(2022-05-07). On Wars, Propaganda and outright Lies. thesaker.is By Francis Lee for the Saker Blog. Here is a typical political offering from the British centre-left. As follows: "Putin's war on Ukraine has led to thousands of deaths, upended…
(2022-05-07). The Full Story Of How Louisianans Defeated The 'Don't Say Gay' Bill. popularresistance.org Baton Rouge, Louisiana – On May 3, the Louisiana House of Representatives Education Committee struck down this state's version of the "Don't Say Gay" bill by a seven to four vote. This decision came after a mass upsurge of students, parents, teachers, social workers and LGBTQ+ community members demanding to shut the bill down. | HB 837, the "Don't Say Gay" or "Classroom censorship" bill, attempted to prohibit all discussion of gender identity or sexual orientation in K-8 classrooms. On top of this, it was an effort to ban teachers from disclosing their gender identities or sexual orientations to students. | Once…
(2022-05-07). White House will do nothing as COVID-19 cases surge. wsws.org With the mainstream media acknowledging more than one million US deaths, and cases, hospitalizations and deaths once again rising, Biden's White House COVID response coordinator brushed aside any suggestion of reimposing mask mandates.
(2022-05-07). Dare To Win: Lessons From The Indian Farmers Movement. popularresistance.org The Farmers Movement in India has inspired millions around the world who are fighting for justice, democracy and solidarity. The farmers held their ground in the face of threats, intimidation and relentless propaganda, and forced the Modi government to repeal the farm bills. This was one of the most spectacular victories of ordinary people against the combined assault of corporate power and the state, showing that determined struggle can defeat the mightiest of forces. | On 19 November 2021 the Government of India announced that three highly contentious Farm Bills introduced in June 2020 would be repealed. The Go…
(2022-05-07). Global WAR-NING! Geoengineering Is Wrecking Our Planet and Humanity. globalresearch.ca World leaders are meeting in Glasgow at COP-26. All eyes are now on "the imminent dangers of CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions". The "climate emergency" is a timely instrument of propaganda used to distract people from questioning "the real crisis", namely the Covid-19 "plandemic".
(2022-05-07). [Correspondence] Allocated but not treated: the silent 16%. thelancet.com The RECOVERY Collaborative Group has provided timely, robust evidence for managing hospitalised patients with COVID-19, including their randomised controlled trial supporting the use of tocilizumab.1 However, results from other smaller randomised controlled trials of tocilizumab (and sarilumab), particularly those with a placebo control group, did not show a mortality benefit of interleukin-6 inhibition versus control. In seeking to understand the totality of the data, results of any meta-analysis will be heavily weighted by RECOVERY trials, the largest population studied.
(2022-05-07). [Correspondence] Allocated but not treated: the silent 16% — Authors' reply. thelancet.com Randomised controlled trials generally seek to estimate the effect of assignment to an intervention (ie, the intention-to-treat effect) rather than the effect of adhering to an intervention (ie, the per-protocol effect). Intention-to-treat analysis is the only type of analysis to guarantee that the patient groups being compared remain balanced with respect to their baseline characteristics (differing only due to chance), thus allowing valid randomised comparisons of these groups.1 Of course, in any trial, some patients assigned to an intervention might not receive it (ie, drop out), whereas others who are not ass…