March 18, 2020
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THE BAIL OUTS WILL COST LIVES AGAIN
What follows is the cruellest of equations. At what point will the corona virus pandemic kill more people through the poverty it will generate as production collapses and jobs are lost, than will be killed by the virus itself. Hundreds of millions of workers have been sucked into this maelstrom. The majority do not live… Continue reading
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Successful High-Dose Vitamin C Treatment of Patients with Serious and Critical COVID-19 Infection
A group of medical doctors, healthcare providers and scientists met online March 17, 2020, to discuss the use of high dose intravenous vitamin C (IVC) in the treatment of moderate to severe cases of Covid-19 patients. The key guest was Dr. Enqian Mao, chief of emergency medicine department at Ruijin Hospital, a major hospital in… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 18 March 2020 (04/20)
18 March 2020 — Statewatch e-mail: office@statewatch.org Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2020/mar/email-18-3-20.pdf STATEWATCH ANALYSIS 1. Frontex launches “game-changing” recruitment drive for standing corps of border guards Continue reading
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The New York Times’ Insidious Ongoing Disinformation Campaign on Russia & Elections
For the past three years the new narrative of Russian interference in U.S. elections has bound corporate news media more tightly than ever to the interests of the national security state. And no outlet has pushed that narrative more aggressively – and with more violence to the relevant facts — than The New York Times. Continue reading
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Petition: Implement Universal Basic Income to give home & food security through Covid-19
The government should implement an immediate Universal Basic Income trial for all UK residents to ensure home and food security through the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis, to support the needs of those that need to self-isolate as well as the public health at large, and the wider economy. Continue reading
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China locked in hybrid war with US
Among the myriad, earth-shattering geopolitical effects of coronavirus, one is already graphically evident. China has re-positioned itself. For the first time since the start of Deng Xiaoping’s reforms in 1978, Beijing openly regards the US as a threat, as stated a month ago by Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference during the… Continue reading
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Coronavirus – A Lockdown Is Not Enough
17 March 2020 — Moon of Alabama Dr. Carl Juaneau, who is specialized in epidemiology, has pointed me to a page where he collects useful information about the novel Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 and the current pandemic it causes. COVID-19: Why America May Be Hit Hard for 3-4 Months & What To Do It is quite good.… Continue reading
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To Defeat Coronavirus, Media Need to Look at Real-World Examples, Not Play ‘Simulitis’
Every news outlet ought to have a chart like this one, from the Financial Times, featured prominently on their home page—because there is no more important question in the coronavirus crisis right now than how to get off the path led by Italy and onto the track of countries like Singapore. Continue reading