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Thugs attacking doctors

mercredi 15 avril 2020 à 02:00

Doctors in Pakistan protested the lack of protective equipment for them. Thugs attacked them violently.

Given the world's low state of preparedness, there may be little that hospitals or governments can do to give medical personnel better protection quickly.

US doctors and other medical personnel don't have masks to protect themselves from Covid-19, and hospitals fire them if they talk about this. They are asking people to join in making masks for them.

*Top doctor sparks anger by telling NHS staff not to waste PPE.* His point, which in principle seems valid, is that precisely because they don't have enough of the most effective protective equipment, they should take care to use what they have in the most effective way — the way that gets the most net protection.

The revolution is not over

mercredi 15 avril 2020 à 02:00

*Bernie Sanders’ political revolution is not over.*

*"While this campaign is coming to an end," said Sanders, "our movement is not."*

It won't be over until we win.

Ecosystem disasters are just a step away

mercredi 15 avril 2020 à 02:00

Ecosystem disasters are just a step away. *New study finds ocean ecosystems likely to collapse [suddenly] in 2020s, and land species in 2040s, unless global [heating] stemmed.*

The Coral Sea, in the ocean beyond the Great Barrier Reef, is suffering extreme coral bleaching. Those reefs are too far offshore to be affected by fertilizer runoff and tourism. This is due to heat alone.

Suing for tracking by airplane

mercredi 15 avril 2020 à 02:00

The ACLU is suing to stop Baltimore from using airplanes to track the movements of everyone in the city all the time.

Urgent: Stop showing bullshitter's "briefings" live

mercredi 15 avril 2020 à 02:00

Everyone: call on TV networks (primarily US networks) to stop showing the bullshitter's dishonest "briefings" live.

If you sign, please spread the word!