2020-04-19: Social Media Postees

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OIC to hold emergency meeting to review consequences of COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)

Reviving small mines not enough, a change of approach is in order: official
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)

Canceling Rent and Suspending Mortgage Payments
Jessica Corbett | zcomm.org | 2020-04-19
\"My bill to cancel rent and mortgages isn\'t just necessary,\" says Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, \"it\'s popular.\"
zcomm.org/znetarticle/canceling-rent-and-suspending-mortgage-payments/

Ethiopia to Close Refugee Camp Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-19
Ethiopia plans to shut down a camp for Eritrean refugees and resettle thousands in other camps that the United Nations already considers full, an official said Sunday amid fears that COVID-19 could make them more vulnerable. | RELATED: | UN Sends One Million Masks to Africa to Stop COVID-19 Spread | \"We are ready to start. But we cannot start with a big number. We can start with a small number,\" Deputy Director-General of Ethiopia\'s Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs Eyob Aw…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ethiopia-to-Close-Refugee-Camp-Amid-COVID-19-Pandemic-20200419-0005.html

Free julian assange Nation wide Webinar event Panel
ORION | indybay.org | 2020-04-19
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After the Lockdown: A Global Coronavirus Vaccination Program
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
The tendency is towards a Worldwide lockdown spearheaded by fear and media disinformation. Currently, hundreds of millions of people Worldwide are under lockdown. | What is the next step in the evolution of the COV-19 Crisis? A multibillion dollar coronavirus vaccination program to be implemented in the wake of the Lockdown.
globalresearch.ca/after-the-lockdown-a-global-coronavirus-vaccination-program/5706547

Video: \"The House Cat Flu\" is Coming. The Meow Apocalypse
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
The following episode of the Simpsons was released in 2010. | It is a satire. But at the same time it reveals the unspoken truth. The writer of the script is award winning author Michael Price. | This episode was not taken …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-house-cat-flu-is-coming-the-meow-apocalypse/5710033

How China broke the chain of infection
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-04-19
As information about coronavirus emerged, the Chinese government and Chinese society began to organize an immense campaign against its spread.
mronline.org/2020/04/19/how-china-broke-the-chain-of-infection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-china-broke-the-chain-of-infection

2020 Youth Activist Grant
Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-04-19
Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center | 1035 Carol Lane | Lafayette, CA 94549…
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2020 Art & Writing Challenge
Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-04-19
Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center | 1035 Carol Lane | Lafayette, CA 94549…
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Trump\'s \"Peace\" Plan Threatens to Revoke Citizenship of Palestinian Arab Israelis
Jonathan Cook | zcomm.org | 2020-04-19
Under the terms of the \"Peace to Prosperity\" document, the U.S. could allow Israel to strip potentially hundreds of thousands of its own inhabitants of their citizenship in a so-called \"populated land swap\" with the settlements.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trumps-peace-plan-threatens-to-revoke-citizenship-of-palestinian-arab-israelis/

Warren Slams Trump for Supporting Protests Against Stay-at-Home Orders
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-19
Democratic lawmakers have joined with advocacy groups in criticizing President Donald Trump for encouraging recent protests against stay-at-home orders enacted by state and local governments in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic–including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who accused the president of using the COVID-19 crisis to garner voter support. | In…
truthout.org/articles/warren-slams-trump-for-supporting-protests-against-stay-at-home-orders/

Herd immunity? 1 in 3 test positive for Covid-19 ANTIBODIES in pilot Massachusetts street study
rt.com | 2020-04-19
Nearly a third of 200 randomly tested residents of Chelsea, Massachusetts were found to have Covid-19-related antibodies in yet another indication that the virus could be far more widespread and much less lethal than believed. | All of the participants \"generally appeared healthy,\" but around half of them admitted that they had suffered at least one coronavirus symptom in the past month, according to the Massachusetts General Hospital researchers. Those who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 in the regular nasal swab were deliberately excluded from the study. | A total of 64 out of 200 blood samples t…
rt.com/usa/486235-massachusetts-covid-19-antibody-study/

Former Major League Baseball Star Worries Space Aliens May Have Coronavirus
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-19
Former Oakland A\'s slugger Jose Canseco, who is known for his usage of performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career, as well as some random references to interplanetary visitors from time to time, has again raised some eyebrows among a bunch of his devoted followers.
sputniknews.com/viral/202004191079020907-Former-Major-League-Baseball-Star-Worries-Space-Aliens-May-Have-Coronavirus/

Lock Step, This Is No Futuristic Scenario: Panic and the Post-Pandemic Future?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
First published by New Eastern Outlook and Global Research March 10, 2020 | Every day world mainstream news reports more people in more countries diagnosed \"positive\" for the coronavirus illness, now called COVID-19. As the reported numbers grow, so does widespread …
globalresearch.ca/lock-step-no-futuristic-scenario/5705972

The USS Navy\'s Pacific Command COVID-19, from Guam to Puget Sound
Ann Garrison | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
While the world confronts a real-life deadly epidemic, the Covid-afflicted US Navy struggles to maintain the farce of keeping the planet safe from fictitious threats. | \"The US Navy\'s Pacific Command is not in its normal operational mode.\" | On April …
globalresearch.ca/uss-covid-19-guam-puget-sound/5710062

China Bashing, a Bipartisan US Obsession
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
For bipartisan US hardliners and their establishment media press agents, any pretext will do to bash China and other sovereign independent nations on the US target list for regime change. | Blaming China for spreading COVID-19 outbreaks plays out daily in …
globalresearch.ca/china-bashing-bipartisan-us-obsession/5710076

Is Covid-19 Killing the Coal Industry in Egypt and around the World?
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-04-19
Egypt is one of the countries most vulnerable to the climate emergency and global heating…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/is-covid-19-killing-the-coal-industry-in-egypt-and-around-the-world/

Trump\'s Best Ever Economy Craters
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
Time and again, Trump\'s hyperbole defies reality. | As US economic conditions peaked in mid-February and began declining sharply, he falsely claimed that \"(o)ur economy (is) the greatest…we\'ve had in the history of our country.\" | His fantasy assessment was reminiscent of …
globalresearch.ca/trump-best-ever-economy-craters/5710073

US COVID-19 vs. Economy Related Polls: Homelessness, Unemployment and Hunger in America
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
A new Gallup poll showed Trump\'s mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis and indifference toward infected Americans is catching up to him. | Concerned only about his own self-interest and monied ones he serves at the expense of the health and welfare …
globalresearch.ca/us-covid-19-vs-economy-related-polls-homelessness-unemployment-and-hunger-in-america/5710069

US Blame Game Twist: Suing China for COVID-19 Outbreaks
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
No evidence suggests that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab or from bat-eating Chinese people. | Writer Allen Yu explained that no Chinese tradition of bat-eating exists. Videos suggesting otherwise weren\'t from Wuhan or elsewhere in China. | Filming was \"in Palau …
globalresearch.ca/suing-china-covid-19-outbreaks/5710066

Coronavirus and Small Government Sociopathy
Jim Hightower | zcomm.org | 2020-04-19
As the devastating impact of Trump\'s inaction becomes clear, Americans are discovering a hidden socialist streak…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/coronavirus-and-small-government-sociopathy/

While whining about declining civility in politics, right-wing pundits have given the real culprits a free pass
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-04-19
It was perhaps fitting that the end of Jeremy Corbyn\'s term as leader of the UK Labour Party and the suspension of Bernie Sanders\' 2020 presidential campaign in the US happened just a few days apart. There have undoubtedly been numerous parallels

Iranian FM heads to Syria to talk security & terrorism
rt.com | 2020-04-19
Though trips abroad became a rare occurrence nowadays due to the coronavirus pandemic, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is set to discuss the fight against terrorism and other pressing issues with Syrian officials. | Zarif will leave for Damascus this Monday, according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi. He is expected to meet with Syrian Pre…
rt.com/newsline/486244-zarif-visit-syria-terrorism/

\'US trying to distract attentions from its continued economic terrorism\'
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)

Coronavirus crisis: a time for lasting togetherness
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)

Russian Covid-19 cases spike by over 6,000 as Putin says situation is \'under control\'
rt.com | 2020-04-19
Russia has entered the world\'s top ten countries for coronavirus infections after 6,060 new cases were announced on Sunday, bringing the total to 42,853. It is the biggest one day rise recorded by the Russian response team. | The figure, partially ascribed to an improved testing regime, is a considerable jump on Saturday\'s tally of 4,785 fresh instances and suggests that Russia is still some way from flattering the curve in the spread of the killer disease. This is despite a strict semi-lockdown across most of the world\'s largest country. | Meanwhile, officials announced 48 new deaths, 28 of them in Moscow, br…
rt.com/russia/486243-russia-reports-6000-coronavirus-jump/

Corporate News Coverage of the Pandemic Is Rife With Islamophobia
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-19
It is no secret that Asian Americans have felt the brunt of the backlash against coronavirus in the U.S. The racism and hateful attacks, amounting to at least 100 per day, have been well recorded by the media. But there is another group that has also been marginalized during this time

\'Why risk so many lives?\' asks French town councilor, as several mayors reported dead of coronavirus after non-banned election
rt.com | 2020-04-19
Paris\' decision to hold a municipal vote in France days before putting the nation gripped by the Covid-19 epidemic on total lockdown is \"hard to understand,\" a town councilor has told RT as the poll turned out to be a disaster. | …
rt.com/news/486250-french-election-coronavirus-risk-lives/

Young Afghan women work on lifesaving mission to build ventilators from car parts
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-19
Five Afghan young women are spending their days on a lifesaving mission to build a ventilator from car parts as the war-stricken country battles coronavirus.Nearly every morning, Somaya Farooqi and four other members of Afghanistan\'s prize-winning girls\' robotics team pile into her father\'s car and head to a mechanic\'s workshop.They use back roads to avoid police checkpoints set up to enforce a lockdown in their city of Herat, one of Afghanistan\'s hotspots of the coronavirus pandemic.\"If we even save one life with our device, we will be proud,\" said 17-year-old Somaya.Their pursuit is particularly remarkable in c…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/04/19/young-afghan-women-work-on-lifesaving-mission-to-build-ventilators-from-car-parts/

US coronavirus death toll rises to 40,000, almost double Italy\'s figures
rt.com | 2020-04-19
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 and Johns Hopkins University. | The American death toll is the highest in the world and is almost two times larger than the figures from Italy, which is currently ranked second in terms of fatalities. | The death toll has jumped from 30,000 to 40,000 in just four days after the untested but probable coronavirus fatalities were added to the numbers. The first American succumbed to the coronavirus on February 29. | Italy, which remained the world\'s hardest hit country for weeks, has…
rt.com/usa/486267-coronavirus-death-toll-america/

Who funds Victoria Beckham\'s staff layoffs? Guess you know the answer… and bet you don\'t like it
rt.com | 2020-04-19
Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has been blasted for using taxpayer money to furlough staff at her fashion company. While Britain foots that bill, Mrs. Becks dipped into her £335 million fortune to buy a Miami penthouse. | Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Beckham\'s eponymous fashion label has shuttered its flagship Hong Kong store, and Beckham has furloughed some 30 staff back at home. £1,500 dresses are, understandably, not classed as an \'essential\' item. Though British tabloids report that Beckham has taken a pay cut, the one-time pop megastar has been flayed alive on social media for us…
rt.com/uk/486262-victoria-beckham-taxpayer-funds/

Economic Crisis Could Get Much Worse Says IMF
Kate Zeller | indybay.org | 2020-04-19
The International Monetary and Financial Committee, the leadership of the IMF, released their Spring Meetings communiqué calling coronavirus economic impacts, \"unprecedented\" and that \"the global economic outlook is subject to high uncertainty.\"
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/17/18832443.php

82,211 infected by, 57,023 recover from coronavirus in Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)

Transit ban on Iran-Azerbaijan border \'extended\' amid COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)

COVID-19 claims over 160,000 lives worldwide
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Arp. 19 (MNA)

The Coronavirus Death Toll Numbers Game
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-19
To the casual observer, there appear to be \'hot\' pockets of coronavirus infections in certain areas of the country such as NYC which reportedly has been ravaged by CV infections as well as the State of Michigan which, according to …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-death-toll-numbers-game/5710057

Climate Change Multiplies the Threats of Infectious Diseases
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-19
As the novel coronavirus continues to rage like a wildfire across the planet, its devastating toll has left many asking whether climate change

2nd group of Iranian students arrive in Tehran from Italy
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)

Ukrainian ace Svitolina warns she could shun Chinese tournaments for TWO YEARS over Covid-19 fears
rt.com | 2020-04-19
Ukrainian world number five Elina Svitolina has suggested she is unwilling to play tournaments in China for the next two years as the sporting fallout continues from the Covid-19 pandemic. | The women\'s WTA and men\'s ATP tours are both currently suspended until at least July 13 as large parts of the world remain in the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic. | Speaking about a potential return to action, world number five Svitolina suggested that date would be shifted even further back as countries emerged from lockdown in different stages. | \"It\'s possible we could still play this year, but after September,\" the 25-ye…
rt.com/sport/486264-elina-svitolina-not-play-china-two-years-coronavirus/

Corporate journalists are in full panic mode after the Sunday Times\' exposé
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-04-19
The Sunday Times\' exposé of Boris Johnson\'s handling of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has inadvertently revealed something else. And it\'s that corporate journalists are terrified for the future of the establishment media. But it\'s also shone a light on the wilful ignorance about how the UK got into this mess in the first place. | The Sunday Times: shock, horror!: | As The Canary reported, the Sunday Times revealed that Johnson missed five Cobra meetings during the early…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/04/19/corporate-journalists-are-in-full-panic-mode-after-the-sunday-times-expose/

Michael Gove adds to the government\'s coronavirus chaos and incompetence
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-19
Michael Gove has added to the government\'s chaotic response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.He confirmed Boris Johnson had not attended five meetings of the key government Cobra committee in the build-up to the coronavirus outbreak.It followed an investigation in the Sunday Times in which a Whitehall source claimed the government \"missed the boat on testing and PPE\" (personal protective equipment) and \"just watched\" as the death toll mounted in Wuhan, China.The wide-ranging report said that Johnson missed five meetings of the key Cobra committee in the run-up to the outbreak and stated a number of opportun…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/04/19/michael-gove-adds-to-the-governments-coronavirus-chaos-and-incompetence/

60 days of living with COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)

China Denies the Coronavirus Came from One of Its Labs
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-19
Authorities at a maximum-security laboratory in Wuhan, the city where the coronavirus outbreak emerged last December, rejected claims that they could be the source of the COVID-19 surge, following recent accusations by the President of the United States, Donald Trump. | RELATED: | G7 to Back Debt Relief for the Poorest Countries If China Joins | \"In no way has this virus left us,\" said researcher Yuan Zhiming, director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, capital of central Chi…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Denies-the-Coronavirus-Came-from-One-of-Its-Labs-20200419-0003.html

Iran getting prepared to commence exports of anti-coronavirus medical equipment: VP
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA)

More evidence that official figures don\'t reflect the true scale of care home deaths from coronavirus
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-19
A study of deaths linked to Covid-19 in care homes predicts that thousands more people have died than official figures show. | The National Care Forum (NCF), which represents not-for-profit care providers, has estimated that more than 4,000 people may have died after contracting Covid-19 across all residential and nursing homes before April 13. | This is significantly higher than the official weekly figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which recorded 217 care home deaths connected to the virus up until April 3. | The NCF collected data from 47 care homes which support more than 30,000 peo…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/04/19/more-evidence-that-official-figures-dont-reflect-the-true-scale-of-care-home-deaths-from-coronavirus/

The post-coronavirus world order
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-19
TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA)

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