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Coronavirus pandemic driving increased racism against Indian Jews in Israel

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A 28-year-old Indian Jew in Israel is in hospital after being assaulted by Israelis who called him ‘corona.’

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‘If we can overcome coronavirus, we can overcome the occupation’ – +972 Magazine

“This is the first time we feel we are in the same boat as our political leadership,” Manasra continues. “The first time we can decide when to impose a curfew and when to lift it. It’s not the Israelis controlling us — we are controlling ourselves, in our own city, our fates. If we can overcome the coronavirus, we can overcome the occupation too.” Lucy Thaljiyeh, a city council member and a feminist political activist, joined the emergency committee and the aid committee, “Isnad.” She says that soon after the first cases were discovered, an emergency meeting was held at the municipality. “We immediately reached a decision to disinfect central locations in the city: the Church of the Nativity and its plaza, bus stops, markets, mosques, churches, and hotels,” says Thalijieh, “We haven’t left out a single street or alleyway in the Bethlehem district (which includes Bethlehem, Beit Jala, Beit Sahour, the Dheisheh Refugee Camp, Aida, and 40 other villages).” “We started with the most basic disinfectant we had,” continues Thaljieh. “We collected garbage. We gave sanitary workers an expedited course on how to disinfect and safeguard themselves with masks, protective suits, and disinfec

Source: ‘If we can overcome coronavirus, we can overcome the occupation’ – +972 Magazine

NY Doctors Get Creative As Ventilators Run Scarce – Gothamist

So Cassiere adapted the BiPap machine. He attached a filter and a regular breathing tube, used with ventilators, to the BiPap machine, using a little connecting piece. When supply of that connector ran low, the hospital began 3D printing its own, and now they’re using the innovation across the system, when an individual hospital is running low on ventilators and is waiting for backup.

Source: NY Doctors Get Creative As Ventilators Run Scarce – Gothamist

British American Tobacco working on plant-based coronavirus vaccine | Business | The Guardian

Cigarette maker says tobacco plants offer potential for faster and safer drug development

Source: British American Tobacco working on plant-based coronavirus vaccine | Business | The Guardian

In 2014, the tobacco firm bought KBP, which has previously worked on a treatment for Ebola. BAT said its work was “potentially safer [than conventional vaccine technology], given that tobacco plants cannot host pathogens which cause human disease”.

COVID-19 HAS CREATED A PIVOTAL TIME WHEN THE FUTURE MAY BE DECIDED: – Jane Fonda

I’ve heard that there are lines around the block at gun stores. I’m told people have gotten into fights in supermarkets. But what I’m seeing and feeling as I walk my dog and go to the small community gym (with gloves, handwipes and spray) is different. I’m seeing more smiles from folks, more “How are you’s” and “stay safe’s.” I watch Rachel Maddow (religiously) and learn about the 10’s of thousands of military veterans, retired doctors and nurses and others who are volunteering to help in hospitals and clinics, building health facilities, sewing masks, and my heart melts. And I am reminded of the 1940s, during WWII. Yes, I was a young child, but trust me, children remember these things—these feelings—of everyone pitching in. There were the Victory Gardens that millions planted at home, or on public land. At my home in the Santa Monica hills, we had a huge one. The purpose was to safeguard against food shortages and reduce pressure on the commercial farmers working hard to feed troops and civilians overseas. We rationed food and didn’t complain. It was for the ‘greater good.’ Many Hollywood celebrities sold war bonds. People felt united in their desire to pull together in the countr

Source: COVID-19 HAS CREATED A PIVOTAL TIME WHEN THE FUTURE MAY BE DECIDED: – Jane Fonda

How to Fight Coronavirus With High-Speed Rail – CityLab

France’s latest weapon in the fight against Covid-19 is a high-speed train. This week, the French government adapted a five-car TGV (Train a Grande Vitesse) to serve as a mobile hospital. It’s intended to shuttle patients from the hardest hit region to hospitals with more capacity, easing the stress on resources. Equipped with ventilators and medical staff, the train started service Thursday, transporting 20 patients from the cities of Strasbourg and Mulhouse in the country’s northeastern Grand Est (“Greater East”) region to hospitals in the currently less-affected Loire Region.

Source: How to Fight Coronavirus With High-Speed Rail – CityLab