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Hundreds of covid cases reported at Tesla plant following Musk’s defiant reopening, county data shows (‘I got my money and they got Covid-19…)

(FILES) In this file photo Elon Musk, Tesla CEO and founder of SpaceX, speaks during the Satellite 2020 at the Washington Convention CenterMarch 9, 2020, in Washington, DC. -  In May, Elon Musk dared officials to arrest him when he defied Alameda County coronavirus protocols to reopen Tesla's facilities in Fremont. Now, county-level data obtained by a legal transparency website reveal the production plant recorded hundreds of positive covid-19 cases in the months that followed.(Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Tesla’s Bay Area production plant recorded hundreds of positive covid-19 cases following CEO Elon Musk’s defiant reopening of the plant last May, according to county-level data obtained by a legal transparency website.

The document, obtained by the website PlainSite following a court ruling this year, showed Tesla received around 10 reports of covid-19 in May when the plant reopened, and saw a steady rise in cases all the way up to 125 in December, as the disease caused by the novel coronavirus peaked around the country.

Source: Hundreds of covid cases reported at Tesla plant following Musk’s defiant reopening, county data shows

Brazil’s catastrophic management of COVID-19 threatens the entire world | openDemocracy

To add on top of the catastrophic denialism of President Jair Bolsonaro in the face of the virus, comes the variant that emerged in the state of Amazonas in northern Brazil, which has put the country – and the world – at risk. This development also provides lessons about COVID-19 and the crucial importance of taking epidemics seriously.

Known as P.1, the variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is not only more contagious, but preliminary studies suggest that it is also capable of infecting people who have already recovered from other versions of the virus.

Source: Brazil’s catastrophic management of COVID-19 threatens the entire world | openDemocracy

The ultimate beginner’s guide to Marianne Faithfull

Few artists have reinvented themselves as often— and as successfully— as Marianne Faithfull. From a career that began when she was just 16 years old and continues at age 74, her discography in-between features an expansive, often experimental, set of songs that continues to delight fans and critics alike.  Source: The ultimate beginner’s guide to Marianne Faithfull

Police in England ‘using Covid lockdown rules to halt any protests’ | Protest | The Guardian

Police officers are using coronavirus regulations to break up socially distanced demonstrations even though the country’s largest police force has conceded in a landmark legal case that people have a right to protest during the current national lockdown.

The Metropolitan police admitted in the high court on Friday that it had discretion on how to respond to protests and it could not impose a blanket ban on demonstrations, after the force was challenged by the organisers of the planned vigil to remember Sarah Everard in south London.

As anger mounts over the police’s failure to find a way to hold the vigil safely and concerns grow about the government’s proposed permanent restrictions on the right to protest, other campaigners have come forward to reveal how the police have been using these wide-ranging emergency powers to clamp down on all forms of protests since January.

Source: Police in England ‘using Covid lockdown rules to halt any protests’ | Protest | The Guardian

Ordnance Mitchell B-25, the Ultimate Strafer | Pacific Paratrooper – WWII

Mitchell bombers participated in campaigns in the Solomon Islands, Aleutian Islands, Papua New Guinea, and New Britain, among others. Owing to the tropical nature of the environment, mid-level bombing was less efficient, and thus the B-25s were adapted to serve as low-altitude attack bombers.

During the Southwest Pacific campaigns, the B-25 enormously contributed to Allied victories as the 5th Air Force devastated the Japanese forces through skip-bombing attacks on ships and Japanese airfields.

In the China-Burma-India theater of the war, B-25s were widely used for interdiction, close air support, and battlefield isolation.

The B-25’s extraordinary capabilities as a bomber were first brought to the limelight following their performance in the Tokyo Raid of 18 April 1942, in which the hitherto impregnable home islands of Japan were attacked.

Source: Ordnance Mitchell B-25, the Ultimate Strafer | Pacific Paratrooper

You Will Get a Lot in Return When You Help the Children to Learn — FunWritings

You get a lot in return When you help the children to learn

You Will Get a Lot in Return When You Help the Children to Learn — FunWritings