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'White lives don't matter' Cambridge academic has post 'deleted by Twitter'
Dr Priyamvada Gopal sparked a backlash after tweeting: "White Lives Don't Matter". (Churchill College Cambridge)A controversial tweet by a Cambridge University professor saying ‘White lives don’t matter’ has been deleted by Twitter, she has claimed.
Professor
Priyamvada Gopal, a fellow of Churchill College, sparked a backlash
after she posted the tweet saying: “I’ll say it again. White Lives Don’t
Matter. As white lives.”
Since posting, the professor has
received death threats and abuse, while a petition was launched
demanding that she be fired by Cambridge University.
It comes after a banner reading ‘White Lives Matter’ was flown over the Etihad Stadium in Manchester just after kick-off between Manchester City and Burnley on Monday night, sparking a police investigation.
A controversial tweet by Dr Priyamvada Gopal has been deleted by Twitter, she has confirmed. (SWNS)Prof
Gopal later confirmed that the tweet had been deleted by Twitter, but
said she stood by it as it was about “structure and ideology” rather
than people.
She wrote: “I would also like to make clear I stand by my tweets, now deleted by Twitter, not me.
“They
were very clearly speaking to a structure and ideology, not about
people. My Tweet said whiteness is not special, not a criterion for
making lives matter. I stand by that.” Read more: Black Lives Matter: Pictures show scale of demonstrations around the world
The academic and activist also shared abuse she had been received both publicly and privately following the tweet.
One
person replied saying she was “disgusting inside and out”, and, “[i]f
you don’t like white people, pack up your sh*t and go home. Problem
solved.”
Other examples included: “...On another note, kill yourself. Else someone might show you which lives really Matter :)”
“Why
would you want to abolish whiteness anyway, we’ve given you everything
you own, without us you’d still be chasing Bush meat with a blowpipe.”
Dr Gopal says she stands by the tweet because it was about ideology, not people. (Twitter)Prof
Gopal, who revealed on Thursday that she had been promoted to full
Professorship in the English department, was defended by Cambridge
University as well as by the University and College Union (UCU).
In
a statement, Cambridge University said: “The university defends the
right of its academics to express their own lawful opinions, which
others might find controversial.
“[It] deplores in the strongest terms abuse and personal attacks. These attacks are totally unacceptable and must cease.”
The
Cambridge branch of the University and College Union (UCU) wrote:
“Solidarity with Priyamvada Gopal - being targeted with vile sexist and
racist abuse for speaking up against white supremacists.
“We are proud to be your colleagues both on the picket line and off it. #BlackLivesMatter #Solidarity.”
However,
the university’s support of Prof Gopal has been criticised by some as
inconsistent, with some pointing to the recent removal of Noah Carl from
a research position at St Edmund’s college over links with far right
extremist groups.
Census shows white decline, nonwhite majority among youngest
MIKE SCHNEIDER
FILE
- In this Aug. 22, 2019, file photo, people walk through New York's
Times Square. The population of non-Hispanic whites in the U.S. has
gotten smaller in the past decade as deaths have surpassed births in
this aging demographic, and a majority of the population under age 16 is
nonwhite for the first time though they are fewer in number than a
decade ago, according to new figures released Thursday, June 25, 2020,
by the U.S. Census Bureau. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — For the generation of Americans not yet old enough to drive, the demographic future has arrived.
For
the first time, nonwhites and Hispanics were a majority of people under
age 16 in 2019, an expected demographic shift that will grow over the
coming decades, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau
on Thursday.
“We are browning from bottom up in our age
structure,” said William Frey, a senior fellow at The Brookings
Institution. “This is going to be a diversified century for the United
States, and it’s beginning with this youngest generation.”
At the
same time, the number of non-Hispanic whites in the U.S. has gotten
smaller in the past decade as deaths surpassed births in this aging
demographic, according to the Census Bureau population estimates.
Since
2010, the number of whites who aren't Hispanic had dropped by more than
16,600 people. But the decline has been escalating in the past three
years, with the number of non-Hispanic whites dropping by more than a
half million people from 2016 to 2019, according to the Census Bureau
population estimates.
In 2019, a little under 40% of the total
U.S. population was either nonwhite or Hispanic. Non-Hispanic whites are
expected to be a minority of the U.S. population in about 25 years.
A
natural decrease from the number of deaths exceeding births, plus a
slowdown in immigration to the U.S., contributed to the population drop
since 2010 for non-Hispanic whites, whose median age of 43.7 last year
was by far the highest of any demographic group. If these numbers hold
for the 2020 census being conducted right now, it will be the first time
since the first decennial census in 1790 that there has been a national
decline of whites, Frey said.
“It’s aging. Of course, we didn’t have a lot of immigration, that has gone down," Frey said. “White fertility has gone down."
In
fact, the decrease in births among the white population has led to a
dip in the number of people under age 18 in the past decade, a drop
exacerbated by the fact that the much larger Millennial cohort has aged
out of that group, replaced by a smaller Generation Z.
Over the
past decade, Asians had the biggest growth rate of any demographic
group, increasing by almost 30%. Almost two-thirds of that growth was
driven by international migration.
The Hispanic population grew by
20% since 2010, with almost three-quarters of that growth coming from a
natural increase that comes when more people are born than die.
The Black population grew by almost 12% over the decade, and the white population increased by 4.3%.
The
nation's seniors have swelled since 2010 as Baby Boomers aged into that
demographic, with the number of people over age 65 increasing by more
than a third. Seniors in 2019 made up more than 16% of the U.S.
population, compared to 13% in 2010.
In four states — Maine,
Florida, West Virginia and Vermont — seniors accounted for 20% of the
population. That's a benchmark that the overall U.S. population is
expected to reach by 2030.
“The first Baby Boomers reached 65
years old in 2011,” said Luke Rogers, chief of the Census Bureau’s
Population Estimates Branch. “No other age group saw such a fast
increase."
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worker disinfects a room at the Red Cross hospital in Wuhan, in China's
central Hubei province on March 18, 2020. - The hospital, which has
been used to treat COVID-19 coronavirus patients, will be temporarily
closed from March 18 for a week of extensive disinfection, before being
returned to service as a general hospital. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China
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Adding
to growing evidence that the novel coronavirus can spread through air,
scientists have identified genetic markers of the virus in airborne
droplets, many with diameters smaller than one-ten-thousandth of an
inch.
That had been previously demonstrated in laboratory
experiments, but now Chinese scientists studying real-world conditions
report that they captured tiny droplets containing the genetic markers
of the virus from the air in two hospitals in Wuhan, China, where the
outbreak started.
Their findings were published Monday in the journal Nature.
It
remains unknown if the virus in the samples they collected was
infectious, but droplets that small, which are expelled by breathing and
talking, can remain aloft and be inhaled by others.
“Those are
going to stay in the air floating around for at least two hours,” said
Linsey Marr, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at
Virginia Tech who was not involved with the Nature paper. “It strongly
suggests that there is potential for airborne transmission.”
Marr
and many other scientists say evidence is mounting that the coronavirus
is being spread by tiny droplets known as aerosols. The World Health
Organization has so far downplayed the possibility, saying that the
disease is mostly transmitted through larger droplets that do not remain
airborne for long, or through the touching of contaminated surfaces.
Even
with the new findings, the issue is not settled. Although the
coronavirus RNA — the genetic blueprint of the virus — was present in
the aerosols, scientists do not know yet whether the viruses remain
infectious or whether the tests just detected harmless virus fragments.
“The
missing piece is viable viral replication,” said Harvey V. Fineberg,
who leads the Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and
21st Century Health Threats at the National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering and Medicine. “Could you culture this virus from the air?”
In
February and March, scientists collected samples at Renmin Hospital of
Wuhan University and at a makeshift temporary medical facility used to
quarantine and treat patients with mild symptoms. They also sampled the
air in public areas around Wuhan, including a residential building, a
supermarket and two department stores.
Very little virus was
detected in the air of the isolation wards or in the patient rooms of
the hospital, which were well ventilated. But elevated concentrations
were measured in the small toilet areas, about 1 square yard in size,
which were not ventilated.
“It kind of emphasizes the importance of avoiding small confined spaces,” Marr said.
The
researchers also detected viruses in the air in the locations where
staff members took off their protective garments, suggesting that
viruses that had settled on clothing could be knocked back into the air.
These readings were greatly reduced after the hospitals implemented
more rigorous cleaning procedures.
The Wuhan data echo findings at
the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where other researchers also
found coronavirus RNA in the air as well as on surfaces in rooms. That
research, still in the process of being reviewed by other scientists
before publication in a journal, did not determine the size of the
droplets. But the presence of RNA from the virus in out-of-the-way
locations, such as under a bed and on window sills, also suggested that
small droplets were carried around the rooms by air currents.
In
their paper, the Nebraska researchers detected the presence of
coronavirus RNA, but not whether the viruses were still infectious. In
additional experiments, the scientists are trying to grow the virus in
cultures to determine if they are capable of sickening people.
“We’ve
made a lot of progress the last couple of weeks,” said Joshua L.
Santarpia, a professor of pathology and microbiology at the University
of Nebraska Medical Center. “I really do hope that we’ll start being
able to say something more definitive in the next week or so.”
In
the Wuhan research, no viruses were detected in most of the public
places they studied, including the residential building and the
supermarket, although some levels were detected in crowded areas outside
one of the hospitals and in the department stores. Marr said she
calculated it would take about 15 minutes for a person to breathe in one
virus particle.
“It was interesting to see there were measurable amounts,” Marr said. “I think it adds good evidence to avoid crowding.”
The
paper did not state whether people passing through those areas were
wearing masks, which would block much of the virus a sick person
breathes out.
This article originally appeared in The New York Times.
A
man who called COVID-19 a 'political ploy' on Facebook died from the
virus. His family canceled his funeral livestream after 'misguided
anger' from strangers.
Signs protesting Ohio's stay-at-home order hang near the Capitol in Columbus on Monday.Seth Herald/Reuters
John W. McDaniel, 60, died from COVID-19 on April 15.
As
early as March 13, McDaniel had criticized the panic surrounding the
novel coronavirus. In a Facebook post that has since been deleted, he
called COVID-19 a "political ploy."
In another, according to NBC News,
he said: "If you are paranoid about getting sick just don't go out. It
shouldn't keep those of us from Living our Lives. The Madness has to
stop."
His wife, Lisa McDaniel, canceled a livestream of his funeral after reading criticism of her husband online.
"This
news has opened the flood gates for people to share their own misguided
anger and unfounded assumptions about a man they don't know," she said.
An
Ohio man who called COVID-19 a "political ploy" on Facebook has died
from the disease, and his family has faced so much outrage over his
posts that they canceled a livestream of his funeral.
John W.
McDaniel, 60, died on April 15 after contracting the coronavirus. As
early as March 13, McDaniel had criticized stay-at-home orders and panic
surrounding the novel coronavirus, according to NBC News and The Washington Post.
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The
posts have since been deleted. But in one he reportedly called the
virus a "political ploy," and in another he said: "If you are paranoid
about getting sick just don't go out. It shouldn't keep those of us from
Living our Lives. The Madness has to stop."
People spread the
news about McDaniel's death online, sharing criticism of his posts on
social media while linking to his obituary, first published in the Marion Star on April 16.
His wife, Lisa McDaniel, canceled a Facebook livestream of her husband's funeral, announcing the news in a letter shared on the funeral home's website on Wednesday.
"During
this time of mourning, John's story, along with early assumptions that
he stated on twitter and Facebook have turned into national news," she
said. "This news has opened the flood gates for people to share their
own misguided anger and unfounded assumptions about a man they don't
know. Wanting to protect my family and John's legacy, we have decided
not to live stream his funeral services via Facebook today."
John
McDaniel's sister said in a Facebook post that her brother became sick
in late March and was put on a ventilator at a hospital in Columbus.
Lisa
McDaniel said in her letter that her husband was "not fully aware of
the severity of COVID-19" when he made the posts criticizing reactions
to the virus.
"Many have retracted their statements knowing now
the effects of this pandemic," she said. "We know if John was still here
with us he would acknowledge the national crisis we are in, abide by
the stay-at-home order, and encourage family and friends to do the
same."
She added that she and her family would "never be able to
erase from our hearts and minds the negative posts that have been made
and shared" about her husband.
As of Thursday, Ohio had had more than 13,700 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and more than 555 people had died from the virus.
Gov.
Mike DeWine said earlier this week that he hoped to ease
social-distancing measures in Ohio starting May 1. He said that the
reopening would happen in stages and that businesses would have to
follow safety guidelines.
"We cannot look at May 1 as a date when everything is back to normal," DeWine said, according to ABC 6. "Things cannot be back to normal unless we want to just throw caution to the wind and proceed carelessly and recklessly."
