Face Masks ‘Should Be A National Mandate,’ Virologist Says | TODAY

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Here are some articles that include test results for some materials: Testing the Efficacy of Homemade Masks: Would They Protect in an Influenza Pandemic? Article (PDF Available) in Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 7(4):413-418 · August 2013 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258525804_Testing_the_Efficacy_of_Homemade_Masks_Would_They_Protect_in_an_Influenza_Pandemic Using blue shop towels in homemade face masks can filter particles 2x to 3x better than cotton, … Read more

What do you have to lose [by taking an unproven drug]? The President of the American Medical Association says: “You could lose your life”

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Trump: “What do you have to lose [by taking an unproven drug]?” President of the American Medical Association: “You could lose your life.” pic.twitter.com/AAFkJyDomr — Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) April 6, 2020 I am not hearing good things about hydroxychloroquine from relative/friends who work in er’s/hospitals of the efficacy in those who get sick … Read more

Zoom Teleconferencing App Routed Calls Through China

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Zoom Teleconferencing App ‘Mistakenly’ Exposed Data To China ANDERS HAGSTROM | April 04, 2020 (Daily Caller) – The Zoom teleconferencing app has been “mistakenly” routing user data through China, the Silicon Valley company admitted Friday evening. The app has surged in popularity as workers and students the world over are stuck in their homes amid the … Read more

Well, there’s some good news amid our current crisis.

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Illegal border crossings fall to zero in pandemic by Anna Giaritelli | April 04, 2020 (Washington Examiner) – The number of foreigners arrested for illegally entering the United States from Canada, Mexico, and along the coasts have dropped to almost nothing in the past week as the U.S. became the world leader in confirmed cases, according … Read more

VIDEO – Trump asked a reporter at his April 6th press event if she was working for the government of China, following a hostile question.

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https://twitter.com/missionisgreat/status/1247293544014008320?s=20 She replied that her company – Phoenix Media – is “privately” owned. She’s lying. The Hong Kong/Cayman Islands based Phoenix Media is actually owned in large part by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and by a former CCP propaganda officer. As of 2018, Phoenix Satellite Holdings was owned by Liu Changle (37.1% of shares). … Read more

The Lockdown Wouldn’t Be So Devastating If Our Economy Wasn’t So Rigged, Brittle and Exploitive

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by Charles Hugh-Smith An economy of rackets designed to enrich the few at the expense of the many is brittle because self-serving rackets snuff out competition, accountability and transparency. What’s remarkable about the lockdown isn’t the hue and cry about the economic damage–it’s the absence of any critical curiosity as to how our economy became … Read more

New York Fed, FDIC Tout “Opacity in a Banking Crisis” to Keep Corporations, Hedge Funds, PE Firms & Counterparties in the Dark about Weak Banks

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“Suppressing” bank balance-sheet data in a banking crisis to prevent the biggies from yanking their billions out of a weakened bank. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. US banks are now finding themselves in a situation where homeowners don’t have to make mortgage payments for few months, and renters don’t have to pay rent for a while, which … Read more

Rory Brown, Lydian Founder, Discusses Whether You Should Buy Cryptocurrency

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Following the financial crisis of 2008-2009, investors began developing and trading cryptocurrencies. The leading cryptocurrency was at that time and continues to be Bitcoin. Cryptocurrencies operate independently of governments and central banks and rely on encryption and blockchain technology to define discrete units and record transfers among owners. In this article, Rory Brown, Lydian founder … Read more

Why You Should Compare Cryptocurrency Exchanges

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Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dash, and Ripple, have reached mainstream consumers’ consciousness because of their unique decentralized nature. The primary appeal of this alternative medium of exchange is that no central entity controls the processes. Everything is done peer-to-peer. With its rising popularity, a lot of companies have created platforms where users can … Read more

NYC Death Rate Is Not Slowing

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by Bleak_Midwinters New York City doesn’t have a slower death rate. They ran out of tests for the dead. Mark Levine, Chair of NYC Council Health Committee: “We simply don’t have the testing capacity for the large numbers dying at home. Now only those few who had a test confirmation before dying are marked as victims of … Read more

Russian Navy frigate to continue test-launches of Tsirkon hypersonic missile — source

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MOSCOW, April 6. /TASS/. The Northern Fleet’s Project 22350 lead frigate Admiral Gorshkov has left for the Belomorsk base for undergoing maintenance and loading a Tsirkon hypersonic missile for the next test-launch, a source in the defense industry told TASS on Monday. “The frigate Admiral Gorshkov has left for the Belomorsk naval base for undergoing … Read more

Stocks Continuing to Struggle?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hlBFeVMWqg As markets saw a slight bump on virus optimism, is there reason to maintain a dark outlook on the state of stocks? We bring in an expert panel to analyze and give their outlooks.