Debunking Covid & Conspirituality Misinformation

Debunking Covid & Conspirituality Misinformation

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Public Health vs. Politics: White House Scrapped Nationwide COVID-19 Testing Plan to Hurt Blue States
Public Health vs. Politics: White House Scrapped Nationwide COVID-19 Testing Plan to Hurt Blue States
As the U.S. coronavirus death toll passes 155,000, there is still no national testing program, with widespread shortages and delays hampering efforts to contain the pandemic. This continues months after President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner launched a White House task force with the goal of establishing a national testing plan. We speak to investigative reporter Katherine Eban, whose explosive Vanity Fair report chronicles Kushner’s fumbling efforts and the sudden decision to abandon the project on political grounds. “The participants expected that at any moment in early April, the plan would be announced,” says Eban. “It vanished into thin air.”
·democracynow.org·
Public Health vs. Politics: White House Scrapped Nationwide COVID-19 Testing Plan to Hurt Blue States
WHO Retracts Claim That Asymptomatic People with Coronavirus Are Rarely Contagious
WHO Retracts Claim That Asymptomatic People with Coronavirus Are Rarely Contagious
The World Health Organization has walked back a top official’s claim that asymptomatic people rarely spread the coronavirus to others. The WHO’s confused messaging on the topic drew criticism from public health officials. The Harvard Global Health Institute said, “In fact, some evidence suggests that people may be most infectious in the days before they become symptomatic — that is, in the presymptomatic phase when they feel well, have no symptoms, but may be shedding substantial amounts of virus.” Meanwhile, two new papers published in the journal Nature find coronavirus lockdowns saved millions of lives and averted tens of millions of infections worldwide. UC Berkeley researcher Solomon Hsiang co-authored one of the reports. Solomon Hsiang: “Never in human history have so many people around the world come together, coordinated their actions and worked to save so many lives in such a short period of time.”
·democracynow.org·
WHO Retracts Claim That Asymptomatic People with Coronavirus Are Rarely Contagious
How Many Variants And Deaths Are We Willing To Accept, Before We Protect The Whole World?
How Many Variants And Deaths Are We Willing To Accept, Before We Protect The Whole World?
Millions of people worldwide are getting infected or re-infected with highly transmissible Omicron subvariants. And yet millions of people in low and middle-income nations are still lacking access to vaccines and tools. World leaders have failed to unite against the virus.
·forbes.com·
How Many Variants And Deaths Are We Willing To Accept, Before We Protect The Whole World?
‘Natural’ Herd Immunity: A Really Bad Idea
‘Natural’ Herd Immunity: A Really Bad Idea
January 7, 2021 Introduction: In recent months, there has been a great deal of discussion about herd immunity.  This became a hot topic during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the notion of…
·debunkingdenial.com·
‘Natural’ Herd Immunity: A Really Bad Idea