coronavirus

The untold story behind America’s biggest outbreak
The Smithfield pork plant, located in a Republican-led state that is one of five in the US that has not issued any kind of shelter-in-place order, has become a microcosm illustrating the socioeconomic disparities laid bare by the global pandemic. While ma ...[Read more]
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The White House Has Erected A Blockade Stopping States and Hospitals From Getting Coronavirus PPE
Whenever you start to think that the federal government under Donald Trump has hit a moral bottom, it finds a new way to shock and horrify. Over the last few weeks, it has started to appear as though, in addition to abandoning the states to their own devi ...[Read more]
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Democrats’ Big Coronavirus Idea Is to Subsidize Health Insurers
An unprecedented number of people are losing their jobs in the United States right now. Because of the employer-dependent health care labyrinth we have set up, that means an unprecedented number are also losing their health insurance. The new group of uni ...[Read more]
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US coronavirus death toll rises to 40,000, almost double Italy’s figures – Reuters tally
The number of people who have died in the US due to Covid-19 climbed to over 40,000 on Sunday, according to calculations by Reuters. The American death toll is the highest in the world and is almost two times larger than the figures from Italy, which is ...[Read more]
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US alerted Israel, NATO to disease outbreak in China in November — TV report
White House was reportedly not interested in the intel, but it was passed onto NATO, IDF; when it reached Israel's Health Ministry, 'nothing was done' US intelligence agencies alerted Israel to the coronavirus outbreak in China already in November, Israe ...[Read more]
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NYC Gears Up For Coronavirus Crisis Rent Strike
Housing advocates are organizing a massive rent strike May 1 to pressure New York lawmakers to cancel rents during the COVID-19 shutdown. Donnette Leftord, a Flatbush mom of three and an undocumented New Yorker, wouldn't pay her $1,700 month rent next mon ...[Read more]
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Stanford study finds Covid-19 infection rate likely 50-85 times higher than reported, but could mean mortality rate is much lower
A study out of Stanford University tested California residents and found that the Covid-19 infection rate is likely far higher than has been reported, but the virus could also be less deadly than commonly believed. Researchers used 3,300 residents in Sant ...[Read more]
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Are western Europe’s food supplies worth more than east European workers’ health? | Costi Rogozanu and Daniela Gabor
The health threat facing fruit and vegetable pickers flown in from quarantined Romania underlines Europe’s inequalities, say Costi Rogozanu and Daniela Gabor. Many farm owners seem happier in any case to have rapid access to the “easterners”. In the ...[Read more]
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No underlying conditions in 5% of coronavirus deaths in English hospitals
The proportion of people dying of coronavirus who do not have underlying conditions has risen in recent weeks, from below 1% to about 5% of the total, Guardian analysis has found. The analysis, based on daily statements released by NHS England from 5 Mar ...[Read more]
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When the coronavirus crisis is over, it should be payback time for the young | Polly Toynbee
When this is all over, a huge redress is due to the young. A Social Market Foundation report this week argued that the burden of paying the enormous cost of the crisis should not fall on those of working age alone: £20bn could be saved over five years by ...[Read more]
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N.Y.C. Death Toll Soars Past 10,000 in Revised Virus Count
New York City, already a world epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, sharply increased its death toll by more than 3,700 victims on Tuesday, after officials said they were now including people who had never tested positive for the virus but were presumed ...[Read more]
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