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Competition for ventilators

lundi 6 avril 2020 à 02:00

The madman is making states bid against each other for scarce mechanical ventilators.

There must be many makers in the US who can provide improvised ventilators.

Fired for organizing strike

lundi 6 avril 2020 à 02:00

Amazon fired the worker who organized Amazon warehouse workers to go on strike demanding equipment to avoid transmitting Covid-19, as well as decent pay.

Prison for interview

lundi 6 avril 2020 à 02:00

*Myanmar (Burma) editor could face life in jail for interviewing rebel.*

Sabotaging fuel efficiency of new cars

lundi 6 avril 2020 à 02:00

The saboteur in chief has ordered nearly eliminating Obama's 2012 requirement for increased fuel efficiency of new cars, which was scheduled to take effect in 2021.

I expect this will kill millions of people by accelerating climate disaster, but that will take a couple of decades to become visible, and today's high officials won't be in office by then. Their successors will try to evade the blame by lying about the facts.

Spread of other infections

samedi 4 avril 2020 à 02:00

The lockdown to stop the spread of one infection will presently cause the spread of other infections, because much of world condom production is shut down.

Condoms are used to prevent disease; they should be considered essential products and their factories should not be closed. Surely they can take steps to protect employees from catching anything at work.