April 29, 2020

Seth Meyers - Trump Says Disinfectant Injection Comments Were Sarcastic - Monologue 4/27/20

April 29, 2020

The Daily Social Distancing Show: Mayor Bottoms - Working with Gov. Kemp to Reopen Georgia Safely

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms discusses the life-or-death risks of opening up Georgia for business earlier than medical experts recommend.

April 29, 2020

The Daily Show - Trump's Best Words: Coronavirus Briefing Edition

Here are some of the words Trump has said while in total command of his faculties at these coronavirus briefings

April 29, 2020

The Daily Social Distancing Show: PPP Loans Sapped by Big Businesses

Much of last month’s Paycheck Protection Program money was sapped up by big businesses and not the small businesses it was intended for, and though PPP Round 2 is more precisely targeted, women- and minority-owned small businesses are still struggling to get the support they need.

April 29, 2020

The Daily Social Distancing Show - Coronavirus Updates: Immunity In Sweden & Trump Ignored Warnings

Stockholm is expected to reach herd immunity by May, Trump ignored over a dozen warnings about coronavirus since January, and Mike Pence makes a visit to the Mayo Clinic without a mask.

April 28, 2020

Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 4/27/20

You're Doing Amazing, Mr. President. See, Sarcasm Does Work!



President Trump, stung by the backlash to his comments about injecting disinfectant to treat Covid-19, spent the weekend giving a Twitter tutorial on the art of sarcasm.




Jon Batiste Scores Your Chores



After weeks of social distancing, keeping a tidy household can become a bit monotonous. Fortunately, Jon Batiste has come up with a way to make doing your chores a little more exhilarating. Visit https://www.cbs.com/shows/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/news/1009741/the-late-show-s-jon-batiste-scores-your-chores/ to play Jon's music as you clean up!




John Fogerty "Have You Ever Seen The Rain"



Rock legend John Fogerty, flanked by his children Kelsy, Shane and Tyler Fogerty, perform this Creedence Clearwater Revival classic for A Late Show's #PlayAtHome performance series.




Trump's Idea To Inject Disinfectant Inspires New Cleaning Products



Dr. Clean will clean your body, and every organ in it.

April 28, 2020

Al Gore On Trump Pandemic Response - All In - MSNBC

Former Vice President Al Gore: “We’ve got to get through this in spite of Donald Trump. But it has been an irresponsible, incompetent, and in many ways disgraceful performance.” Aired on 04/27/2020.

April 28, 2020

Silence is golden for whales as lockdown reduces ocean noise

Curtailing of shipping due to coronavirus allows scientists to study effects of quieter oceans on marine wildlife

In cities, human lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic have offered some respite to the natural world, with clear skies and the return of wildlife to waterways. Now evidence of a drop in underwater noise pollution has led experts to predict the crisis may also be good news for whales and other sea mammals.

Researchers examining real-time underwater sound signals from seabed observatories run by Ocean Networks Canada near the port of Vancouver found a significant drop in low-frequency sound associated with ships.

David Barclay, assistant professor of oceanography at Dalhousie University, the lead author of a paper reviewing the phenomena, examined sound power – a way of measuring “loudness” – in the 100 Hz range from two sites, one inland and one farther offshore. He found a significant drop in noise from both.

“Generally, we know underwater noise at this frequency has effects on marine mammals,” Barclay said.

“There has been a consistent drop in noise since 1 January, which has amounted to a change of four or five decibels in the period up to 1 April,” he said. Economic data from the port showed a drop of around 20% in exports and imports over the same period, he said.

The deep ocean site, around 60km from the shipping lanes and in 3,000 metres of water, also showed a drop in average weekly noise of 1.5 decibels, or around a 15% decrease in power, Barclay said. “This gives us an idea of the scale over which this reduction in noise can be observed.”

The reduction in ship traffic in the ocean, which Barclay compares to a “giant human experiment”, has had scientists racing to find out the effect on marine life.


Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/27/silence-is-golden-for-whales-as-lockdown-reduces-ocean-noise-coronavirus



Underwater frequencies have an effect on marine mammals, say scientists. Photograph: Juergen Ritterbach/Alamy

April 28, 2020

5 Ways Environmental Damage Drives Human Diseases Like COVID-19

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that human health is inextricably part of the ecosystem we exist in.

While the pandemic, which likely arose from the global wildlife trade, has brought entire industries to a screeching halt, the health consequences of other types of environmental damage are still ignored in favor of business-as-usual activities.

According to recent studies, zoonotic diseases — those pathogens that can jump from animals to humans — are responsible for an estimated 75% of emerging infectious diseases worldwide. In the United States, approximately 72% of zoonotic diseases threatening human health since the year 2000 originated from the legal or illegal wildlife trade. The COVID-19 pandemic may be exceptional for its reach and social disruption, but its link to the destructive trade in wild animals is just one of many examples of how human-made changes to the environment are spreading diseases.

Watch our video below to see some of the ways human health and environmental health are interconnected:

Wildlife trade, deforestation, industrial farming and other factors threaten both animals and human health.


Read more: https://www.ecowatch.com/environmental-damage-human-diseases-2645853728.html

April 28, 2020

Seth Meyers - Trump Sinks in Polls, Claims Disinfectant Comments Were Sarcastic: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at President Trump suggesting that coronavirus could be cured with disinfectants, claiming it was a joke and then threatening to stop doing press briefings altogether.


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