Portuguese Court Rules PCR Tests as Unreliable & Unlawful to Quarantine People
Great Game India | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-20
The court stated, the test's reliability depends on the number of cycles used and the viral load present. Citing Jaafar et al. 2020, the court concludes that | "if someone is tested by PCR as positive when a threshold of | …
globalresearch.ca/portuguese-court-rules-pcr-tests-unreliable-unlawful-quarantine-people/5730027
Saturday 11/21: Wake the ZUCK up! We won't let Facebook destroy our democracy
Protest Facebook Coalition | indybay.org | 2020-11-20
Please join us outside Mark Zuckerberg's house in San Francisco. Facebook needs to stop election lies from running rampant on its platform.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/19/18838579.php
Saturday 11/21: Wake the ZUCK up! We won't let Facebook destroy our democracy
Protest Facebook Coalition | indybay.org | 2020-11-20
Please join us outside Mark Zuckerberg's house in San Francisco. Facebook needs to stop election lies from running rampant on its platform.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/19/18838579.php
US senators urge Egypt to take action in case of detained Christian activist
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-20
US senators urge Egypt to take action in case of detained Christian activist | Legislators ask Cairo to allow fair trial for Ramy Kamel or drop charges and release him | MEE staff | Fri, 11/20/2020 – 19: 02 | Ramy Kamel is prominent Coptic Christian activist and founder of rights group Maspero Youth Union (Twitter) | A pair of bipartisan senators called on the Egyptian government to take action in the case of an imprisone…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-senators-egypt-coptic-christian-take-action
Saturday 11/21: Learn about and support the Amah Mutsun Tribal Land Trust
Wendy Snyder | indybay.org | 2020-11-19
Virtual event on Zoom and Facebook…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/17/18838519.php
(WATCH) First European Union nation gets Russia's Sputnik V vaccine to fight Covid-19, as samples arrive in Budapest
rt.com | 2020-11-19
Hungary has become the first country in the European Union to receive a batch of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine as a container with samples arrived in Budapest, on Thursday, and was handed over to Hungarian medics. | "Vaccine samples manufactured in Russia have arrived in Budapest," Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto confirmed on his Facebook page as he posted footage demonstrating the formula's arrival at the Hungarian capital's airport. | An exclusiv…
rt.com/russia/507227-watch-first-european-nation-get/
Saudi court sentences Salman al-Odah's brother to five years in prison
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-19
Saudi court sentences Salman al-Odah's brother to five years in prison | Khaled al-Odah's sentencing comes three and a half years after he was detained for showing solidarity with his brother on social media | MEE staff | Thu, 11/19/2020 – 17: 39 | Khaled al-Odah was also issued a travel ban preventing him from leaving the country (Abdullah Alaoudh/Twitter) | Saudi Arabia sentenced the brother of jailed cleric Salman al-O…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-court-sentences-brother-cleric-salman-al-odah-five-years-prison
(WATCH) First European Union nation gets Russia's Sputnik V vaccine to fight Covid-19, as samples arrive in Budapest
rt.com | 2020-11-19
Hungary has become the first country in the European Union to receive a batch of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine as a container with samples arrived in Budapest, on Thursday, and was handed over to Hungarian medics. | "Vaccine samples manufactured in Russia have arrived in Budapest," Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto confirmed on his Facebook page as he posted footage demonstrating the formula's arrival at the Hungarian capital's airport. | An exclusiv…
rt.com/russia/507227-watch-first-european-nation-get/
Remdesivir no COVID-19 silver bullet, says UN health agency
news.un.org | 2020-11-19
An advisory body of the UN health agency is not recommending the use of the high-profile antiviral drug Remdesivir for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, saying on Thursday there is insufficient evidence that it improves survival outcomes or cuts down on the need for patients to be put onto ventilators.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/11/1078112
Socialist Party's Moe Manir expels London Bus Drivers Rank-and-File Safety Committee leader from Facebook group
wsws.org | 2020-11-18
The Socialist Party promotes the dangerous illusion that mass pressure from below can transform the unions into fighting organisations. But in every country the trade unions respond to mass pressure from workers by deepening their collusion with the companies and the state, and by stamping out any semblance of democracy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/18/sopa-n18.html
Saturday 11/21: Learn about and support the Amah Mutsun Tribal Land Trust
Wendy Snyder | indybay.org | 2020-11-18
Virtual event on Zoom and Facebook…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/17/18838519.php
NYC schools to close 'indefinitely' as city's weekly Covid-19 positive rate reaches 3%
rt.com | 2020-11-18
New York City's public-school system is to close its doors "indefinitely," officials announced, after the city's seven-day coronavirus positive rate hit three percent. They won't necessarily open their doors when it dips, either. | Schools will suspend all in-person instruction on Thursday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed via tweet on Wednesday. The mayor's announcement came after schools chancellor Richard Carranza sent an email to principals warning them that New York had "reached [the three percent] threshold of test positivity citywide." | In-person classes are not expected to begin again anyt…
rt.com/usa/507132-nyc-schools-covid-closure-indefinitely/
Chile: Two Minors Shot by Police, Protests Sparked
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-18
Two minors were shot by carabineros (Chilean police) during an operation on Wednesday at the Sename residence in Tahualcano, south of the country. The police brutality has caused turmoil in social media. | RELATED: | Chile: Second Fund Withdrawal Bill Goes Into a Debate | The lawyer and children's advocate in Chile, Patricia Muñoz, denounced that…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-Two-Minors-Shot-by-Police-Protest-Spark-20201118-0018.html
Oxygen pipe EXPLODES in Moscow's top Covid-19 hospital, plumes of 'smoke' caught on VIDEO
rt.com | 2020-11-18
Clouds of what appeared to be "smoke" have been filmed billowing over Kommunarka Hospital — the largest Covid-19 treatment facility in Moscow — after an oxygen delivery pipe exploded. Luckily, no casualties have been reported. | A witness living in a nearby apartment told RBC business daily on Wednesday evening he had heard a "loud noise" resembling an explosion before seeing "smoke" rising over the hospital facilities. Social media clips showed large black and gray plumes billowing over the so-called reserve section of the hospital. The extra facilities were added to accommodate the rising number…
rt.com/russia/507130-moscow-top-covid-hospital-pipe-explodes/
Jordanian children's channel 'servant' song causes backlash online
Nadda Osman | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-18
Jordanian children's channel 'servant' song causes backlash online | The song has been condemned as racist and accused of dehumanising domestic workers | Nadda Osman | Wed, 11/18/2020 – 12: 06 | Many have demanded that the video is removed for its derogatory and offensive content towards domestic workers (Screengrab/Twitter) | A children's song played on the Jordanian children's channel Karameesh, in which children si…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/jordan-children-TV-servant-song-backlash-online