Homemade masks may capture respiratory droplets, but no evidence shows they filter out aerosols, a new report says.
— Read on www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/data-do-not-back-cloth-masks-limit-covid-19-experts-say
Category Archives: pandemic
Germany First (III) – GERMAN-FOREIGN-POLICY.com
(Own report) – At the euro finance minister’s video conference the German government blocked the introduction of “coronabonds,” in spite of massive pressure from other EU nations and recently even from within Germany. Whereas mainly Italy, Spain and France had insisted that this measure be taken, voices are now being raised from within the German establishment warning that the German government should stop blocking its implementation. The reason, as leading Green Party politicians are explaining, is that should Italy and Spain suffer economic collapse, Germany’s export industry would be seriously damaged by the loss of these important markets, and – should German assistance be refused – both countries could turn to China. This must be prevented. The “coronabonds” will cost Germany, however, specialists estimated years ago that the costs would be in the lower double-digit billions, while Germany is simultaneously reaping triple-digit billions in profits – annually.
— Read on www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/news/detail/8243/
Trump scapegoating of WHO obscures its key role in tackling pandemic | World news | The Guardian
The World Health Organization has a tiny budget – for which the US is in arrears – but experts have praised its response to the coronavirus crisis
— Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/08/world-health-organization-coronavirus-donald-trump
Totally self-serving and wrong
A Company Promised Cheap Ventilators to the Government, Never Delivered and Is Now Charging Quadruple the Price for New Ones — ProPublica
Royal Philips N.V. agreed in September to sell 10,000 ventilators to the U.S. for $3,280 each. It did not deliver. But the Dutch company just announced a new deal with the government. This time, it’s charging roughly $15,000 each.
Pandemic cases hit 1.5 million; WHO head dismisses Trump criticism | CIDRAP
“Please quarantine politicizing COVID,” Tedros says.
Source: Pandemic cases hit 1.5 million; WHO head dismisses Trump criticism | CIDRAP
How did this coronavirus start? It probably came from bats, but how and why? – Science – ABC News
“Human interactions with live animals make a host jump more likely to occur,” Dr Geoghegan said, and live animal markets are a massive source of these interactions. “These locations can act as mixing pots, and you can have animals defecating, urinating, they’re stressed maybe, you’re bringing together the different species that may not be together,” Professor Hayman said. “And if hand hygiene and stuff like that isn’t optimal, then this is where you have the opportunity for an infection to go from one species to another, and that includes humans.” Dr Field said live animal markets are an absolute recipe for that kind of thing to happen. “You’ve got this mixing of species and this potential mixing of viruses in these animals that are under stress, sick and dying as they’ve gone from their wild environment to the market.”
Source: How did this coronavirus start? It probably came from bats, but how and why? – Science – ABC News
RSF calls on Trump to end attacks on journalists, encourages news outlets to assess coverage of COVID-19 briefings | RSF
After abandoning the daily press briefing for more than a year, the White House decided to conduct daily COVID-19 task force briefings once the pandemic swept through the United States. President Trump has, however, exploited these briefings for political gain and attacked at least eight journalists from NBC, ABC, FOX, CNN, PBS and CBS since the briefings started airing daily
— Read on rsf.org/en/news/rsf-calls-trump-end-attacks-journalists-encourages-news-outlets-assess-coverage-covid-19-briefings
Religion and COVID-19 – sister-hood magazine. A Fuuse production by Deeyah Khan.
Religion and COVID-19 – sister-hood magazine. A Fuuse production by Deeyah Khan.
— Read on sister-hood.com/khadija-khan/religion-and-covid-19/
Feds are seizing coronavirus supplies, hospitals say – Los Angeles Times
In Florida, a large medical system saw an order for thermometers taken away. And officials at a system in Massachusetts were unable to determine where its order of masks went. “Are they stockpiling this stuff? Are they distributing it? We don’t know,” one official said. “And are we going to ever get any of it back if we need supplies? It would be nice to know these things.” PeaceHealth, a 10-hospital system in Washington, Oregon and Alaska, had a shipment of testing supplies seized recently. “It’s incredibly frustrating,” said Richard DeCarlo, the system’s chief operating officer.
Source: Feds are seizing coronavirus supplies, hospitals say – Los Angeles Times
Trump stokes fresh coronavirus row as Wuhan reopens | US news | The Guardian (Not my fault, I don’t know what to do but blame others for my stupidity – Trump)
US president accuses World Health Organization of China bias as New York records its highest daily death toll and Wuhan lockdown eases
Source: Trump stokes fresh coronavirus row as Wuhan reopens | US news | The Guardian
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