WHO warning: ‘no evidence’ antibodies from COVID-19 protect from a second infection

A number of pharmaceutical companies are rushing to market COVID-19 antibody tests in the hope that a sufficient number of Americans can be tested for COVID-19 antibodies on the assumption that these antibodies provide partial or total immunity from contracting COVID-19 again. There are a number of problems with this assumption. First, Coronaviruses are a large family of … Read more

Trump threatens to kill U.S. Postal Service, the result will be widespread voter suppression

They were warned, but rejecting sound medical advice Republican legislators and judges forced Wisconsin voters to vote in person or be disenfranchised because the state did not mail an absentee ballot to them in time to be returned. Calls for vote-by-mail intensify after at least 19 cases of coronavirus are linked to Wisconsin primary election: … Read more

Donate Blood with Fellow Democrats, and Save 3 Lives

Are you healthy, age 16 or older, and weigh more than 110 pounds? Democrats of Greater Tucson needs you to donate blood. One pint of blood saves 3 lives — and possibly your own life. DATE: Friday, May 8, 2020, Noon to 5 p.m. LOCATION: The Red Cross Bloodmobile, at Democratic headquarters at 4639 E. 1st St., Tucson, AZ 85711. … Read more

Andy Biggs Came; He Saw; He Voted against the People of CD 5 Again

He did it again. Andy Biggs, the leader of the Freedom Ca…Circus and House Representative from Congressional District (CD) Five, voted against the fourth Coronavirus stimulus bill yesterday (April 23, 2020) in the House of Representatives. That makes Biggs 0 for 4 in voting against measures that help the American People. The other members of … Read more

Gov. Ducey Should Require PPE and Testing to Re-Open Businesses

THIS POST IS PART OF A SERIES ON THE NEED TO REBUILD ARIZONA’S PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE. We know that large manufacturing and processing facilities present a big risk of rapid spread of COVID-19. We are seeing outbreaks of hundreds, even thousands of cases caused by “essential” businesses continuing business as usual in anything-but-usual times. To … Read more