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Useful news for all to advance knowledge of the world and how it works

U.S. to end enhanced coronavirus screening of some international travellers: officials – National | Globalnews.ca (Trump thinks we should drop our protections and get more Covid-19 and give in to airline lobbyists)

The U.S. government is set to end enhanced screening of some international passengers for COVID-19 and drop requirements that travellers coming from the targeted countries arrive at 15 designated U.S. airports, according to U.S. and airline officials and a government document seen by Reuters.

The changes are set to take effect as early as Monday, according to the draft rollout plan seen by Reuters, but the move could still be delayed, U.S. officials said.

The administration in February imposed enhanced screening requirements on travellers who had been in China, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Iran and the Schengen region of Europe, and barred most non-U.S. citizens who have been in those locations from coming to the United States.

Airlines for America, a group representing American Airlines , Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, said the group supports “spending scarce screening resources where they can best be utilized and no longer believe that it makes sense to continue screening at these 15 airports given the extremely low number of passengers identified by the CDC as potentially having a health issue.”

Source: U.S. to end enhanced coronavirus screening of some international travellers: officials – National | Globalnews.ca

L.A. walks back Halloween trick-or-treating ban amid COVID-19 – Los Angeles Times

Halloween events, including large gatherings or parties with non-household members — either indoors or outside, will not be permitted under the new health order.

The latest guidelines also prevent carnivals, festivals and haunted house attractions, and instead encourage online parties, car parades that comply with vehicle parade protocols and Halloween movie nights at drive-in theaters that meet health and safety standards.

Annual Halloween events such as Knott’s Scary Farm and the Oogie Boogie Bash at Disneyland have already been canceled because of the pandemic.

 

Source: L.A. walks back Halloween trick-or-treating ban amid COVID-19 – Los Angeles Times

Workshop Exercises Marcel Łoziński’s Ćwiczenia Warsztatowe with subtitles

As promised, this is a short Polish “workshop exercise” that appeared as a dvd extra in Kieslowski’s Blind Chance. Łoziński’s film shows three versions of people being interviewed about today’s youth. Cleverly spliced, taken out of context, and re-editing turns actual dreary viewpoints into an uplifting propaganda. A very important message to remember when watching news “shows” an internet postings of our modern era.

Apple’s ClearMask is first FDA-approved transparent surgical face mask for coronavirus

Apple has created the Apple Face Mask and the Apple ClearMask, and is gearing up to distribute them to employees to help protect against exposure to the coronavirus.

Apple customers and employees wearing non-Apple designed masksApple customers and employees wearing non-Apple designed masks

The masks are the first developed by the Cupertino-based company, designed for staff at both its corporate offices and retail stores. The masks were designed by Apple Engineering and Industrial Design teams — the same people behind devices such as the iPhone and the iPad.

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A Reflection on Systemic Change and Police Brutality from the Staff of IJPC – IJPC | Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center | Cincinnati Ohio

In the midst of repeated police brutality and in the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and countless others, many leaders, especially those from the Black community, have been using their human ingenuity, their lived experiences, and personal insights to invent new ways of doing justice. They have radically transformed grief and righteous anger into forging new pathways for meeting basic human needs, protecting community safety, and ensuring peace and justice for all. Along with calls to create new systems of community safety have come calls to examine systems that aren’t working, most notably and most publicized has been the call to defund the police.

Source: A Reflection on Systemic Change and Police Brutality from the Staff of IJPC – IJPC | Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center | Cincinnati Ohio