(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). 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). [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…
(2022-05-06). Book Banning on the Rise in the US. projectcensored.org This week's show is excerpted from a recent online panel discussion for the Sonoma County Library and Lumacon! in Northern California about efforts to ban certain books, keeping them from…
(2022-05-06). Joe Lauria: No Such Thing as Dissent in the Age of Big Tech. scheerpost.com Joe Lauria. [Photo courtesy of guest] | Click to subscribe on: "Scheer Intelligence" has been reporting on the rise of censorship in the internet age in a number of ways since the podcast was started in 2015. Now host Robert Scheer is concerned that,
(2022-05-06). The full story of how Louisianans defeated the 'Don't Say Gay' bill. fightbacknews.org Baton Rouge, LA – 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 a legi…
(2022-05-06). Chapeando: Las visas a buchito y la desinformación a chorro (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Una nueva fake news sobre Cuba, recorre las redes, pero esta vez el punto de partida no son los llamados medios tóxicos sino varias agencias de prensa.
(2022-05-06). German federal and state governments cut quarantine period to five days. wsws.org Despite official propaganda about the "end of the pandemic," 1,500 people are falling victim to the coronavirus every week in Germany.
(2022-05-06). Video: Black Man Goes Viral Over TikTok Sermon Against 'Hustle Culture'. moguldom.com The culture of hustling — and hustling hard — is ingrained in the Black community. Most are taught to work harder, dress nicer and be better than the best as it's the only way to get ahead in white-controlled America. But for some, the hustle culture is not a goal, and a Black man's sermon …