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Panic buying, lockdowns may drive world food inflation - FAO, analysts (Reuters)
“All you need is panic buying from big importers such as millers or governments to create a crisis,” said Abdolreza Abbassian, senior economist at the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). “It is not a supply issue, but it is a behavioral change over food security,” he told Reuters by phone from Rome, the FAO headquarters. “What if bulk buyers think they can’t get wheat or rice shipments in May or June? That is what could lead to a global food supply crisis.”
Corona crisis hits global food supply (Reuters)
The corona epidemic around the world is also putting pressure on the food supply.
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Is Marijuana an ‘Essential’ Like Milk or Bread? Some States Say Yes (NYTimes)
With the coronavirus pandemic spreading rapidly across the country, millions of Americans are being told by state and county officials to take refuge at home, and only venture out to get things they really need. And in many places, marijuana makes the list. Over the past week, more than a dozen states have agreed that while “nonessential” stores had to close, pot shops and medical marijuana dispensaries could remain open — official recognition that for some Americans, cannabis is as necessary as milk and bread.
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Rabies is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the brain in humans and other mammals. Early symptoms can include fever and tingling at the site of exposure. These symptoms are followed by one or more of the following symptoms: violent movements, uncontrolled excitement, fear of water, an inability to move parts of the body, confusion, and loss of consciousness. Once symptoms appear, the result is nearly always death. The time period between contracting the disease and the start of symptoms is usually one to three months, but can vary from less than one week to more than one year. The time depends on the distance the virus must travel along peripheral nerves to reach the central nervous system.
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Acclaimed German virologists question the corona hysteria
Corona virus COVID-19- hype and hysteria? Demystification of the nightmare - by Prof. Dr. med. Sucharit Bhakdi - Professor an der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz und war 22 Jahre lang Leiter des dortigen Instituts für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene.
Am Telefon zur Corona-Virologie: Professor Karin Mölling, Virologin am Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik in Berlin und hat einen Lehrstuhl am Institut für Medizinische Virologie an der Universität Zürich. (KenFM)
Corona Virus: Prof. Hornegger im Gespräch mit Prof. Christian Bogdan
Related: 12 Experts Questioning the Coronavirus Panic (off-guardian)
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Coronavirus: S'pore Government to make its contact-tracing app freely available to developers worldwide (straitstimes)
The Singapore Government will be making the software for its contact-tracing application TraceTogether, which has already been installed by more than 620,000 people, freely available to developers around the world. In a Facebook post on Monday (March 23), Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative Vivian Balakrishnan said that the app, developed by the Government Technology Agency (GovTech) and the Ministry of Health, will be open-sourced.
#Comment: Once the biological virus is gone, rest assured that all these highly intrusive surveillance and social engineering tools will stay around and rapidly expand. Cybernetic totalitarianism might be the dominate game globally for years to come. The opportunity for systemic abuse and catastrophic failure is mindbogglingly giant.
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The secret WHO chief is Bill Gates (Die Zeit, 2017 - DE Only)
The most important organization in world health, the WHO, has a problem: it is broke and therefore dependent on donations. Does it lose independence?
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UK coronavirus mass home testing to be made available ‘within days’ (Guardian)
Thousands of 15-minute home tests for coronavirus will be delivered by Amazon to people self-isolating with symptoms or will go on sale on the high street within days, according to Public Health England (PHE), in a move that could restore many people’s lives to a semblance of pre-lockdown normality.
Amazon, Owned by World's Richest Man, Soliciting Public Donations To Pay Workers' Sick Leave (popular.info)
In response to the pandemic, Amazon said it would provide two weeks of sick leave to "all Amazon employees diagnosed with COVID-19 or placed into quarantine." Amazon's large contract workforce, which delivers packages and performs other critical tasks, is in even worse shape. Amazon is not providing any sick leave at all for these workers, even if they test positive for COVID-19. Instead, these workers must apply to the "Amazon Relief Fund" and apply for a grant to cover their sick leave.
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Recent Corona News
- IBM, Amazon, Google and Microsoft partner with White House to provide compute resources for COVID-19 research (Techcrunch)
- Business unusual: Time for tech to move fast and fix things (aljazeera)
- China’s factories work 24/7 to build medical ventilators for Milan, New York amid spreading global Covid-19 pandemic (SCMP)
- Coronavirus Stimulus Offered By House Financial Services Committee Creates New Digital Dollar (Forbes)
- Am Telefon zur Corona-Virologie: Karin Mölling (KenFM, Excellent DE Only Interview)
- Corona virus COVID-19- hype and hysteria? Demystification of the nightmare! (Interview with Prof. Dr. med. Sucharit Bhakdi)
- Italian professor repeats warning coronavirus may have spread outside China last year (SCMP)
- Satellite images show resurgence of air pollution over China (ctvnews)
- Traffic and Pollution Plummet as U.S. Cities Shut Down for Coronavirus (NYTimes)
- Older people would rather die than let Covid-19 harm US economy – Texas official (Guardian)
- Warmer Weather May Slow, but Not Halt, Coronavirus (NYTimes)
- India to be under complete lockdown for 21 days starting midnight: Narendra Modi (econtimes)
- Why are the infection rates so high in Italy? (fefe)
- Canadian doctor who works in Gaza makes 3D-printed face shields for COVID-19 (cbc)
- German Government Corona Hackaton
- Coronavirus Treatment Developed by Gilead Sciences Granted “Rare Disease” Status, Potentially Limiting Affordability (intercept)
- The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic: The Real Danger is “Agenda ID2020” (globalresearch)
- Welcome to the Virosphere (NYTimes)
- Afro-Jazz-Star Dibango ist tot: Makossa-König und Saxo-Genie (SZ)
- Last groups of Russian medical experts arrive in Italy (TASS)
- Russia sends aid to Italy to cope with COVID-19 and backs NATO dialogue (TASS)
- Russia helps Italy to fight coronavirus without any strings attached — Kremlin (TASS)
- Antibiotic resistance: the hidden threat lurking behind Covid-19 (Stat News)
- Statistikprobleme beim Coronavirus - Die große Meldelücke (Spiegel)
EU Shrugs Off US Sanctions, Gives Millions In Coronavirus Aid To Iran (ZeroHedge)
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Japan’s top carriers announce 5G launches as 2020 Olympics face delay (venture beat)
Although Japanese carriers originally planned to roll out 5G networks and services to coincide with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in July, trade wars and accelerated global 5G launches created some uncertainty around the scope and timing of Japan’s commercial 5G launch. This week, as the Olympics themselves face a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan’s top carriers are kicking off 5G service without the guarantee of a summertime promotional push. Today, carrier KDDI announced that it will offer “au 5G”-branded service in parts of 15 Japanese prefectures starting on Thursday, March 26
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Coronavirus Is Speeding Up the Amazonification of the Planet (onezero)
A woman works at a packing station at the 855,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York City, on February 5, 2019. Photo: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images This Amazonification is already underway. The consumer shift to online retailers away from meatspace malls and boutique shops has been the subject of hand-wringing and prognostication for years, and, if anything, the evolution was moving slower than many feared. Walmart, after all, remained the world’s largest retailer long after fears of Amazon’s dominance had become mainstream. Warehouse automation, a key goal of Amazon, was advancing but not yet leaving humans out in the cold by any stretch of the imagination. Yet Amazon caught up in 2019, and if anything, this coronavirus-fueled surge may accelerate its supremacy over the retail market.
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Angela Merkel in Corona Quarantine (NZZ) (alt: CNN)
"Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) is in domestic quarantine. According to a message on Sunday (22nd March), this was necessary because a doctor who had vaccinated Merkel against pneumococci on Friday had tested positive for the coronavirus will be tested regularly in the coming days and continue to work, it said.
Harvey Weinstein tests positive for virus (Reuters)
Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein, who is serving a prison sentence for sexual assault and rape, has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the head of the state corrections officers union. This happens shortly after Weinstein was sentenced to 23-year in jail (and possibly struck a deal, to expose the names of other abusers.). Most likely he will be suicided by "corona" shortly.
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10 questions for the U.S.: Where did the novel coronavirus come from? (CGTN)
Chinese state TV wonders if the US withdrew from a 2001 bioweapon treaty to engineer SARScov2--and also secretly used mass drones inside China to spread swine flu.
U.S. axed CDC expert job in China months before virus outbreak (Reuters)
Several months before the coronavirus pandemic began, the Trump administration eliminated a key US public health position in Beijing intended to help detect disease outbreaks in China.
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Who controls Gilead Sciences, the US pharmaceutical producing a COVID-19 treatment which was rapidly approved by NIH and praised by the WHO? Donald Rumsfeld was chair of the board and remains a top shareholder.
Recent Gilead News:
Might The Experimental Drug Remdesivir Work Against COVID-19? (NPR, 2020)
With a coronavirus vaccine at least a year away, some scientists are investigating existing medicines and compounds that might work as effective treatments. A drug called Remdesivir is now in the spotlight.
Why Is Everyone Talking About Gilead Sciences? (fool, 2020)
The big biotech has a drug that struck out on one super-contagious disease but could be the best option on the scene for treating another. Chinese health officials scrambled to begin two clinical studies evaluating remdesivir in treating patients with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Gilead provided the drug at no charge for these studies and gave input on how the studies should be designed and conducted. In late February 2020, the National Institutes for Health (NIH) began the first U.S. clinical trials of remdesivir in treating COVID-19. Gilead also initiated two late-stage clinical studies of its own in Asian countries and other countries with high numbers of COVID-19 cases in early March. World Health Organization assistant director-general Bruce Aylward even said that remdesivir is the "one drug right now that we think may have efficacy."
FDA chief highlights Gilead drug’s availability under compassionate use for Covid-19 (medcity, 2020)
In remarks at the daily Coronavirus Task Force press briefing, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn pointed out that the drug, remdesivir, is available under compassionate use in addition to the ongoing clinical trials being run by Gilead Sciences and the NIH.
Gilead Sciences Could Be the First to Beat the Coronavirus (Yahoo Finance, 2020)
Gilead Sciences Stock Price The coronavirus’ grip on the market continues. Since the beginning of February, the S&P 500 has shed 8.5% of its value, a reflection of the effect the outbreak is having on the global economy. Amidst the bloodbath, one specific group of stocks is holding up. These are the drug companies those infected, the public at large and investors are hoping can halt the virus from spreading any further. Gilead Sciences (GILD) is among those leading the search for a treatment and is currently being rewarded by the market. In contrast to the broader market, GILD stock is up 23% year-to-date.
Gilead puts emergency access to experimental coronavirus drug on hold amid surging demand (Retuers, 23.march.2010)
Gilead Sciences Inc said on Sunday it was temporarily putting new emergency access to its experimental coronavirus drug remdesivir on hold due to overwhelming demand and that it wanted most people receiving the drug to participate in a clinical trial to prove if it is safe and effective.
Enter the Donald:
Donald H. Rumsfeld Named Chairman of Gilead Sciences (Gilead, 1997)
Gilead Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that board member Donald H. Rumsfeld will assume the position of Chairman, effective immediately. Mr. Rumsfeld succeeds Michael L. Riordan, M.D., who founded Gilead in 1987 and has served as Chairman since 1993. Dr. Riordan will continue to serve as a director on the board.
Gilead Sciences’s criminal drug testing: a cover for the Pentagon’s illegal arms testing? (voltairenet, 2018)
The company Gilead Sciences has deliberately carried on with testing Sovaldi (Sofosbuvir), its drug against Hepatitis C, in violation of international laws and without first obtaining its patients’ consent.
Donald_H._Rumsfeld and Gilead_Sciences (SourceWatch)
"Rummy was Chair of the Board of Directors at Gilead Sciences until named to the Bush cabinet and, like [Vice President Dick] Cheney, still has ties that bind to the 'old company.' Now isn't it an 'amazing coincidence' that the drug Tamiflu patented by Gilead Sciences is being pushed by the National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases as the NUMBER ONE choice for flu, which, wonder of wonders, is sweeping through in one epidemic after another," Free Market News related October 21, 2005, from a January 2004 web posting.
Donald Rumsfeld makes $5m killing on bird flu drug (independent, 2006)
Donald Rumsfeld has made a killing out of bird flu. The US Defence Secretary has made more than $5m (£2.9m) in capital gains from selling shares in the biotechnology firm that discovered and developed Tamiflu, the drug being bought in massive amounts by Governments to treat a possible human pandemic of the disease.
Donald Rumsfeld's controversial links to drug company behind Tamiflu (dailymail, 2009)
The drug company behind the swine flu medicine Tamiflu is at the centre of controversy over its links to former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
Rumsfeld's growing stake in Tamiflu (CNN, 2007)
Defense Secretary, ex-chairman of flu treatment rights holder, sees portfolio value growing.
Tamiflu and Donald Rumsfeld (Snoops)
Does Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld own Tamiflu stock? Status: True.
Rumsfeld to Avoid Bird-Flu Drug Issues (NYTimes, 2006)
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has recused himself from government decisions concerning medications to prevent or treat avian flu, rather than sell his stock holdings in the company that patented the antiviral agent Tamiflu, according to a Pentagon memorandum issued Thursday. The memorandum, to Mr. Rumsfeld's staff from the Pentagon general counsel, said the defense secretary would not take part in decisions that may affect his financial interests in Gilead Sciences Inc. Before becoming defense secretary in January 2001, Mr. Rumsfeld was chairman of Gilead. On each of his annual financial disclosure statements, he has listed continued stock holdings in the company. Gilead holds the patent on Tamiflu, but contracts for it are signed with an American subsidiary of F. Hoffman-LaRoche Ltd., which holds marketing and manufacturing rights. Mr. Rumsfeld will remain involved in matters related to the Pentagon response to an outbreak, so long as none affect Gilead.
The Fight Against Monsanto's Roundup: The Politics of Pesticides (Book by Mitchel Cohen)
Gilead Science, Eugenics Mass Murder of the Poor (2014)
#Health #Biotech #Politics #Economics #Military #Cryptocracy
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Queen Elizabeth cancels garden parties and escapes London’s Buckingham Palace for Windsor Castle. Prince Charles in isolation after meeting with Prince Albert of Monaco, who tested positive.
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BlueDot's solutions track, contextualize, and anticipate infectious disease risks. Infectious diseases pose a growing global threat in our interconnected world. More frequent and severe in the last 20 years than at any other time in history, infectious diseases are flourishing within a new reality of global travel, urbanization, and climate change. But while diseases spread fast, knowledge can spread even faster. (found via darkcyber)
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The Gates Foundation, Ebola, and Global Health Imperialism - by Jacob Levich (2015)
Abstract: Powerful institutions of Western capital, notably the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, viewed the African Ebola outbreak of 2014–2015 as an opportunity to advance an ambitious global agenda. Building on recent public health literature proposing “global health governance” (GHG) as the preferred model for international healthcare, Bill Gates publicly called for the creation of a worldwide, militarized, supranational authority capable of responding decisively to outbreaks of infectious disease—an authority governed by Western powers and targeting the underdeveloped world. This article examines the media‐generated panic surrounding Ebola alongside the response and underlying motives of foundations, governments, and other institutions. It describes the evolution and goals of GHG, in particular its opposition to traditional notions of Westphalian sovereignty. It proposes a different concept—“global health imperialism”—as a more useful framework for understanding the current conditions and likely future of international healthcare.
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Coronavirus: European standards for medical supplies made freely available to facilitate increase of production (European Commission)
Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton said: “We need to act collectively with urgency, solidarity, and audacity. I am encouraging manufacturers to increase and diversify production, building on positive examples such as textile and shoe manufacturers starting to produce masks and gowns. I will do everything possible to support their efforts. I am pleased to announce that following contacts with the Commission, CEN/CENELEC has agreed to make freely available the standards needed for such companies to be able to produce masks and other protective equipment.” The standards are available for free download from the websites of CEN national members.
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Singapore introduces contact tracing app to slow coronavirus spread (ZDNet) (Alt)
Government launches TraceTogether mobile app that taps Bluetooth signals to capture data of other participating devices in close proximity, enabling the encrypted information to be extracted to facilitate contact tracing should users contract the coronavirus. The app is able to estimate the distance between TraceTogether smartphones as well as the duration of such interactions. The data then is captured, encrypted, and stored locally on the user's phone for 21 days, which spans the incubation period of the virus.
Launch of New App for Contact Tracing (Smart Nation Singapore)
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How China is Curbing Coronavirus: Nanjing: A City with 0 New Cases - by Ryo Takeuchi, a Japanese documentary director who currently lives in Nanjing.
#Health #Biology #SE #Technology #Military #China #Documentary
