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Medical workers resort to parking-lot deals and DIY projects to get safety gear

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Nursing home employees and other healthcare workers are going to extraordinary lengths for masks, gowns and essential materials

A nursing home worker in New Jersey cut a deal for gowns in a parking lot. A clinic director in Florida awaited midnight deliveries of tens of thousands of masks. A South Carolina cardiologist tried to buy ingredients from Lithuania to mix his own hand sanitizer.

Medical shortages in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, have left many healthcare workers in a desperate hunt for medical supplies. Community clinics, nursing homes and independent doctors, in particular, find themselves on the fringe of the supply chain for masks, gowns, gloves and ventilators. Desperate administrators wire money to offshore banks to acquire supplies.

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Louisville council passes ‘Breonna’s Law’ banning no-knock warrants – CNN — Truth Troubles

The Louisville, Kentucky, metro council unanimously voted to pass an ordinance called “Breonna’s Law” on Thursday, banning no-knock search warrants in wake of Breonna Taylor’s death. Source: Louisville council passes ‘Breonna’s Law’ banning no-knock warrants – CNN

Louisville council passes ‘Breonna’s Law’ banning no-knock warrants – CNN — Truth Troubles

Donald Trump authorises sanctions against International Criminal Court

Moving to make USA an international gangster state and pariah nation.

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US President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to further punish officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC), authorising economic sanctions against them as well as the expansion of visa restrictions on the officials and their families.The president also declared a national emergency with respect to the “threat” he says the ICC poses, a move that lays legal groundwork to impose future sanctions.The efforts come amid Trump administration anger over the ICC’s efforts to look into alleged war…