2020-03-23: Social Media Postees

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Are 5G / Biometric Systems Being Covertly Installed During the Lockdown, Where You Live?
Take Back Your Power | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-23
In recent days a couple videos have begun circulating on social media with evidence of apparent installations of 5G and/or biometric systems while children are home due to the COVID-19 lockdown. | We now have the opportunity to confirm (or debunk) …
globalresearch.ca/are-5g-biometric-systems-being-covertly-installed-during-lockdown-where-you-live/5707159

European markets tumble as global health crisis takes toll on economy
rt.com | 2020-03-23
Stock markets around the world are starting the week mostly lower as the spread of the coronavirus continues to drag down the global economy, | The FTSE index is down over four percent at the start of trading in London, while Germany's DAX and France's CAC have plummeted almost five percent. The pan-European Stoxx 600 dropped 4.5 percent at the opening bell on Monday, with industrials nosediving six percent to lead the losses. | pic.twitter.com/kyzOribwWW– Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) March 23, 2020
rt.com/business/483804-european-markets-sink-coronavirus/

Joe Biden: Survival of the Unfittest
Jennifer Matsui | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-23
Since becoming his party's frontrunner and presumed nominee, Joe Biden has been hard at work, providing more fodder for future Trump campaign attack ads against himself. No need for 'deep fakes' when your opponent willingly offers up his Blooper reels for the benefit of your own re-election campaign. There was something more viral than COVID-19…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/23/joe-biden-survival-of-the-unfittest/

Qatar announces $150mn in aid to Gaza to support UN programs, efforts in fight against Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-03-23
Qatar has announced $150 million in aid to the Gaza Strip over a period of six months. The decision was taken to support United Nations humanitarian programs in the Palestinian territory as well as efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak there, the state-run Qatari Committee to Rebuild Gaza tweeted on Monday. | The densely populated Gaza Strip reported its first cases on Sunday, Reuters said. | Authorities announced stay-at-home orders in the occupied West Bank as Palestinian health officials are trying to limit contagion.
rt.com/newsline/483805-qatar-gaza-aid-un/

Finland to shut down bars, eateries, restrict movement
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-23
Northern European nation Finland on Monday announced that it will soon restrict movements and shut down restaurants and bars all over the country. | Taking to Twitter, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said the government was ready to take all necessary measures to contain the COVID-19 or coronavirus pandemic. | "The government is preparing for restrictions to close private facilities such as restaurants. Restrictions on movement are also under preparation," said Marin on Twitter. | "The government is ready to take all necessary measures to contain the epidemic, ensure the carrying capacity of our health care system and…
yenisafak.com/en/world/finland-to-shut-down-bars-eateries-restrict-movement-3514754

Israel's Palestinian Inmates to Hunger Strike Due to COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-22
Palestinians detained in Israel threatened to start an indefinite hunger strike to protest Israel's response to the coronavirus pandemic including a ban on meeting attorneys, absence of preventive measures, and refusal of protection gear, Haaretz reported Sunday. | RELATED: | 'Dear World, How Is the Lockdown?' Gaza Takes To Twitter | Prisoners affiliated with Hamas, the group governing Gaza, returned their breakfast and lunches Thursday, and others affiliated with Fatah, the faction tha…
telesurenglish.net/news/Covid-19-Israels-Palestinian-Inmates-Threaten-to-Hunger-Strike-20200322-0009.html

Rand Paul becomes first US senator to test POSITIVE for coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-03-22
Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for coronavirus and is in quarantine, the Kentucky Republican is the first member of the upper chamber of Congress to contract the virus. | The politician revealed the news on his official Twitter account, announcing that he is "feeling fine" and has not displayed any symptoms of the Covid-19 illness. The Twitter statement said that he was tested "out of an abundance of caution due to his extensive travel and events". | Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for COVID-19. He is feeling fine and is in quarantine. He is asymptomatic and was tested out of an abundance of cauti…
rt.com/usa/483787-senator-rand-paul-coronavirus/

Nude Madonna calls coronavirus the 'great equalizer' in bizarre video, inspires instant mockery
rt.com | 2020-03-22
A video of a naked Madonna emotionally saying the coronavirus has "made us all equal" while in a bathtub has people both confused and mocking the 'Like a Prayer' singer. | "It's the great equalizer and what's terrible about it is what's great about it," Madonna said about the coronavirus in the video, which was posted to her Twitter account on Sunday. | "What's terrible about it is that it's made us all equal in many ways and what's wonderful about it is that it's made us all equal in many ways," the singer went on to say from a bathtub adorned with flower petals. In her caption for the video, she called the q…
rt.com/usa/483795-madonna-coronavirus-equal-video/

Pakistan PM once again asks Trump to lift Iran sanctions
IRNA | iranian.com | 2020-03-22
Prime Minister of Pakistan who believes that US sanctions against Iran are cruel and unfair has once again called upon Donald Trump to lift economic sanctions from the Islamic Republic. Imran Khan in a tweet on Sunday said the people of Iran are facing untold suffering as sanctions are crippling Iran's efforts to fight COVID19. …
iranian.com/2020/03/22/pakistan-pm-once-again-asks-trump-to-lift-iran-sanctions/

Care home recreates life-sized Hungry Hippos game to lift morale in isolation
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-21
Residents and staff at Bryn Celyn care home in Wales have recreated a life-sized version of the game Hungry Hungry Hippos in an attempt to stave off self-isolation boredom. | Residents, who can be heard giggling in an online video, sat in wheelchairs while staff pushed them into the middle of circle, where they attempted to collect coloured balls with boxes and brooms. | Posting the video to Facebook, the care home said: "Residents really enjoyed playing a new game today, Hungry Hippos." | Residents really enjoyed playing a new game today Hungry Hippos. Lots of laughter to lift morale of the team and residents!
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/03/21/care-home-recreates-life-sized-hungry-hippos-game-to-lift-morale-in-isolation/

Never mind the HUMVEES! Maryland National Guard reassures residents there's no martial law threat amid virus panic
rt.com | 2020-03-21
Concern over the presence of military vehicles in residential areas of Maryland has apparently prompted the state's national guard to tweet out a reminder that it is there to help fight Covid-19

"For Unknown Reasons They Waited. And Watched"
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-20
Over the last 20 years, we have documented some shocking examples of journalistic irresponsibility, but the tweet from ITV's political editor Robert Peston on March 14 was something special. With China, South Korea, Italy, Spain and other countries in shutdown, lockdown and general medical meltdown, with the UK reeling from rising cases and deaths

Socialist countries response to pandemic shows stark contrast to capitalism
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-19
Minneapolis, MN – As the number of confirmed cases of the viral illness COVID-19 approaches 200,000 worldwide, we can already see how differently issues of public health and human needs are treated in socialist countries vs. capitalist countries. | COVID-19 was first detected in Wuhan, a major city in the People's Republic of China. Local officials took three to four weeks to recognize its significance. Once the threat was clear, the whole of the country and vast resources were mobilized. Everything was shut down to stop the virus in its tracks. People were quarantined at home as new hospitals were constructed, s…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/3/18/socialist-countries-response-pandemic-shows-stark-contrast-capitalism

Viral Reactions: The Smugness of Celebrity Self-Isolation
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-19
The rush to elevate self-isolation to Olympian heights as a way to combat the spread of COVID-19 has gotten to the celebrities. Sports figures are proudly tweeting and taking pictures from hotel rooms (Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton being a case in point). Comics are doing their shows from home. Thespians are extolling the merits …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/viral-reactions-the-smugness-of-celebrity-self-isolation/

Big Tech Firms are Using Automation to Censor News About the Coronavirus
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-18
Social media is awash with people angry that their posts have been removed for no legitimate reason. MintPress was no exception, with a story about Cuba's response to the coronavirus flagged and blocked.
mintpressnews.com/big-tech-firms-censoring-coronavirus-fake-news/265862/

The Sides of Beef: Humans and Meat Eating
Joseph Grosso | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-18
For the purposes of preserving any status quo in the present day United States, nothing surpasses a strategy of any question or issue 'cultural.' This has the immediate effect of splitting even slight difference of opinion into hostile camps and deliberately provokes absolutist, visceral responses. Such exchanges, particularly in the sewer of social media or …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/the-sides-of-beef-humans-and-meat-eating/

Meet 17-Year-Old Avi Schiffmann Who Runs Coronavirus Tracking Website Used by 40+ Million Globally
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-17
A teenager's website tracking coronavirus has become one of the most vital resources for people seeking accurate and updated numbers on the pandemic. The URL is nCoV2019.live. We speak with 17-year-old Avi Schiffmann, a high school junior from Mercer Island outside Seattle, who started the site in late December, when coronavirus had not yet been detected outside of China. Now the site has been visited by tens of millions, from every country on Earth. It tracks deaths, numbers of cases locally and globally, and provides an interactive map, information on the disease, and a Twitter feed. The resource updates every…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/17/avi_schiffmann_coronavirus_tracker

[Comment] How will country-based mitigation measures influence the course of the COVID-19 epidemic?
Roy M Anderson, Hans Heesterbeek, Don Klinkenberg, T Déirdre Hollingsworth | thelancet.com | 2020-03-09
Governments will not be able to minimise both deaths from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the economic impact of viral spread. Keeping mortality as low as possible will be the highest priority for individuals; hence governments must put in place measures to ameliorate the inevitable economic downturn. In our view, COVID-19 has developed into a pandemic, with small chains of transmission in many countries and large chains resulting in extensive spread in a few countries, such as Italy, Iran, South Korea, and Japan.
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