The sheriff of a Washington county that was home to the first documented coronavirus case in the U.S. lashed out at Gov. Jay Inslee (D) this week, saying his office is refusing to enforce the governor‘s stay-at-home order.
Daily Archives: 22. April 2020
Demos, Versammlungen und Gottesdienste in Thüringen ab Donnerstag erlaubt
Bereits ab Donnerstag (23. April) dürfen sie demnach wieder mit bis zu 30 Teilnehmern in geschlossenen Räumen oder bis zu 50 Teilnehmern unter freiem Himmel abgehalten werden. Einen entsprechenden Beschluss hat das Kabinett am Mittwochmittag gefasst.
Beschlagnahmung unserer Bilder vom Gericht aufgehoben: Bilder von der Abstandsdemo
Nach Angaben der Thüringer Polizei hat, gestern Abend, eine Bereitschaftsrichterin die Beschlagnahmung unserer Fotodokumentation aufgehoben (Hintergrund). Die Polizisten haben die Aufnahmen nach eigenen Angaben nicht kopiert oder betrachtet.
Throughout my career, I‘ve been committed to the fight against climate change.
And on day one as president, I‘ll get to work taking the drastic action we need to address this crisis. #EarthDay
This guy for president.
What if People Rise Up Against Coronavirus Lockdowns? Israel Has a Plan
Another suggestion is setting up “community emergency squads,” groups of volunteers with basic emergency training, based on the format used in communities along the Gaza border. The same kinds of groups could operate in cities, where they would be assigned a building or a street, says the document.. The authors also propose that the military work on an awareness campaign to reduce public unrest.
Maskenpflicht in allen Bundesländern
Aus einer „dringenden Empfehlung“ wird nun doch eine Pflicht: Nach und nach verlangen alle Bundesländer das Tragen von Gesichtsmasken. Zuletzt zog Bremen nach.
Team Trump Turns to Peter Thiel’s Palantir to Track Virus
Palantir, the data-mining firm created by investor Peter Thiel, is best known for its work with global intelligence, military, and law enforcement agencies. Now, the company has a contract with the Department of Health and Human Services to help the federal government create a new data platform called HHS Protect Now.
The Daily Beast has confirmed that Palantir will provide a major aspect of the analytics platform.
The Question the CDC Won’t Answer About Coronavirus Testing
(10.03.2020)
We asked for a list of all contractors who had a financial interest in providing the agency with reagents and other components of the test. Despite multiple followups, the CDC has not responded.
Reached today, a CDC media staffer said that the agency was overwhelmed with press requests and was working through its backlog. Our questions, she said, were in the queue.
It took SEVENTY (70) days for the CDC to do Coronavirus testing for a patient who died in California! So, now we find out that the first known person died on Feb 6. Who knows the truth about the virus?
(today)
California county may have traced earliest US coronavirus deaths
(today)
Officials said they sent samples from the February deaths to the CDC for testing and that results came back Tuesday.
C.D.C. Labs Were Contaminated, Delaying Coronavirus Testing, Officials Say
(18.04.2020)
Those practices made the tests sent to public health labs unusable because they were contaminated with the coronavirus, and produced some inconclusive results.
Could Contaminated COVID-19 Tests Help Spread the Virus?
(06.04.2020)
Imagine that you are not carrying the virus, but you go in for testing and leave carrying the virus.
The Telegraph report stated that it is “not clear” how the tests were contaminated.
Coronavirus testing effort hampered by kits contaminated with Covid-19: Traces of the virus were detected in parts due for delivery from overseas in the coming day
(30.04.2020)
One of the suppliers – the Luxembourg-based firm Eurofins – sent an email on Monday morning to government laboratories in the UK warning that a delivery of key components called “probes and primers” had been contaminated with coronavirus and would be delayed.
The firm admitted there had been “an issue” and insisted other private providers had suffered the same problem.
CDC blocked top FDA scientist dispatched to expedite coronavirus response at critical moment
(05.03.2020)
The FDA’s director of the Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health, Timothy Stenzel, flew to CDC headquarters in Atlanta on the weekend of Feb. 22, but he was immediately forced to wait overnight as health department officials lobbied the CDC to give him access to the agency’s campus, according to Politico. Stenzel was there specifically to work out issues with the CDC’s coronavirus test that had already hobbled more expansive screening for weeks.
Scoop: Lab for coronavirus test kits may have been contaminated
(01.03.2020)
A senior administration official added that the government also moved the manufacturing of the coronavirus tests out of the Atlanta laboratory of CDC.
The official said that the CDC engaged with a third party contractor on Feb. 20 to help manufacture the testing kits. The official added that the FDA regulator, Stenzel, visited the Atlanta laboratory on Feb. 22.
CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus is likely to be even more devastating
(21.04.2020)
“There’s a possibility that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through,” CDC Director Robert Redfield said in an interview with The Washington Post. “And when I’ve said this to others, they kind of put their head back, they don’t understand what I mean.”
“We’re going to have the flu epidemic and the coronavirus epidemic at the same time,” he said.
GOP senator: ‚Unacceptable‘ that Congress is in recess amid coronavirus
A handful of senators are in the Capitol on Tuesday to pass a $484 billion coronavirus relief package that will provide more funding for hospitals, small businesses and testing. But the Capitol has been turned into a relative ghost town amid the break, with most lawmakers back in their home states and staff working remotely.
It‘s time for the Senate to get back to work.
Zwei Schritte vor, einer zurück: Der lange Weg zur Versammlungsfreiheit in Corona-Zeiten
Am 16. April um 18 Uhr sollte in Hamburg eine Versammlung unter dem Titel „Abstand statt Notstand – Verwaltungsrechtler*innen gegen eine faktische Aussetzung der Versammlungsfreiheit“ stattfinden. Zu ihrer Zulässigkeit erließen Verwaltungsgericht (VG) und Oberverwaltungsgericht (OVG) jeweils Beschlüsse im einstweiligen Rechtsschutz. Unterschiedlicher hätten sie nicht ausfallen können, beide aber sind (auf ihre Art) bemerkenswert.
LexCorona
Dieses Wiki soll eine Übersicht über die in Deutschland im Zusammenhang mit der sogenannten Corona-Krise erlassenen Rechtsakte (Gesetze, Rechtsverordnungen, Allgemeinverfügungen etc.) und Gerichtsentscheidungen bieten.
Hundreds of Tunisians stranded in Libya cross border
However, both countries closed their borders last month in an effort to stop the coronavirus from spreading, leaving many Tunisians unable to return home.
Nächte voller Sternschnuppen
Eine beeindruckende kosmische Lichtshow, der Lyriden-Meteorschauer, erreicht diese Woche rund um den 22. April ihren Höhepunkt. Die Wetteraussichten sind vielversprechend.
Study of malaria drug on VA virus patients shows no benefit, more deaths
There were more deaths among those patients who were given the drug, hydroxychloroquine, than patients who received standard care, researchers found.
USNS Comfort to return to Virginia after Trump, Cuomo agree it‘s no longer needed in NY
„I’ve asked Andrew if we could bring the Comfort back to its base in Virginia so that we could have it for other locations and he said we would be able to do that,“ Trump said at a press briefing.
Protests against coronavirus lockdown orders spread in North Carolina, Missouri: ‘My rights are essential’
More protests this week are planned in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Wisconsin.
Holding a briefing at 7:15 PM ET on #Coronavirus. Watch here:
https://www.ny.gov/
Trump and Cuomo Put Aside Disputes During White House Meeting
After alternating praise and quarrels for weeks, President Trump and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York had what the governor called “a good conversation” over testing and aid to states and localities.
Brandenburg bleibt bei Absage an Maskenpflicht
Brandenburg plant auch nach der Entscheidung des Berliner Senats keine Maskenpflicht für den öffentlichen Nahverkehr. „Berlin ist einen anderen Weg gegangen“,
(…)
Neues Accessoire. Ab nächster Woche in #Berlin dann für alle in Bus und Bahn #Maskenpflicht
Die Maske hat auch einen Vorteil: die Stadt stinkt eindeutig weniger.
Israel: Lapid slams former partner Benny Gantz in TV address, vows to fight government
Showing his resolve, Lapid said he‘s „never been more determined in my life“ to fight the ruling coalition “in the Knesset, in the courts, in the streets, and in the squares.”
„We have a country to save and we have no intention of giving up,” he added.