CV01. Protection: Vaccine Politics, CV05. Economics: Bias in Financial Aid to Hospitals, CV06. Linguistics: Spanish Contact Tracing, CV13. Outliers: Odds of Exposure and Air Crashes, CV14. Uncategorized, Miscellaneous: InstaPot Sterilizer, CV15. Death: Excess Deaths, CV22. Longue Duree: Wine Windows, CV23. Polemic, Myphysis: Mass Bio Murder, CV25. Movement: Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Native American CheeckpointsCV26. Environment, One Health: Conservation, Animal Expansion, CV31. Futuring: Post Pandemic Seniors, CV33. Legal: Venezuela Violation Punishment, ICE Punishments
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CV01. Protection: Fauci Says Regulators Promise Politics Will Not Guide Vaccine Timing, Trump Vaccine Official: 'I Would Resign Instantly' If Pressured Politically, right now this is not as reassuring as it once was. Does Anthony Fauci Own Half the Patent for Moderna’s COVID Vaccine, No, protect your mind from false information that causes dangerous behaviors. Fauci Warns Covid-19 Vaccine May Be Only Partially Effective, Public Health Measures Still Needed, a vaccine will not solve the pandemic quickly or completely.
CV05. Economics: Study Finds Racial Bias in the Government’s Formula for Distributing Covid-19 Aid to Hospitals. Systematically shortchanging communities with large Black populations in the distribution of billions of dollars in Covid-19 relief aid meant to help hospitals struggling to manage the effects of the pandemic. The funding inequities resulted from a formula that allocated large chunks of a $175 billion relief package based on hospital revenue, instead of numbers of Covid-19 cases or other health data CV03. The effect was to distribute more money through the federal CARES Act to large hospitals that already had the most resources, leaving smaller hospitals with large numbers of Black patients with disproportionately low funding to manage higher numbers of Covid-19 cases. 200805-CV03, 200731-CV03. Health Care Workers of Color Nearly Twice as Likely as Whites to Get COVID-19.
CV06. Linguistics: Marin County Hires Spanish Speakers to Trace Virus Spread.
CV13. Outliers: The Odds of Catching Coronavirus on a Flight Are Slim CV25 a 1/4300 chance. The Odds of a Plane Crash Are One in 11 Million, Yet You're Still Afraid. I have no idea how to calculate being in a crash and getting CV, but Victim Tests Positive, Tests on All Those Injured in Air Crash. ADDED Chances of Contracting COVID-19 on a Plane Are Lower Than You Think.
CV14. Uncategorized, Miscellaneous: Engineers Find a Unique Use for Instant Pots During Covid-19. One cooking cycle in an electric cooker, 50 minutes of dry heat, can thoroughly and effectively decontaminate an N95 mask.
CV15. Death: CDC Data Shows 207,000 ‘Excess Deaths’ During Coronavirus Pandemic, Far Eclipsing 160,000 Confirmed Death Count. Evaluation of Mediaite indicates a tendency of mixing fact and non fact, biasing language. The excess death may not be CV related but from other causes: Fear of going to see a doctor or a hospital, health conditions not being monitored, difficulty getting prescribed medicines, neglect of the elderly, more murders being committed, suicides, taking pseudo medicines, stress, and more.
CV22. Longue Duree: Coronavirus Pandemic Brings Back ‘Wine Windows’ That Were Used During the Plague.
CV23. Polemic, Myphysis: Trump Is a First Degree Mass Murderer and the Most Successful Bioterrorist in History: Famed Psychologist. The original article is not quite so inflammatory but still harsh, Democracy on the Defensive in Trump's America CV04.
CV25. Movement: Sturgis Draws Thousands: Harleys Everywhere, Masks Nowhere. It's Literally Impossible to Stop: Sturgis, South Dakota, Braces for Hundreds of Thousands of Bikers to Arrive for an Event in the Middle of a Pandemic.
-A. Thousands of Bikers Heading to South Dakota Rally to Be Blocked at Tribal Land Checkpoints, 200518-CV22.1A. Sturgis Rallygoers Steer Clear of South Dakota Tribal Health Checkpoints. It would take a few paragraphs to explain the interaction and relations between Native Americans and Motorcycles. Suffice it to say that with the exception of some sport teams there is a respect agreement between Native Americans, Bikers and the Indian Motorcycle Company. I would not expect any conflict to arise between the groups. [Photo].
-B. ADDED South Dakota Reports 129 New Cases of Covid-19 obviously does not influence the rally, but the daily increase of Navajo Nation Reports 36 More Covid-19 Cases, 2 More Deaths, influences the reservations in South Dakota. How the Navajo Nation Slowed One of the Worst Covid-19 Outbreaks in the US changed to The Navajo Nation President on How His Tribe Slowed One of the Worst Covid-19 Outbreaks. 200722-CV06.
CV26. Environment, One Health: Continuing Conservation on a Planet on Lockdown. Photos: in the Absence of People, Wildlife Roams During the Coronavirus Pandemic.
CV31. Futuring: What Seniors Can Expect as Their New Normal in a Post Vaccine World.
CV33. Legal: Venezuelans Breaking Coronavirus Rules Punished under the Sun. Security forces are punishing some Venezuelans who violate anti coronavirus measures with physical exercise, sitting under the sun and even beating.
-A. The punishments, opposition lawmakers and rights groups say, are another example of how President Nicolas Maduro has militarized his government’s response to the pandemic, deploying forces widely accused of human rights violations including torture, extrajudicial killings and extortion.
-B. Fortunately nothing like this would happen in the US. Homeland Security Chief Says Department Is Reviewing Complaints Excessive Force Used in Portland. When the Treatment Is Torture: ICE must Stop Using Solitary Confinement for Covid-19 Quarantine, 200719-CV33. Judge Postpones Deadline for ICE to Release Minors from Family Detention Facilities, Despite Judge's Order, Migrant Children Remain Detained amid Covid Outbreak, 200626-CV33. [Cartoon].
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