Problem of using homeopathic medicines

Why Bill Gates is the focus of the latest coronavirus conspiracy theories

https://www.fastcompany.com/90493469/why-bill-gates-is-the-focus-of-the-latest-coronavirus-conspiracy-theories

 Misinformation about the Microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist is swirling around online as part of an effort to push an anti-vaccination agenda. 
 

“The Bible says there will be an Antichrist, a man that proclaims to be God, who will try to unite the world in a one-world government with a one-world financial system and establish a one-world religion,” says Pastor Adam Fannin, a controversial Florida preacher who has latched onto the anti-vaccination movement, in a recent YouTube video.

Who is this “man that proclaims to be God”? Fannin is referring to Microsoft founder and famed philanthropist Bill Gates, who has become the latest target of conspiracy theorists and anti-vaccination fringe groups.

In Fannin’s video, which has garnered 1.8 million views, he lambastes Gates for supporting vaccination and suggests that he is working on implantable devices with “digital certificates” and “quantum dot tattoos” that would identify people with COVID-19 and send their information to the United Nations. He goes on to call Gates the Antichrist. In Fannin’s other videos, he makes false claims about vaccines, including that they are “filled with filthy chemicals and aborted fetuses.”

Fannin also claims that Gates wants to use vaccination to “depopulate” the world, a myth that has been around for at least 10 years. As Snopes explains, Gates has said he sees slowing population growth as a key component of helping to lift people out of poverty—one of the goals of his philanthropic efforts. In addition to supporting new healthcare initiatives and birth control accessibility, Gates also touts mass vaccination as a way of lowering child mortality rates. He believes that as child mortality rates lower and stabilize, parents will choose to have fewer kids, because they are less worried their children will die.

“The Great Influenza” John M. Barry in conversation with David Rubenstein

Study finds no benefit, higher death rate in patients taking hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/21/health/hydroxychloroquine-veterans-study/index.html

Coronavirus patients taking hydroxychloroquine, a treatment touted by President Trump, were no less likely to need mechanical ventilation and had higher deaths rates compared to those who did not take the drug, according to a study of hundreds of patients at US Veterans Health Administration medical centers.

The study, which reviewed veterans' medical charts, was posted Tuesday on medrxiv.org, a pre-print server, meaning it was not peer reviewed or published in a medical journal. The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the University of Virginia.

Top health official warns of possible ‘second wave’ outbreak in May

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-april-22-2020/

Sigal Sadetsky says Israelis could see higher infection rates and return to stricter measures if social distancing not observed

 

After decline in rate of new infections, Israel records biggest rise in a week

https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-decline-in-rate-of-new-infections-israel-records-biggest-rise-in-a-week/

443 additional COVID-19 cases since Tuesday morning bring total to 14,326, with 187 fatalities; increase comes amid jump in number of tests performed daily

Coronavirus in NY: Yeshivas moving underground to avoid lockdown rules

https://nypost.com/2020/04/21/brooklyn-yeshivas-moving-underground-to-avoid-lockdown-rules/

Brooklyn yeshivas are operating in the shadows to avoid coronavirus lockdown restrictions, according to a report.

The Orthodox Jewish schools are continuing to hold classes in private apartments and in locked buildings throughout Williamsburg, a source told The Forward.

A parent told the publication that their child was attending classes despite Mayor Bill de Blasio’s prohibition on gatherings that violate social distancing orders.

The source said his son attended school in a closed synagogue after a staffer’s relative unlocked a door and let him in.

The Forward also reported seeing screenshots of private messages between parents that revealed the illicit arrangements.

 

Yad Moshe English now available on Amazon as a paperback

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1456332147
Due to the difficulties to publish and distribute it because of virus I have made it available on Amazon. But it is now in paperback not hardcover. Content has not changed

Trump Halts New Green Cards but Backs Off Broader Immigration Ban

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-immigration-ban.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

 After pledging on Twitter to end immigration during the pandemic, President Trump moved to block new green cards but stopped short of ending all work visas.

Pastor defends asking congregants to donate stimulus checks

Trump called out to his face for lying about holding rallies after the outbreak

The Right Sends In the Quacks

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/opinion/coronavirus-conservatives.html

On second thought, however, Moore fits right in. One thing the coronavirus has thrown into sharp relief is the centrality of quackery — confident pronouncements on technical subjects by people who have no idea what they’re talking about — to the whole enterprise of modern conservatism.

We know, for example, that Trump’s call for an early end to the economic lockdown was inspired in part by the writings of Richard Epstein, a conservative legal scholar who decided that he understands epidemiology better than the epidemiologists and confidently predicted that Covid-19 would kill no more than 500 people. (It’s currently killing four times that many every day.)

Or consider how Fox News responded to the unwillingness of Dr. Anthony Fauci to do what it wanted, and support an early reopening of the economy. To provide an alternative view, the network turned to … Dr. Phil, whose expertise, if he has one, is in pop psychology.

We know, for example, that Trump’s call for an early end to the economic lockdown was inspired in part by the writings of Richard Epstein, a conservative legal scholar who decided that he understands epidemiology better than the epidemiologists and confidently predicted that Covid-19 would kill no more than 500 people. (It’s currently killing four times that many every day.)

Or consider how Fox News responded to the unwillingness of Dr. Anthony Fauci to do what it wanted, and support an early reopening of the economy. To provide an alternative view, the network turned to … Dr. Phil, whose expertise, if he has one, is in pop psychology.

If Liquor Stores Are Essential, Why Isn’t Church?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/opinion/first-amendment-church-coronavirus.html

The new conundrums created by the coronavirus can be addressed by some very old materials: the principles of the First Amendment.