Posts that I especially recommend today: Wednesday, March 25, 2020

• Shortage of ventilators [respirators] explained by Dr. Emily Porter of Austin, Texas (via YouTube). (Note: There is not only a shortage of ventilators but also test kits and facemasks, the latter especially for hospital workers, which are necessary to seriously limit the damage done to our population. It seems common sense that only telling people to shelter-in-place ensures that infected people will spread the virus to their families. Only people who test positive must be quarantined. And, Jimmy Dore wonders why Facebook has waited until a few days ago to donate 720,000 facemasks.)

• Trump Administration Endangers the Lives of Health Care Workers by Anita Desikan from Union of Concerned Scientists. (Note: Blaming things on Trump seems to be so fashionable these days, but I don't buy it. Still, I think that this article presents credible information regarding our health system and its weaknesses.)

• Coronavirus pandemic reveals the demise of the US as a world leader by Georgio Cafiero from TRT World (based in Turkey).

• Op-Ed: The US Must Protect Communities and Workers But We Need Our Leaders to Stop Bending to the Oil and Gas Industry by a "guest" from Desmog. (Note: What else can one expect in a capitalist society where profits and power are the first priority among the ruling class?)

• COVID-19’s Psychosocial Impacts by Elena Martin, MPH and Joshua Morganstein, MD from Scientific American.