coronavirus
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Searching for Truth in What We are being Told About Covid-19
April 14, 2020 (Tony Cartalucci – NEO) – Following the news regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) we’d be led to believe humanity faces an unprecedented crisis – and judging by the socioeconomic damage being done – it is not that difficult to believe some sort of unprecedented crisis is indeed unfolding. Continue reading
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India & the Corona Virus: Independent Press Fights Back
While the corona virus has focused much of the world on Europe and the United States, India promises to be the greatest victim of the disease. But other than a slick public relations campaign, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done little to confront the crisis. Indeed, a number of policy moves by… Continue reading
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Are Ventilators Killing More People Than They’re Saving??
“Researchers in Wuhan…reported that, of 37 critically ill Covid-19 patients who were put on mechanical ventilators, 30 died within a month. In a U.S. study of patients in Seattle, only one of the seven patients older than 70 who were put on a ventilator survived; just 36% of those younger than 70 did.” (“With ventilators… Continue reading
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Will EU and pandemic pave way for Israeli global surveillance?
The coronavirus pandemic is a priceless opportunity for governments and spy firms to expand their reach into people’s lives. Continue reading
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The lockdown is NOT a way of beating this virus
Several politicians, including Keir Starmer, the opposition Labour Party leader, have been demanding to know the exit strategy for the lockdown. “We should know what that exit strategy is, when the restrictions might be lifted and what the plan is for economic recovery to protect those who have been hardest hit,” he said last week.… Continue reading
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Mike Davis on pandemics, super-capitalism and the struggles of tomorrow
What are the underlying political, economic and environmental structures that paved the way for this global outbreak? Where do pandemics emerge from? Is our capitalist way of life biologically sustainable? Continue reading
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If coronavirus overwhelms Gaza, Israel alone will be to blame
The Palestinians of Gaza know all about lockdowns. For the past 13 years, some two million of them have endured a closure by Israel more extreme than anything experienced by almost any other society – including even now, as the world hunkers down to try to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading
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COVID-19 MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL
This is our recommended approach to COVID-19 based on the best (and most recent) available literature including the Shanghai Management Guideline for COVID. We should not re-invent the wheel, but learn from the experience of others around the world. It is important to recognize that COVID-19 does not cause your “typical ARDS”… this disease must… Continue reading
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USA: Capitalism & Racism + Covid-19 = Murder
April 11 — The Covid-19 pandemic is devastating New York City. Eighty refrigerator trucks are serving as mobile morgues to store the bodies. As of April 10, 92,384 people have been infected. Inmates in the Rikers Island prison are being offered $6 per hour to dig mass graves on Hart’s Island off the Bronx. That’s… Continue reading
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The US economy before the virus struck
The purpose of this article is to determine the health of the US economy before it sickened from the virus. Why is this important? It is importance lies in this; the impact of the lockdown on the future of the US economy will be mediated by the state of the economy prior to the pandemic.… Continue reading
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Coronavirus Fact-Check #3: “Covid19 is 20x DEADLIER than the flu!”
Since the early days of the current pandemic, the go-to comparison has been influenza, both the specific historical outbreaks and the general seasonal “flus” (a catch-all term for respiratory viruses) which hit all over the world every winter. Continue reading
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London Renters Union: Join our phone banking this weekend
We’re campaigning to pressure the government to suspend rent, waive rent debt and make the ban on evictions permanent. If you haven’t already, please sign our petition. More than 100 people came to our online members meeting on Tuesday to discuss ways we can escalate our campaign, including by withholding our rent. Thank you to everyone who filled… Continue reading
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Covid-19 confronts American exceptionalism By M.K. Bhadrakumar
One doesn’t know whether the US President Donald Trump ever got around to reading a Greek tragedy. Oedipus at Colonus, the drama by Sophocles written toward the very end of his life in 406 BC could be a good starter for its contemporary relevance. Continue reading
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COVID-19: ‘It may turn out that the world has been deceived’ hints Russian Military Intelligence Agent
Against the backdrop of the panic “We are all going to die!”, Terrifying revelations of doctors and patients, quarantined states and apocalyptic news from Italy, I want to hear the voice of common sense. Continue reading
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Ground Control to Planet Lockdown: This Is Only a Test By Pepe Escobar
As much as Covid-19 is a circuit breaker, a time bomb and an actual weapon of mass destruction (WMD), a fierce debate is raging worldwide on the wisdom of mass quarantine applied to entire cities, states and nations. Continue reading
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US ‘Disinformation’ Claims Do Exactly What Enemies Are Accused of: Distract From Covid-19 Failures
The official Covid-19 death toll in the United States continues to climb, now exceeding 14,000, with at least hundreds of thousands more infected. Under these circumstances, the federal government has found it opportune to reignite the “Fake News” scare, censuring two familiar foes: Russia and China. Continue reading
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As US Consigns Iranians to Death, Corporate Media Look the Other Way
Covid-19 has hammered few countries as hard as it has hit Iran, which reports (as of April 8) 64,586 cases and 3,993 deaths. US sanctions are a major reason that Iranians are getting infected with and dying from the coronavirus in such large numbers: The US’s economic warfare softened Iran up for the pandemic well before… Continue reading
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Protect renters during coronavirus!
Rent payments should be suspended for all renters. Emergency laws should be introduced so that no one is evicted from their home during the Coronavirus pandemic or in the aftermath. The 216,000 empty homes in the UK should be used to provide housing to people who need it. Continue reading
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66,000 UK deaths projected by ‘Institute’ has 95 per cent ‘uncertainty’ value
By TruePublica: There are many headlines in a range of national newspapers across the spectrum reporting that Britain could see as many as 66,000 COVID-19 deaths during the first wave of the current pandemic. This is new research published Tuesday (07/04), effectively making the outbreak in Britain by far the deadliest in Europe. In fact,… Continue reading
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The Corona Travails Of Boris Johnson – A Timeline
It seems Boris’s eugenic herd immunity BS really did work, on his work mates! Continue reading
The New Dark Age 