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“Sweeping bans on ‘non-essential’ procedures have left medical professionals idle and patients less healthy”

NATIONAL REVIEW Let the Doctors Work by Joel M. Zinberg May 7, 2020 Buried in the recent announcement by the Bureau of Economic Analysis that real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 4.8 percent in the … Continue reading

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This virus is still evolving

THE SPECTATOR Could the lockdown have side-effects no one has considered? by Dr John Lee May 2, 2020 …Think about the lockdown. We have substantially reduced the number of people circulating in the community. If lockdown is working, and stopping … Continue reading

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“In Israel and for nearly two months, companies have been cramming in the work while the rest of the country is stuck at home”

REUTERS Risking contagion, Israel upgrades empty roads and rails by Ari Rabinovitch and Tova Cohen April 23, 2020 Roadwork is booming in Israel as construction crews take advantage of empty roads and railways in the time of coronavirus to upgrade … Continue reading

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“Health Ministry to file police complaint against passenger who flew United from Newark to Israel knowing he’d tested positive, didn’t notify crew”

TIMES OF ISRAEL US said to annul work visa of Israeli who took flight home knowing he had virus by Staff April 26, 2020 The US has suspended a work visa issued to an Israeli national who boarded a flight … Continue reading

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“Nursing home residents, the highest risk population, should be the most straightforward to systematically protect from infected people, given that they already live in confined places with highly restricted entry”

THE HILL The data is in — stop the panic and end the total isolation by Dr Scott W. Atlas April 22, 2020 The tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be entering the containment phase. Tens of thousands of … Continue reading

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Preventive medicine and public health specialist Dr. David Katz joins Bill Maher to discuss whether the fight against coronavirus is worse than the disease.

NEW YORK TIMES Dr David Katz: Is Our Fight Against Coronavirus Worse Than the Disease? There may be more targeted ways to beat the pandemic.

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“Tel Aviv University report, released every year before Holocaust Remembrance Day, shows an 18% spike in attacks against Jews last year, warning that the pandemic has threatened to amp up incitement even more”

YNET NEWS Experts: Coronvirus brings spike in anti-Semitic sentiments by Associated Press April 20, 2020 …“Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant rise in accusations that Jews, as individuals and as a collective, are behind … Continue reading

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Perhaps coming to your town: “National Guard’s raison d’être is not policing a domestic populace. Striking the requisite balance will be a tremendous challenge, undertaken beneath an intensive media glare”

SECURITY MAGAZINE Can the National Guard Protect America? by Benjamin Anthony, Cade Spivey, and Richard Kemp April 18, 2020 …While some have been dismissive of the role of the [National][Guard, the continuation of life without a paycheck may well result … Continue reading

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Netanyahu announces easing of health restrictions

JERUSALEM POST Coronavirus: Regulations eased up, certain stores reallowed to open by Rossella Tercatin, Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman and Tzvi Joffre April 18, 2020 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Saturday night a partial release of the restrictive measures imposed by the government … Continue reading

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Democrats and Republicans join on pro Israel initiative

BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS Cruz Looks to Replace America’s Medical Reliance on China with Israel by David Sidman April 17, 2020 Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Chris Coons (D-DE) are launching a bipartisan effort to ween the U.S off of medical … Continue reading

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