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WHO Did What When: The COVID-19 Angle | DQ-en
In Geneva on Fri 01 May 2020 Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organisation defended the timeliness of his agency’s information dissemination on the novel cor…
Source: WHO Did What When: The COVID-19 Angle | DQ-en

On the Same Day Sen. Richard Burr Dumped Stock, So Did… — ProPublica
The brother-in-law, a Trump appointee, sold between $97,000 and $280,000 worth of stock. Burr is under federal investigation over whether he traded on…
Source: On the Same Day Sen. Richard Burr Dumped Stock, So Did… — ProPublica
Coronavirus Masks and Testing Kits: Firm Set Up by G.O.P. Operatives Under Scrutiny – The New York Times
Blue Flame Medical boasted that it could acquire masks, testing kits and other equipment to respond to the pandemic. State and local governments paid up — and are still waiting for delivery.
Avian Flu Diary: UCL: Emergence of Genomic Diversity & Recurrent Mutations in SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2 – Credit NIAID #15,242 We’ve another genetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – this time from resea…
Source: Avian Flu Diary: UCL: Emergence of Genomic Diversity & Recurrent Mutations in SARS-CoV-2
Open Thread | Before You Go To The Beach….Take A Read
With the pictures of so many disregarding shelter in place and out and about with no facemask on and not doing social distancing…. Take a glance at …
Open Thread | Before You Go To The Beach….Take A Read
Trump officials ignored coronavirus warnings, scientist says – Los Angeles Times
Rick Bright, pushed out of a job heading a federal research agency, files a complaint saying he was retaliated against for resisting Trump plans.
— Read on www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-05-05/ousted-government-scientist-whistleblower-complaint
Reopening the Economy Will Send Us to Hell – LA Progressive
Sending millions of people back to work without protection or testing would be a death sentence for thousands. Thirty-four million workers are over 55; 10 million of them over 65. Millions more suffer from diabetes, chronic respiratory problems, and so on. Straight from home to work to ICU to morgue.
Source: Reopening the Economy Will Send Us to Hell – LA Progressive
2 Die From the Virus at a Bronx Bus Depot, and Drivers Are Rattled – The New York Times
On the front line of the city’s battle against the pandemic, bus drivers are struggling to come to terms with their role as essential workers.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/nyregion/bus-drivers-new-york-coronavirus.html
Sad and hard
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.
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