Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-04-22

Voices, The Peoples News

April 22, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# CoronaVirus
SARS-CoV-2: Infection induces antibodies capable of killing infected cells regardless of disease severity https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210421124603.htm

Prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms among high-risk children https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210421124601.htm

How SARS coronaviruses reprogram host cells to their own benefit https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210421124538.htm

New insights on inflammation in COVID-19
https://www.newswise.com/coronavirus/new-insights-on-inflammation-in-covid-19/?article_id=749933

German Microbiologist: “They are Killing People with these COVID Vaccines” to Reduce the World’s Population https://vaccineimpact.com/2021/german-microbiologist-they-are-killing-people-with-these-covid-vaccines-to-reduce-the-worlds-population/

Brain Injuries and DEATH Continue to Follow J&J COVID Injections https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/brain-injuries-and-death-continue-to-follow-jj-covid-injections/

Family Of Italian Woman Whose Death Linked To AstraZeneca Jab Launches Legal Action While American lawmakers have taken steps to shield US pharma companies from any legal blowback caused by COVID vaccines, drugmakers in Europe haven’t been so lucky.
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/family-italian-woman-whose-death-linked-astrazeneca-jab-launches-legal-action

COVID ‘Long-Haulers’ at Greater Risk of Dying, Study Shows. A new study found that Covid-19 survivors had a heightened risk of dying within six months of their original diagnosis, and many are suffering other debilitating conditions.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-22/-long-hauler-study-shows-covid-can-kill-months-after-infection?srnd=premium

Dirty Conditions, Quality-Control Problems Found By FDA Inspectors At Plant Making J&J Shots. The Emergent BioSciences facility in Baltimore was cited for being unclean conditions and poorly trained staff https://www.denverpost.com/2021/04/21/fda-inspection-jj-covid-vaccine/

# Education / Schools
Anti-Maskers Harass Kids Outside Beverly Hills School. “I’m positive you hate that mask,” said one. Another bore a sign reading “Masks=child abuse.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-maskers-in-beverly-hills-harass-elementary-school-students-tell-them-not-to-cover-their-faces

Teacher on Leave After Photo of Foot on Black Student’s Neck. The unidentified Texas teacher is said to have texted the photo to the mom as a joke—but it’s caused absolute outrage in the local community.
https://nypost.com/2021/04/22/photo-of-teachers-foot-on-black-students-neck-sparks-anger-probe/

Preparing the next generation of Latino leaders. Universities are cultivating the hopes and dreams of Latino students as they educate the leaders of tomorrow
https://www.texastribune.org/paid-post/preparing-next-generation-latino-leaders/?mc_cid=c2ae28f998&mc_eid=6f15633605

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Why climate change is driving some to skip having kids https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210421160016.htm

What drop? CO2 emissions surge as pandemic restrictions ease https://www.zmescience.com/science/what-drop-co2-emissions-surge-as-pandemic-restrictions-ease/

The PR industry aims to demobilize environmental movements — here’s what organizers can do about it. Public relations poses distinct threats to environmental movements, but activists are becoming more savvy and developing new forms of resistance https://wagingnonviolence.org/2021/04/public-relations-greenwashing-threats-environmental-movements/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
After a Century of Dispossession, Black Farmers Are Fighting to Get Back to the Land. And drawing on past movements to reclaim their agricultural heritage.
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2021/04/black-land-matters-farmers-justice-leah-penniman-fannie-lou-hamer-cory-booker-land-tenure/

The Biden administration will pay farmers more money not to farm. The goal is to add 4 million acres of farmland to the Conservation Reserve Program, which takes land out of production to blunt agriculture’s environmental impact.
https://thecounter.org/biden-administration-farmers-conservation-reserve-crp-usda-vilsack/

# Global Politics and other news
President Putin Warns Western Nations Against Crossing “Red Line”
https://thehill.com/policy/international/russia/549469-putin-warns-west-not-to-cross-red-line-in-annual-address

Russia Abruptly Orders Troops Back Home From Ukraine Border. On a visit to annexed Crimea, the Kremlin’s defense minister declared it was mission accomplished to the tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine’s border.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-abruptly-claims-it-is-ordering-troops-to-pull-back-from-ukraines-border

# Gov / Political
The House in a party-line vote approved legislation to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state in the nation, sending the bill to the Senate.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/549569-house-passes-dc-statehood-bill-for-second-time

The Senate passed legislation aimed at combating a rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic. The bill now goes to the House, where Democrats are expected to soon take up their version of the legislation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/22/hate-crime-bill-passes-senate-484245

Nearly 100 House Democrats Send Letter to Schumer Demanding End to Filibuster The Democrats, led by Cori Bush and Pramila Jayapal, say ending the filibuster is the only way to end partisan gridlock.
https://truthout.org/articles/nearly-100-house-democrats-send-letter-to-schumer-demanding-end-to-filibuster/

# Law Enforcement
New Oklahoma Law Protects Drivers Who Run Over Protesters. The bill states that drivers will not be “criminally or civilly liable for the injury or death” of a protester if they’re “fleeing from a riot.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gov-kevin-stitt-signs-law-to-protect-oklahoma-drivers-who-kill-protesters-with-their-car

NC Protesters Demand Release of Footage Showing Police Killing of Andrew Brown https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article250854589.html

Black Chief: My Heart Jumps When I See a Cop Car Behind Me. One of Minnesota’s only Black police chiefs has a lot to say about the state of American policing following Derek Chauvin’s conviction.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/black-police-chief-my-heart-jumps-when-i-see-a-cop-car-behind-me

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Black Woman Shackled While Giving Birth Gets NYC Settlement. The anonymous woman filed a civil-rights lawsuit last month that said she was arrested two days past her due date in December 2018.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/14/woman-sues-nypd-shackled-pregnant

Turning attention to a Texas case: High-profile civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is also a lawyer for George Floyd’s family, wants to turn attention back to the 2019 death of Pamela Turner, a Black Texas woman, killed by a Baytown police officer.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/21/texas-police-shooting-pamela-turner/?mc_cid=c2ae28f998&mc_eid=6f15633605

DOJ would like to take a lil’ look: Garland announces police probe after Floyd verdict
https://apnews.com/article/george-floyd-verdict-police-reform-doj-e24dd1a390a781af3495fa1e0271f492

# Medical / Health
Is expanding Medicaid on the table? Among several bills filed in the conservative Texas Legislature is a Medicaid expansion plan with bipartisan support similar to those adopted in other Republican-led states.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/21/texas-medicaid-expansion/?mc_cid=c2ae28f998&mc_eid=6f15633605

The Sordid History of the Cancer Cartel: A Century of Suppression & Censorship https://go2.thetruthaboutcancer.com/final-chapter/episode-1/

# Social
Texas is one of 29 states with anti-militia statutes. However, more than a dozen so-called militias here are listed on websites dedicated to far right-wing organizations. And they’re recruiting. As pandemic restrictions increased on businesses, Black Lives Matter protests spread in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. The two proved fertile ground for anti-government and BLM counter protests across the state.
https://www.tpr.org/government-politics/2021-04-21/critics-say-texas-not-doing-enough-to-combat-domestic-terror-private-militia-threats?mc_cid=c2ae28f998&mc_eid=6f15633605

# Space
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover extracts first oxygen from Red Planet https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-perseverance-mars-rover-extracts-first-oxygen-from-red-planet/
For more about Perseverance: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/
and: https://www.nasa.gov/perseverance

# Technology
Plastics with embedded particles decompose in days instead of years.
Encased, plastic-chomping enzymes are activated by water and heat or light.
https://cen.acs.org/environment/green-chemistry/Plastics-embedded-particles-decompose-days/99/i15

Nanocarbon black electrifies concrete, turns it into a heat radiator.
Concrete is an electrical insulator — but a sprinkle of nanocarbon allows electrons to flow.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/nanocarbon-black-electrifies-concrete-turns-it-into-a-heat-radiator/

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