8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (7)
#8748933 at 2020-04-10 19:57:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11201: #HAMMERTHEFED Edition
Top EU Coronavirus Scientist Resigns, Saying He Has 'Lost Faith in the System Itself'
Donald Trump is getting pummeled from one end of the country to the other for the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic.
But compared to what's going on in some parts of Europe, Trump comes out looking pretty good. In fact, the top scientist in the EU has just resigned his position, saying, "I have seen enough of both the governance of science, and the political operations at the European Union."
The head of the European Research Council, Mauro Ferrari, got tired of running into a brick wall when he proposed ways to address the health crisis.
The Hill:
EU Commission spokesman Johannes Bahrke confirmed to The Associated Press that Ferrari resigned, effective immediately.
Ferrari said his rejected proposal would have provided scientists around the world with resources and opportunities to fight the pandemic, including diagnostic tools and science-based behavioral dynamic approaches to replace "the oft-improvised institutions of political leaders."
Ferrari said he will return to the "the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19, with real resources and responsibilities, away from offices in Brussels, where my political skills are clearly inadequate, and again at the true service of those who need new medical solutions."
Like any true bureaucrat, the EU defended itself against this attack by citing impressive, but meaningless numbers.
A spokesperson for the European Commission defended the research council's response to the pandemic.
The spokesperson told the Financial Times that 50 ongoing or completed European Research Council projects were contributing to the response to COVID-19 and said the EU is backing 18 urgent research and development projects and financially supporting German company CureVac's work on a possible vaccine.
Who cares about how many projects the EU is funding? Which projects? What are they studying? Obviously, the research and development projects being backed by the EU aren't helping anything. Italy, a nation of 60 million people, has lost more people to the virus than the U.S., which has 320 million. Spain has slightly fewer fatalities at 15, 500 than the U.S. death toll of 16,700. Spain has 47 million people.
The EU is presently squabbling over how to fund the massive bailout that will be needed to get the continent's economy moving again. But the notion that they have done a better job in combatting the virus is bogus. If they had, there would be far fewer infections and deaths per capita than the U.S. Spain has an astonishing 300 deaths per million citizens. Italy has 283. The U.S. is ranked 11th at 39.39 deaths per million.
Perhaps anti-Trump hysterics should count their blessings.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/top-eu-coronavirus-scientist-resigns-saying-he-has-lost-faith-in-the-system-itself/
#8734316 at 2020-04-09 16:24:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11183: Thursday Morning Melania Edition
Head of EU's top science agency walks out of post
Prof Mauro Ferrari slams EU's response to the coronavirus pandemic as he quits role
The head of the European Union's top science agency walked out of his post and burned the bridge behind him with a caustic resignation statement that slammed internal politics and the bloc's response to coronavirus.
Mauro Ferrari, an Italian-American scientist who took up the post of president of the European Research Council (ERC) only in January, wrote a 1,000-word statement denouncing the agency and its rejection of his idea to set up a special Covid-19 research programme.
"I have been extremely disappointed by the European response to Covid-19," Prof Ferrari wrote, adding that his "idealistic dream of a United Europe" had been "crushed".
"I am afraid that I have seen enough of both the governance of science, and the political operations at the European Union, " he wrote.
The research council responded with a statement of its own, in which it said Prof Ferrari had quit after the 19 members of its Scientific Council had asked him to leave in a unanimous vote of no confidence.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/head-of-eu-s-top-science-agency-walks-out-of-post-1.4224331
#8723790 at 2020-04-08 17:55:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11170: And There I Was Baking..... Edition
Head of EU's top science body quits after Covid-19 response plans get bogged down by Brussels bureaucracy
The head of EU's main science organization has resigned just months after taking the job. He said both the body and EU leadership failed to adopt a robust science-based approach to the Covid-19 outbreak when one was badly needed.
Professor Mauro Ferrari submitted his resignation to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday, effective immediately. His four-year term ended abruptly just months after starting on January 1. Ferrari said he was "extremely disappointed by the European response to Covid-19," according to the Financial Times, which first reported the news.
Ferrari headed the European Research Council (ERC), a body established in 2007 with a multibillion-euro budget with the goal of supporting scientific discovery in the EU. The ERC's 'bottom-up' approach to distributing grants clashed with Ferrari's suggestion of launching a large-scale effort to fight the pandemic, which he proposed in March after it became apparent that the outbreak would cause a health crisis in Europe.
"I thought that at a time like this, the very best scientists in the world should be provided with resources and opportunities to fight the pandemic, with new drugs, new vaccines, new diagnostic tools, new behavioral dynamic approaches based on science, to replace the oft-improvised intuitions of political leaders," he explained.
The proposal was rejected by ERC's Scientific Council. Ferrari said he tried to get his ideas implemented through von der Leyen, but the very fact of him working directly with the Commission head "created an internal political thunderstorm."
"The proposal was passed on to different layers of European Commission administration, where I believe it disintegrated upon impact," he said. He lamented a lack of coordination of national policies in response to the crisis and said his experience completely changed his view of the EU, of which he used to be "a fervent supporter."
A spokesman for the Commission expressed regret that Ferrari had resigned "at this early stage in his mandate." He said 50 ongoing or completed ERC projects were contributing to fighting the pandemic.
Ferrari is a US-Italian nanomedicine pioneer focusing on developing new cancer treatments.
https://www.rt.com/news/485260-eu-science-chief-resigns/
#8720940 at 2020-04-08 10:02:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11166: We Got the Board Lag Blues Again Edition
Marathon talks over EU virus rescue package stall
42 minutes ago
"EU talks on how to help southern Eurozone countries badly affected by the coronavirus epidemic have stalled after 16 hours.
The European Central Bank says the bloc may need up to ?1.5tn ($1.6 trillion; £1.3tn) to tackle the crisis.
European finance ministers were close to a deal, but the talks broke down amid a dispute between Italy and the Netherlands over how to apply the recovery fund.
Negotiations will resume on Thursday.
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed deep divides in Europe, where Italy and Spain have accused northern nations - led by Germany and the Netherlands - of not doing enough.
The row comes as the EU's top scientist, Mauro Ferrari, resigned citing Brussels' "disappointing" response to the pandemic.
The Italian, who was head of the European Research Council for less than four months, said in his resignation statement that a special programme he tried to set up to combat the virus had been rejected out of hand.
The European Commission has not commented on the criticism, but a leading MEP, Christian Ehler, accused Mr Ferrari of conducting a "window-dressing public relations stand on the coronavirus crisis".
Why did the EU talks break down?"
moar:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52211650
#8720375 at 2020-04-08 06:21:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11165: Modernizing Suicide Weekend, Beat The Bandwith Blues Edition
>>8720369
Resignations in the news 4/7/2020 - part 2
Lynott retiring as campus president at SNHU
https://www.unionleader.com/news/education/lynott-retiring-as-campus-president-at-snhu/article_d3ae7744-ccc6-57c8-afcd-8eb90a6af51d.html
HEAD COACH OF 10 YEARS PAUL KUETERMAN RESIGNS FROM DIVISION I SIENA COLLEGE
https://swimswam.com/head-coach-of-10-years-paul-kueterman-resigns-from-division-i-siena-college/
Top CraftWorks execs were fired over tax payments
https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/retail/article/21127031/filings-top-craftworks-execs-were-fired-over-tax-payments
Mauro Ferrari quits after just three months at helm of EU research agency, citing "uncoordinated" COVID-19 response.
https://sciencebusiness.net/framework-programmes/news/sudden-resignation-erc-president-stirs-heated-dispute-over-motives
Walton resigns as East Union football coach
https://www.djournal.com/sports/high-school/walton-resigns-as-east-union-football-coach/article_65ccffe9-2136-5677-aa7d-d2f8763928be.html
Helena lawmaker announces plans to resign
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/apr/07/helena-lawmaker-announces-plans-resign/
McCook Community College basketball coach resigns
https://www.knopnews2.com/content/sports/McCook-Community-College-basketball-coach-resigns-569442421.html
Abbeville police chief fired; supporters unable to speak
https://www.wsfa.com/2020/04/07/abbeville-police-chief-fired-supporters-unable-speak/
Provost to resign
https://www.laramieboomerang.com/news/local_news/provost-to-resign/article_0364af64-9081-5a87-a035-421e533efa3b.html
Locke resigns as football coach, becomes East AD
https://www.timesnews.net/Football/2020/04/06/Locke-resigns-as-football-coach-becomes-East-AD
Former Nevada governor leaving MGM to pursue UNR presidency
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/education/article/Former-Nevada-governor-leaving-MGM-to-pursue-UNR-15172369.php
Brugnoli resigns from International Boxing Association Executive Committee
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1092906/brugnoli-resigns-from-aiba-exco
2 New York Judges Who Pleaded Guilty to Felonies Have Resigned, Judicial Conduct Commission Says
https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge-who-pleaded-guilty-in-attempted-panty-theft-resigns-six-months-after-guilty-plea
Allianz confirms CEO's resignation from Socso
https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2020/04/07/allianz-confirms-ceo039s-resignation-from-sosco
Acting Navy secretary Thomas Modly resigned one day after he prompted a firestorm by traveling to the USS Theodore Roosevelt
Arlington County Board member Erik Gutshall resigns seat over illness
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/arlington-county-board-member-erik-gutshall-resigns-seat-over-illness/2020/04/06/e51d43e2-7854-11ea-a130-df573469f094_story.html
Sabine Parish deputy fired after arrest
https://www.ktbs.com/news/local/sabin-parish-deputy-fired-after-arrest/article_4df8db8c-78c4-11ea-a225-836f2f2714e6.html
Chairman Leaf Resigns From RA Board
https://www.sportingpost.co.za/2020/04/michael-leaf-resignation/
Trump Ousts Pandemic Spending Watchdog Known for Independence
http://archive.fo/JAe4Z
#8719059 at 2020-04-08 03:02:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11164: Inside HRC's Head Edition
EUROPE
European Union science chief resigns, slamming bloc's coronavirus response
Mauro Ferrari cites "internal political thunderstorm" in response to his proposals.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/07/eu-science-chief-resigns-slamming-blocs-coronavirus-response-174108
#8718059 at 2020-04-08 01:25:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11162: POTUS & Q Appreciation Edition
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-frustrated-president-of-eus-top-science-panel-quits-over-covid-1/
Mauro Ferrari had only become president of the European Research Council on Jan. 1, but EU Commission spokesman Johannes Bahrke said that "I can confirm that Professor Ferrari resigned."
The news was first announced by the Financial Times, based on a statement released to the paper by Ferrari, who said he had "been extremely disappointed by the European response" to the pandemic. He complained about running into institutional and political obstacles as he sought to swiftly set up a scientific program to combat the virus.
"I have seen enough of both the governance of science, and the political operations at the European Union," he wrote in the statement. "I have lost faith in the system itself."
Bahrke said he hoped the commission would "be able to share more information very soon" on the circumstances of the resignation but did not elaborate further.