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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Thanks to Ashley for this follow up -The Holocaust and the Failure of the US Education System — Mental Health @ Home — ShiraDest: Education, Cooperation, and The 4 Freedoms for ALL Human Beings

Yesterday, I saw that the Holocaust was trending on Twitter. It turns out that it was because of new survey results. Claims Conference released the results of its U.S. Millennial Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Survey, which surveyed 18 to 39-year-olds in 50 American states. Some of the disturbing results from the survey were: 63% (69%…… The […]

Thanks to Ashley for this follow up -The Holocaust and the Failure of the US Education System — Mental Health @ Home — ShiraDest: Education, Cooperation, and The 4 Freedoms for ALL Human Beings

With Football Returning, Big Ten Cities Brace for More Outbreaks

Although the games will be played without spectators in the stadiums, some officials are concerned they will lead to more off-campus gatherings that could spread the virus.

Although the games will be played without spectators in the stadiums, some officials are concerned they will lead to more off-campus gatherings that could spread the virus.

Former DeVos chief of staff joins anti-Trump group | TheHill (ROTFLMAO)

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos‘s former chief of staff has joined a group of anti-Trump Republicans as an adviser.

Josh Venable, who served as the top aide to DeVos in 2017 and 2018, has joined the Republican Political Alliance for Integrity and Reform (REPAIR), the group announced Thursday.

Venable previously served in the George W. Bush administration and as deputy finance director for the Republican National Committee from 2011-2012.

Source: Former DeVos chief of staff joins anti-Trump group | TheHill

Tracking Viral Misinformation Ahead of the 2020 Election – The New York Times

On Wednesday, Facebook and Instagram began flagging posts from Mr. Carlson’s show about Dr. Yan’s claims, saying that they repeated information about the coronavirus “that multiple independent fact checkers say is false.”

Public health authorities, including the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have also noted that while the exact source of the virus is still unknown, the evidence strongly suggests a natural origin. “The sequences from U.S. patients are similar to the one that China initially posted, suggesting a likely single, recent emergence of this virus from an animal reservoir,” explained a post on the C.D.C.’s website.

In addition, a closer look at Dr. Yan’s study — which appeared on the open-access site Zenodo, and was not peer-reviewed — raises questions about her political motivations.

The study’s first page lists support from the “Rule of Law Society & Rule of Law Foundation,” a pair of anti-China organizations spearheaded by Guo Wengui, the exiled Chinese billionaire, and Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, who was arrested last month on unrelated fraud charges. Neither organization has a history of sponsoring scientific research, and Mr. Guo and Mr. Bannon have spent months advancing baseless theories about the coronavirus’s origins.

Texas nursing home visitations can begin at facilities with COVID-19 cases | The Texas Tribune – (cannot learn – people will die unnecessarily – sad)

Eligible facilities include nursing homes and intermediate care centers that serve residents without COVID-19, but that also have an isolation wing reserved for those who test positive for the virus. Visitation will also be allowed at state supported living centers which house residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Visitors were previously only allowed into long-term care facilities where there were no active cases of the virus among residents and no confirmed cases among staff members in the past two weeks, based on state guidelines released on Aug. 6. And prior to that, all visitation was strictly banned beginning March 15.

Source: Texas nursing home visitations can begin at facilities with COVID-19 cases | The Texas Tribune