David Beard
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New: The resurgent #COVID19 pandemic is forcing Germany to impose a one-month partial shutdown, starting Monday
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Covid-19 Live Updates: A Record-Breaking Week for U.S. Virus Cases
The country has averaged at least 71,000 new coronavirus cases a day over the past week, the most in any seven-day stretch of the pandemic.
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For the first time, the United States has recorded more than 500,000 #coronavirus cases in a week. “We can’t ignore what is happening around us,” says the governor of Illinois. nytimes.com/live/2020/10/2… #COVID19
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National Geographic | National Geographic
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The researchers wanted to track down a rare cheetah.
Iran, without evidence, called them spies.
From prison, they've gotten Iranian publishers to donate hundreds of books on wildlife and conservation, and are giving talks to other inmates on those topics. email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v600000175… pic.twitter.com/czerjosI78
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After Fleeing Poland, an Antiracism Activist Finds Refuge in Norway
A decision to grant asylum on political grounds highlights growing concerns over democratic backsliding in Poland.
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Because of democratic backsliding in Poland, Norway has given asylum to an antiracist activist fleeing that racist government.
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CPJ joins statement demanding justice for Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia - Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists today joined 18 other international press freedom and human rights organizations in a statement calling on Maltese authorities to conduct a thorough and effective criminal investigation into the killing of...
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Three years ago, journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia had evidence of corruption by her nation's political leaders.
She was killed in a car bomb.
Three years later, there is no justice.
This morning, her face and cause are atop the @washingtonpost homepage.
cpj.org/2020/10/cpj-jo… pic.twitter.com/GFNHzhtdfQ
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The US has reached 8 million Covid-19 cases, and the pace of new infections signals a tough winter
The United States on Friday surpassed 8 million recorded Covid-19 cases -- a milestone that comes as daily infection rates are rising, which experts say is setting the country up for a very difficult winter.
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What's the difference between a masked America and some Americans forgoing face masks in the next few months?
At least 70,000 lives, public health officials project.
cnn.com/2020/10/16/hea… #WearAMask #COVID19
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National Geographic | National Geographic
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Also in today's @NatGeo newsletter — this nugget from @NickKristof, far from the bother of the Beltway. email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v600000175… pic.twitter.com/kOJHtk2p0D
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Trump asked Walter Reed doctors to sign NDAs in 2019
At least two Walter Reed doctors who refused to sign non-disclosure agreements last year were not permitted to be involved in Trump’s care.
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Doctors working on the president during a hush-hush emergency medical trip to Walter Reed last November were forced to sign NDAs. 2 doctors who didn't were dismissed from treatment of the ailing leader. We still don't know why he was rushed to the hospital
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Drop charges against Des Moines Register reporter, Columbia University demands
Reporter Andrea Sahouri was on assignment and protected under the First Amendment, staff and students at the Columbia School of Journalism say.
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.@andreamsahouri is a @DMRegister reporter who was covering a protest in Iowa.
Police pepper sprayed her.
Handcuffed her.
Took her to jail.
The paper's editor & the @columbiajourn school, her alma mater, have demanded charges be dropped.
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/202… @pressfreedom
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Americans Should Learn From Trump’s Infection
Forget the snark. Just wear a mask.
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Will Americans learn from the president's misfortune to #WearAMask? That's what @NickKristof is asking, noting that our forefathers wore masks a century ago to try to stop a deadly influenza pandemic
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How past U.S. presidents have battled illness in office
A hidden stroke. A heart attack that was presented as indigestion. The American presidency’s history of incapacity and sickness.
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#Trump isn't the 1st president to get sick in office. One hid a stroke. Another a heart attack. A third got a cancer operation on a yacht (and told the public he was on a fishing trip) nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/1… w/ @AmyMcKeever
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The magnitude of America’s contact tracing crisis is hard to overstate
These essential programs are getting creative to overcome funding shortages, testing delays, case surges, and public distrust.
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How do you contact trace a presidential exposure to #COVID19?
How do you find out who he has exposed?
Here's a look at the sorry state of US contact tracing.
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Conservative hoaxers face charges over false voter robocalls
Two notorious conservative operatives were charged Thursday with felonies in connection with false robocalls that aimed to dissuade residents in Detroit and other U.S. cities from voting by mail,...
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Michigan charged 2 notorious conservative operatives with 4 felonies for false robocalls seeking to scare away African Americans from voting by mail. They falsely claimed such voting could lead to arrest, debt collection & forced vaccination apnews.com/article/electi… #suppression
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Want to reduce your COVID-19 risk? You need to sleep more.
Sleep is a simple way to bolster the immune system against colds, influenza, and other respiratory infections.
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Sleep more.
That's one way to reduce your #COVID19 risk.
It also will increase the effectiveness of an eventual vaccine.
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The Prophet of the Revolt
Martin Gurri and the ungovernable public
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"By the time I was 10, I had lived through a dictatorship of the right and a dictatorship of the left. I learned early in my life that the worst democracy is infinitely better than the best-performing tyranny" - @mgurri pullrequest.substack.com/p/the-prophet-… @antoniogm
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To Beat Trump, Mock Him
The lesson from pro-democracy fighters abroad: Humor deflates authoritarian rulers.
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When Putin poisons you, but you survive—& keep your sense of humor. From Alexander Navalny: "Ending up in an Omsk morgue where the cause of death would be listed as ‘lived long enough’ was the ultimate goal of my cunning plan. But Putin outplayed me.”
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Coronavirus Survey Halted After Workers Faced Racial Slurs, Officials Say
Workers were followed, videotaped and threatened in confrontations across Minnesota, the state Department of Health said.
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A #coronavirus survey in Minnesota was stopped after multiple cases of residents “intimidating and shouting racial and ethnic slurs” at public health workers who had been going door to door nytimes.com/2020/09/25/us/… #COVID19
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‘I Feel Sorry for Americans’: A Baffled World Watches the U.S.
From Myanmar to Canada, people are asking: How did a superpower allow itself to be felled by a virus? And why won’t the president commit to a peaceful transition of power?
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“The world sees the dismantling of social cohesion within American society and the mess in managing Covid,” said Yenny Wahid, an Indonesian politician. “There is a vacuum of leadership that needs to be filled, but America is not fulfilling that role.”
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Houston doctor dies of COVID-19: 'She could make any moment feel special'
"What started as intense flu-like symptoms escalated within the week to a hospital stay," said her family.
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She was 28. Dr. Adeline Fagan cared for women and babies. She became one of 697 heath workers to die of #COVID19
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