The COVID-19 Chronicles: China
With the US spiraling downward, a downward trajectory merely steepened by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak, we’d expect other nations to suffer likewise.
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‘Once Upon A Virus’: Chinese State Media Mocks U.S. Coronavirus Response in Lego-Like Animation (VIDEO)
China’s state media outlet Xinhua has published a short animation titled ‘Once Upon a Virus’ mocking the US response to the COVID-19 crisis using Lego-like figures to represent the two countries.
‘Cronyism Ahead of Science’: Federal Doctor Says He Was Fired for Resisting Trump Promotion of Untested Covid-19 Treatments
Dr. Rick Bright said he “resisted efforts to provide an unproven drug on demand to the American public.”
Continued CO2 Emissions Will Impair Cognition
New research finds that an anticipated rise in carbon dioxide concentrations in our indoor living and working spaces by the year 2100 could lead to impaired human cognition.
Los Angeles Has Longest Stretch of Clean Air Since 1980 As Traffic and Pollution Plummet Amid Coronavirus Shutdown (PHOTOS)
With most people staying home during the coronavirus outbreak, Los Angeles now has some of the cleanest air of any major city.
The Democrats’ COBRA Proposal Is an Insurance Industry Bailout
We keep handing more money to the very for-profit insurance industry that is failing us.
US to Deploy Secretive Military Task Force as Washington Faces Coronavirus Spike
US government officials in Washington, DC are preparing for a coronavirus epidemic in the capital similar to New York, one that could potentially cripple the government, according to US media reports.
How Google Plans to Push Its Coronavirus Tracing Feature to Android Phones
Android has a notoriously patchy update cycle, so Google is using another method to push a new coronavirus tracing feature to phones without user interaction.
Antimatter Physicists Designed a Ventilator for Coronavirus Patients
Particle physicists at the Large Hadron Collider are joining the fight against Covid-19 with a new, low-cost design for scarce life-saving medical equipment.
Federal Support Ends For Coronavirus Testing Sites As Pandemic Peak Nears
Local hospitals have their own testing sites set up now, but it’s not yet clear if they will be able to handle the extra testing now that the federal help is being withdrawn.
New Research Shows Anti-Coronavirus Drugs Could Be Produced for Pennies
Instead, those drugs are being sold for thousands of dollars each, proving once again that the private, for-profit pharmaceutical industry is ill-equipped to handle a global public health crisis like COVID-19.
New York Mobilizes Rikers Island Prisoners To Dig Mass Graves for Coronavirus Victims
One month ago, MintPress News reported that, in the case of a particularly bad COVID-19 (coronavirus) epidemic in New York City, authorities had drawn up contingency plans to dump the Read More…
An Experimental Peptide Could Block Covid-19
MIT chemists are testing a protein fragment that may inhibit coronaviruses’ ability to enter human lung cells.
Michel Chossudovsky: After the Lockdown — A Global Coronavirus Vaccination Program…
What is the next step in the evolution of the COV-19 Crisis?
A coronavirus vaccine program was announced in Davos at the World Economic Forum (January 21-24) barely 2 weeks after the cornonavirus was identified by the Chinese authorities on January 7.
MIT-Based Team Works to Rapidly Deploy Open-Source, Low-Cost Ventilator For As Little As $400 In Parts
Clinical and design considerations will be published online; goal is to support rapid scale-up of device production to alleviate hospital shortages.