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As coronavirus pandemic soars in US and Brazil, Red Cross federation chief slams Trump and Bolsonaro for anti-science responses
Jul 08, 2020 05:42The head of the Red Cross federation on Wednesday July 1st expressed grave concern about the continuing spread of the coronavirus in the Americas and criticized Brazil and U.S. government leaders for their disastrous science-rejecting responses to the pandemic thus far. The two countries have the highest number of Covid-19 related deaths; the U.S. has had over 128,000 such deaths and Brazil over 60,000.
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Study says DNA linked to COVID-19 was inherited from Neanderthals
Jul 08, 2020 05:33According to a new study a stretch of DNA linked to COVID-19 was passed down from Neanderthals 60,000 years ago. Scientists don’t yet know why this particular segment increases the risk of severe illness from the coronavirus. But the new findings, which were posted online and have not yet been published in a scientific journal, show how some clues to modern health stem from ancient history.
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Blood on his hands: The nursing home Covid-19 crisis is Donald Trump’s fault
Jul 07, 2020 16:55The US president is desperate to deflect from the truth: Over 54,000 nursing home residents and workers are dead. Those deaths were preventable. Their deaths are his fault. Trump’s failure to contain the nursing home crisis is a product of his values. He values nursing home corporations, which don’t want to get sued
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New study suggests thousands of US deaths are missing from coronavirus toll
Jul 07, 2020 06:05A new study published recently suggests that tens of thousands of deaths in the United States have not been included in national COVID-19 death tolls despite the fact that many of those fatalities are likely attributable to the disease. Research from Yale conducted in April found that as many as 9,000 deaths from March 8 to April 11 were likely caused by the COVID-19 but not included in official death tolls.
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Wide shift in opinion on police, race rare in US polling
Jul 07, 2020 05:59More Americans than in 2015 say police in most communities are more likely to use deadly force against a black person than a white person, 61 percent today compared with 49 percent in 2015. Only about a third of Americans say the race of a person does not make a difference in the use of deadly force, compared with roughly half in 2015.
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As coronavirus rips through Yemen, Saudi bombs continue to fall
Jul 07, 2020 05:50US support for the Saudi-led coalition is one of Washington’s greatest shames of the 21st century and a bipartisan shame as it was started under the Obama administration and eagerly continued by President Trump. With an already shattered medical infrastructure due to the five-year US-Saudi siege and invasion, Covid-19 has rapidly spread through Yemen.
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As Arizona COVID cases surge from reopening, indigenous nations suffer
Jul 06, 2020 09:55“About 18% of COVID-19 deaths in Arizona have been Indigenous people, where they account for 4.5% of the population. We now know COVID-19 cases and deaths within the Indigenous nations have soared, and are among the worst hot spots in the US. Currently there are well over 7,000 positive cases on the Navajo Nation — which covers portions of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico — where per capita infections quickly surpassed New York and New Jersey in May.”
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Trump’s virus is spreading, and his economy is stalling
Jul 06, 2020 09:50Recently, The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by US Vice President Mike Pence titled “There Isn’t a Coronavirus ‘Second Wave.’” The article was supposed to reassure the nation. What it provided, instead, was a clear illustration of the delusions and magical thinking that have marked every step of the Trump administration’s response to COVID-19, producing an epic policy disaster.
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As COVID burns through the US south and west, Trump fans the flames
Jul 05, 2020 13:53What was said by legions of experts months ago — this is only just beginning — remains just as true today, and for no better reason than because Donald Trump would step on the dead faces of his own supporters in the street if he believed doing so would carry him closer to victory in November.
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Global wake-up call
Jul 05, 2020 05:48The coronavirus pandemic, as horrible as it is, must be a wake-up call that prompts all political leaders to understand that our assumptions and approaches have to change, and that division is a danger to everyone. This understanding could lead people to recognize that the only way to address global fragilities is through much more robust mechanisms of global governance with international cooperation.