States With Few Coronavirus Restrictions Are Spreading The Virus By David Armstrong, ProPublica. December 1, 2020 States With Few Coronavirus Restrictions Are Spreading The Virus2020-12-012020-12-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/dance-e1606850352868.png200px200px Above photo: Attendees dance at a Live After 5 concert on Aug. 19 in Coeur d’Alene. Screenshot from Facebook video. Lax states are attracting shoppers and students from stricter neighbors — and sending back COVID-19 cases. The imbalance underscores the lack […]
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Workers At Fargo Warehouse Strike Over Virus Safety Concerns By Alex Derosier, Inforum. November 19, 2020 Workers At Fargo Warehouse Strike Over Virus Safety Concerns2020-11-192020-11-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/strike-e1605832126735.jpg200px200px Above photo: Teamsters and workers of Cash-Wa Distributing in Fargo go on strike Wednesday, Nov. 18, citing unsafe conditions. C.S. Hagen / The Forum. Fargo – About 70 employees of a Fargo food distribution business went on strike Wednesday, Nov. 18, […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has declared that all coronavirus screening in public schools must be “voluntary,” warning that compulsory testing is a violation of both ethics and the law. In a new set of guidelines for testing in K-12 schools earlier this week, the CDC noted that administrators are required to obtain consent from parents or guardians before testing students. “If a school […]
The COVID-19 pandemic shows no sign of abating as the number of global confirmed cases has now surpassed 38 million, with more than one million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University’s latest estimates. British comedian and producer Ricky Gervais remains downbeat about the future of the human race in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, predicting that another deadly virus may finally wipe out the world’s […]
Three days after being flown to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center because of the severity of his COVID-19 infection, President Donald Trump announced that he will leave the hospital—and urged people not to fear the virus that has already killed more than 200,000 Americans. “I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M.,” Trump tweeted on Monday afternoon. “Feeling really […]
A Nobel Prize gold medal seen during the manufacturing process in the Swedish Mint. The medals, presented to each laureate, are made of 18 karat recycled gold and weigh 175 grams (6.13 ounces). The Economics medal weighs 185 grams (6.48 ounces). Markus Marcetic/Courtesy of Myntverket (Swedish Mint) hide caption toggle caption Markus Marcetic/Courtesy of Myntverket (Swedish Mint) Harvey Alter of the National Institutes of Health, Michael […]
After months of downplaying the danger of COVID-19, President Trump and the first lady tested positive, and on Friday the president was taken to the Walter Reed Medical Center “for the next few days” as “a precautionary measure.” On Saturday, a series of confusing and conflicting updates, on and off the record, about the president’s condition landed on top of the confusion spread by the president […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis not only allowed bars and restaurants to open at full capacity on Friday, he said he’d override local efforts to keep them closed despite the raging coronavirus pandemic. On the same day Florida surpassed 14,000 coronavirus deaths, DeSantis announced that the state was immediately moving to the third phase of its three-phase reopening plan. Bars, restaurant, gyms, shops, stadiums, and theme parks […]
Fans eagerly supported their idol, as the star striker himself casually downplayed his illness, suggesting it was a “bad idea” for the virus itself. Sweden’s evergreen football legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “Zlatan Ibrahimovic has tested positive for COVID-19 after a second round of swab tests. The club has informed the relevant authorities and the player has been immediately quarantined at […]
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https://www.bitchute.com/video/9pUq3FXLaifk/ Dr. David Martin founded M·CAM® in 1998 and has served as its CEO and Chairman since that time. M·CAM® has been an international intangible asset underwriter and analyst firm spanning work in innovation finance, trade, and intangible asset finance. Dr. Martin is the developer of several innovation-based quantitative indices of public equities and is the Founder of the Purple Bridge Funds. He managed the […]
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is urging residents of 10 of the state’s counties to cancel or postpone outdoor events after dusk to prevent people from contracting the rare and dangerous mosquito-borne illness eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) after an adult from Barry County is believed to have come down with it. “This suspected EEE case in a Michigan resident shows this is […]
Every once in a great, great while, life is more delicious than you’d dared to hope. I was reading early Wednesday afternoon about what may be the big scoop from Bob Woodward’s new book on the Trump administration: that on February 7, while Trump was pooh-poohing the virus publicly, he told Woodward: “This is deadly stuff.” In fact, five times as deadly as the normal flu, […]
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Sept. 8. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Sept. 8. Bloomberg via Getty Images No reader should skip the prologue to Bob Woodward’s new book on President Trump, because the author puts his best […]
New research has discovered that coronavirus tests may be finding traces of dead virus cells from weeks-old infections, resulting in false positives that inflate the scale of the pandemic. The study was carried out by experts from the University of Oxford’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine and the University of the West of England. It found there was a risk of “false positives” because of how Covid-19 […]
This negative-stained transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicts the ultrastructural details of an influenza virus particle, or “virion”. A member of the taxonomic family Orthomyxoviridae, the influenza virus is a single-stranded RNA organism. Frederick Murphy/CDC hide caption toggle caption Frederick Murphy/CDC This negative-stained transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicts the ultrastructural details of an influenza virus particle, or “virion”. A member of the taxonomic family Orthomyxoviridae, the influenza […]
Navajo Nation And White Mountain Apache Tribe Chase Down A Virus By Kalen Goodluck, High Country News. August 30, 2020 Navajo Nation And White Mountain Apache Tribe Chase Down A Virus2020-08-302020-08-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/navajo-e1598812914890.jpg200px200px Above photo: ABC News. Contact-tracing programs in two areas hit hardest by COVID-19 are working. On a mild morning in April at Arizona’s Whiteriver Indian Hospital, Dr. Ryan Close tested nasal swabs from two members […]
EcoHealth Alliance is one of 11 recipients of funds to set up the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases. But the grant won’t let them revisit earlier research on bats and coronavirus. (Image credit: NHPA/NHPA/Science Source) Source link
An illustration of the poliovirus, which causes polio (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Wild Polio Virus is Eradicated in Africa Polio continues to be transmitted in just two countries in the world: Pakistan and Afghanistan. https://t.co/WAtDBlZW09 — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) August 27, 2020 In just a few hours, #Africa will celebrate a major achievement – the independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for #Polio Eradication […]
Researchers say initial findings suggest that a substance found in insect repellent may be effective in battling coronavirus, months after it was revealed that the British military was experimenting with the unusual prophylactic. Scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) believe that Citriodiol, a product made using oil from the leaves and twigs of the eucalyptus citriodora tree, could help fend off Covid-19 when […]
A highly contagious virus spreading rapidly through a crowded indoor space populated by individuals who sometimes put their own interests ahead of those of their fellow man, and a quarantine zone-enforcing government that offers false assurances that everything’s okay and everyone is safe—2016’s Train to Busan is a modern zombie classic that becomes more horrifyingly timely by the minute. Thus, it’s an ideally disquieting moment for […]
The fatality rate associated with COVID-19 is falling in most US states, according to an analysis by The Hill. According to the outlet, the case fatality rate of COVID-19 has been declining for weeks in most US states. In Arizona, for instance, around 5% of people who tested positive for COVID-19 by the end of May died; however, the state’s case fatality rate is currently around […]
Israel has been dealing with a renewed COVID-19 outbreak, with the Health Ministry urging to avoid the northern Arab Israeli town of Yarka where cases almost quadrupled over the past week, registering one of the highest rates of infection in the country, according to Haaretz. Israel’s National Coronavirus Project Coordinator Ronni Gamzu sparked outrage on Sunday after remarking that the country’s Arab community had almost carried […]
The Neoliberal Virus By Ben Debney, Counterpunch. August 10, 2020 The Neoliberal Virus2020-08-102020-08-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/10/capitalism_isnt_working_via_popularresistance-e1592851999723.png200px200px To date, and to the extent that alleged political leaders have even tried to come to terms with the origins of the COVID-19 crisis at all, they have sought to do so in xenophobic terms; though not the only perpetrator on that count, Donald Trump has been most prominent in looking to characterize COVID-19 […]
Guest post by Lawrence Sellin, PhD From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus identified as the causative agent, SARS-CoV-2, has been consistently described as “novel” because of its unique structural features. Also since the onset of the pandemic, the conventional wisdom concerning the origin of SARS-CoV-2 has been that it was a naturally-occurring outbreak, acquired by humans after exposure to infected animals, a conclusion […]
There is more than enough evidence today for the American pulic to demand an audit on the legitimacy of the coronavirus numbers.There have been hundreds if not thousands of reports of fraudulent cases. And for some strange reason the CDC demanded America’s doctors count even suspect cases in their coronavirus counts. The medical community is perpetrating a fraud on the American public. In Oregon this week […]
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) tested positive for the COVID-19 China coronavirus Wednesday, prompting the Justice Department to announce Attorney General William Barr will get tested after being in contact with Gohmert at Tuesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing. Gohmert was tested at the White House for screening to fly with President Trump to Texas. Gohmert did not take the trip. Gohmert was seen walking with Barr outside […]
Scientists estimate that near-universal mask use could make a major difference in bringing down coronavirus infections in the United States. Sean Gardner/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sean Gardner/Getty Images Scientists estimate that near-universal mask use could make a major difference in bringing down coronavirus infections in the United States. Sean Gardner/Getty Images The American conversation around masks and COVID-19 has taken a dizzying turn. For […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Tuesday evening called the China Coronavirus the “Trump virus” during an appearance on fake news CNN. President Trump held a Coronavirus task force briefing earlier Tuesday for the first time in months. The president said that the pandemic will ‘probably get worse before it gets better.’ Pelosi blamed President Trump for the pandemic that originated in China. TRENDING: Photo Appears […]
The parties, reportedly held and attended by “unsavory” residents, including gang members, are said to have taken place in Florida’s Osceola County. The allegation comes as a majority of US states, including Florida, witness a record resurgence of infections of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The Osceola County sheriff’s office has received over 600 noise complaints over the past months regarding so-called ‘COVID-19 Parties’ that usually take place […]
The pandemic virus is slowly mutating. But is it getting more dangerous? by Kai Kupferschmidt/sciencemag.org It’s only a tiny change. At some point early in the pandemic, one of the 30,000 letters in the genome of SARS-CoV-2 changed from an A to a G. Today, that mutation, at position 23,403, has spread around the world. It is found in the vast majority of newly sequenced viruses […]
Contact tracing for the coronavirus is the subject of colorful conspiracy theories. In fact, contact tracing is a straightforward process of notifying people if they’ve been exposed to someone who is sick. Hannah Norman/KHN hide caption toggle caption Hannah Norman/KHN Contact tracing for the coronavirus is the subject of colorful conspiracy theories. In fact, contact tracing is a straightforward process of notifying people if they’ve been […]
By Melissa Bailey and Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News James “Mike” Anderson was a hospital employee in suburban Philadelphia with a low-profile though critical job: changing air filters in COVID patients’ rooms. By late March, new COVID cases in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, had ramped up to as many as 90 per day. At the hospital, Anderson handled air filters and other surfaces that might have been […]