An Immodest and Long Overdue Proposal
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2020-04-08
Please post your reactions to this proposed protest, which mirrors actions undertaken by nurses, unions, and homeless advocates in other cities. An earlier version of these suggestions was originally posted on facebook.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/07/18832146.php

'We have found more idiots': Piers Morgan slams Jose Mourinho as Spurs boss breaks isolation rules to train with players (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-04-08
UK television host Piers Morgan has condemned Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho after he flouted coronavirus lockdown procedures to lead several Spurs players through a training session in a public park on Tuesday. | Mourinho was photographed with three of his players

UK: Health workers threatened for wearing PPE and reporting danger to their lives
wsws.org | 2020-04-08
The threats to health workers have been particularly directed at any use of social media platforms such as Twitter and Instagram.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/08/vict-a08.html

Iran begins clinical trial of favipiravir for coronavirus treatment
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-08
TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA)

Six ways home-based cardiac rehab keeps patients safe, healthy during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? COVID-19 presents evolving challenges to health care, in part because it is a new viral disease. People do not have natural immunity and a vaccine hasn't yet been developed. Patients with heart disease are at increased risk of cardiac-related complications and death, and are more likely to develop severe complications from COVID-19. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/six-ways-home-based-cardiac-rehab-keeps-patients-safe-healthy-during-covid-19/

Convalescent Plasma: A Therapy for COVID-19?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
To develop a treatment for patients with COVID-19, researchers around the world are steadfastly exploring numerous angles, including testing existing antiviral drugs and new compounds. One potential treatment that has garnered attention is known as convalescent plasma therapy. The approach involves giving patients an infusion of antibody-rich plasma from people who have recovered from an infection …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/convalescent-plasma-a-therapy-for-covid-19/

How does COVID-19 affect the heart?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
The effects of COVID-19 on the lungs are well-known. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, more information is becoming available about the role the virus, called SARS-CoV-2, has on the heart. "Individuals with known cardiovascular disease are at an increased risk of more severe complications from respiratory viral illnesses, including the flu and COVID-19," says Dr. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/how-does-covid-19-affect-the-heart/

Stocks drop as eurozone fails to agree new coronavirus stimulus
rt.com | 2020-04-08
European stock markets traded lower on Wednesday after eurozone finance ministers failed to reach a deal on additional stimulus to weather the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. | The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell by more than one percent after Mario Centeno, who chairs the 19-member grouping, said that discussions would resume on Thursday. | "After 16h of discussions we came close to a deal but we are not there yet," Centeno wrote in a tweet. | London's FTSE 100 declined 1.6 percent, while Germany's DAX slid 1.1 percent. France's CAC 40 has dropped almost two percent. | The euro-area group had been…
rt.com/business/485257-stocks-eurozone-stimulus-agreement-failure/

Zoom Shareholders File Class-Action Lawsuit, Citing 'Zoombombing' Security, Encryption Service Flaws
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-08
Company and senior officials have been accused of hiding flaws related to the app's software encryption, including being vulnerable to hackers and disclosing personal information to third-party platforms such as Facebook, it was revealed on Tuesday.
sputniknews.com/business/202004081078877353-zoom-shareholders-file-class-action-lawsuit-citing-zoombombing-security-encryption-service-flaws/

UFO in Siberia? Video of Bright Spots Making Triangle Over Russian City Goes Viral
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-08
The 15-second clip immediately prompted netizens to start guessing about whether the video was a fake or something that showed an unidentified flying object.
sputniknews.com/russia/202004081078878970-ufo-in-siberia-video-of-bright-spots-making-triangle-over-russian-city-goes-viral/

Labour Politician Expelled From Party After Saying Johnson 'Deserved' to Have COVID-19
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-08
The UK Prime Minister is currently in intensive care unit in London where he was admitted after his COVID-19 symptoms became more persistent. Johnson announced via Twitter that he had tested positive for the coronavirus in March.
sputniknews.com/uk/202004081078878383-labour-politician-expelled-from-party-after-saying-johnson-deserved-to-have-covid-19/

'Turkey's helping hand to be always on our brothers'
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-08
Turkey will always lend a helping hand to the Balkan countries in their battle against the new coronavirus, the parliament speaker said on Wednesday."Turkey is not leaving friendly and brotherly Balkan countries alone in their fight with COVID-19," Mustafa Sentop said on Twitter.Sentop reminded that Turkey delivered medical supplies to Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Kosovo to help combat the coronavirus."Turkey's helping hand will always be on our brothers," he noted.Turkey previously sent medical aid to Italy and Spain, the countries worst hit by the virus in Europe.After origin…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkeys-helping-hand-to-be-always-on-our-brothers-3516339

Applications now open for fellowship research program in Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-08
Turkey launched a fellowship program for students to participate in vaccine and medicine research on the novel coronavirus, the country's technology and industry minister announced on Wednesday.Undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students, as well as postdoctoral researchers, will be able to apply to the Intern Researchers Fellowship Program (STAR), Mustafa Varank said on Twitter.The Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) said on its website that it supported research and development projects for protective products against the virus or products for diagnosis and treatment of the COVID-19 disease."
yenisafak.com/en/world/applications-now-open-for-fellowship-research-program-in-turkey-3516335

Facebook's Strategy for Taking Down Hate Groups is Spotty and Ineffective
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-04-07
Facebook continues to provide a safe haven for hate groups and extremists despite the company's attempts to "stop the most egregious and dangerous groups from using its tools." Hatewatch staff previously reported several extremist groups and pages currently active on the platform directly to Facebook in 2018.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/07/facebooks-strategy-taking-down-hate-groups-spotty-and-ineffective

African Americans Have Contracted and Died of COVID-19 at an Alarming Rate
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-07
The coronavirus entered Milwaukee from a white, affluent suburb. Then it took root in the city's black community and erupted. | As public health officials watched cases rise in March, too many in the community shrugged off warnings. Rumors and conspiracy theories proliferated on social media, pushing the bogus idea that black people are somehow immune to the disease. And mu…
truthout.org/articles/african-americans-have-contracted-and-died-of-covid-19-at-an-alarming-rate/

Factory farms create the perfect conditions to spread viral infections like COVID-19
Josh Balk | nationofchange.org | 2020-04-07
An alarming 75 percent of new or emerging diseases start in animals.
nationofchange.org/2020/04/07/factory-farms-create-the-perfect-conditions-to-spread-viral-infections-like-covid-19/

Boris Johnson stable after night in intensive care, says No 10
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-07
Boris Johnson is "stable" after spending the night in intensive care following a worsening of his coronavirus symptoms, Downing Street has said.The prime minister's official spokesperson said he had been receiving "standard oxygen treatment" but had not required any other assistance in breathing.Johnson was transferred to the intensive care unit at St Thomas' Hospital, London, on Monday evening, after his condition deteriorated.His spokesperson said the move was a "precautionary step" in case he needed to be put on a ventilator.Sreengrab of a post from Boris Johnson's Twitter account (@BorisJohnson/Twitter/PA)"Th…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/04/07/boris-johnson-stable-after-night-in-intensive-care-says-no-10/

The U.S. Should Fight COVID, Not Venezuela
Leonardo Flores | commondreams.org | 2020-04-07
Venezuelan soldiers prepare for war… against COVID-19. (Photo: Twitter @Planifica_Fanb) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/unnamed_2_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/04/07/us-should-fight-covid-not-venezuela?cd-origin=rss

'WHO blew it!' Trump accuses global health watchdog of being CHINA-CENTRIC despite 'largely US-funded'
rt.com | 2020-04-07
US President Donald Trump slammed the World Health Organization for its "faulty recommendation" that the US

Iran Demands US End Their Oil Sanctions
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-07
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday called on the U.S. government to stop sanctions on Iran's oil exports. | RELATED: | Nearly 60 Groups Demand End to Sanctions During COVID-19 Crisis | "Iran is rich in human & natural resources. We don't need charity from (U.S. President) Donald Trump," Zarif tweeted. | The remarks of Zarif was an allusion to the recent help offer by Trump amid the surge of the novel coronavirus in Iran. | "What we want is for him to stop…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Demands-US-End-Their-Oil-Sanctions–20200407-0007.html

Iran Demands US End Their Oil Sanctions
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-07
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday called on the U.S. government to stop sanctions on Iran's oil exports. | RELATED: | Nearly 60 Groups Demand End to Sanctions During COVID-19 Crisis | "Iran is rich in human & natural resources. We don't need charity from (U.S. President) Donald Trump," Zarif tweeted. | The remarks of Zarif was an allusion to the recent help offer by Trump amid the surge of the novel coronavirus in Iran. | "What we want is for him to stop…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Demands-US-End-Their-Oil-Sanctions–20200407-0007.html

Rand Paul says he's volunteering at Kentucky hospital after testing negative for Covid-19 (PHOTO)
rt.com | 2020-04-07
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has revealed he has been retested for Covid-19 and is negative, and is now volunteering at a local hospital in Kentucky to help coronavirus-infected patients. | "I have been retested and I am negative," Paul tweeted on Tuesday. The senator

The COVID-19 Outbreak Has Enabled Trump to Advance His Right-Wing Agenda
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-07
Last month, Donald Trump retweeted a doctored photo of himself playing the fiddle that was labeled "My next piece is called: nothing can stop what's coming." It was clearly an homage to the Emperor Nero who so infamously made music while Rome burned. To it, the president added this comment: "Who knows what this means, but it sounds good to me!" | Whether Trump is fiddling these days or n…
truthout.org/articles/the-covid-19-outbreak-has-enabled-trump-to-advance-his-right-wing-agenda/

Zarif: Iran does not need Trump's charity
IRNA | iranian.com | 2020-04-07
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message urged US to stop preventing Iran from selling oil, saying Iran does not need Trump's charity. "Iran is rich in human & natural resources. We don't need charity from @realDonaldTrump –who's forced to buy ventilators from sources he's sanctioned," Zarif wrote on his Twitter account on …
iranian.com/2020/04/07/zarif-iran-does-not-need-trumps-charity/

Covid tears: 'No masks nurse' story shows how pandemic is newfound opportunity for MSM to peddle emotionally-charged fake news
rt.com | 2020-04-06
Stories of human tragedy abound during the Covid-19 pandemic, but in its hunger for tear-jerking moments, CBS has thrown the rule book out the window and spread some viral "fake news." | In a clip aired on Sunday but filmed a week earlier, nurse Imaris Vera bursts into tears and describes how she quit her job after "none of the nurses" in a dedicated coronavirus unit were wearing masks. Furthermore, she called out her Chicago hospital for banning nurses from using their own protective equipment in the facility. | "America is not prepared," she sobbed, "and nurses are not being protected." | In tears, a nurse…
rt.com/usa/485138-masks-nurse-coronavirus-fake-news/

Trump's Iran sanctions policy on the turn
M. K. Bhadrakumar | iranian.com | 2020-04-06
The past week witnessed a sudden spurt of tensions in the US-Iran standoff. There was intense speculation that to divert public attention in America from his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Trump might order a military attack on Iran. Trump himself fuelled the speculation with the sudden outburst in a tweet on April 1: "Upon …
iranian.com/2020/04/05/trumps-iran-sanctions-policy-on-the-turn/

AOC slammed for blaming coronavirus deaths on inequality… after championing shutdown that accelerated it
rt.com | 2020-04-03
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has demanded minority-focused "reparations" for coronavirus, insisting "inequality is a comorbidity" exacerbating the deaths

Chilling Free Expression: How ICE Uses Social Media to Target Immigrants
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
The professed mission of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency is to "protect America from the cross-border crime and illegal immigration that threaten national security and public safety." In order…
projectcensored.org/chilling-free-expression-how-ice-uses-social-media-to-target-immigrants/