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Monthly Archives: April 2021
The Hippocratic Oath Stops at the Arkansas Border
Invoking “the right of conscience” and “the Hippocratic Oath” this new law permits doctors, pharmacists, hospitals and health insurance companies to refuse to provide or pay for non-emergency care if they feel their “religious, moral, or ethical principles” would be violated.
However, no definition is provided in the law as to what these “principles” can or cannot be.
Since throughout US history some Americans have asserted that their “religious, moral, or ethical principles” justify slavery, subjugation of women, white supremacy, or lynching, the lack of any definitions in the law make it absurdly vague.
Henceforth, in Arkansas, refusing to care for a patient because of one’s “principles” will not be punishable, by loss of hospital “staff privileges,” “refusal of board certification,” “refusal to award any grant,” or “refusal to provide residency training.”
I am a physician who has practiced cancer medicine for over 40 years and a medical school professor who teaches medical ethics and medical history. This law is a rare combination of ignorance of medical history, flagrant disregard of medical ethics, bigotry, and buffoonery.
Japan’s daily COVID-19 cases top 3,000 for 2nd day in row
Japan’s daily cases of the new coronavirus on Thursday topped 3,000 for the second day in a row as fears over the impact of the sharp rebound on the country’s medical system and the economy continue to intensify. Osaka confirmed 905 new cases of the virus, setting an all-time high for the third straight day, as the western Japan prefecture has come under a medical state of emergency. With the number of infections rapidly rebounding in many other parts, not just in and around Osaka and Tokyo, which reported 545 additional cases on the same day, the government is considering expanding areas covered by a quasi-state of emergency to enable local authorities to toughen anti-virus measures.
Source: Japan’s daily COVID-19 cases top 3,000 for 2nd day in row
Chinese Embassy Makes Contact With Myanmar’s Shadow Government
The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar has for the first time spoken with members of a committee representing elected lawmakers from the ousted National League for Democracy (NLD) government, amid Beijing’s repeated calls for all parties in its southern neighbor to seek a political resolution to the current crisis through dialog.
Multiple sources confirmed to The Irrawaddy that a counselor from the embassy in Yangon spoke by phone with members of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) last week. (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw is Myanmar’s Union Parliament.) Founded by NLD lawmakers following the February coup as a challenge to the legitimacy of the military regime, the CRPH enjoys popular support both domestically and overseas.
Source: Chinese Embassy Makes Contact With Myanmar’s Shadow Government
12 Months of Trauma: More Than 3,600 US Health Workers Died in Covid’s First Year | Kaiser Health News
Possible New Force | NeuroLogica Blog
Theoretical physicists are now trying to work out what the new particle and/or force might be that could explain these apparent anomalous results. This would then make predictions about how other particles might behave in other experiments, and hopefully eventually we can expand the standard model with new additions. Hopefully existing colliders are powerful enough to do the requisite experiments. If not, we may need to build even bigger ones. Source: Possible New Force | NeuroLogica Blog
Castle Loppem
Source: Castle Loppem
Myanmar Junta Uses Explosives, Killing At Least Two Dozen Protesters
At least 11 civilians were killed and nearly 30 injured during clashes with regime forces near Taze Township in Sagaing Region on Wednesday evening. By Thursday morning, around 612 civilians have been killed by the military junta since the February coup. Using homemade firearms and air guns, residents attempted to prevent seven trucks full of troops from entering the town at around 4pm on Wednesday. Residents claimed the troops were being deployed to crack down on daily anti-regime protests in Taze, which have attracted tens of thousands of people but had not been attacked by the junta’s forces until yesterday.
Source: Myanmar Junta Uses Explosives, Killing At Least Two Dozen Protesters
Texas schools have yet to get any extra federal stimulus money | The Texas Tribune (Me: State government using federal school dollars for itself)
in Texas, local schools have yet to see an extra dime from the more than $19 billion in federal stimulus money given to the state. After Congress passed the first stimulus bill last year, officials used the state’s $1.3 billion education share to fill other holes in the state budget, leaving public schools with few additional resources to pay for the costs of the pandemic.
Now, educators and advocacy groups worry that the state could do the same thing with the remaining $17.9 billion in funding for Texas public schools from the other two stimulus packages. Because of federal requirements, Texas has to invest over $1 billion of the state’s own budget in higher education to receive the third round of stimulus funding for K-12 public schools. Experts said the state has applied for a waiver to avoid sending that added money to higher education, but the process has caused major delays in local districts receiving funds they desperately need.
Source: Texas schools have yet to get any extra federal stimulus money | The Texas Tribune
Human rhinovirus infection blocks SARS-CoV-2 replication within the respiratory epithelium: implications for COVID-19 epidemiology
Abstract. Virus-virus interactions influence the epidemiology of respiratory infections. However, the impact of viruses causing upper respiratory infections on
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