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Patrisse Cullors is a co-founder of Blacks Lives Matter. About her background, she said in 2015: “The first thing, I think, is that we actually do have an ideological frame. Myself and Alicia (Garza, BLM co-founder) in particular are trained organizers.” Cullors also said: “We are trained Marxists. We are super-versed on, sort of, ideological theories. And I think that what we really tried to do is build a movement that could be utilized by many, many black folk.”
Cullors, the self-described “trained Marxist,” appears to be doing quite well for herself. Last year, she signed a major Hollywood production deal. Variety reported: “The co-founder of Black Lives Matter has signed her first … overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group. Characterized as multi-year and wide-ranging, the pact will see Cullors develop and produce original programming across all platforms, including broadcast, cable and streaming.” Her first overall deal? So much for tha
By Josh FeldmanApr 16th, 2021, 2:23 pm
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The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that over 200 million vaccine doses have been administered in the United States.
202.3 million vaccines in total, as of this posting, have been administered, and over 80 million Americans close to a quarter of the total population have been fully vaccinated.
49.1 percent of all adults in the United States, over 126 million people, have gotten at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Meanwhile, 80 percent of all seniors have gotten at least one dose.
This week the U.S. called for a pause in the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine. Millions of people have gotten the J&J vaccine, and the CDC and FDA made the recommendation after reports of serious blood clots in six individuals.
Brazil is heading toward unimaginable loss of lives, researchers warn
From CNN s Maggie Fox
The remains of a woman who died from complications related to Covid-19 are placed into a niche by cemetery workers and relatives at the Inahuma cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 13. Silvia Izquierdo/AP
Brazil is reporting some of the world s highest new cases per day and the country may be headed for even worse times thanks to a combination of political chaos and inaction, a team of public health experts said on Wednesday.
“In Brazil, the federal response has been a dangerous combination of inaction and wrongdoing, including the promotion of chloroquine as treatment despite a lack of evidence,” wrote the team in their report, published in the journal Science.
Indian capital to convert banquet halls and hotels into Covid treatment facilities
From CNN s Manveena Suri in New Delhi
Health workers take care of Covid-19 patients at Shehnai banquet hall, which has been converted into a Covid care center in New Delhi, India on April 13. Mohd Zakir/Hindustan Times/Getty Images
Banquet halls and hotels in the Indian capital region of Delhi are being converted into “extended Covid hospitals” as cases continue to surge during the country s second wave.
A total of 23 hotels and banquets halls will be linked to private hospitals to add more than 2,000 additional beds, according to an order by Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday. Patients will be sent to the hotels and linked private hospitals depending on their condition.