Category Archives: Fail!

Inoreader – White House says ‘business as usual’ as Trump plays down coronavirus threat

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised elderly and unwell Americans to avoid crowds in order to limit the impact of the coronavirus – but the White House said it was “business as usual” as the 73-year-old Donald Trump attended a fundraising event in Florida.

Source: Inoreader – White House says ‘business as usual’ as Trump plays down coronavirus threat

Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump to Discuss Economic Steps; Italy Halts Most Travel; Stocks and Oil Prices Plunge – The New York Times What an idiot! Take money that could be used to combat the virus and…

In Italy, restrictions on movement were extended to cover the whole country. In the United States, where the death toll hit 26, President Trump said he would discuss tax cuts and aid for idled hourly workers with Congress.

More Coronavirus Cases Linked To Biogen Meeting At Boston Hotel

According to the Boston Business Journal, about 175 people were at that meeting. Biogen said Thursday it has directed any employee who attended the conference to work from home for two weeks. An alert sent out from the Harvard School of Public Health said that the school was notified by Brigham and Women’s Hospital that 60 people were being evaluated at the hospital for the coronavirus.

Source: More Coronavirus Cases Linked To Biogen Meeting At Boston Hotel

Inside Delhi: beaten, lynched and burnt alive | World news | The Guardian “Indian Fascism pushed by Modi is killing Democracy in India”

As he spoke, tears rolled down his face. “First I asked, ‘Why are you attacking me? What wrong have I done?’ But they did not listen to my words and went on hitting me from all sides. They were shouting maro shaale mulleko [kill the bastard Muslim] and jai Sri Ram [a Hindu nationalist slogan]. There were many other men who stood by who did not come to save me.” The photo of Zubair being ruthlessly beaten in broad daylight in the streets of Delhi by a mob of young Hindu men was one of the most shocking images of the brutal religious riots that engulfed Delhi, where Hindus were pitted against Muslims, thousands were injured and 43 people killed.

Source: Inside Delhi: beaten, lynched and burnt alive | World news | The Guardian

Plan to drain Congo peat bog for oil could release vast amount of carbon | Environment | The Guardian

Oil exploration in one of the greatest carbon sinks on the planet could release greenhouse gases equivalent to Japan’s annual emissions
— Read on www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/28/ridiculous-plan-to-drain-congo-peat-bog-could-release-vast-amount-of-carbon-aoe

And look for more disease as environment is disrupted 🥵