statistics showing the last few months have s…
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‘Without preconditions’: Iran says it’s ready to discuss full prisoner exchange with US amid talks of new swap
rt.com | 2020-05-10
An Iranian government spokesperson has said that the country is prepared to negotiate a complete prisoner swap with the US. The news comes after reports of talks about exchanging two detainees infected with Covid-19. | “We are ready to exchange all prisoners and we are prepared to discuss this issue without any preconditions, but the US has not responded yet,” Ali Rabiei said, as cited by Khabaronline. | We are worried about the safety and health of Iranians in jail… We hold America responsible for Iranians’ safety amid the new coronavirus outbreak. | It follows a recent New York Times report about the ongoi…
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Why this oil rally won’t last
rt.com | 2020-05-10
Oil prices have rallied as traders believe the depths of demand destruction may be coming to an end with economies beginning to reopen. But some analysts are warning that the oil price rally may be premature. | WTI prices have doubled from $12 to $24 in a little over a week. There is evidence that demand has bottomed out and has begun to rise from recent lows. US gasoline demand has ticked up for two consecutive weeks, rising from 5.31 million barrels per day (mb/d) in mid-April to 6.66 mb/d on May 1. | On the supply side…
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That was quick! Tesla files LAWSUIT against California county for not allowing factory to reopen after Musk threatens pullout
rt.com | 2020-05-10
Hours after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that he would pull the car maker’s plant from the Golden State, the company sued Alameda county, accusing officials of “defying” state laws by refusing to allow the facility to reopen. | The lawsuit comes on the heels of a Twitter rant late on Saturday, that saw Musk branding California county’s chief health official “ignorant,” after the local authorities refused to give the company the green light to reopen its plant with more than 10,000 workers in Fremont due to coronavirus restrictions.
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Elon Musk Drops ‘Idiot’ Remark in Russian Over Being Called Out for His Plan to Reopen Tesla Plant
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
Elon Musk has been pushing for his San Francisco Bay area-based electric car factory to resume operations, following several weeks of quarantine and lockdown measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, he’s, however faced a no-go order from the health authorities.
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Putin: Russia is ‘Absolutely Reliably Defended’ Against Any Foreign Intervention
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
Russia recently celebrated the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in WWII, in which the country participated as a part of the Soviet Union. The USSR, which was suddenly attacked by Germany in 1941 lost 27 million people in the fight against fascism.
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Pirates Kidnap at Least Three Russian Nationals in West Africa – Russian Embassy
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
The incident occurred in the Gulf of Guinea, with at least two ships attacked by pirates, according to Russian diplomats.
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Aviation Industry Lost 4 Years of Growth, Will Get Back to 2019 Level Only by 2023 – Analyst
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
Boeing has decided to reject the idea of a government stake in the company as a condition for receiving aid. The aviation giant stands to qualify for billions of dollars in emergency assistance from the US government as part of a $2 trillion coronavirus aid package.
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Massive Face Off Erupts Between Indian and Chinese Troops, Several Injured – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
New Delhi (Sputnik): The two countries, India and China, share a 2,400-mile long demarcated border. As per official data by the Indian Defence Ministry, Chinese troops have transgressed into Indian territory as many as 752 times in the last two years. The two nations have been blaming each other for entering each other’s territories.
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WHO Bashes German Media for Claim Xi Jinping ‘Pressured’ Tedros Adhanom to Withhold COVID-19 Info
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
China has faced numerous accusations over its handling of the initial COVID-19 outbreak from US officials, including President Donald Trump who claims that the virus escaped from a Chinese laboratory and that Beijing was hiding the true information about the state of the outbreak in its early stages.
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No Hugs During Social Distancing: Relatives Condole Indian Family Via Posters From Outside – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
New Delhi (Sputnik): The country is under the third phase of it lockdown announced on 24 March by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to combat COVID-19. The extended phases have seen only essential services being allowed, although some relaxations have occurred under the third phase.
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Quake Jolts India’s Capital Amid Lockdown, Twitterrati Erupts With Funny Memes
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
New Delhi (Sputnik): Just minutes after Delhi witnessed a heavy dust storm and a short spell of rain, bringing local residents a brief respite from scorching heat, the quake left people scared. The city is under a COVID-19 lockdown and people are shut up inside their homes all day.
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UK Seeks to ‘Slowly and Cautiously’ Relaunch Economy – Minister
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
The minister’s statement comes ahead of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s televised address where he is expected to announce measures to gradually ease the lockdown in the UK.
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Boris Johnson May Warn of ‘Maximum Caution’ When He Unveils Roadmap to Lift UK COVID-19 Lockdown
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
Earlier this week, Boris Johnson pledged that the number of daily coronavirus tests will hit 200,000 by the end of May and may go beyond that figure in the future.
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‘Italy’s Beauty Won’t Be in Quarantine’: Giuseppe Conte Suggests Early Lockdown Lifting
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
Late last month, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte pledged to ease the country’s lockdown on 4 May as the nation recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. There are currently more than 217,000 confirmed cases in Italy, according to the World Health Organisation.
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Colombian Company Designs Hospital Bed That Turns Into Coffin Amid COVID-19 Spread
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
The South American country has a relatively small number of coronavirus cases (10,495) and deaths (445) compared with Europe and the West, but the pandemic has already put pressure on the nation’s healthcare and funeral systems.
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European Debt Collector’s Share Buyback Reportedly Unnerves Investors as Coronavirus Crisis Persists
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
Late in April, Standard & Poor’s downgraded the debt collection company Intrum AB from BB+ to BB, warning that the rating may be cut even further as the COVID-19 crisis shows no sign of ceasing.
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Trump and Semiconductor Companies Including Intel Seek to Kickstart New Chip Plants in US – WSJ
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
The move comes as the US Defence Department warns that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic highlights vulnerability from US reliance on Asian chip manufacturers.
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Prince Harry Concedes ‘Life Changed Dramatically’ in First Los Angeles Video Since Departure From UK
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
The Duke of Sussex, who formally ditched his royal duties late last month, addressed the veterans and physically handicapped servicemen who take part in his sporty brainchild, the Invictus Games, in a bid to cheer them up as this year’s event has been delayed due to the coronavirus.
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Respect Social Distancing! Puppy Teaches Its Owner Proper Quarantine Manners
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
In view of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it is of the utmost importance to maintain so-called social distancing, that is to keep a distance of two metres away from people outside of your household in order to minimise the possibility of contracting the virus.
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Israel ‘Too Weak’ to Take on Iran as it Continues to Cement its Presence in Syria – Military Expert
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
Although reports suggest that Iran has started to evacuate its supposed military bases from Syria, an Israeli military expert says it is too early to celebrate.
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Lockdown Fanatics Scare Me Far More Than Covid-19
Brendan O’Neill | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-10
I know I’m meant to be scared of Covid-19. But I’m far more fearful of the lockdown fanatics. These people who are so blase about the halting of economic life, and who bristle at any suggestion that the lockdown should be eased, pose a graver threat to the future of the UK than coronavirus does. They are a menace to liberty, reason and people’s livelihoods. Our society is taking steps to tackle Covid

Imperial College’s COVID-19 Coding Is Unintelligible, “Quite Possibly the Worst Production Code I Have Ever Seen”
Ben Lewis | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-10
It may be surprising to those outside the bubble, but it is no great secret within the academic community that the quality of most computer codes used is very poor. Prof. Neil Ferguson’s group at Imperial have now published their pandemic modelling code, and it is even by those standards exceptionally abysmal. | What is even more alarming is that the published code has supposedly been improved over a number of weeks to be less dire. So what it looked like back in March when Prof. Ferguson was predicting hundreds of thousands of deaths is anyone’s guess. | But…
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Funeral Directors in Covid-19 Epicenter Doubt Legitimacy of Deaths Attributed to Pandemic, Fear Numbers Are ‘Padded’
Project Veritas | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-10
Judge Calls Bullsh*t on Relative’s COVID-19 Cause of Death | Funeral Home: To Me all You’re Doing is Padding the Statistics…Making the Death Rates in New York City Higher than Estimated | Staten Island Funeral Director Questions Mayor DeBlasio’s Role and Adds: I Think It’s Political | Brooklyn Funeral Director: They Are Padding Numbers; Medical Examiners Too Busy to Investigate | Brooklyn Funeral Director: 40-year-old Died in Home with No Symptoms Other Than Fever, Toe-Tagged as COVID-19 Victim | www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5f_6ltv7oI | Project Veritas today released another video featuri…
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Bank of England Is Predicting the Biggest Contraction Since the 1709 ‘Great Frost,’ Here Is What Happened Then
Juan Arreseigor | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-10
In the first months of 1709, Europe froze and stayed that way for months. People ice-skated on the canals of Venice, church bells broke when rung, and travelers could cross the Baltic Sea on horseback. This freakish winter ultimately claimed the lives of a vast number of Europeans and disrupted two major wars–but to this day, there is no conclusive theory for its cause. | IT HAPPENED LITERALLY overnight in the first few days of 1709. On January 5, temperatures plummeted–not, perhaps, a surprise in European winter. But 1709 was no ordinary cold snap. Dawn broke the next morning on a continent that had…
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Brazil reports 730 deaths in past 24 hours from COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-10
The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak surged to 10,627 with 730 fatalities in the last 24 hours day, health officials in Brazil reported Saturday.The health ministry in the Latin American country said diagnosed cases climbed to nearly 156,000 with 10,611 new infections.The first coronavirus death in the region was reported by Brazil and the country stands as one of the most virus-affected countries in the area.Brazil’s population is nearing 210 million.Meanwhile, famous Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro has been turned into a hospital, according to local reports.The hospital, which will have a total…
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Turkey: Auto production at 352,000 in Jan-April 2020
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-10
Automakers in Turkey manufactured 352,309 vehicles

China refutes 24 ‘lies’ by US politicians over coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-10
China has issued a lengthy rebuttal of what it said were 24 “preposterous allegations” by some leading U.S. politicians over its handling of the new coronavirus outbreak.The Chinese foreign ministry has dedicated most of its press briefings over the past week to rejecting accusations by U.S. politicians, especially Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, that China had withheld information about the new coronavirus and that it had originated in a laboratory in the city of Wuhan.A 30-page, 11,000-word article posted on the ministry website on Saturday night repeated and expanded on the refutations made during the press br…
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Swiss back-to-school angst illustrates worries around easing lockdowns
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-10
Getting children back into classrooms may seem like a reassuring step toward normalcy after weeks of coronavirus lockdown but for some parents in Switzerland like Audrey Razama, it’s a source of anxiety.Swiss schools start reopening on Monday and Razama’s 5-year-old daughter is due to join classmates. Razama, from the western town of Vevey, is instead opting for home schooling, worried that her daughter could bring home the virus and infect her younger sister, who has a heart murmur.Last month, parents in Denmark experienced similar angst: schools re-opened to many empty desks. France, Germany, the Netherlands, a…
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Bangladesh sees highest one-day virus death toll
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-10
Bangladesh suffered its highest daily death toll from coronavirus on Sunday, with 14 people succumbing to the disease, according to the latest data from the government. The country has now recorded 228 deaths from the novel virus.Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country with more than 165 million population, meanwhile, surpassed the 14,000 mark including 887 new infections, bringing the total to 14,657, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Prof. Nasima Sultana, additional director general of DGHS, said 5,738 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. “We have tested samples of 122,657 people sin…
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Iran: Virus death toll at 6,640, cases exceed 108,000
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-10
The coronavirus death toll in Iran rose to 6,640 with 51 more fatalities over the past 24 hours, state media reported on Sunday.A further of 1,383 people tested positive for COVID-19 over the past day, raising the overall count to 107,603, Iran’s state broadcaster reported, citing a statement by the Health Ministry.It said 83,143 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, while 2,675 patients remain in critical condition.In Iran, one of the Middle Eastern countries hardest hit by the pandemic, COVID-19 was first detected in the city of Qom on Feb. 19 and then spread throughout the country.
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Iran arrests 320 over ‘provocative’ COVID-19 posts
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-10
Iran announced that it arrested at least 320 people for allegedly spreading “false and provocative” information on the novel coronavirus pandemic via social media, according to local reports on Sunday.”320 people who were sharing false and provocative posts about the COVID-19 pandemic on social media were arrested,” said police chief Hossein Ashtari, the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported.Iran, one of the Middle Eastern countries hardest hit by the outbreak, COVID-19 was first detected in the city of Qom on Feb. 19, then spreading throughout the country.The coronavirus death toll in Iran rose to 6,589 a…
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Africa’s COVID-19 cases top 60,000
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-10
Total cases of the novel coronavirus in Africa officially reached 60,657 on Sunday with a rise of 2,911, according to an update by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).According to the update, 2,114 people have died due to COVID-19, while 20,792 recovered.North Africa recorded the most cases with 21,500, while there were 17,900 in West Africa, 10,100 in Southern Africa, 5,800 in East Africa and 5,300 in Central Africa.The most fatalities

Yemen appeals for int’l help to stem coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-10
The Yemeni government on Sunday appealed for help from the international community to combat the spread of coronavirus.Yemeni authorities have confirmed seven fatalities and 34 infections from the virus in areas under the government’s control.”Medical reports refer to the death and infection of scores of civilians in the light of the crippling health system resulting from the continued war and scarcity of resources,” the Ministry of Human Rights said in a statement.It appealed to world countries to “urgently intervene to save civilians through a package of arrangements that help provide medical care”.Yemen has be…
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Coronavirus spread accelerates again in Germany
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-10
New coronavirus infections are accelerating again in Germany just days after its leaders loosened social restrictions, raising concerns that the pandemic could once again slip out of control.The Robert Koch Institute for disease control said in a daily bulletin the number of people each sick person now infects – known as the reproduction rate, or R – had risen to 1.1. When it goes above 1, it means the number of infections is growing.Chancellor Angela Merkel, bowing to pressure from leaders of Germany’s 16 federal states to restart social life and revive the economy, announced on Wednesday measures that included…
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In Japan, world’s longest-running TV cartoon show switches to re-runs as coronavirus halts production
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-10
Millions of Japanese viewers of the world’s longest-running animated cartoon TV show will have to make do with re-runs from next week after the coronavirus pandemic disrupted production, Fuji Television Network said on Sunday.Aired every Sunday since 1969, the “Sazae-san” show features the everyday ups and downs of suburban Japanese housewife Sazae and her extended family, is a household name for many generations. It can still attract around 10% of the viewing audience, according to some estimates, for its 30-minute slot at 6.30 p.m. on Sundays. (Japanese website https: //www.sazaesan.jp/)The show, adapted from fou…
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Avalanche kills skier in northern Italy
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-10
A skier was killed in an avalanche on Saturday morning in the Dolomites near the ski resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo in northern Italy, Italy’s alpine rescue corps said. The victim was a 23-year-old Italian man who was skiing with a group, including his brother, when the avalanche hit, said the rescue corps spokesman, Walter Milan. His body was retrieved by helicopter and taken to Cortina, a ski resort in the Veneto region, which was severely hit by the coronavirus outbreak that emerged in Italy in late February.More than 30,000 people have died as a result of the coronavirus in Italy since the crisis started, the th…
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Nicola Sturgeon just blew a key Johnson coronavirus claim wide open
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-05-10
Just as Boris Johnson launched his contentious new coronavirus (Covid-19) slogan, Nicola Sturgeon blew the whole thing wide open with a single tweet. Because she exposed that, far from being “better united”, the Tory-led Westminster government was dancing entirely to its own tune. | Stay what…?: | On Sunday 10 May, Twitter was awash with the Westminster government’s new coronavirus ‘advice’.
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Latinx Communities & Accessing Reproductive Health Care During COVID-19
PPAFVL | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
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Oakland hot spot for COVID-19 cases is zip code area 94601
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic…
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Corona: US military develops rapid Covid-19 test
Monique Ryser | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
“Our test would be an absolute breakthrough,” says Ringeisen. It would massively improve the diagnosis of infected persons and enable them to be quickly quarantined so that they do not infect other people. The test should be introduced as soon as possible. He specifies mid-May as the date.
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During COVID-19 pandemic the California Guitar Trio releases a new music video
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic…
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Mosser Company is among the landlords facing a rent strike in Oakland
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic…
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#WearOrange for National Gun Violence Awareness Day 2020 (virtual)
MDAEFG | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
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The Hardest Hit: America’s Mayors on the Fight Against Coronavirus (Health Care Voter)
Health Care Voter | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
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Navajo coronavirus relief efforts expand and former bordertown mayor counters racism
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
Relief efforts expand as coronavirus cases and deaths increase. Former Mayor of Page, Arizona, joins relief efforts, countering the recent racist incidents in the bordertown of Page. The Navajo Nation reports 103 new cases of coronavirus and three more deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 2,757 and 88 deaths.
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Disruption of the Earth and Coronavirus: Dineh Louise Benally on First Voices Radio
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
Louise Benally, Dine’ of Big Mountain, shares the message of Navajo elders on the disruptions of the earth by mining and the disrespect for Mother Earth that led to the coronavirus. Louise speaks with Lakota Tiokasin Ghosthorse on First Voices Radio today.
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Real Unemployment is 35.7%; The Internationale
Workingclass Is The Essential Class | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
The real unemployment rate for April 2020 as of May 8, 2020 is 35.7% Peak unemployment during the 1930s Great Depression was 24.9%. April job losses were 20.5 million, preceded by March’s job losses of 30 million. California’s unemployment claims were 4 million in the past 7 weeks. San Francisco’s unemployed to date are 17,500. The economic crisis preceded the pandemic which is accelerating the economic crisis of the capitalist profit motive. Only a serious labor movement capable of carrying out a general strike to abolish the profit motive can end this Great Depression of the 21st Century.
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New California oil permits rose 7.8% in 2020’s first quarter as oil prices plunged
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
From January 1 to March 31, 2020, the same time that the Newsom Administration approved 1,623 new permits, the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), the largest and most powerful corporate lobby in California, spent $1,089,702 lobbying state officials during the period. | Chevron spent even more: $1,638,497 in the fifth quarter of the 2019-20 legislation session to influence legislators, the Governor’s Office and other state officials. The two oil industry giants combined to spend a total of $2,728,199 lobbying in the session’s fifth quarter.
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Hawaiians helped establish Sutter’s Fort in Alta California, Republic of Mexico
adapted from Peter T. Young | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
The essential Hawaiian connection with the City of Sacramento remains an open secret. California State Parks could share an inclusive and honest story of early California and the California Gold Rush. Asian Pacific Islanders, Pan Africans and Native Indigenous populations have a story to share…
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US main ISIL sponsor in Iraq: MP
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

Swiss channel insufficient to meet Iran’s demands
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

Invaluable China-Iran friendship, solidarity in battling COVID-19 will last
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

107,603 people infected by COVID-19, death toll at 6,640 in Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

Global death toll from coronavirus exceeds 280,000
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

Ayatollah Khamenei attending session of national task force against COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

West failing in three areas amid COVID-19 battle: Ayat. Khamenei
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

Rouhani congratulates Iraq’s new PM
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

82,000 foodstuff packages distributed in Shiraz
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
SHIRAZ, May 10 (MNA)

Iran to host Int’l short film festival on coronavirus
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

‘We are expected to face difficult autumn ahead’: Namaki
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

Leader attends anti-corona taskforce session via video-conferencing
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

Iran very proud of controlling, combating coronavirus: Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

Headlines of Iranian dailies on May 10
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

MoD stages ‘Equality and Sincere Assistance Maneuver’
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

Three drug smuggling gangs dismantled in NW Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

Front pages of Iran international dailies on May 10
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

‘IRGC’s satellite launch improves Iran’s geopolitical stance’
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

US continuing macho delusions: Iran envoy
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

‘Braceball’ to take part in Ramsgate Intl. Filmfest
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) –Iranian short ‘Braceball’, written and directed by Reyhane Mortezaeinia, will take part in the 4th Ramsgate International Film and TV Festival in the UK.
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Iran Parliament shelves bill to split industries ministry
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

Iraq forms crisis desk to review agreement with US: Al-Kadhimi
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

EOR research projects on agenda of RIPI
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-10
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA)

The Cost of Big Pharma’s Covid-19 Vaccine Will Be Paid in Lives and in Billions of Dollars
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-10
Big Pharma and its minions such as Anthony Fauci and Robert Redfield are determined to use Covid-19 to vaccinate us all at the expense our lives and pocketbooks. They are using the media, grant-dependent professionals, medical journals, and the presstitute media to conduct a campaign of disinformation about an inexpensive and successful treatment in order to pave the way for a likely unsuccessful, possibly dangerous, but very profitable vaccine. | The successful treatment is hydroxychloroquine-azithromycin and zinc. Hydroxychlorquine has been used for decades to treat malaria, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis and…
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Government’s new coronavirus slogan draws widespread scorn
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-10
The government’s new slogan for the next phase in the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19)has drawn a lot of scorn, and a certain amount of praise.After the successful bluntness of the shutdown message of “stay at home, save lives, protect the NHS”, Britons are now set to be asked to “stay alert, control the virus, save lives”.Top-selling Harry Potter author JK Rowling immediately hit out by saying: “Is Coronavirus sneaking around in a fake moustache and glasses? If we drop our guard, will it slip us a Micky Finn? What the hell is ‘stay alert’ supposed to mean?” | Is Coronavirus sneaking around in a fake moustach…
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Doctor with passion for photography captures hospital’s coronavirus experience
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-10
A doctor on the coronavirus front line has refocused his passion for photography to document his hospital’s battle with the virus.Tuck Goh, who always carries a small camera in his pocket, has been capturing candid shots of his colleagues in the emergency department of the Ulster Hospital near Belfast as they respond to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis.Goh, an associate specialist who has worked in the hospital’s ED for 23 years, has travelled extensively pursuing his lifetime love of street photography.At the outset of the pandemic, as the hospital undertook a major reconfiguration in preparation for the virus’…
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Congress Members Who Invest in Real Estate Got a Tax Break in the Stimulus Bill
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-10
Congress slipped a provision into the $2.2 trillion stimulus bill that will save wealthy real estate investors billions in taxes. Some lawmakers stand to profit from the legislation meant to weather the impact of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed tens of thousands and left tens of millions out of work. | Members of Congress invest more cash in real estate than any other industry. That’s been the case every ye…
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What Can the Pandemic-Stricken World Learn From Palestinians’ Resilience?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-10
As a Palestinian woman from Jerusalem and a mental health professional, I am both treating and experiencing the extensive impact and far-reaching ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Across the world, communities are dealing with the unbearable pain of death and serious illness, compounded by not being able to comfort or even mourn the victims. On a global scale, people are facing what for many are unprecedented restrictions on freedoms, insecurity and anxiety about the future. | In these tes…
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Trump Officials Ignored Company’s Offer in January to Make Millions of N95 Masks
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-10
Progressives on Saturday denounced an “infuriating” report which detailed the Department of Health and Human Services’ refusal to take an American company up on its offer to supply millions of N95 respirators to the government early on in the coronavirus pandemic. | The Washington Post reported that federal scientist Rick Bright, who filed a whistleblower complaint last week over his demotion following his criticism of…
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FRSO demands justice for Ahmaud Arbery
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-09
The Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns the brutal murder Ahmaud Arbery, a young African American man in southern Georgia, who was killed by racist vigilantes on February 23. | Similar to the Trayvon Martin murder at the hands of racist vigilante George Zimmerman in 2012, this horrific murder highlights the savage and vicious nature of white supremacy in the Black Belt South, home to the African American nation and the majority of African Americans living in the United States. Brunswick, Georgia near where Ahmaud was murdered, is located on the southeastern edge of the Black Belt; it is a city of around…
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Celebrating Mother’s Day amid the COVID-19 Lockdown. Your Government Doesn’t Allow You to “Hug your Mom”
Maya Chossudovsky-Ladouceur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-09
Mother’s Day. Sunday 10th of May 2020. The day families gather together, the day people in many countries around the World celebrate motherhood in every shape and form whether it be expectant mothers, the memory of mothers who have passed, …
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Iranian Hackers Targeted Gilead. Coronavirus Research Becomes New Cybercrime Holy Grail
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-05-09
The same group of shadowy Iranian hackers who were caught trying to steal America’s atomic secrets – a group that’s known only by the nickname “Charming Kitten” – has been caught trying to hack into Gilead, Reuters reports in what the financial newswire billed as an “exclusive scoop”. Just days after the US and Britain issued a joint warning …
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Sanders, Harris, Markey introduce bill to provide monthly $2,000 payments during the COVID-19 crisis
Bernie Sanders | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-09
As rent comes due and bills continue to pile up, Americans desperately need assistance to financially survive this crisis.
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Solidarity with Ohio prisoners
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2020-05-09
Over 200 people demonstrated outside the state prison in Marion, Ohio, May 2 to protest the conditions inside and demand prisoners who meet certain criteria be released. The prison drew national attention after 80 percent of the prisoners tested positive for COVID-19. Prisoners’ family members demonstrate outside Marion, Ohio, state . . . | Continue reading Solidarity with Ohio prisoners at Workers.org
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Solidarity with Ohio prisoners
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2020-05-09
Over 200 people demonstrated outside the state prison in Marion, Ohio, May 2 to protest the conditions inside and demand prisoners who meet certain criteria be released. The prison drew national attention after 80 percent of the prisoners tested positive for COVID-19. Prisoners’ family members demonstrate outside Marion, Ohio, state . . . | Continue reading Solidarity with Ohio prisoners at Workers.org
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“Awful conditions” drive refugees out of French camps as spike in lockdown channel crossings continues
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-09
More suspected refugees have been spotted at Dover in Kent on 9 May as the huge increase in English channel crossings since lockdown was imposed continues.Pictures taken at the busy trade port show people wearing face masks being processed by officials. They follow reports of another influx of refugees to Britain on 8 May.A humanitarian charity said it’s “little wonder” that so many people are risking their lives to cross the dangerous Dover straits because of “awful conditions” in French refugee camps.The Home Office has yet to confirm how many refugees were brought to the UK on either day. The department has on…
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Peru extends quarantine as COVID-19 deaths continue to climb
wsws.org | 2020-05-09
As immigrants to the capital make desperate efforts to return to their places of origin, overcrowded prisons have become a hotbed for propagation of the virus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/09/peru…

On the passing of Michael Lucas, immigrant organizer and friend of Soviet people
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-09
Michael Lucas, editor of Northstar Compass and leader of the International Council for Friendship and Solidarity with the Soviet People, died in Toronto on May 4. He was 94. | Lucas was a fixture of the Canadian left for decades, especially among communities of progressive immigrants from Eastern Europe and Russia. He was longtime head of the Society of Carpatho-Russian Canadians. A musician, Lucas was deeply committed to preserving and sharing the culture and traditions of his people. Throughout his long life, he was a staunch supporter of socialism and the anti-fascist traditions of the Soviet Union. | “He work…
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Women In Prisons Say They’re Being Punished For Speaking Out About COVID-19 Risks
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-09
Women say they’re being punished for contacting people outside about their living conditions. Activists are planning an action May 23 at Jessup Correctional Facility in response.
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Brazil using pandemic as smokescreen for new attacks on the Amazon, activists warn
Tiffany Duong | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-09
“The invaders think they can enter the indigenous reserve because of the government agenda.”
nationofchange.org/2020/05/09/brazil-usi…

UNIFIL Serves Israel, So The Hezbollah Deterrence Will Remain
Elijah Magnier | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-09
Every year, before renewing the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mandate, voices are heard from Israel and the US administration asking to expand the term and duties of UNIFIL in order to serve Israel’s goals. The US administration stands shoulder to shoulder with Israel in trying to achieve by other means what it could not accomplish through military confrontation. The aim is always to cripple Hezbollah and limit its social and military capabilities. Until this goal is achieved, the UNIFIL mandate is annually renewed until the time comes when Israel no longer needs these “peacekeeping forces” in…
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Protests erupt over police violence and state cover-up of murder in Indiana and Georgia
wsws.org | 2020-05-09
Protests erupted over police killings in Indianapolis and the ten-week cover-up of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery by a former officer and his son in Brunswick, Georgia.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/09/viol…

‘Not Today. Not Tomorrow. Not Ever’: Indigenous Campaigners Protest As KXL Pipeline Construction Begins Amid Legal Challenges
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-09
With the coronavirus pandemic keeping them from gathering to stop the construction of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, indigenous rights advocates displayed a “virtual banner” as oil giant TC Energy began placing pipes in the ground this week despite legal challenges to the pipeline. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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[Editorial] COVID-19 in Brazil: “So what?”
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-05-09
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic reached Latin America later than other continents. The first case recorded in Brazil was on Feb 25, 2020. But now, Brazil has the most cases and deaths in Latin America (105‚Äà222 cases and 7288 deaths as of May 4), and these are probably substantial underestimates. Even more worryingly, the doubling of the rate of deaths is estimated at only 5 days and a recent study by Imperial College (London, UK), which analysed the active transmission rate of COVID-19 in 48 countries, showed that Brazil is the country with the highest rate of transmission (R0…
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[Perspectives] Celebrating Florence Nightingale’s bicentenary
Natasha McEnroe | thelancet.com | 2020-05-09
For the many admirers of Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), the bicentenary of her birth on May 12, 2020, has been long anticipated. Few of us could have foreseen that this birthday would come at a time when a swathe of new temporary hospitals bearing her name had been set up in the UK–the NHS Nightingale Hospitals, intended to support the response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). No other name could have been as suitable. 200 years after her birth, the work and concerns of Nightingale are as relevant today as they ever were.
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[Comment] Aspirin for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease
Robert A Byrne, Róisín Colleran | thelancet.com | 2020-05-09
The antithrombotic efficacy of low-dose aspirin is well established. Its primary clinical effect is mediated by inhibition of platelet cyclooxygenase-1, which reduces thromboxane A2 formation and inhibits platelet aggregation. Over the course of recent decades, aspirin administration has shown a favourable risk–benefit ratio for reducing the risk of adverse events in patients with known atherosclerotic disease.1,2 By contrast, in patients without known atherosclerotic disease who are at risk of cardiovascular disease, the overall benefits of aspirin in terms of primary prevention of atherothrombotic events…
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[Articles] Monotherapy with a P2Y12 inhibitor or aspirin for secondary prevention in patients with established atherosclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mauro Chiarito, Jorge Sanz-Sánchez, Francesco Cannata, Davide Cao, Matteo Sturla, Cristina Panico, Cosmo Godino, Damiano Regazzoli, Bernhard Reimers, Raffaele De Caterina, Gianluigi Condorelli, Giuseppe Ferrante, Giulio G Stefanini | thelancet.com | 2020-05-09
Compared with aspirin monotherapy, P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy is associated with a risk reduction for myocardial infarction and a comparable risk of stroke in the setting of secondary prevention. The benefit of P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy is of debatable clinical relevance, in view of the high number needed to treat to prevent a myocardial infarction and the absence of any effect on all-cause and vascular mortality.
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[Correspondence] The Global Kidney Exchange programme
Marta López-Fraga, Beatriz Domínguez-Gil | thelancet.com | 2020-05-09
We read the Health Policy about the Global Kidney Exchange programme by Francesca Minerva and colleagues1 with interest.
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[World Report] Chile plans controversial COVID-19 certificates
Barbara Fraser | thelancet.com | 2020-05-09
Chile’s contentious scheme to provide certification of past COVID-19 infection is aimed at reassuring patients about the risk of reinfection or infecting others. Barbara Fraser reports.
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[Correspondence] The Global Kidney Exchange programme
Gabriel M Danovitch | thelancet.com | 2020-05-09
In their favourable review of the ethics of the Global Kidney Exchange (GKE), Francesca Minerva and colleagues1 gloss over a key point: the absence of transparency in the selection of the compatible donor–recipient pairs in the low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). It is precisely this transparency and the promotion of ethical and effective organ donor and allocation that the Council of Europe’s Committee on Organ Transplantation2 and the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group3 strive to attain.
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[Comment] Reconnecting for our future: The Lancet One Health Commission
John H Amuasi, Tamara Lucas, Richard Horton, Andrea S Winkler | thelancet.com | 2020-05-09
The evolution and sustenance of our planet hinges on a symbiotic relationship between humans, animals, and the environment that we share–we are interconnected. However, this past century has seen human dominance over the biosphere, manifest in technological innovations, accelerated mobility, and converted ecosystems that characterise industrialisation, globalisation, and urbanisation.1 These developmental trajectories have advanced human health in unprecedented ways. However, they also make humans increasingly vulnerable to contemporary global health challenges, such as emerging and re-emerging infectious d…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)31027-8/fulltext?rss=yes

[Comment] Psoriatic arthritis: still room for improvement
Merete Lund Hetland | thelancet.com | 2020-05-09
Psoriatic arthritis is a complex and heterogeneous inflammatory disease, characterised by diverse clinical manifestations. Patients might have musculoskeletal manifestations–ie, peripheral or axial arthritis, enthesitis, dactylitis, and tendinitis–but non-musculoskeletal involvement is also prevalent–eg, nails, gut, and eyes, in addition to latent or manifest psoriasis.1 Additionally, patients with psoriatic arthritis have increased risk of cardiovascular, psychological, and metabolic comorbidities.
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[World Report] New Zealand eliminates COVID-19
Sophie Cousins | thelancet.com | 2020-05-09
An aggressive approach has enabled New Zealand to end community transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Sophie Cousins reports.
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[Correspondence] Unfortunate distinction or corporate protectionism by design?
Claudia Chaufan, Faisal Mohamed | thelancet.com | 2020-05-09
We commend the Editors for bringing to readers’ attention the “unfortunate distinction” of Canada’s otherwise laudable publicly funded Medicare.1 The effects of this distinction on health, such as poor adherence, poor health outcomes, and avoidable hospital admissions, are well documented.2,3…
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[Correspondence] The Global Kidney Exchange programme
Luca Valera, María Alejandra Carrasco | thelancet.com | 2020-05-09
Francesca Minerva and colleagues1 recently presented an ethical solution to kidney failure, in response to the low numbers of transplantations in high-income countries (HICs) and low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). It is the Global Kidney Exchange (GKE) programme, which matches donor–recipient pairs across HICs and LMICs.
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[Comment] Offline: Independent science advice for COVID-19–at last
Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-05-09
“Is the government’s objective to suppress infection or to manage the infection?”, asked Sir David King at the first press conference of a newly formed independent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), held last week. The UK now has two SAGEs. The officially constituted SAGE has seen its reputation collapse during the past 3 months. Partly, this loss of credibility arose out of the group’s unwillingness to be transparent about its membership and its proceedings. At a moment of national emergency, SAGE’s secrecy simply became unacceptable.
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HBO Docuseries Points To Many Suspects In Atlanta Child Murders, Including The Klan
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-09
Atlanta’s mayor re-opened the 40-year-old case of 30 missing and murdered Black children in Atlanta. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation operated a secret investigation that pointed towards a Klan member for at least one of the murders.
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro demands return to work as health care system collapses
wsws.org | 2020-05-09
A recent study indicates that the country may have more than 2 million infections as Bolsonaro, speaking for Brazil’s employers, urges a “return to normalcy.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/09/braz…

Eyewitness: Russia’s 70th V-Day
I.V. Sta | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-09
In addition to beautiful parades, fireworks and concerts, I was able to witness multitudes of people sharing with each other something wholly priceless: the gratitude of being alive thanks to those who fought fascism.
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Screen New Deal
Naomi Klein | zcomm.org | 2020-05-09
Under Cover of Mass Death, Andrew Cuomo Calls in the Billionaires to Build a High-Tech Dystopia…
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Civic-Military Union: The Chavista Paradigm that defined the latest events in the War Against Venezuela
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-09
What happened last Monday, May 4, on the coast of the town of Chuao, municipality of Santiago Mariño in the state of Aragua, has left a mark on the history of the Bolivarian process due to the combined action of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces and the citizenry, in particular a group of fishermen, police …
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China Forges Ahead Through Chaos and Threats
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-09
Beijing is turbocharging its Belt and Road and other game-changing plans despite Covid-19 and US hybrid warfare | Pepe ESCOBAR | Amid the deepest economic contraction in nearly a century, President Xi Jinping had already made it very clear, last month, that China should be ready for unprecedented, relentless foreign challenges. | He was not referring only to the possible decoupling of global supply chains and the non-stop demonization of every project related to the New Silk Roads, or Belt and Road Initiative. | An allegedly leaked internal document, secret and invisible inside China, but nonetheless obtained by…
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Greece comes out of lockdown and plans resumption of tourism
wsws.org | 2020-05-09
The lifting of the measures, which will undo efforts that have lowered the spread and death rate from COVID-19, is of crucial importance to the Greek ruling elite.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/09/gree…

Macron government ending coronavirus lockdown beginning this Monday
wsws.org | 2020-05-09
The government’s reckless decision, in line with similar measures underway across Europe and the US, puts countless lives at risk.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/09/phil…

Homeless face desperation on London streets amid lockdown
wsws.org | 2020-05-09
Those remaining on London’s streets face increased deprivation, as normal sources of food from distributors and food kitchens have gone.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/09/home…

British government forced to partially backtrack on ending lockdown
wsws.org | 2020-05-09
The opposition among millions of workers and throughout the population was expressed in Thursday’s top trending hashtags #KeepTheLockdown and #extendthelockdown.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/09/couk…

Children in US and UK dying from syndrome linked to COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-05-09
At least two children in the US and one in the UK have died from the newly identified Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome, which is believed to be related to COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/09/pmis…

COVID-19 cases skyrocket among the US homeless population
wsws.org | 2020-05-09
Infection rates are rising among the homeless, many of whom are dying in the shadows and will not be counted in the COVID death toll.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/09/usho…

Largest Public Utility To Outsource Hundreds Of Jobs Amid Covid-19
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-09
Despite Trump’s ‘America First’ policy, the Tennessee Valley Authority is outsourcing hundreds of federal jobs overseas.
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Are People Getting Sick Staying Home Alone? That’s Not What a Misinterpreted Survey Said
Jim Naureckas | fair.org | 2020-05-09
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says it’s “shocking” that most Covid-19 hospital patients “had been staying at home” (CNBC, 5/6/20)–but did his survey really find that? | “Who Are the New Covid-19 Hospitalizations in New York?” asked a WNBC headline ( 5/6/20). “The Breakdown Is Worrisome.” | “‘The People Were at Home’: Cuomo Details Surpri…
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Infections in Ontario, Canada spike as Ford government rushes to reopen economy
wsws.org | 2020-05-09
Even as Canada’s confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 65,000 and the death toll approaches 4,600, the country’s governments are rushing recklessly to “reopen” the economy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/09/onca…

Biden Ridin’ the Pandemic to the White House
Roger D. Harris | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-09
The world is amidst the COVID-19 crisis and in our corner of the planet a presidential campaign is reduced to a single issue: Trump/not Trump. Pick your poison. At a time that calls for national leadership or least debate on the issues, Congress unanimously passed the two-trillion-dollar Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act …
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Number of COVID-19 cases hits 4 million worldwide
wsws.org | 2020-05-09
The number of deaths has exceeded 275,000 and infections are growing. Yet, the stock markets continue to rise, despite unprecedented job losses.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/09/covi…

‘We Can Pool the World’s Science to Develop Better Medical Tools’ – CounterSpin interview with Peter Maybarduk on Covid-19 and the drug industry
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-05-09
Janine Jackson interviewed Public Citizen’s Peter Maybarduk about the drug industry and Covid-19 for the May 1, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
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India: Toxic gas leak in Visakhapatnam kills 11 people and puts thousands in danger
wsws.org | 2020-05-09
The deadly leak began as employees were about to resume work at the LG Polymers plant, following the Modi government’s easing of COVID-19 restrictions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/09/vish…

Largest Public Utility To Outsource Hundreds Of Jobs Amid Covid-19
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-09
Despite Trump’s ‘America First’ policy, the Tennessee Valley Authority is outsourcing hundreds of federal jobs overseas.
therealnews.com/stories/largest-public-u…

Internet Censorship, Ego Death, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-09
There is no legitimate basis upon which to support monopolistic plutocratic megacorporations with extensive government ties silencing dissident voices in order to control the thoughts that people think about Covid-19. This is true regardless of your stance on the virus itself. | It is a known fact that Silicon Valley tech giants have extensive ties to the US government. Like, it’s not a secret. At all. Yet whenever you object to internet…
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