Spread of coronavirus misinformation online causes hundreds of deaths | News | DW | 11.08.2020

Misinformation about the coronavirus has led to the deaths to at least some 800 people and possibly more, a newly published study in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene showed.

From losing their eyesight to the loss of life, the spread of rumors, stigma and conspiracy theories exacerbated the suffering of thousands of citizens across the globe.

 

Source: Spread of coronavirus misinformation online causes hundreds of deaths | News | DW | 11.08.2020

Parents Who Work In NYC Schools Still Wondering What To Do With Their Own Kids – Gothamist

“I don’t understand the magical thinking that’s happening, that suddenly all of these teachers and parents are going to be able to find childcare at the last minute during a pandemic. I just don’t see it happening,” said Melissa Williams, an occupational therapist who works in District 6 schools in Inwood, and has a son going into sixth grade this fall.

At 10 years old, Williams’s son is too young to stay home by himself on his remote learning days while she’s working in schools. The different blended learning schedules just compound the issues, she said.

“If it’s two days here, three days there, I don’t see how that’s going to be a predictable and easy schedule — not only for the childcare workers, but also the parents and employees,” she said. “It’s definitely going to not work for teachers who are also parents… This just gets even more ironic, considering how much of this is being framed as helping working parents get their kids out of the house.”

 

Source: Parents Who Work In NYC Schools Still Wondering What To Do With Their Own Kids – Gothamist

Don Jr. and Ted Cruz Fell For a Russian Propaganda Campaign

As the New York Times put it, “The Portland video represents the Russian disinformation strategy at its most successful. Take a small but potentially inflammatory incident, blow it out of proportion and let others on the political fringes in the United States or Canada or Europe spread it.”

Congrats to Don Jr. and Ted Cruz for falling for some Russian propaganda and continuing to be as dumb as rocks!

 

Source: Don Jr. and Ted Cruz Fell For a Russian Propaganda Campaign

GOP Chair Who Called Mail Voting ‘Fraught With Danger’ Voted by Mail 22 Straight Times — Voice of San Diego (HYPOCRITE)

Last week, San Diego County Republican Party Chairman Tony Krvaric sent a press release with a warning: Mail ballot voting is “fraught with danger.”

He sent the message two hours after Voice of San Diego asked him to reconcile the fact that he has voted by mail in 22 consecutive elections dating back to 2004 with a May 3 tweet in which he said vote-by-mail is “fraught with danger, from millions of ballots floating around, some delivered to wrong people, some not delivered at all, and much more.”

 

Source: GOP Chair Who Called Mail Voting ‘Fraught With Danger’ Voted by Mail 22 Straight Times — Voice of San Diego

Beirut pauses to remember the dead one week after catastrophic explosion

Thousands of people marched near the devastated port, remembering those who died in the most destructive single blast to hit the country.

They observed a minute of silence at 6:08 p.m. local time, the moment on Aug. 4 that thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in the city’s port where it had been stored for more than six years, apparently with the knowledge of top political and security officials.

 

Source: Beirut pauses to remember the dead one week after catastrophic explosion

Children Are Not Immune – The New York Times

Recent research suggests that children can carry at least as much of the virus in their noses and throats as adults do, even if they have only mild or moderate symptoms. That has prompted fears that students who become ill at school may spread the virus to their older relatives.

But it’s not just older people who are at risk — in some rare cases, a child’s health can be severely affected. Nearly 600 young people in the U.S., from infants to 20 year olds, have developed an inflammatory syndrome linked to Covid-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. Most of the children required intensive care.

The Virus Is Killing Young Floridians. Work, Not Partying, Is Often to Blame.

Throughout the pandemic, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has stressed that the state’s coronavirus crisis is largely limited to the very old. He has repeatedly noted that Florida has seen more coronavirus deaths in people over the age of 90 than in all people under 65. But data reviewed by The New York Times shows that’s changing: Deaths were greater in July for residents under 65 than for those over 90. Additionally, more Floridians in the 25-44 age group died in July than had died in the previous four months of the pandemic combined, a review of Florida Department of Health data shows. More than 200 have died in all. The number of younger adults in the state who died of the disease quadrupled last month, as rising numbers of them tested positive.