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The New York Times: On a Scottish Isle, Nursing Home Deaths Expose a Covid-19 Scandal
On a Scottish Isle, Nursing Home Deaths Expose a Covid-19 Scandal
At the Home Farm nursing home on the Isle of Skye, more than a quarter of its residents died and nearly all were infected with coronavirus. Families are furious.
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The Country That Beat the Virus review – breathtaking, damning and humiliating
The Country That Beat the Virus review – breathtaking, damning and humiliating
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/may/13/the-country-that-beat-the-virus-review-breathtaking-damning-and-humiliating?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Actor Jason Wong Speaks Out About Racism Against East Asian Communities After Being Told He ‘Might Have Coronavirus’
CNN: Exclusive: She’s been falsely accused of starting the pandemic. Her life has been turned upside down
Exclusive: She’s been falsely accused of starting the pandemic. Her life has been turned upside down
Maatje Benassi, a US Army reservist and mother of two, has become the target of conspiracy theorists who falsely place her at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, saying she brought the disease to China.
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The Telegraph: Two new waves of deaths are about to break over the NHS, new analysis warns
Two new waves of deaths are about to break over the NHS, new analysis warns
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The British state has long been unfit for purpose. Now everyone can see that | Anthony Seldon
Despite PM’s praise of nurses, it’s Tory policies that made them suffer
HuffPost UK: I Work In ITU. I’m Worried The Nightingale Hospital Is Unfit For Purpose
I Work In ITU. I’m Worried The Nightingale Hospital Is Unfit For Purpose
I feel as though I need to state the obvious: there is huge potential for tragedy if this experiment goes wrong.
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As pandemic spreads in US so does racist abuse, and not just against Asians
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3079467/coronavirus-pandemic-spreads-us-so-do-racist
Coronavirus is the greatest global science policy failure in a generation | Richard Horton
The New York Times: The 1,000-bed Comfort was supposed to aid New York. It has 20 patients.
The 1,000-bed Comfort was supposed to aid New York. It has 20 patients.
“It’s a joke,” said a top hospital executive, whose facilities are packed with coronavirus patients.
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FAST COMPANY: Apple, Google, and Microsoft are failing U.S. students during the COVID-19 crisis
Apple, Google, and Microsoft are failing U.S. students during the COVID-19 crisis
In the midst of COVID-19, schools across the country have closed their doors, and a majority of the 50 million K-12 students are now learning from home. For many, that means logging on to laptops to teleconference teachers who take digital attendance, then accessing lessons and homework to do on their own.
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The Independent: Coronavirus: NHS doctors ‘gagged’ over protective equipment shortages
Coronavirus: NHS doctors ‘gagged’ over protective equipment shortages
Frontline doctors have told The Independent they have been gagged from speaking out about shortages of protective equipment as they treat coronavirus patients – with some claiming managers have threatened their careers.
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U.K. Wants Global Virus Fight But Won’t Join EU Ventilator Plan – Bloomberg
U.K. Wants Global Virus Fight But Won’t Join EU Ventilator Plan
by Tim Ross
Boris Johnson joined a video conference summit with other Group of 20 leaders on Thursday to make the case for an international alliance to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
