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CEOs were asked to remove masks before meeting with Mike Pence in Iowa.

Source: CEOs were asked to remove masks before meeting with Mike Pence in Iowa.

Pence didn’t wear a mask during his events in Iowa that were intended to encourage economies to start returning to normal. But throughout the day there were clear signs that everything continued to be far from normal. Before the event in which the executives were asked to remove their masks, staffers wearing gloves and masks took the temperature of people who entered the building. And even though members of the audience did appear to be staying apart from each other, video showed that few were actually wearing masks.

The events of Friday illustrate just how the question of whether to wear a mask or not has become a political statement across the United States. Even as health care officials encourage people to wear masks, those who think that the coronavirus threat is overblown are getting clear signals from some of the country’s leaders, including President Donald Trump, that it’s OK not to wear one. That tension has even led to violence in a few places as people who refuse to wear masks have confronted employees at stores that demand everyone put one on. Ultimately, “the president is not just failing to model good behavior,” writes Mackey, “he is actively discouraging it.” As of Sunday afternoon, the coronavirus had killed almost 80,000 people across the United States.

Open The Country Up! ‹ In Saner Thought ‹ Reader — WordPress.com

The loosening of restrictions is being justified with claims that the COVID-19 pandemic is waning and people can now begin to work, shop, dine out, travel and go to church as they once did, without undue risk. But that is not actually the expectation of the Trump administration. On the contrary, press inquiries have found that the federal government expects an enormous spike in the death toll and is making preparations accordingly. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/02/pers-m02.html You notice the people that will be sacrificed are the poor…….and if that does nit work then I am sure that Congress will find it in their hearts to float another stim package that will aid no one but the rich. Don’t worry…..even if Donald loses in November 2021 will be little difference….the poor will pay the ultimate rice for this pandemic.

Source: Open The Country Up! ‹ In Saner Thought ‹ Reader — WordPress.com

Naming of Pinochet’s great-niece as Chile women’s minister sparks outrage | World news | The Guardian

Macarena Santelices has praised the ‘good side’ of the 1973-90 dictatorship in which over 300 women were raped under torture
— Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/08/pinochet-great-niece-chile-womens-minister

Right-wing men should just be banned from civil society – this is beyond belief!

Covid-19: David Parker hits back after Bridges questions legality of lockdown | RNZ News

Attorney-General David Parker has accused the Opposition of a “dangerous” attack on public servants and the separation of powers between Parliament and the courts.
— Read on www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/416192/covid-19-david-parker-hits-back-after-bridges-questions-legality-of-lockdown

How petty and small can one get to attempt to be of use – Bridges falling down!

Opinion | Trump and His Infallible Advisers – The New York Times

Yes, Trump’s insecurity leads him to reject expertise, listen only to people who tell him what makes him feel good and refuse to acknowledge error. But disdain for experts, preference for incompetent loyalists and failure to learn from experience are standard operating procedure for the whole modern G.O.P. Trump’s narcissism and solipsism are especially blatant, even flamboyant. But he isn’t an outlier; he’s more a culmination of the American right’s long-term trend toward intellectual degradation. And that degradation, more than Trump’s character, is what is leading to vast numbers of unnecessary deaths.

Trump tells desperate Alabama woman who is inches from eviction ‘you’re going to get a better job’ – Raw Story

In perhaps the most callous example of disconnectedness, President Donald Trump told an Alabama woman desperate for help that everything will be fine. During the Fox News town hall Sunday, a woman from Alabama asked Trump what she should do because she’s lost her job, is behind on her bills and is close to being […]

Source: Trump tells desperate Alabama woman who is inches from eviction ‘you’re going to get a better job’ – Raw Story

Elon Musk Twitter meltdown costs Tesla $23billion, following ‘fascist’ lockdown rant – News – Driven

(Off his medications again?) “Frankly, I would call it forcibly imprisoning people in their homes against all their constitutional rights, in my opinion,” he said. “Breaking peoples’ freedoms in ways that are horrible and wrong and not why people came to America or built this country. What the f***?

Source: Elon Musk Twitter meltdown costs Tesla $23billion, following ‘fascist’ lockdown rant – News – Driven

 

NIH’s axing of bat coronavirus grant a ‘horrible precedent’ and might break rules, critics say | Science | AAAS

The research community is reacting with alarm and anger to the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) abrupt and unusual termination of a grant supporting research in China on how coronaviruses—such as the one causing the current pandemic—move from bats to humans. The agency axed the grant last week, after conservative U.S. politicians and media repeatedly suggested—without evidence—that the pandemic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, that employs a Chinese virologist who had been receiving funding from the grant. The termination, which some analysts believe might violate regulations governing NIH, also came 7 days after President Donald Trump, asked about the project at a press conference, said: “We will end that grant very quickly.”

Source: NIH’s axing of bat coronavirus grant a ‘horrible precedent’ and might break rules, critics say | Science | AAAS