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U.S. Navy relieves aircraft carrier commander who wrote letter urging coronavirus action – Reuters

The U.S. Navy on Thursday relieved the commander of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, who wrote a scathing letter that leaked to the public asking for stronger measures to control a coronavirus outbreak onboard his warship.

Source: U.S. Navy relieves aircraft carrier commander who wrote letter urging coronavirus action – Reuters

Thrown overboard to protect those protecting themselves but no one else

World War II: When the Government Protected All Essential Workers | Labor Notes

Strikes, work stoppages, and protests this week at Amazon, Instacart, Whole Foods, and other workplaces may not have done much to shut down the nation’s stores and warehouses, but they sent America a very loud and potent message none the less. The thousands of men and women who pick and pack at hundreds of giant fulfillment centers, the millions who stand behind retail
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Top European teaching hospitals running out of coronavirus drugs

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Critically ill will be deprived of vital medicines unless countries cooperate, hospitals warn

Top European teaching hospitals from Sweden to Italy have warned they will run out of vital drugs for Covid-19 intensive care patients within two weeks, as Spain passed 10,000 deaths from the pandemic and the US reported record jobless numbers.

As confirmed cases neared 1 million around the world and deaths passed 50,000, despite almost half of humanity living in some form of lockdown, the hospitals said that unless countries cooperated to ensure a steady supply, the critically ill would soon be deprived of essential medicines.

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‘It warms the heart’: Navajo mount grassroots effort to tackle coronavirus

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Women are leading a volunteer effort to care for elders and vulnerable people across the tribe’s vast, poorly served territory

In mid-March, shortly after the Navajo Nation declared a public health state of emergency, Ethel Branch went out to stock up on supplies for her elderly mother and nieces who live on the Native American reservation.

Branch, who lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, spent all day going from store to store trying to find canned soups, soap and toilet paper. Many had sold out, while others were price gouging amid rising panic about the coronavirus pandemic.

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