Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Politics and Coronavirus related links 090920

 

FDA authorizes plasma treatment despite scientists' objections: Until now, most Covid-19 patients who have received plasma have gotten it through an expanded-use program the FDA set up with the Mayo Clinic.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/23/plasma-treatment-coronavirus-fda-trump-400390?fbclid=IwAR1U48OZll74KVP2jMhgXbF9Cn6vFiu4VVe18-MjhUho1jXpgwWu4PfA8-c

 

Watch the convention speech slamming Trump's COVID-19 response that Fox News refused to air

Kristin Urquiza: “His only preexisting condition was trusting Donald Trump, and for that he paid with is life”

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/watch-convention-speech-slamming-trumps-covid-19-response-fox-news-refused-air

 

Fox host: COVID-19 death toll has “nothing to do with Trump”

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-host-covid-19-death-toll-has-nothing-do-trump

 

Florida judge strikes down order to reopen schools for in-person classes

https://www.axios.com/florida-schools-reopen-judge-faccd976-ee22-4836-a6ea-5429ad2dbe4f.html?utm_campaign=organic&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR32xyV0-NKm1fVnRFtnu8ZfkXeP0AoxkZasv8tVt6dc9_9VD0FoN8lWqjs

 

Please remain calm while the robot swabs your nose: A medtech startup wants to automate COVID-19 swabs

https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/24/21377011/robot-nasal-swab-machine-autonomous-covid-19-test-brain-navi

 

Pompeo shattering precedent, sparking fury with RNC speech

https://apnews.com/3048a70490f8e7a8fc019dd27292d8ed?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Trump+is+a+sociopath+%3A+New+documentary+diagnoses+Trump+as+a+danger+to+America+%7C+First+night+of+the+RNC+is+filled+with+Trump+supporters+who+ignore+the+facts+%7C++Grifters+in+every+sense+%3A+New+anti-Trump+ad+slams+the+epic+hypocrisy+of+Eric&utm_campaign=8%2F24%2F2020

 

Biden to ABC's David Muir on raising taxes: 'No new taxes' for anyone making less than $400,000.  Everybody should pay “their fair share," Biden said.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-abcs-david-muir-raising-taxes-taxes-making/story?id=72554803&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Trump+is+a+sociopath+%3A+New+documentary+diagnoses+Trump+as+a+danger+to+America+%7C+First+night+of+the+RNC+is+filled+with+Trump+supporters+who+ignore+the+facts+%7C++Grifters+in+every+sense+%3A+New+anti-Trump+ad+slams+the+epic+hypocrisy+of+Eric&utm_campaign=8%2F24%2F2020

 

Trump takes center stage at Republican national convention: Republican speakers and Trump family argue that the president has kept promises he made in 2016

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/24/trump-rnc-latest-speeches-coronavirus?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Trump+is+a+sociopath+%3A+New+documentary+diagnoses+Trump+as+a+danger+to+America+%7C+First+night+of+the+RNC+is+filled+with+Trump+supporters+who+ignore+the+facts+%7C++Grifters+in+every+sense+%3A+New+anti-Trump+ad+slams+the+epic+hypocrisy+of+Eric&utm_campaign=8%2F24%2F2020

 

Eric Trump humiliates himself and this country every single day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX7Q8fKQoQ4&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Trump+is+a+sociopath+%3A+New+documentary+diagnoses+Trump+as+a+danger+to+America+%7C+First+night+of+the+RNC+is+filled+with+Trump+supporters+who+ignore+the+facts+%7C++Grifters+in+every+sense+%3A+New+anti-Trump+ad+slams+the+epic+hypocrisy+of+Eric&utm_campaign=8%2F24%2F2020

 

‘Trump is making it worse:’ The best anti-Trump ads this week highlight his failures

https://www.frontpagelive.com/2020/08/22/a-week-of-anti-trump-ads/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Trump+is+a+sociopath+%3A+New+documentary+diagnoses+Trump+as+a+danger+to+America+%7C+First+night+of+the+RNC+is+filled+with+Trump+supporters+who+ignore+the+facts+%7C++Grifters+in+every+sense+%3A+New+anti-Trump+ad+slams+the+epic+hypocrisy+of+Eric&utm_campaign=8%2F24%2F2020

 

Dr. Sanjay Gupta calls new CDC guidelines 'ridiculous'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4UBZ4KIIxQ

 

Dr. Kavita Patel Reacts To The Latest CDC Guidance Update: ‘Stick A Fork In Me, I’m Done’ | MSNBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf3VZklMoRg

 

Idaho legislators bow down before extremists invading Statehouse to protest pandemic measures

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/8/25/1972206/-Extremists-storm-Idaho-Statehouse-to-protest-COVID-19-measures-but-Republicans-are-cool-with-that?detail=emaildkre

 

Less than a week into classes, major university reports more than 500 COVID-19 cases

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/8/25/1972133/-Less-than-a-week-into-classes-major-university-reports-more-than-500-COVID-19-cases?detail=emaildkre

 

Trump breaks every tradition—and law—in convention that turns White House into propaganda palace

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/8/26/1972368/-The-R-in-RNC-stands-for-Revisionism-as-sick-convention-tries-to-turn-Trump-into-COVID-hero?detail=emaildkre

 

Inside Trump’s Failure: The Rush to Abandon Leadership Role on the Virus.  The roots of the nation’s current inability to control the pandemic can be traced to mid-April, when the White House embraced overly rosy projections to proclaim victory and move on.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-response-failure-leadership.html

 

Florida coronavirus toll tops 11,100 with 148 more deaths reported

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/os-ne-florida-coronavirus-saturday-august-29-20200829-3bfu4pf5zvddfjrs5enop4wiqi-story.html?fbclid=IwAR2olpeuZ8-MIGL_c7IweVE3aj4GuTtXlN8l-qwvWxgixUpTQ9jXvaDqpx4

 

How Trump Sowed Covid Supply Chaos. ‘Try Getting It Yourselves.’  A landmark White House move left states to secure medical equipment themselves, causing problems that still haven’t abated

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-trump-sowed-covid-supply-chaos-try-getting-it-yourselves-11598893051?mod=djemalertNEWS&fbclid=IwAR2TO2pw079sW2sGvMNAOfMD4jaaQdclneeB4RVmg4lhog20snCCc7hN0Qg

 

Opinion: Public Health Leaders Deserve More Respect

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/08/30/907228233/opinion-public-health-leaders-deserve-more-respect?fbclid=IwAR2YkJq7lsm2Obkh0ThbW7W5Z_Sh6W96iE1lu1xnVuf5aRfND_kFSxFCcdc

 

People who consume conservative media are less likely to wear masks, poll of New Hampshire residents finds

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/us/covid-conservative-masks-nh-poll-trnd/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1UJNQ5K0jbnboxgELpoTZ6iGggLFgu009CC_VQAEIh0MkZR9Tves-rkYM

 

Refusal to wear a facemask linked to sociopathy

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/refusal-to-wear-a-facemask-linked-to-sociopathy-69zr7hcqh?fbclid=IwAR3QKAFRTvmnYikD46ebiMPL5pDVE0AcjB69SGYw9uxRquw_tClza1DQr1E

 

Column: Thanks to Trump, the FDA just had the worst day in its history

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-08-24/trump-fda-attack-commissioner-stephen-hahn-silent

 

What Is Covid-19 Convalescent Plasma?  What we know about the promising therapy, involving use of antibody-rich blood product from recovered coronavirus patients

https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-is-covid-19-convalescent-plasma-11598217668

 

The FDA should not have caved to Trump’s latest Covid-19 demand

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-fda-should-not-have-caved-to-trumps-latest-covid-19-demand/2020/08/24/afc5c97c-e626-11ea-970a-64c73a1c2392_story.html

 

We don’t know if convalescent plasma is effective against Covid-19. With the emergency authorization, we might never know

https://www.statnews.com/2020/08/24/trump-opened-floodgates-convalescent-plasma-too-soon/

 

Is Saliva Testing Better? 5 Things To Know About the New COVID-19 Test: Yale researchers have developed a saliva-based COVID-19 test method that health officials are calling a “game-changer.”

https://www.yalemedicine.org/stories/5-things-saliva-covid-19-test/

 

Secret Service copes with coronavirus cases in aftermath of Trump appearances https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-copes-with-coronavirus-cases-in-aftermath-of-trump-appearances/2020/08/28/fa0e7b6e-e22a-11ea-8dd2-d07812bf00f7_story.html

 

Most Approve of National Response to COVID-19 in 14 Advanced Economies: But many also say their country is more divided due to the outbreak

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/08/27/most-approve-of-national-response-to-covid-19-in-14-advanced-economies/

 

Manaus: Amazonian city with no lockdown may have reached herd immunity

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/manaus-amazonian-city-with-no-lockdown-may-have-reached-herd-immunity-hmvnzm9xh

 

COVID-19 superspreading event in Boston may have led to 20,000 cases, researcher says

https://www.wdrb.com/news/coronavirus/covid-19-superspreading-event-in-boston-may-have-led-to-20-000-cases-researcher-says/article_2f510b76-e743-11ea-8b32-d3bc804be0ac.html

 

President Trump's New COVID-19 Adviser Is Making Public Health Experts Nervous

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/09/04/909348915/president-trumps-new-covid-19-advisor-is-making-public-health-experts-nervous?utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR3BhhT2p0KD0xvJmbGn1Xpj9uwoh6Z7NlbiQ5EmKtbSKaE3oKaO7ZmlUEY

 

COVID-19 has another long-term side effect: A shrinking tax base

https://fortune.com/2020/08/31/us-tax-base-coronavirus-covid-19-state-local-taxes/

 

Trump’s COVID Relief Con

https://www.populist.com/26.15.edit.html

 

DISPATCHES - Krugman: Trump exec orders are ‘hydroxychloroquine of economic policy.’; Trump tells states to restrict food assistance; Shortened census may shortchange marginalized communities for decades; Lawmakers demand removal of new postmaster general over attempts to dismantle Postal Service; Trump: executive order on pre-existing is ‘a signal.’; Missouri is sixth state to expand Medicaid at ballot box; Business owners call for increase in minimum wage; Russia working to defeat Biden and China and Iran prefer Trump defeat; Republican senators may be using Russian disinformation to smear Biden; etc.

https://www.populist.com/26.15.dispatches.html

 

The State Of Our Nation

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2020/09/the-state-of-our-nation/

 

COVID-19 cases rise in U.S. Midwest and Northeast, deaths fall for third week

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trends-graphic/covid-19-cases-rise-in-u-s-midwest-and-northeast-deaths-fall-for-third-week-idUSKBN25Z2W6

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