Let me get this straight....
Consuming alcohol in violation of the teachings of the Prophet
( AKA: in defiance of allah, )
is going to keep them healthy?
Someone is really asking for their god to get them for that.
Let me get this straight....
Consuming alcohol in violation of the teachings of the Prophet
( AKA: in defiance of allah, )
is going to keep them healthy?
Someone is really asking for their god to get them for that.
"If ingested in large quantities, methanol can cause blindness, liver damage and death."
But it'll still get you druuuuuuunk!
It strikes me as likely being a pretty crappy buzz....I think the hangover might be just a bit excessive...
But it'll still get you druuuuuuunk!Not just drunk but blind stinking drunk!
I guess they don't have warning labels on Wood Alcohol in Iran. :thud:
I reckon it's hard to make a good corn mash if you don't grow corn. :whistle:But anyone can be taught to grow corn. How hard is it? Just dig a hole, put the seed in, water it, and up comes corn... (Or so we have been told) 22222frying pan
But anyone can be taught to grow corn. How hard is it? Just dig a hole, put the seed in, water it, and up comes corn... (Or so we have been told) 22222frying pan
Yes, Virginia, that WAS sarcasm.
But anyone can be taught to grow corn. How hard is it? Just dig a hole, put the seed in, water it, and up comes corn... (Or so we have been told) 22222frying pan
Why do farmers need to grow corn when they can just buy it at the store?@Hoodat
1. New Year is a major travel time, in Taiwan as well as China, as the article notes.
2. Immediately before that was a great deal more travel into Taiwan, as people with jobs in other countries went to Taiwan to vote in the recent election. (Including several of my coworkers).
3. There are many large international Taiwanese businesses that have facilities and/or work with contract manufacturers in China, including in the Wuhan area.
4. There is a LOT of business travel in and out of Taiwan.
So while Taiwan is much smaller than China, they have handled a lot of risk factors rather well, at times when information was VERY incomplete.
As soon as Taiwan officials heard the news Dec. 31, however, they refused to take any chances. Based on their past experiences of dealing with another deadly virus outbreak, SARS, they took action the same day. According to JAMA, “Taiwanese officials began to board planes and assess passengers on direct flights from Wuhan for fever and pneumonia symptoms before passengers could deplane.â€
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Like the rest of the world, Taiwan wasn’t notified either, but the lack of information didn’t prevent it from taking further action. On that same day (January 5th), the Taiwan government expanded its health checks to include “any individual who had traveled to Wuhan in the past 14 days and had a fever or symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection at the point of entry; suspected cases were screened for 26 viruses including SARS and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). Passengers displaying symptoms of fever and coughing were quarantined at home and assessed whether medical attention at a hospital was necessary.â€
While Taiwan could not rely on Beijing to provide timely and accurate information, it also received little help from the WHO. The WHO bowed to Beijing’s demand in stripping Taiwan’s access to the WHO since 2016. The Wall Street Journal reported, “The WHO has held two emergency meetings since the coronavirus outbreak. Taiwan wasn’t permitted to attend, despite its proximity to China and its handful of confirmed cases.†Consequently, “Taiwan often must rely on secondhand information relayed by friendly governments and nongovernmental organizations†to manage its response.
... On Jan. 20, three days before Beijing decided to lock down Wuhan and three other major cities comprised of 60 million residents, and 10 days before the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a public-health emergency of international concern, the Taiwanese public health agency officially activated the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC). The CECC was established during the SARS outbreak in 2003, and one of its main responsibilities is to coordinate viral-containment efforts through various governmental agencies.
The CECC’s swift actions included imposing travel bans of Wuhan residents as early as Jan. 23 ...
Gabriel Stargardter
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The guy standing to Trump’s left just tested positive for coronavirus, according to Brazilian media. Fabio Wajngarten posted this photo, taken during meetings at Mar-a-Lago, five days ago.
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Now, because of showing "flu like symptoms" (not enough to say it's the coronvirus) by his wife, Justin Trudeau is self-quarantining or self-isolating.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/12/canada-justin-trudeau-self-isolating-because-wife-has-flu-like-symptoms/ (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/12/canada-justin-trudeau-self-isolating-because-wife-has-flu-like-symptoms/)
This again, shows how contagious it is, Tom Hanks and Wife, the NBA player, if they do not demonstrably have the virus, they have come in contact with somebody who has as with Senator Cruz.
I mentioned this in another thread a day or two ago, but it's time for Mr. Trump and Mr. Pence to start getting (at least) weekly tests for COVID-19.
Perhaps the same for other high officials in the government, as well.
This will hurt nothing and might help with early intervention if the virus is detected.
Is it a blood test or something else?
Nasal swab
Looks like someone may be paying a visit to a US hospital in the near future.
OMG!
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Wife Sophie Tests Positive for Coronavirus
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeaus-wife-sophie-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/ar-BB117std (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeaus-wife-sophie-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/ar-BB117std)
UPDATE... pretty stunning... https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid19-trudeau-premiers-coronavirus-1.5495001 (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid19-trudeau-premiers-coronavirus-1.5495001)
Now that the number of new people infected with the coronavirus (https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/infectious-disease/coronavirus) in China (https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/china) is slowing, the country's Communist Party is ratcheting up threats against the West, with a particularly nasty warning about access to life-saving drugs (https://www.foxnews.com/world/drug-shortages-india-china-coronavirus) aimed at the United States.
In an article in Xinhua (http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/), the state-run media agency that's largely considered the mouthpiece of the party, Beijing bragged about its handling of COVID-19, a virus that originated in Wuhan (https://www.foxnews.com/health/wuhan-coronavirus-evacuee-released-quarantine-texas-tests-positive) and has spread quickly around the world, killing nearly 5,000 people and infecting thousands more. The article also claimed that China could impose pharmaceutical export controls which would plunge America into "the mighty sea of coronavirus."
https://www.foxnews.com/world/chinese-deny-americans-coronavirus-drugs (https://www.foxnews.com/world/chinese-deny-americans-coronavirus-drugs)
This is a wakeup call if ever there was one!
...hmm... Gee do ya think that possibly this virus was bio engineered in retaliation for tariffs and energy independence? China has had a death grip on our economy and our fearless (?) leaders have allowed them to do so for decades.
Yes, an act of war, but Congress will never allow Trump to declare war ... after all this will more than likely sink his re-election. Who's going to back him. It's China we're talking about. Right now we need their drugs. MSM doesn't seem to be reporting this.
They played the chess game very well.
I'm not a fan of Rubio, but he articulated the situation very well.
This instance will be used for decades as an argument against taking any US company's manufacturing to China.
This instance will be used for decades as an argument against taking any US company's manufacturing to China.
This is a wakeup call if ever there was one!Good grief! Talk about a godless society....
Good grief! Talk about a godless society....
Just what meds can we not quickly ramp up to produce?
Ramping up is easy... it is getting all of the health certificates, testing etc that strings it out
This instance will be used for decades as an argument against taking any US company's manufacturing to China.
Yes, and IMHO in the eyes of the DEMS who want a borderless society (i.e., in Clinton's eyes she wanted a borderless western hemisphere), no. They may see it as a reason for globalization and a reason for open borders. They will see it as a reason against American exceptionalism. They now have a legitimate reason why Trump tariffs and his hardball stance against China didn't work. Never mind the fact that the U.S. has been taken advantage of by China and no one until now has stood up to them. That backdrop will never be conveyed by the MSM and the American people who need the drugs to stay alive won't care.
It will take years for pharmaceutical companies to move their plants back to the U.S. -- time that we don't have.
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@zlj517
2/2 CDC was caught on the spot. When did patient zero begin in US? How many people are infected? What are the names of the hospitals? It might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan. Be transparent! Make public your data! US owe us an explanation!
There are many facilities in Puerto Rico sitting idle that produced the pharma products before being shipped off to China. If it was fast tracked, they could be up and running in six months.Trump is supposedly declaring a state of emergency this afternoon.
The problem is Congress. If Trump issues an executive order to pull all pharma out of China, Congress would interfere. If he doesn't do something, the Democommies will condemn him.
Frankly, I think Trump should issue an executive order to end all pharma being produced anywhere but the USA. Same for any product required by DOD. I was shocked when the Russians bid on the contract to make the newest transport planes/jets for the USA military. Complete nonsense that!!!
Actually, I fully support ending trade with China. F*&^ them!!!
Coronavirus: Europe now epicentre of the pandemic, says WHO
Europe is now the "epicentre" of the global coronavirus pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization says.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries to use aggressive measures, community mobilisation and social distancing to save lives.
"Do not just let this fire burn," he said.
Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51876784 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51876784)
A day earlier, #Panama said it had 27 #coronavirus cases.
#Israel may discover a cure for #coronavirus, but would #Iranians be allowed to take it?
The answer, and the raging online discussion about it, may surprise you.
#Poland will ban foreigners from entering the country from Sunday and impose a 14-day quarantine on its citizens returning home in the wake of the #coronavirus.
Jerusalem Post Twitter (https://twitter.com/Jerusalem_Post), they get most of this from Reuters or AP I gather.
And I equally thank you for making me feel comfortable about posting. And respecting people's opinions! @DB and respecting people's rights to express their opinion without insulting them.
It just seems like common sense that people should not travel unless it is absolutely necessary. And they shouldn't expect to get back unless they are quarantined first in the country they are visiting. At the least tested before they get on a plane. This is worldwide. Even if a country only has a low number of cases it is sure to increase at a rapid pace. You could go to a country where there is only,...say 30 cases and in 3 days to a week it could triple or worse.
Why don't they advise no business travel between countries? We have skype. Its a great tool when you can't get there. But a travel ban that still allows citizens to travel between countries isn't going to be that effective. 1 person who is ill can infect many, many people.
Now that the number of new people infected with the coronavirus in China is slowing down, the country’s Communist Party is ratcheting up threats against the West, with a particularly nasty warning about access to life-saving drugs aimed at the United States.
In an article in Xinhua, the state-run media agency that’s largely considered the mouthpiece of the party, Beijing bragged about its handling of COVID-19, a virus that originated in the city of Wuhan and has spread quickly around the world, killing nearly 5,000 people and infecting thousands more.
The article also claimed that China could impose pharmaceutical export controls which would plunge America into “the mighty sea of coronavirus.â€
Ex-NSC aide: China wasn't transparent on coronavirus
Justine Coleman
3/4/2020
A former aide to the National Security Council (NSC) said Wednesday that China was not transparent on the coronavirus, which is believed to have originated in the country in December.
"It's not just terrible for coronavirus but it's also terrible for the next potentially global pandemic that might come across," he said.
The general commended the U.S. government for "finally starting to understand the implications of our supply chain, not just the health ramifications, but the ramifications to our economy and our national security" from the outbreak.
Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ex-nsc-aide-china-wasnt-transparent-on-coronavirus/ar-BB10KJEU (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ex-nsc-aide-china-wasnt-transparent-on-coronavirus/ar-BB10KJEU)
COVID-19 in Ukraine: Zelensky's about closure of air traffic
Source : 112 Ukraine
From March 17, Ukraine is completely blocking air traffic due to coronavirus pandemic
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed Ukrainians regarding the country's complete closure of air traffic due to the coronavirus pandemic. The channel "112 Ukraine" conducted the broadcast.
Three days later, Ukraine closes regular flights with other countries. Cargo checkpoints, air, rail, sea and road, will continue to operate.
“We will not wait for the official hundreds or thousands of patients. On the issue of life and health of Ukrainians it cannot be early, it can be too late. That is why we are decisive and proactive,†- Zelensky said.
- Channel 112 Ukraine (https://112.international/society/zelenskys-appeal-about-closure-of-air-traffic-by-ukraine-49493.html?utm_source=Intern&utm_campaign=News&utm_medium=Channel)
Off-the-record: not media, but people report on Covid-2019 in social media
Author : News Agency 112 International
Source : 112 Ukraine
No toilet paper anywhere in the UK and "I am in the paradise of TP" in Mexico, "with the majority of the medical personnel over 60 I am afraid of the picture in one month", people are trying not to think of it in Russia
19:07, 14 March 2020
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More: https://112.international/society/off-the-record-not-media-but-people-report-on-covid-2019-in-social-media-49514.html?utm_source=Intern&utm_campaign=News&utm_medium=Channel
Moscow hospitals suspend all visitation
https://meduza.io/en/news/2020/03/14/moscow-hospitals-suspend-all-visitation
Russia confirms its 59th coronavirus case, with 14 new infections in the past 24 hours
10:34 am, March 14, 2020
Source: Meduza
Russia recorded 14 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s total number of COVID-19 cases to 59. The new positive test results include nine patients in Moscow, two in the Kemerovo region, one outside Moscow, one in St. Petersburg, and one in the Kaliningrad region. All of these individuals returned from trips to Europe in the past two weeks. These people are now hospitalized and in isolation.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2020/03/14/russia-confirms-its-59th-coronavirus-case-with-14-new-infections-in-the-past-24-hours
More young coronavirus patients being admitted to hospital, doctor warns
Zoe Tidman
Italians admitted to hospital for coronavirus are getting younger, a health official has claimed.
“The type of patient is changing,†Luca Lorini, the head of anaesthesia and intensive care at a northern Italian hospital, has said.
“They are a bit younger, between 40 to 45 years old and the cases are more complicated.â€
Read more at: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-italy-update-young-people-hospital-luca-lorini-bergamo-a9402531.html (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-italy-update-young-people-hospital-luca-lorini-bergamo-a9402531.html)
See, this virus is an odd bird, we are in uncharted territory, be careful of assumptions.
And, I don't know the science, they say these viruses mutate, repeating it can be for the good or for the bad.
Again, Janie Hsilh, Taiwanese MD in the US, she's a really big Trump supporter too, so I frequently check what she says, it doesn't mean it's all so but she seems sharp:
https://twitter.com/JanieHsieh (https://twitter.com/JanieHsieh)
Good account to follow at this time.
Absolutely. The uncertainty is what is causing panic. What may seem like being a bit of over cautious, may just save lives in the future. We just don't know. If the cases are getting younger, it's certainly not a good sign, OR, people who are younger are becoming complacent because they may feel that they are young and it won't affect them. Hard to tell at this point.
See, this virus is an odd bird, we are in uncharted territory, be careful of assumptions. The article also mentions "intensive care", so it's a bit tight.Something weird is going on in Italy. It's not just the virus. I mean, the rest of the world has been hit, but they're on a totally different level.
And, I don't know the science, they say these viruses mutate, repeating it can be for the good or for the bad.
Again, Janie Hsilh, Taiwanese MD in the US, she's a really big Trump supporter too, so I frequently check what she says, it doesn't mean it's all so but she seems sharp:
https://twitter.com/JanieHsieh (https://twitter.com/JanieHsieh)
Good account to follow at this time.
We've had to Triage the testing because of the scarcity of test kits, and young people have not been getting screened for COVID-19. As that improves I expect to see a lot more younger people showing up in the stats.
IOW, I think it's the measurement of the phenomena that's the "problem." It's probably not because the disease is suddenly presenting in younger people.
The "test kits" are a relatively small part of the issue. That used test kit has to be analyzed at a lab. That's where the work and bottleneck is really going to be. There are only so many labs that can process them and it takes time to go through the process for each one.
Meanwhile, we prioritize the results for the people most likely to be killed by COVID. This is as it should be.
Something interesting, at least to me... Does it really matter that much what the test results are short of collecting statistics? If someone is having a hard time breathing due to something going on in their lungs they need medical care regardless of the cause. I don't believe there's any specific treatment for COVID-19 other than making sure they get enough oxygen through whatever means necessary. There's no COVID-19 pill to fix it. So the symptoms are much more important than the test result as far as any actual medical care goes.
And I'll add, if they're sick with COVID-19 or the flu, they need to stay away from other people to minimize the spread. The test doesn't really matter on that front either.
Something interesting, at least to me... Does it really matter that much what the test results are short of collecting statistics? If someone is having a hard time breathing due to something going on in their lungs they need medical care regardless of the cause. I don't believe there's any specific treatment for COVID-19 other than making sure they get enough oxygen through whatever means necessary. There's no COVID-19 pill to fix it. So the symptoms are much more important than the test result as far as any actual medical care goes.
And I'll add, if they're sick with COVID-19 or the flu, they need to stay away from other people to minimize the spread. The test doesn't really matter on that front either.
Something interesting, at least to me... Does it really matter that much what the test results are short of collecting statistics?
In case my constant criticism of President Trump is perceived otherwise, I commend the President for declaring a National Emergency today, and presumably authorizing increased testing. I know he didn't want to inflate the numbers.@Once-Ler
We do have antiviral medications to treat the symptoms of the flu, but COVID-19 isn't the same virus. I'm not a doctor but it seems to me that it would be better to test first rather than treat both virus's the same, perhaps harming the patient, and possibly wasting needed medicine. So I think the test results ( more knowledge ) could reduce fatalities.
Airline pilots are being laid off - too many planes are sitting idle at various Airline's headquarters. The Airlines can't make a profit now. Thousands of airline families will have no money coming in.
Airline pilots are being laid off - too many planes are sitting idle at various Airline's headquarters. The Airlines can't make a profit now. Thousands of airline families will have no money coming in.
United is offering pilots a month off at reduced pay after coronavirus spurred flight cuts, the union said
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/29/coronavirus-prompts-united-airlines-to-offer-pilots-a-month-for-flight-cuts.html (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/29/coronavirus-prompts-united-airlines-to-offer-pilots-a-month-for-flight-cuts.html)
@Once-Ler
Airline pilots are being laid off - too many planes are sitting idle at various Airline's headquarters. The Airlines can't make a profit now. Thousands of airline families will have no money coming in.
China’s Bitter Lesson From Pirating Patented Properties
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A rift between United States and China this week can only be understood by the two of them. United States is accusing China of not being transparent. China is also saying it is the United States who should be transparent and admitting for the first time that the virus is not theirs, but the U.S’s. How did it find its way to China?
A patent document below shows that the virus was first patented by United States in 2006 and again in 2018. The patent is still pending till 2035. It belongs to the U.S military. How did it get to Wuhan laboratories?
Normally, if it is established that someone has stolen a patented intellectual property of another, the victim can charge the thief for monetary damages. But if it were you, would you come forward to claim damages, considering the tremendous damages the stolen property is causing around the globe, leaving huge humanitarian and economic devastations along its trails?
Much more at: https://www.modernghana.com/news/989161/chinas-bitter-lesson-from-pirating-patented-prope.html (https://www.modernghana.com/news/989161/chinas-bitter-lesson-from-pirating-patented-prope.html)
Ireland and UK added to the Europe ban:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/14/coronavirus-live-updates-uk-us-australia-italy-europe-school-shutdown-sport-events-cancelled-latest-update-news (https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/14/coronavirus-live-updates-uk-us-australia-italy-europe-school-shutdown-sport-events-cancelled-latest-update-news)
And this is interesting, though it's from Modern Ghana and this seems like an offbeat website... still, we know China steals intellectual property....
The author probably got this info in turn somewhere, wow.
Ireland and UK added to the Europe ban:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/14/coronavirus-live-updates-uk-us-australia-italy-europe-school-shutdown-sport-events-cancelled-latest-update-news (https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/14/coronavirus-live-updates-uk-us-australia-italy-europe-school-shutdown-sport-events-cancelled-latest-update-news)
And this is interesting, though it's from Modern Ghana and this seems like an offbeat website... still, we know China steals intellectual property....
The author probably got this info in turn somewhere, wow.
DALLAS - Many travelers who were returning to the United States after traveling abroad waited hours in close quarters at U.S. Customs at DFW Airport on Saturday.
FOX4 spoke to several people who said they had to wait more than three hours, and they were standing very close to people the entire time, not following social distancing protocols outlined by health officials.
Good grief. If the US Military were ever able to genetically create a virus, they would NEVER EVER EVER get it patented. It would remain a trade secret, like Coca-Cola.
The danger with covid-19 is when the lungs become inflamed, causing air sacs to fill with fluid. This condition is detectable and needs to be treated without having to know which virus caused it. In a perfect world, we would like to have everyone tested repeatedly. But this virus was unknown four months ago. The fact that we can test for a virus at all is a medical miracle. And the fact that we have a test developed so quickly for this virus is even more remarkable. We are fortunate to have what we have.Thanx for your reply @Hoodat I understand COVID-19 was unknown 4 months ago. I don't understand why Italy, South Korea, Iran, Spain, Germany, France...screw it...Everybody is kicking our asses in testing.
Thanx for your reply @Hoodat I understand COVID-19 was unknown 4 months ago. I don't understand why Italy, South Korea, Iran, Spain, Germany, France...screw it...Everybody is kicking our asses in testing.
Primarily because the CDC demanded top down control of testing in only CDC approved government labs. This policy was implemented prior to Trump.
The pin heads decided policy without fully understanding the consequences of their brilliant planning with a real pandemic.
Now private labs are allowed to do the testing and there are obviously vastly more private labs throughout the country.
The bottom line is I don't believe testing is all that important. Not in terms of actual medical outcomes anyway. To date no one has indicated there's any specific treatment for COVIR-19 beyond keeping oxygen in the patients lungs. It would be nice to know factual statistics about how this progresses for future pandemic planning but that's about it. If you have a serious problem breathing you need to go get medical care. And assume you contagious if you're sick. Period.
Erik Solheim
@ErikSolheim
Watch how coronavirus cases spread across the globe since the beginning of the year
(SEE MAP)
https://twitter.com/ErikSolheim/status/1239120417568239616
Marco Rubio@marcorubio
I spent weeks pushing this. Right now the answer is we don’t have one.
We can produce ventilators but we need component parts from other nations (including #China).
We need all hands on deck on this now.
And moving forward we MUST rebuild our nations industrial capacity.
More: https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1238889618034118657
Myanmar Steps up Efforts to Calm Fears Over Coronavirus Amid Rumors, Panic Buying
2020-03-13
(https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/panic-buying-03132020175924.html/myanmar-coronavirus-scare-yangon-mar12-2020.jpg/image)Myanmar citizens grab groceries from shelves in a supermarket in the commercial capital Yangon, after hearing rumors related to the coronavirus, March 12, 2020.
The Myanmar government on Friday urged citizens not to overreact to the coronavirus pandemic and assured them that food supplies are adequate, amid panic buying and rumors about the spread of highly contagious virus in the country, which has yet to see any confirmed cases.
The Myanmar President’s Office ordered state and regional governments to cancel all public events and mass gatherings until the end of April, including the Thingyan Festival, also known as the Water Festival, which celebrates the New Year and falls on April 13-16.
See more at: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/panic-buying-03132020175924.html (https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/panic-buying-03132020175924.html)
North Koreans Ignore Government Advice to Wear Masks to Prevent COVID-19
2020-03-13
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Workers at the Songyo Knitwear Factory in Pyongyang, North Korea produce masks for protection against COVID-19 on February 6, 2020.
Residents of North Korea, facing a confusing mix of warnings and an information gag order that has left them uninformed about the COVID-19 epidemic, are ignoring the advice of authorities to wear face masks in public to prevent the spread of the deadly illness, RFA has learned.
As of Friday afternoon, North Korea has still not reported a single confirmed case of coronavirus. The government has, however, taken comprehensive preventative measures, such as cancelling large events, quarantining entire counties, and converting a large hotel in the capital Pyongyang into an isolation center. Experts believe that it is extremely unlikely that North Korea is virus-free.
Sources told RFA’s Korean Service March 6 that interest in masks among North Koreans is very low because the government has not been forthcoming with how widely COVID-19 has spread.
Read more at: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/nk-coronavirus-mask-03132020173132.html (https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/nk-coronavirus-mask-03132020173132.html)
2020 coronavirus pandemic in South Korea
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On 8 March, KCDC in South Korea announced that 79.4% of confirmed corona-19 cases were related to group infection. KCDC also announced that outbreak associated with Shincheonji Church totaled 4,482 infections, accounting for 62.8% of the total confirmed cases.[54][55]
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_outbreak_in_South_Korea#19_February%E2%80%93present_outbreak (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_outbreak_in_South_Korea#19_February%E2%80%93present_outbreak)
'I felt betrayed': University graduate on her experience with Singapore chapter of South Korea’s Shincheonji Church
SINGAPORE: It started as it often does – someone approaching you as you make your way to the MRT station. Asking innocuously if you are a Christian or if you’d like to know more or meet someone who can help deepen your understanding of the faith.
For Fiona*, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, it was this exact scenario that eventually saw her going for meetings with a group linked to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (SCJ).
The Korean church has been at the centre of a storm in South Korea because it has registered at least half of all COVID-19 infections there.
See more at: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/shincheonji-church-singapore-covid19-coronavirus-grad-experience-12492396 (https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/shincheonji-church-singapore-covid19-coronavirus-grad-experience-12492396)
Coronavirus: Wuhan Shincheonji member says church followed quarantine rules
Mimi Lau
South China Morning Post 3 March 2020
A member of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in China’s Wuhan, the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, said the group suspended meetings in the city in December and rejected claims it was a catalyst for the spread of the virus in South Korea, where the church was founded.
The member, a 28-year-old kindergarten teacher who uses the social media name Angel, said she had not heard of other Shincheonji followers in Wuhan coming down with the disease, which causes a type of pneumonia known as Covid-19. She said she was in touch with other members online.
“I don’t know about [Shincheonji churches] in other Chinese cities, but we have been following the isolation measures from the government,†she said in a telephone interview.
Read more at: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-wuhan-shincheonji-member-says-084029301.html (https://sg.news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-wuhan-shincheonji-member-says-084029301.html)
Coronavirus: Over-70s will be asked to self-isolate, potentially for months (UK)
The government will also tell firms "if you produce a ventilator, we'll buy it" amid fears of a potential shortage in hospitals.
The health secretary has told Sky News that over-70s will be asked to self-isolate "in the coming weeks" - and it could potentially last for months.
Matt Hancock also told the Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme that the UK was likely to need "many more" ventilators than the current 5,000, amid concerns hospitals will come under intense pressure.
He said the growing coronavirus outbreak meant "the elderly and vulnerable" would be asked to "shield themselves by self-isolating".
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-over-70s-will-be-asked-to-self-isolate-potentially-for-months-11957770
Dr. Najat AlSaeed
@Najat_AlSaeed
Replying to
@newtgingrich
With the politicizing of the universities’ campuses and leftist instructors brain washing students with their ideologies, I see e-learning is a bless.Different technologies approaches can be robot instructors. We might have better independent thinkers than brain washed graduates.
https://twitter.com/Najat_AlSaeed/status/1239142797372018690
Jenan Moussa
@jenanmoussa
Italy reported its biggest day-to-day jump in cases of #COVID19.
3497 new cases - a 20% increase in 24 hrs.
Authorities cited irresponsible behavior by citizens, who despite warnings headed to beaches or ski resorts, especially after closure of schools.
https://twitter.com/jenanmoussa/status/1239139793168224256
Rasha Al Aqeedi
@RashaAlAqeedi
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18m
Replying to
@jenanmoussa
Despite the lock down and quarantine? Is this from people testing or how?
Jenan Moussa
@jenanmoussa
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Yes despite the lockdown. People are crazy.
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PARIS, France — More than half of the 300 people in intensive care units in France with the new virus are under 60.
The head of the national health agency, Jerome Salomon, announced the statistic Saturday night as France saw another jump in new virus cases.
For most people, the virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. Of the 91 people who have died in France, 71 were over 75, Salomon said.
Coronavirus: Over-70s will be asked to self-isolate, potentially for months (UK)
The government will also tell firms "if you produce a ventilator, we'll buy it" amid fears of a potential shortage in hospitals.
The health secretary has told Sky News that over-70s will be asked to self-isolate "in the coming weeks" - and it could potentially last for months.
Matt Hancock also told the Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme that the UK was likely to need "many more" ventilators than the current 5,000, amid concerns hospitals will come under intense pressure.
He said the growing coronavirus outbreak meant "the elderly and vulnerable" would be asked to "shield themselves by self-isolating".
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-over-70s-will-be-asked-to-self-isolate-potentially-for-months-11957770
TROOPS ON THE STREETS Army brought in to guard hospitals and supermarkets in UK fight against coronavirus
Alex Winter
14 Mar 2020, 23:24Updated: 15 Mar 2020
TROOPS could guard hospitals and supermarkets in drastic new measures set to be rolled out in a bid to tackle the coronavirus.
It comes as the death toll in the UK soared to 21 and plans were announced to isolate people over the age of 70 for four months.
Getty photo shows troops on street, see link.
Shoppers have stripped supermarket shelves of essentials including toilet paper and dried pasta as officials say they've moved into the second phase of plans to contain the deadly bug.
Read more at: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11175682/army-brought-into-guard-hospitals-supermarkets-coronavirus/ (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11175682/army-brought-into-guard-hospitals-supermarkets-coronavirus/)
Coronavirus survivors may suffer from reduced lung function
Some patients who have recovered from the coronavirus have been left with a reduced lung capacity – and left gasping for air when walking briskly, according to a report.
The Hong Kong Hospital Authority announced the findings after studying the first wave of patients who had fully recovered from COVID-19, the South China Morning Post reported.
Three people have died of the illness in the former British colony, which has so far recorded 131 confirmed cases. Among them, 74 people have been discharged.
Read more at: https://nypost.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-survivors-may-suffer-from-reduced-lung-function/
ISIS tells its terrorists not to travel to Europe for jihad — because of coronavirus
By Laura Italiano March 15, 2020
After years of urging its terrorists to attack major European cities, ISIS is now telling them to steer clear due to the coronavirus.
Any sick jihadists already in Europe, however, should stay there — presumably to sicken infidels, according to a ‘sharia’ directive printed in the group’s al-Naba newsletter, the Sunday Times of London reported.
The “healthy should not enter the land of the epidemic and the afflicted should not exit from it,†the newsletter advised.
https://nypost.com/2020/03/15/isis-tells-its-terrorists-not-to-travel-to-europe-for-jihad-because-coronavirus/
ISIS tells its terrorists not to travel to Europe for jihad — because of coronavirus
OK, I don't care who you are, that there's funny. Suicidal terrorists are afraid of COVID-19.:laugh: Agreed
Thanx for your reply. Your assessment is spot on. I completely agree.@Once-Ler
Or I could read your comments to express anger that our government let us down by stalling, and minimizing the danger and that too would be a legitimately rational opinion. Or perhaps you had no underlying point to express but just wished to commiserate with a friend in our shared time uncertainty. I am happy to see your posts and know you are well @Victoria33 .
@Once-Ler
The person who questioned my post about the airlines, posted a link about United Airlines. That is about United and flights to ASIA.
Since the person questioned what I said about pilots being laid-off, my source about that is a family member who IS A CAPTAIN FOR UNITED AIRLINES. He is living this as it happens.
My original post to you was to provide more information about what is happening, plus speak to you as the intelligent person you are. I will use PMs to you and some others from now on. The word in-fighting here is ridiculous.
Thanks for your reply. :beer:
United on Friday announced service reductions throughout Asia because of the illness, known as COVID-19, which has sickened more than 83,000 people. U.S. airlines had already suspended flights to mainland China and Hong Kong. The spread of the illness has raised concerns that weak demand and new travel restrictions will prompt airlines to further cut international flights.
Chicago-based United has more service to Asia than any other U.S. airline.
United is now offering some widebody pilots a month off in April at the pay rate for 50 hours a month, lower than the roughly 80 hours pilots normally work, wrote Todd Insler, a United captain and chairman of the United branch of the Air Line Pilots Association, in a note to union members.
“The reductions in block hours has resulted in lower line values and fewer flying opportunities in some fleets,†Insler said in the note. “We are preparing for the possibility of further reductions to our schedules as the virus spreads.â€
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night announced that Israel would begin using digital tracking tools relying on cellphone data to track carriers of the coronavirus, sparking condemnation over privacy concerns from his main political rivals.
“Until now I avoided using these measures in the civilian population but there is no choice,†Netanyahu said in a live televised address to the nation.
He described the current coronavirus crisis as a “war with an invisible enemy†and said that the use of digital tracking, while it constitutes a violation of people’s privacy, was a necessary evil in winning that war.
Netanyahu said Taiwan, which, like Israel, has 200 confirmed carriers of the virus, has also employed the use of cellphone data to track the spread of the virus.
However, unlike Taiwan, the GPS data that Israel will use will not be used to determine whether those under quarantine are indeed staying in their homes as ordered, the Shin Bet security agency said Sunday.
More at link.
@Once-Ler
The person who questioned my post about the airlines, posted a link about United Airlines. That is about United and flights to ASIA.
Since the person questioned what I said about pilots being laid-off, my source about that is a family member who IS A CAPTAIN FOR UNITED AIRLINES. He is living this as it happens.
My original post to you was to provide more information about what is happening, plus speak to you as the intelligent person you are. I will use PMs to you and some others from now on. The word in-fighting here is ridiculous.
@Victoria33 That makes sense to me. I feel sorry for your pilot relative, and all the other people wondering about their future. I feel certain travel will return soon if this virus shows signs of slowing down soon. 80 hours a week is insane.
That's a shame. The world is a better place when you post here. We are all Americans here. We post here because we care about our country and we want to express it. You do that exceptionally well.
When I respond to other Briefers there is an implicit admission that I respect the argument offered and think the point needs to be evaluated. It is frustrating and painful to see people I actually admire consistently misconstrue my point, and to say nasty things to me, and identify me as their enemy. The problem is once the nasty things are said, I find it hard to give the other side the benefit of the doubt, and so I stupidly respond in anger and frustration. And then I don't like myself as much, for the evil thoughts that creep into my head...so I completely understand why you are laying low during this time of high tempers.
I'd like to think we are at a point, with this pandemic, that pointing the blame is mostly irrelevant now. I'm sure many hiccups and much tragedy are to follow, that will renew the finger pointing, but I feel less outraged today than yesterday.
But if Iran is able to convince the ME, or even world that we are responsible we could be facing terrorism or war.
pray.
Finally. Those Iranians are a bit slow on the uptake. Their benefactors the Chicoms have been trying to spread this rubbish for a few days now, I was wondering when they'd follow suit.
Oh please, The Middle East would be overjoyed to see the demise of the Persian menace. As for Iran, they have been chanting "Death to America for 40 years now. Do you think anyone is going to listen to their anti-American BS?
That goes without saying.
The Chinese created it and they are responsible for spreading it all over the world.
OK, @Hoodat , but we have never seen anything like this. In Italy they are letting the elderly die. This is a worldwide epidemic. Eventually, I wouldn't be surprised if people turn to revenge. Just saying. And that is why it is so critical that this be a global effort to determine what is true or false. To work together to get the vaccine. And to crush all false narratives.
OK, @Hoodat , but we have never seen anything like this. In Italy they are letting the elderly die. This is a worldwide epidemic. Eventually, I wouldn't be surprised if people turn to revenge. Just saying. And that is why it is so critical that this be a global effort to determine what is true or false. To work together to get the vaccine. And to crush all false narratives.
Can you see how knee-jerk Trump bashing is detrimental to that laudable cause? It doesn't unite, it divides.
@Victoria33 That makes sense to me. I feel sorry for your pilot relative, and all the other people wondering about their future. I feel certain travel will return soon if this virus shows signs of slowing down soon. 80 hours a week is insane.
That's a shame. The world is a better place when you post here. We are all Americans here. We post here because we care about our country and we want to express it. You do that exceptionally well.
When I respond to other Briefers there is an implicit admission that I respect the argument offered and think the point needs to be evaluated. It is frustrating and painful to see people I actually admire consistently misconstrue my point, and to say nasty things to me, and identify me as their enemy. The problem is once the nasty things are said, I find it hard to give the other side the benefit of the doubt, and so I stupidly respond in anger and frustration. And then I don't like myself as much, for the evil thoughts that creep into my head...so I completely understand why you are laying low during this time of high tempers.
I'd like to think we are at a point, with this pandemic, that pointing the blame is mostly irrelevant now. I'm sure many hiccups and much tragedy are to follow, that will renew the finger pointing, but I feel less outraged today than yesterday.
ScratchKnee-jerk. I wouldn't want to be the President right now. This is a huge responsibility, but he didn't take it as seriously as he should have in the beginning.
This should be in World News
ScratchKnee-jerk.
OK, @Hoodat , but we have never seen anything like this.
In Italy they are letting the elderly die.
This is a worldwide epidemic. Eventually, I wouldn't be surprised if people turn to revenge. Just saying
And that is why it is so critical that this be a global effort to determine what is true or false. To work together to get the vaccine. And to crush all false narratives.
False. Trump definitely did take it seriously in the beginning, even as he was being impeached and at great political risk.
Rhetorically he sought to calm people, which is what leaders are supposed to do. The worst you can accuse him of is being clumsy with his syntax.
We have seen far worse before. (See: Polio, Spanish Flu, Smallpox)
Perzackly, and I'd like to amplify that point.
This is why Trump says a lot of things he gets criticized for, like saying good things about long-time enemies like NORK. He knows words are relatively cheap when it comes to changing attitudes to enable real progress in international relations (as opposed to the fake "Progressives"). People like to jump on him for that as, dare I say, knee-jerk responses.
His inelegant manner of speaking really is the bane of his administration.
OK, @Hoodat , but we have never seen anything like this. In Italy they are letting the elderly die. This is a worldwide epidemic. Eventually, I wouldn't be surprised if people turn to revenge. Just saying. And that is why it is so critical that this be a global effort to determine what is true or false. To work together to get the vaccine. And to crush all false narratives.
But it's also a paradigm-breaker. :shrug:
Awhile back you called me racist. That didn't help the conversation...
I've kept my distance with you ever since. I actually like you. We could probably be friends in real life. But I also think you've gone off the rails about being objective. You don't care anymore is my best guess. Hopefully with time that will change.
Just my 2 cents...
I can understand that @DB. I'm sorry I only vaguely recall the conversation and I don't think I called you racist but probably implied it. I don't remember why I wanted to make you feel bad, perhaps I was frustrated that you made a better point than I did and I felt petty. The fact that it made an impression on you indicates you're not a racist, and it hurts to have me call you that, I apologize.
My impression of you is we agree more often than not on issues.
I know I'm not objective. Peace.
Italy recorded 3,590 cases and 398 deaths in a 24 hour period, Italy’s Civil Protection chief Angelo Borelli announced Sunday
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/public-global-health/487667-italy-reports-3590-more-coronavirus-cases-its-biggest
I greatly appreciate your posts on this subject. It's in your wheelhouse. Kudos, @Victoria33!
@Once-Ler
The person who questioned my post about the airlines, posted a link about United Airlines. That is about United and flights to ASIA.
QuoteUnited is offering pilots a month off at reduced pay after coronavirus spurred flight cuts, the union said
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/29/coronavirus-prompts-united-airlines-to-offer-pilots-a-month-for-flight-cuts.html (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/29/coronavirus-prompts-united-airlines-to-offer-pilots-a-month-for-flight-cuts.html)
I'm sure other airlines are working out similar deals with the unions for the temporary cutbacks caused by the need to contain the coronavirus.
More than 50% cases, deaths of coronavirus outside mainland China
March 15 (UPI) -- The number of worldwide coronavirus deaths passed 6,000 Sunday as virtually all new cases and fatalities have moved from the epicenter mainland China to other nations, including Italy and Iran.
More than half of the 162,433 confirmed covid-19 cases and 6,417 deaths are now outside mainland China, according a running total by the South China Morning Post.
Since originally concentrating in China, the outbreak has grown into a pandemic as declared by the World Health Organization on Wednesday.
Read more at: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/03/15/More-than-50-cases-deaths-of-coronavirus-outside-mainland-China/7441584276674/ (https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/03/15/More-than-50-cases-deaths-of-coronavirus-outside-mainland-China/7441584276674/)
Spain coronavirus deaths double overnight as daily life in Europe grinds to halt
By Robert Gearty | Fox News
Spain’s health officials reported Sunday the country’s death toll from the coronavirus took a dramatic jump in just one day--more than doubling from 136 a day before to 288.
The alarming news came as daily life increasingly grounds to a halt across Europe and beyond, amid efforts to combat the spread of the fast-moving virus.
Spain’s Health Ministry said there have been 7,753 infections, up from 5,700 on Saturday, with around half of them concentrated in the capital of Madrid.
Read more at: https://www.foxnews.com/world/spain-coronavirus-deaths-double-overnight-to-288-as-daily-life-in-europe-grinds-to-halt (https://www.foxnews.com/world/spain-coronavirus-deaths-double-overnight-to-288-as-daily-life-in-europe-grinds-to-halt)
Germany is closing most of its border crossings with Austria, France and Switzerland on Monday as a measure to stop the spread of coronavirus as well as to prevent foreign visitors from mass purchasing crucial supplies.
The decision to close borders was first circulated through German tabloid media and later reported by the Austrian outlet, The Local AT. The border closure will reportedly take affect on Monday morning at 8 a.m.
The closure is meant to both prevent the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19, as well as to prevent foreign travellers from making bulk purchases that have reportedly left some German border areas with supply shortages. Cargo shipments and cross-border commuters are reportedly exempted from the travel restriction.
More at link.
Tom Hanks survived 4 years on an island as a castaway A year in an airport without being able to leave
He had AIDS in Philly
He was in World War II and rescued Private Ryan; and in Vietnam and rescued Lt. Dan
He was on a boat hijacked by Somali pirates and he survived on Apollo 13 trying to get to the Moon
He landed a plane on the Hudson River in NY
If he can’t survive the coronavirus, we’re all screwed!
Key word, 3,590 more cases.
Svetlana
@RealSLokhova
· Mar 12
Those with elderly relatives/friends/neighbours: set them up with online supermarket deliveries. That way you can order for them remotely. Quick, easy.
Italy has reported its biggest day-to-day jump in cases of COVID-19. National health authorities told reporters on Saturday that health officials recorded 3,497 new cases in 24 hours. That’s roughly a 20% increase in cases from the day before. A little more than half of those new cases occurred in Lombardy, the populous northern region which has been hardest hit in Europe’s worst outbreak. Italy’s total cases now tally 21,157.
The death toll rose by 175. A day earlier, the same authorities had predicted glumly that Italy would still see a jump in cases despite a national lockdown that began on March 9, barely two days after severe restrictions on personal movement in the north. They cited irresponsible behavior by many citizens, who despite the earlier warnings not to gather in large numbers, headed to beaches or ski resorts, and hung out together in town squares, especially after the closure of schools.
More at: https://apnews.com/fd1743f8b54b17310cc6e4b3445f2914?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP
We know, Italy's a mess. And we know the reasons why.
How about less panic and more prayer. happy77
Worth considering.
I was actually pointing out that Myst's headline quote was in error. It was missing the word "more"...
Been doing this with my mom for several years already.
888high58888
Playing into the enemedia propaganda that Trump is an aloof imbecile is what causes the trouble. Steer clear of that and it's Golden. tri22
Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria ill-prepared for coronavirus outbreak
Wladimir van Wilgenburg
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East of Syria (AANES) is poorly prepared for the coronavirus crisis due to an already overtaxed and fragile health system that has no testing facilities, according to international organizations and experts.
On Saturday, local authorities announced the closure of schools and the cancellation of public events due to the threat posed by the coronavirus. Since Feb. 26, the administration had already been restricting civilians recently in Europe from entering through the Semalka border crossing.
In the cities of Tabqa and in Manbij, those coming from outside AANES-controlled areas are also being checked by medical teams for symptoms before being permitted to enter and additional mobile teams are working to spread information about the virus and make recommendations aimed at curbing contagion
Read more at: https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/c8dc5da3-a2b9-4161-a8e4-de0e67b2121b (https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/c8dc5da3-a2b9-4161-a8e4-de0e67b2121b)
Wladimir Retweeted
NRT English
@NRT_English
24-hour curfew in Halabja staring 12 a.m. Monday to prevent spread of coronavirus
Governor urges no gravesite visits on 32nd anniversary of chemical attack
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http://nrttv.com/EN/News.aspx?id=20143&MapID=1 (http://nrttv.com/EN/News.aspx?id=20143&MapID=1)
#NRTnews #Iraq #TwitterKurds #Halabja #Coronavirus
Israel stands with the brave people of Italy in face of the Coronavirus outbreak
by BtNews · March 15, 2020
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https://btnews.online/israel-stands-with-the-brave-people-of-italy-in-face-of-the-coronavirus-outbreak/ (https://btnews.online/israel-stands-with-the-brave-people-of-italy-in-face-of-the-coronavirus-outbreak/)
Dutch researchers claim to find coronavirus antibody
Source : 112 Ukraine
The antibody still has to be tested on human beings and this will take a few months. The researches say that they do not want to raise false expectations, though it is a promising first step.
20:42, 15 March 2020
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Frank Grosveld, Professor of Cell Biology
https://www.erasmusmagazine.nl/ (https://www.erasmusmagazine.nl/)
Researchers from Utrecht University, together with fellow researchers from Erasmus MC and biotech company Harbor BioMed, have developed a human antibody that can inhibit the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) which causes the respiratory disease otherwise known as COVID-19. Netherlands' Erasmus Magazine reported.
The researches say that they do not want to raise false expectations, though it is a promising first step.
"Research leader Berend-Jan Bosch of the Utrecht University does not want to raise false expectations. It is a promising first step in the journey towards a cure however it is far too early to speculate about the potential efficacy in humans. The research is being reviewed by a leading scientific journal. Further comments can be provided once the article has been accepted," reads the message.
Read more at: https://112.international/ukraine-top-news/dutch-researchers-claim-to-find-coronavirus-antibody-49538.html?utm_source=Intern&utm_campaign=News&utm_medium=Channel (https://112.international/ukraine-top-news/dutch-researchers-claim-to-find-coronavirus-antibody-49538.html?utm_source=Intern&utm_campaign=News&utm_medium=Channel)
@Cyber Liberty Thanx. It's a hard habit to break.
Get this, they think they've found an anti-body but they need billions to get to testing. Billions probably is not that much IF they actually found one that would work, it'd probably be chump change.
So, I think I'll leave that little bit of good feeling and good news of these last two stories to hope, things start going positive. Somewhere I picked up is we may have 4 weeks of this "hunkering down".
I can do that. 8 weeks if I have to, but I might run out of beer. :terror:
Israel seeing decrease in terror activity in the ME as Iran’s death toll from coronavirus rises to 853
by BtNews · March 16, 2020
The IDF is seeing a decrease in the amount of terror activity in the Middle East by Israel’s enemies due to the continued spread of the coronavirus, IDF Spokesperson Hidai Zilberman told reporters on Monday.
“There are countries who have gotten it way worse than us with this coronavirus story, and as a result, their activities are at a slower pace,†Zilberman said.
Read more at: https://btnews.online/israel-seeing-decrease-in-terror-activity-in-the-me-as-irans-death-toll-from-coronavirus-rises-to-853/
A War Plan for the Next Coronavirus Starts Now
Bloomberg · by James Stavridis · March 14, 2020
History tells us that every century or two, there is a particularly virulent pathogen that poses a significant global threat to humans. We don't know if the coronavirus will have the transmission rate of the Spanish Influenza of a century ago - which infected more than a third of the world's population - and it hasn't had anything like the 60% lethality of the Avian Flu of 1997. But what if someday we face a biological opponent that combines both?
Obviously, we are in an all-hands-on-deck moment. Our best scientists and physicians are working desperately to develop both a vaccine to prevent infection and drugs to mitigate the effects of Covid-19, the actual disease caused by the coronavirus. But even as we struggle to contain, treat and ultimately defeat the coronavirus, we need to be thinking about next pandemic. How can experience from past crises be useful in combating this one? How can we ensure that lessons learned from the coronavirus fight are used to prepare us for the next time?
I'll start with my area of expertise. People usually think of our militaries as optimized to destroy things and apply lethal force. But in my career, I learned that the best use of the military is to bring order out of chaos. For example, when I was commander of the U.S. Southern Command in 2010, we dealt with a cholera outbreak that infected half a million Haitians. Working with militaries of friendly nations - Chile, Brazil, Argentina - we built hospitals and shelters; oversaw improvements in water supplies and hygiene (the keys to battling cholera); provided electricity to schools, hospitals and clinics; and gave a sense of stability with crowd-control and law-enforcement assistance.
See more at: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/A-War-Plan-for-the-Next-Coronavirus-Starts-Now.html?soid=1114009586911&aid=zpDDvoOh4wc
We just went from 3 in my town to another three this morning according to the latest text alert from Nixle.
If you don’t have Nixle texts I do recommend them. Google Nixle. Then type where you live. These alerts really do come in handy not only for heath but they tell you about traffic and where there’s an accident as well as what roads are down. Saves driving time!
In January we met with a friend from Taiwan who does political and economic risk analysis and he shared that China actually dejected the first case as early as October. But even if the earliest case was November it still shows how irresponsibly China acted.
New data reveals coronavirus patient zero might be from mid-November
https://www.jpost.com/International/New-data-reveals-coronavirus-patient-zero-might-be-from-mid-November-620994 (https://www.jpost.com/International/New-data-reveals-coronavirus-patient-zero-might-be-from-mid-November-620994)
For context, the outbreak was only first brought to the attention of the World Health Organization at the end of December.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 15, 2020 05:42
Newly reviewed data from the Chinese government reveals that patient zero of the coronavirus outbreak may have been infected earlier than previously believed, The South China Morning Post reported.According to the data, which has not yet been made public, the COVID-19 virus was likely first contracted by a 55-year-old man from China's Hubei Province on November 17, 2019.
For context, the outbreak was only first brought to the attention of the World Health Organization at the end of December.However, this data is far from conclusive, as increasing reviews of the data from the Chinese government keep placing the beginning of the outbreak further and further back.Since November 17, one to five new cases were reported on a daily basis, slowly increasing as time went on. On December 15, 27 cases were confirmed. By December 20, that number had jumped to 60. The year 2019 ended with 266 cases, and ended the first day of 2020 with over 380. While the first nine cases were reported in November, it is unknown if any of them are patient zero.However, it is possible that there could have been earlier cases."The findings might indicate that the coronavirus started circulating weeks before the first cases were officially diagnosed and reported," wrote Business Insider's Holly Secon.
Continued at: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/New-data-reveals-coronavirus-patient-zero-might-be-from-mid-November.html?soid=1114009586911&aid=QpndlZuZY4o (https://myemail.constantcontact.com/New-data-reveals-coronavirus-patient-zero-might-be-from-mid-November.html?soid=1114009586911&aid=QpndlZuZY4o)
Jennifer Zeng 曾錚
@jenniferatntd
After only 5 days' short rest, the 4th medical support team from #Guangxi province returning to #Wuhan on Mar 14 to battle #COVID2019
#Coronavirus #CoronavirusOutbreak #CoronavirusPandemic #coronaviruschina
This is not a rumor, Chinese official report: https://new.qq.com/omn/20200314/2 (https://new.qq.com/omn/20200314/2)
https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1239369039161503744 (https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1239369039161503744)
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Class Action Filed Against China Over COVID-19 Outbreak https://at.law.com/Bh2q8w?cmp=share_twitter (https://at.law.com/Bh2q8w?cmp=share_twitter)
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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio
Please stop spreading stupid rumors about marshall law.
COMPLETELY FALSE
We will continue to see closings & restrictions on hours of non-essential businesses in certain cities & states. But that is NOT marshall law.
https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1239553159154057216
Thanks for all the updates and information.
@Cyber Liberty I just opened my last can of coffee! I forgot to buy another can! This is bad. Mamma needs her daily cup of coffee! :coffee!: :coffee!:
Thanks for all the updates and information.
@Cyber Liberty I just opened my last can of coffee! I forgot to buy another can! This is bad. Mamma needs her daily cup of coffee! :coffee!: :coffee!:
Finally! Something worth panicking over.
I'm looking for recent US stats for the disease - all I can find is there've been 2 additional deaths since yesterday AM.I heard five, all in New York City.
I'm looking for recent US stats for the disease - all I can find is there've been 2 additional deaths since yesterday AM.
Finally! Something worth panicking over.
US stats are worthless until they begin reporting recoveries.Indeed. We're getting to the point where they should be recovering, but there've been no reports so far.
US stats are worthless until they begin reporting recoveries.
In business, you get what you count. If you treat your departments as cost centers rather than profit centers, then you get costs. We are looking for recoveries here - not deaths.
IF I see stats that this is not spreading in the USA, good for those who are working for its containment.We'll see. We're not there yet. BUT it seems we have tightened down the international entry component of this, so areas that haven't had community spread yet probably are not yet in immediate risk of it. If we're lucky, and these lockdown measures work, it'll stay that way. But we might not see for sure for a week or more, just because of that incubation period.
I get your point, but deaths is another stark way to show trends which may or may not justify the public reaction.
Indeed. We're getting to the point where they should be recovering, but there've been no reports so far.
We'll know whether we've turned a corner or not once we start seeing the recoveries outpacing new infections. That'll be a few weeks down the road.
There is a direct correlation between the public reaction and the number of minutes spent watching CNN.
Indeed. We're getting to the point where they should be recovering, but there've been no reports so far.
We'll know whether we've turned a corner or not once we start seeing the recoveries outpacing new infections. That'll be a few weeks down the road.
Thanks for all the updates and information.
@Cyber Liberty I just opened my last can of coffee! I forgot to buy another can! This is bad. Mamma needs her daily cup of coffee! :coffee!: :coffee!:
Which rises exponentially as we all become shut ins.
Netflix and chill. Easier on your mental health imho.
Really? Reporting on new cases is useless? If one county goes from 5 to 10 the next day it's useless??? And one wants to stay out of the way?Where did I say that???
(https://redanglespanish.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/alrightythen.jpgg)
You really can't make some of this up.
WORLD / COUNTRIES / UNITED STATESClarification: I'm mainly following here in the northeast, especially New York, which has a few outbreaks, mainly downstate. Given the number of infections I'm surprised New York hasn't reported any official recoveries yet.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/)
Last updated: March 16, 2020, 14:25 GMT
United States
Coronavirus Cases:
3,808
Deaths:
70
Recovered:
73
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https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html (https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html)
Netflix and chill. Easier on your mental health imho.
There is a direct correlation between the public reaction and the number of minutes spent watching CNN.
Here in Washington State we have new rules. Restaurants, bars, gym, theatre. Restaurants can still provide take out. All gatherings not allowed over 50. Under 50 only if they can prove they are providing appropriate hygiene.
I won't doubt if we are all going to be shut out of work soon. People still going to the store and hoarding though. No church yesterday.
Clarification: I'm mainly following here in the northeast, especially New York, which has a few outbreaks, mainly downstate. Given the number of infections I'm surprised New York hasn't reported any official recoveries yet.
Yeah, you got any proof of this or other remarks? Are you can expert on this? Posting the video of some doctor who has used cocaine?
https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/not-perfect-dr-drew-opens-cocaine-alcohol-article-1.2248472 (https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/not-perfect-dr-drew-opens-cocaine-alcohol-article-1.2248472)
Clarification: I'm mainly following here in the northeast, especially New York, which has a few outbreaks, mainly downstate. Given the number of infections I'm surprised New York hasn't reported any official recoveries yet.
US stats are worthless until they begin reporting recoveries.
That is what I was looking at the other day from a CDC source. 1 recovery? Is that accurate? People could get a bit worried.
Really? Reporting on new cases is useless? If one county goes from 5 to 10 the next day it's useless??? And one wants to stay out of the way? *****rollingeyes*****
So the press is running stories to shut down Doctors that don't toe the panic line? Nice.
The half dozen times in my life I've had the flu badly it has taken 3 or 4 weeks to recover. This seems to be a bad flu.
I'm listening to some expert on the radio right now saying totally recovery could take 6 to 8 months. Convenient.
I had not heard this but I don't doubt this at all.
Someone in fact here, in Washington State in fact, was saying something about people not recovering there.
An article was posted that the Avian flu had a much higher mortality rate in 1997, apparently so. I don't remember the big hubbub with that, maybe I wasn't keeping up.
It does look like the Avian flu did have a high mortality rate vs. this flu but maybe not the same contagious rate.
https://www.medscape.com/answers/2500029-166798/what-are-the-mortality-rates-of-avian-influenza (https://www.medscape.com/answers/2500029-166798/what-are-the-mortality-rates-of-avian-influenza)
(https://www.bing.com/th?id=APkXQiBBEtm3Bog1808x1150&w=432&h=274&c=7&rs=1&qlt=80&cdv=1&pid=16.1)
But the bird flu saw people directly infected by the birds apparently, so that's way different.
This virus appears to be very contagious.
Jenan Moussa
@jenanmoussa
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Queues to buy guns in LA
Buyers are scared of what will happen if people run out of food and supplies because of #CoronaVirus.
Via @AmeliaAdams9
See video: https://twitter.com/jenanmoussa
Tom Cotton
@SenTomCotton
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The House bill sets up a complicated relief system that relies on paid sick leave & refundable tax credits.
That won’t move quickly enough & puts undue pressure on businesses to lay off workers.
We don’t want to see layoffs—we need cash in the hands of affected families.
https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1239575319989882880
Marco Rubio
@marcorubio
It won’t change anything but wanted to leave it for the record
Given what #COVID19 did to #China & now #Italy political potshots from all sides are really trivial
If we don’t change the trajectory of our current infection rate, in a few days no one will care about politics
10:34 AM · Mar 16, 2020·Twitter for iPad
https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1239575726095044610
The sickest I ever got was back in 2000 when that Spanish flu variant was making the rounds. It took me about 6 days to recover - just enough time to get past cigarette withdrawal. Haven't smoked a cigarette since.
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28
UK coronavirus crisis 'to last until spring 2021 and could see 7.9m hospitalised'
Exclusive: Public Health England document seen by Guardian says four in five ‘expected’ to contract virus
Coronavirus – latest updates
The coronavirus epidemic in the UK will last until next spring and could lead to 7.9 million people being hospitalised, a secret Public Health England (PHE) briefing for senior NHS officials reveals.
The document, seen by the Guardian, is the first time health chiefs tackling the virus have admitted that they expect it to circulate for 12 more months and lead to huge extra strain on an already overstretched NHS.
It also suggests that health chiefs are braced for as many as 80% of Britons becoming infected with the coronavirus over that time.
More at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/15/uk-coronavirus-crisis-to-last-until-spring-2021-and-could-see-79m-hospitalised (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/15/uk-coronavirus-crisis-to-last-until-spring-2021-and-could-see-79m-hospitalised)
EXCLUSIVE: Russia and China flood web with coronavirus lies blaming U.S.; State Dept. fights back
State Department combats China's attempt to reshape narrative, blame Washington
By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times - Sunday, March 15, 2020
China, Russia and Iran are flooding the global information space with false claims about the new coronavirus, according to U.S. officials, who say one of the biggest lies — that the virus that causes COVID-19 is a U.S. bioweapon and was brought to China by U.S. Army personnel — is just the latest in a “surge of propaganda†aimed at undermining America’s image on the world stage.
Beijing, Moscow and Tehran are using a vast web of social media accounts, fake news outlets and state-controlled global satellite media to promote false claims by academics and, at times, government officials to blame Washington for the crisis now gripping most of humanity.
The head of a key State Department counterdisinformation office said U.S. officials are ramping up their own efforts to counter lies about the new coronavirus that were first seeded by Russia in January and that China is now pushing in a bid to make Beijing appear as a superior global power to the United States.
Read more at: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/15/coronavirus-lies-pushed-china-blame-virus-us-biowe/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_campaign=pushnotify&utm_medium=push (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/15/coronavirus-lies-pushed-china-blame-virus-us-biowe/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_campaign=pushnotify&utm_medium=push)
Sky News Breaking
@SkyNewsBreak
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says anyone who lives with someone who has a cough or a temperature should stay at home for 14 days
11:56 AM · Mar 16, 2020·TweetDeck
https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/1239596456841019392
Washington Examiner
@dcexaminer
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3m
"Nobody is going to get hired next week,"
@realDonaldTrump
's former adviser warns that the US economic situation will deteriorate.
Buddy dawgmadd Wise
Supreme Court suspends oral arguments 4 March/early April over spread of c-virus n U.S.
No new date set for postponed arguments including whether House Dimms can obtain Trump's financial records
6 of 9 justices 65 & older, higher risk
God bless America
Fourth coronavirus death in Greece, 96 arrests
Published
Mar 15, 2020, 10:17 pm SGT
ATHENS (AFP) - Greece announced a new coronavirus death on Sunday (March 15), the country's youngest fatality, bringing the toll to four, while police arrested citizens that defied a lockdown.
The 53-year-old man, who had been in intensive care, died early on Sunday, the director of the AHEPA Hospital, Dr Panagiotis Panteliadis, told the Athens News Agency.
He had been working in a medical laboratory in the northern city of Kozani.
Read more at: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/fourth-coronavirus-death-in-greece-96-arrests (https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/fourth-coronavirus-death-in-greece-96-arrests)
South Africa's Ramaphosa declares state of disaster over COVID-19
Wendell Roelf
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African president Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster on Sunday as he announced a range of measures to contain a COVID-19 outbreak that has so far infected 61 and showed the first signs of internal transmission.
In a live television broadcast after a special cabinet meeting, Ramaphosa said the outbreak, first detected on March 5, could have a significant and “potentially lasting†impact on a struggling economy, which is already in recession.
Measures to be taken include travel bans to countries such as Italy, Germany, China and the United States. The government will also prohibit gatherings of more than 100 people and cancel large events and celebrations, he said.
More: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-idUSKBN21214A (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-idUSKBN21214A)
South Africa's Ramaphosa declares state of disaster over COVID-19
Wendell Roelf
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African president Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster on Sunday as he announced a range of measures to contain a COVID-19 outbreak that has so far infected 61 and showed the first signs of internal transmission.
Um, wut? No virgins if you succumb to virus us in the midst of a suicide attack?
Jennifer Zeng 曾錚
@jenniferatntd
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According to an Italian source, 92,000 will be infected in Italy and the #CoronavirusOutbreak will peak on March 18.
http://amp.ilsole24ore.com/pagina/ADfgS9c (http://amp.ilsole24ore.com/pagina/ADfgS9c)
https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd (https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd)
France's Macron calls for all citizens to remain confined in homes: 'We're at war'Moslems rioting in the streets in 3.....2.....1
https://thehill.com/policy/international/487870-frances-macron-calls-for-all-citizens-to-remain-confined-in-homes-were
How about this!?
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No, Coronavirus Isn't 'Just Like The Flu'. Here Are The Very Important Differences
Aches and pains, sore throat, fever – although they may feel similar to those suffering from their symptoms, the novel coronavirus is not the same as the seasonal flu, experts stressed Wednesday.
COVID-19, the illness caused by coronavirus, proves deadly in around 3.5 percent of confirmed cases.
While this is not the same as its mortality rate, given many people may be infected but not realise it, it is significantly higher than seasonal flu, which typically kills 0.1 percent of patients.
"There is still considerable uncertainty around the fatality rates of COVID-19 and it likely varies depending on the quality of local healthcare," said Francois Balloux, Professor of Computational Systems Biology at University College London.
"That said, it is around two percent on average, which is about 20 times higher than for the seasonal flu lineages currently in circulation."
Serious cases
But the true danger of coronavirus is unlikely to be the death toll. Experts say health systems could easily become overwhelmed by the number of cases requiring hospitalisation – and, often ventilation to support breathing.
An analysis of 45,000 confirmed cases in China, where the epidemic originated, show that the vast majority of deaths were among the elderly (14.8 percent mortality among over 80s).
But another Chinese study showed that 41 percent of serious cases occurred among under 50s, compared with 27 percent among over 65s.
"It's true that if you're older you're at greater risk, but serious cases can also happen in relatively young people with no prior conditions," said French deputy health minister Jerome Salomon.
Contagiousness
Disease experts estimate that each COVID-19 sufferer infects between two to 3 others.
That's a reproduction rate up to twice as high as seasonal flu, which typically infects 1.3 new people for each patient.
Vaccine/treatment
Salomon said that humans have lived with influenza for more than 100 years.
"We've studied it closely," he said. "This new virus resembles the flu in terms of physical symptoms but there are huge differences."
Number one is the lack of a vaccine against COVID-19, or even any treatment shown to be consistently effective.
While some trials have shown promise delivering anti-retroviral drugs to serious cases, as well as some experimental therapies, their sample sizes are too small to roll out to the general population.
Hundreds of researchers around the world are working frantically to find a COVID-19 vaccine, but the development process takes months and is likely too late for the current outbreak.
Even if a vaccine magically appeared, getting everyone access it to it is no small order. Health authorities regularly complain that not enough people receive the flu vaccine to guarantee "herd immunity".
Similarities
But the new virus does share some characteristics with flu, notably the measures each one of us can personally take to slow the infection rate:
Avoid shaking hands, frequently wash your hands with soap and water, avoid touching your face and wear a mask if you are sick.
Such actions can limit new infections just as they can with the flu, gastro illnesses and other infectious diseases.
France's health ministry says that only two in 10 people regularly wash their hands after using the bathroom.
"And only 42 percent of people cover their mouth with an elbow or tissue when they cough or sneeze," it added, not encouragingly.
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-new-coronavirus-isn-t-like-the-flu-but-they-have-one-big-thing-in-common (https://www.sciencealert.com/the-new-coronavirus-isn-t-like-the-flu-but-they-have-one-big-thing-in-common)
In last year’s flu season, 80,000 people died, including 180 children, and 900,000 people were hospitalized, making it the worst flu season in 40 years – underscoring the importance of seasonal flu coverage for every public health reporter.
The 2017 flu season killed a helluva lot of Americans.... yet there was no store, restaurant, sporting events, etc. shut downs, no panic, no mass hysteria toilet paper hoarding. So what's the difference now?
https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2018/09/last-years-flu-season-death-toll-and-2018-19-flu-coverage/
Its all in the presentation.
I'm getting more cynical by the minute. Watching a developing train wreck and being unable to do anything about it.
Its all in the presentation.
I'm getting more cynical by the minute. Watching a developing train wreck and being unable to do anything about it.
We have no idea what the mortality rate is here until we know how many are infected, which we do not.
I trust no data coming out of China.
So I'm not sold on this being different from a bad flu epidemic.
How about this!?
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETQcKIuWoAEhtbs?format=jpg)
I got it covered. I just need to drop a line to my liquor store to order a fresh keg of beer and I'm all set. It's Netflix and Chill time for us. I've run out of bleeps to give now.
I got it covered. I just need to drop a line to my liquor store to order a fresh keg of beer and I'm all set. It's Netflix and Chill time for us. I've run out of bleeps to give now.
And I think that's the crux of the panic - people saw all the anecdotal info coming out of China via social media, and it wasn't good.
Everyone knows China is lying thru their teeth. Nobody believes that so few died over there, especially now looking at places like Iran and Italy.
- If I feel sick, stay at home. Check.
- If my children are sick, keep them at home. Check.
- If someone in my home has tested positive for coronavirus, keep everyone at home. Check.
- If I am an older person, stay at home. Check.
- If I am a person with a serious underlying health condition, stay at home. Check.
Simple enough.
Early US Coronavirus Patients Have Fully Recovered: Health Officials
Epoch Times, Mar 16, 2020
Patients across the United States who earlier tested positive for the new coronavirus have fully recovered.
Maryland’s first three patients have fully recovered after becoming infected while on a cruise on the Nile River. “I’m happy to report that the first three cases reported last Thursday have all been cleared to return back to their normal daily schedules,†Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles said in a video update.
The trio included a couple in their 70s and another unrelated person in their 50s.
Health officials across the country have reported patients fully recovering. About four out of five patients don’t require hospitalization, according to data gleaned from cases around the world that’s been widely cited by U.S. health officials.
A Washington state resident who was the first person in the state to test positive for COVID-19, the disease the virus causes, “fully recovered†in late February, health officials said.
That man became infected after traveling to Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the new illness, in January. He was isolated at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett on Jan. 21 and released into home isolation on Feb. 3. “He is now considered fully recovered and free to go about his regular activities. We cannot thank him enough for his patience and cooperation throughout the entire process,†the Snohomish Health District said in a statement.
The Tulsa Health Department in Oklahoma said last week that the state’s first confirmed patient recovered from COVID-19. The patient tested negative twice, “which is the indicator of recovery,†the department said in a statement.
Officials in California, Nebraska, Illinois, and Arizona have also reported patients recovering from COVID-19. Experts recommend staying home if sick and contacting your doctor or health authorities.
More: https://www.theepochtimes.com/early-us-coronavirus-patients-have-fully-recovered-health-officials_3273937.html (https://www.theepochtimes.com/early-us-coronavirus-patients-have-fully-recovered-health-officials_3273937.html)
Talked to a local liquor store owner today and he mentioned the possibility that the store might be "shut down" here in Texas, as well. He owns several stores around the country. So I'm making a trip tomorrow by there to get a bottle or two. What the hell.
He also said they had to close the BR there due to not being able to get TP or cleaning supplies. I guess the employees there just bring their own TP? Getting weirder.
According to the WHO 290,000 to 650,000 people worldwide die from the flu. Thats about 25k & 55k per month.
Perspective.
According to the WHO 290,000 to 650,000 people worldwide die from the flu. Thats about 25k & 55k per month.
Perspective.
People who are very old are going to die of something in the not too distant future. Flu is a common illness that pushes them over the edge. So a lot of elderly people that were on the edge prior to getting the flu get reported as dying from the flu. The vast majority of people who get the flu don't go to a doctor or hospital so there's no record of those people regarding flu statisics.
This is affecting younger healthier people not already on the edge.
Italy's hospitals were dealing with people who got the flu before this all came along. They had enough beds and resources. That has changed dramatically as this new illness has taken root there.
The difference is plain to see if you are willing to look.
Just need beer, the spare is empty and I just tapped a new one a couple days ago. I'll be set for 6-8 weeks. The whole rest of the bar is well-stocked, maybe I'll have to try some of that weird shit Mrs. Liberty bought?
It would be nice if those who wish to see this as a apocalyptic event could do so without dragging the rest of us who do not into the it-shay with them.
Travel bans from infected regions, fine. Advise from the CDC, great. This and just a little personal common sense is all that is needed and the world will continue to turn as before.
Would it be politically incorrect for me to purchase a six pack of my favorite beer...(yeah, the beach one with the slice of lime)....lololol.
I don't think it is apocalyptic. Common sense went out the door a long time ago. My only beef with you is claiming this is no different than the flu that was already going around. It is different and a threat to people that the common flu posed little threat to.
I'm not justifying shutting down everything, especially with the heavy hand of government. There is middle ground.
The kind @mountaineer bought for her Avatar?
I keep a six of Blue Moon as backup to the Shock Top I get by the keg. I have not had to touch the long-necks ever since I got the larger Kegerator that can hold two kegs, other than the one or two I stashed in the upstairs refrigerator for whenever I want a beer and don't care to make the hike down to the main bar in the Living Room (an admitted "first-world problem"). I always have a spare in reserve, 'cause ya never know, and it can take a week to get a keg in this small town. A man's gotta keep his priorities straight.
ETA: I could always spring for a third keg, I have that extra Kegerator in the guest bedroom closet.
I just haven't seen anything, besides the over the top reaction, that would indicate to me this is anything other than virulent new flu. But that doesn't even matter - it sounds like you and I agree about what would be the proper response.
Its frustrating because I believe there are some bad actors in government and media who plan on using the public mood they've whipped up to get some policies etc passed they would ordinarily have no chance of getting passed.
I just haven't seen anything, besides the over the top reaction, that would indicate to me this is anything other than virulent new flu. But that doesn't even matter - it sounds like you and I agree about what would be the proper response.
Its frustrating because I believe there are some bad actors in government and media who plan on using the public mood they've whipped up to get some policies etc passed they would ordinarily have no chance of getting passed.
That Democrats would keep this good crisis from going to waste is a given, talking about "bad actors." Well, they aren't going to panic me into forgetting about my stocks of brew.
That Democrats would keep this good crisis from going to waste is a given, talking about "bad actors." Well, they aren't going to panic me into forgetting about my stocks of brew.
According to the WHO 290,000 to 650,000 people worldwide die from the flu. Thats about 25k & 55k per month.
Perspective.
Thanks for the reminder. I'm off to BevMo for a case of Whistlepig. I need something to sanitize my thermometer.
I hope all this forces a major realignment between the world and China. China is the root cause of all this. There needs to be some serious consequences along with decoupling of our industry.
There won't be. Look what merely imposing tariffs, to make the trade more equal, has resulted in. Anything harsher would probably result in all out war. Something everyone in DC wants to avoid, at all costs. Nah....the ChiComs are like the DemocRats in that respect. Teflon coated and consequence-proof.
We may introduce state of emergency, If it necessary: Main thing from Zelensky’s speech on ICTV
Source : 112 Ukraine
Zelensky said that situation with coronavirus in country was ‘good’ and revealed number of details of upcoming quarantine
23:54, 16 March 2020
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The main thing from Zelensky’s speech
- The situation is “good†in comparison with other countries in terms of statistics.
- Not enough quick tests for coronavirus. But they solved the problem.
- On Saturday, Ukraine expects the arrival of a million quick tests. The Chinese businessman Jack Ma and the Ukrainian businessman Oleksandr Yaroslavsky helped.
Read more at: https://112.international/ukraine-top-news/we-introduce-state-of-emergency-if-it-necessary-main-thing-from-zelenskys-speech-on-ictv-49581.html?utm_source=Intern&utm_campaign=News&utm_medium=Channel
We'll see. There are tons of businesses that are likely rethinking their Chinese investments right now and actively looking for alternatives.
Amazon to hire 100,000 warehouse and delivery.... give raises
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/16/amazon-to-hire-100000-warehouse-and-delivery-workers.html (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/16/amazon-to-hire-100000-warehouse-and-delivery-workers.html)
Astonishing in this climate.
This lockdown is actually working against us getting control of the virus. The way to stop this virus is to develop a herd immunity. Our most vulnerable --- our seniors and all with underlying medical conditions -- should continue to self-quarantine until the herd immunity takes hold..
But businesses and schools should reopen ... and if you and your family are well, get back to work and get back to school. Employers/schools can provide hand sanitizers, medical grade gloves, cans of Lysol. Monitor your health ... but resume life.
Oh, and turn off ALL news shows.
@Once-LerThat's a perishable skill.
Airline pilots are being laid off - too many planes are sitting idle at various Airline's headquarters. The Airlines can't make a profit now. Thousands of airline families will have no money coming in.
Ireland and UK added to the Europe ban:I wonder if it was on Hillary's server? (Along with scads of other information that was not supposed to ever be on a computer linked to the internet).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/14/coronavirus-live-updates-uk-us-australia-italy-europe-school-shutdown-sport-events-cancelled-latest-update-news (https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/14/coronavirus-live-updates-uk-us-australia-italy-europe-school-shutdown-sport-events-cancelled-latest-update-news)
And this is interesting, though it's from Modern Ghana and this seems like an offbeat website... still, we know China steals intellectual property....
The author probably got this info in turn somewhere, wow.
This lockdown is actually working against us getting control of the virus. The way to stop this virus is to develop a herd immunity. Our most vulnerable --- our seniors and all with underlying medical conditions -- should continue to self-quarantine until the herd immunity takes hold..
But businesses and schools should reopen ... and if you and your family are well, get back to work and get back to school. Employers/schools can provide hand sanitizers, medical grade gloves, cans of Lysol. Monitor your health ... but resume life.
Oh, and turn off ALL news shows.
I got it covered. I just need to drop a line to my liquor store to order a fresh keg of beer [...]
Talked to a local liquor store owner today and he mentioned the possibility that the store might be "shut down" here in Texas, as well. He owns several stores around the country. So I'm making a trip tomorrow by there to get a bottle or two. What the hell.
He also said they had to close the BR there due to not being able to get TP or cleaning supplies. I guess the employees there just bring their own TP? Getting weirder.
Might oughta get a keg of Corona... Bet there's a discount price...
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This lockdown is actually working against us getting control of the virus. The way to stop this virus is to develop a herd immunity. Our most vulnerable --- our seniors and all with underlying medical conditions -- should continue to self-quarantine until the herd immunity takes hold..
But businesses and schools should reopen ... and if you and your family are well, get back to work and get back to school. Employers/schools can provide hand sanitizers, medical grade gloves, cans of Lysol. Monitor your health ... but resume life.
Oh, and turn off ALL news shows.
I just happen to be sitting on 6 quarts of shine... Bartered payment for a couple computers... For medicinal purposes only, of course.
Exceptin' I don't care for Corona.
ETA: Talked to my guy at the liquor store, they don't make Corona in kegs anymore, just the Corona Premium. I did not know there is a "premium" version.
The sickest I ever got was back in 2000 when that Spanish flu variant was making the rounds. It took me about 6 days to recover - just enough time to get past cigarette withdrawal. Haven't smoked a cigarette since.
But what do I know... I'm a PBR guy, with shades of Hamms and Keystone...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=036cVpnt1VU# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=036cVpnt1VU#)
This lockdown is actually working against us getting control of the virus. The way to stop this virus is to develop a herd immunity. Our most vulnerable --- our seniors and all with underlying medical conditions -- should continue to self-quarantine until the herd immunity takes hold..
But businesses and schools should reopen ... and if you and your family are well, get back to work and get back to school. Employers/schools can provide hand sanitizers, medical grade gloves, cans of Lysol. Monitor your health ... but resume life.
Oh, and turn off ALL news shows.
On Friday, the number of people in Germany infected with COVID-19 grew to 3,059. Six of them have died so far. That is roughly two people for every thousand cases.
These numbers stand out when compared to other heavily affected countries like China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain or France.
In China, it's roughly 39 deaths per 1,000 people infected, in Italy it's 71, in Iran 45 and in Spain it's 28.
On Friday, the number of people in Germany infected with COVID-19 grew to 3,059. Six of them have died so far. That is roughly two people for every thousand cases.
These numbers stand out when compared to other heavily affected countries like China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain or France.
In China, it's roughly 39 deaths per 1,000 people infected, in Italy it's 71, in Iran 45 and in Spain it's 28.
How come fewer people are dying from COVID-19 in Germany than elsewhere?
At a press conference last Wednesday, Prof. Dr. Lothar H. Wieler, President of the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin said, "From the beginning, we have very systematically called upon our doctors to test people."
He added that the German system can provide "testing to a high degree so that we can easily look into the beginnings of the epidemic."
Wieler also explained that this is just the beginning for Germany. "If you imagine an epidemic like a curve [...] then there are countries that are simply further" into the progression of this epidemic.
He expects the case numbers and the numbers of deaths to rise, just like they have in other affected countries.
More at link.
How come fewer people are dying from COVID-19 in Germany than elsewhere?
At a press conference last Wednesday, Prof. Dr. Lothar H. Wieler, President of the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin said, "From the beginning, we have very systematically called upon our doctors to test people."
The disparity between Germany and Italy, for example could be the result of more extensive testing in Germany. There could be those in Italy who have the virus, but never get tested, yet all those who die get tested. But in Germany, with more people getting tested, they are able to identify those who will never come down with severe symptoms as positive cases, thus increasing the denominator, while in Italy, such people are never included.
Let's say that Germany tests 100,000 people. 3,000 test positive. Six die. In Italy, they test only 1,000 people. Eighty test positive. Six die. But another 80 who also had the disease never got tested because their symptoms were mild.
Just something to consider. The number of people being tested is not uniform across the globe.
There is a direct correlation between the public reaction and the number of minutes spent watching CNN.Right! :beer:
Yeah, you got any proof of this or other remarks? Are you can expert on this? Posting the video of some doctor who has used cocaine?Sure. I haven't watched one second of CNN, and I'm calm.
https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/not-perfect-dr-drew-opens-cocaine-alcohol-article-1.2248472 (https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/not-perfect-dr-drew-opens-cocaine-alcohol-article-1.2248472)
"letting" implies a choice. When there is more demand than resources available some people go without. That is a simple fact of life. Thank your lucky stars it isn't you faced with that dilemma.
As far as rage goes, that should be directed at China - later, the source of all this. Even if it didn't come out of a Chinese lab (I think it likely did) their lies and inaction following the beginning of outbreak greatly increased the damage to the rest of the world.
Were you replying to a different thread? Reading this I was thinking you might be talking about letting people die?
I also believe that this came out of the Chinese Lab. But Iran would never blame their Allies in China.
Just to add another perspective, I think a lot of this breaks down differently between urban, suburban and rural areas. Rural areas are inherently less likely to spread the virus and have less to fear from it. As the population density goes up the likelihood spreading it goes up quickly. The actions needed slow the spread are very different between these areas. It isn't a one size fits all situation. And trying to apply a one size fits all solution isn't going to go well.Right. We have 16 people per square mile in my county--no confirmed cases. I guess social distancing would just come naturally if all those kids (currently on spring break) weren't gathered up and redistributed five days a week. :shrug:
Sure. I haven't watched one second of CNN, and I'm calm.
There's one endpoint for you. How much CNN have you watched since the outbreak started?
I was referring to your "In Italy they are letting the elderly die" comment. They are overwhelmed. People are dying while they are doing all they can do with the resources available to them was my point. It is a terrible position to be in and shouldn't be written off so lightly as simply a choice.
Got it. Yes makes sense. Long day, sorry. Letting does seem like the wrong word. I get it that they are overwhelmed and perhaps you are right they don't have a choice. Just seems so cold.
All my news has come from here and on the Web. I don't watch any of the TV news. I rarely go to CNN's Web site but will if they have an exclusive of something important that someone else has linked.I grew weary of commentary crafted with words which implied bias and were inflammatory and/or derogatory delivered in repetitive and impassioned rants long ago. So, frankly, I do not partake ordinarily of television 'news' unless it is something local I can readily put into perspective, and often that, too, is FUBAR, especially identifiable if I have first hand knowledge of the topic or event they are covering. Sad, but true.
Tom Cotton believes it originated in the lab.
https://www.zerohedge.com/health/creator-bioweapons-act-says-coronavirus-biological-warfare-weapon (https://www.zerohedge.com/health/creator-bioweapons-act-says-coronavirus-biological-warfare-weapon)
Coronavirus: Why does Germany have so few COVID-19 deaths?
Euronews by Anna Priese 3/16/2020
https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-why-does-germany-have-so-few-covid-19-deaths (https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-why-does-germany-have-so-few-covid-19-deaths)
I read on this site, earlier today, that Italians were "dramatic."
I already know that, since I've been married to one for 52 years.
Dramatic ain't a bad thing. BTW my wife's aunt from Italy became chief of anesthesiology at two hospitals in California, after finishing her medical education at USC (her father was a doctor in Italy)
I'l take dramatic, beautiful Italian women any time.
Uhh.... you realize..... that Nancy Pelosi is Italian. Right? 333cleo
Yeah, but when Nancy was young, she was very attractive. Not bad in her mature years, either—speaking strictly appearances here, of course.
Got it. Yes makes sense. Long day, sorry. Letting does seem like the wrong word. I get it that they are overwhelmed and perhaps you are right they don't have a choice. Just seems so cold.
Diamond Princess Mysteries
We had a perfect petri-dish coronavirus disease (COVID-19) experiment with the cruise ship “Diamond Princessâ€. That’s the cruise ship that ended up in quarantine for a number of weeks after a number of people tested positive for the coronavirus. I got to wondering what the outcome of the experiment was.
So I dug around and found an analysis of the situation, with the catchy title of Estimating the infection and case fatality ratio for COVID-19 using age-adjusted data from the outbreak on the Diamond Princess cruise ship (PDF), so I could see what the outcomes were.
As you might imagine, before they knew it was a problem, the epidemic raged on the ship, with infected crew members cooking and cleaning for the guests, people all eating together, close living quarters, lots of social interaction, and a generally older population. Seems like a perfect situation for an overwhelming majority of the passengers to become infected.
And despite that, some 83% (82.7% – 83.9%) of the passengers never got the disease at all … why?
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/03/16/diamond-princess-mysteries/
In the cited article Dr. Cotton actually said "we don’t know where it originated,â€Yep. You responded to another disinformation comment from a TDS-infected individual.
Just to add another perspective, I think a lot of this breaks down differently between urban, suburban and rural areas. Rural areas are inherently less likely to spread the virus and have less to fear from it. As the population density goes up the likelihood spreading it goes up quickly. The actions needed to slow the spread are very different between these areas. It isn't a one size fits all situation. And trying to apply a one size fits all solution isn't going to go well.That's why I, living in a rural area, am not scared of this virus directly affecting me.
Why Italy was hit so hard and so fast by COVID-19
Lessons learned from Italy's pandemic as death toll reaches 1,800
Terence McKenna · CBC News · Posted: Mar 16, 2020
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So why was Italy hit so hard?
There is a debate about why Italy was the first major Western country to be hit, especially since it was among the first to ban flights from China. Some people point to the average age of the population, the oldest in Europe. Some point to the bad air pollution in the northern industrial areas that has caused widespread lung disease.
"In the northern region we have the most polluted air in ... Europe, and this is linked with viral infection, pneumonia infections," Casani said.
As to why COVID-19 spread so quickly once it arrived, he said, "We do not have emergency plans for pandemics. We have it for natural disasters. And, also we were the first, so we were totally unprepared."
Mounk sees this differently. "I think the question of 'Why Italy?' is the most important question and it has a simple answer: No reason at all. The only thing that makes Italy different is that the first couple of [community-transmitted] cases arrived in Italy about 10 days before they arrived in Germany, the United States or Canada. So if other countries aren't going to react in an extreme way right now, they're going to become Italy."
Read more at: https://www.cbc.ca/news/coronavirus-italy-1.5498650 (https://www.cbc.ca/news/coronavirus-italy-1.5498650)
Israel: Number of Covid-19 Infected Persons Soars to 304
Published March 17th, 2020 - 09:33 GMT
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Israeli Passengers wearing protective masks in the arrivals halls at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on March 10, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)
Highlights
Six new Israelis infected with Covid-19 to increase the overall infected number to 304
The number of Israelis infected by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, rose Tuesday morning by six people to 304, according to the Health Ministry.
Among the infected are three people who work in the Central Laboratory for Detecting Coronavirus of the Ministry of Health at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer.
Continued at: https://www.albawaba.com/news/israel-number-covid-19-infected-persons-soars-304-1345219 (https://www.albawaba.com/news/israel-number-covid-19-infected-persons-soars-304-1345219)
Complaint filed against Chinese President Xi Jinping for spreading Coronavirus, Bihar Court to hear on March 24 [Read Complaint]
To substantiate his claim, the Complainant has relied upon a book titled 'The Eyes of Darkness' which was published in 1981.
Bar & Bench
Mar 17, 2020, 1:59 PM IST
Filed by Advocate Sudheer Kumar Ojha, the complaint alleges that Jinping intentionally spread the virus amongst Indian population to harm the economy.
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Sudheer Kumar Ojha, Complainant
To substantiate his claim, the Complainant has relied upon a book titled 'The Eyes of Darkness' which was published in 1981.
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An extract from the book cited by the complainant to support his theory that the Coronavirus stems from a Chinese conspiracy"The Eyes of Darkness", by Dean Koontz
As per the book, a deadly virus named Wuhan 400 was manufactured in a lab in Wuhan, only to be used as a biological weapon.
See more at: https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/complaint-filed-against-chinese-president-xi-jinping-for-spreading-coronavirus-bihar-court-to-hear-on-march-24-read-complaint (https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/complaint-filed-against-chinese-president-xi-jinping-for-spreading-coronavirus-bihar-court-to-hear-on-march-24-read-complaint)
Uhh.... you realize..... that Nancy Pelosi is Italian. Right? 333cleo
But the premise that they were first wasn't really true. The first documented case in the U.S. came nine days before the first Italian case.
So, maybe in part, it's because Italy was a bit first in line, all things are not equal.
From 6 to 20 overnight?
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/germany/ (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/germany/)
U.S. Southern Border Flooded with Nationals from Coronavirus Countries
The United States’ borders have been flooded with thousands of foreign nationals arriving from countries affected by the Wuhan, China-originated coronavirus.
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Since October, for example, 1,657 Chinese nationals have been apprehended at the southern border. About 341 of these Chinese nationals sought to enter the U.S. illegally just within the last few months.
More: https://truepundit.com/u-s-southern-border-flooded-with-nationals-from-coronavirus-countries/
But the premise that they were first wasn't really true. The first documented case in the U.S. came nine days before the first Italian case.
There is a debate about why Italy was the first major Western country to be hit, especially since it was among the first to ban flights from China.
Yes, I think Spain is actually getting socked real bad. Also, even if people want to say it is mainly certain groups getting it, those others are still having to use respirators, ICUs,
MEDICAL PERSONNEL, apparently, just using nurses, etc. is a big deal Doctors, because they have to be careful they don't get infected themselves, I have no idea what it would be like going into a Doctor's office currently and IF they are dressed very heavily so they don't come in very direct contact with you.
That's complicated by the possibility of cross-contamination. While the Doc may be protected, it doesn't protect patients from infecting each other. If a Doctor and Nurse have to don a decon suit, they would have to change out of that suit for each patient and I can see some logistical problems with that.
But...I am not a Doctor.
If 120 people need a respirator and you have 100, what do you do? First come, first serve or serve those most likely to survive with the respirator?
Suffice to say it is a major mess.
... This is a huge responsibility, but he didn't take it as seriously as he should have in the beginning. I won't fault him, because many people didn't realize what we were dealing with then. I will fault him if his actions forward don't match the situation we have at hand. Its going to take a lot to keep people calm. And people need to hear the truth.
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Diamond Princess Mysteries
We had a perfect petri-dish coronavirus disease (COVID-19) experiment with the cruise ship “Diamond Princessâ€. That’s the cruise ship that ended up in quarantine for a number of weeks after a number of people tested positive for the coronavirus. I got to wondering what the outcome of the experiment was.
So I dug around and found an analysis of the situation, with the catchy title of Estimating the infection and case fatality ratio for COVID-19 using age-adjusted data from the outbreak on the Diamond Princess cruise ship (PDF), so I could see what the outcomes were.
As you might imagine, before they knew it was a problem, the epidemic raged on the ship, with infected crew members cooking and cleaning for the guests, people all eating together, close living quarters, lots of social interaction, and a generally older population. Seems like a perfect situation for an overwhelming majority of the passengers to become infected.
And despite that, some 83% (82.7% – 83.9%) of the passengers never got the disease at all … why?
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/03/16/diamond-princess-mysteries/
@PeteS in CA At the risk of sounding like a "Trump Cheerleader," I'm going to say I've been pretty happy, on balance, with the Administrations actions vis the Corona Virus thus far. His agencies were on the ball as soon as China reported to WHO the new bug, despite the country being focused on Impeachment. I think accusations Trump doesn't/didn't give a crap are very unfair.
They can walk and chew bubblegum at the same time.
When I first started that "timeline" it was because I had already seen that the MSM were ignoring and memory-holing Trump Administration actions, and knew it would be useful to have info readily at hand. Some folks act predictably ... e.g. almost not a peep from my Prog FB friends to the timeline and events subsequent to that post (not even the news of the patient at UC Davis whose life was apparently saved by the experimental drug Remdesivir).
No, you put out a spec sheet and open the work to the myriad of small businesses out there that know how... Then you do everything in your power to keep materials flowing so that they can get what they need... And have MORE RESPIRATORS.
Of course that does not work once you've shut the place down and all those CNC machines are idle.
Then your finite pie applies.
No, you put out a spec sheet and open the work to the myriad of small businesses out there that know how... Then you do everything in your power to keep materials flowing so that they can get what they need... And have MORE RESPIRATORS.
Of course that does not work once you've shut the place down and all those CNC machines are idle.
Then your finite pie applies.
Yes, If you get busy while learning from the mistakes of others, like Italy. Machine Shops are not shut down in the US, but the spread of the virus is greatly slowed down. We now have the time to better prepare than Italy did.
But if you just ignore it, if you allow the virus to spread without taking preventative measures, hospitals get overwhelmed and you are behind the curve. We have a decent chance to stay ahead of it.
Many of us are going to have to adapt. Pretending we shouldn't is foolish.
My company makes things. We're still making things. There are many components that go into making modern high tech products. It takes time to ramp up the entire supply chain. One missing part and the product isn't complete and likely can't be used. The respirators already in service were supplied over a period of many years. Part of the point of slowing the spread rate down is to provide more time for more supplies to be available. It is going to take weeks if not months to ramp up the supply of respirators to the point of actually making a difference. We definitely wouldn't have that much time is nothing was done to slow the spread down.
Supplies will not be available if the place is shut down.
And I disagree too - I don't thing you NEED a modern respirator. When in need you need ANY respirator. Something that is mechanically capable can be made if encouraged...
I read somewhere that some medical people have figured out how to convert CPAP machines into make-shift Respirators. There are a million of those available.
Supplies will not be available if the place is shut down.
And I disagree too - I don't thing you NEED a modern respirator. When in need you need ANY respirator. Something that is mechanically capable can be made if encouraged...
You forget the lawyers. Anyone who dies on anything less than fully functional and approved device is going to be open to big lawsuits.
I read somewhere that some medical people have figured out how to convert CPAP machines into make-shift Respirators. There are a million of those available.
Right. They don't work perfectly, but they take the weight off so those that are dire have more access to respirators.
Has there been any actual data collected on if that really works or not? I use a CPAP machine every night... When you first start using one it is harder to breath because you naturally fight the added pressure. After awhile you get use to it and don't notice the pressure much - but that does take awhile. Another question is if it pushes fluid further into the lungs causing more problems filling deeper areas. Just curious...
Normal respirators push air in and pull air out forcing you to breath at the machines rhythm. CPAP doesn't do that at all. It just pressurizes you to open things up. There is a variant called BPAP that has two different pressure levels that changes between inhaling and exhaling. They are less common but they may be more helpful as a substitute to a respirator.
China pulls credentials of journalists working for New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Time, and VOA
by Joel Gehrke | March 17, 2020
China is banning journalists from five American media outlets in retaliation for President Trump’s requirement that Chinese state-run media organizations register as foreign missions.
“They will not be allowed to continue working as journalists in the People's Republic of China, including its Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions,†China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced through state-run media.
The new policy affects five organizations: Voice of America, a U.S.-funded outlet; the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Time magazine. Employees of those organizations must hand in their press badges within 10 days, according to the announcement.
Read more at: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/china-pulls-credentials-from-journalists-working-for-new-york-times-washington-post-wall-street-journal-time-and-voa (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/china-pulls-credentials-from-journalists-working-for-new-york-times-washington-post-wall-street-journal-time-and-voa)
I'm not suggesting CPAPs can replace the ventilator, but they can help for less-severe cases. And I think there's retro-fitting involved as well. They don't just stick a CPAP on somebody in respiratory distress.
It is also interesting that two densely populated cities - Hong Kong and Singapore - reported low infection percentages. One thing to take into consideration is the climate, especially the humidity. Influenza viruses do not propagate well in wet conditions. One could expect a relative humidity approaching 100% all the time in both cities and a cruise ship out to sea. Higher temperatures push even more water vapor into the air.
I understand. And maybe they offer significant benefit unmodified. Just curious if any data supports that or not. I have no idea...
Correct. I'd accept half-assed measures if they'll do OK for me, with the added benefit of ensuring real ventilators can go to people worse off than me.
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The world is not yet there of course. Anything but give natural alternative medicine a chance at being mainstream. If this keeps going we will get there and it's time for allopathic medicine to make some room.
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That's it. If the house is burning down, you don't necessarily wait for the firemen... Garden hoses, bucket brigades... distributed solutions before the real solution could ever be found...
I admire the guy that thought of it... He's thinking out of the box, and that's where solutions arrive - Seat-of-the-pants moves way faster than engineers and boardrooms, and often suffices, right out of left field.
I'm not suggesting CPAPs can replace the ventilator, but they can help for less-severe cases. And I think there's retro-fitting involved as well. They don't just stick a CPAP on somebody in respiratory distress.
CPAPs are a replacement for respirators, not ventilators. As for a respirator shortage, if your choice is between a CPAP and nothing at all, a CPAP is the preferred option. Just crank up the pressure.
CPAPs are a replacement for respirators, not ventilators. As for a respirator shortage, if your choice is between a CPAP and nothing at all, a CPAP is the preferred option. Just crank up the pressure.
I have a CPAP machine so that's what gives it more personal interest to me. I'll have to look up the difference between respirators and ventilators.
The Technicians are usually overlooked in the chain of technological advances. You can bet it was a Tech who thought that up, maybe an Engineer but certainly not a bean-counter. Those guys are practically worthless outside the boardroom. Put them in charge of a company and it will fail spectacularly. I always use the example of my former Employer, Motorola to illustrate what happens when you put non-engineers in charge of a Big Tech company. We were doing fine until a Business Administration grad inherited the company from his Daddy.
I'm a basement geek - The guys who ain't pretty enough for upstairs... living on Mountain Dew and Cheetos (puffy, slightly stale) from vending machines and bathed in nothing but artificial light.. Where obsessions negate schedules.
So it is little wonder i agree with you. happy77
I'm a basement geek - The guys who ain't pretty enough for upstairs... living on Mountain Dew and Cheetos (puffy, slightly stale) from vending machines and bathed in nothing but artificial light.. Where obsessions negate schedules.
So it is little wonder i agree with you. happy77
LOL! Is that what happened to me...
Tom Cotton
@SenTomCotton
The Chinese Communist Party stays in power by restricting access to information. It’s no surprise that a free press—particularly one reporting on China’s terrible response to the Wuhan coronavirus—has threatened CCP enough to be expelled from their shores.QuoteChina Bans All U.S. Nationals Working for The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post...
China Bans U.S. Nationals at Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post Whose Press Credentials Expire In 2020 From Working in China, Hong Kong, Macau - Foreign Ministry
wsj.com
https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1239970870530953217
World Health Organization Boot-Licks China, With Deadly Results
thefederalist.com
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread throughout the world, having infected more than 100,000 people and causing the deaths of more than 4,000. Officials in charge of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have rightly received plenty of criticism about how they’ve managed the outbreak, with nearly half a million people calling on WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to resign.
The reason for the WHO’s failure to properly act to contain the outbreak, and its repeated issuing of inaccurate and bad advice, is not merely the result of incompetence. Rather, the malfeasance is the direct result of the CCP deliberately buying out WHO’s leadership, with tragic consequences.
Experts have pinned the virus as starting possibly as early as October, months before the CCP alerted the world about the risks posed by the deadly disease. Rather than addressing the issue, China arrested journalists and doctors who tried to sound the alarm. In addition, the “People’s Republic†blocked information on social media and removed all news stories that attempted to report accurate infection numbers. The end result of this was preventable suffering, as countries were unable to take the urgent action needed to respond.
Read more at: https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/17/u-s-funds-world-health-organization-that-boot-licks-china-with-deadly-results/
So, Border Patrol would have to worry about the virus there in these arrests, IOW, time bombs for the USA.
Clear as a bell.
LOL! Is that what happened to me...
Remember the old rhyme, "Gene, Gene made the machine..."? You and I are "Joe." We make it go. Unfortunately companies often get put in the hands of "Art." We all know what he did. :cool:
Nobel Prize winner rips Chinese government for response to coronavirus
by Dominick Mastrangelo | March 17, 2020
A Nobel Prize winner criticized Chinese leaders for not doing more to curb the spread of the coronavirus, accusing them of hiding the realities of the pandemic.
Mario Vargas Llosa, who won the prize for literature in 2010, said the COVID-19 virus would have been more easily contained in China and around the world if the Chinese people lived in a free society rather than a dictatorship.
"Nobody seems to warn that none of this could be happening in the world if popular China were a free and democratic country and not the dictatorship that it is," Vargas Llosa wrote in the Spanish newspaper El Pais. "At least one prestigious doctor, and maybe several, detected this virus well in advance and, instead of taking the corresponding measures, the government tried to hide the news and silenced that voice or those sensible voices and tried to prevent the news spread, as all dictatorships do."
Read more at: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nobel-prize-winner-rips-chinese-government-for-response-to-coronavirus?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nobel-prize-winner-rips-chinese-government-for-response-to-coronavirus?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)
'Aggressive' action needed in Southeast Asia to stop coronavirus: WHO
NEW DELHI: The World Health Organization called for "aggressive" action in Southeast Asia to combat the fast-spreading coronavirus, warning on Tuesday (Mar 17) that some countries were heading towards community transmission of the deadly disease.
Infections have soared across the region in recent weeks, forcing several countries to introduce drastic measures ranging from closing their borders to foreign arrivals and imposing nighttime curfews to closing schools and cancelling sports events.
There are concerns that weaker public health care systems in many Southeast Asian countries will be unable to cope with a major outbreak.
More at: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/coronavirus-covid-19-who-southeast-asia-12549862 (https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/coronavirus-covid-19-who-southeast-asia-12549862)
Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | March 17
As the new coronavirus that has killed more than 7,100 people continues to spread around the world, Russia has stepped up its measures to tackle the pandemic and prevent its spread within the country.
There have been 114 cases of coronavirus infections reported in Russia so far.
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March 10
— Russia's consumer safety watchdog recommended that people avoid public transport, shopping malls and other public places at rush hour as a precaution against the coronavirus, the state-run RIA news agency reported. "Refrain from visiting public places: shopping centers, sports and entertainment events and transport during rush hour," the Rospotrebnadzor watchdog was quoted as saying.
More: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/03/17/coronavirus-in-russia-the-latest-news-march-17-a69117 (https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/03/17/coronavirus-in-russia-the-latest-news-march-17-a69117)
Coronavirus in Ukraine: 14 cases confirmed, two of them lethal
Source : 112 Ukraine
Most of the cases are observed in Chernivtsi region, western Ukraine
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A 33-year-old woman passed away in Chernivtsi region. A 31-year-old person and a 18-year-old youngster (their sexes were not revealed), as well as three children (10 years old, one, and one and a half years old) got infected in the same region. All of them contacted a person who was previously diagnosed with coronavirus.
Earlier, an elderly woman in Zhytomyr region passsed away; she was infected with coronavirus, too.
See more at: https://112.international/society/coronavirus-in-ukraine-14-cases-confirmed-two-of-them-lethal-49613.html
CORONAVIRUS
Chinese scientists destroyed proof of virus in December
Philip Sherwell, Bangkok
Chinese laboratories identified a mystery virus as a highly infectious new pathogen by late December last year, but they were ordered to stop tests, destroy samples and suppress the news, a Chinese media outlet has revealed.
A regional health official in Wuhan, centre of the outbreak, demanded the destruction of the lab samples that established the cause of unexplained viral pneumonia on January 1. China did not acknowledge there was human-to-human transmission until more than three weeks later.
The detailed revelations by Caixin Global, a respected independent publication, provide the clearest evidence yet of the scale of the cover-up in the crucial early weeks when the opportunity was lost to control the outbreak.
More: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chinese-scientists-destroyed-proof-of-virus-in-december-rz055qjnj (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chinese-scientists-destroyed-proof-of-virus-in-december-rz055qjnj)
Well, this sucks and there's enough of a paywall but I will post what the story says, it's also from March 1st:
That's really bad.... and it says they got this from a Chinese paper, I see it there named, CAIXIN, I don't know if they are actually in China but they are tuned in to there, they are Chinese. I'm under the impression that freedom of the Press is heavily restricted.
CAIXIN are on the net and I believe in the English language, I was reading something from them the other day.
It appears indeed, they are headquartered in Beijing:
https://www.caixinglobal.com/ (https://www.caixinglobal.com/)
China had SARS earlier, I don't know much about that. I believe Senator Cotton asserts that they were irresponsible with SARS and so that this is a repeat but probably much more serious.
John Daniel Davidson “Mexico Is Dangerously Unprepared†for the Coronavirus
As much of the world goes into various stages of lockdown because of the Wuhan coronavirus, Mexico is in denial. The government’s response thus far has been to downplay the risks and carry on with life as normal. Mexican officialdom has taken almost no steps to contain the virus or prepare for an outbreak, despite a warning last week from the deputy health minister that a widespread outbreak is inevitable and that community transmission could begin there in a matter of weeks.
When that happens—not if, when—things are going to deteriorate very quickly in Mexico. The outbreak will almost certainly affect the entire country, cripple the economy, and threaten to bring down an already weak and corrupt government.
As of Saturday, there were only 41 confirmed cases in Mexico, where the disease was first detected at the end of February, about a month after it was detected in the United States. But there are likely many more infections across the country. Francisco Moreno Sánchez, head of internal medicine at the ABC hospital in Mexico City, said last week “there must be many more cases†in Mexico and that the government is taking the risk of an outbreak too lightly. The effects of an undetected outbreak, he added, will be “brutal.â€
More at: https://newsthud.com/john-daniel-davidson-mexico-is-dangerously-unprepared-for-the-coronavirus/ (https://newsthud.com/john-daniel-davidson-mexico-is-dangerously-unprepared-for-the-coronavirus/)
'Preparing for war': Africans scramble for groceries
Clement Uwiringiyimana
KIGALI (Reuters) - Alarmed consumers thronged markets across Africa on Tuesday, many in masks and gloves, to stock up as the coronavirus spread on the world’s poorest continent.
Prices rose in some parts, though at least one country, Rwanda, sought to control costs of staple foods.
“It is as if people are preparing for war,†said an astonished shopkeeper as Rwandans clamored for rice, cooking oil, sugar and flour at a market in the capital Kigali.
More: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-idUSKBN21421L (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-idUSKBN21421L)
Global Coronavirus cases pass 200,000
- BBC Live Coverage (https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-51939591)
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Boris Johnson replies that testing is moving to "up to 25,000 a day", and says work is ongoing to make sure NHS workers can go to work in "perfect security".
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Just look at how different it is from last week's PMQs...
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CLOSE DOWN THE BORDER COMPLETELY! FIRE AT WILL FOR THOSE WHO REFUSE TO STOP AND TURN AROUND!! ANYONE ILLEGALLY STEPPING FOOT ON US SOIL WILL BE CONSIDERED AN ENEMY OF THE U.S.
ANNOUNCE THIS LOUD AND CLEAR MR. PRESIDENT. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread throughout the world, having infected more than 100,000 people and causing the deaths of more than 4,000.How old is this story? Those numbers are actually half what they should be. https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html Kinda makes me question the intelligence of the writer and certainly the editor.
Coronavirus: Big rise in UK COVID-19 cases - up by 676 to 2,626When I see a jump in numbers like that, I have to wonder if it is at least partly an artifact of increased testing or getting the results back. Before being tested, these same cases did not count, officially, even though the people had the virus.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-big-rise-in-uk-covid-19-cases-up-by-676-to-2-626-11959591
Breaking. Just headline with a developing blip underneath
South Africa's coronavirus cases nearly double in ‘explosive’ rate, local transmissions diagnosed
South Africa reported Wednesday the number of coronavirus cases in the country nearly doubled in a span of just two days as the pandemic begins to grip the African continent.
The sub-Saharan country, which has the most cases in the region, said there are now 116 new COVID-19 cases, including 14 from a local transmission and six in children under 10.
Read more at: https://www.foxnews.com/world/south-africa-coronavirus-cases (https://www.foxnews.com/world/south-africa-coronavirus-cases)
Coronavirus: Italy’s death toll surges by 475 as over 200,000 cases reported worldwide
US-Canada border set to close, while Iran sees another jump in fatalities
Read more at: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/coronavirus-italy-s-death-toll-surges-by-475-as-over-200-000-cases-reported-worldwide-1.4205664 (https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/coronavirus-italy-s-death-toll-surges-by-475-as-over-200-000-cases-reported-worldwide-1.4205664)
First Virus Death In Sub-Saharan Africa As WHO Warns 'Prepare For Worst'
Sub-Saharan Africa on Wednesday recorded its first coronavirus death, a high-ranking politician in Burkina Faso, as the head of the World Health Organisation urged the continent to "prepare for the worst".
"Africa should wake up," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference in Geneva, pointing out that "in other countries we have seen how the virus actually accelerates after a certain tipping point".
Africa has lagged behind the global curve for coronavirus infections and deaths, but in the past few days has seen a significant rise in cases.
Read more at: https://www.ibtimes.com/first-virus-death-sub-saharan-africa-who-warns-prepare-worst-2942161 (https://www.ibtimes.com/first-virus-death-sub-saharan-africa-who-warns-prepare-worst-2942161)
Global powers unleash trillions of dollars to stem spiraling coronavirus crisis
David Shepardson, David Milliken
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - The world’s richest nations prepared more costly measures on Tuesday to combat the global fallout of the coronavirus that has infected tens of thousands of people, triggered social restrictions unseen since World War Two and sent economies spinning toward recession.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-idUSKBN21432M (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-idUSKBN21432M)
Coronavirus surges across Southeast Asia as Malaysia warns of 'tsunami' of cases
Stanley Widianto, Ebrahim Harris
JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Coronavirus infections surged across Southeast Asia on Wednesday with Indonesia’s death toll jumping from five to 19 and Malaysia warning of “a tsunami†of cases if people did not follow new restrictions on movement.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-malaysia-idUSKBN21508Q (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-malaysia-idUSKBN21508Q)
When I see a jump in numbers like that, I have to wonder if it is at least partly an artifact of increased testing or getting the results back. Before being tested, these same cases did not count, officially, even though the people had the virus.
Really, a lot of negatives.
The World Health Organization recommended Tuesday that people suffering COVID-19 symptoms avoid taking ibuprofen . . .
. . . based on one case.
Idiots.
WHO = World Hysteria Organization
A bit more than one:
Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection?
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30116-8/fulltext (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30116-8/fulltext)
It is time we all challenged the Chinese regime. Enough is enough. - Nigel Farage (https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1240377766173958149)
Nigel Farage: The Virus is Yet Another Reason to Rethink the West's Relationship With China | Opinion
Nigel Farage On 3/18/20
The West appears to be facing its worst crisis since 1939 because of a new global pandemic. Thousands of people have died. More, we are told, will die. And the economic shock to the system has been profound. Yet one country, China, seems to be above criticism. As China begins to expel American journalists, I am left wondering: who are the villains of this piece?
I have to confess that last week I found myself feeling more depressed than I had been in my adult life by the words of the chief scientific officer Sir Patrick Vallance. He said that 60 per cent of the U.K. population needed to get COVID-19 in order for our nation to build herd immunity, yet Boris Johnson had said nothing about this. I worked out pretty quickly that this tactic would trigger in the region of 400,000 deaths. A few days later it transpired that the Imperial College COVID-19 response team had done some work for the government and estimated that about 260,000 people would die if this disease was allowed to spread.
Since then, I am pleased to say that government policy has changed. Britain is acting in line with many other countries in attempting to suppress the virus. Downing Street has recognised that a rapid spread of COVID-19 would overwhelm the NHS. The penny has dropped. We must hold our nerve and hope for the best.
Newsweek (https://www.newsweek.com/nigel-farage-china-coronavirus-west-rethink-1493085)
After 368 dead on Sunday and 349 dead on Monday, now 475 have died from Covid-19 Tuesday.
The Coronavirus deaths are so high in Italy that officials don’t know how to deal with coffins, some places have a waiting list for burials and funerals are happening with no family members there.
After 368 dead on Sunday and 349 dead on Monday, now 475 have died from Covid-19 Tuesday.
By death toll alone, the coronavirus has landed in the northern province of Bergamo with the force of a historic disaster.
In the part of Italy hit hardest by the coronavirus, the crematorium has started operating 24 hours a day.
More at link.
Timeline: The early days of China's coronavirus outbreak and cover-up
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
Axios has compiled a timeline of the earliest weeks of the coronavirus outbreak in China, highlighting when the cover-up started and ended — and showing how, during that time, the virus already started spreading around the world, including to the United States.
Why it matters: A study published in March indicated that if Chinese authorities had acted three weeks earlier than they did, the number of coronavirus cases could have been reduced by 95% and its geographic spread limited.
This timeline, compiled from information reported by the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the South China Morning Post and other sources, shows that China's cover-up and the delay in serious measures to contain the virus lasted about three weeks.
Dec. 10: Wei Guixian, one of the earliest known coronavirus patients, starts feeling ill.
Read more at: https://www.axios.com/timeline-the-early-days-of-chinas-coronavirus-outbreak-and-cover-up-ee65211a-afb6-4641-97b8-353718a5faab.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100 (https://www.axios.com/timeline-the-early-days-of-chinas-coronavirus-outbreak-and-cover-up-ee65211a-afb6-4641-97b8-353718a5faab.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100)
Jennifer Zeng 曾錚
@jenniferatntd
Which Dictator killed the most people? 哪个独è£è€…æ€äººæœ€å¤šï¼Ÿ
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https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1240434436761665537
NTD News
@news_ntd
"We are going to defeat the invisible enemy. I think we are going to do it even faster than we thought."
President @realDonaldTrump
is invoking the Defense Production Act to expand the supply of resources available to deal with the #CCPvirus outbreak.
https://twitter.com/news_ntd/status/1240385339740561408
First Nations welcome $305 million COVID-19 fund, wait for details
Social Sharing
Indigenous Services prepared to use paramedics to compensate for nursing shortage in remote First Nations
Jorge Barrera · CBC News · Posted: Mar 18, 2020
The Trudeau government announced today it's spending $305 million to help Indigenous communities deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, but details of how the funds will be distributed and spent will depend on events in the coming days, weeks and months.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau told a press conference that the funds will be in place to respond to any situation faced by Indigenous communities as the pandemic unfolds across the country.
"We need to recognize that we don't know all the situations so far," said Morneau.
More at: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/first-nations-covid-funds-coronavirus-1.5502062 (https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/first-nations-covid-funds-coronavirus-1.5502062)
Russia's coronavirus count under scrutiny as Putin government denies hiding cases
President tries to assure Russians that coronavirus situation is 'under control'
Chris Brown · CBC News
As country after country in Europe reported dramatic growth in COVID-19 cases and moved to systematically shut down communities and economies, Russia had been a striking outlier — until now.
As late as Sunday, professional soccer games were still being played in front of thousands of people. Orthodox parishioners were lining up to kiss church icons without wiping them down. And on Russian state television, pundits were full of their usual effusive praise for how the administration of President Vladimir Putin has been handling the outbreak.
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Within 48 hours, however, Russians suddenly seem less confident.
More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-coronavirus-government-1.5500248 (https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-coronavirus-government-1.5500248)
Christian Mitchell
@MitchellCMM
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Mar 16
Not entire shutdown yet in the skies of Europe. This is the amount of planes still flying right now #coronavirus #CoronavirusOutbreak
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https://twitter.com/MitchellCMM/status/1239509102470070273 (https://twitter.com/MitchellCMM/status/1239509102470070273)
The Jerusalem Post
@Jerusalem_Post
Loud protests rang out across Brazilian cities on Wednesday over the far-right president's handling of the mounting #coronavirus crisis, with cries of "Get out #Bolsonaro" heard in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and #Brasilia.
https://twitter.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/1240425106561695749 (https://twitter.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/1240425106561695749)
Coronavirus batters Brazilian retail, travel and factories
Gabriela Mello, Gabriel Stargardter
SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The new coronavirus outbreak hammered Brazilian retail, transport and manufacturing on Wednesday, and the government stopped accepting Venezuelan refugees at the border.
https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKBN21527A (https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKBN21527A)
IMF rejects crisis-hit Venezuela's request for $5 bn virus aid
AFP•March 18, 2020
Caracas (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday rejected economically devastated Venezuela's request for a $5 billion loan to help it cope with the onslaught of coronavirus on the country that an aid agency warned is as prepared as war-torn Syria.
President Nicolas Maduro made the request earlier Tuesday but, in a statement hours later, the Washington-based institution indirectly cited a dispute over Maduro's leadership in denying his petition.
In a letter to IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva, Maduro said a $5 billion loan from the IMF's Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) "will contribute significantly to strengthening our detection and response systems."
More: https://news.yahoo.com/imf-rejects-crisis-hit-venezuelas-request-5-bn-053500803.html (https://news.yahoo.com/imf-rejects-crisis-hit-venezuelas-request-5-bn-053500803.html)
IMF Won’t Lend to Venezuela Because Maduro Lacks Recognition
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/imf-wont-lend-to-venezuela-because-maduro-lacks-recognition/ar-BB11kmkW (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/imf-wont-lend-to-venezuela-because-maduro-lacks-recognition/ar-BB11kmkW)
Elderly could be quarantined for four months in 'wartime-style' mobilisation to combat coronavirus, writes Robert Peston
People over 70 will be instructed by the government to stay in strict isolation at home or in care homes for four months, writes Robert Peston. Credit: PA
People over 70 will be instructed by the government to stay in strict isolation at home or in care homes for four months, under a "wartime-style" mobilisation effort by the government likely to be enforced within the next 20 days.
It is part of a series of measures being prepared by the prime minister, health secretary, chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser to prevent the health service from "falling over" and to save lives as Covid-19 becomes an epidemic in the UK.
More at: https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-14/elderly-to-be-quarantined-for-four-months-in-wartime-style-mobilisation-to-combat-coronavirus/ (https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-14/elderly-to-be-quarantined-for-four-months-in-wartime-style-mobilisation-to-combat-coronavirus/)
99% of Those Who Died From Virus Had Other Illness, Italy Says
By Tommaso Ebhardt, Chiara Remondini, and Marco Bertacche
More than 99% of Italy’s coronavirus fatalities were people who suffered from previous medical conditions, according to a study by the country’s national health authority.
After deaths from the virus reached more than 2,500, with a 150% increase in the past week, health authorities have been combing through data to provide clues to help combat the spread of the disease.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s government is evaluating whether to extend a nationwide lockdown beyond the beginning of April, daily La Stampa reported Wednesday. Italy has more than 31,500 confirmed cases of the illness.
Read more at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/99-of-those-who-died-from-virus-had-other-illness-italy-says (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/99-of-those-who-died-from-virus-had-other-illness-italy-says)
More than 75% had high blood pressure, about 35% had diabetes and a third suffered from heart disease.Additionally, they note the average age of those who dies was 79,5.
According to the GIMBE Foundation, about 100,000 Italians have contracted the virus, daily Il Sole 24 Ore reported. That would bring back the country’s death rate closer to the global average of about 2%.
‘We Don’t Have Enough Intensive Care Beds’: Coronavirus Will Test Russia’s Creaking Healthcare System
Doctors are worried that the coronavirus pandemic will expose equipment shortages and old facilities.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/03/19/we-dont-have-enough-intensive-care-beds-coronavirus-will-test-russias-creaking-healthcare-system-a69675 (https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/03/19/we-dont-have-enough-intensive-care-beds-coronavirus-will-test-russias-creaking-healthcare-system-a69675)
140 dead in US, Italy coronavirus fatalities continue to soarRight? We just hit the hunnerd mark to now be at 140...
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-live-updates-us-hospital-association-warns-ventilator/story?id=69658566 (https://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-live-updates-us-hospital-association-warns-ventilator/story?id=69658566)
N.Korea 'Suffers Coronavirus Epidemic in Pyongyang, Sinuiju'
english.chosun.com
March 19, 2020 13:03
Despite sealing its borders and halting all trade with China, major cities in North Korea have been hit by the coronavirus epidemic, according to witness accounts.
Christian group Voice of the Martyrs Korea that proselytizes in North Korea said an underground North Korean church member told it that the virus has spread widely in Pyongyang and the border town of Sinuiju, North Pyongan Province. "The situation is so desperate that it is just a matter of dying from starvation or infection," the member wrote.
North Korea claims it has not a single confirmed case of coronavirus, but experts believe that the epidemic has spread significantly there.
More: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/N-Korea--Suffers-Coronavirus-Epidemic-in-Pyongyang--Sinuiju-.html?soid=1114009586911&aid=sEuHr6C3guo (https://myemail.constantcontact.com/N-Korea--Suffers-Coronavirus-Epidemic-in-Pyongyang--Sinuiju-.html?soid=1114009586911&aid=sEuHr6C3guo)
James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
“China knew that this virus was not only epidemic but infectious and could be deadly. They didn’t tell anybody. In fact, they did something far worse -- they accused us of causing it and then they threatened to cut off medical needs and pharmaceuticals.â€
https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1240446726642647041 (https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1240446726642647041)
Fox News Flash
Published 17 hours ago
Victor Davis Hanson says China's handling of coronavirus 'ruined their international brand'
Hoover Institution Fellow Victor Davis Hanson said on Wednesday that China’s handling of the coronavirus “ruined their international brand,†having potential serious repercussions on its economy as foreign companies may exit.
“[China] knew that that virus was not only epidemic but infectious and could be deadly to older people. They didn’t tell anybody. They didn’t tell us. In fact, they did something far worse -- they accused us of causing it and then they threatened to cut off supplies of medical needs and pharmaceuticals,†Hanson told “The Brian Kilmeade Show,†noting the thousands of Chinese tourists coming into the U.S.
Hanson said that China’s actions will lead to “key industries†moving out of the country.
More: https://www.foxnews.com/media/victor-davis-hanson-china-handling-coronavirus (https://www.foxnews.com/media/victor-davis-hanson-china-handling-coronavirus)
Look at China's cases dubiously, I swear earlier, I was reading that the "no new cases" statement centered on Hubei province and not China as a whole...that's why really, one needs to record this when they see it, now I can not quite find that, so don't put a lot of stock in it.The new cases in China are, right now, all people who came in from abroad and were caught at the ports.
@TomSea The new cases in China are, right now, all people who came in from abroad and were caught at the ports.
China reports no new local coronavirus transmissions for first time
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-idUSKBN216085 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-idUSKBN216085)
Jennifer Zeng 曾錚
@jenniferatntd
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Mar 14
Workers putting up a sign saying: " Outbound #Hubei Highway has been closed. No traffic allowed. March 12, 2020".
Locked down again? Apparently. No new cases!
https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1238876456224272384 (https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1238876456224272384)
Three People Have Coronavirus at U.S. Mission in Geneva: Official
GENEVA (Reuters) - Three people employed by the U.S. diplomatic mission in Geneva have contracted coronavirus, but are in "good condition", a spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday, declining to give specifics.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that a handful of State Department employees across the globe had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, but gave no details on where they were based or whether they had returned to the United States.
A spokesperson at the U.S. mission in Geneva, contacted by Reuters, said: "We can confirm we presently have three confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the U.S. Mission in Geneva.
Read more at: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-03-19/three-people-have-coronavirus-at-us-mission-in-geneva-official (https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-03-19/three-people-have-coronavirus-at-us-mission-in-geneva-official)
Taiwan’s Swift Response to Virus Threat Allowed It to Contain Outbreak
By Frank Fang
March 18, 2020 Updated: March 18, 2020
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On Jan. 5, Taiwan’s CDC urged people who traveled to Wuhan in the past 14 days to be tested at hospitals if they exhibited a fever or respiratory symptoms.
Fifteen days later, the CDC activated the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) and named Taiwan’s minister of health and welfare as its commander, to coordinate efforts among different government ministries to combat the virus.
On Jan. 25, Taiwan suspended all group tours to China and on Feb. 6 the island banned entry to all mainland Chinese visitors.
Read more at: https://www.theepochtimes.com/taiwans-swift-response-to-virus-threat-allowed-it-to-contain-outbreak_3276691.html (https://www.theepochtimes.com/taiwans-swift-response-to-virus-threat-allowed-it-to-contain-outbreak_3276691.html)
We’ll get through this, @TomSeaEspecially right now. I understand fear if someone has the medical conditions cited in 99% of Italy's deaths: High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, or a coronary condition. As stated above, even the younger people who died had some serious underlying medical condition.
As someone posted on another thread, if our parents or grandparents could get through WWII , we can get through this
My great grandparents got through WWI and the Spanish Flu, so we got this. (And they got through polio which of course hit FDR)
And FDR did say “We have nothing to fear but fear itselfâ€
Now whether you’re a fan or not of FDR, you have to admit, it’s a perfect quote.
It is hard at times to remember these are loved ones of people we just don't know. Prayers for those affected.I agree. Italy. (Not American army trucks).
PM Netanyahu: The people of Israel are now ordered to stay in their homes – Coronavirus tally up to 573
by BtNews · March 19, 2020
BREAKING: PM Netanyahu addressed the nation to update Israelis on the government’s latest guidelines for fighting the coronavirus, saying that it’s mandatory to stay home for the next week, with the exception of buying food, basic essentials, medicine and medical procedures.
Those whose work is defined by the government as “essential†will still be allowed to go to work, carrying an identification card in the case at all times.
The new partial nationwide closures will now be enforced by the police.
“The people of Israel are now ordered to stay in their homes. This is not a suggestion. This is not a recommendation. It is now a command.â€The new restrictions will be enforced by the police. It will be put in place for 7 days,†PM Netanyahu said.
Read more at: https://btnews.online/pm-netanyahu-the-people-of-israel-are-now-ordered-to-stay-in-their-homes-coronavirus-tally-up-to-573/ (https://btnews.online/pm-netanyahu-the-people-of-israel-are-now-ordered-to-stay-in-their-homes-coronavirus-tally-up-to-573/)
Coronavirus is deadlier than flu with seniors at highest risk
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200219/Coronavirus-is-deadlier-than-flu-with-seniors-at-highest-risk.aspx (https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200219/Coronavirus-is-deadlier-than-flu-with-seniors-at-highest-risk.aspx)
https://twitter.com/i/events/1219057585707315201 (https://twitter.com/i/events/1219057585707315201)Please don't take this as a slam on anyone......
Coronavirus: Italy's death toll overtakes China
Coronavirus: Italy's death toll overtakes China
The total number of global cases has surpassed 220,000, including nearly 9,000 fatalities. Over 84,000 patients are reported to have recovered. Get the latest updates from around the world:
More than 10,000 cases reported in the US
Italy extends national lockdown, overtakes China in death toll
Spain sees a new daily record with 209 deaths
All schools and universities close in Delhi
https://twitter.com/i/events/1219057585707315201
Coronavirus: Italy's death toll overtakes China
Coronavirus: Italy's death toll overtakes China
The total number of global cases has surpassed 220,000, including nearly 9,000 fatalities. Over 84,000 patients are reported to have recovered. Get the latest updates from around the world:
More than 10,000 cases reported in the US
Italy extends national lockdown, overtakes China in death toll
Spain sees a new daily record with 209 deaths
All schools and universities close in Delhi
Please don't take this as a slam on anyone......
Looking at these numbers and remembering some of the conversations recently on Government run healthcare... makes me glad we never went down that path.
Alone, Rome's seniors live in lockdown silence
Rome (AFP) - Leaning out his window, the dashing octogenarian looks down on the little street in the ancient heart of Rome.
It looks desperately empty, again, and Roberto Fichera could easily not see another human being today -- a growing problem in Europe's oldest country.
"I am a homebody and I like to take care of myself," says Fichera, who might come across the odd stranger at the pharmacy, should he decide to venture out and pick up his pills.
While Italy is a country of seniors -- the average age last year was 45.4, higher than anywhere else in Europe -- very few of them live in retirement homes.
https://news.yahoo.com/alone-romes-seniors-live-lockdown-silence-130546784.html
And they are saying 17 of the dead in Italy are under 50 and with medical conditions just like 99% of those over 50 at that. That is posted in the past 1 or 2 pages, if I am accurate.
Youth, though safer, are seeing some in the ICU, are needing medicines, defibrillators, respirators and so on, nurses, doctors, oh and bed.
Deciding if a high risk elderly patient should be attended to before a younger patient certainly indicates, a number of youth are at risk too.
Please don't take this as a slam on anyone......
Looking at these numbers and remembering some of the conversations recently on Government run healthcare... makes me glad we never went down that path.
The hardest-hit region around Milan has had to improvise as its health system has been deeply stressed by the sheer number of patients. In Milan and Brescia, field hospitals have been set up in the fairgrounds as the local hospitals have been drowned in patients.
More: https://www.newsweek.com/newt-gingrich-i-am-italy-amid-coronavirus-crisis-america-must-act-now-act-big-opinion-1492270 (https://www.newsweek.com/newt-gingrich-i-am-italy-amid-coronavirus-crisis-america-must-act-now-act-big-opinion-1492270)
Italian Government Study: 99% of their Coronavirus Fatalities Were Already Sick; Half Diagnosed with 3 or More Diseases
https://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/italian-government-study-99-their-coronavirus-fatalities-were-already-sick-half-dee?utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%3A%20Mainstream%20Media%20Confirmation%3A%2099%25%20of%20the%20Italian%20Coronavirus%20Fatalities%20Were% (https://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/italian-government-study-99-their-coronavirus-fatalities-were-already-sick-half-dee?utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%3A%20Mainstream%20Media%20Confirmation%3A%2099%25%20of%20the%20Italian%20Coronavirus%20Fatalities%20Were%)
Jennifer Zeng 曾錚
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A rare case in #SouthKorea. 17 y/o boy tested negative for #CCPVirus #COVID19 7 times (out of 8 tests) died 6 days after showing symptoms. He could be the first minor who died of #coronavirus in the country.
韩国罕è§ç—…例:8次检查7次阴性 ç”·å©å‘ç—…6天åŽåŽ»ä¸–
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Jennifer Zeng 曾錚
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Announcement!
The only and ultimate cure for #CCPVirus is to see through #CCP's evil nature and oppose its evil doings. Its ultimate goal/mission is to destroy humanity. We must stop it.
#COVID2019 #Coronavirus #CoronavirusOutbreak #CoronavirusPandemic #Coronavirustruth
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Jennifer Zeng 曾錚
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Now you need to scan your phone to get on and off a bus in #CCP ruled #China, so they know exactly when & where you go & on which buses. They say it's good for containing #CoronavirusOutbreak. Who knows?
#CCPVirus #COVID2019 #Coronavirus #CoronavirusPandemic #coronaviruschina
https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd (https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd)
China in Focus - NTD
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“Many people are actually asymptomatic and they are not tested. So these people are invisible right now. When the time comes, they might cause a second wave of outbreak.â€
Experts warn that China could see a 2nd outbreak of the #CCPvirus, commonly known as the novel #coronavirus.
And they are saying 17 of the dead in Italy are under 50 and with medical conditions just like 99% of those over 50 at that. That is posted in the past 1 or 2 pages, if I am accurate.The essence of triage is to distribute available resources so the maximum number survive.
Youth, though safer, are seeing some in the ICU, are needing medicines, defibrillators, respirators and so on, nurses, doctors, oh and bed.
Deciding if a high risk elderly patient should be attended to before a younger patient certainly indicates, a number of youth are at risk too.
Coronavirus: Why is India testing so little?
Soutik Biswas India correspondent
"We have a simple message to all countries - test, test, test," World Health Organisation (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva earlier this week.
He was alluding to the coronavirus outbreak, which has killed more than 8,600 people and infected more than 207,000 in at least 159 countries.
"All countries should be able to test all suspected cases, they cannot fight this pandemic blindfolded," he said.
Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-51922204?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world&link_location=live-reporting-correspondent (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-51922204?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world&link_location=live-reporting-correspondent)
Jennifer Zeng 曾錚
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Big fat lie (again)! While #CCP claims #Wuhan is having 0 new #CCPVirus #COVID2019 cases, this one community alone has 5 confirmed cases as of 5:00 pm, Mar 18. #CoronavirusOutbreak Bulletin of Wangdian Community, Jiufeng Street at Wuhan East Lake High-tech Development Zone
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https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1240815994651754497
Coronavirus: Why is India testing so little?
Soutik Biswas India correspondent
"We have a simple message to all countries - test, test, test," World Health Organisation (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva earlier this week.
He was alluding to the coronavirus outbreak, which has killed more than 8,600 people and infected more than 207,000 in at least 159 countries.
"All countries should be able to test all suspected cases, they cannot fight this pandemic blindfolded," he said.
Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-51922204?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world&link_location=live-reporting-correspondent (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-51922204?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world&link_location=live-reporting-correspondent)
For a nation with over 1 billion people, there are only 173 confirmed cases and 4 deaths. This should be good news.
Someone posted a stat showing only 60+ critical cases out of the 13k+ in all of the US. This should be cause for optimism too.
Except for the fact that the country is shutting down as if people were dropping dead in the streets. Which could put us smack dab in the middle of an even 'greater' depression than the first one. What's really going on here?
I’m sure the shut down will help stem the spread of this virus but there are so many other ways this is so dangerous.
An' this is s'pose to be s'prising? Kinda what we all coulda predicted.
:pop41:
And the irreparable harm that it will do to the economy will end up costing how many 'more' lives. Considering the fatality rate of this virus, it is exceedingly reckless to just shut down the whole country.... and then dole out free money as a quick fix. Ain't gonna work. At least, not to the good.Or not.
And the irreparable harm that it will do to the economy will end up costing how many 'more' lives. Considering the fatality rate of this virus, it is exceedingly reckless to just shut down the whole country.... and then dole out free money as a quick fix.
Hey, whatever it takes to get Trump out of the white house.I don't know how to read that @Hoodat Please elaborate because I want to understand you, and because I think you make intelligent and solid arguments. Who is trying get Trump out of the white house, and what are they doing besides the 15 day guidelines that the President has recommended, and repeated, and reinforced?
World Health Organization (WHO)
@WHO
Jan 14
Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China.
Anticipating Coronavirus in West Africa | Think Global Health
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH: How prepared is Nigeria and West Africa in general for COVID-19, and what should people outside the region know about your preparedness?
IHEKWEAZU: I think our biggest area of vulnerability—and it’s an area that no one really quite knows how it will pan out—is if we do have established circulation, transmission in Nigeria, what level of clinical care do we need to provide for patients?
‘If you do have widespread transmission in Nigeria, the biggest risk will be our ability to provide clinical care… that’s what I worry about the most’
More at: https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/anticipating-coronavirus-west-africa (https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/anticipating-coronavirus-west-africa)
China exonerates late whistleblower doctor reprimanded for warning about coronavirus
written by Paul Goldberg March 20, 2020
China has exonerated Dr Li Wenliang, the whistleblower doctor who died and who became a hero in China after trying to warn the medical community about the coronavirus.
While he was alive, he was told to be quiet by the authorities before later being diagnosed with the virus himself.
Fox News reports China exonerated a doctor from Wuhan this week who was officially reprimanded for giving early warnings about the coronavirus in late December and died from it months later.
Read more at: https://newsthud.com/china-exonerates-late-whistleblower-doctor-reprimanded-for-warning-about-coronavirus/
GIven that anitmalarials have some apparent efficacy against this virus, I wonder if Sickle Cell Anemia (which also gives some resistance to Malaria, albeit at some cost to the person with the disease) gives a measure of resistance?
On December 31, 2019, when the World Health Organization was notified of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, China, Taiwanese officials began to board planes and assess passengers on direct flights from Wuhan for fever and pneumonia symptoms before passengers could deplane. As early as January 5, 2020, notification was expanded to include any individual who had traveled to Wuhan in the past 14 days and had a fever or symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection at the point of entry; suspected cases were screened for 26 viruses including SARS and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). Passengers displaying symptoms of fever and coughing were quarantined at home and assessed whether medical attention at a hospital was necessary. ...
Weeks after receiving Taiwan’s warning, on Jan. 14, WHO repeated China’s claim that coronavirus was not contagious among humans.Not to be a tinfoil hat type, but WHO isn't relevant to most unless there is a global outbreak, or a serious epidemic somewhere. They're just trying to establish more turf in the quest for bureaucratic relevance, on a global scale.
WHO needs to be bis-banded, if they refuse to even look into things like this
It is horrible, but there is no other data.
It is tough to track risk factors or assess vulnerabilities without more information.
What is the acceptable trade off, for human life vs. 401Ks this week?You’ll have to quanitify the amount of the 401k. :laugh:
@corbe, that is doubly funny! Images of Pooh Bear are banned there! :silly:
We'll see how things go in the next couple of weeks after the spring breakers brought it to the resort areas.
What is the acceptable trade off, for human life vs. 401Ks this week?Let me turn that around.
How The Chinese Regime's Silencing Of Whistleblowers Turned A Local Outbreak Into A Global Epidemic
By S.G. Cheah Mar 20th 2020
It’s mind-boggling for people like us, the citizens in the free world, to imagine a government so capable of intentional evil. And yet, that is exactly how the Chinese Communist government of China operates. It’s an authoritarian regime that has historically caused the death of countless millions. Once you understand that, you will understand why we are dealing with this unprecedented global health crisis of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic today.
Recently, there have been news reports about how patient zero of the Wuhan coronavirus was traced back to as early as November 17. By December, Chinese scientists were already aware of the existence of the deadly virus and alerted Beijing about it. What was the Chinese government’s response? They received a gag order from China’s National Health Commission, with instructions to destroy the samples. Basically, the first critical month was spent covering up the crisis instead of taking preventive measures to stop the outbreak from worsening.
In fact, back in early January, when news broke out about this new deadly virus, American representatives from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control alerted the American government, and America offered to send a team of experts from the CDC to help with the investigation for the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. The Chinese government refused to authorize this request.
Read more at: https://www.eviemagazine.com/post/how-the-chinese-regimes-silencing-of-whistleblowers-turned-a-local-outbreak/ (https://www.eviemagazine.com/post/how-the-chinese-regimes-silencing-of-whistleblowers-turned-a-local-outbreak/)
Bergamo, Italy: The military is taking the coffins of those who died from Corona to other cities.
Because the city’s cremation system is overwhelmed even if running 24/24 and 7/7.
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A long column of army trucks transporting coffins from Corona victims out of
Bergamo, Italy for cremation. Picture via Twitter
This is just terrifying! This impressive column of military vehicles crossed the heart of Bergamo yesterday.
Authorities in Tibetan Capital Lhasa Arrest 10 for Breaching Coronavirus Protocol
2020-03-19
Authorities in the Tibet Autonomous Region’s capital Lhasa have arrested 10 people for violating government rules meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but critics say the charges are merely a guise for politically motivated harassment detentions.
The Tibet Daily reported March 12 that “the security bureau office in Lhasa is striking back against those social elements who go against the measures of containing and controlling the spread of COVID-19.â€
More: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/coronavirus-arrest-03192020210110.html (https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/coronavirus-arrest-03192020210110.html)
How Taiwan and Singapore managed to contain COVID-19, while letting normal life go on
Tom Blackwell
Sandra Johnson’s husband had already left for work by the time she talked to the National Post Thursday — early Friday morning where she lives in Singapore.
His office was open, and the expat from Mississauga, Ont., was herself planning to visit a nearby mall later. She had gone to the chiropractor the day before.
The city-state of six million is an eastern Asian transportation hub and for a few days had the world’s second-highest number of COVID-19 cases. But its total stood at a modest 345 Friday, with no deaths.
Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/how-taiwan-and-singapore-managed-to-contain-covid-19-while-letting-normal-life-go-on/ar-BB11tEGQ?li=AA524b (https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/how-taiwan-and-singapore-managed-to-contain-covid-19-while-letting-normal-life-go-on/ar-BB11tEGQ?li=AA524b)
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Virus Outbreak: Going shopping is better fix, Su says
By Sean Lin / Staff reporter
The government aims to provide an economic stimulus by encouraging consumption, not by sending people big checks, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said yesterday in response to calls by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers for the government to up the ante on planned coupons to revitalize sectors affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Su made the remarks when fielding a question from KMT Legislator Lo Ming-tsai (羅明æ‰) during a plenary session at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on whether the government could give each resident NT$10,000 (US$330) in cash instead of coupons with a face value of NT$800.
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The government hopes to improve on the former administration’s policy by using a different approach, one that incentivizes people to go shopping, Su said.
See more at: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/03/21/2003733095 (https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/03/21/2003733095)
It’s mind-boggling for people like us, the citizens in the free world, to imagine a government so capable of intentional evil.
The first epicentre in Italy was Vò, a little town of 3,000. It was shut down, fully tested and twice and nine days apart. By testing, isolating, and tracking, they reduced the spread to almost nothing, and this is despite the extraordinary discovery that when the first death happened, already 3% of the town had the disease.
At that point surely the Italian government should have immediately closed everything?
In one Italian town, we showed mass testing could eradicate the coronavirus
Andrea Crisanti and Antonio Cassone, The Guardian, March 20.
Our experiment came to be by chance. The Italian authorities had a strong emotional reaction to news of the country’s first death – which was in Vò. The whole town was put into quarantine and every inhabitant was tested.
In the first round of testing, 89 people tested positive. In the second round, the number had dropped to six, who remained in isolation. In this way, we managed to eradicate coronavirus from Vò, achieving a 100% recovery rate for those previously infected while recording no further cases of transmission.
The headline is a bit silly — mass testing doesn’t eradicate anything, but it does make strict isolation and containment easier to achieve. Now we probably need mass blind shutdowns to achieve the same effect when earlier action and mass testing then could have crushed the curve with much less effort.
More at link.
The US is about to surpass Spain for third on the number of cases identified. I don't know what happened in New York, but they seem to be driving our numbers.
I can't answer why NY's numbers have skyrocketed.
Testing. Put a hundred infected people in a room, test one, and you have one case. The next day, test the other 99. Now you have 100 cases. A hundredfold increase over night. Yet the number of people actually infected remained unchanged.
Coronavirus: Italy Sees Worst Day Yet, 793 Dead in 24 Hours
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/03/21/coronavirus-italy-sees-worst-day-yet-793-dead-in-24-hours/ (https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/03/21/coronavirus-italy-sees-worst-day-yet-793-dead-in-24-hours/)
Testing. Put a hundred infected people in a room, test one, and you have one case. The next day, test the other 99. Now you have 100 cases. A hundredfold increase over night. Yet the number of people actually infected remained unchanged.
Inside Taiwan during COVID-19: How they keep schools and businesses open
Taiwan acted early to make sure there were supplies of masks, sanitizer
Caitlin Taylor, Stephanie Kampf, Tyana Grundig and David Common · CBC ·
t's almost life as usual for the Lin family of Taiwan during the coronavirus pandemic — with a few noticeable exceptions.
"We didn't worry too much," said Leeli Chang, who lives with her husband, Terry Lin, and her daughter, Peggy, 8, in a suburb of Taipei.
The family, like many in Taiwan, continue to go to work, to school and out shopping as normal since the COVID-19 epidemic, but now with some precautions in place — like regular temperature checks and hand sanitizer dispensers outside most public buildings, and many people wearing masks.
Read more at: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/inside-taiwan-during-covid-19-how-they-keep-schools-and-businesses-open-1.5505031 (https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/inside-taiwan-during-covid-19-how-they-keep-schools-and-businesses-open-1.5505031)
Why have so many coronavirus patients died in Italy?
The country's high death toll is due to an ageing population, overstretched health system and the way fatalities are reported
By Sarah Newey, Global health Security Correspondent 21 March 2020 • 9:09am
The coronavirus pandemic is exacting a heavy toll on Italy, with hospitals overwhelmed and a nationwide lockdown imposed. But experts are also concerned about a seemingly high death rate, with the number of fatalities outstripping the total reported in China.
Of the 47,000 people confirmed coronavirus patients in Italy, 4,032 so far have died - with a record increase of 627 in the last 24 hours. ...
According to Prof Walter Ricciardi, scientific adviser to Italy’s minister of health, the country’s mortality rate is far higher due to demographics - the nation has the second oldest population worldwide - and the manner in which hospitals record deaths. ...
“On re-evaluation by the National Institute of Health, only 12 per cent of death certificates have shown a direct causality from coronavirus, while 88 per cent of patients who have died have at least one pre-morbidity - many had two or three,†he says. ... Full story at the Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/have-many-coronavirus-patients-died-italy/)
That is highly suspect.Population density. Shared small spaces abound in New York City, from subways to buses to elevators and stairwells. Not as much in less dense population areas. There are buildings in NYC with populations multiples of many small towns in flyover country.
According to the Department of Health in Ohio, testing is limited and only those who show the most severe symptoms are tested.
The massive increase in confirmed cases in New York (11,210 at this time) is far more likely due to the fact that the disease has spread exponentially.
I repeat: Testing is limited, therefore your theory that testing is the cause of the increase is doubtful at best.
If the country has lots of old people it would suggest that at least under normal conditions their healthcare must not be that bad or they would already be dead.
That is highly suspect.
According to the Department of Health in Ohio, testing is limited and only those who show the most severe symptoms are tested.
The massive increase in confirmed cases in New York (11,210 at this time) is far more likely due to the fact that the disease has spread exponentially.
I repeat: Testing is limited, therefore your theory that testing is the cause of the increase is doubtful at best.
Population density. Shared small spaces abound in New York City, from subways to buses to elevators and stairwells. Not as much in less dense population areas. There are buildings in NYC with populations multiples of many small towns in flyover country.
I'd say the lack of consistent testing makes it indeterminate, at best. :shrug: It's a fact that there are a lot of untested people, and it's also a fact the tests that are being made have been pointed toward people who are most likely to have it, so there's a certain level of unavoidable confirmation bias built in.
(I used to test stuff for a living.)
I'd say the lack of consistent testing makes it indeterminate, at best. :shrug: It's a fact that there are a lot of untested people, and it's also a fact the tests that are being made have been pointed toward people who are most likely to have it, so there's a certain level of unavoidable confirmation bias built in.
(I used to test stuff for a living.)
U.S. Shows Willingness to Remove Tariffs on Medical Supplies
By Brendan Murray
The Trump administration signaled a willingness to remove tariffs on medical supplies from China as health authorities backed by U.S. businesses express an urgent need for more masks, ventilators and other equipment to suppress the coronavirus pandemic.
The U.S. Trade Representative, in a statement late Friday, invited the public, businesses and government agencies to submit “comments on possible further modifications to remove duties from additional medical care products.â€
President Donald Trump hit China in 2017 with an investigation into allegations of intellectual property theft and forced technology transfer. That led to a nearly two-year trade war in which the world’s largest economies raised tariffs on each other’s exports. A cease-fire was declared in January, but U.S. tariffs on some $360 billion Chinese imports remain in place.
More: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-21/u-s-signals-willingness-to-remove-tariffs-on-medical-supplies?sref=e6XtIgfq (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-21/u-s-signals-willingness-to-remove-tariffs-on-medical-supplies?sref=e6XtIgfq)
I'd say the lack of consistent testing makes it indeterminate, at best. :shrug: It's a fact that there are a lot of untested people, and it's also a fact the tests that are being made have been pointed toward people who are most likely to have it, so there's a certain level of unavoidable confirmation bias built in.
(I used to test stuff for a living.)
That's being kind at the very least.
For every tested person there are 100's of positives never tested, which throws off the per-capita results by orders of magnitude. Which means the test results are more or less worthless.
Oh, what a fun job!! happy77
On the other side of the equation apparently people over eighty that were sick were turned away and may not been tested. With a good number of them dying from it. So they wouldn't necessarily be counted as victims of it biasing the numbers the other way.
I wonder if they take samples from the dead even if they don't have time to test the samples at this time?
That's being kind at the very least.
For every tested person there are 100's of positives never tested, which throws off the per-capita results by orders of magnitude. Which means the test results are more or less worthless.
I really enjoyed it. Things didn't turn into road apples until the company was bought by a Dutch multinational, and they sucked. They saw no problem with shipping every part of the company they could to China. It's OK now, though, because they made me happy to accept a voluntary layoff in '18. We're in our retirement Castle, and it's paid for.
Search is on for hundreds of suspected coronavirus carriers in 3 states
Jalisco authorities are looking for 400 people who traveled to Vail, Colorado
Published on Thursday, March 19, 2020
Authorities in Jalisco and Aguascalientes are attempting to track down hundreds of people who could be infected with the new coronavirus Covid-19, while those in Puebla are monitoring 140 people who came into contact with three members of a family who tested positive for the disease.
Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro said on Wednesday that authorities are looking for approximately 400 people who traveled to Colorado at the start of the month.
“The most significant potential contagion front in Jalisco has to do with two charter flights that went to Denver, United States, two weeks ago,†he said in a video message posted to social media, adding that authorities are particularly interested in locating people who went to the ski town of Vail.
More: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/authorities-in-3-states-attempt-to-track-down-suspected-coronavirus-carriers/ (https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/authorities-in-3-states-attempt-to-track-down-suspected-coronavirus-carriers/)
Modi Asks 1.3 Billion Indians to Stay Indoors in Virus Fight
Archana Chaudhary and Abhijit Roy Chowdhury
,Bloomberg•March 20, 2020
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the country’s 1.3 billion citizens to stay indoors to protect themselves from the fast-spreading coronavirus, hours after the government announced it was barring all international flights from landing in the country for a week starting March 22.
“We are a developing nation and for a country like us, this corona crisis is not an ordinary thing,†Modi said Thursday evening in an address to the nation, noting the pandemic had hit India’s economy. He called for a day-long self-imposed curfew from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on March 22.
The federal government also asked states to enforce work-from-home for all private sector employees except those in emergency and essential services, the state-run Press Information Bureau said in a statement. It advised citizens older than 65 years and children younger than 10 to stay home.
More: https://news.yahoo.com/india-imposes-curbs-overseas-flights-130808182.html (https://news.yahoo.com/india-imposes-curbs-overseas-flights-130808182.html)
Fiji reports first case of novel coronavirus
Christian Fernsby â–¼ | March 19, 2020
Fiji authorities today confirmed the country's first case of the novel coronavirus, local media reported.
The southern Pacific country's Head of Health Protection Dr. Alisha Sahu khan said a flight attendant of flag carrier Fiji Airways tested positive for COVID-19, in an imported case of the disease rather than a local transmission, reported news website "fijivillage".
The patient, who had recently been to the U.S. and New Zealand, showed symptoms on Tuesday evening after which he was admitted into a hospital in Lautoka city, said Sahukhan.
Read more at: https://www.poandpo.com/in-sickness-and-health/fiji-reports-first-case-of-novel-coronavirus-1932020356/ (https://www.poandpo.com/in-sickness-and-health/fiji-reports-first-case-of-novel-coronavirus-1932020356/)
Coronavirus: Lombardy region announces stricter measures
... Using vending machines is forbidden.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51991972 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51991972)
Residents Yell It's 'All Fake' Regarding China's Coronavirus Recovery
According to reports from Yahoo News, the Global Times, and Townhall.com, residents and whistleblowers in China have called the country’s coronavirus recovery into question.
China has recently claimed zero new coronavirus cases. This report of zero new coronavirus cases has “sparked celebration across the globe,†but questions remain whether the information is reliable. Earlier today, we published an article suggesting five reasons to question the reliability of China’s report.
The communist regime in China is accused of controlling the media and pushing propaganda state-wide.
Read more at: Diamond and Silk (https://www.diamondandsilk.com/blog/2020/03/20/residents-yell-its-all-fake-regarding-chinas-coronavirus-recovery/)
A Wuhan Church Finds God’s Grace Amid Coronavirus Scare
By Gina Goh
03/01/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The Root and Foot Christian Church (RFCC) is situated at the very center of the Coronavirus epidemic – Wuhan, China. When the outbreak happened, the church’s senior pastor decided to stay to care for his sheep, rescue the lives of unbelievers, and calm the fearful souls of Christians.
In an online webinar, titled “Chinese Churches Standing Firm Amid the Outbreak,†hosted by the Chinese Congress on World Evangelization on February 27, pastor Huang Lei shared how his church has witnessed God’s grace in spite of the challenging situation faced by Wuhan residents.
“The Wuhan Pneumonia (officially known as COVID-19) is a rarely seen disaster in human history, yet everything presents an opportunity to glorify God,†he said.
Read more at: https://www.persecution.org/2020/03/01/wuhan-church-finds-gods-grace-amid-coronavirus-scare/ (https://www.persecution.org/2020/03/01/wuhan-church-finds-gods-grace-amid-coronavirus-scare/)
A frame of reference certainly helps to flatten that panic curve and hopefully calm some nerves that have people unduly amped up (Give credit where credit is due, send your ‘thank you’ notes to CNN, Atlanta, cc: Rachel Maddow in New York, for their part in stoking mass hysteria and losses in stock markets.)
Prof. Steve Hanke
@steve_hanke
When compared to some other countries, the #USA lacks hospital beds per capita. But, the US has the most #CriticalCare beds per capita, and when it comes to #COVID19, that’s what counts. Accurate #Statistics matter. Don't buy into the media panic.
#CoronavirusUSA
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https://twitter.com/steve_hanke
This is a really important point that was asked a couple of weeks ago..... if we were able to handle the over 61 million cases of H1N1, more than 274,000 hospitalizations and 12,469 additional deaths specifically attributed to that strain of flu virus in the U.S. back in 2009, without really hearing a word about it..... then why is such a huge problem being projected now?
What it is that answer to that question?
Because Trump wasn't President then?
Break bonds with China? Okay, now is not the time but eventually, we will need to do something like that...remove tariffs and yes, China would benefit.
We are so integrated now, I guess, maybe that's globalism. I've posted it before, China has a lot of American things too, Starbucks, McDonald's.
Because Trump wasn't President then?
I suspect that may have a LOT to do with it!
The media (as always, the DNC’s propaganda arm) sets the narrative. If democrat leaders want a panicked public, they will deliver a panicked public. Without meetings or memos, they are on the same page. They see a fractured economy as their last chance to damage republicans’ chances of taking all three branches.
Remember, they will joyfully walk over dead babies to get their power back. They are that sick.
The coronavirus is a product of the left, the third and final installment of its trilogy of doomsday scenarios that rounds out the Russia collusion and Ukrainian quid pro quo narratives. Only this time, after years of seeing their collective efforts to take down the president of the United States fail, they've hit the jackpot.
Tom Cotton
@SenTomCotton
Chinese Communist Party lies & corruption turned a local health problem into a global pandemic, devastating lives & dreams across our country. There will be a reckoning.
https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton (https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton)
How the Virus Got Out
By Jin Wu, Weiyi Cai, Derek Watkins and James GlanzMarch 22, 2020
The most extensive travel restrictions to stop an outbreak in human history haven’t been enough. We analyzed the movements of hundreds of millions of people to show why.
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Many of the first known cases clustered around a seafood market in Wuhan, China, a city of 11 million and a transportation hub.
Four cases grew to dozens by the end of December. Doctors knew only that the sick people had viral pneumonia that did not respond to the usual treatments.
The true size of the outbreak was much larger even then — an invisible network of nearly 1,000 cases, or perhaps several times more.
Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/22/world/coronavirus-spread.html (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/22/world/coronavirus-spread.html)
Conrad Black @ConradMBlackFull article at National Post (https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-getting-a-handle-on-covid-19s-economic-fallout)
We must not, in our zeal to “flatten the curve†and suppress the coronavirus, amputate our economic limbs; mass unemployment and a tidal wave of small business bankruptcies would take painful years to heal.
9:58 PM · Mar 20, 2020
Conrad Black: Getting a handle on COVID-19's economic falloutIt's hard to copy and paste from the site - please click on link. He says the virus may end up being contained, but at too great an economic cost.
The consequences of forcing everyone to self-quarantine could take years to heal. Tax relief won’t work with people and companies who aren’t making any money, and direct payments to the whole population, as is envisioned in the U.S., is a bit of a blunderbuss
The coronavirus crisis is complicated by the unusual state of panic that has possessed much of the world, and by the somewhat divergent concerns and goals of those addressing the medical questions and those trying to cope with the economic damage. The national American political media, in their hostility to the president in an election year, and before the proportions of the pandemic were clear, fanned the fires of public hysteria. At the same time, the Chinese government and media (the second is a branch of the first) first dissembled and lied about the virus and are now engaged in an immense work of fabricated myth-making. For two or three weeks, the spread of the virus in China appeared to be completely uncontainable and the U.S. administration was trying to damp down concern in a manner that seemed somewhat cavalier. ...
This is no time to celebrate. happy77
I know you want to blame the left for this, but it will never happen @Bigun .
https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/world/trump-calls-for-national-unity-against-coronavirus/ar-BB11layX (https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/world/trump-calls-for-national-unity-against-coronavirus/ar-BB11layX)Trump calls for national unity against coronavirus
"It's been a great thing to see... getting along with Democrats, getting along with Republicans," said Trump.
"There's been a lot of spirit with things happening that I haven't seen in almost three and a half years."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/gop-governor-group-pauses-political-attacks-amid-coronavirus-while-democrats-continue (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/gop-governor-group-pauses-political-attacks-amid-coronavirus-while-democrats-continue)GOP governor group pauses political attacks amid coronavirus while Democrats continue
“The RGA is not engaging in any digital or email fundraising or any negative political communications at this time,†RGA spokeswoman Amelia Chasse Alcivar confirmed Friday. “We are not using the COVID-19 crisis to attack our opponents.â€
https://twitter.com/GOP/status/1241726343915679751 (https://twitter.com/GOP/status/1241726343915679751)GOP @GOP
Congress The Trump Administration’s response to the virus has been praised by Democrat Governors from Washington, California, & New York—Americans' safety & health knows no party lines.
President Trump is working with states & communities to ensure Americans are supported in this crisis.
9:00 AM · Mar 22, 2020
I'm very proud of my President and my former party on focusing on solutions instead of hatred.
From a Canadian:
In Governor DeWine's presser yesterday two journalists tried to push the abortion issue, because elective surgeries have been postponed in Ohio, and that includes (thank the Lord!) abortions.
Both Dr. Acton and Gov. DeWine said clearly, let's not make this political and deflected the questions clearly and concisely.
The press conferences here have been far less hostile than the White House pseudo-journalists have been, but I was very glad to hear the abortion garbage shot down with both barrels.
A silver lining. Thanks for pointing it out @musiclady I had not even gotten to thinking about that. Maybe the start of a baby boom.
BREAKING NEWS: Protein Spike Attached to Horseshoe Bat Coronavirus Indicates Covid-19 is Man Made (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/breaking-news-protein-spike-attached-horseshoe-bat-man-luche-thayer)
I'm sure not discounting that possibility.
BREAKING NEWS: Protein Spike Attached to Horseshoe Bat Coronavirus Indicates Covid-19 is Man Made (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/breaking-news-protein-spike-attached-horseshoe-bat-man-luche-thayer)
I'm sure not discounting that possibility.
The truth must be weeded out.
https://www.jpost.com/International/Israeli-doctor-in-Italy-We-no-longer-help-those-over-60-621856 (https://www.jpost.com/International/Israeli-doctor-in-Italy-We-no-longer-help-those-over-60-621856)
Israeli doctor in Italy: We no longer help those over 60
Israeli medical doctor Gai Peleg told Israeli television that in northern Italy the orders are not to allow those over 60 access to respiratory machines.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
MARCH 22, 2020 09:21
Italy suffered more coronavirus-related victims than China with 4,825 confirmed deaths and 5,000 confirmed patients in the last 24 hours, Channel 12 reported on Sunday.
Israeli doctor Gai Peleg, who is currently working to save lives in Parma, Italy, told Channel 12 that things are only getting worse as the number of patients keeps growing.
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Peleg said that, from what he sees and hears in the hospital, the instructions are not to offer access to artificial respiratory machines to patients over 60 as such machines are limited in number.
Israel is currently purchasing thousands of respiratory machines, and they are meant to arrive in the country by mid-May. On Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel is using every means it has to secure medical equipment to help patients during the pandemic.
More at URL above...
That's pretty awful.
Israeli doctor in Italy: We no longer help those over 608black day
If it's true, the implications are staggering.Yeah but our leaders and leaders around the world are hoping and praying this is not true. How would we possibly confront them...war?
https://www.jpost.com/International/Israeli-doctor-in-Italy-We-no-longer-help-those-over-60-621856 (https://www.jpost.com/International/Israeli-doctor-in-Italy-We-no-longer-help-those-over-60-621856)Kind of like abortion, but in reverse.... Kill the children and let the older adults die. God help us.....
Israeli doctor in Italy: We no longer help those over 60
Israeli medical doctor Gai Peleg told Israeli television that in northern Italy the orders are not to allow those over 60 access to respiratory machines.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
MARCH 22, 2020 09:21
Italy suffered more coronavirus-related victims than China with 4,825 confirmed deaths and 5,000 confirmed patients in the last 24 hours, Channel 12 reported on Sunday.
Israeli doctor Gai Peleg, who is currently working to save lives in Parma, Italy, told Channel 12 that things are only getting worse as the number of patients keeps growing.
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Peleg said that, from what he sees and hears in the hospital, the instructions are not to offer access to artificial respiratory machines to patients over 60 as such machines are limited in number.
Israel is currently purchasing thousands of respiratory machines, and they are meant to arrive in the country by mid-May. On Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel is using every means it has to secure medical equipment to help patients during the pandemic.
More at URL above...
Kind of like abortion, but in reverse.... Kill the children and let the older adults die. God help us.....
It’s the game plan of the early 20th century progressives being carried out by the 21st century progressives.
Population control by abortion and eugenics.....
Margaret Sanger's giggles from Hell are echoing through Italy today. Can you even imagine being a doctor and having to choose who gets one respirator out of 50 people. :crying:
Margaret Sanger has won on earth, but she is screaming in hell........
I can't imagine being a doctor who is forced to do that. This is hideous.
They get away with this because the general population is unarmed.
Here...if our loved ones were in great health before COVID-19, I'd guaran-damn-tee you they're going to get ventilators. :smokin:
Yeah but our leaders and leaders around the world are hoping and praying this is not true. How would we possibly confront them...war?
Kind of like abortion, but in reverse.... Kill the children and let the older adults die. God help us.....
They get away with this because the general population is unarmed.
Here...if our loved ones were in great health before COVID-19, I'd guaran-damn-tee you they're going to get ventilators. :smokin:
The Chicoms are despicable, but unleashing a contagion on the world is just bad politics. I'll withhold judgement at this point.
The Chicoms are despicable, but unleashing a contagion on the world is just bad politics. I'll withhold judgement at this point.
A deliberate release is unlikely. All communist regimes have grossly incompetent people in high places. Just look at the soviets and Chernobyl (and Kyshtym before that). The viruses were not impressed with their information control, so the epidemic got out of hand before lugs could form a plan.
Many of the upper crust Chinese like to eat dogs and exotic animals. That's probably why the wet markets remain open today. People have refuted this source of transmission ... but I'd like to know how a bat virus made it to humans without something gross taking place beforehand.
Check this out:
https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1241836739943170048
I'm not sure if this is legit or not, but something tells me that China is fudging again.
Act now, Italian doctor at epicenter of outbreak warns the world
Henry Austin and Matteo Moschella and Reuters
An Italian doctor treating patients at the center of the worst coronavirus outbreak in Europe has issued a stark warning to other countries yet hit by the full force of the pandemic: lock down.
“We know what happens," Dr. Emanuela Catenacci told British broadcaster Sky News as she took a break from treating patients in an intensive care ward in the Cremona Hospital in Lombardy. "Don’t think it is happening here and it can’t happen everywhere else … because it will."
The death toll in Italy jumped by 793 to 4,825 on Saturday, by far the largest daily rise in absolute terms since the contagion emerged a month ago in this country. Last week, the number of those killed in Italy's outbreak surpassed those who died in China, where the disease first emerged late last year.
Read more at: https://news.yahoo.com/act-now-warns-italian-doctor-115241166.html (https://news.yahoo.com/act-now-warns-italian-doctor-115241166.html)
Italy pulls back industrial production as deaths, infection finally show sign of slowing down
by: Associated Press
Posted: Mar 22, 2020 / 02:19 PM PDT / Updated: Mar 22, 2020 / 02:21 PM PDT
In its most far-reaching measures to stop the spread of coronavirus, Italy is slowing industrial production nationwide, while the hardest-hit region of Lombardy banned any outdoor exercise not on personal property and set distance limits on dog-walking.
Franco Locatelli, president of Italy’s Higher Health Council, said Sunday that with the new stringent measures announced this weekend, Italy had exhausted all the possible ways it could to limit personal and professional contact. That came as Italy announced that the increase in both infections and deaths had showed the first sign of narrowing in the previous 24 hours.
Read more at: https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/italy-pulls-back-industrial-production-as-deaths-infection-finally-show-sign-of-slowing-down/ (https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/italy-pulls-back-industrial-production-as-deaths-infection-finally-show-sign-of-slowing-down/)
23 inmates dead after protest over virus fears in Colombia
Sergio Leon and Christine Armario, Associated Press Updated 5:32 pm EDT, Sunday, March 22, 2020
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A deadly riot broke out in a prison in Colombia's capital, leaving 23 inmates dead, authorities said Sunday, as tensions rise over the spread of the coronavirus in one of the most vulnerable locations: crowded, poorly kept penitentiaries.
Justice Minister Margarita Cabello described the events at the La Modelo prison in Bogota as an attempted prison escape, but advocates for inmates said officials had cracked down on inmates staging a peaceful protest over conditions they feared would exacerbate infections with the virus.
“Today is a sad and painful day for the country,†Cabello said.
Read more at: https://www.ctpost.com/news/crime/article/Colombia-inmates-riot-over-virus-fears-at-least-15149230.php#photo-19201762 (https://www.ctpost.com/news/crime/article/Colombia-inmates-riot-over-virus-fears-at-least-15149230.php#photo-19201762)
Nigeria Arrests Pastor, Ghana Halts Funerals to Curb Virus
By Alonso Soto
March 22, 2020, 12:26 PM CDT
Nigerian police arrested a pastor and raided churches as the West African nation stepped up efforts to enforce a ban on large gatherings and contain the spread of the coronavirus.
In the past week, dozens of African nations have shut their borders, grounded planes and closed schools and bars as the case count across the region increased to more than 1,200 people. Rwanda went a step further, banning travel between cities and any “unnecessary movements and visits outside the home†from Sunday.
Still, there’s been resistance from religious leaders on a continent where millions of people frequent churches and mosques regularly, with several ignoring the call for social distancing.
More at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-22/nigeria-arrests-pastor-ghana-halts-funerals-to-curb-virus (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-22/nigeria-arrests-pastor-ghana-halts-funerals-to-curb-virus)
Russian army to send coronavirus help to Italy after Putin phone call
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian military will start sending medical help to Italy from Sunday to help it to battle the new coronavirus after receiving an order from President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Putin spoke to Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Saturday, the Kremlin said, adding that the Russian leader had offered his support and help in the form of mobile disinfection vehicles and specialists to aid the worst hit Italian regions.
Italy recorded a jump in deaths from the coronavirus of almost 800 on Saturday, taking the toll in the world’s hardest-hit country to almost 5,000.
More: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-italy-idUSKBN219081 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-italy-idUSKBN219081)
Brazil's Bolsonaro plays down coronavirus risk as cases top 1,000
Jamie McGeever
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has denied the country’s healthcare system will collapse next month, contradicting his own health minister as the number of confirmed cases in the country rose above 1,000.
In an interview with CNN Brasil on Saturday night, Bolsonaro also expressed his frustration with several states’ measures to essentially shut down commerce and restrict people’s movement, saying they have gone too far and are damaging the economy.
“I think Mandetta was exaggerating,†Bolsonaro told CNN Brasil, referring to health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta, who said on Thursday that Brazil’s fragile healthcare system will collapse under the weight of coronavirus by the end of April.
Read more at: https://in.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-brazil-idINKBN2190UP (https://in.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-brazil-idINKBN2190UP)
Germany
What are Germany's new coronavirus social distancing rules?
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What are the new measures?
Public gatherings of more than two people will be banned. There will be exceptions for families and those living together.
General contact with others should be reduced to a minimum.
A 1.5-meter (4.9 feet) distance should be kept at all times when in public.
More: https://www.dw.com/en/what-are-germanys-new-coronavirus-social-distancing-rules/a-52881742 (https://www.dw.com/en/what-are-germanys-new-coronavirus-social-distancing-rules/a-52881742)
Army patrols Malaysian streets as coronavirus cases spike
Joseph Sipalan
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia deployed the army on Sunday to enforce a two-week curb on travel in a country that has the highest number of coronavirus cases in Southeast Asia, most of them linked to a mass religious gathering.
The country has so far reported nine deaths and 1,183 infections. Southeast Asia has recorded a total of more than 3,200 positive cases, with the other big centers being Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines.
Malaysia called in the army after some people continued to defy the restrictions that came into force on Wednesday, the defense minister said in a briefing after the deployment started at noon.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-malaysia-idUSKBN219069 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-malaysia-idUSKBN219069)
Bali fears for future, as Indonesia's coronavirus cases jump
Bali bounced back after bombings and natural disaster, but some worry it will not recover from the effects of COVID-19.
by Ian Lloyd Neubauer
19 Mar 2020
Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia will suspend its visa-on-arrival policy for a month from Friday to curb the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus in the archipelago.
The move will effectively shut down the country's tourism industry, bringing the same economic pain already rippling through Rome, Singapore, Barcelona and other destinations that were once magnets for tourists.
But on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, where more than three-quarters of the economy is linked to tourism, the de-facto border closure could prove catastrophic for the population of 4.2 million people.
Read more at: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/die-fears-future-indonesia-tourism-hotspot-200319064307505.html (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/die-fears-future-indonesia-tourism-hotspot-200319064307505.html)
Thailand to Close Malls as Coronavirus Cases Jump
March 21, 2020, at 12:52 a.m.
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand announced it will close malls in the capital Bangkok as the country reported its largest daily increase in coronavirus infections on Saturday.
Malls, except for supermarkets, will be closed for 22 days beginning March 22 to April 12 in a bid to curb the outbreak of the coronavirus, Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang said in a statement.
"For malls, only the areas that sell food and goods that are used in daily life, will be open,†Aswin said in a Facebook live broadcast.
Read more at: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-03-21/thailand-to-close-malls-as-coronavirus-cases-jump (https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-03-21/thailand-to-close-malls-as-coronavirus-cases-jump)
U.S. provides additional assistance to Thailand to respond to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Published 20 Mar 2020
**BANGKOK, THAILAND, March 20, 2020 — **The United States Government announced nearly $2 million in funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to expand U.S. support for Thailand in response to the global spread of COVID-19. This support builds upon ongoing USAID and other U.S. Government investments in health development, particularly those aimed at building the capacity to prevent, detect and respond to infectious diseases. Specifically, $700,000 will be implemented through the World Health Organization (WHO), $329,000 through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and $800,000 through the Infectious Disease Detection and Surveillance (IDDS) project, which collectively contribute to the U.S. Government’s Global Health Security Strategy.
Read more at: https://reliefweb.int/report/thailand/us-provides-additional-assistance-thailand-respond-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19 (https://reliefweb.int/report/thailand/us-provides-additional-assistance-thailand-respond-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19)
The Biden/Ukraine/China connection is too questionable and I don't think this contagion on the World by the Chinese was accidental -- and I believe that the Bidens ARE also responsible.
Nigeria records chloroquine poisoning after Trump endorses it for treatment
March 23, 2020 in Africa, News
Health officials in Nigeria have issued a warning over chloroquine after they said three people in the country overdosed on the drug, in the wake of President Trump’s comments about using it to treat coronavirus.
A Lagos state official told CNN that three people were hospitalized in the city after taking the drug. Officials later issued a statement cautioning against using chloroquine for Covid-19 treatment.
US President Donald Trump claimed at a White House briefing last week that the Food and Drug Administration had approved the “very powerful†drug chloroquine to treat coronavirus.
Read more at: https://dnyuz.com/2020/03/23/nigeria-records-chloroquine-poisoning-after-trump-endorses-it-for-treatment/
This is interesting and... new website for me. Things happen in Africa, to be fair, and one can wonder, "well, is it just because conditions may not be ideal for using this chloroquine which was used in Vietnam against malaria.Let me be the first to say it....It was Trump's fault!
Let me be the first to say it....It was Trump's fault!Go back to your safe-place snowflake /sarc
Chinese Authorities Underreporting New Infections in Epicenter of Wuhan: Leaked Documents
By Nicole Hao
March 22, 2020 Updated: March 22, 2020
The Chinese regime has maintained that there have been no new domestic infections of the CCP virus in the entire country since March 18.
Local authorities say that the epidemic has leveled off, as they ease travel restrictions and tell people to return to work.
But the situation in the ground zero of China’s epidemic, the city of Wuhan, is much worse than what has been officially reported, according to a series of internal government documents obtained by The Epoch Times.
See more at: https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-authorities-underreporting-new-infections-in-epicenter-of-wuhan-leaked-documents_3280343.html (https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-authorities-underreporting-new-infections-in-epicenter-of-wuhan-leaked-documents_3280343.html)
The Epoch Times, they do call it the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. I am okay with that, I keep calling it coronavirus:
So, probably better than even chance that what they report is accurate.
China Business & Economy
China Is Pursuing a Post-Virus Plan to Overtake the US Economy, Report Says
By Chriss Street
March 23, 2020 Updated: March 23, 2020
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Amid the disruptions of the global COVID-19 pandemic, China is seizing the opportunity to “leapfrog†the U.S. economy, according to a report by Horizon Advisory, China expert and independent strategic consultancy firm. While other countries are scrambling to contain the pandemic, Beijing extends its soft power as it plans to ramp up production in strategic industries in order to control global supply chains.
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) initial cover-up and delayed response over the CCP virus outbreak, which began in Wuhan city in November of last year, created an epidemic across China and unleashed the first global mass pandemic since the 1918 influenza.
The Trump administration’s three-year strategy to decouple China from American high-tech supply chains was succeeding. But chaos from COVID-19 lockdowns of U.S. businesses and schools have now presented the CCP with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to achieve its goal of supplanting the United States as the world’s leading economic, diplomatic, and military power, according to Horizon Advisory.
Read more at: https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-is-pursuing-a-post-virus-plan-to-overtake-the-us-economy-report-says_3279578.html (https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-is-pursuing-a-post-virus-plan-to-overtake-the-us-economy-report-says_3279578.html)
Chloroquine Is Not a Harmless Panacea for COVID-19
— There's a real safety concern with malaria drug
by Dan J. Vick MD, DHA, MBA, CPE March 23, 2020
During a March 19 press conference, President Trump announced that chloroquine, a drug long used to treat malaria, was going to be made available for those stricken with COVID-19. This followed news of preliminary research, including a limited study in Australia, in which chloroquine showed promise in eradicating the coronavirus in some patients. Chinese research published in February suggested efficacy and safety of chloroquine in treating pneumonia associated with COVID-19. A subsequent Chinese study involving the use of both chloroquine and its molecular cousin, hydroxychloroquine, determined that hydroxychloroquine is the more potent of these two drugs in its inhibition of this novel coronavirus.
More: https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/85552 (https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/85552)
Might be best to question anything not confirmed by multiple sources. I'm even questioning the Fake News when they complain about Trump although I want to believe it, and they already have accurately and unbiasedly warned me about many things.
The Epoch Times
The Epoch Times is a conservative, anti-communist American newspaper[1] found in 2000 by Chinese immigrants who fled persecution by the Communist regime. There are editions in over 30 countries which are published in more than 20 languages.[2] It is known for its reporting on the Spygate scandal in which Obama administration official and deep state agents spied on the Trump campaign.
Mainstream media smear campaign
In August 2019, NBC and MSNBC began a smear campaign slandering The Epoch Times. It published textbook fake news articles complete with claims from "unnamed" (i.e. non-existent) sources without providing any evidence about the organization, as well as dismissing the Epoch Times' reporting of the Spygate scandal as a "conspiracy theory" without providing any factual rebuttal, take it a step further when Rachel Maddow showed footage from an unrelated YouTube show about conspiracy theories, claiming that was content produced by The Epoch Times. NBC also reiterated propaganda talking points made by the Chinese Communist party on the Falun Gong spiritual practice banned in China, while downplaying the scale of the regime's crackdown on the practice.[1][3] [4][5]
Read more at: https://www.conservapedia.com/The_Epoch_Times (https://www.conservapedia.com/The_Epoch_Times)
The Epoch Times: How the anti-communist newspaper became an American necessity
by JD Rucker October 20, 2019
“Truth and Tradition.†This isn’t just a motto. It’s the way The Epoch Times operates on a daily basis. It’s also one of the reasons this news outlet has exploded in America and in 34 other countries despite being less than two decades old. But there’s one country in which you will never find a printed paper or access to their website. In Communist China, The Epoch Times is forbidden.
Founded in Atlanta in 2000 by Chinese Americans who had fled Communist China following a crackdown on Falun Gong, the paper quickly spread. It was international by 2003 and built a reputation as fearless reporters exposing communist propaganda that was being disseminated around the globe. This fearlessness came at a price as reporters in mainland China were arrested and jailed. Today, they still cover China from the relative safety of Hong Kong, but there are still great risks as Beijing’s reach goes well beyond the Chinese borders.
“The Epoch Times strives to revive the best in traditional journalism,†said publisher Stephen Gregory. “Our motto is ‘truth and tradition.’
We deliver fact-based reporting free of the agendas that distort so much of journalism these days and seek to be non-partisan.â€
Read more at: https://noqreport.com/2019/10/20/epoch-times-anti-communist-newspaper-became-american-necessity/ (https://noqreport.com/2019/10/20/epoch-times-anti-communist-newspaper-became-american-necessity/)
Sometimes, when I've heard a statement like yours, I wonder, who is more apt to cover China than Chinese?? They are giving news and have a real connection with the country. Could they be wrong? Yes.That sounds like a common sense approach. I too have seen Epoch Times ads all over YouTube but it's likely due to the amount of time I spend viewing far-right / pro-trump propaganda videos...which is a joke and a point all in one. Who is paying for their advertising budget? They're like Bloomberg ads last month.
Chinese Scientists Raise Concerns Over Potential Link Between Coronavirus and Male Fertility
Scientists in China have raised concerns the new coronavirus, named COVID-19, may affect male fertility. However, experts in the field has stressed to Newsweek that men should not be worried.
Chinese researchers were looking at existing data on a receptor that COVID-19 is thought to use to infect human cells. They found it is highly expressed in the cells of the testes and kidneys.
It is not clear if the data included any COVID-19 patients, and does not feature data on the fertility of those who have caught the infection.
More: https://www.newsweek.com/chinese-scientists-coronavirus-male-fertility-1488235 (https://www.newsweek.com/chinese-scientists-coronavirus-male-fertility-1488235)
OLYMPICS POSTPONED
https://www.insider.com/2020-tokyo-olympics-postponed-due-to-coronavirus-per-dick-pound-2020-3?utm_source=notification&utm_medium=referral (https://www.insider.com/2020-tokyo-olympics-postponed-due-to-coronavirus-per-dick-pound-2020-3?utm_source=notification&utm_medium=referral)
So think about this for a minute. If the Chinese wanted to reduce their population how would they do this.
They would start with old and the infirm. And then they would reduce fertility rates.
If this is not what is called a selective bioweapon, it certainly could be.
Designed to reduce the population of Earth in a narrow and selective way.
“If anything kills over 10 million people in the next few decades, it’s likely to be a highly infectious virus rather than a war,†Gates said during the Ted Talk. “Not missiles, but microbes.â€
Iranian Officials Stole More Than $1 Billion in Humanitarian Coronavirus Funds, Pompeo Says
Tehran uses pandemic to spread anti-U.S. propaganda
Adam Kredo - March 23, 2020 2:00 PM
Iranian regime officials stole more than $1 billion in humanitarian funds meant to be used to help the country's people fight the spread of coronavirus, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
European countries intended for more than $1 billion cash for medical supplies to go to the Iranian people, who have been ravaged by the virus. But American officials say regime leaders instead pocketed the money and are now using it to protect themselves from the virus as it spreads throughout the population. This includes hoarding medical supplies that were meant to aid Iranian citizens.
Multiple regional reports have showed that before and since the virus began spreading, Iranian leaders stole funds purposed directly to support the ailing Iranian people.
More: https://freebeacon.com/national-security/iranian-officials-stole-more-than-1-billion-in-coronavirus-funds-pompeo-says/ (https://freebeacon.com/national-security/iranian-officials-stole-more-than-1-billion-in-coronavirus-funds-pompeo-says/)
Pompeo Says Iran Brought in Virus through Continued Flights to China
by Naharnet Newsdesk
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday accused Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of lying about the coronavirus pandemic as the Supreme Leader rejected U.S. assistance for his hard-hit country.
In a televised address Sunday, Khamenei described the United States as "charlatans" and charged that Washington could bring in a drug to keep the virus alive.
Pompeo in a statement also used loaded language, accusing "Iran's chief terror airline" Mahan Air of bringing in what he called the "Wuhan virus" through its continued flights to China.
More: http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/270369-pompeo-says-iran-brought-in-virus-through-continued-flights-to-china (http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/270369-pompeo-says-iran-brought-in-virus-through-continued-flights-to-china)
China-US News
US Lawmakers Call on Twitter to Bar Chinese Communist Party Accounts Over Virus Disinformation
By Eva Fu
March 21, 2020 Updated: March 22, 2020
Two Republican lawmakers are urging Twitter to ban Chinese Communist Party officials from the social media platform in response to the regime’s aggressive propaganda campaign to “whitewash†its coverup of the outbreak.
“While the coronavirus pandemic is afflicting families, governments, and markets around the world, the Chinese Communist Party is waging a massive propaganda campaign to rewrite the history of COVID-19 and whitewash the Party’s lies,†wrote Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) in a March 20 letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
Twitter is censored in China, but dozens of Chinese diplomats, embassies, and consulates are active on the platform, pushing state-sanctioned narratives about the outbreak.
Read more at: https://www.theepochtimes.com/us-lawmakers-call-on-twitter-to-bar-chinese-communist-party-accounts_3281153.html (https://www.theepochtimes.com/us-lawmakers-call-on-twitter-to-bar-chinese-communist-party-accounts_3281153.html)
Virus Outbreak: Controls, quarantines working: Chen
MORE CASES EXPECTED: Many young Taiwanese would be returning home over the next two weeks, as schools in many nations closed, the health minister said
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Twenty-six new COVID-19 cases were confirmed yesterday, including five clusters, and all but one were imported, bringing Taiwan’s total number to 195, as border controls and home quarantine measures prove their effectiveness, the head of the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said.
Twelve of the new cases were in people tested at airports upon their return, 11 were in people under home quarantine and two were people who tested positive after seeking medical treatment, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時ä¸), who heads the center, said at its daily news conference.
Read more at: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/03/24/2003733257 (https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/03/24/2003733257)
South Korea’s Coronavirus Plan Is Working, Can the World Copy It?
By William Gallo March 23, 2020 07:20 AM
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Coronavirus Outbreak
South Korea’s Coronavirus Plan Is Working, Can the World Copy It?
By William Gallo
March 23, 2020 07:20 AM
Women, wearing masks to prevent contracting the coronavirus, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walk
Women, wearing masks to prevent contracting COVID-19 following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, walk in a shopping district in Seoul, South Korea, March 23, 2020.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - It was Thursday morning, and my phone buzzed with a text message from South Korea’s emergency alert system, as it has hundreds of times during the coronavirus outbreak.
Someone in my Seoul neighborhood — a 35-year-old Polish male — had tested positive. Clicking a link to a government website revealed an astonishing level of detail about the man’s activities over the previous two days.
After arriving at Seoul’s Incheon airport at about 9:00 a.m., the man took an express train to my local metro station, where, wearing a mask, he shopped at a nearby E-Mart grocery store. He then returned home, before getting dinner five hours later at an Italian restaurant in Seoul’s Itaewon neighborhood popular with foreigners. He was still wearing a mask, but took it off while eating, the message adds.
More at: https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/south-koreas-coronavirus-plan-working-can-world-copy-it (https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/south-koreas-coronavirus-plan-working-can-world-copy-it)
Latest coronavirus update from Cuban authorities: 40 cases confirmed, 531 others hospitalized, 37,888 suspected
March 23, 2020 by Carlos Eire
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Figures from the Ministry of Public Health — which can never be trusted, due to its many efforts to lie to the public repeatedly — are alarming.
So far, the confirmed cases are attributed to individuals who brought the plague to Cuba from abroad,
Castro, Inc continues to claim that transmission from Cuban to Cuban on the island is not taking place. And, according to them, some provinces remain unaffected.
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Cuban shoppers at Cuatro Caminos market, Havana today… only one can be seen wearing a surgical mask.. try to find him
Read more at: https://babalublog.com/2020/03/23/latest-coronavirus-update-from-cuban-authorities-40-cases-confirmed-531-others-hospitalized-37888-suspected/ (https://babalublog.com/2020/03/23/latest-coronavirus-update-from-cuban-authorities-40-cases-confirmed-531-others-hospitalized-37888-suspected/)
Exclusive: Elite hackers target WHO as coronavirus cyberattacks spike
Raphael Satter, Jack Stubbs, Christopher Bing
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Elite hackers tried to break into the World Health Organization earlier this month, sources told Reuters, part of what a senior agency official said was a more than two-fold increase in cyberattacks.
WHO Chief Information Security Officer Flavio Aggio said the identity of the hackers was unclear and the effort was unsuccessful. But he warned that hacking attempts against the agency and its partners have soared as they battle to contain the coronavirus, which has killed more than 15,000 worldwide.
The attempted break-in at the WHO was first flagged to Reuters by Alexander Urbelis, a cybersecurity expert and attorney with the New York-based Blackstone Law Group, which tracks suspicious internet domain registration activity.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-hack-exclusive/exclusive-elite-hackers-target-who-as-coronavirus-cyberattacks-spike-idUSKBN21A3BN (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-hack-exclusive/exclusive-elite-hackers-target-who-as-coronavirus-cyberattacks-spike-idUSKBN21A3BN)
Underlying Conditions
India’s coronavirus crisis was decades in the making
Vidya Krishnan 23 March 2020
The global coronavirus crisis has been called many things: a pandemic, an unprecedented crisis, a re-run of sorts of the Spanish flu’s decimation of the human population just over a century ago. In India, from the eyes of anyone who studies public health, it is also a catastrophe that has been in the making for decades, perhaps since as far back as Independence.
In weeks of reporting since India saw its first COVID-19 cases and deaths, I am yet to speak with an epidemiologist or infectious-disease expert who is surprised that the country is utterly unprepared for what awaits us—which, they all agree, is a surge of infections and resulting deaths.
One assessment published in a medical journal in January reckoned that India had 2.3 ICU beds per 100,000 people. The medical system in Iran, for which the assessment put the figure at 4.6, is overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases. Experts in the United States, where the ratio of ICU beds was reckoned to be more than six times higher, are warning that it will soon run out of ICU beds too. India has less than one allopathic doctor per thousand people—the minimum recommended by the World Health Organisation. As of 2016, the Indian Medical Association was showing a shortage of tens of thousands of critical-care specialists. The dominant share of doctors and beds are in the private healthcare sector, which has enormous leeway to set its own prices and make its own rules—and to exploit both to put profits before patients.
Read more at: https://caravanmagazine.in/health/india-coronavirus-crisis-was-in-the-making (https://caravanmagazine.in/health/india-coronavirus-crisis-was-in-the-making)
Venezuelan doctors brace for coronavirus: 'I tried to get a surgical mask. It's double my monthly salary'
A Venezuelan medic tried to buy a surgical mask, only to find it was selling for $35 - and she earns $15 a month.
By Harriet Alexander New York 22 March 2020 • 5:55pm
Venezuela’s doctors and nurses are bracing themselves for the impact of coronavirus amid warnings that there will be "carnage" across the country if the virus takes hold.
The country's healthcare system is already facing a desperate shortage of staff and medical supplies after years of economic crisis.
One nurse in Barinas state told the Telegraph that she had been searching her hometown for a face mask, but the only one she could find cost $35 (£30). Her monthly salary is $15.
More at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/22/venezuelan-doctors-brace-coronavirus-tried-get-surgical-mask/ (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/22/venezuelan-doctors-brace-coronavirus-tried-get-surgical-mask/)
As Bolsonaro flouts warnings, coronavirus spreads in Brazil
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro-i/as-bolsonaro-flouts-warnings-coronavirus-spreads-in-brazil-idUSKBN21B1AX (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro-i/as-bolsonaro-flouts-warnings-coronavirus-spreads-in-brazil-idUSKBN21B1AX)
Oksana Marchenko Charity Foundation donates unique kit to detect coronavirus with extreme accuracy to Kyiv Heart Institute
The system also analyzes the donor organs, determines whether they survive or not
https://112.international/society/oksana-marchenko-charity-foundation-donates-unique-kit-to-detect-coronavirus-with-extreme-accuracy-to-kyiv-heart-institute-49821.html (https://112.international/society/oksana-marchenko-charity-foundation-donates-unique-kit-to-detect-coronavirus-with-extreme-accuracy-to-kyiv-heart-institute-49821.html)
Jerusalem Post Diaspora
What the Netherlands' lax guidelines for coronavirus could mean for Jews
Prime Minister Mark Rutte has essentially argued that social distancing will only prolong the disastrous effects of the virus.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA MARCH 25, 2020
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Prime Minister Mark Rutte has essentially argued that social distancing will only prolong the disastrous effects of the virus. He believes — supposedly based on the knowledge of medical professionals — that the Dutch population should be somewhat exposed to the virus so that immunity can be formed and society can return to a sense of normalcy as quickly as possible.
The Dutch government did shut down schools, cafes, movie theaters, houses of worship and many offices, but we are still free here to move around, shop, pick up takeout and receive packages in the mail. Our extensive public transportation network hasn’t skipped a beat.
Sweden has a similarly lax policy. The United Kingdom, whose prime minister, Boris Johnson, had adhered to the same “herd immunity†policy as Rutte, introduced stricter measures on Monday, telling residents to stay home and ordering shops selling non-essential goods to shutter. Johnson on Monday finally ordered a full lockdown.
See article at: https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/What-the-Netherlands-lax-guidelines-for-coronavirus-could-mean-for-Jews-622227 (https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/What-the-Netherlands-lax-guidelines-for-coronavirus-could-mean-for-Jews-622227)
Confirmed coronavirus infections in Netherlands rise 13%, 34 new deaths
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the Netherlands increased by 13% from a day earlier and 34 more people died, Dutch health authorities said on Monday.
See more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-netherlands-tally/confirmed-coronavirus-infections-in-netherlands-rise-13-34-new-deaths-idUSKBN21A2AO (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-netherlands-tally/confirmed-coronavirus-infections-in-netherlands-rise-13-34-new-deaths-idUSKBN21A2AO)
The Manila Times
Netherlands destroys millions of tulips
Agence France-Presse
NAALDWIJK: It’s tulip season in The Netherlands but this year growers are destroying millions of flowers a day, in unprecedented scenes as the coronavirus pandemic has cut demand.
Mountains of tulips, roses, chrysanthemums and other flowers destined for destruction have been waiting for the last week in the world’s biggest flower market.
Brightly colored blooms that might normally have been destined for a romantic gesture or Mothers Day are scooped up by diggers and then dumped in huge skips.
Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/world/netherlands-destroys-millions-of-tulips/ar-BB11vZos (https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/world/netherlands-destroys-millions-of-tulips/ar-BB11vZos)
Putin dons hazmat suit, as Russia admits virus numbers likely far higher
Experts found Russia's coronavirus numbers puzzling and some saw a cover-up.
By Patrick Reevell
March 24, 2020, 11:45 AM
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin donned a hazmat suit and breathing mask during a visit to a hospital housing coronavirus patients in Moscow on Tuesday, as the Russian government signalled the virus outbreak is becoming increasingly serious in the country.
Video aired on state media showed Putin being helped into the yellow suit by doctors at the Kommunarka infectious diseases hospital, which has been designated to treat coronavirus cases and where there are currently over 400 patients being treated for the illness.
Read more at: https://abcnews.go.com/International/putin-dons-hazmat-suit-russia-admits-virus-numbers/story?id=69768452 (https://abcnews.go.com/International/putin-dons-hazmat-suit-russia-admits-virus-numbers/story?id=69768452)
World News
March 24, 2020 / 10:01 AM / Updated 9 hours ago
Modi puts all of India under lockdown for 21 days to fight coronavirus
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday the government would impose a nationwide lockdown from midnight for 21 days to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
“There will be a total ban on venturing out of your homes,†Modi said in a televised address.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-modi-idUSKBN21B2BW (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-modi-idUSKBN21B2BW)
Brenda Stoter Boscolo
@BrendaStoter
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Mar 23
Italian mayor addresses his citizens about their irresponsible behavior (in a very Italian way). “Doing your hair?! Why do you need this at the moment? A barbecue?! Are you kidding me? You are making a joke out of your lives!â€
More: https://twitter.com/BrendaStoter/status/1242138680334131201 (https://twitter.com/BrendaStoter/status/1242138680334131201)
Trump should try that, it'd look sharp!Thanx for the photo @TomSea
Manu Raju @mkraju
#BREAKING: The White House and Senate leaders struck a major deal early Wednesday morning over a $2-trillion package to provide a jolt to an economy struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic, capping days of marathon negotiations that produced the far-reaching measure.
12:01 AM · Mar 25, 2020
“Ladies and gentleman, we are done," White House legislative affairs director Eric Ueland said right before 1am after leaving Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office following negotiations that have spanned around the clock since last Friday. "We have a deal."
Ueland: “We have a deal ... Much of the work on bill text has been completed. And I’m hopeful that over the next few hours we’ll finish what’s left and be able to circulate it early in the morning.â€
Jackson Browne has tested positive for Covid-19.
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-jackson-browne-20200325-rpz3g3vvqzdwnhkb4tplyuwoem-story.html (https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-jackson-browne-20200325-rpz3g3vvqzdwnhkb4tplyuwoem-story.html)
Gaza Preacher Praises Allah for Infecting Israelis, Americans -- Day Before First Cases Reported in Gaza
(CNSNews.com) – A preacher told worshipers in Gaza’s largest mosque on Friday that Allah sent the coronavirus to inflict suffering on Israelis, Americans and those who plot against the Al-Aqsa mosque, while protecting Palestinians.
While Israeli streets were deserted as a result of lockdown precautions, said Jamil al-Mutawa, the mosque he was preaching in – the White Mosque in Gaza City – was full.
“Look how empty their streets are and look how crowded this mosque is,†he said, in comments translated by the East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). “Who is it that has given us security and terrified them? Who is it that has protected us and harmed them? It is Allah!â€
More: https://www.cnsnews.com/article/international/patrick-goodenough/gaza-preacher-praises-allah-infecting-israelis-americans (https://www.cnsnews.com/article/international/patrick-goodenough/gaza-preacher-praises-allah-infecting-israelis-americans)
Squawking parrot warns world in Hebrew: 'Coronavirus! Don't go out!'
Zehava Shabat from the northern city of Kiryat Shmona took advantage of the recent 'stay at home' order to teach their 22-month-old grey parrot Luca about the dangers of COVID-19
Reuters |
Published: 03.24.20 , 17:54
A talking parrot in Israel has a playful message for a world gripped by the coronavirus crisis: "Don't go out!"
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Read more at: https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/SkHeqiD8U?fbclid=IwAR0yzIXv8q6tmtdUMOk5PePL4OlZYKvNVF_C2CrlbEFmyvKT1HjwiVj7YPo (https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/SkHeqiD8U?fbclid=IwAR0yzIXv8q6tmtdUMOk5PePL4OlZYKvNVF_C2CrlbEFmyvKT1HjwiVj7YPo)
Ukrainian govt prolongs lockdown in Ukraine for 30 days
Source : 112 Ukraine
The decision has been made today, on March 25
13:55, 25 March 2020
The Cabinet of Ministers has prolonged a lockdown across the country for 30 days. The meeting was broadcasted by 112 Ukraine TV Channel.
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More at: https://112.international/politics/ukrainian-govt-introduces-30-day-emergency-situation-in-ukraine-49846.html?utm_source=Intern&utm_campaign=News&utm_medium=Channel (https://112.international/politics/ukrainian-govt-introduces-30-day-emergency-situation-in-ukraine-49846.html?utm_source=Intern&utm_campaign=News&utm_medium=Channel)
Google allocates $500,000 to Ukraine for information campaign against Covid-19
Source : 112 Ukraine
These funds will help to put the sources of the Healthcare Ministry to top results of the search
17:39, 25 March 2020
https://112.international/ukraine-top-news/google-allocates-500000-to-ukraine-for-information-campaign-against-covid-19-49856.html (https://112.international/ukraine-top-news/google-allocates-500000-to-ukraine-for-information-campaign-against-covid-19-49856.html)
Using the Name ‘CCP Virus’ Holds Chinese Regime Responsible for Global Crisis, Expert Says
By Cathy He March 24, 2020
https://www.ntd.com/using-the-name-ccp-virus-holds-chinese-regime-responsible-for-global-crisis-expert-says_448195.html (https://www.ntd.com/using-the-name-ccp-virus-holds-chinese-regime-responsible-for-global-crisis-expert-says_448195.html)
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General Robert Spalding - China Has Started World War 3
Thursday, November 21, 2019 4:49
China is the only country fighting a truly 21st century war. For decades the Chinese Communist Party has been quietly invading the United States while America’s elite slept. World War 3 has already begun. And America might be losing. Retired Air Force Brigadier, General Robert Spalding joins me to talk about his new book Stealth War: How China Took Over While America’s Elite Slept.
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More: https://beforeitsnews.com/china/2019/11/general-robert-spalding-china-has-started-world-war-3-2458260.html (https://beforeitsnews.com/china/2019/11/general-robert-spalding-china-has-started-world-war-3-2458260.html)
Did the Chinese government create coronavirus?
By Curt Mercadante
March 2, 2020
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Read more at: https://www.curtmercadante.com/did-the-chinese-government-create-coronavirus/ (https://www.curtmercadante.com/did-the-chinese-government-create-coronavirus/)
A Frankenstein monster devouring the world
By Cliff Kincaid
March 23, 2020
In another Trump-bashing piece in the Washington Post, a professor noted, in passing, that "several Chinese labs participated more than 20 years ago in the human genome project," as if this were a good thing. In fact, the Human Genome Project (HGP) opened the door to a Communist Frankenstein project of human genetic modification and manipulation. The Chinese Reds are the new Nazis.
If there is anything to be learned from this disaster, it is that America must become self-sufficient in terms of medicine and medical production capabilities and avoid entanglements with China. President Trump was moving in the direction of America-first policies before the Chinese unleashed their virus on the world.
Assuming that President Trump (with the reluctant support of congressional Democrats) can save our nation from an economic apocalypse, it will be necessary for America to remain on guard against even more Chinese biological threats. And one of the most significant is Chinese communist scientific and genetic manipulation of what it means to be human. "China is fast becoming the world capital of controversial science," notes one report.
More: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/kincaid/200323 (http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/kincaid/200323)
https://www.curtmercadante.com/did-the-chinese-government-create-coronavirus/
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JS-IjVF9Lw#)
Not exactly an update, but an interesting perspective on how time doesn't change people....
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Just in case our government inexplicably fails us.
DIY Respirator #2 (improved version)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QODJN3UHluA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QODJN3UHluA#)
Using the Name ‘CCP Virus’ Holds Chinese Regime Responsible for Global Crisis, Expert Says
By Cathy He March 24, 2020
“It’s clearly not because of China or the Chinese people that we’re dealing with a global pandemic,†said Robert Spalding, former senior director for strategy at the White House National Security Council and author of “Stealth War: How China Took Over While America’s Elite Slept,†in an interview with The Epoch Times.
“It’s because of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).â€
...
Spalding said it’s important to distinguish between the Chinese regime and Chinese people, and cast light on the fact that the “regime’s secrecy and control is the reason that we are dealing with a pandemic today, which has caused trillions of dollars in economic destruction across the globe.â€
Read more at: https://www.ntd.com/using-the-name-ccp-virus-holds-chinese-regime-responsible-for-global-crisis-expert-says_448195.html (https://www.ntd.com/using-the-name-ccp-virus-holds-chinese-regime-responsible-for-global-crisis-expert-says_448195.html)
China Is Lashing Out Because Wuhan Flu Has Unmasked It To The World
Communist China’s leaders are afraid because they feel a parallel to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which hardened everyone’s resolve and awakened a sleeping giant.
By Sumantra Maitra
March 24, 2020
The Chinese communists are afraid. You might not guess it from the invertebrate and borderline anti-national corporate media parroting Chinese state propaganda, but they are. Beijing is shaken. Their dream of dominating the globe eventually, with the slow overstretch and collapse of the Pax Americana, was considered a matter of destiny.
Then suddenly, it all was shaken. A combination of incompetence, criminal negligence, and totalitarian suppression of a new devastating virus originating from the raw meat and wet markets of interior China let it rage through the globe.
The world’s first postmodern global pandemic, preventable but not prevented, has so far already caused the deaths of more than 13,000 people, torched all the major power centers, decimated the service sector, pushed the global economy to the brink of an unprecedented recession, devastated the stock market, closed the borders of all the great powers, ended global cooperation on vaccines, and rocked the boat of globalisation in ways unthinkable since the peak days of the autarkic 1930s. If this is the hegemonic order of the future superpower, then civilization is doomed.
More: https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/24/china-is-lashing-out-because-wuhan-flu-has-unmasked-it-to-the-world/
China, U.S. to set aside differences in G20 coronavirus summit: SCMP
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States are expected to call a timeout on their coronavirus blame game and focus on the challenges of the pandemic when leaders of the G20 nations hold talks via video conference on Thursday, the South China Morning Post said.
The virus has spread around the globe, infecting more than 470,000 people and killing more than 20,000, since it emerged in central China late last year.
The leaders are expected to agree that the outbreak is a threat to humanity and will set up a mechanism to share information and experiences in fighting the disease, the paper said, citing a draft statement to be discussed at the summit.
More at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-g20-differences/china-u-s-to-set-aside-differences-in-g20-coronavirus-summit-scmp-idUSKBN21D0CB (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-g20-differences/china-u-s-to-set-aside-differences-in-g20-coronavirus-summit-scmp-idUSKBN21D0CB)
Virus Outbreak: Taipei quarantine breaker found, fined NT$1 million
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
A Taipei resident who had breached his home quarantine order was found on Tuesday night in an Internet cafe and fined NT$1 million (US$32,976), Taipei Deputy Mayor Vivian Huang (黃çŠçŠ) said yesterday, as the Taipei City Government announced a short-term COVID-19 relief plan.
Huang on Tuesday afternoon publicized the name of the man, Chen Tse (陳冊), who on Saturday last week returned from Beijing and was ordered to undergo 14-day home quarantine.
However, city monitoring officials were unable to contact him by mobile phone or at his home.
Read more at: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/03/26/2003733389 (https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/03/26/2003733389)
Wuhan doctors plan long-term look at coronavirus impact on male sex hormone
Blood samples from Covid-19 patients in small-scale study indicate what could be a testicle malfunction, researchers say
Results ‘not conclusive and require further investigation’
Stephen Chen in Beijing Published: 6:00pm, 26 Mar, 2020
Doctors in the central Chinese city of Wuhan plan to embark on a long-term study of the effects of the coronavirus
on the male reproductive system, building on small-scale research indicating that the pathogen could affect sex hormone levels in men.
Though still preliminary and not peer reviewed, the study is the first clinical observation of the potential impact of Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, on the male reproductive system, especially among younger groups.
In a paper published on the preprint research platform medRxiv.org, the researchers – from Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University and the Hubei Clinical Research Centre for Prenatal Diagnosis and Birth Health – said they analysed blood samples from 81 men aged 20 to 54 who tested positive for the coronavirus and were hospitalised in January.
Read more at: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3077113/wuhan-doctors-plan-long-term-look-coronavirus-impact-male-sex (https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3077113/wuhan-doctors-plan-long-term-look-coronavirus-impact-male-sex)
Taiwan, sounds like someone broke the quarantined, fined.... $32,000+ American.
Front page image, Taipei Times:
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Somewhere I read this was a crisis like the 1939 invasion of Europe, I'm not sure if it is the biggest crisis since. It's hard to put in perspective.
Also, per Robert Spalding's words, I'd just chime in and say, it's not the people who concealed the truth, there were whistle blowers.
Since he was at the internet cafe, I am assuming it was open and the people running it should have been fined also?
Something missing here...
Option three gathers wings
Finally the world is tossing out the pointless old Influenza Pandemic plan that called for six months of slow bleeding. Leaders are waking up to the high speed, hard and fast option. Tonight 20% of the worlds’ population are crushing that curve with a full lockdown because it’s the only option. 1.3 billion people in India are now in a three week home quarantine, joining France, Italy, China, Poland, Spain, Belgium, the United Kingdom, New York, California, South Africa, Colombia, Bolivia, Jordan and Tunisia and New Zealand. Sadly half a million people (at least) have caught Covid-19 and there will be another few doublings before the new lockdowns even start to show on the graphs.
The worst of this will hopefully be over in four to six weeks. Not six months. The sooner we start the better. It’s not the end of the world to mind the kids at home (parents do it every school holidays).
The difference between Covid-19 and Influenza is that this disease is so awful we can afford (we have to afford) to eradicate it — or at the very least — deal with it, find a treatment, a cure, a vaccine. Everyone thinks we can’t possibly stop Influenza, but the truth is, if it hurt this much, we could. We’d find a way. We don’t because the price is just too high.
More at link.
A High Stakes Game
If the trials of the anti-malarial chloroquine (or variants) work, Trump will get away with all the understatements he said in February.
On twitter the combination of Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin are known as #TrumpPills. The trials started Tuesday. We don’t know the results but doctors are buying up pharmacy stocks across the US — presumably to protect themselves (hopefully).
As the death tolls mounts, the Democrats are surely planning to put all the Trump quotes like “it’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle†on high rotation leading up to the election. But if the trials of anti-viral agents bring good news, he can reframe the past as if he was betting on that in February. (Perhaps he was?)
Key takeaway: “Our experience suggests that hydroxychloroquine, with or without a Z-Pak, should be a first-line treatment. Unfortunately, there is already a shortage of hydroxychloroquine.
The whole world will be watching these results. Spare a thought for Indonesia which has ordered 3 million chloroquine tablets in a population of 260 million people and where people are falling in the streets today.
But if it’s not Chloroquine, there are plenty of other possibles: like blood plasma from survivors.
More at link.
Coronavirus: Australia reverses 30 minute hair appointment rule
Australia has reversed a decision to limit hairdressing appointments to just 30 minutes following a backlash.
However, while appointments can now go on for longer, hairdressers and barbers must still observe the "four square metre per person" rule.
Salons have been allowed to remain open, despite other businesses being closed amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-52048530 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-52048530)
‘Do More—Fast. Don’t Wait.’
Derek Thompson
Denmark, which is basically freezing its economy, has a message for America.
Around the world, countries are seeking to lock down their populations to halt the spread of the coronavirus, “freeze†their economies in place, and help people survive the ice age by any means necessary.
Denmark’s version of ice-age economics goes like this: To discourage mass layoffs, the government will pay employers up to 90 percent of the salaries of workers who go home and don’t work. The plan could require the government to spend as much as 13 percent of its GDP in three months—roughly the equivalent of a $2.5 trillion stimulus in the United States spread out over just 13 weeks.
In the 48 hours since I first wrote about this plan, I have heard from politicians and policy makers around the world, including Spain, the UK, and Australia. To go deeper on this radical idea, I spoke on Monday with Peter Hummelgaard, the Employment Minister of Denmark. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Read more at: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/denmark-has-a-message-for-america-do-more-fast/608629/?src=rss (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/denmark-has-a-message-for-america-do-more-fast/608629/?src=rss)
Prof. Steve Hanke
@steve_hanke
Behind the scenes of #China's "zero case" act, #Hospitals are refusing to treat potential #COVID19 victims to keep their new cases #'s low.
Never trust the #CCP. #CommunismKills.
https://twitter.com/steve_hanke/status/1243193865579921411
Department of State
@StateDept
.@SecPompeo
: I made it clear to our #G7 partners – especially to our friends in Italy and the rest of Europe – that the United States remains committed to assisting them in all possible ways.
https://twitter.com/StateDept/status/1243168429005320195
The Epoch Times
@EpochTimes
“The CCP must be held to account for what the world is now suffering.â€
Sen. Josh @HawleyMO
and Rep. @EliseStefanik
are calling for an international probe into #Beijing’s handling of the #CCPVirus-caused #Pandemic.
https://twitter.com/EpochTimes/status/1243178392599638029
China in Focus - NTD
@ChinaInFocusNTD
“Chinese corporations operating in America must not be eligible for the upcoming trillion-dollar bailout, now or ever."
Rep. @mattgaetz
has proposed a bill that would prevent funds from flowing into #China.
#CCPVirus #coronavirus
https://twitter.com/ChinaInFocusNTD/status/1242982344887341060
Rebel-held Syria braces for coronavirus 'tsunami' -- without soap, running water or the prospect of social distancing
By Gul Tuysuz, Arwa Damon, Zaher Jaber and Eyad Kourdi, CNN
Everything Fatima Um Ali needs to protect herself and her family from the novel coronavirus is out of reach. There is no running water, soap is expensive and hand sanitizer is an unaffordable luxury. She cannot even imagine what social distancing for her family of 16 would look like in the three tents they share in a makeshift camp near the Turkish-Syrian border.
"We try with our limited capabilities to keep clean. All those sanitizers, cleaning materials that you are talking about, we can't get," Um Ali tells CNN.
She lives in one of the many camps that have cropped up in the fields, olive groves, and rolling hills of Syria's rebel-held Idlib province. Most of the children have runny noses from exposure to harsh living conditions.
Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/rebel-held-syria-braces-for-coronavirus-tsunami-without-soap-running-water-or-the-prospect-of-social-distancing/ar-BB11JBQu (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/rebel-held-syria-braces-for-coronavirus-tsunami-without-soap-running-water-or-the-prospect-of-social-distancing/ar-BB11JBQu)
Turkish-occupied Syria cuts off water to 400,000 during pandemic
Turkish-backed far-right militants cut off the water to 400,000 Syrians, including tens of thousands of children, during the coronavirus pandemic, according to reports in eastern Syria.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 26, 2020
Turkish-backed far right militants cut off the water to 400,000 Syrians, including tens of thousands of children, during the coronavirus pandemic, according to reports in eastern Syria. It comes at the worst possible time for people in Syria, including Kurdish and Christian minorities, who are in lockdowns due to the pandemic and now have no water. The area is already threatened by the virus because the international community has cut off aid and does not provide testing for the virus.
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces defeated ISIS a year ago in eastern Syria but now millions of people who live in the area lack access to basic needs. Turkey invaded part of eastern Syria in October 2019 after the US withdrew.
Read more at: https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Turkish-occupied-Syria-cuts-off-water-to-400000-during-pandemic-622467 (https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Turkish-occupied-Syria-cuts-off-water-to-400000-during-pandemic-622467)
33-year-old Turkish woman with chronic disease dies due to coronavirus: report
By TM - March 26, 2020
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Dilek Tahtalı, a 33-year-old woman with a chronic disease, has become one of the latest victims of the coronavirus in Turkey, the Hürriyet Daily News reported, a worrisome development since until now, the elderly were believed to be the main at-risk group for contracting COVID-19, caused by the deadly virus.
Tahtalı, who worked as administrative assistant at a private hospital in İstanbul, had been admitted to a public healthcare institution with high fever and fatigue.
She had been suffering from a rheumatic disease since childhood and was taking medication for it.
Read more at: https://www.turkishminute.com/2020/03/26/33-year-old-turkish-woman-with-chronic-disease-dies-due-to-coronavirus-report/ (https://www.turkishminute.com/2020/03/26/33-year-old-turkish-woman-with-chronic-disease-dies-due-to-coronavirus-report/)
Here it is. Commissioner Oxiris Barbot, February 9:
https://twitter.com/NYCHealthCommr/status/1226508570646269954 (https://twitter.com/NYCHealthCommr/status/1226508570646269954)
Commissioner Oxiris Barbot
@NYCHealthCommr
·
Feb 9
Today our city is celebrating the #LunarNewYear parade in Chinatown, a beautiful cultural tradition with a rich history in our city. I want to remind everyone to enjoy the parade and not change any plans due to misinformation spreading about #coronavirus.
www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,395838.msg2176762.html (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,395838.msg2176762.html)
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It was more than one city official. Mark D. Levine is the Chair of New York City Council health committee.
Coronavirus Outbreak
Virus Has Brazil’s Bolsonaro Facing Governor ‘Insurrection’
By Associated Press
March 25, 2020 09:37 PM
SAO PAULO - Brazil’s governors on Wednesday rebelled against President Jair Bolsonaro’s call for life to return to pre-coronavirus normalcy, saying his proposal to reopen schools and businesses runs counter to recommendations from health experts and endangers Latin America’s largest population.
State governors, many of whom have adopted strict measures to limit gatherings in their regions, defied the president’s instructions in a nationwide address Tuesday evening that they lift the restrictions and limit isolation only to the elderly and those with longstanding health problems.
The governors weren’t the only defiant ones. Virus plans challenged by Bolsonaro were upheld by the Supreme Court. The heads of both congressional houses criticized his televised speech. Companies donated supplies to state anti-virus efforts. And even some of his staunch supporters joined his detractors.
Read more at: https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/virus-has-brazils-bolsonaro-facing-governor-insurrection (https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/virus-has-brazils-bolsonaro-facing-governor-insurrection)
Coronavirus Crisis in Iran: Dimensions, Causes as MEK Announced Exceeded 11,000 Deaths
Written by Staff Writer 26th March 2020
In a webinar: Mohammad Mohaddessin, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), addresses the causes for the spread of coronavirus in Iran, Iranian regime’s cover-up, mismanagement and politicizing the issue to get international sanctions lifted. He also referred to the rising number of casualties, which according to the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK) has exceeded 11,000.
The full text of remarks by Mr. Mohammad Mohaddessin:
Ladies and gentlemen,
The world is dealing with Coronavirus crisis. The situation in Iran is different in many respects, it is alarming, catastrophic and is getting worse by the day. For us as Iranians, this is a pressing humanitarian issue since our people from all age groups and all over Iran are perishing in broad daylight. Urgent international action is needed.
More: https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-resistance/coronavirus-crisis-in-iran-dimensions-causes-as-mek-announced-exceeded-11000-deaths/ (https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-resistance/coronavirus-crisis-in-iran-dimensions-causes-as-mek-announced-exceeded-11000-deaths/)
"15,000 Ltrs Milk, 10,000 kg Veg Dumped": E-Tailers Allege Police Attacks
Rishika Baruah
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Coronavirus India Lockdown: Policemen have been caning people seen on streets during the lockdown.
New Delhi:
E-commerce companies delivering essentials like groceries, medicines and food are facing attacks and harassment from law enforcement officials and security guards, leading to severe inconvenience in times of an unprecedented crisis, online retailers have said, calling for an urgent intervention from the government. A huge amount of fresh produce had to be thrown away because of the disruptions, they said.
K Ganesh, promoter of online platforms like BigBasket, FreshMenu and Portea Medical, said that over the last few days, policemen have abused, assaulted and in one case even arrested a delivery agent leading to huge disruption in their activities.
"Even though the government has done absolutely the right step and has been categorical in exempting essential services and have specified essential services like online delivery of goods, groceries, food, medicines and medical equipment, that message has not gone to the people down the line," Mr Ganesh told NDTV.
More: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-india-lockdown-e-tailers-complain-police-beating-up-delivery-agents-2200587 (https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-india-lockdown-e-tailers-complain-police-beating-up-delivery-agents-2200587)
India's Doctors Worry The Country Is Unprepared For A Coronavirus Surge
March 26, 2020
With a fraction of the hospital beds and ventilators per capita of developed countries, Indian doctors and public health experts warn an explosion of coronavirus cases could overwhelm their hospitals on a greater scale than what's happening in Italy and the United States — and lead to many millions of deaths.
Doctors in India are posting photos and videos on social media of homemade hazmat suits. Some hospitals are making their own hand sanitizer, and there are reports of rationing.
For now, India's coronavirus diagnoses are low: The government has identified 633 active cases and 16 deaths in a population of 1.3 billion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi nevertheless announced the world's largest lockdown on Tuesday, and a $2 billion investment to improve India's health system.
Read more at: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/26/821895160/indias-doctors-worry-the-country-is-unprepared-for-a-coronavirus-surge (https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/26/821895160/indias-doctors-worry-the-country-is-unprepared-for-a-coronavirus-surge)
Coronavirus Is Communist China's Chernobyl, by Josh Hammer
March 27, 2020
Last year, the popular HBO miniseries "Chernobyl," which recounted the eponymous 1986 nuclear disaster in Soviet Ukraine, enthralled audiences across America. The docudrama unsparingly portrayed the obfuscation and dissembling that characterized the Soviet Communist Party's response in the aftermath of the meltdown. In a deceitful attempt to save face before domestic and international audiences, the Soviet politburo risked untold lives.
Fast-forward to 2020. As the coronavirus pandemic grips the world, we are all paying the price for the Communist Party of China's own Chernobyl. The only difference is that the ChiComs' Chernobyl is on a global scale.
Start with the fact that the Chinese Communist Party was clearly warned of the dangers of continually operating its "wet markets," believed to be the virus's zoonotic provenance. In these wet markets, exotic animals, to which some in China ascribe superstitious belief, are bartered like routine commodities. But these wet markets also previously brought onto the world SARS, bird flu, Asian flu and swine fever. Chinese scientists had warned the Beijing politburo that continuing to operate the wet markets could easily lead to another epidemiological outbreak — quite possibly a novel strain of coronavirus. Beijing paid no heed.
Failing to shut down the wet markets is bad enough. But even more disastrous was the Chinese Communist Party's initial handling of the metastasizing situation in and around Wuhan....
See more at: https://www.creators.com/read/josh-hammer/03/20/coronavirus-is-communist-chinas-chernobyl (https://www.creators.com/read/josh-hammer/03/20/coronavirus-is-communist-chinas-chernobyl)
I just heard myself, my, my. I"m sure he will be okay but it sure makes one wonder about the contagiousness of this disease.
Both him and Prince Charles. Scary. Prayers for HRH Queen Elizabeth. Her birthday is in a few weeks. She’ll be 94 on April 21.She and Philip certainly are at risk.
Heath Secretary Matt Hancock has tested positive for coronavirus and is self-isolating at home with mild symptoms.
BREAKING
Health Secretary Matt Hancock tests positive for coronavirus
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-i-dont-think-we-are-crashing-economy-business-secretary-11964345
Fatah’s message to its own people is that honoring a terrorist involved in the murder of 6 Israelis takes priority over their own health.
Jennifer Zeng 曾錚
@jenniferatntd
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1h
Lots of videos here! Fights burst out when people from #Hubei not allowed to enter #Jiangxi. My prediction: #CCP will lose centralized control over #China soon.
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https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1243545730217922565 (https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1243545730217922565)
But if enough people predict China's Communist Party government will fail, they may eventually be right.
It would be nice if they lost control...often said, never happens, the government is too powerful.
In Iran, False Belief a Poison Fights Virus Kills Hundreds
By Associated Press
March 27, 2020 07:22 AM
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More: https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/iran-false-belief-poison-fights-virus-kills-hundreds (https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/iran-false-belief-poison-fights-virus-kills-hundreds)
Coronavirus Outbreak
Philippines Declares Coronavirus Emergency Amid State of 'Warfare'
By VOA News March 27, 2020 11:51 AM
he Philippines has declared a state of emergency, allowing it to comply with stricter COVID-19 measures taken by neighboring countries, but also causing human rights worries, such as the use of dog cages to detain curfew violators.
Lawmakers passed legislation Tuesday granting emergency powers to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, including the power to commandeer private hospitals and ships, order the transport and housing of health workers, and reallocate the state budget to give families financial aid.
The nation was not as fast as others in Southeast Asia to cancel flights, close schools, and restrict movement. With coronavirus infections spiking in mid-March, however, Manila determined past measures were not enough, and it became the first in the region to order a national lockdown.
Read more at: https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/philippines-declares-coronavirus-emergency-amid-state-warfare (https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/philippines-declares-coronavirus-emergency-amid-state-warfare)
I couple days ago, I was using a wonderfully interactive county-by-county map of COVID-19. If I wanted to look at Bottineau County, North Dakota, all I had to do was click on the map. It's crazy, but I can't find it. Any help?
Trump Administration to Issue Guidelines for Classifying U.S. Counties by Coronavirus Risk
Criteria designed to help local officials decide whether to increase or relax social-distancing rules
Article available at: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-to-issue-guidelines-for-classifying-areas-by-coronavirus-risk-11585248715 (https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-to-issue-guidelines-for-classifying-areas-by-coronavirus-risk-11585248715) (no paywall)
Better put Prince Albert back in the can. :silly:Dunno. You can catch all sorts of diseases in the can, man. There's some germs in there!
I couple days ago, I was using a wonderfully interactive county-by-county map of COVID-19. If I wanted to look at Bottineau County, North Dakota, all I had to do was click on the map. It's crazy, but I can't find it. Any help?Look here @Lando Lincoln https://www.health.nd.gov/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/north-dakota-coronavirus-cases (https://www.health.nd.gov/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/north-dakota-coronavirus-cases)
Jimmy Savile’s sex fiend chauffeur, 78, contracts coronavirus in prisonFull story in the Mirror (https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jimmy-saviles-sex-fiend-chauffeur-21767588)
Former DJ Ray Teret, 78, was diagnosed with Covid-19 at HMP Manchester and has been placed isolation as he fights the killer bug. He was jailed for raping underage girls
ByLorraine King
16:29, 27 MAR 2020
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Coronavirus: Italy Sees Worst Day Yet, 969 Dead in 24 Hours; Death Toll Exceeds 9,000OMG. Almost 1,000 in one day?
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/03/27/coronavirus-italy-sees-worst-day-yet-969-dead-in-24-hours-death-toll-exceeds-9000/ (https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/03/27/coronavirus-italy-sees-worst-day-yet-969-dead-in-24-hours-death-toll-exceeds-9000/)
According to the United Nations World Population Prospects report, approximately 7,452 people die every day in the United States. ...Irrespective of Covid-19.
Coronavirus: Italy Sees Worst Day Yet, 969 Dead in 24 Hours; Death Toll Exceeds 9,000
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/03/27/coronavirus-italy-sees-worst-day-yet-969-dead-in-24-hours-death-toll-exceeds-9000/ (https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/03/27/coronavirus-italy-sees-worst-day-yet-969-dead-in-24-hours-death-toll-exceeds-9000/)
Irrespective of Covid-19.
source (https://www.indexmundi.com/blog/index.php/2018/03/05/how-many-people-die-a-day-in-the-us/)
This is so tragic!
But Italy has told us what they failed to do to prevent these numbers, and thank GOD that American leaders have listened.
Our numbers relative to our population shouldn't be this bad.
But they will be bad. They will be bad.
Univ. of Washington researchers predict 80,000 COVID-19 deaths in U.S. by July
I'll take that bet.
I'll take that bet.I just watched a President I've hated for 3 years, tell me everything I wanted to hear for 60 minutes. I'll take even odds that we exceed 80,000 by July. How about a $20 donation to TBR? I should actually get better than even odds since, if I'm really right, your $20 won't buy much anyways.
Even if it is 80k deaths... That is a pretty normal flu season.
I will start considering it serious when we go over 100k... Which I don't believe we will even approach.
Hopefully we won't see that many -- right now we are seeing a 1.5% death rate. 100,013 confirmed cases and 1,545 deaths. In my county we are seeing a 5% death rate. **nononono*
Proposition bets on the number of dead? No thank you.I won't go there, either. That isn't gallows humour, just crass by any standard.
'TOO AFRAID TO SLEEP' Distraught mum stayed awake for three days next to 18-month-old baby son’s cot as he fought for life with coronavirus
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11275242/mum-awake-three-days-baby-coronavirus/ (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11275242/mum-awake-three-days-baby-coronavirus/)
Covid-19: Day 89: Mar 28th: Almost 600,000 cases: Cases in Italy overtake China as US infections pass 100,000: Countries affected 184 of 195: Rise in domestic violence and child abuse: Hubei Residents Riot After Quarantine Lifted
Countries affected 184/195. The USA confirms 104,901 cases. Total confirmed cases at almost 600,000 with almost 12,000 of them in a critical condition. A dubious number of deaths is at 26,969 at a rate of 4.6%. https://wuhanviruslive.com/ (https://wuhanviruslive.com/)
Cases in Italy overtake China as US infections pass 100,000 Trump invokes Defence Production Act; Syria introduces travel restrictions; The UK, Spain, Italy see the biggest daily rise in deaths. Follow the latest updates. Guardian
Lockdowns around the world bring a rise in domestic violence and child abuse. Activists say a pattern of increasing abuse is repeated in countries from Brazil to Germany, China to Greece. Guardian
What is the REAL death rate for the coronavirus?
Figures reveal just 0.6% of patients in Germany die but the rate in Italy is higher than 10% because of a stark difference in testing regimes.
Italy, the worst affected country in the world, has a massive 11.3 per cent fatality rate - more than 9,100 people have died there
Countries which only test seriously ill patients will have higher death rates. DM
How America has the world's biggest and fastest-growing coronavirus outbreak: New US virus cases- per-day overtake Italy and are higher than China ever admitted New figures reveal that coronavirus cases and deaths in the United States are outpacing both Italy and China
The US now has more cases of COVID-19 - 92,000 infections - than any other country, as well as 1,300 deaths Italy has the second-highest number of cases at 86,498 and China has the third highest with 81,430 A total of 12 states have already surpassed 1,500 cases each - no area outside Hubei in China reached that New York's death toll is doubling nearly every 1.5 days compared to the worst-hit region of Italy, Lombardy, which saw a doubling every three days
At the peak of China's outbreak, officials recorded 3,892 new cases compared to the US, which recorded more than 16,000 new cases on March 26. DM
Italy's deaths spike by 969 - its biggest one-day tally yet - to 9,134 as country warns coronavirus has still NOT peaked and lockdown that has already lasted 19 days will have to be extended The 969 new deaths bring Italy's death toll from 8,165 to 9,134, up 11.9 per cent The total number of infections rose by 5,959, taking the total from 80,539 to 86,498 It puts Italy in an unwanted lead over China which has registered 81,897 cases DM
Proposition bets on the number of dead? No thank you.
China bulk-bought medical supplies abroad before coronavirus crisis hit
Bernard Lagan, Sydney | Isambard Wilkinson, Madrid
As the coronavirus took hold in Wuhan in February, staff of a Chinese government-backed global property giant were ordered to buy up vast quantities of western medicines and medical equipment to send to China.
Sources within the company told the Sydney Morning Herald that it was an international endeavour by the Greenland Group to scour the world for bulk supplies of surgical masks, thermometers, antibacterial wipes, hand sanitisers, gloves and paracetamol for China’s health system.
According to a company newsletter, the Greenland Group’s overseas offices brought up three million protective masks, 700,000 hazmat suits and 500,000 pairs of protective gloves from “Australia, Canada, Turkey and other countriesâ€.
Read more at: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/china-bulk-bought-medical-supplies-abroad-before-crisis-hit-556gj7gn3 (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/china-bulk-bought-medical-supplies-abroad-before-crisis-hit-556gj7gn3)
Iran's coronavirus response highlights authoritarianism's dangers
By Lawrence J. Haas, opinion contributor — 03/27/20 09:30 AM EDT
With the coronavirus forcing Iran to dig mass graves for its victims, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei rejected U.S. aid offers of recent days and suggested that America “specifically built†the virus “for Iran using the genetic data of Iranians which they have obtained through different means.â€
“You cannot be trusted,†Khamenei told the United States in a televised address. “If you send some doctor or healer, he might want to come here to check on the efforts of the poison you created.â€
Khamenei’s sentiments, which other high-ranking Iranian officials also have expressed, illustrate the danger that authoritarian regimes in general, and Tehran’s mullahcracy in particular, pose to their own people and the world.
Read more at: https://thehill.com/opinion/international/489802-irans-coronavirus-response-highlights-authoritarianisms-dangers (https://thehill.com/opinion/international/489802-irans-coronavirus-response-highlights-authoritarianisms-dangers)
Urn deliveries in Wuhan raise questions about China's actual coronavirus death toll
https://www.foxnews.com/world/urn-deliveries-wuhan-china-coronavirus-death-toll (https://www.foxnews.com/world/urn-deliveries-wuhan-china-coronavirus-death-toll)
The reliability of China’s coronavirus numbers is under question once again in view of the staggering amount of urns being distributed out in Wuhan.
According to official Chinese government data, 50,006 people were infected with the Covid-19 virus in Wuhan with 2,535 dying from the disease.
However, Chinese investigative outlet Caixin reports that when mortuaries opened back up this week in the Hubei capital, people had to wait in line for as long as five hours to receive the remains of their loved ones lost during the epidemic.
Read more at: http://shanghaiist.com/2020/03/27/urns-in-wuhan-far-exceed-death-toll-raising-more-questions-about-chinas-tally/ (http://shanghaiist.com/2020/03/27/urns-in-wuhan-far-exceed-death-toll-raising-more-questions-about-chinas-tally/)
Prominent Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr blames coronavirus pandemic on gay marriage
The New Arab
The influential Iran-linked cleric has previously been linked to the torture and killing of gay men in Iraq.
One of Iraq's most influential clerics has claimed the devastating coronavirus pandemic was caused by moves to legalise same-sex marriage in recent years.
Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday called on governments worldwide to revoke laws allowing for gay marriage.
More: https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2020/3/28/prominent-iraqi-cleric-blames-coronavirus-pandemic-on-gay-marriage
Urn deliveries in Wuhan raise questions about China's actual coronavirus death tollThat number is likely in the hundreds of thousands if not millions.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/urn-deliveries-wuhan-china-coronavirus-death-toll (https://www.foxnews.com/world/urn-deliveries-wuhan-china-coronavirus-death-toll)
Picture of the Day: Chinese Ambassador Summoned
GIKorea | March 28, 2020 | Picture of the Day | 1 Comment
Chinese ambassador speaks to reporters
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Article: https://www.rokdrop.net/2020/03/picture-of-the-day-chinese-ambassador-summoned/ (https://www.rokdrop.net/2020/03/picture-of-the-day-chinese-ambassador-summoned/)
Picture of the Day: Daegu Mayor Collapses
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Article: https://www.rokdrop.net/2020/03/picture-of-the-day-daegu-mayor-collapses/ (https://www.rokdrop.net/2020/03/picture-of-the-day-daegu-mayor-collapses/)
Univ. of Washington researchers predict 80,000 COVID-19 deaths in U.S. by July
I'll take that bet.
Predicting 80,000 deaths by July? No thank you.(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/41/8e/62/418e6226016500c3d3f23a6212118364.jpg)
UK Will Do Well To Keep Deaths Under 20,000 - Health Official
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/52075063 (https://www.bbc.com/news/live/52075063)
STAY AWAY Thousands of Brits flock to parks and beaches despite coronavirus stay at home warnings as stricter lockdown rules loom
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STRICT LOCKDOWN
A senior government adviser told the Mail Online: "I expect death numbers to increase over two, three or four weeks, and then to gradually decrease."
The stricter measures would involve "anything that can be done to push it (down) further" and prevent people catching the disease.
It could mean mirroring the measures taken by countries like Spain and Italy, where outdoor exercise is banned and fines of up to €3,000 (£2,690) are given to anyone in breach of the rules.
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11275442/stricter-coronavirus-lockdown-measures-three-weeks-easter/ (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11275442/stricter-coronavirus-lockdown-measures-three-weeks-easter/)
WHO officials praise US leaders on coronavirus pandemic response: Trump is doing ‘all he can’
The World Health Organization praised the Trump administration’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak, which has spread to all 50 states and infected at least 55,568 U.S. citizens.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus singled out President Donald Trump, whom he said he spoke with Tuesday, for doing a “great job†in leveraging public and private sector resources to fight the pandemic. .....
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/25/who-officials-praise-us-leaders-on-pandemic-response-trump-is-doing-all-he-can.html (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/25/who-officials-praise-us-leaders-on-pandemic-response-trump-is-doing-all-he-can.html)
Damning videos out of China put coronavirus numbers into question. Mainstream media take note!
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(Video screenshot)
Questions have emerged in recent days over whether China’s purported “success†in curtailing the coronavirus outbreak is real or just a mirage manufactured by the East Asian nation’s ruthlessly communist government.
A growing body of evidence strongly suggests it’s indeed a mirage — albeit one that some in the media, particularly CNN, have been eager to accept as real:
The US has just passed China, a country four times larger In population. https://t.co/l8qauNUuDo (https://t.co/l8qauNUuDo)
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) March 26, 2020
Is habitually wrong CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s contention that the United States now boasts more coronavirus cases than China true? If the Communist Party of China hasn’t been lying about its coronavirus cases, then sure. But if it has been lying, then no.
Now meet Jennifer Zeng, an acclaimed mainland Chinese-born human rights activist, author, and actual (versus fake) journalist. Earlier this week she posted harrowing video footage from China allegedly showing a hospital refusing to admit a coronavirus patient because it wants to maintain its “zero new case†record.
Read more at: https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/27/violent-video-reportedly-shows-covid-19-patient-denied-by-chinese-hospital-to-maintain-zero-new-case-record-901933 (https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/27/violent-video-reportedly-shows-covid-19-patient-denied-by-chinese-hospital-to-maintain-zero-new-case-record-901933)
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Sorry I(?) brought it up @Hoodat
Coronavirus: $270 fine for walking next to others, $1,360 for partying in UAE
Tamara Abueish, Al Arabiya English Saturday 28 March 2020
The United Arab Emirates imposed several new fines for people who do not abide by quarantine rules, the latest effort in the country to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
For more coronavirus news, visit our dedicated page. (https://english.alarabiya.net/coronavirus.html)
Anyone who leaves their house for reasons unrelated to work or for necessity will be fined 2,000 AED ($544), according to the Public Prosecution Attorney General.
Read more at: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2020/03/28/Coronavirus-UAE-imposes-new-fines-for-people-who-ignore-quarantine-rules.html
@Once-LerGot it @Hoodat . Thanks for the clarification.
Here's my point. I am sick of hearing story after story after story about worst case scenarios. People are depressed enough as it is. So seeing another story predicting 80,000 US deaths in the next ten weeks just happens to rub me the wrong way. My response was a way of expressing my strong disagreement with that prediction.
That's one way to enforce a lockdown! Police in South Africa fire RUBBER BULLETS at shoppers queuing for food outside supermarket in Johannesburg
Police fired rubber bullets at shoppers outside supermarket, eye-witnesses say
Shoppers did not observe recommended safe distance between them
Police arrived in 10 patrol vehicles, started firing rubber bullets towards them
Later police used whips to get the shoppers to observe social distancing rules
See More At: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8162889/Police-South-Africa-fire-RUBBER-BULLETS-hundreds-shoppers.html (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8162889/Police-South-Africa-fire-RUBBER-BULLETS-hundreds-shoppers.html)
(https://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/styles/embed/public/2020/03/28/police-had-to-use-force-to-get-people.jpg)
See more at: https://www.ibtimes.com/safrican-police-fire-rubber-bullets-shoppers-during-lockdown-2948649 (https://www.ibtimes.com/safrican-police-fire-rubber-bullets-shoppers-during-lockdown-2948649)
@Once-Ler
Here's my point. I am sick of hearing story after story after story about worst case scenarios. People are depressed enough as it is. So seeing another story predicting 80,000 US deaths in the next ten weeks just happens to rub me the wrong way. My response was a way of expressing my strong disagreement with that prediction.
The point in that being that present influenza morbidity is somewhere in the 60-100k region annually...
Which basically means a 90-120 day window nationwide.For Corona to compete even with the flu would require that much morbidity - And would be a great number by comparison to the hysteria promoted - A low number.
I also do not believe we will come anywhere near close to influenza numbers. Morbidity would have to increase by an order of magnitude.
And I am grateful that it is not as bad as advertised. By by the same token, shutting off the country was a huge overreaction, as demonstrated by comparative morbidity.
What is the difference between Morbidity and Mortality
• Morbidity is a state of being afflicted by a disease. It is a term that doctors use to refer to an unhealthy person who is suffering from disease.
• Mortality refers to the susceptibility of human beings to die. It is not a general word but used in conjunction with a calamity or outbreak of an epidemic where doctors calculate mortality rate that refers to number of deaths per thousand of the population.
Just for general information:
https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-morbidity-and-vs-mortality/ (https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-morbidity-and-vs-mortality/)
The point in that being that present influenza morbidity is somewhere in the 60-100k region annually...
Which basically means a 90-120 day window nationwide.For Corona to compete even with the flu would require that much morbidity - And would be a great number by comparison to the hysteria promoted - A low number.
I also do not believe we will come anywhere near close to influenza numbers. Morbidity would have to increase by an order of magnitude.
And I am grateful that it is not as bad as advertised. By by the same token, shutting off the country was a huge overreaction, as demonstrated by comparative morbidity.
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"Their pandemic-enabling malfeasance is not just an American concern, but a global one."
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BOOMERANG
Americans are not welcome in Mexico due to the coronavirus! They're demanding a crackdown on Americans crossing the border!
Will the Democrats call them racists?
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'We survived Pharaoh. Israel will defeat Coronavirus with God's help' -Prime Minister Netanyahu
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WATCH:
This our backwards world now:
Planned Parenthood can violate the non-essential order to kill babies in abortions.
But the police can stop Christians from praying in front of it!
PLEASE RT to expose this craziness!
Matt Hancock
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NEWS: So proud of our new NHS Nightingale hospital being built to tackle #coronavirus: https://independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-london-excel-nightingale-field-hospital-photos-a9431541.html (https://independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-london-excel-nightingale-field-hospital-photos-a9431541.html)
#StayHomeSaveLives
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China just shut down movie theaters nationwide *after* reopening them.
Sound to you like they have pandemic under control? Me neither.
China is still lying.
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As someone that has friends that are ICU nurses all over the city, I can assure everyone that this is unbelievably serious. Anyone that thinks it’s a joke should go visit Elmhurst hospital in Queens and take a tour of their ER
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Going to make a lot of people angry, but politics matters not when people around you are dying.
She is right, close down your state!!! Do it now! And anyone who is telling you it is not so bad in NY is lying to you, and will wish they did not say anything when this is over!
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China’s death toll appears to be fifteen times greater than what they’ve told the world. Any journalist that continues to push this lie that we have more cases than China doesn’t deserve anyone’s attention. And there are plenty of them.
Chinese Company that Makes Forehead Thermometers ‘Jokes’ About Making Faulty Product for Sale in US in Order to Spread Disease
by Jim Hoft March 29, 2020
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/chinese-company-that-makes-forehead-thermometers-jokes-about-making-faulty-product-for-sale-in-us-in-order-to-spread-disease/ (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/chinese-company-that-makes-forehead-thermometers-jokes-about-making-faulty-product-for-sale-in-us-in-order-to-spread-disease/)
Demosistō 香港眾志
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@demosisto
Dutch govt found 600,000 #China-made masks failed to meet quality standards and had defective filters. Days ago, Spain and Czech stopped using Chinese test kits for inaccuracy. Both respectively bought 340,000 and 150,000 kits from China. #CoronaPandemic
https://twitter.com/demosisto/status/1244183361284747265
Ukraine and Turkey, too, sigh ... . The report I saw previously said that the faulty tests were causing false "positives" and false "negatives" in the Czech Republic.
Moscow initiates coronavirus lockdown, requires 'special pass' to leave homes
By Peter Aitken | Fox News
Moscow has ordered citizens to self-isolate starting Monday, despite the Russian government's claims that the country is not facing a coronavirus epidemic.
Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced that local officials will institute a system of special passes that will allow people to leave their homes.
More: https://www.foxnews.com/world/moscow-coronavirus-lockdown-special-pass-russia (https://www.foxnews.com/world/moscow-coronavirus-lockdown-special-pass-russia)
TomSea wrote:
"A special pass, that sounds pretty serious."
Just a few minutes ago, my sister told me that her workplace (a food market) has issued her a "travel letter" in case she is stopped by police on her way to work.
This is in Southwest Connecticut.
Perhaps the store management has been told something by the state government that we don't know yet....?
Coronavirus: Six months before UK 'returns to normal' - deputy chief medical officer
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52084517 (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52084517)
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Estimates Show Wuhan Death Toll Far Higher Than Official Figure
2020-03-27
As authorities lifted a two-month coronavirus lockdown in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, residents said they were growing increasingly skeptical that the figure of some 2,500 deaths in the city to date was accurate.
Since the start of the week, seven large funeral homes in Wuhan have been handing out the cremated remains of around 500 people to their families every day, suggesting that far more people died than ever made the official statistics.
"It can't be right ... because the incinerators have been working round the clock, so how can so few people have died?" an Wuhan resident surnamed Zhang told RFA on Friday.
Read more at: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/wuhan-deaths-03272020182846.html (https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/wuhan-deaths-03272020182846.html)
"That's not a bug, that's a feature!"
I just found out, we have those kinds of letters too for "essential personnel".My b-i-l has one for his job in Pennsylvania at some sort of laboratory.
US axed CDC expert job in China months before outbreak: Reuters
Al Jazeera English
3/23/2020
Several months before the coronavirus pandemic began, the administration of US President Donald Trump eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing that was intended to help detect disease outbreaks in China, Reuters news agency has learned.
The American disease expert Dr Linda Quick, a medical epidemiologist embedded in China's disease control agency, left her post in July, according to four sources with knowledge of the issue.
The first cases of the new coronavirus may have emerged as early as November, and as cases mounted, the Trump administration in February chastised China for censoring information about the outbreak and keeping experts from the United States from entering the country to help.
More: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-axed-cdc-expert-job-in-china-months-before-outbreak-reuters/ar-BB11yK2v (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-axed-cdc-expert-job-in-china-months-before-outbreak-reuters/ar-BB11yK2v)
My b-i-l has one for his job in Pennsylvania at some sort of laboratory.
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I suspect there are hundreds of thousands dead in China but the world does not know yet
(Video, Steve Bannon on panel for wherever this video came from) https://twitter.com/FernandoAmandi/status/1244607472234618881
My b-i-l has one for his job in Pennsylvania at some sort of laboratory.
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#Wuhan residents estimate, based on calculations of cremations and urns now being returned to families, that between 42k-46k (!!) died in city + surrounding areas in the 2.5 months of lockdown. Far more than official figure of 2535 deaths.
Chinese 'wet markets' reportedly open back up, selling bats and dogs for human consumption
by Emma Colton | March 30, 2020 11:51 AM
Chinese “wet markets†have reportedly reopened, selling cats, bats, and dogs for human consumption.
A Mail on Sunday correspondent reported seeing meat markets open back up for business after the Chinese government ordered a ban on the sale of wild animals such as bats following reports they may have contributed to the spread of the coronavirus.
“The markets have gone back to operating in exactly the same way as they did before coronavirus,†said a correspondent in Dongguan. “The only difference is that security guards try to stop anyone taking pictures which would never have happened before.â€
More at: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/chinese-wet-markets-reportedly-open-back-up-selling-bats-and-dogs-for-human-consumption (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/chinese-wet-markets-reportedly-open-back-up-selling-bats-and-dogs-for-human-consumption)
Taiwan is seen as one of the few places in the world which has successfully stemmed the spread of the coronavirus without resorting to draconian measures.
But despite its efforts, it is still effectively locked out of membership in the World Health Organization (WHO) due to its complex relationship with China.
This all exploded over the weekend when a top WHO official appeared to avoid questions about Taiwan in a TV interview that has gone viral, attracting criticism and even accusations of bias.
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... Earlier this month, Taiwan accused the WHO of ignoring it when the government asked about person-to-person transmission at the very start of the outbreak in China, which it said put lives at risk.
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... The island has been praised for its swift and decisive handling of its epidemic, which has been relatively controlled and has seen few deaths.
The measures included drastically cutting inbound flights from China and imposing quarantines on travellers early on, which experts say was key in stopping the spread in the community, as well as strict surveillance measures on those in quarantine.
How British Researchers are Using the Web to Track COVID-19 in Syria
Nicholas Pritchard Published March 30th, 2020
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Syrian city of Aleppo / AFP
The pressures on public health services the world-over are immense. There are a limited number of healthcare workers, a limited number of ventilators and ICU beds, but an ever-increasing number of patients in need of critical care.
Websites and apps have been developed across the world to fight the virus and identify the most at-risk. In Northwest Syria, one of the most ill-prepared areas on earth, an Arabic website has been launched which hopes to stem the spread of the virus and give relief to an already damaged healthcare system. Syria’s medical response capabilities have been all-but destroyed in the last nine years of war.
Targeted attacks on hospitals and at least 6 million peoples internally displaced (on top of 5 million who have left the country) mean that the ability to stem the spread of COVID-19 and treat patients is extremely limited.
Read more at: https://www.albawaba.com/news/how-british-researchers-are-using-web-track-covid-19-inside-syria-1347768 (https://www.albawaba.com/news/how-british-researchers-are-using-web-track-covid-19-inside-syria-1347768)
The New Arab & agencies
Three Muslim doctors become first physicians in UK to die of coronavirus
Date of publication: 30 March, 2020
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2020/3/30/british-muslim-doctors-become-first-to-die-of-coronavirus (https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2020/3/30/british-muslim-doctors-become-first-to-die-of-coronavirus)
The US is about to surpass Spain for third on the number of cases identified. I don't know what happened in New York, but they seem to be driving our numbers.
On-scene British reporters say Chinese markets again selling bats, likely source of deadly pandemic
By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times - Monday, March 30, 2020
China is permitting wild animal markets to resume selling bats, believed to be the source for the deadly coronavirus now killing people across the globe, including over 2,500 Americans to date, British reporters say.
Chinese authorities in January closed down the Wuhan city “wet†market after five of its workers were among the first diagnosed with what would become COVID-19.
A number of scientists say it is likely that bats either infected other market animals or humans directly. Bats carry a variety of coronaviruses and are blamed on for the 2002 SARS coronavirus epidemic that also originated in a Chinese market.
Read more at: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/30/-scene-british-reporters-say-chinese-markets-again/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_campaign=pushnotify&utm_medium=push (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/30/-scene-british-reporters-say-chinese-markets-again/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_campaign=pushnotify&utm_medium=push)
I just found out, we have those kinds of letters too for "essential personnel".
I have one from my company.
I don't know if I will need it, since I am working from home right now.
If I do have to go in, it's 20 miles away, so just in case....
Hungary's Orban gets sweeping new powers in virus fight
Peter MURPHY ,AFP•March 30, 2020
Budapest (AFP) - Hungary's parliament endorsed a bill on Monday giving nationalist premier Viktor Orban the sweeping new powers he says he needs to fight the new coronavirus pandemic.
Critics at home and abroad have condemned the "anti-coronavirus defence law", saying it gives Orban unnecessary and unlimited power and is a means of cementing his position rather than battling the virus.
After declaring a state of emergency on March 11, the new law gives Orban the power to indefinitely rule by decree until the government decides the emergency is over.
Read more at: https://news.yahoo.com/hungarys-orban-seeks-sweeping-powers-virus-fight-022138638.html
CBS News Caught Using Footage from an Italian Hospital to Describe Conditions in New York City (VIDEO)
by Jim Hoft March 29, 2020
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Emergency Room Footage on CBS Matches Footage from Italian Hospital!
This is footage from SKY News on March 22 from Italy.
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And here is footage from CBS News during their New York City report on March 25.
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Read more at: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/cbs-news-caught-using-footage-from-an-italian-hospital-to-describe-conditions-in-new-york-city-video/ (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/cbs-news-caught-using-footage-from-an-italian-hospital-to-describe-conditions-in-new-york-city-video/)
FWIW, I'm slogging through several timelines to collate the data, with links, but one BIG data point is that the Chinese denied human-human transmission until January 20th. Whether the blame attached to Wuhan, Hubei Province, or the national government, the bottom line is that for three weeks the nations of the world had geared their response strategies to false information.
Don Jr's 'must-read thread' - we're all waiting for apologies
Donald Trump Jr. touted a “Must read thread†on social media that slammed the liberal media for “regurgitating†the narrative being pushed by the Chinese Communist Party about coronavirus.
The president’s son shared a link to a Twitter thread from a communications strategist and author who is demanding an apology from the press for pushing Chinese propaganda.
Must read thread on how the mainstream media has been shamelessly regurgitating Chinese Communist Party lies and propaganda! RT! https://t.co/EAW61x0jNh (https://t.co/EAW61x0jNh)
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 29, 2020
Read more at: https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/30/don-jrs-must-read-thread-were-all-waiting-for-apologies-903101?utm_source=Push%20Notifications&utm_medium=BPR (https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/30/don-jrs-must-read-thread-were-all-waiting-for-apologies-903101?utm_source=Push%20Notifications&utm_medium=BPR)
Boris Johnson 'Furious' With China's Role in Pandemic
By Eric Mack |
China faces a "reckoning" in the United Kingdom for this global coronavirus pandemic, from spreading the disease to potentially lying about their number of cases, according to allies of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
"Of course, the only priority now is to deal with the crisis, but everybody knows that there has to be a reckoning when all this is over," a government source told the U.K.'s Daily Mail, adding China has risked becoming a "pariah state."
The outbreak in the U.K. has spread quickly of late, including to the prime minister himself, who is now in quarantine with mild symptoms, after reportedly admitting he had shaken hands with many healthcare workers.
Read more at: https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/pandemic-borisjohnson-confirmed-cases/2020/03/29/id/960407/?oRef=vuukle (https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/pandemic-borisjohnson-confirmed-cases/2020/03/29/id/960407/?oRef=vuukle)
Twitter pulls down two coronavirus tweets from Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro
Queenie Wong
Twitter removed two tweets by Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro that reportedly included videos of the politician questioning social distancing and quarantine measures aimed at slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus , a sign that the company is taking a tougher stance against health misinformation.
Twitter will leave up some tweets from politicians that violate its rules because of public interest, but will likely draw the line when a tweet can lead to physical harm or violence. Earlier this month, the social network expanded its definition of harm and required users to take down tweets that included a denial of global or local health authority recommendations to decrease a person's likelihood of exposure to COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus. The move comes as social networks face criticism that they aren't doing enough to slow the spread of health misinformation.
A Twitter spokesman confirmed it pulled down the Brazilian president's tweets for spreading coronavirus misinformation. "Twitter recently announced the expansion of its rules to cover content that could be against public health information provided by official sources and could put people at greater risk of transmitting COVID-19," a Twitter spokesman said in a statement.
Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/twitter-pulls-down-two-coronavirus-tweets-from-brazils-president-jair-bolsonaro/ar-BB11VDoK (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/twitter-pulls-down-two-coronavirus-tweets-from-brazils-president-jair-bolsonaro/ar-BB11VDoK)
Brazil's Bolsonaro Flags Democracy Threat From Coronavirus
March 30, 2020
By Lisandra Paraguassu
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro stepped up his stand-off with state governments on Monday by suggesting that democracy could be at risk if the coronavirus crisis leads to social chaos.
Bolsonaro has criticised governors in the hardest-hit Brazilian states, calling them "job-killers" for declaring lockdowns to limit the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
"When the situation is heading toward chaos, with mass unemployment and hunger, it's fertile ground for some to exploit, seeking a way to reach power and never leave it," Bolsonaro told reporters outside the presidential palace.
Read more at: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-03-30/bolsonaro-aims-to-expedite-cash-payments-to-poorer-brazilians (https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-03-30/bolsonaro-aims-to-expedite-cash-payments-to-poorer-brazilians)
Police in Brazil use helicopter at the beach to disperse crowd amid lockdown: report
https://www.foxnews.com/world/police-in-brazil-use-helicopter-at-the-beach-to-chase-crowd-amid-lockdown-report (https://www.foxnews.com/world/police-in-brazil-use-helicopter-at-the-beach-to-chase-crowd-amid-lockdown-report)
Covid-19: New Zealanders bumped off repatriation flight from Peru appeal for help
Sarah Robson
Desperate New Zealanders stuck in Peru are pleading with the government for help, after they were bumped off an Australian commercial charter flight that was meant to get them home.
Over the weekend, 24 Kiwis - who had paid more than $5000 each for seats - were told by the travel company organising the flight - Chimu Adventures - that they couldn't board, because there were no same-day flights from Sydney to Auckland once they landed.
But that turned out not to be the case and there is a flight, but it was too late to make any changes.
Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/covid-19-new-zealanders-bumped-off-repatriation-flight-from-peru-appeal-for-help/ar-BB11SZZ2?li=BBSVtLJ (https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/covid-19-new-zealanders-bumped-off-repatriation-flight-from-peru-appeal-for-help/ar-BB11SZZ2?li=BBSVtLJ)
Peru readies massive stimulus plan to mitigate coronavirus impact: TV
Marco Aquino
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru’s government is readying a massive economic stimulus package worth around 12% of gross domestic product to help mitigate the impact of a global coronavirus pandemic, the copper-rich country’s economy minister said late on Sunday.
The South American nation is planning to spend 90 billion soles ($26.41 billion) to support citizens and the key mining sector, Economy Minister Maria Antonieta Alva said in a televised interview on Sunday.
The package will have three phases of 30 billion soles each; containing the disease, ensuring companies’ payment chains by granting credit guarantees, and reactivating production.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-peru-idUSKBN21H08R (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-peru-idUSKBN21H08R)
'We're stuck here:' Sask. couple worried after being trapped in Peru during COVID-19
Couple flew to Peru early March, previous flights out have been cancelled
David Shield · CBC News · Posted: Mar 30, 2020
A Saskatchewan couple is stranded in Peru and has no idea when they are going to be able to return home.
Heather Hind-Hluchaniuk from St. Brieux, Sask. and Russell Edwards from Melfort, Sask. have been in the country for more than three weeks and can't get a flight out.
Days after they arrived in the capital city of Lima, the country's president closed its borders and called a general quarantine.
More at: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/sask-couple-worried-trapped-peru-1.5514678 (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/sask-couple-worried-trapped-peru-1.5514678)
Taiwan Says WHO Not Sharing Coronavirus Information It Provides, Pressing Complaints
By Reuters
TAIPEI—The World Health Organization (WHO) has not shared with member states information Taiwan has provided on the coronavirus including details on its cases and prevention methods, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said on March 30, ratcheting up its complaints.
Taiwan’s lack of membership of the U.N. body, due to Chinese pressure which claims the island as its own with no right to the trappings of statehood, has infuriated the Taiwanese government during the outbreak of the virus.
Taiwan’s government has said that keeping it out of the WHO during the outbreak amounts to playing politics with Taiwanese lives, even as the island has won plaudits for keeping its case toll so comparatively low thanks to early detection and control methods.
Read more at: https://www.theepochtimes.com/taiwan-says-who-not-sharing-coronavirus-information-it-provides-pressing-complaints_3288264.html (https://www.theepochtimes.com/taiwan-says-who-not-sharing-coronavirus-information-it-provides-pressing-complaints_3288264.html)
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Army of PRC Twitter Bots Peddles Disinformation About Virus Origins
2020-03-30
China has set up multiple fake bot accounts on Twitter using Radio Free Asia's logo and descriptions to tweet fake news in recent months, including allegations that the coronavirus came from the U.S., a recent investigative report has found.
The tweets are sent by accounts using the RFA logo, but named after various regions of China, for example "Radio Free Guangdong," or "Radio Free Anhui."
They churn out tweets that reflect the official line of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, including the rumor that the coronavirus pandemic originated in the United States and not in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
Read more at: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/twitter-03302020122524.html (https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/twitter-03302020122524.html)
Why Taiwan has become a problem for WHO
BBC · March 30, 2020
Taiwan is seen as one of the few places in the world which has successfully stemmed the spread of the coronavirus without resorting to draconian measures.
But despite its efforts, it is still effectively locked out of membership in the World Health Organization (WHO) due to its complex relationship with China.
This all exploded over the weekend when a top WHO official appeared to avoid questions about Taiwan in a TV interview that has gone viral, attracting criticism and even accusations of bias.
Read more at: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Why-Taiwan-has-become-a-problem-for-WHO.html?soid=1114009586911&aid=8VUpJuoWePw
WHO Says It’s Working With Taiwan Experts After Video Goes Viral
Thomas Mulier ,Bloomberg•March 29, 2020
The World Health Organization said it was working with Taiwanese health experts after an interview went viral in which a senior official appeared to hang up on a reporter who asked about the island’s membership status in light of the Covid-19 outbreak.
In the segment aired by broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong, a journalist asked Bruce Aylward, who helped lead a WHO mission to China’s Wuhan, if the organization would consider giving Taiwan membership. The footage showed him saying he couldn’t hear properly, and asking the reporter to skip to the next question. It then showed the line disconnecting after the reporter said she’d like to hear more about Taiwan.
Later when the call was reconnected, the presenter asked him to comment on Taiwan’s progress in containing the virus. Aylward replied that all areas of China have done well and wished Hong Kong luck in its efforts.
More: https://news.yahoo.com/says-working-taiwan-experts-video-132158810.html
Jamaica imposes all island curfew for seven days starting April 1
Monday, March 30, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that effective, Wednesday, April 1 there will be an all island curfew starting at 8:00 each night and ending at 6:00 am the following day.
The curfew imposition will end at 6:00am on Wednesday, April 8.
Informing the public of the measure at a press conference at Jamaica House, he explained that the move had become necessary as the Government expects that there will be a significant rise in the number of COVID -19 infections.
Read more at: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Jamaica_imposes_all_island_curfew_for_seven_days_starting_April_1?profile=0 (http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Jamaica_imposes_all_island_curfew_for_seven_days_starting_April_1?profile=0)
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
I watched a portion of low rated (very) Morning Psycho (Joe) this Morning in order to see what Nancy Pelosi had to say, & what moves she was planning to further hurt our Country. Actually, other than her usual complaining that I’m a terrible person, she wasn’t bad. Still praying!
8:18 AM · Mar 31, 2020
Elephants face being chained up and left to starve in Thailand after coronavirus crushed the country's tourism industry
Images have surfaced of elephants chained up and underfed in Chiang Mai
Tourism funds the 600lb of food each day needed to keep the elephants alive
Campaigners fear they will be used in illegal logging along the Thai-Myanmar border - in breach of a 30-year-old law which banned the use of elephants
Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a doctor?
By Ryan Fahey For Mailonline and Afp
Published: 04:42 EDT, 31 March 2020 |
Read more at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8170933/Elephants-face-chained-left-starve-Thailand-coronavirus.html (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8170933/Elephants-face-chained-left-starve-Thailand-coronavirus.html)
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1244977299486883840I kinda see it as pointing out the obvious. She had to stuff the "relief" Bill with pork, kickback money for the DNC and other 'features' that have the American taxpayer reaching for the soap in the shower, again.
It's these kind of calls for bi-partisan unity during a national crisis that have Americans who didn't think President Trump was fit for office, now giving him their support. /sarc
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1244977299486883840
It's these kind of calls for bi-partisan unity during a national crisis that have Americans who didn't think President Trump was fit for office, now giving him their support. /sarc
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1244977299486883840
It's these kind of calls for bi-partisan unity during a national crisis that have Americans who didn't think President Trump was fit for office, now giving him their support. /sarc
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I kinda see it as pointing out the obvious.It's not.
She had to stuff the "relief" Bill with pork, kickback money for the DNC and other 'features' that have the American taxpayer reaching for the soap in the shower, again.This is the law that passed unanimously and was signed by President Trump, yes?
There will be no bipartisan unity, not so long as Democrats are one of the Parties.I expect $Trillions more of bipartisan unity. As my President often says "We will have to see." Thanks for your reply @Smokin Joe
It's not.This is the law that passed unanimously and was signed by President Trump, yes? I expect $Trillions more of bipartisan unity. As my President often says "We will have to see." Thanks for your reply @Smokin JoeWell, it is obvious to those of us who watch what the Democrats do.
@Once-LerI'm dumb like that sometimes @sneakypete . I thought you were Anti-Dubya on another thread because I believed some of your previous posts that had no sarcasm tag. I was so pleasantly surprised that you had no criticism. It was sweet. 6666kiss
</S> (needed the sarcasm tag because it's likely you would think it's true.)
Well, it is obvious to those of us who watch what the Democrats do.I don't expect the President to become pals with the rats. I expect him to fake it better for the good of the nation.
Sure, it was unanimous, but I'm not about to mistake political posturing for unity.
They are all stuck having to appear to "do something", but that isn't even skin deep, otherwise they would not have haggled what they did over it in the face of the panic. NOT unity. Jus' politics.
I don't expect the President to become pals with the rats. I expect him to fake it better for the good of the nation.It's a little late for that. How about they fake it, for a change?
I'm dumb like that sometimes @sneakypete . I thought you were Anti-Dubya on another thread because I believed some of your previous posts that had no sarcasm tag. I was so pleasantly surprised that you had no criticism. It was sweet. 6666kiss
@Once-Ler
I am Anti-Dumbya. Then,now,and forever and ever,amen.
It's a little late for that. How about they fake it, for a change?Like Coumo?
“If you look at the big picture, this was remarkable from the president of the United States,†Bash said following the briefing. “This is a nonpartisan, this is an important thing to note and to applaud from an American standpoint, from a human standpoint.â€
“He is being the kind of leader that people need, at least in tone, today and yesterday, in tone that people need, and want and yearn for in times of crisis and uncertainty,†she added.
Trump on Tuesday said his focus is saving "the maximum number of lives" while declaring the economy will come "roaring back."
“We are looking to save the maximum number of lives,†Trump told reporters at the White House. “Everything else is going to come back. A life is never going to come back. Our economy is going to come roaring back.â€
It's a little late for that. How about they fake it, for a change?
I don't usually put out a PSA on much, but during this crisis I hope and wish everyone would just take a few minutes while you are out to thank the delivery person, the mailman, the policeman, the fireman, the stockman, materials production operation and maintnenance employees, the truck driver, the checkout clerk, and everyone else who is doing their best to stay safe while keeping society, the supply chain, and the economy going.
Showing some verbal appreciation is a tremendous morale booster for many of these who could probably really use it right now.
And God bless those in the Medical profession right now who are basically the infantry soldiers in this mess.
I don't usually put out a PSA on much, but during this crisis I hope and wish everyone would just take a few minutes while you are out to thank the delivery person, the mailman, the policeman, the fireman, the stockman, materials production operation and maintnenance employees, the truck driver, the checkout clerk, and everyone else who is doing their best to stay safe while keeping society, the supply chain, and the economy going.
Showing some verbal appreciation is a tremendous morale booster for many of these who could probably really use it right now.
And God bless those in the Medical profession right now who are basically the infantry soldiers in this mess.
Because "they" aren't the president. He has the bully pulpit. He should be doing it. Did Obama or Bush hop on twitter every time they were pilloried with responses reminiscent of tween girl venom? They were both re-elected; let's see in November if Trump can say the same thing.Revenue measures originate in the House, in order to be Constitutional. They must pass the Senate. At that point, it's like "shutting down the government", only worse if the POTUS fails to approve the measure, especially in a time when the media have the people in a panic.
I am certain that swing voters can't wait to sign up for 4 more years of this daily belching of immaturity and diminishment from the office of the presidency.
Maybe you forget somedays.
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,394834.msg2180626.html#msg2180626 (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,394834.msg2180626.html#msg2180626)
Because "they" aren't the president. He has the bully pulpit. He should be doing it. Did Obama or Bush hop on twitter every time they were pilloried with responses reminiscent of tween girl venom? They were both re-elected; let's see in November if Trump can say the same thing.
I am certain that swing voters can't wait to sign up for 4 more years of this daily belching of immaturity and diminishment from the office of the presidency.
'KILLED ON DEMAND' Fears China is ‘executing muslim prisoners and harvesting their organs to treat coronavirus patients’
Jon Lockett
11 Mar 2020, 12:22Updated: 11 Mar 2020, 12:23
THERE are growing fears China is executing muslim prisoners so they can harvest their organs to treat dying coronavirus patients.
The concerns come after Beijing boasted it had performed a successful double transplant op on a patient given just days to live.
Now human right monitors are asking how the two matching lungs needed for the 59-year-old's life-saving surgery were found so quickly.
Read more at: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11147059/fears-china-executing-muslim-prisoners-organs-coronavirus/ (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11147059/fears-china-executing-muslim-prisoners-organs-coronavirus/)
I don't usually put out a PSA on much, but during this crisis I hope and wish everyone would just take a few minutes while you are out to thank the delivery person, the mailman, the policeman, the fireman, the stockman, materials production operation and maintnenance employees, the truck driver, the checkout clerk, and everyone else who is doing their best to stay safe while keeping society, the supply chain, and the economy going.
Showing some verbal appreciation is a tremendous morale booster for many of these who could probably really use it right now.
And God bless those in the Medical profession right now who are basically the infantry soldiers in this mess.
Revenue measures originate in the House, in order to be Constitutional. They must pass the Senate. At that point, it's like "shutting down the government", only worse if the POTUS fails to approve the measure, especially in a time when the media have the people in a panic.
Bully pulpit or no, all the president can do is sign or veto what is brought to him. He can berate the Congress until the sky falls, but that won't put a decent measure on his desk--especially without media support.
The DNC is already getting kickbacks from the pork.
@Smokin Joe @FeelNoPain
He knows that. He is a college-educated government bureaucrat. He is here to add strength to the Never Trump Brigade. Most likely because his government job is at risk if Trump is re-elected.
You better stop sneakster. My wife is getting jealous.
@FeelNoPain
She has contempt for you,too?
@Once-Ler
Maybe you ain't thinking very clearly?
Russian Hospital Chief Who Met Putin Last Week Has Coronavirus
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-31/russian-hospital-chief-who-met-putin-last-week-has-coronavirus (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-31/russian-hospital-chief-who-met-putin-last-week-has-coronavirus)
Italy Home Quarantine Repeats China’s Mistake, Doctors Say
Italy needs to shift to mass quarantining of coronavirus patients with mild symptoms instead of letting them isolate at home, according to a group of Chinese experts who traveled to the European nation to advise officials there.
Doctors in Wuhan made the same error early on in the outbreak, said Liang Zong’An, head of the respiratory department at the West China Hospital at Sichuan University. While seriously ill patients were admitted to hospitals, doctors at the time recommended that those with mild symptoms isolate themselves at home, in part to reduce the strain on Wuhan’s overburdened health care system.
Back then, it was not well understood how infectious the virus can be even in those who don’t seem very sick. But researchers now know that those with mild symptoms who are told to stay at home usually risked passing the virus to family members, as well as to others outside their homes as some still moved around freely.
Read more at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-30/italy-home-quarantine-repeats-mistake-made-in-china-doctors-say (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-30/italy-home-quarantine-repeats-mistake-made-in-china-doctors-say)
Now, what is this second article about? It seems like it could pertain to the way we are approaching this as well.
Oh, really? Pelosi would keep money from families that need it to fund abortion? And we are criticizing the president?
@Once-Ler
Pelosi's behavior, the impeachment charade, all of this is beyond the pale.
If I concede Pelosi should be trying to work with the President, and I do, it does not excuse the President's counterproductive tweets. They do not calm the markets, because they do not calm the people that We Are All In This Together. Until the people are calm there will be no return to the stores. Thanks for your reply @TomSea
Scott Walker
@ScottWalker
Thanks for standing up for common sense @BryanSteil
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It is outrageous that @SpeakerPelosi
forced that in for the Kennedy Center. It has nothing to do with fighting the coronavirus and she knows it.
The $25 million should go away. And Pelosi should too!
https://twitter.com/ScottWalker/status/1245031437830696961
See, that would be one thing, if Pelosi were coopartive to begin with but I think she has been far from that.
See, that would be one thing, if Pelosi were coopartive to begin with but I think she has been far from that.https://twitter.com/jameshohmann/status/1242941474918064129 (https://twitter.com/jameshohmann/status/1242941474918064129)
James Hohmann @jameshohmann
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Mar 25
Trump says he personally signed off on the money for the Kennedy Center as a compromise. He says Democrats asked for the money, and "I didn't have a big problem with it."
It was in the Republican draft bill too.
British Government FURIOUS With China, Believe They Could Have 40 TIMES As Many Coronavirus Cases As Reported
The UK believes China could be lying big.
on Mar 31, 2020 By Richard Moorhead
High-ranking British governmental officials are reportedly furious with China’s handling of the coronavirus, believing that the nation’s communist government severely understated the severity of the viral epidemic and may be lying about its official count of diagnoses by an order of 40.
Reporting from the Daily Mail indicates that British officials believe China is set to face a “reckoning†over their handling of the virus, and faces the prospect of becoming a “pariah state†for its role in allowing coronavirus to spread.
British government figures are far from the only disease spectators who are extremely suspicious of China’s official disease diagnosis count and fatality rate. Italy surpassed China’s admitted death count last week, suggesting that China managed to contain the entirely novel disease to a greater extent, despite the virus being entirely in nature when first surfacing in the nation’s Hubei province. That is, if China’s claim of incurring 3,300 deaths can be trusted.
Read more at: https://bigleaguepolitics.com/british-government-furious-with-china-believe-they-could-have-40-times-as-many-coronavirus-cases-as-reported/
China has to be lying big time. Will the dead there ever be counted?
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
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2:50 PM · Mar 31, 2020
Brazil's Gangs Do What Bolsonaro Won't: Enforce a Lockdown
Andres Schipani, Bryan Harris
It was a stark warning to the residents of Brazil’s densely populated slums — but not one delivered by the federal government, health officials or even state police.
With President Jair Bolsonaro dismissing the pandemic as “sniffles†and criticizing regional lockdown measures, the country’s drug gangs and paramilitary groups have stepped in to enforce social distancing to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
“Whoever is caught on the street will learn how to respect the measure. We want the best for the population. If the government is unable to manage, organized crime resolves,†read one message sent to residents of a Rio de Janeiro slum.
Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/brazils-gangs-do-what-bolsonaro-wont-enforce-a-lockdown/ar-BB11SqJq (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/brazils-gangs-do-what-bolsonaro-wont-enforce-a-lockdown/ar-BB11SqJq)
The mission of the WHO is to get public health information to the world so every country can make the best decisions to keep their citizens safe. When it comes to Coronavirus, the WHO failed. They need to be held accountable for their role in promoting misinformation and helping Communist China cover up a global pandemic. We know Communist China is lying about how many cases and deaths they have, what they knew and when they knew it – and the WHO never bothered to investigate further. Their inaction cost lives.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1245076016965566464
FANTASTIC NEWS if you're looking to buy a new car. If you're laid off without pay, or quarantined due to sickness, sucks to be you today.
Their bodies are gone.
So, no.
I saw some pretty grim numbers if the death toll can be based on Chinese cell phone data.
I am sure the POTUS meant well, but a tweet like thay gives shades of "Let Them Eat Cake" comments from a few hundred years ago.I don't want a new car. There are simply too many sensors and gadgets on the dang things to fail.
I don't think Americans really want to be told now they need to go buy a car.
I don't even want to think about what's been going on in that vile Communist country....
I don't want a new car. There are simply too many sensors and gadgets on the dang things to fail.
I like my 20+ year old vehicles, don't want onstar, don't want GPS, don't want to talk with my car, or watch movies or any of that while I am driving. If I decide I want a back up camera I can get one, but that is what mirrors and paying attention are for. Sure, he meant well, but don't even think about messing with my fleet.
Michael Coudrey
@MichaelCoudrey
WOW: A recently resurfaced story published by Italian State Media in 2015 highlighted how China was conducting biological expiriements with a Coronavirus derived from bats and mice, and modifying it with surface proteins to give it an ability to infect human respiratory cells.
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https://twitter.com/MichaelCoudrey/status/1245141228133351424
Prisoners riot in southwest Iran over coronavirus fears
March 31, 2020
A number of prisoners riot in the Sheiban Prison of Ahvaz and clashed with prison guards on Tuesday, March 31, 2020.
Inmates were protesting lack of hygiene supplies and the coronavirus epidemic.
The unrest followed a riot in the city’s Sepidar Prison by inmates fearing coronavirus outbreak.
During the protests, sounds of shooting could be heard and a thick smoke could be seen arising from the prison building.
Read more at: https://iran-hrm.com/index.php/2020/03/31/prisoners-riot-in-southwest-iran-over-coronavirus-fears/
Patrick Howley
@HowleyReporter
Tucker:
South China University of Technology said in a paper that Virus "probably originated from a laboratory in Wuhan."
2 possible labs spotlighted including Wuhan Institute of Virology
But NIH is "running political interference for hostile foreign governments" says Tucker
https://twitter.com/HowleyReporter/status/1245141626521096192
This is pretty interesting, China also was involved in cloning, China needs to be isolated, they are the reason all this stuff is going on OR maybe I should properly say the Chinese Communist Party:
So, see link above. Holy $%&
One of the comments says Tucker is talking about the Chinese labs tonight. So, that's on now, if one can see it and repeats itself later...
They don't repeat Tucker's show anymore. I have a Fire Stick, so I can catch it all on streaming any time.
:yowsa:
A reason why Florida hasn’t shut down? Nobody from White House task force said so, DeSantis says.
For the first time since the the coronavirus reached Florida a month ago, DeSantis held the news conferences where members of the Capitol press corps could follow social distancing precautions.
“I’m in contact with (the White House task force) and I’ve said, are you recommending this?†DeSantis said. “The task force has not recommended that to me. If they do, obviously that would be something that carries a lot of weight with me. If any of those task force folks tell me that we should do X, Y or Z, of course we’re going to consider it. But nobody has said that to me thus far.â€
@Once-Ler
IF you have a stable retirement check coming in,savings,or secure job,this is the best time I have ever seen to buy a new car or truck.
Both Ford and GM are offering no money down deals with ZERO percent interest for 84 months on new 2019 and 2020 cars and trucks.
It just doesn't get any gooder than that.
FANTASTIC NEWS if you're looking to buy a new car. If you're laid off without pay, or quarantined due to sickness, sucks to be you today.
@sneakypete I think that is basically the same thing I said...
@Once-Ler
You didn't state WHY it is a good time.QuoteAnd what better way to spend the day then test driving a car with a stranger. Are you agreeing with me?
No.
No.
Tom Cotton
@SenTomCotton
Good for @TuckerCarlson
for bringing attention to a study by *Chinese* scientists about the origins of the China virus. Not what you’ll hear from MSM.
https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1245151593500217350
Cotton has a clip of Tucker's shows.
Dang China, could this have been created in a lab? This bat doesn't live around Wuhan nor are they saying it was traded in the market.
@Smokin JoeMy only beef with that is that the turning radius of Dodges just sucks. But I have an '87 long box, manual 4 speed, slant 6 (bullet proof motor), w/PS and PB, (no AC, but the heater works pretty well). It's a great truck. I have fond memories of a '70 Coronet 440 I had as a grad student, too.
You know what I would love to be able to buy new? A short wheelbase,short bed Dodge Ram pu with the pre-smog slant 6 and auto trans,ps,pb,and AC. Also a 71 Dart or Duster equipped the same way.
Coronavirus: why Prato, home to Italy’s biggest single Chinese community, is remarkably unscathed
Prato’s Chinese community went into lockdown from the end of January, three weeks before Italy’s first recorded infection
Town’s infection rate to almost half the Italian average – 62 cases per 100,000 inhabitants versus 115 for the country
Reuters
Published: 11:24am, 1 Apr, 2020
In the storm of infection and death sweeping Italy, one big community stands out to health officials as remarkably unscathed – the 50,000 ethnic Chinese who live in the town of Prato.
Two months ago, the country’s Chinese residents were the target of what Amnesty International described as shameful discrimination, the butt of insults and violent attack by people who feared they would spread the coronavirus through Italy.
But in the Tuscan town of Prato, home to Italy’s biggest single Chinese community, the opposite has been true. Once scapegoats, they are now held up by authorities as a model for early, strict adoption of infection-control measures.
Read more at: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3077880/coronavirus-why-prato-home-italys-biggest-single (https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3077880/coronavirus-why-prato-home-italys-biggest-single)
It is all lies. China is trying to create a false history pointing to something else that the western media is all too happy to repeat.
Don't let China off the hook
Our friend Michael Auslin explains the importance of pushing back against China’s effort to deflect blame for the origin and spread of the Wuhan coronavirus. The case for holding China accountable is founded in morality, global governance, and the need to protect against future pandemics.
The moral case stems from the Chinese government’s reprehensible response to the early outbreak of the pandemic there. Auslin reminds us:
Chinese officials knew of the seriousness of the pandemic as early as December, yet waited weeks to begin restricting travel, allowing millions of Wuhan residents to visit relatives elsewhere in the country and abroad for Lunar New Year celebrations, spreading the virus as they went. British scientists have argued that if Beijing had acted just three weeks earlier, it could have reduced the spread of the virus by 95 percent.
We also know that in the time before the outbreak’s seriousness became apparent outside China, the CCP destroyed laboratory samples and punished the brave doctors and citizens who tried to warn their countrymen and the world about the pathogen, while refusing foreign offers of help. We are almost certain that Beijing dramatically underreported the number of deaths in Wuhan, and is no longer reporting new infections in China.
Read more at: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/03/dont-let-china-off-the-hook.php (https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/03/dont-let-china-off-the-hook.php)
Outrage over regime’s failure to release any Ahwazi women prisoners, as coronavirus fears worsen
2 weeks ago
Fresh outrage has rocked the Ahwaz region in Iran at the discovery that the regime’s decision to release 85,000 prisoners to reduce the risk of coronavirus in prisons did not include even one of the tens of thousands of male and female Ahwazi political prisoners detained in the regime’s massively overcrowded jails. This follows recent remarks by the regime’s judiciary spokesman, Gholamhossein Ismaili, who announced the decision to release 10,000 prisoners in honour of Nowruz celebrations, indicating that half of those released would be security prisoners.
‘Security prisoner’ is a term used to refer to any detainee charged by the regime with being a threat to Iran’s national security, a charge commonly used against activists and dissidents.
The release of the 85,000 detainees was also announced by Ismaili, at a news conference on Tuesday. The announcement raised the hope of thousands of Ahwazi prisoners’ families that their loved ones, many arrested for protesting or speaking out against the regime, might be coming home. These hopes were quickly dashed upon discovering that no Ahwazis were included in the amnesty.
Read more at: https://www.dusc.org/en/article/5616 (https://www.dusc.org/en/article/5616)
In Taiwan, Anger at China Over Virus Drives Identity Debate
April 1, 2020
By Ben Blanchard
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Anger at being confused with China amid the coronavirus outbreak and Beijing's stepped-up efforts to assert sovereignty is stirring heated debate in Taiwan about how to further distance itself from its giant and often threatening neighbour.
At its core is a debate about whether to drop "China" from the island's official name, the Republic of China.
During the virus crisis, the World Health Organization (WHO), which considers the island part of China, has listed Taiwan's far lower case number under China's, and China has repeatedly insisted only it has the right to speak for Taiwan on the global stage, including about health issues.
Read more at: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-04-01/in-taiwan-anger-at-china-over-virus-drives-identity-debate (https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-04-01/in-taiwan-anger-at-china-over-virus-drives-identity-debate)
Life under lockdown is brutal for India's female day laborers
"How can we do social distancing? It’s virtually impossible," residents say.
By Erin Schumaker
April 1, 2020,
India's first week of a nationwide 21-day lockdown in response to the coronavirus has shined a brutal spotlight on the plight of the country's most vulnerable citizens.
Mirai Chatterjee, who is based in densely populated Ahmedabad, a northern city of more than 5 million, knows this better than anyone.
"The poorest and weakest in our society are the women," said Chatterjee, who directs the social security team for the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), a trade union that supports 1.7 million low-income women who are self-employed.
Continued at: https://abcnews.go.com/International/life-lockdown-brutal-indias-female-day-laborers/story?id=69893685 (https://abcnews.go.com/International/life-lockdown-brutal-indias-female-day-laborers/story?id=69893685)
Germany reports 5,453 additional coronavirus cases, 149 more deaths
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has risen to 67,366 and 732 people have died of the disease, statistics from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/germany-reports-5453-additional-coronavirus-cases-149-more-deaths-idUSKBN21J43S (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/germany-reports-5453-additional-coronavirus-cases-149-more-deaths-idUSKBN21J43S)
Japan 'on the brink' as it struggles to hold back coronavirus
Kiyoshi Takenaka, Elaine Lies
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is struggling to hold the line against the coronavirus and is on the brink of crisis with medical experts particularly worried about preparations in Tokyo, officials said on Wednesday, raising the prospect of emergency lockdowns.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-on-the-brink-as-it-struggles-to-hold-back-coronavirus-idUSKBN21I3LX (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-on-the-brink-as-it-struggles-to-hold-back-coronavirus-idUSKBN21I3LX)
Chinese Communist Party Should Pay Reparations for Pandemic Coverup, Rep. Banks Says
By Eva Fu and Jan Jekielek
March 23, 2020 Updated: March 23, 2020
The Beijing regime should pay a “severe price†for covering up the deadly CCP virus pandemic and inflicting a huge financial and health toll on the United States and Americans, Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) told The Epoch Times.
The “reparations†could take on a variety of forms, including forcing China to forgive some or all of the U.S. national debt that China has bought up, institute tariffs on Chinese goods as a punishment, and pull state pension funds out of Chinese investments, according to Banks.
More: https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-communist-party-should-pay-reparations-for-ccp-virus-coverup-rep-banks-says_3283293.html (https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-communist-party-should-pay-reparations-for-ccp-virus-coverup-rep-banks-says_3283293.html)
The Coronavirus Is Absolutely No Excuse to Lift Sanctions on Iran
Exploiting Iran's coronavirus crisis to demand an end to sanctions is fundamentally dishonest—and panders to a brutal regime.
By Mark Dubowitz, Richard Goldberg | March 31, 2020, 3:30 PM
Iran’s clerical dictatorship cares more about its own survival than it cares about the welfare of the Iranian people. But you wouldn’t know it from the chorus of Americans and Europeans exploiting the coronavirus crisis in Iran to push the Trump administration to lift sanctions against Iran. This is fundamentally dishonest—the sanctions do not restrict medical supplies and other forms of humanitarian aid—and plays into the hands of a brutal regime.
Iran’s human rights record is one of the worst in the world. Last fall, the regime killed 1,500 people who peacefully protested the dictatorship’s mishandling of the economy. Soon after, it blew a passenger airliner out of the sky, killing everyone on board. A few weeks ago, Iranian-backed militias killed two U.S. and one British soldier in Iraq.
Last week, we learned that Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent held by Iran, died in captivity. His captors refused to provide information on his whereabouts to his long-suffering family for 13 years. More Americans and other foreigners, arbitrarily detained and falsely accused of being spies, remain hostage in Iranian jails today.
More at: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/31/the-coronavirus-is-absolutely-no-excuse-to-lift-sanctions-on-iran/ (https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/31/the-coronavirus-is-absolutely-no-excuse-to-lift-sanctions-on-iran/)
I'm gonna hazard a guess and say that "key components ordered from overseas" means components ordered from China.
What better way to infect MORE people than to contaminate the kits with the very disease you're using them to test people with.
Is this yet another country @#$%ed over by faulty test kits from China? Czech Republic, Spain, Ukraine, and Turkey have reported a 70%-80% failure rate.
Inside an Israeli Coronavirus Hospital
How Galilee Medical Center in the northern town of Nahariya is tackling COVID-19
by Hillel Kuttler March 31, 2020
This is the eight-step dressing regimen of Adham Abdalrazik, a nurse at the Galilee Medical Center in the northern Israel town of Nahariya, before seeing patients in this COVID-19 era. In a cramped supply room, he grabs a pair of thin shoe covers from a plastic bin and slips them over his feet. At the next bin, he pumps a sanitizer jug and cleans his hands. He continues to his left, progressively donning blue gloves, a blue gown, hair netting, an N95 mask, a face shield, and another pair of gloves.
Abdalrazik normally works in the hospital’s geriatrics department. But these are not normal times, so the geriatric patients were relocated from here to the internal medicine department three weeks earlier and a COVID-19 department was configured in its place. Abdalrazik’s patients now—three patients on this day—are solely those with COVID-19.
It is Wednesday, March 25, and we are in the department’s Yellow Zone. Abdalrazik’s patients are maybe 10 steps away in the hermetically sealed Red Zone. The department has 24 beds and nine rooms, including a six-bed room reserved for critical-care patients, of which there haven’t been any yet. Only five patients have been hospitalized here with COVID-19, all with mild cases of the highly contagious virus. Each patient has been young: a 49-year-old and the rest 23 to 29.
Read more at: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/israeli-coronavirus-hospital?utm_source=tabletmagazinelist&utm_campaign=46401b275c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_31_10_58&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c308bf8edb-46401b275c-208005253 (https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/israeli-coronavirus-hospital?utm_source=tabletmagazinelist&utm_campaign=46401b275c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_31_10_58&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c308bf8edb-46401b275c-208005253)
What are lies? What Cotton says? Please make it clear. He's a Bronze Star recipient.
Tucker's show did record @Cyber Liberty and a lot of good stuff on it. Of course, it all takes a lot more investigation of this before coming to conclusions, a segment from 60 Minutes Australia was shown.
My only beef with that is that the turning radius of Dodges just sucks.
What are lies? What Cotton says? Please make it clear. He's a Bronze Star recipient.
Tucker's show did record @Cyber Liberty and a lot of good stuff on it. Of course, it all takes a lot more investigation of this before coming to conclusions, a segment from 60 Minutes Australia was shown.
Chinese Regime Using Pandemic to Advance Global Ambitions, Expert Says
As the world grapples with a sprawling health crisis, the Chinese Communist Party is using the pandemic to expand its global influence, according to China expert Robert Spalding.
A retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general and author, Spalding said in an interview with The Epoch Times that the Chinese regime has seized upon the pandemic fallout as an opportunity to extend its control on the global supply chain, and to deflect responsibility for having created the disaster.
He described it as “unrestricted warfare†in full force. A strategy crafted by Chinese military officials in the late 1990s—unrestricted warfare—as he explained in his book “Stealth War: How China Took Over While America’s Elite Slept,†refers to using a series of unconventional warfare tactics designed to accomplish the goals of war, without engaging in actual combat.
See More At: https://m.theepochtimes.com/chinese-regime-using-pandemic-to-advance-global-ambitions-expert-says_3294231.html
BREAKING: U.S. Intelligence Tells Trump That China ‘Intentionally’ Lied About Coronavirus Outbreak, Report Says
www.dailywire.com (http://www.dailywire.com)
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The U.S. Intelligence Community reportedly presented President Donald Trump with a highly classified report last week that confirmed that communist China lied to the world about the number of cases and deaths it’s suffered from the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, which originated in China.
“China’s public reporting on cases and deaths is intentionally incomplete,†Bloomberg News reported, according to three U.S. officials that it spoke to. “Two of the officials said the report concludes that China’s numbers are fake.â€
“The reality is that we could have been better off if China had been more forthcoming,†Vice President Mike Pence told CNN in an interview on Wednesday. “What appears evident now is that long before the world learned in December that China was dealing with this, and maybe as much as a month earlier than that, that the outbreak was real in China.â€
Read more: https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-u-s-intelligence-tells-trump-that-china-intentionally-lied-about-coronavirus-outbreak-report-says/ (https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-u-s-intelligence-tells-trump-that-china-intentionally-lied-about-coronavirus-outbreak-report-says/)
@Smokin JoeDon't buy new. For the price of a new one, you could go through the drive train completely, rewire and replace much of the other stuff on a solid older pickup. Look for an area where road salt isn't in use, like here or way south, and the older trucks survive pretty well. Some project possibilities: http://www.hotrodgarage.net/trucksforsale.html (http://www.hotrodgarage.net/trucksforsale.html) (I have no connection with these folks, just stumbled across their site).
Short bed standard cab pu's have a short wheelbase,and don't have that problem.
I would kinda like to buy a new pu,but AFAICT,none of the American manufacturers sells short wheelbase standard cab pu's,anymore. You have to buy a extended cab or crew cab to get a short box,which defeats the purpose of having a short box.
I have a extended cab 4x4 diesel pu with the long bed,and when I try to park it in places like the VA parking lot,there just isn't enough room to get into a parking space in less than 15 minutes of back and forth,and getting back out again is no better.
Looks like I am going to have to get something like a Ranger or a Toyota.
Since the Shang Dynasty of some 4,000 years past, core traits
of Chinese behavior have included cheating, lying and stealing.
This is the opinion not only of westerners; more importantly
it has been the experience of China's Asian neighbors.
Anyone shocked by China during this plague needs to wise up.
You don't need U.S. Intelligence to know that.
Just as with Muslims and "Taqqiya"----------------
Don't buy new. For the price of a new one, you could go through the drive train completely, rewire and replace much of the other stuff on a solid older pickup.
@Smokin JoePoint made. I have a '41 K2 Inny, and a '75 FJ40 that are projects at the moment, and should be resurrecting my Shovelhead (sitting for a decade). Still, spend a little time looking, you never know what's out there that is more turn key, and it's always nice to dream. I saw fire engines from the era I was a fireman...
You mean on those days when I feel well enough to do anything,and am not workin on my 37 Dodge 4x4 pu,my 39 IHC pu,my ,51 Ford Victoria,my 51 Ford business coupe,my 31 Plymouth coupe,my 33 Plymouth coupe,my 33 Dodge sedan,etc,etc,etc?
Florida Sen. Rick Scott on Tuesday called for a congressional investigation into whether the World Health Organization pushed Chinese government misinformation to help the communist regime “cover up†the extent of the coronavirus pandemic.
Scott, a Republican, also called for congressional hearings to consider whether the United States should continue funding WHO. The United States contributes nearly 15% of WHO’s annual budget, far greater than any other nation.
“They need to be held accountable for their role in promoting misinformation and helping Communist China cover up a global pandemic,†Scott said in a statement.
Point made. I have a '41 K2 Inny, and a '75 FJ40 that are projects at the moment, and should be resurrecting my Shovelhead (sitting for a decade). Still, spend a little time looking, you never know what's out there that is more turn key, and it's always nice to dream. I saw fire engines from the era I was a fireman...
@Smokin Joe@sneakypete I parked my '82 during the boom's rise here. we had backed up semi traffic on streets in town at 3 AM and it was worse during the day. It's in a rigid (79) drag specialties frame and built so low the front pipe drags on a perfectly executed right turn, leaving a trail of sparks. That uses the outside of that lane, though, and with the traffic from all over, that was sometimes occupied by some unforgiving opposing traffic. It says "Live to Ride", not die to. So, I parked it for the duration, which seems to be roughly here.
I haven't ridden my custom 76 FLH since around 1985. Last two times I left home with it my back went out,and me and the bike both rode home in a rollback. The scoot didn't seem to care,but it embarrassed the hell out of me to think someone saw it and thought a bike I had built had broke done. It was ME that broke down.
Been keeping it all these years waiting to get better so I can ride again.
@sneakypete I parked my '82 during the boom's rise here. we had backed up semi traffic on streets in town at 3 AM and it was worse during the day. It's in a rigid (79) drag specialties frame and built so low the front pipe drags on a perfectly executed right turn, leaving a trail of sparks. That uses the outside of that lane, though, and with the traffic from all over, that was sometimes occupied by some unforgiving opposing traffic. It says "Live to Ride", not die to. So, I parked it for the duration, which seems to be roughly here.
@Smokin JoeNever was much on springers, although a girder was okay. Mine has 6 over tubes, springs under the solo saddle, and I always ran the back tire a little low. I got real good at spotting chuckholes. Last (American) swingarm frame I had was a '76 superglide, although I have a 74 550-4 Honda (lowered in back, but still a swingarm, 6 over tubes) I need to swap engines in. My grandson is interested in it.
My back got so bad in the middle 70's that I got away from raked rigid frames,and sold my 40 knuckle with the 3/4 rake and 15 over springer,and went to Fat Bobs with swing arms.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/31/world-health-organization-china-misinformation/ (https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/31/world-health-organization-china-misinformation/)
Sen Rick Scott Wants Probe Of WHO-China ‘Cover Up’
CHUCK ROSS
March 31, 2020 4:37 PM ET
As I've said on other sites, I favor UNexit - the US from the UN, and the UN from the US. More to this article's point, WHO ignored Taiwan's 12/31 advice of caution and did not admit human-human transmission was happening until China acknowledged it on January 20th. WHO and the UN, not President Trump, have blood on their hands.
Looks like I am going to have to get something like a Ranger or a Toyota.
Duterte warns groups disrupting quarantine
Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star
) - April 2, 2020 - 12:00am
PNP told: Shoot them dead
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President Duterte ordered the police and the military last night to shoot dead those who will continue to hold protests that disrupt peace and order during the enhanced community quarantine.
Duterte issued the order after members of the left-leaning urban poor group Kadamay reportedly instigated a protest that turned violent over food distribution in Quezon City.
... Duterte said. “Tingnan ninyo, patay, kesa magulo kayo dyan, e di ilibing ko na kayo, yang libing akon yan. Huwag ninyo na subukan ang gobyerno kasi ang gobyerno ito.â€
More at: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/04/02/2005000/duterte-warns-groups-disrupting-quarantine (https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/04/02/2005000/duterte-warns-groups-disrupting-quarantine)
Scientist Who Predicted Pandemic Blasts WHO: ‘They Set Us Back A Great Deal’
April 01, 2020 12:12 PM ET
Dr. Michael Osterholm, a leading expert on infectious disease, blasted the World Health Organization’s early analysis of the threat posed by the novel coronavirus.
“When you look at what WHO did I think they set us back a great deal,†Osterholm said in a podcast interview this week.
He said that WHO’s guidance about the transmissibility of coronavirus led health experts to hold back on preparation for the pandemic.
A world-renowned epidemiologist credited with predicting the coronavirus pandemic blasted the World Health Organization in an interview for creating a false sense of security that the virus could be easily contained.
Read more at: https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/01/michael-osterholm-rogan-coronavirus/
China seizes Covid-19 advantage in South China Sea
MANILA – With the Covid-19 pandemic mostly contained in China and now wreaking havoc on the United States, security analysts are closely watching Beijing’s military moves in the hotly contested South China Sea.
In recent days, China has conducted military drills and deployed large-scale military assets to the maritime area while at the same time officially celebrating strides made in exploiting disputed energy resources in the fossil fuel-rich sea.
While some see China’s nationalistic messaging as a bid to rally its people during difficult Covid-19 times, others view the increasingly aggressive naval maneuvers as a bid to exploit America’s weakened condition to secure new advantage in the hot spot theater.
Read more at: https://asiatimes.com/2020/04/china-seizes-covid-19-advantage-in-south-china-sea/
Wuhan doctor who was among the first to alert other medics to the spread of coronavirus 'goes missing' amid fears she has been detained for speaking out
Jemma Carr For Mailonline
A Wuhan doctor who was among the first to alert other medics to the spread of coronavirus has disappeared sparking concerns that she has been detained, reports suggest.
Dr Ai Fen said she faced 'unprecedented, extremely harsh reprimanded' by officials at Wuhan Central Hospital after she shared a picture of a patient report labelled 'SARS coronavirus'.
The image was widely circulated and made its way to whistle-blower Li Wenliang who raised the alarm about the bug, which has killed more than 41,000 people worldwide.
Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/wuhan-doctor-who-was-among-the-first-to-alert-other-medics-to-the-spread-of-coronavirus-goes-missing-amid-fears-she-has-been-detained-for-speaking-out/ar-BB121wcG?OCID=ansmsnnews11#image=BB121wcG_1 (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/wuhan-doctor-who-was-among-the-first-to-alert-other-medics-to-the-spread-of-coronavirus-goes-missing-amid-fears-she-has-been-detained-for-speaking-out/ar-BB121wcG?OCID=ansmsnnews11#image=BB121wcG_1)|5
An assist by Drudge Report but they have up "war drums"?? Which just adds to the chaos. Surely Drudge may be being melodramatic but all the same, hey, it's something to watch.------------------------------
Botin Kurdistani
@kurdistannews24
WATCH: #Turkey secretly building burial pits for #coronavirus victims.
since February,people are dying from #corona #virus in Turkey,
but #Turkish Authorities hiding #COVIDー19 deaths,
because of #Erdogan's Concern about Turkish Airlines & Tourism industry.
#video #BREAKING
Video: https://twitter.com/kurdistannews24/status/1245657996245401600
Video: https://twitter.com/kurdistannews24/status/1245657996245401600All I see is over turned dirt.
Grain of salt but it sounds very plausible. I usually don't even go by this source but I do think this merits a mention. Governments hiding anything like this from their citizenry should be exposed.The Kurds have been shat upon since the Partition. Their tribe's area was divided into 4 countries.
Natural suspects of some of those car bombs on the Syrian/Turkish border is pretty obvious. So, it's not as if I hold out the Kurds as some perfect group but they've had it tough in fighting ISIS and so on.
Steve Milloy @JunkScience
In Italy, hypertension is the standout co-morbidity for death from #covid19.
Very interesting graphic. However, Like in this country 100M supposedly are hypertenisve. Stats may reflect incidence, which is obviously much more a frequency than the other condtions. I wonder how they are enumeratng this. Diagnosis? Controlled? Uncontrolled? Under medication? No doubt High BP is a serious co-existing condition, but there are ways to manipulate the stats to not give the true picture.
Here's How China Is Rewriting the History of the Coronavirus Pandemic to Make Itself the HeroRenewAmerica cited the above article and indeed, the next article too.
David Gilbert
At midnight on Friday, China closed its borders to the rest of the world as it tries to stop a resurgence of the coronavirus.
The move was the culmination of a months-long PR and disinformation campaign waged by the Chinese government to rewrite the history of a pandemic that has spread to almost every corner of the planet, killed more than 34,000 people, and infected almost three-quarters of a million.
China initially ignored the outbreak that first surfaced in Wuhan in early December, silencing doctors who tried to raise the alarm before eventually enacting a draconian and restrictive lockdown that impacted 50 million people.
Read more at: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8843dz/heres-how-china-is-rewriting-the-history-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-to-make-itself-the-hero?utm_campaign=sharebutton (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8843dz/heres-how-china-is-rewriting-the-history-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-to-make-itself-the-hero?utm_campaign=sharebutton)
'Cover-up': Chinese researched bat virus near Wuhan market
Scientific work conducted just a few miles from coronavirus epicenter
By WND Staff Published March 31, 2020
Just three miles from a wild animal market identified as the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese government researchers were carrying out scientific research on 2,000 new viruses, including deadly bat coronaviruses.
Veteran Washington Times national security reporter Bill Gertz reported several Chinese state media outlets spotlighted the virus research, including Wuhan researcher Tian Junhua, noted for his leadership in bat virus work.
The coronavirus strain -- which has infected 856,700 worldwide, with 42,092 deaths -- mutated from bats believed to have infected animals and people at a wild animal market in Wuhan, China.
Read more at: https://www.wnd.com/2020/03/cover-chinese-researched-bat-virus-near-wuhan-market/ (https://www.wnd.com/2020/03/cover-chinese-researched-bat-virus-near-wuhan-market/)
How Trump is taming the bureaucracy and saving lives
by Cliff Kincaid
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/kincaid/200330 (http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/kincaid/200330)
Senator wants World Health Organization 'held to account'
Rubio cites group's 'subservience to Beijing'
WND News Services By WND News Services
Published April 2, 202
by Peter Hasson
Daily Caller News Foundation
The leaders of the World Health Organization (WHO) need to be “held to account†for their “subservience to Beijing†during the coronavirus pandemic, Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said in an op-ed Wednesday.
WHO, an arm of the United Nations, has provided cover for Chinese authorities as they attempt to shirk responsibility for the global coronavirus pandemic.
TRENDING: Obama drops coronavirus bombshell: It's all due to climate change!
“The world’s leading global health organization cannot be used as a tool of the CCP, and the U.S. — the WHO’s largest financial contributor, giving five times as much money as obligated — must take steps to ensure it does,†Rubio wrote in National Review.
Read more at: https://www.wnd.com/2020/04/senator-wants-world-health-organization-held-account/ (https://www.wnd.com/2020/04/senator-wants-world-health-organization-held-account/)
Shares of China's Luckin Coffee plummet 80% after investigation finds COO fabricated sales
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Reinout Schakel, chief financial officer of Luckin Coffee Inc., speaks during a television interview ahead of the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, on Friday, May 17, 2019.
Article: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/02/luckin-coffee-stock-plummets-after-investigation-finds-coo-fabricated-sales.html (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/02/luckin-coffee-stock-plummets-after-investigation-finds-coo-fabricated-sales.html)
Gordon G. Chang@GordonGChang
#HongKongers are right: After #China's #XiJinping saw that the #coronavirus crippled his own country, he took steps that inevitably led to its spread elsewhere. This monster is coming for all of us. @Matcha_898
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https://twitter.com/GordonGChang/status/1245744513827639298
Tweet, Gordon Chang:
Russia sends 60 TONS of medical supplies to the US after Trump accepts Putin's offer for help
www.dailymail.co.uk (http://www.dailymail.co.uk)
By Emily Goodin, Senior U.s. Political
The supplies landed at JFK Airport Wednesday after Trump and Putin finalized a deal Monday night amid the coronavirus pandemic
The move has been blasted by many in the US, who claim the President has ignored Russian's potentially nefarious motivations for the deal
Meanwhile, critics of the Kremlin in Russia have criticized the fact that medical supplies are being shipped abroad as their own COVID-19 outbreak worsens
Russia has reported 2,337 coronavirus cases with 17 deaths; the US has more than 215,000 cases and 4000 deaths
Read more at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8180393/What-Russias-coronavirus-supplies-United-States-spark-criticism-home.html (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8180393/What-Russias-coronavirus-supplies-United-States-spark-criticism-home.html)
Trump is obviously in Putin's pocket. /sJust hand out the masks in Chinatown...(shades of Jack Nicholson)
I say, if we can't trust China's help, how on earth can we trust Russia's?
I can see it now: "Russian Collusion"
I have no doubt.
The equipment is needed. Putin helped. Just because it was Putin, I'm waiting for the criticism that Trump loves Putin and proves at last that there was some kind of Trump/Russian collusion.
The U.S. paid for the equipment, but nonethless, thank you Mr. Putin. Thank you.
This is crap. Turn the damn plane around. We don't need their "charity".Don't we have a base 'at risk' somewhere remote and cold?
Don't we have a base 'at risk' somewhere remote and cold?
Russia offering us aid is a move to make us look weak. There's no spirit of giving or good will in anything related to this. Putin doesn't work that way. And it sends mixed messages to the American people when one moment Trump is touting the American companies stepping up to help and the next minute he's taking aid from Russia.Right. It is a 'face' thing. The Russians gain status by giving the US foreign aid....
Right. It is a 'face' thing. The Russians gain status by giving the US foreign aid....
Martha McSally says WHO boss should resign over China coronavirus ‘cover-up’
By Dom Calicchio | Fox News
The World Health Organization has been “covering up†for China amid the coronavirus outbreak -- so its leader needs to go, a U.S. senator said Thursday.
Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., called on WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to step down during an appearance on FOX Business' "Mornings with Maria."
McSally told host Maria Bartiromo that under the leadership of Tedros, 55, an Ethiopian politician who has led the global health entity since 2017, WHO failed to adequately oversee China’s reporting of data related to the coronavirus outbreak, which as of early Friday had sickened more than 1 million people worldwide, with 200,000 recoveries, and killed more than 53,000 people.
Read more at: https://www.foxnews.com/media/martha-mcsally-says-who-boss-should-resign-over-china-coronavirus-cover-up (https://www.foxnews.com/media/martha-mcsally-says-who-boss-should-resign-over-china-coronavirus-cover-up)
WHO chief's questionable past comes into focus following coronavirus response
The head of the World Health Organization, in charge of making life or death decisions on a grand scale, has been accused of covering up cholera epidemics, supporting a terrorist organization and inflating his resume to claim he conquered malaria and HIV.
Tedros Adhanom Ghegreyesus' campaign to rewrite his questionable past has some wondering whether he is the right fit to lead the global agency through the coronavirus pandemic.
"Tedros is the second-to-last person who should be heading the world World Health Organization at this time," foreign affairs expert Gordon Chang told Fox News. "The last person is (Chinese President) Xi Jinping."
More: https://www.foxnews.com/world/who-chief-tedros-questionable-past-coronavirus (https://www.foxnews.com/world/who-chief-tedros-questionable-past-coronavirus)
* Richard H. Ebright, a molecular biologist who has been quoted as a coronavirus expert by The Washington Post and MSNBC, said Thursday that it’s possible that COVID-19 leaked from a Wuhan lab.More at BizPacReview (https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/04/03/coronavirus-expert-says-its-entirely-possible-virus-leaked-from-wuhan-lab-904381?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)
* Shi Zhengli, China’s leading virologist on bat-borne viruses, said in March that she lost sleep worrying that the virus could have leaked from her lab in Wuhan after she first learned of the virus in December.
* Shi now tells those who share the concerns she once had to “shut their stinking mouths
A molecular biologist who has been quoted as a coronavirus expert by The Washington Post and MSNBC said Thursday in no uncertain terms that the novel coronavirus could have been unleashed due to a leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
China’s top virologist on bat-borne viruses, Shi Zhengli, has sworn on her life that the virus did not leak from her Wuhan lab, saying that its spread was “nature punishing the human race for keeping uncivilized living habits.â€
But Richard H. Ebright, a professor of chemical biology at Rutgers University, told the Daily Caller News Foundation on Thursday that there is a real possibility that the virus entered the human population due to a laboratory accident. ...
Coronavirus expert says it’s entirely possible virus leaked from Wuhan labWell, if someone was selling slightly used lab animals to the wet market on the side...it might be an 'accident'.
April 3, 2020 | BPR Wire
Andrew Kerr, DCNFMore at BizPacReview (https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/04/03/coronavirus-expert-says-its-entirely-possible-virus-leaked-from-wuhan-lab-904381?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)
Accidentally? :pondering:
Coronavirus expert says it’s entirely possible virus leaked from Wuhan lab
April 3, 2020 | BPR Wire
Andrew Kerr, DCNFMore at BizPacReview (https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/04/03/coronavirus-expert-says-its-entirely-possible-virus-leaked-from-wuhan-lab-904381?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)
Accidentally? :pondering:
Netanyahu shared clip of Hallmark Channel show he claimed was proof of Iran concealing coronavirus deaths
Washington Examiner, Apr 2, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared a video with his Cabinet that he claimed was proof of Iran concealing coronavirus deaths.
It wasn't until hours later that Netanyahu’s office realized the video was actually a clip from Pandemic, a 2007 Hallmark Channel miniseries.
Netanyahu said his national security adviser, Meir Ben-Shabbat, had shown him the video, after which ministers on the call asked to see it. The prime minister asked his national security adviser to send it to his entire Cabinet.
The video had been spread on social media by Iranians last week and was given to Netanyahu without confirmation that it was authentic.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/netanyahu-shared-clip-of-hallmark-channel-show-he-claimed-was-proof-of-iran-concealing-coronavirus-deaths (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/netanyahu-shared-clip-of-hallmark-channel-show-he-claimed-was-proof-of-iran-concealing-coronavirus-deaths)
Coronavirus: Slovakia to test Roma community
Slovakia is to begin testing members of the Roma community for coronavirus on Friday.
The government announced the measures on Monday, saying that around 1,500 Roma had returned to the sites from abroad.
The testing will be carried out by military doctors until 9 April.
Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-52156976?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world&link_location=live-reporting-story (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-52156976?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world&link_location=live-reporting-story)
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Two police officers patrol an almost empty Red Square, in Moscow, March 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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The USNS Comfort sails up the Hudson River past Lower Manhattan as it arrives in New York City, March 30, 2020. (FOX News/Gary Hershorn)
More: https://www.foxnews.com/world/the-week-in-pictures-march-22-april-3 (https://www.foxnews.com/world/the-week-in-pictures-march-22-april-3)
Prague mayor says he doesn't want China's coronavirus help, supplies
By Barnini Chakraborty | Fox News
Not now, not ever.
That's the message the mayor of Prague has for Chinese officials desperate to rebrand Beijing as a global superpower by selling supplies and offering aid to countries around the world struggling to fight coronavirus.
"This isn't a humanitarian gift or aid," Zdenek Hrib told Bloomberg News on Friday. "From China's perspective, it's business."
Read more at: https://www.foxnews.com/world/prague-mayor-says-he-doesnt-want-chinas-coronavirus-help-supplies (https://www.foxnews.com/world/prague-mayor-says-he-doesnt-want-chinas-coronavirus-help-supplies)
Coronavirus expert says it’s entirely possible virus leaked from Wuhan lab
April 3, 2020 | BPR Wire
Andrew Kerr, DCNFMore at BizPacReview (https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/04/03/coronavirus-expert-says-its-entirely-possible-virus-leaked-from-wuhan-lab-904381?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)
Accidentally? :pondering:
The Chinese are well known for cutting corners. Food is poisoned, buildings fall down, bridges collapse, products are counterfeited using inferior materials and sold as the original product. Why would a Chinese bio lab be any different?
There’s no proof the coronavirus accidentally escaped from a laboratory, but we can’t take the Chinese government’s denials at face value.Lengthy article at National Review (https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/coronavirus-china-trail-leading-back-to-wuhan-labs/)
It is understandable that many would be wary of the notion that the origin of the coronavirus could be discovered by some documentary filmmaker who used to live in China. Matthew Tye, who creates YouTube videos, contends he has identified the source of the coronavirus — and a great deal of the information that he presents, obtained from public records posted on the Internet, checks out.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology in China indeed posted a job opening on November 18, 2019, “asking for scientists to come research the relationship between the coronavirus and bats.†...
On December 24, 2019, the Wuhan Institute of Virology posted a second job posting. The translation of that posting includes the declaration, “long-term research on the pathogenic biology of bats carrying important viruses has confirmed the origin of bats of major new human and livestock infectious diseases such as SARS and SADS, and a large number of new bat and rodent new viruses have been discovered and identified.†...
Bodies lie in the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador, emerging epicenter of the coronavirus in Latin America
By Anthony Faiola and Ana Vanessa Herrero
April 3, 2020 at 12:09 PM EDT
The body was wrapped in a plastic tarp, swollen, already attracting flies. He had been a neighbor, a man Rosangelys Valdiviezo passed while walking home from work, though they’d never exchanged words.
Now he lay in front of his home, one of an untold number of bodies cast out in the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador, a sweltering South American city being ravaged by the novel coronavirus. Valdiviezo, a 30-year-old seafood worker, said the body had been out in the tropical heat for six days.
“I am very afraid,†Valdiviezo, a Venezuelan migrant who moved to Guayaquil, said by telephone. “I’m terrified of dying so far from home.â€
Read more at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/coronavirus-guayaquil-ecuador-bodies-corpses-streets/2020/04/03/79c786c8-7522-11ea-ad9b-254ec99993bc_story.html (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/coronavirus-guayaquil-ecuador-bodies-corpses-streets/2020/04/03/79c786c8-7522-11ea-ad9b-254ec99993bc_story.html)
The Trail Leading Back to the Wuhan Labs
By Jim Geraghty
April 3, 2020 1:20 PM Lengthy article at National Review (https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/coronavirus-china-trail-leading-back-to-wuhan-labs/)
Russia offering us aid is a move to make us look weak. There's no spirit of giving or good will in anything related to this. Putin doesn't work that way. And it sends mixed messages to the American people when one moment Trump is touting the American companies stepping up to help and the next minute he's taking aid from Russia.
WSJ had a report today on this as well. Reports out of Ecuador are not good.
Troops and police in Ecuador have collected at least 150 bodies from streets and homes in the port city of Guayaquil, the Government has said.
Shocking images of a joint military and police task force gathering corpses the past three days comes amid warnings 3,500 people could die of the coronavirus in the city and surrounding provinces in the coming months.
Residents in Guayaquil, Ecuador's second city, had earlier published videos on social media of abandoned bodies in the streets.
Somewhere in #China, people making ordinary masks without protective functions. People who provided this video said that these masks will be packaged as medical disposable masks, shipped to the Middle East through foreign trade companies. ...
https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1246216610463039496
Gordon G. Chang@GordonGChang
This makes it official: #Canada has become #China's newest colony. #coronavirus #PattyHajdu #JustinTrudeau
https://twitter.com/GordonGChang/status/1245862644608667648
Taiwan to donate 10 million masks to countries hit hardest by coronavirus
The country seeks to collaborate with other nations to fight the pandemic.
By Stacy Chen April 1, 2020, 9:58 PM
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has announced plans to donate 10 million masks to countries that have been most severely impacted by the coronavirus.
On the heels of an estimated $35 billion stimulus package intended to bolster the island nation's economy, Taiwan pledges to donate masks and medical supplies to the rest of the world as part of its global "Taiwan can help" campaign.
"We want everyone to not only see that ‘Taiwan can help,’ but that ‘Taiwan is helping,’" Tsai said at a press conference Wednesday morning.
More: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/taiwan-donate-10-million-masks-countries-hit-hardest/story?id=69918187
Peru to restrict movement by gender during virus quarantine
AFP Surviving a severe case of coronavirus may be just the start of recovery
Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra announced on Thursday a new measure restricting public movement by gender, as the country tries to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.
Men will only be allowed to leave their homes on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays, while women are authorized to step outdoors on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
No one is allowed out on Sundays.
Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/peru-to-restrict-movement-by-gender-during-virus-quarantine/ar-BB125Lww (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/peru-to-restrict-movement-by-gender-during-virus-quarantine/ar-BB125Lww)
Dream Peru trip results in husband dying, wife contracting COVID-19
Calgarians headed to Machu Picchu ended up in limbo, running out of medication
Rachel Ward · CBC News · Posted: Apr 03, 2020
Ruby Choi thought she was going on a trip of a lifetime when she left Calgary with her husband and friends earlier this month.
Now she's a widow fighting off COVID-19 in quarantine in Peru, worried about managing her diabetes.
"I don't know what to do, it's just awful. I'm getting crazy," Choi said from her quarantine room in Lima. "My mind is just so confused."
Read more at: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/peru-trip-covid-calgary-1.5519468 (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/peru-trip-covid-calgary-1.5519468)
Thanks for nothing: U.S. scientists say China hampering search for origin of coronavirus
Bill Gertz
American scientists are actively working to learn the origin of the deadly coronavirus behind the pandemic now spreading around the world, but say a lack of Chinese virus samples has hampered research.
Officials and experts in virology and epidemics tell The Washington Times that researchers need to learn the origins of the virus to find treatments and vaccines and to better prepare for future pandemics.
Robert G. Darling, a medical doctor and expert on biological weapons formerly with the Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland, said it is crucial that researchers find out where the virus originated and how it spread.
Read more at: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/4/us-scientists-say-china-hampers-search-origin-dead/ (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/4/us-scientists-say-china-hampers-search-origin-dead/)
Lila Rose
@LilaGraceRose
Disgusting. As if the death toll isn’t high enough.
@WHO
is proving once again it should not be trusted.
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World Health Organization: Abortion Is ‘Essential’ During Coronavirus Pandemic - Daily Caller (https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/04/who-abortion-essential-coronavirus-covid-19/)
https://twitter.com/LilaGraceRose/status/1246528471141978115
Yes, what a bunch of losers.
Sweden's liberal pandemic strategy questioned as Stockholm death toll mounts
Johan Ahlander, Philip O'Connor
...
Among Sweden’s Nordic neighbours, Denmark has closed its borders and shut its schools, as has Norway, while Finland has isolated its main urban region.
Yet Swedes are able to go to restaurants, get a haircut and send their children to school even as the number of confirmed cases and deaths have mounted, above all in Stockholm which accounts for more than half the fatalities.
An analysis of smartphone location data showed that while visits to public places has fallen steeply in most European countries, Sweden is bucking the trend.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden/swedens-liberal-pandemic-strategy-questioned-as-stockholm-death-toll-mounts-idUSKBN21L23R (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden/swedens-liberal-pandemic-strategy-questioned-as-stockholm-death-toll-mounts-idUSKBN21L23R)
Spain’s coronavirus deaths slow for second day in row
By Sara Dorn
April 4, 2020 | 3:14pm
Coronavirus deaths and infections in Spain slowed for the second day in a row, [/b
They decided to go on their trip to South America on March 9th... There were red flags all over the place by then...Alberta already had 7 confirmed cases by then.https://resources-covid19canada.hub.arcgis.com/ (https://resources-covid19canada.hub.arcgis.com/)
A former Supreme Court justice has warned that the public are displaying "collective hysteria" over coronavirus.Mirror (https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/coronavirus-police-state-hysterical-slide-21780341?fbclid=IwAR2mzmiULrW9h98IDLxXb_6cehILENsOsDUr6xNUavKbJj_D9hTree-Bbl0)
Lord Sumption, who retired as a justice at the UK's highest court in 2018, hit out at the way that some police forces are interpreting the new rules. ...
Lord Sumption told Radio 4's The World At One:"Anyone who has studied history will recognise here the classic symptoms of collective hysteria. Hysteria is infectious. We are working ourselves up into a lather in which we exaggerate the threat and stop asking ourselves whether the cure may be worse than the disease."
He added: "Yes, this is serious, and, yes, it's understandable that people cry out to the Government, but the real question is, is this serious enough to warrant putting most of our population into house imprisonment, wrecking our economy for an indefinite period, destroying businesses that honest and hard-working people have taken years to build up, saddling future generations with debt?
"Depressions, stress, heart attacks, suicides and unbelievable stress inflicted on millions of people who are not especially vulnerable and will suffer only mild symptoms or none at all like the Health Secretary and the Prime Minister." ...
Taiwan is the Asian version of Israel.
Meet the Activist-Doctor Who Has Become the Kremlin’s Loudest Coronavirus Critic
Anastasiya Vasilyeva says she is trying to protect Russia’s first line of defense against the pandemic.
By Evan Gershkovich
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Anastasiya Vasilyeva has become the loudest critic on the Kremlin's response to the coronavirus. Alyansvrachey / Youtube
After weeks of working on overdrive, Anastasiya Vasilyeva, a doctor turned activist, finally had some time to kill.
It was late Thursday morning and the head of the independent Doctors’ Alliance labor union had just passed the halfway point between Moscow and the Novgorod region, six hour’s drive northwest of the Russian capital. Vasilyeva, 36, was traveling in a convoy of four cars stocked with personal protective equipment (PPE) — gloves, masks, respirators — that she and nine other union members were planning to deliver to two local hospitals.
“What we’re doing is helping our government,†Vasilyeva told The Moscow Times by phone. “They’re not doing this work, so we’re taking it on ourselves.â€
Read more at: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/04/04/meet-the-activist-doctor-who-has-become-the-kremlins-loudest-coronavirus-critic-a69846 (https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/04/04/meet-the-activist-doctor-who-has-become-the-kremlins-loudest-coronavirus-critic-a69846)
Xing-Yi Geand (I missed this the first time I posted this information) Zhengli-Li Shi
Key Laboratory of Special Pathogens and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
Zhengli-Li Shi
Key Laboratory of Special Pathogens and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
Using the SARS-CoV reverse genetics system2, we generated and characterized a chimeric virus expressing the spike of bat coronavirus SHC014 in a mouse-adapted SARS-CoV backbone. The results indicate that group 2b viruses encoding the SHC014 spike in a wild-type backbone can efficiently use multiple orthologs of the SARS receptor human angiotensin converting enzyme II (ACE2), replicate efficiently in primary human airway cells and achieve in vitro titers equivalent to epidemic strains of SARS-CoV. Additionally, in vivo experiments demonstrate replication of the chimeric virus in mouse lung with notable pathogenesis. Evaluation of available SARS-based immune-therapeutic and prophylactic modalities revealed poor efficacy; both monoclonal antibody and vaccine approaches failed to neutralize and protect from infection with CoVs using the novel spike protein. On the basis of these findings, we synthetically re-derived an infectious full-length SHC014 recombinant virus and demonstrate robust viral replication both in vitro and in vivo. Our work suggests a potential risk of SARS-CoV re-emergence from viruses currently circulating in bat populations.Considering the Wuhan Lab connections, was the work done in North Carolina shared/stolen/transferred and used to make the SARS-CoV-2 strain that causes COVID-19?
As Coronavirus Spreads, Washington's $1 Billion Aid Cut Couldn't Have Come At a Worse Time for Afghanistan
Kimberly Dozier
In Afghanistan’s western Herat province, Governor Abdul Quayom Rahimi is bracing for the worst. Last week, Rahimi recorded 61 confirmed cases of coronavirus in his region, all in Afghans who had crossed the border from Iran. This week, that number doubled, and a now third of the cases are patients who had not traveled outside the country – an indication the virus is spreading freely. “I consider this the Wuhan of Afghanistan,†Rahimi said.
Like many governors in the U.S., Rahimi has found himself on the frontline of the effort to rally the Afghan government and citizens alike to pay attention to the growing threat coronavirus poses. Up to 2,000 Afghans cross the border from Iran, a global hot spot of the virus, every day into Herat, where there are just 10 ventilators, Rahimi says. Sixteen provincial doctors are already sick from the virus.
The governor has ordered factories to make masks and hand sanitizer, but he knows that COVID 19 will overcome whatever defenses he puts in place. “If it can do that to Iran and the rest of the world…I’m quite sure we will be overwhelmed in the coming weeks,†he said in a phone call Thursday from his home. “Our system is not very strong.â€
Read more at: https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-spreads-washingtons-1-billion-224854059.html
I will look at these articles, maybe it should be a separate thread.@TomSea Just one article, the first link is a downloadable pdf file, the second a webpage you can get additional information from, like a short CV of the authors by clicking on their names.
Unlike its immediate neighbors Denmark, Finland and Norway Sweden has not closed its borders or its schools.
Radio Free Asia 4/3/2020
The ruling Chinese Communist Party has targeted thousands of people for speaking out about the coronavirus epidemic in the country since it began in late December in the central city of Wuhan, an overseas-based rights group has said.
"The punishments handed out by police fall largely into several types: administrative detention, criminal detention, enforced disappearance, fines, warnings/interrogations, forced confessions and 'educational reprimand'," the CHRD report said.
enforced disappearance?
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-to-understand-and-report-figures-for-covid-19-deaths-
Dr John Lee
How to understand – and report – figures for ‘Covid deaths’
29 March 2020, 10:07am
Every day, now, we are seeing figures for ‘Covid deaths’. These numbers are often expressed on graphs showing an exponential rise. But care must be taken when reading (and reporting) these figures. Given the extraordinary response to the emergence of this virus, it’s vital to have a clear-eyed view of its progress and what the figures mean. The world of disease reporting has its own dynamics, ones that are worth understanding. How accurate, or comparable, are these figures comparing Covid-19 deaths in various countries?
We often see a ratio expressed: deaths, as a proportion of cases. The figure is taken as a sign of how lethal Covid-19 is, but the ratios vary wildly. In the US, 1.8 per cent (2,191 deaths in 124,686 confirmed cases), Italy 10.8 per cent, Spain 8.2 per cent, Germany 0.8 per cent, France 6.1 per cent, UK 6.0 per cent. A fifteen-fold difference in death rate for the same disease seems odd amongst such similar countries: all developed, all with good healthcare systems. All tackling the same disease. ...
2. Why Covid-19 deaths are a substantial over-estimate
Next, what about the deaths? Many UK health spokespersons have been careful to repeatedly say that the numbers quoted in the UK indicate death with the virus, not death due to the virus – this matters. When giving evidence in parliament a few days ago, Prof. Neil Ferguson of Imperial College London said that he now expects fewer than 20,000 Covid-19 deaths in the UK but, importantly, two-thirds of these people would have died anyway. ...
FATAL RISE UK coronavirus death toll rises to 4,974 after 621 more die including healthy 35-year-old
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Queen urges self-discipline as Britain sees record jump in coronavirus deaths
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-world-updates-20200405-z6jelb2cynbblfz725vw44suzu-story.html (https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-world-updates-20200405-z6jelb2cynbblfz725vw44suzu-story.html)
So, per the article, deaths actually went down from the last two days.
Tired of worrying about the pandemic? There's always PyongyangThe author here is Chris Hill, former ambassador during Bush years, he sure is critical when people say, well, to be frank, the Bush years weren't helpful in dealing with North Korea. Hill apparently is a prof of diplomacy at the University of Denver and a fellow for the Carnegie Endowment of World Peace, see bio at end of article. Still, worth a read. To me, Carnegie think tanks seem to be on the liberal side.
By Christopher R. Hill, opinion contributor — 04/04/20
Malcolm Toon, the iconic American diplomat who served in Moscow in the 1950s and ’60s, and then as ambassador in the late 1970s, famously said of working with America’s Cold War rivals: “If you’re pissing off the Soviets, you must be doing something right.â€
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo must be doing something right with the North Koreans, who seem perennially upset with him. Despite President Trump’s professed love affair with Kim Jong Un, the North Koreans have come after Pompeo on numerous occasions, calling him a “gangster†even during the honeymoon period following the Trump-Kim Singapore meeting, and this week declaring that Pompeo’s “reckless remarks†have caused them to “drop their interest in dialogue with conviction.†Pompeo’s “reckless†remarks? He suggested at the recent G-7 foreign ministers’ online meeting that “all nations must remain united in calling for North Korea to return to negotiations.â€
It is not at all clear what Secretary Pompeo has done to so “piss off†the North Koreans. Could he have had the temerity to insist on some actual progress in the talks? Perhaps a timeline for when North Korean might consider coming into compliance with its public statement made during the Singapore meeting with President Trump that it would abandon its weapons? Shutting down its production of fissile material? Of course, none of these steps has been taken.
Read more at: https://thehill.com/opinion/international/491081-tired-of-worrying-about-the-pandemic-theres-always-pyongyang
Iran Official Calls China's Coronavirus Numbers A 'Bitter Joke'
Radio Farda
The spokesman of Iran’s health ministry has said that figures the coronavirus infections and deaths published by China’s government was a “bitter jokeâ€.
Kianush Jahanpur in a video media conference March 5 said, “It seems statistics from China was a bitter joke, because many in the world thought this is just like influenza, with fewer deaths. This [impression] were based on reports from China and now it seems China made a bitter joke with the rest of the worldâ€.
Jahanpur added, “If in China they say an epidemic was controlled in two months, one should really think about itâ€.
Read more at: https://en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-official-calls-china-s-coronavirus-figures-a-bitter-joke-/30532450.html
Jordan to use drones, cameras to monitor curfew
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2020/4/5/jordan-to-use-drones-cameras-to-monitor-curfew (https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2020/4/5/jordan-to-use-drones-cameras-to-monitor-curfew)
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"The Plague of Rome" by Jules Elie Delauney.
Article with painting in it: Viewpoints A Chinese Method for Curing the CCP Virus Is Available to Us in the West Diana Zhang (https://www.theepochtimes.com/a-chinese-method-for-curing-the-ccp-virus-is-available-to-us-in-the-west_3297766.html)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFt2ET7Zp8wCould it be possible that the severity of the COVID 19 reality in China was intentionally downplayed to allow for the global spread of the virus?
American Thought Leaders
Gordon Chang: Did China’s Regime Downplay the CCP Virus to Allow for Its Global Spread?
By Jan Jekielek
April 4, 2020 Updated: April 5, 2020
How did the actions of the Chinese Communist Party directly lead to the global CCP virus, or COVID 19, pandemic?
Has the US reached a “Pearl Harbor†or “Sputnik†moment with respect to the Chinese regime?
Continued at: The Epoch Times (https://www.theepochtimes.com/gordon-chang-did-chinas-regime-downplay-the-ccp-virus-to-allow-for-its-global-spread_3298741.html)
Could it be possible that the severity of the COVID 19 reality in China was intentionally downplayed to allow for the global spread of the virus?
China wants more than anything to be a world leader. The Wuhan lab leak is a serious detriment to that and must be buried at all costs. Chinese and other people's lives are minor considerations to that end.
... On Saturday, his pregnant partner Carrie Symonds tweeted that she has spent a week in bed with the main symptoms.BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52177125?at_custom3=%40BBCBreaking&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom4=47CE814E-777A-11EA-96B9-A0CE96E8478F&at_campaign=64&at_medium=custom7)
She said she had not been tested for the virus. ...
Does Iran's coronavirus crisis raise the risk of war?
President Trump on Wednesday issued a warning via Twitter about a potential “sneak attack†on U.S. troops in Iraq by Iran or its proxy forces. He said there would be a “very heavy price†if the alleged assault was carried out. A top Iranian official denounced the accusation: “Iran starts no wars, but teaches lessons to those who do.â€
Tensions with Iran, an ongoing feature of the Trump presidency, have not abated even as both countries battle the coronavirus. The U.S. has the most known cases of any country. Iran is facing one of the most severe outbreaks in the world. Iran’s official death toll is more than 3,000, though public health experts estimate that may be only a fraction of the true number of fatalities. The virus could kill as many as 3.5 million Iranians, one study found.
Much of the blame for the situation in Iran has fallen on the country’s leadership, which has been accused of downplaying the threat and underreporting the number of cases. At the same time, the Trump administration has been criticized — by both Iranian leaders and neutral observers — for refusing to lift sanctions that limit Iran’s ability to contain the virus. The sanctions make it harder for Iran to buy desperately needed medical supplies and receive foreign assistance.
Read more at: https://news.yahoo.com/does-irans-coronavirus-crisis-raise-the-risk-of-war-131433322.html
5 Things Americans Should Know About South Korea’s Handling of Coronavirus
fee.org
Last week in South Korea, a 97-year-old woman—well into the age group most susceptible to the coronavirus—fully recovered from COVID-19.
This was one more victory for South Korea, a U.S. ally that is viewed as a success story to the world in combating the coronavirus pandemic.
The small country of South Korea is close to China, a huge nation where the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 originated. Nevertheless, South Korea succeeded in stopping the spread of the virus and avoided shutting down its economy as the United States and most of Europe have done.
Read more at: https://fee.org/articles/5-things-americans-should-know-about-south-korea-s-handling-of-coronavirus//amp?__twitter_impression=true
I believe Trump should lift sanctions on humanitarian aid. Medicine, food etc.
And make it clear to Iranians around the world, where many have families, that is is to save lives.
I have a Cristian Iranian-American neighbor with concern for everybody in his ancient homeland.
Good PR
There are no sanctions on Medicine and food.Sorry. My bad.
Running out of beds and gear, Tokyo medical staff say Japan's 'state of emergency' already hereJapan is declaring a state of emergency, Tuesday: https://apnews.com/39e8c694ce59dfd2e4092a3ca09db2b5 (https://apnews.com/39e8c694ce59dfd2e4092a3ca09db2b5)
Ju-min Park, Izumi Nakagawa, Eimi Yamamitsu
TOKYO (Reuters) - As Japan faces a fresh wave of coronavirus infections and the government prepares for a state of emergency, medical staff say a shortage of beds and a rise in cases linked to hospitals are pushing Tokyo’s medical system to the brink of collapse.
See more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-hospitals-in/running-out-of-beds-and-gear-tokyo-medical-staff-say-japans-state-of-emergency-already-here-idUSKBN21O0K4 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-hospitals-in/running-out-of-beds-and-gear-tokyo-medical-staff-say-japans-state-of-emergency-already-here-idUSKBN21O0K4)
Brazil-China diplomatic spat escalates over coronavirus supplies
Eduardo Simões
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Renewed attacks on China by a member of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s inner circle soured diplomatic relations again on Monday as the education minister accused Chinese medical equipment makers of profiteering from the coronavirus pandemic.
Brazil’s Education Minister Abraham Weintraub suggested in a Twitter post, which he later deleted on Sunday, that the disease would help China “dominate the world.†He referenced a cartoon character with a speech impediment to mock Chinese accents.
The Chinese embassy in Brazil, which had traded barbs last month with Bolsonaro’s son for comparing China’s handling of the disease to the former Soviet Union’s Chernobyl nuclear disaster, denounced the minister in a statement on Monday.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-china-diplomatic-spat-escalates-over-coronavirus-supplies-idUSKBN21O22Z (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-china-diplomatic-spat-escalates-over-coronavirus-supplies-idUSKBN21O22Z)
Brazil minister offends China with 'racist' virus tweet
AFP
China demanded an explanation from Brazil Monday after the far-right government's education minister linked the coronavirus pandemic to the Asian country's "plan for world domination," in a tweet imitating a Chinese accent.
In the latest incident to strain ties between Brasilia and Beijing, Education Minister Abraham Weintraub insinuated China was behind the global health crisis.
"Geopolitically, who will come out stronger from this global crisis?" he wrote on Twitter Saturday.
Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/brazil-minister-offends-china-with-racist-virus-tweet/ar-BB12elXl (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/brazil-minister-offends-china-with-racist-virus-tweet/ar-BB12elXl)
Coronavirus 'could wipe out Brazil's indigenous people'
By Joao Fellet BBC Brasil
Indigenous communities in the Amazon region and elsewhere in Brazil are in danger of being "wiped out" by the coronavirus, according to health experts.
Respiratory illnesses - such as those that develop from the influenza virus - are already the main cause of death for native communities.
By Sunday 5 April, Brazil had reported more than 11,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 486 deaths.
Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52139875 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52139875)
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in intensive care after coronavirus condition 'worsened'
Kevin Breuninger
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care as his coronavirus symptoms worsened over the course of hours Monday, according to a statement from the government.
“Since Sunday evening, the Prime Minister has been under the care of doctors at St Thomas’ Hospital, in London, after being admitted with persistent symptoms of coronavirus,†a spokesman for No. 10 Downing Street said in a statement.
“Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the Prime Minister has worsened and, on the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital,†the spokesman said.
Read more at: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/06/uk-prime-minister-boris-johnson-in-intensive-care-after-coronavirus-condition-worsened.html (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/06/uk-prime-minister-boris-johnson-in-intensive-care-after-coronavirus-condition-worsened.html)
Education Minister Abraham Weintraub insinuated China was behind the global health crisis. ...Well, China IS behind this whole mess. It's about time they admitted it.
Ryan Fournier @RyanAFournierI will pray for him.
Please pray for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
His condition has worsened and he’s been moved to the ICU.
3:45 PM · Apr 6, 2020
In the sick deranged minds of some, PM Bjo's demise serves as a proxy for their oft stated Trump hatred.
Who is wishing for PM Johnson's death?There are plenty expressing that hope on Twitter. Despicable.
There are plenty expressing that hope on Twitter. Despicable.
There was a twitter report last night, I think they were saying something like RT was saying it, (that's Russia Today) that he was on a defibrillator. Nowhere did the mainstream press say this, so I let it go. Anyway, hopefully, Boris will get through this. They say it is pretty painful.:rolling:
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What an astounding lack of medical literacy there. A defibrillator? Maybe they meant a ventilator, but you don't get "put on" a defibrillator. That's the device they put on your chest to shock your heart back into beating.
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What an astounding lack of medical literacy there. A defibrillator? Maybe they meant a ventilator, but you don't get "put on" a defibrillator. That's the device they put on your chest to shock your heart back into beating.
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What an astounding lack of medical literacy there. A defibrillator? Maybe they meant a ventilator, but you don't get "put on" a defibrillator. That's the device they put on your chest to shock your heart back into beating.
Maybe it said respirator but I think it said defibrillator. I didn't post it, no matter what or it might have said ventilator. But I didn't think it had real back up.
Just teasin' ya, @TomSea!It's the ol' "I combed it with a wet paper towel" look.
Prayers for Boris Johnson. I like him and his Traficant haircut...
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I knew that. Umpteen episodes of Emergency! clued me to that....
Disciplined countries like Mexico winning the Covid-19 battle: navy chief
A navy hospital ward in Mexico City is ready for Covid-19 patients. A navy hospital ward in Mexico City is ready for Covid-19 patients.
Published on Monday, April 6, 2020
Disciplined and well-prepared countries like Mexico are winning the battle against Covid-19 whereas developed countries are not, the head of the navy said on Saturday.
Navy Secretary Rafael Ojeda made the claim after touring a Mexico City navy hospital with President López Obrador and Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum.
“What I am telling you is not my original idea but rather something that we’re seeing and experiencing; developed countries are not winning this battle [against coronavirus], disciplined countries are winning it and Mexico is a lot more than that,†he said, explaining that the country had the foresight to prepare for the pandemic.
Read more at: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/disciplined-countries-like-mexico-winning-the-covid-19-battle/
The show did however popularize paramedics and encouraged the growth of EMS.
On balance, a Good Thing.
McGregor pummels China over ‘inhumane behavior’
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Conor McGregor has been particularly vocal on social media in urging his followers to stay at home and remain vigilant, whilst donating huge sums of his own money to help fight the coronavirus. Credit: UFC photo.
China has taken some major punches from UFC star Conor McGregor.
The Irish fighter has ripped into the “barbaric†Chinese government for “ludicrously inhumane behavior,†after a report by a report by RTE claimed that some Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) delivered from China to the Emerald Isle did not conform to the required safety standards, TalkSport reported.
McGregor has been particularly vocal on social media in urging his followers to stay at home and remain vigilant, whilst donating huge sums of his own money to help fight the coronavirus, the report said.
Read more at: https://asiatimes.com/2020/04/mcgregor-pummels-china-over-inhumane-behavior/
Just teasin' ya, @TomSea!
Prayers for Boris Johnson. I like him and his Traficant haircut...
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Boris Johnson was in charge at 5pm... and in intensive care by 7: How PM's breathing deteriorated in just hours – a day after being admitted to hospital following video call that left his Cabinet members shocked at his ailing appearance
Daily Mail/UK, Apr 6, 2020
Boris Johnson was last night moved to intensive care after his coronavirus condition worsened, forcing him to temporarily delegate his responsibilities while he is treated by medics.
The Prime Minister was transferred to the ICU at St Thomas' Hospital in London at 7pm yesterday - 11 days after testing positive for the deadly disease.
Only two hours earlier, Downing Street were insisting he was still spearheading the government's coronavirus response, despite de facto deputy Dominic Raab chairing the morning crisis meeting.
Yet shortly after the Foreign Secretary left the Number 10 podium following the daily 5pm press briefing, Mr Johnson, 55, suffered breathing problems and was given oxygen.
He was taken into the critical care unit, and although he was last night not in need of a ventilator, the PM asked Mr Raab, the first secretary of state, to start deputising for him.
Speaking last night, Mr Raab vowed that 'government business will continue' and said there is a strong 'team spirit' rallying around the leader.
He also reassured that the premier was 'receiving excellent care' and thanked the NHS staff who were treating him and other patients across Britain.
More: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8193359/Boris-Johnson-taken-intensive-care.html (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8193359/Boris-Johnson-taken-intensive-care.html)
There was a twitter report last night, I think they were saying something like RT was saying it, (that's Russia Today) that he was on a defibrillator. Nowhere did the mainstream press say this, so I let it go. Anyway, hopefully, Boris will get through this. They say it is pretty painful.
The prime minister’s condition reportedly worsened over the course of the afternoon and he was moved to an intensive care unit as a precaution in case he requires a ventilator. A spokesperson said he remains conscious.
Gemma O'Doherty@gemmaod1
Irish @WHO creep Michael Ryan who wants to break into houses and remove people from their families is disgraced internationally while media here fawn over him #LockdownIreland #coronavirusQuoteBeachMilk@BeachMilkhttps://twitter.com/gemmaod1/status/1247468534575366144
The United Nations W.H.O. want to enter your house and TAKE AWAY YOUR CHILDREN, and other family members, if they are sick!
Are you PUSHED TO THE BRINK yet, or still slumbering in your sheepeople dream?
Time to WAKE UP!
#Coronavirus #Covid_19
#NWO #MartialLaw #Agenda21
I used to love that show in my teens and I had a big crush on Randolph Mantooth. 888heartkitty
But this is very serious, imagine this happening in the US to our president or even to our senators and governors.Indeed. We've had a few members of Congress diagnosed but, thankfully, none has gotten to the point of needing a ventilator. Still praying for the PM.
Indeed. We've had a few members of Congress diagnosed but, thankfully, none has gotten to the point of needing a ventilator. Still praying for the PM.
Well, China IS behind this whole mess. It's about time they admitted it.
NBC News @NBCNews
U.S. reports 1,264 coronavirus deaths in over 24 hours.
Meanwhile in China, where the pandemic broke out, not a single new coronavirus death was reported.
7:20 AM · Apr 7, 2020
David Burge @iowahawkblog
Fun fact: China also never reported a single death at Tiananmen Square
7:35 AM · Apr 7, 2020
China in Focus - NTD @ChinaInFocusNTDError 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhzF-5xELOE#)
A funeral home director in Taiwan recently received an urgent order of 200,000 body bags from China. This comes as more countries question China's #CCPVirus (#coronavirus) number. Some Taiwanese funeral operators are also producing an alarming number of body bags for #China.
8:00 AM · Apr 7, 2020
A funeral home director in Taiwan recently received an urgent order of 200,000 body bags from China.
Brit Hume@brithume
Boris Johnson 'stable' in ICU and does not have pneumonia, says Downing Street #Boris
https://twitter.com/brithume/status/1247504565412540422
That's a lot of body bags to a country that has shown little interest in protecting it's own people. I'm betting they are for resale.
Jennifer Zeng 曾錚
@jenniferatntd
Sanyuanli in #Guangzhou, #Guangdong province under #LockDown due to #CoronavirusOutbreak. Hundreds of thousands of black people live in this area.
For more: http://bit.ly/2uBfJPr (http://bit.ly/2uBfJPr)
#CCPVirus #COVID2019 #Coronavirus #CoronavirusOutbreak #CoronavirusPandemic #coronaviruschina
https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1247528535863881737 (https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1247528535863881737)
I report you decide
Coronavirus China cover-up: UK seriously considering shock Wuhan laboratory leak theory
A CHINESE laboratory leaked deadly coronavirus pathogen, Government ministers fear, as the once far-fetched theory gains traction.
By Brian McGleenon
PUBLISHED: 12:37, Sun, Apr 5, 2020
Senior sources in the Government have revealed they are now seriously considering whether coronavirus leaked from a Chinese laboratory. That the virus leaked from a laboratory, as indicated by this Express online article in February, is now "no longer being discounted" claim ministers. A Cobra member has approached the Mail on Sunday to reveal the Government did not rule out a leak from China's only Level Four Bio-safety laboratory.
The member of Cobra said: "There is a credible alternative view to the zoonotic theory based on the nature of the virus.
"Perhaps it is no coincidence that there is that laboratory in Wuhan.
Read more at: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1265224/coronavirus-china-original-wuhan-laboratory-leak-bioweapon-military-grade-china-scientist (https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1265224/coronavirus-china-original-wuhan-laboratory-leak-bioweapon-military-grade-china-scientist)
Dominic Raab takes charge of U.K. as Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care
Alex Hudson By On 4/7/20 at 7:23 AM EDT
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's condition has worsened after contracting coronavirus as First Secretary of State and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab takes temporary charge of government.
Johnson was admitted to intensive care at around 7 p.m. BST on Monday. Raab, the government minister designated to deputize for the prime minister when he is unable to fulfill duties, is said to be the "first among equals" in the cabinet.
This means the business of government can continue as usual, he can chair meetings and lead the response to COVID-19. Precise details of the prime minister's condition are not yet known.
Read more at: https://www.newsweek.com/dominic-raab-uk-prime-minister-boris-johnson-intensive-care-1496510 (https://www.newsweek.com/dominic-raab-uk-prime-minister-boris-johnson-intensive-care-1496510)
France reports horrific coronavirus death toll in past 24 hours – total deaths over 10,000
FRANCE has reported a record 1,417 new coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours - almost double the country's previous record of 833 announced yesterday.
PUBLISHED: 18:45, Tue, Apr 7, 2020
More: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1266260/France-coronavirus-death-toll-latest-covid19-macron-news (https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1266260/France-coronavirus-death-toll-latest-covid19-macron-news)
North Korea chaos: Secret meth labs BOOM as coronavirus sparks economic collapse
CORONAVIRUS restrictions in North Korea have sparked a boom in the country's illegal drugs trade with struggling traders driven to trafficking methamphetamine in the poverty-stricken hermit state.
By Simon Osborne
PUBLISHED: 14:41, Mon, Mar 30, 2020
Pyongyang has not reported any confirmed cases of the disease, which has spread around the globe after being first diagnosed in neighbouring China, though some foreign experts have expressed doubts. Residents of North Hamgyong province told Radio Free Asia’s Korean Service that government bans on commercial and social activities had left many people finding it difficult to make ends meet.
One resident said: “They could barely keep their heads above water when they could do business.
“Now the number of people going into drug trafficking is increasing."
Read more at: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1262337/coronavirus-north-korea-methamphetamine-pyongyang-kim-jong-un?int_source=traffic.outbrain&int_medium=traffic.outbrain&int_term=traffic.outbrain&int_content=traffic.outbrain&int_campaign=traffic.outbrain (https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1262337/coronavirus-north-korea-methamphetamine-pyongyang-kim-jong-un?int_source=traffic.outbrain&int_medium=traffic.outbrain&int_term=traffic.outbrain&int_content=traffic.outbrain&int_campaign=traffic.outbrain)
This thing snowballs and that is concerning:
Isn't France one of the better healthcare European countries?
Someone should start a rumor that dogs produce naturally a COVID vaccine that benefits their owners.It'll never work, the moslems have already determined that drinking camel urine will save them.
Disturbing viral video claiming coronavirus patients ‘cremated alive’ flagged as ‘false information’
A viral video in which a Wuhan woman claims she witnessed coronavirus patients being cremated alive is “false informationâ€, fact checkers say.
Frank Chung@franks_chung
https://www.news.com.au/world/asia/disturbing-viral-video-claiming-coronavirus-patients-cremated-alive-flagged-as-false-information/news-story/c495dd501e1479125319970b375854ad (https://www.news.com.au/world/asia/disturbing-viral-video-claiming-coronavirus-patients-cremated-alive-flagged-as-false-information/news-story/c495dd501e1479125319970b375854ad)
This thing snowballs and that is concerning:
Isn't France one of the better healthcare European countries?
Coronavirus Study to Look at Using Gout Drug to Prevent Lung Complications and Deaths from COVID-19
By Kashmira Gander On 3/24/20 at 12:26 PM EDT
Scientists in Canada have launched a study to test a drug they hope could prevent people from dying of lung complications caused by the respiratory disease COVID-19.
Researchers at the Montreal Heart Institute aim to recruit 6,000 COVID-19 patients for their COLCORONA study, according to a statement. The drug, called colchicine, is an anti-inflammatory pill used to treat gout, Behcet's syndrome —which causes blood vessel inflammation— and the genetic disorder Familial Mediterranean Fever, where people have a recurrent abnormal body temperature.
Professor Jean-Claude Tardif, director of the Research Centre at the Montreal Heart Institute, told Radio Canada his team believes the medication could stop what is known as a cytokine storm, where the immune system overreacts.
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The drug "may reduce COVID-19-related complications in adults at risk or with evidence of an inflammatory storm," according to the institute's statement. ... Newsweek (https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-study-look-using-gout-drug-prevent-lung-complications-deaths-covid-19-1493966)
Sweden reports over 100 coronavirus deaths
Sweden on Tuesday reported another 114 coronavirus deaths, bringing the total to 591 in a country that has adopted a softer approach to containing the outbreak than some of its European neighbours.
Sweden's Public Health Agency said it had recorded a total of 7,693 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country of around 10 million people.
It reported 114 new deaths on Tuesday, an uptick from preceding daily tolls, but cautioned that some of the fatalities occurred in previous days.
Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/coronavirus/sweden-reports-over-100-coronavirus-deaths/ar-BB12h0cf?li=BBTgOZ0 (https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/coronavirus/sweden-reports-over-100-coronavirus-deaths/ar-BB12h0cf?li=BBTgOZ0)
UPDATE: Data Shows US Efforts to Combat China Coronavirus Crushed Economy -- But Brazil and Sweden Have Similar Fatality Numbers With Open Economies
By Jim Hoft Published April 7, 2020
While the US shuts down all commerce for weeks and destroys the economy, other countries like Sweden and Brazil are doing the opposite and allowing the China coronavirus to run its course.
Data indicates there no material differences in fatalities between the three countries leading the casual observer to question why is the US killing its economy?
The US continues to prevent nearly all commerce from occurring to combat the China coronavirus. Many other countries are following suit. But some countries like Sweden and Brazil are keeping their countries open for business. Data shows that the fatalities related to the coronavirus in these countries are very similar to those in the US.
Read more at: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/update-data-shows-us-efforts-combat-china-coronavirus-crushed-economy-brazil-sweden-similar-fatality-numbers-open-economies/ (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/update-data-shows-us-efforts-combat-china-coronavirus-crushed-economy-brazil-sweden-similar-fatality-numbers-open-economies/)
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson spends second night in intensive care
BBC, Apr 7, 2020, 8:07 ET
Boris Johnson is spending a second night in intensive care as he continues to receive treatment for coronavirus.
The PM is being kept in intensive care at St Thomas' Hospital in London "for close monitoring", No 10 said.
Mr Johnson's condition is "stable" and he remains in "good spirits", his spokesman added on Tuesday evening.
More: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52208156 (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52208156)
World News April 7, 2020
Brazil looks to China for coronavirus help as cases rise quickly
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s health minister said the country faced a “serious problem†getting enough mechanical ventilators and had spoken to China to try and ensure it would be able to fill an order for face masks as coronavirus deaths accelerated
Latin America’s largest country has confirmed 13,717 coronavirus cases, while deaths rose to 667, exceeding 100 in 24 hours for the first time.
Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said he had spoken with the Chinese ambassador on Tuesday to ensure fulfillment of medical equipment orders.
More: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-looks-to-china-for-coronavirus-help-as-cases-rise-quickly-idUSKBN21P3A2 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-looks-to-china-for-coronavirus-help-as-cases-rise-quickly-idUSKBN21P3A2)
U.S. immigration officials evaluate vulnerable detainees for possible release amid pandemic
Ted Hesson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. immigration officials said on Tuesday they are considering releasing some detainees at high risk for coronavirus infection as detainees and workers have tested positive for the resulting COVID-19 illness.
More: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-crime/u-s-immigration-officials-evaluate-vulnerable-detainees-for-possible-release-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN21P3JP (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-crime/u-s-immigration-officials-evaluate-vulnerable-detainees-for-possible-release-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN21P3JP)
Australia's parliament set to pass huge stimulus plan
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-parliament-set-to-pass-huge-stimulus-plan-idUSKBN21P3JD (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-parliament-set-to-pass-huge-stimulus-plan-idUSKBN21P3JD)
Two Peruvian women diagnosed with COVID-19 give birth to healthy babies - doctor
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-peru-newborns/two-peruvian-women-diagnosed-with-covid-19-give-birth-to-healthy-babies-doctor-idUSKBN21Q03Y (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-peru-newborns/two-peruvian-women-diagnosed-with-covid-19-give-birth-to-healthy-babies-doctor-idUSKBN21Q03Y)
Mexico urges end to harassment of health workers in pandemic
Carlos RodrÃguez, Associated Press Updated 8:56 pm CDT, Tuesday, April 7, 2020
MEXICO CITY (AP) — They are the first line of defense against the COVID-19 pandemic, but in parts of Mexico, doctors, nurses and other health workers are being harassed to the point that federal authorities have pleaded for Mexicans to show solidarity.
While tributes to courageous medical personnel putting themselves in the virus' path circle the globe, Mexico and some other places have seen disturbing aggression born of fear.
Recently, a hospital in Guadalajara — Mexico's second-largest city — were told to wear civilian clothes to and from work rather than their scrubs or uniforms because some public buses refused to allow them to board. Other medical personnel have reported attacks and this week someone threw flammable liquid on the doors of a new hospital under construction in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon.
Read more at: https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Mexico-urges-end-to-harassment-of-health-workers-15184979.php (https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Mexico-urges-end-to-harassment-of-health-workers-15184979.php)
Boris Johnson’s fever eases after second night in ICU battling coronavirus
By Lee Brown
April 8, 2020 | 7:16am
Coronavirus-stricken British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fever started easing as he remained in intensive care Wednesday — as Queen Elizabeth II sent a message of support to his pregnant fiancée, according to reports.
Johnson, 55, showed promising signs as he spent his second night in an intensive care unit, where he still did not need a ventilator, The Times of London reported. ... New York Post (https://nypost.com/2020/04/08/british-pm-boris-johnsons-coronavirus-fever-eases-in-icu/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow)
:beer:
Inside Wuhan’s secretive National Biosafety Lab
Major report highlights the controversial research institute in the Chinese city where the first cases of Covid-19 were reported
by Gordon Watts April 7, 2020
Controversy and secrecy appear to lurk in the corridors of the National Biosafety Laboratory in Wuhan.
Described as “a cell within the Chinese Academy of Science’s Institute of Virology,†it conducts “coronavirus research†and is a United Nations “reference laboratory for infectious diseases.†It is also situated in the city which in December spawned the first reported cases of the deadly Covid-19 disease.
A wet market only 16 kilometers, or 10 miles, away initially became “ground zero†in what would turn out to be a global pandemic.
...
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nhF_b5y-S0#)
Read more at: https://asiatimes.com/2020/04/inside-wuhans-secretive-national-biosafety-lab/ (https://asiatimes.com/2020/04/inside-wuhans-secretive-national-biosafety-lab/)
Anyone ordering test kits from China should expect this. Stupid has consequences.@DB @PeteS in CA Makes a guy wonde, knowing full well the effects of false positives would be increased restrictions, further damaging the local economies, taking up resources that needn't be consumed sorting out who really has the bug, and who doesn't and who got contaminated because people thought they had it.
Is tropical Asia relatively immune to Covid-19?
Tropical Asian nations have much fewer cases and deaths than the wintry West but the verdict on climate determinism is still out
by John McBeth April 7, 2020
JAKARTA – When Maritime Affairs and Investment Coordinating Minister Luhut Panjaitan recently raised the much-debated issue of whether a tropical climate may be Indonesia’s best defense against the fast-spreading coronavirus, critics of the government’s response predictably rolled their eyes.
The problem for Panjaitan, President Joko Widodo’s senior adviser on almost everything, is that all attention is on the lack of testing, widely believed to be the reason why the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 is far lower than what independent modeling suggests it should be.
Claims that the climate may be a mitigating factor leads irrevocably to the suspicion that the government is trying to find ways to cover up the true measure of the situation. There is little question that in delaying its initial response, it did lasting damage to its credibility.
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Map showing Covid-19 outbreak epicenters indicated by black circles situated in comparatively colder global climate regions. Source: Twitter
See more at: https://asiatimes.com/2020/04/is-tropical-asia-relatively-immune-to-covid-19/
@DB @PeteS in CA Makes a guy wonde, knowing full well the effects of false positives would be increased restrictions, further damaging the local economies, taking up resources that needn't be consumed sorting out who really has the bug, and who doesn't and who got contaminated because people thought they had it.
Asymmetrical warfare.
Wuhan Skyline:
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Shanghai Skyline
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I won't belabor the point, but some of their cities' skylines are aesthetically pleasing.
Coronavirus: Saudi cases jump 327 to 2,932 total, 631 recoveries
Saudi Arabia's coronavirus cases jumped by 327 to a total of 2,932, the health ministry spokesman announced on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, 631 people have recovered in the Kingdom with a death toll of 41.
The spokesman continued to urge everyone to follow instructions and to commit to the implemented measures in order to avoid contracting the virus and to slow the spread.
More: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2020/04/08/Coronavirus-Saudi-Arabia-records-2-932-total-cases-631-recoveries.html
Health Board in Qamishli quarantines passengers coming from Damascus for second time in three days
...
On Sunday, the Autonomous Administration sent 19 passengers coming from Damascus to a quarantine in Havana Hotel, which is adjacent to Qamishli Airport.
More: https://npasyria.com/en/blog.php?id_blog=2203&sub_blog=12&name_blog=Health%20Board%20in%20Qamishli%20quarantines%20passengers%20coming%20from%20Damascus%20for%20second%20time%20in%20three%20days
Indonesia was in denial over coronavirus. Now it may be facing a looming disaster
April 7, 2020 4.01pm EDT
Almost no one thinks Indonesia is handling the COVID-19 pandemic well.
Until early March, the government claimed it had no cases of infection, something the eccentric health minister, Terawan Agus Putranto, attributed to prayer. The home affairs minister urged the public to eat more bean sprouts and broccoli, while President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) sang the praises of jamu, traditional herbal remedies.
The government had been in denial. Terawan dismissed as “insulting†a report by Harvard University researchers saying Indonesia must have unreported cases. As recently as last Friday, another minister was still arguing the virus cannot survive in tropical climates.
Read more at: https://theconversation.com/indonesia-was-in-denial-over-coronavirus-now-it-may-be-facing-a-looming-disaster-135436
Well...hopefull we'll start getting some of our subtropical humidity around here soon -- another month or so.
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson 'improving' as intensive care treatment continues
BBC, Apr 8, 2020, 2:15 pm ET
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "improving" after two nights in intensive care with coronavirus, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said.
Mr Johnson was now sitting up in bed and "engaging positively" with the clinical team at St Thomas' Hospital in London, the chancellor added.
Mr Sunak also said a Cobra meeting on Thursday would discuss "the approach" to take in reviewing lockdown measures.
It comes as a record 938 daily deaths were reported in UK hospitals
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52221724 (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52221724)
Trials of IS Fighters in Syria Suspended Indefinitely
By Heather Murdock April 02, 2020 11:12 AM
HASSEKA, SYRIA - “It’s like we are holding a ticking bomb in our hands,†a guard in a prison in northeastern Syria told us in February. The facility holds roughly 5,000 accused Islamic State militants from all over the world.
A month later, the metaphorical bomb went off. Prisoners rioted on Sunday, overrunning one floor of the prison and smashing interior doors.
Later that night, wearing a black mask and flanked by men carrying AK-47s, Rubar Hassan, the prison’s director, appeared before news cameras, appealing for international help. More than a year after the territorial defeat of IS in Syria, officials here still feel baffled and betrayed by the international community.
Read more at: https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/trials-fighters-syria-suspended-indefinitely (https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/trials-fighters-syria-suspended-indefinitely)
How the World Health Organisation’s failure to challenge China over coronavirus cost us dearly
The international body blithely accepted Beijing’s assurances that there was little to worry about.
By Lawrence Freedman
As the Japanese government counted the cost of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics being postponed to next year, Taro Aso, the country’s deputy prime minister, took out his frustration on the World Health Organisation (WHO). Preparation for a pandemic of exactly this nature had long been the WHO’s top priority. So why did it fail the test so badly when the moment came?
Aso’s answer was that the WHO had grown far too close to China. Indeed, he suggested, it should change its name to the Chinese Health Organisation. Not only was the previous WHO director-general, Margaret Chan, a Chinese national but her successor, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the former Ethiopian health minister, was China’s candidate. The allegation was serious: “Early on, if the WHO had not insisted to the world that China had no pneumonia epidemic, then everybody would have taken precautions,†he said on 28 March. Although it was alerted in late December that a new disease had appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the WHO continued to repeat Beijing’s assurances that there was nothing much to worry about.
The WHO had been warned of the problem in Wuhan from a reliable but awkward source. In common with most international organisations, at China’s insistence the WHO does not include Taiwan as an independent member. That is why those looking for evidence of Taiwan’s performance in the struggle against Covid-19 will search in vain on the WHO website. Yet, as Aso also noted, Taiwan can claim to be a “world leader†in responding to the virus and its impressive record should be known. By screening people arriving on flights from China and tracing the contacts of all known cases, this island country of some 24 million people has so far limited the number of cases to 363, with five deaths.
Read more at: https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/2020/04/how-world-health-organisation-s-failure-challenge-china-over-coronavirus-cost-us (https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/2020/04/how-world-health-organisation-s-failure-challenge-china-over-coronavirus-cost-us)
Turkey announces help for Bosnia amid COVID-19 outbreak
Turkey to provide assistance to Bosnia to curb spread of coronavirus, says Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu
News Service
16:58 April 07, 2020
Turkey will provide medical and professional assistance, as well as support in the procurement of essential goods to Bosnia and Herzegovina amid coronavirus outbreak, said Turkish foreign minister on Tuesday.
Mevlut Cavusoglu was speaking to his Bosnian counterpart Bisera Turkovic.
Cavusoglu said that his country will support Bosnia's efforts to combat the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
Read more at: https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-announces-help-for-bosnia-amid-covid-19-outbreak-3516240 (https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-announces-help-for-bosnia-amid-covid-19-outbreak-3516240)
Coronavirus: Toronto recalls $200K worth of ‘poor quality’ masks distributed to long-term care homes
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In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, City staff said 1,252 boxes containing 50 masks per box — a total of 62,600 masks — were distributed to the municipally-owned long-term care homes on March 28. The masks, which were manufactured in China, were delivered the day before from an unspecified vendor.
Read more at: https://globalnews.ca/news/6789934/coronavirus-city-of-toronto-surgical-masks-recall/
Japan declared a state of emergency, but it’s no lockdown. So what is it?
By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press Posted April 8, 2020 8:04 am
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other hard-hit Japanese prefectures to fortify the fight against the coronavirus outbreak. But this is no European or Wuhan-style lockdown. A look at what Japan’s state of emergency entails:
Q. WHY DID ABE DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY?
A. Abe was facing heavy pressure to declare a state of emergency after the number of new cases in Tokyo began doubling every several days in late March. The city of 14 million had 1,339 cases as of Wednesday, up from about 600 a week earlier. Japan focused on dealing with clusters of infections and selective testing for the virus, a strategy that has failed to curb its spread. Experts found that one-third of Tokyo’s recent cases were linked to hostess clubs and other night entertainment districts where cluster tracing is difficult. Meanwhile, compliance with calls for working remotely and other social distancing has been weak.
Read more at: https://globalnews.ca/news/6792908/coronavirus-japan-state-of-emergency-explained/
‘Pray for Boris’ and other signs of spiritual revival
The Christian Science Monitor
One of the world’s most powerful figures, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has been laid low by the coronavirus. News of his hospitalization would be compelling enough. Yet the public response is just as newsworthy. It hints at a spiritual revival of concern for the weakest during this health crisis, no matter what their station in life.
Across Britain, people have placed signs outside houses saying “Pray for Boris.†Muslim, Jewish, and Christian leaders in Britain have offered prayers or asked for God’s blessing for the prime minister and his loved ones.
Abroad, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo said he had prayed for Mr. Johnson’s “swift recovery.†Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “The people of Israel pray for the speedy and full recovery of our friend.†President Donald Trump said both he and the American people were praying for a “good friend.â€
See more at: https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2020/0408/Pray-for-Boris-and-other-signs-of-spiritual-revival (https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2020/0408/Pray-for-Boris-and-other-signs-of-spiritual-revival)
I just hope and pray some terrorist isn't thinking, you know this corona virus just took down the world's economy....let's see what we can conjure up. Scary...….
I just hope and pray some terrorist isn't thinking, you know this corona virus just took down the world's economy....let's see what we can conjure up. Scary...….
Coronavirus: Rebecca Mack's friends pay tribute after nurse's death
Tributes have been paid to a nurse who has died after it is believed she contracted coronavirus.
Rebecca Mack, 29, had worked in the children's cancer unit at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary before leaving to take up other roles in the health sector.
Ms Mack, of Morpeth, Northumberland, died on Sunday.
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The 29-year-old was described as a "one-off" by friends
Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-52217426 (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-52217426)
Downplay the danger, we should not put our healthcare workers' lives in danger over our own selfishness. I get it. Won't change my mind. I don't know how many innocents, nurses, bus drivers as in a case in Detroit, store workers and so on must die from this. We can do minimum to minimize this.
Downplay the danger, we should not put our healthcare workers' lives in danger over our own selfishness. I get it. Won't change my mind. I don't know how many innocents, nurses, bus drivers as in a case in Detroit, store workers and so on must die from this. We can do minimum to minimize this.
Now do other communicable diseases they are exposed to on a daily basis.
Why is it that the health care workers themselves across the board are telling us how different this is from ANY other health crisis they’ve faced?
Ok. I am going to go down the rabbit hole tomorrow.
First article posted will be "Why didn't Bill Gates have his children vaccinated?
Look it up if you have the interest.
I have pnuemonia. And something is going wrong with my right eye. I am going to bed.
Get some sleep and I hope you feel better in the morning! If you really have pneumonia have you contacted your doctor? You probably need antibiotics.
‘His Condition is Improving’: UK PM Boris Johnson ‘Sitting up in Bed’ in London Hospital
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/04/08/his-condition-is-improving-boris-johnson-sitting-up-in-bed/ (https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/04/08/his-condition-is-improving-boris-johnson-sitting-up-in-bed/)
Jerusalem Post Breaking News
BREAKING NEWS
20 doctors at Mexican public hospital test positive for coronavirus
By REUTERS APRIL 8, 2020 21:05
At least 20 doctors at a public hospital outside Mexico City have tested positive for the coronavirus, the head of Mexico's social security institute (IMSS) said on Wednesday, in the second major outbreak among health workers in the country.
https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/20-doctors-at-Mexican-public-hospital-test-positive-for-coronavirus-624074 (https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/20-doctors-at-Mexican-public-hospital-test-positive-for-coronavirus-624074)
Jerusalem Post Health & Science
Israeli COVID-19 treatment shows 100% survival rate - preliminary data
Not only have all the patients survived, according to Pluristem, but four of them showed improvement in respiratory parameters.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN APRIL 8, 2020 23:59
Six critically ill coronavirus patients in Israel who are considered high-risk for mortality have been treated with Pluristem’s placenta-based cell-therapy product and survived, according to preliminary data provided by the Haifa-based company.
The patients were treated at three different Israeli medical centers for one week under the country’s compassionate use program and were suffering from acute respiratory failure and inflammatory complications associated with COVID-19. Four of the patients also demonstrated failure of other organ systems, including cardiovascular and kidney failure.
https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/Israeli-COVID-19-treatment-shows-100-percent-survival-rate-preliminary-data-624058 (https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/Israeli-COVID-19-treatment-shows-100-percent-survival-rate-preliminary-data-624058)
Taiwan rebuffs accusations it racially attacked WHO chief
Ben Blanchard
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan on Thursday angrily condemned accusations from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) boss that racist slurs against him had come from the island, saying racism did not exist in Taiwan in an escalation of its bitter quarrel with the body.
Taiwan’s exclusion from the WHO, due to objections from China which claims the island as its own, has infuriated the Taipei government during the coronavirus outbreak.
Taiwan says it has been unable to get timely information and that Taiwanese lives have become political pawns. The WHO denies this.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-who/taiwan-rebuffs-accusations-it-racially-attacked-who-chief-idUSKCN21R04R (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-who/taiwan-rebuffs-accusations-it-racially-attacked-who-chief-idUSKCN21R04R)
The Latest: India identifies, seals coronavirus hot spots
Indian authorities have identified and sealed dozens of hot spots in the Indian capital and neighboring Uttar Pradesh state comprising residential districts to check the rising trajectory of new coronavirus infections
By The Associated Press
April 9, 2020,
NEW DELHI — Indian authorities have identified and sealed dozens of hot spots in the Indian capital and the neighboring Uttar Pradesh state comprising residential districts to check the rising trajectory of new coronavirus infections.
Government statements late Wednesday said people will be supplied food, medicines and other supplies at their doorsteps and they will not be allowed to leave these areas.
Authorities also made it compulsory for people to wear face masks when stepping outdoors in areas not covered by these restrictions in the two states.
More at: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/latest-india-identifies-seals-coronavirus-hot-spots-70058601
Coronavirus Is Killing Lopez Obrador’s Big Plans for Mexico
His “Fourth Transformation†is a victim of his failure to take the pandemic seriously.
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil April 7, 2020
Covid-19 has come to Mexico. Factories are shut, planes grounded, beaches empty. Some 2,000 are now infected and dozens dead; cases have been doubling every few days. For weeks, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador blithely ignored the lessons coming out of Italy, Spain and elsewhere. He held rallies, hugged supporters, kissed children and made fun of safety recommendations.
When the federal government did finally announce social distancing measures to begin on March 23, the president wasn’t the one who faced the nation. Instead he sent a Health Ministry undersecretary to urge citizens to stay home. Later the Foreign Minister, not the president, declared a national emergency.
Only now, two weeks later, has the president finally addressed the nation. His speech revealed his limits as a leader, and leaves Mexico unprepared to face the pandemic, rescue the economy or bring the nation together. This failure threatens not just his once sky-high approval ratings, but also the viability of his ambitious economic and political project.
More at: https://www.cfr.org/blog/coronavirus-killing-lopez-obradors-big-plans-mexico (https://www.cfr.org/blog/coronavirus-killing-lopez-obradors-big-plans-mexico)
China defends World Health Organization after Trump slams agency, floats funding freeze
By Barnini Chakraborty | Fox News
China's propaganda machine on Wednesday mounted a furious defense of the World Health Organization (WHO) less than 24 hours after President Trump slammed the global agency and threatened to pull millions of dollars in U.S. funding.
"As UN spokesman said, it's clear that WHO, under Dr. Tedros' [Adhanom Ghegreyesus'] leadership, has done tremendous work on COVID. WHO is showing the strength of the intl [sic] health system. We need solidarity and cooperation than ever to win the fight," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying tweeted.
Another tweet from China's official Ministry of Foreign Affairs' account read: "During the ASEAN+3 Health Ministers Special Video Meeting on #COVID19 convened on Apr 7, China, shared its control measures and knowledge about the virus, exchanged views on best practices and emphasized the leadership of WHO in global response efforts."
Read more at: https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-world-health-organization-trump (https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-world-health-organization-trump)
Coronavirus in Suifenhe: Remote border town locks down as China opens up
A Chinese city on the Russian border is entering a "lockdown" due to an increase in coronavirus cases - even as the rest of China cautiously opens up.
In Suifenhe, 1,000 miles from Beijing, people have been ordered to stay indoors, with some exceptions.
The border is closed to people, although not goods, and a 600-bed isolation hospital is being built.
Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52225475 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52225475)
Mexican Drug Cartel Gives Out Food to the Poor Amid Pandemic
Laura Mallene
Alleged members of a Mexican narco cartel are delivering groceries to low-income families to help them overcome the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, a blog covering narco cartels in Mexico reported on Sunday.
Pictures of boxes with labels saying “Cartel del Golfo in support of Ciudad Victoria..." appeared on social media. According to the pictures, the boxes contain some basic goods like oil, breakfast cereal and canned products.
El Blog del Narco said that people were told the labels were put on the boxes to remind that the aid did not come from the government.
Read more at: https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/12038-mexican-drug-cartel-gives-out-food-to-the-poor-amid-pandemic (https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/12038-mexican-drug-cartel-gives-out-food-to-the-poor-amid-pandemic)
Why is it that the health care workers themselves across the board are telling us how different this is from ANY other health crisis they’ve faced?
We need to listen to them. The information is out there to answer your question.
Why don’t you find out the answer from the people who know??
People who know? You mean like the “people who know†that just two weeks ago that were predicting 200k deaths in this country by this week?
Oh wait...they knocked it down to 80k this week a few days ago.
The “people who know†that were claiming beds would be overflowing with virus patients to the point where hospitals would have enough room for all oft hem and would have to implement rationed care?
Are those the “people who know†that you’re referring to?
People who know? You mean like the “people who know†that just two weeks ago that were predicting 200k deaths in this country by this week?
Oh wait...they knocked it down to 80k this week a few days ago.
The “people who know†that were claiming beds would be overflowing with virus patients to the point where hospitals would have enough room for all oft hem and would have to implement rationed care?
Are those the “people who know†that you’re referring to?
Yeah. It's bullcrap.
Read my last post. I was referring to people who have seen this virus up close and personal and are risking their lives (many getting sick and some dying), and who know it’s dangers.
They know it’s not bullcrap.
But it is kind of amusing that the people mocking social distancing are also mocking the fact that it’s working and slowing the spread of the disease so that hospitals are not overwhelmed and treatments can be developed...... which of course is the goal.
You guys get to ridicule the success of the solution you also ridiculed.
How convenient for you. :beer:
Read my last post. I was referring to people who have seen this virus up close and personal and are risking their lives (many getting sick and some dying), and who know it’s dangers.
They know it’s not bullcrap.
But it is kind of amusing that the people mocking social distancing are also mocking the fact that it’s working and slowing the spread of the disease so that hospitals are not overwhelmed and treatments can be developed...... which of course is the goal.
You guys get to ridicule the success of the solution you also ridiculed.
How convenient for you. :beer:
Good on ya, and good on them - Still bullcrap.
No, they don't.
It isn't a medical problem - It is a logistical one.
Success? What success?
@musiclady
My own 51-year-old daughter is a trauma certified registered nurse working at a 500+ bed hospital with as of yesterday 57 patients. I know first hand what SHE says and its the same for her colleagues. They ALL say that the reaction to this is WAY overblown and I'm going to take her word for that.
Thanks for the intelligent response to a complex issue. Understanding your thought process in evaluating what's happening is so helpful. /heavy sarcasm
Success: Because of early intervention in Ohio, the numbers of cases, hospitalizations and deaths are much lower than in other neighboring populous states where the measures were taken much later.
Michigan, more than 20,000 cases, Pennsylvania almost 17,000 cases, Ohio, 5,000 cases.
Because of that, Ohio hospitals have had more time to get equipment, to increase capacity, and to protect healthcare workers on the front lines, treatments are having some success, and the vaccine is closer to coming into being.
But of course, to you that isn't success, because you want the virus to run its course immediately, let people die from it, healthcare workers and treatments be damned.
We'll never find common ground here, because I find your callousness inexcusable, and you find my desire to save lives 'bullcrap.'
I want to remain friends with you because in most areas we are in agreement. On this issue, with my lifetime of exposure to the medical profession, medical professionals and a caring hospital staff and administration, and my hearing what they are saying (to a person) on this pandemic, I will never agree with the "let them die" attitude you have.
So I will probably put you back on Ignore so I don't lose any more respect for you.
Your opinion of me, madame, is what is inexcusable - Both insulting and offensive.
My position is neither callous nor 'let em die'. Rather, I would save every single one.
And your example of it 'working' is absurd - I may as well brag about our mere 300 cases and single digit deaths. But I won't because it is preposterous.
Japan to pay firms to leave China, relocate production elsewhere as part of coronavirus stimulus
More than US$2 billion of the country’s record economic stimulus package will be used to help companies move production away from China
The move coincides with what should have been a celebration of friendlier ties between the two countries, before the pandemic struck
Bloomberg
Published: 10:32am, 9 Apr, 2020
Japan has earmarked US $2.2 billion of its record economic stimulus package to help its manufacturers shift production out of China as the coronavirus disrupts supply chains between the major trading partners.
The extra budget, compiled to try to offset the devastating effects of the pandemic, includes 220 billion yen (US$2 billion) for companies shifting production back to Japan and 23.5 billion yen for those seeking to move production to other countries, according to details of the plan posted online.
The move coincides with what should have been a celebration of friendlier ties between the two countries. Chinese President Xi Jinping
was supposed to be on a state visit to Japan early this month. But what would have been the first visit of its sort in a decade was postponed a month ago amid the spread of the virus and no new date has been set.
Read more at: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3079126/japan-pay-firms-leave-china-relocate-production-elsewhere-part (https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3079126/japan-pay-firms-leave-china-relocate-production-elsewhere-part)
You will think what you will think because you think what you think is what everyone should think or they are stupid ....... facts notwithstanding.
Have a Blessed Easter, friend.
I will see you on the other side of this crisis.
Until then........
My aunt suffered a massive stroke on Monday. She's hovering on the edge right now. Her son, who has been incarcerated for years, was released early to visit her but neither he, my aunt's daughter or husband are allowed to enter the hospital.Oh NOOOOO! I am so sorry! My father died from a stroke after surgery in the hospital. It was a time that I can't let my mind return to. I'll pray for her and your family. I have no words other than..... HE IS RISEN! That is our hope.....
The hospital staff have asked the family to stop calling because each time they do a nurse must bring my aunt the phone and hold it to her ear.
No encouragement or comfort for her will come from family. So she most likely will die alone.
This is other side of this 'compassionate' quarantine.
My aunt suffered a massive stroke on Monday. She's hovering on the edge right now. Her son, who has been incarcerated for years, was released early to visit her but neither he, my aunt's daughter or husband are allowed to enter the hospital.
The hospital staff have asked the family to stop calling because each time they do a nurse must bring my aunt the phone and hold it to her ear.
No encouragement or comfort for her will come from family. So she most likely will die alone.
This is other side of this 'compassionate' quarantine.
Oh NOOOOO! I am so sorry! My father died from a stroke after surgery in the hospital. It was a time that I can't let my mind return to. I'll pray for her and your family. I have no words other than..... HE IS RISEN! That is our hope.....Thanks friend.
Consider projection...
And I see the same facts you do.
Pesach is already passed.
Yep..
@musiclady
My own 51-year-old daughter is a trauma certified registered nurse working at a 500+ bed hospital with as of yesterday 57 patients. I know first hand what SHE says and its the same for her colleagues. They ALL say that the reaction to this is WAY overblown and I'm going to take her word for that.
I'm familiar with your POV on the reaction to the coronavirus @Bigun ---and I respect it. I would be willing to jump on the bandwagon you're on .... but first I need proof that the decrease in dire predictions and hospitals not overflowing are not due to the mitigation efforts Americans have embraced.
Have you any links to support mitigation efforts did not have a positive affect?
US Spokesperson Urges China Take 3 Steps
By NTD Newsroom April 9, 2020
1. Share virus data
2. Let international teams investigate how the outbreak began in China
3. Allow Chinese citizens freedom of speech
More at: https://www.ntd.com/us-spokesperson-urges-china-take-3-steps_453629.html (https://www.ntd.com/us-spokesperson-urges-china-take-3-steps_453629.html)
Dutch woman the oldest in the world to survive Covid-19
By Janene Pieters on April 9, 2020 - 11:50
Cornelia Ras from Goeree-Overflakkee is the oldest person worldwide to survive a Covid-19 infection, a spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO) said to NU.nl. The 107-year-old woman was given a clean bill of health on Monday, after contracting the coronavirus during a church service in her nursing home in mid-March.
The WHO monitors the number of coronavirus cases worldwide. "We have not received any information of an older patient," the spokesperson said to the newspaper, but added that the age of a number of recovered patients is unknown. "But even then, she will most likely be the oldest."
Before Ras recovered, a 104-year-old man from Oregon was the oldest recovered coronavirus patient.
Read more at: https://nltimes.nl/2020/04/09/dutch-woman-oldest-world-survive-covid-19 (https://nltimes.nl/2020/04/09/dutch-woman-oldest-world-survive-covid-19)
Indeed! All four (maybe five?) of you are right and the entire medical community is wrong. Got it!
Stay safe.
My aunt suffered a massive stroke on Monday. She's hovering on the edge right now. Her son, who has been incarcerated for years, was released early to visit her but neither he, my aunt's daughter or husband are allowed to enter the hospital.
The hospital staff have asked the family to stop calling because each time they do a nurse must bring my aunt the phone and hold it to her ear.
No encouragement or comfort for her will come from family. So she most likely will die alone.
This is other side of this 'compassionate' quarantine.
Tom Cotton@SenTomCotton
Very grateful for the people of Vietnam and their generosity during this time. Thank you!QuoteDonald J. Trump@realDonaldTrumphttps://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1248266687742386176
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This morning, 450,000 protective suits landed in Dallas, Texas. This was made possible because of the partnership of two great American companies—DuPont and FedEx—and our friends in Vietnam. Thank you! @DuPont_News @FedEx
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My aunt suffered a massive stroke on Monday. She's hovering on the edge right now. Her son, who has been incarcerated for years, was released early to visit her but neither he, my aunt's daughter or husband are allowed to enter the hospital.
The hospital staff have asked the family to stop calling because each time they do a nurse must bring my aunt the phone and hold it to her ear.
No encouragement or comfort for her will come from family. So she most likely will die alone.
This is other side of this 'compassionate' quarantine.
Heshmat Alavi@HeshmatAlavi
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As criticism grows against China over the #coronavirus pandemic, it is worth noting the regime ruling #Iran is allowing Chinese fishing companies use "bottom trawling" techniques in the Gulf of Oman, leaving local fishermen & marine life devastated in SE Iran.
Video: https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1248266688153423872 (https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1248266688153423872)
Miss England Hangs up Her Crown to Return to Work as Doctor During COVID-19 Pandemic
By Wire Service April 7, 2020
A beauty queen who was crowned Miss England in 2019 has returned to the United Kingdom from overseas charity work to continue her career as a doctor amid the CCP virus pandemic.
Bhasha Mukherjee took a career break as a junior doctor after competing in the Miss World pageant in December 2019. Mukherjee represented England at the pageant after winning Miss England.
Invited to be an ambassador for several charities, Mukherjee had planned to hang up her stethoscope and focus on humanitarian work until August this year.
Read more at: https://www.ntd.com/miss-england-hangs-up-her-crown-to-return-to-work-as-doctor-during-coronavirus-pandemic_452969.html (https://www.ntd.com/miss-england-hangs-up-her-crown-to-return-to-work-as-doctor-during-coronavirus-pandemic_452969.html)
This pandemic is Trump’s Vietnam. He has earned his bone spurs.
By Dana Milbank
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/07/this-pandemic-is-trumps-vietnam-he-has-earned-his-bone-spurs/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/07/this-pandemic-is-trumps-vietnam-he-has-earned-his-bone-spurs/)
Wouldn't that be attempting to prove a negative? It's a sure bet those advocating the lockdowns of the population will claim credit for any shortfall of dead bodies.
Sad news on many levels @skeeter sorry to hear that. I'll be praying for her.
I don't think you have to be an "advocate" of the lockdown to wonder if it actually helped mitigate the spread of the disease @Cyber Liberty
In a word, yes.
May your chains rest lightly.
My aunt suffered a massive stroke on Monday. She's hovering on the edge right now. Her son, who has been incarcerated for years, was released early to visit her but neither he, my aunt's daughter or husband are allowed to enter the hospital.
The hospital staff have asked the family to stop calling because each time they do a nurse must bring my aunt the phone and hold it to her ear.
No encouragement or comfort for her will come from family. So she most likely will die alone.
This is other side of this 'compassionate' quarantine.
I'm familiar with your POV on the reaction to the coronavirus @Bigun ---and I respect it. I would be willing to jump on the bandwagon you're on .... but first I need proof that the decrease in dire predictions and hospitals not overflowing are not due to the mitigation efforts Americans have embraced.
Have you any links to support mitigation efforts did not have a positive affect?
The virus has killed more Americans than 911. We didn't just blow off 911.
China has released this on the world, that's where I'd find problems.
The patients were treated at three different Israeli medical centers for one week under the country’s compassionate use program and were suffering from acute respiratory failure and inflammatory complications associated with COVID-19. Four of the patients also demonstrated failure of other organ systems, including cardiovascular and kidney failure.
@TomSea
Highlighted in bold because people need to remember and focus on THIS FACT.
BTW,did you know that Pelosi's husband has a law firm that represents China in the US,and that he was even a partner in NORINCO,until the Chinese reps in Long Beach had to shut the doors and leave on the first thing flying to escape arrest.
According to the BATF they were selling machine guns to gangs,including Mexican Drug Cartels,and smuggling them into the country hidden in shipments of semi-auto AK-47 clones.
Or at least that was what they said in the required briefing to a Senate Committee that Nancy chairs,the day before the raid was scheduled.
Oddly enough,within hours of briefing her Senate Committee,EVERY Chinese national in the US associated with NORINCO fled the country on the first thing smoking. The BATF raided warehouses and confiscated machineguns the next morning,but there was nobody there to arrest.
Go figure.
Taiwan’s exclusion from the WHO, due to objections from China which claims the island as its own, has infuriated the Taipei government during the coronavirus outbreak.
Wouldn't that be attempting to prove a negative?
It's a sure bet those advocating the lockdowns of the population will claim credit for any shortfall of dead bodies.
Wouldn't that be attempting to prove a negative?
It's a sure bet those advocating the lockdowns of the population will claim credit for any shortfall of dead bodies.
I will pray for your aunt and your family, @skeeter. I'm so sorry!
People who know? You mean like the “people who know†that just two weeks ago that were predicting 200k deaths in this country by this week?Maybe she means the researchers in North Carolina from back in 2015 who were splicing Bat coronavirus into mouse adapted SARS-CoV backbones and inventing new more lethal human infecting forms resistant to vaccines or drugs, alongside two Chinese researchers from Wuhan. https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985 (https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985)
Oh wait...they knocked it down to 80k this week a few days ago.
The “people who know†that were claiming beds would be overflowing with virus patients to the point where hospitals would have enough room for all oft hem and would have to implement rationed care?
Are those the “people who know†that you’re referring to?
Mike@Doranimated
When you imagine your US political rival to be "sitting on a throne of skulls," it's a clear indication you have been locked alone in your basement for days, binging on an exclusive diet of Netflix and CNN. Shut off the computer. Go for a bike ride.
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https://twitter.com/Doranimated/status/1248276969353105409 (https://twitter.com/Doranimated/status/1248276969353105409)
Thanks for the intelligent response to a complex issue. Understanding your thought process in evaluating what's happening is so helpful. /heavy sarcasmHmmm. Apparently Democrat strongholds are hit hardest.
Success: Because of early intervention in Ohio, the numbers of cases, hospitalizations and deaths are much lower than in other neighboring populous states where the measures were taken much later.
Michigan, more than 20,000 cases, Pennsylvania almost 17,000 cases, Ohio, 5,000 cases.
Because of that, Ohio hospitals have had more time to get equipment, to increase capacity, and to protect healthcare workers on the front lines, treatments are having some success, and the vaccine is closer to coming into being.
But of course, to you that isn't success, because you want the virus to run its course immediately, let people die from it, healthcare workers and treatments be damned.
We'll never find common ground here, because I find your callousness inexcusable, and you find my desire to save lives 'bullcrap.'
I want to remain friends with you because in most areas we are in agreement. On this issue, with my lifetime of exposure to the medical profession, medical professionals and a caring hospital staff and administration, and my hearing what they are saying (to a person) on this pandemic, I will never agree with the "let them die" attitude you have.
So I will probably put you back on Ignore so I don't lose any more respect for you.
Yes, in fact, I do! Listen to your own Dr. Fauci closely:
Our friend @massadvj lays it all out for you here (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,397526.msg2186408.html#msg2186408) @Right_in_Virginia
This is real bad, what does CHINA do with the money they spend to make other nations subservient? And thinking about it, China has a billion plus people, so yes, they need to feed them as we feed our people.
So, she must be of Hindu origin, nice story.
Boy! More mean-spiritedness out of WaPo, just posting the headline, speaking of VN:
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This pandemic is Trump’s Vietnam. He has earned his bone spurs.
By Dana Milbank
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/07/this-pandemic-is-trumps-vietnam-he-has-earned-his-bone-spurs/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/07/this-pandemic-is-trumps-vietnam-he-has-earned-his-bone-spurs/)
Thanks very much @musiclady. Very weird & difficult times.Prayers up for all y'all.
Thanks very much @musiclady. Very weird & difficult times.
Hmmm. Apparently Democrat strongholds are hit hardest.
World Health Organization is 'Beijing's handmaid' in coronavirus pandemic
'Should have known it was dealing with a bad-faith actor'
By WND Staff
Published April 7, 2020
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Sen. Marthy McSally, R-Ariz., has called for the resignation of WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for his defense of China's actions and his close ties to the communist regime.
...
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., wants a Senate Homeland Security Committee investigation into WHO's actions.
Fox News reported former national security adviser John Bolton also has been critical of the WHO.
He called the Tedros an "accomplice to China's massive coverup" and said he should resign.
Read more at: https://www.wnd.com/2020/04/world-health-organization-beijings-handmaid-coronavirus-pandemic/ (https://www.wnd.com/2020/04/world-health-organization-beijings-handmaid-coronavirus-pandemic/)
Maybe she means the researchers in North Carolina from back in 2015 who were splicing Bat coronavirus into mouse adapted SARS-CoV backbones and inventing new more lethal human infecting forms resistant to vaccines or drugs, alongside two Chinese researchers from Wuhan. https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985 (https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985)How come Geologists and Reservoir Engineers, drill so many dry holes?
Maybe they "knew something", too.
Be all that as it may, we actually have a petri dish that will help us understand the value or non-value of strong mitigation. It's called "Sweden".
Infections in Sweden have risen exponentially since February and their death rates surpass their neighboring countries by astonishing rates. The PM now cautions that death rates will be measured in the thousands and has presented Parliament with a plan to implement the type of lockdown other countries have been under for weeks. Lots of information is found by entering "Coronavirus in Sweden" as a Google search.
Sweden is worth watching if one is open to the possibility that early and strong mitigation works.
Right here in the US ... I'd point you to California's infection and death curve after an earlier "lockdown" and compare it with New York's. Which state is better off?
As a final observation, the "your own Dr. Fauci" is unfounded and a bit too snarky. I hope you can rein in this kneejerk reaction.
Be all that as it may, we actually have a petri dish that will help us understand the value or non-value of strong mitigation. It's called "Sweden".Ever been to NYC? They are so crammed together that I'm surprised it's not worse.
Infections in Sweden have risen exponentially since February and their death rates surpass their neighboring countries by astonishing rates. The PM now cautions that death rates will be measured in the thousands and has presented Parliament with a plan to implement the type of lockdown other countries have been under for weeks. Lots of information is found by entering "Coronavirus in Sweden" as a Google search.
Sweden is worth watching if one is open to the possibility that early and strong mitigation works.
Right here in the US ... I'd point you to California's infection and death curve after an earlier "lockdown" and compare it with New York's. Which state is better off?
As a final observation, the "your own Dr. Fauci" is unfounded and a bit too snarky. I hope you can rein in this kneejerk reaction.
How come Geologists and Reservoir Engineers, drill so many dry holes?It's always the engineers fault. happy77
Could it be they are doing the best they can with the data they have?
Of course I'm referring to the real world, not the internet fantasy forum of anonymous brilliant Keyboard Wizards, Warriors, and Cowboys.
Yep. Their leadership doesn't exist. Their common sense doesn't exist. Their concern for life doesn't exist.Since urban populations tend to vote Democrat, I'd also note that high population density, public transportation and crowded elevators, sidewalks, and other public spaces are just a pathogen's dream when it comes to hopping hosts.
IOW, they are all around stupid.
For the first few weeks of this, they spent all their time blaming Trump and doing nothing. The people of their states are the losers for it.
(And I didn't even mention New York in my list of messed up states).
How come Geologists and Reservoir Engineers, drill so many dry holes?Economics. If y'all would just pay $100/bbl, then there would be a lot more productive wells out there.
Could it be they are doing the best they can with the data they have?
Of course I'm referring to the real world, not the internet fantasy forum of anonymous brilliant Keyboard Wizards, Warriors, and Cowboys.
Since urban populations tend to vote Democrat, I'd also note that high population density, public transportation and crowded elevators, sidewalks, and other public spaces are just a pathogen's dream when it comes to hopping hosts.
The less urban, the more open space, social distancing comes naturally and easily, and the more likely folks are to vote GOP.
Agree with every point.:beer:
Though we are a relatively densely populated state, Ohio has a mix of urban and rural populations. The big cities vote Dem but the rest of the state (including where I live) is quite conservative.
I’ve spent time in your wide open spaces, and understand your lower numbers just because of the sparsely settled areas across a vast expanse.
Here it’s more complex, but I will always believe (based on the facts) that the strong conservative leadership we have in the state and the mitigation that took place early in the game is the reason our numbers are not only lower than the larger states around, but that we have already leveled off in terms of the expected surge.
We have been given factual, honest information about what was going on, and thankfully the vast majority of us have willingly complied, and I think that’s why our state is going to come out of this sooner and more successfully than Michigan and PA where partisan liberalism set them way back.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk)Bet he got the malaria drug cocktail.
Still being treated in the hospital but out of urgent care.
Bet he got the malaria drug cocktail.It will be interesting to see what treatment he got.
It will be interesting to see what treatment he got.If he got Trump pills it will be huge.
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/7649/prepare_for_the_mother_of_all_s_t_storms_if_sweden_pulls_this_off (http://www.thecommentator.com/article/7649/prepare_for_the_mother_of_all_s_t_storms_if_sweden_pulls_this_off)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/epidemiologist-coronavirus-could-be-exterminated-if-lockdowns-were-lifted/ (https://www.thecollegefix.com/epidemiologist-coronavirus-could-be-exterminated-if-lockdowns-were-lifted/?fbclid=IwAR1pasBclWY-pnAsFR_Vu6jgqmgXMSbBgS3upAA8to2vLUv_G__dMPGrFds)
Ever been to NYC? They are so crammed together that I'm surprised it's not worse.
This also serves nicely as a sunhat ...
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Well, if it is his Vietnam, let's remember who lost that war. It wasn't the troops on the ground, it was the Media and the Democrats.
Economics. If y'all would just pay $100/bbl, then there would be a lot more productive wells out there.
BTW, I have only been on one dry hole in the past 20 years, and that was a rank wildcat in the Paradox Basin.
Some data is better than other data.
And I still know a couple of working cowboys, too.
Be all that as it may, we actually have a petri dish that will help us understand the value or non-value of strong mitigation. It's called "Sweden".
Infections in Sweden have risen exponentially since February and their death rates surpass their neighboring countries by astonishing rates. The PM now cautions that death rates will be measured in the thousands and has presented Parliament with a plan to implement the type of lockdown other countries have been under for weeks. Lots of information is found by entering "Coronavirus in Sweden" as a Google search.
Sweden is worth watching if one is open to the possibility that early and strong mitigation works.
Right here in the US ... I'd point you to California's infection and death curve after an earlier "lockdown" and compare it with New York's. Which state is better off?
As a final observation, the "your own Dr. Fauci" is unfounded and a bit too snarky. I hope you can rein in this kneejerk reaction.
truth seeker mused:
"If he got Trump pills it will be huge."
Do you think anyone in the media is going to be so inquisitive as to ask about his treatment...?
truth seeker mused:
"If he got Trump pills it will be huge."
Do you think anyone in the media is going to be so inquisitive as to ask about his treatment...?
It will be interesting to see how things play out in Sweden. Their population is about 40% of Texas' population, yet their death prediction is 4182 to Texas' 2042.
Maybe she means the researchers in North Carolina from back in 2015 who were splicing Bat coronavirus into mouse adapted SARS-CoV backbones and inventing new more lethal human infecting forms resistant to vaccines or drugs, alongside two Chinese researchers from Wuhan. https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985 (https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985)
Maybe they "knew something", too.
I repeat...... the people I choose to listen to about this are actually people who are informed first hand about things that you clearly don’t want to know.
It makes for more intelligent dialogue..... none of which I’ve experienced with you about this subject.... at least to this point.
I doubt the British press would be shy about asking that question.In general the British press is biased, like ours.
Beers from Castillo del Cyber all around!
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They didn’t put restrictions on social contact, and it looks like they’re paying for it.
We did place restrictions, and it looks like we're paying for it.
Just landed in what was the busiest airport in the world three months ago. Now it looks like a scene out of Atlas Shrugged.
We did place restrictions, and it looks like we're paying for it.
Just landed in what was the busiest airport in the world three months ago. Now it looks like a scene out of Atlas Shrugged.
Death is also inevitable. And it is also still happening.
The only way to get people to do things they normally wouldn't do is to make them believe they are experiencing something never before experienced in history.
That's what's happening now.
The economy will recover. This crisis has brought so much innovation and creativity from the business community that once we round this corner (which will be soon), with good leadership, we will recover.It has brought no innovation, no creativity. It has only brought deliberate SUPPRESSION. It has turned Hollywood into a bunch of amateurs blogging from their cell phones. Athletics have been shut down. You can't even go to church, and those in the media even blame church for spreading this disease. Government picks and chooses what kind of businesses are allowed to operate. You can't get a haircut. You can't even go to a dentist. Schools are closed. Elections are suspended. Friends can't see each other. A police state roams the streets vowing to fine anyone who dares spend time with more than one other person.
I am absolutely certain of that.
I'm sorry to see so much pessimism among some (fortunately just a few) of the conservatives on this board.
I wonder how all of you would have reacted to the Great Depression and all the sacrifices and rationing during World War II. I wonder if you would have given up so quickly to real hardship and sacrifice when there is so much complaining about the tiny sacrifices we are making now
I wonder.......
It has brought no innovation, no creativity. It has only brought deliberate SUPPRESSION. It has turned Hollywood into a bunch of amateurs blogging from their cell phones. Athletics have been shut down. You can't even go to church, and those in the media even blame church for spreading this disease. Government picks and chooses what kind of businesses are allowed to operate. You can't get a haircut. You can't even go to a dentist. Schools are closed. Elections are suspended. Friends can't see each other. A police state roams the streets vowing to fine anyone who dares spend time with more than one other person.
All under the premise that this will slow the spread of the disease. Yet new cases continue to climb, a month after social distancing cut 80% of human contact in this country, a number that was said to be enough to stop this. THIS. IS. NOT. WORKING.
In war and depression we were allowed to see our loved ones in person! We were allowed to work together! At least we had each other, and the government has torn that from us this time! That's what makes this so heinous. They are trampling on free religion, right to assemble, the legislative process, and so much more. The government response to this virus is tearing apart the social fabric of this country and the world.
That's why this must stop at the soonest possible time. We are trading a physical health crisis for a mental health crisis, and it hasn't even stopped the physical crisis. The Chinese Communists are laughing as we now live like them, and we all know that the government is not going to give up the power it has seized for itself without a fight.
Prayers for the PM and his partner.@Gefn
It must be terrifying to be pregnant now.
To clarify: I do not object to these types of measures IF they are short-term, i.e., less than a month. The social distancing measures used during the Spanish flu lasted about three weeks at a time. But they have to work.
Two weeks after the lockdowns started, new cases should have begun dropping dramatically. Instead, they're flat.
Most disconcerning, is that a week ago, we were told that maybe 2M would die, now it is 60,000. From my environmental and safety profession, I had to deal and use all kind of different models. I guarantee that I never saw that level of disparity in their use. I can just guess what look my plant manager would have given me if I would have told him that 10,000 would die from dispersion modeling, and then come back 10 minutes later and say none. Credibility is a helluva competency to waste.Oh, it hasn't been wasted. In a year where upstream CAPEX in this area has been cut by over 50%, where oilfield jobs are evaporating like alcohol on a hot plate, where tariffs have reduced ag trade, where this COVID-19 shutdown has taken care of strangling most of the rest, where the hospitality industry is dead, My glorious local tax man has decided my home is worth 47% more than last year, even with ZERO improvements, and they won't be holding the abatement hearings in person, but by phone, full steam(roller) ahead.
Oh, it hasn't been wasted. In a year where upstream CAPEX in this area has been cut by over 50%, where oilfield jobs are evaporating like alcohol on a hot plate, where tariffs have reduced ag trade, where this COVID-19 shutdown has taken care of strangling most of the rest, where the hospitality industry is dead, My glorious local tax man has decided my home is worth 47% more than last year, even with ZERO improvements, and they won't be holding the abatement hearings in person, but by phone, full steam(roller) ahead.
A REMINDER THAT THE ONLY BUSINESS GOING FULL TILT IS THE GOVERNMENT, WHETHER YOU GET TO SAY JACK OR NOT.
Most disconcerning, is that a week ago, we were told that maybe 2M would die, now it is 60,000.
Credibility is a helluva competency to waste.
@Gefn
A few days ago, I saw on line somewhere, a woman due to have birth at that time, died from the virus and doctors took the baby out of her and it lived. There are so many terrible things happening to people now.
Nope. 2M infected 100k-200k dead.
Venezuela: One of the Countries with Fewer Tests in the Hemisphere | Caracas Chronicles
Naky Soto
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There are 1,346,299 coronavirus cases and over 74,600 deaths in the world. Europe has over half of the cases (655,000), followed by (352,000) and Asia Pacific (112,000), but only in America the curve keeps rising.
Read more at: https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2020/04/07/venezuela-one-of-the-countries-with-fewer-tests-in-the-hemisphere/ (https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2020/04/07/venezuela-one-of-the-countries-with-fewer-tests-in-the-hemisphere/)
'We will die': Andhra doc who alleged shortage of masks, PPE in viral video suspended
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https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/we-will-die-andhra-doc-who-alleged-shortage-masks-ppe-viral-video-suspended-122185 (https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/we-will-die-andhra-doc-who-alleged-shortage-masks-ppe-viral-video-suspended-122185)
@Once-Ler
Nope....remember these reports from a few weeks ago?
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/17/terrifying-new-research-warns-22-million-could-die-coronavirus-us-without-drastic (https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/17/terrifying-new-research-warns-22-million-could-die-coronavirus-us-without-drastic)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8082327/15-MILLION-people-die-best-case-coronavirus-scenario.html (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8082327/15-MILLION-people-die-best-case-coronavirus-scenario.html)
They didn’t put restrictions on social contact, and it looks like they’re paying for it.
@Once-Ler
Nope....remember these reports from a few weeks ago?
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/17/terrifying-new-research-warns-22-million-could-die-coronavirus-us-without-drastic (https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/17/terrifying-new-research-warns-22-million-could-die-coronavirus-us-without-drastic)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8082327/15-MILLION-people-die-best-case-coronavirus-scenario.html (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8082327/15-MILLION-people-die-best-case-coronavirus-scenario.html)
It has brought no innovation, no creativity. It has only brought deliberate SUPPRESSION.
Lukashenka Disparages COVID-19 Victims As Belarus Curve Steepens
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has made disparaging comments about victims of the coronavirus, dismissing his country's caseload as "miniscule" and insisting it is "no catastrophe." Yet throughout April, the number of officially confirmed cases has roughly doubled every three days.
https://www.rferl.org/a/lukashenka-disparages-covid-19-victims-as-belarus-curve-steepens-/30546329.html (https://www.rferl.org/a/lukashenka-disparages-covid-19-victims-as-belarus-curve-steepens-/30546329.html)
A phlebotomist working at Roseland Community Hospital said Thursday that 30% to 50% of patients tested for the coronavirus have antibodies while only around 10% to 20% of those tested have the active virus.
Sumaya Owaynat, a phlebotomy technician, said she tests between 400 and 600 patients on an average day in the parking lot at Roseland Community Hospital. Drive-thru testing is from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. each day. However, the hospital has a limited number of tests they can give per day
Owaynat said the number of patients coming through the testing center who appear to have already had coronavirus and gotten over it is far greater than those who currently have the disease.
Taiwan’s Success Is the Bane of Beijing’s Global Coronavirus Propaganda
Jo Kim
China Power | Diplomacy | East Asia
Much to Beijing’s chagrin, praise of Taiwan’s success has provided the democracy with much-needed global exposure.
Over the last few weeks, the world has observed a grand PR campaign from Beijing, an attempt to shift the global narrative in China’s favor by touting its containment of COVID-19 as the successful outcome of its political model. The outgoing message is that China’s anti-coronavirus campaign “demonstrated the notable advantages of the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics,†and that Singapore, Japan, and South Korea “based their responses on the experience and lessons drawn from China’s successful battle with the virus.†The Global Times has quoted Chinese analysts stating that China’s model is the “only proven successful model so far that could be replicated to halt the virus once and for all.â€
The other core message within China’s narrative is that “China has acted as a responsible big country†in playing a leadership role to combat the virus based on Xi Jinping’s concept of a “Community of Shared Future for Mankind.†China has backed its narrative by launching a “mask diplomacy†campaign, providing medical masks and ventilators as well as dispatching medical personnel to countries seeking aid.
Read more at: https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/taiwans-success-is-the-bane-of-beijings-global-coronavirus-propaganda/
Roseland Hospital phlebotomist: 30% of those tested have coronavirus antibody[/b] (https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/530092711-roseland-hospital-phlebotomist-30-of-those-tested-have-coronavirus-antibody[b)
Most disconcerning, is that a week ago, we were told that maybe 2M would die, now it is 60,000.
@Once-Ler
Nope....remember these reports from a few weeks ago?
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/17/terrifying-new-research-warns-22-million-could-die-coronavirus-us-without-drastic (https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/17/terrifying-new-research-warns-22-million-could-die-coronavirus-us-without-drastic)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8082327/15-MILLION-people-die-best-case-coronavirus-scenario.html (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8082327/15-MILLION-people-die-best-case-coronavirus-scenario.html) March 6th
Nope. 2M infected 100k-200k dead.
Oh you mean the ones from before quarantine and self distancing? The report from a month ago that convinced the President to declare a National Emergency. Sorry for my confusion. Got it.
Roseland Hospital phlebotomist: 30% of those tested have coronavirus antibody[/b] (https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/530092711-roseland-hospital-phlebotomist-30-of-those-tested-have-coronavirus-antibody[b)
This is HUGE news if true!
:thumbsup: Revision of history is not allowed here.How about reading and logic?
She’s drawing blood in a drive through testing center in a parking lot? :pondering:
How about reading and logic?
How about reading and logic?
Did you read the part where social-distancing regulations had no impact on models that had already accounted for it?I read the part that said "one week" then "a few weeks" then posted a link from a month ago.
You are reaching pretty hard to find a "Trump lied, people died" angle.You are reaching pretty hard to put words in my mouth. Words you quoted that I don't believe and never said. Since my President declared a National Emergency I have supported his leadership in fighting COVID-19 because I believe him when he says his top priority is saving lives, and I believe he has saved thousands of lives already.
I read the part that said "one week" then "a few weeks" then posted a link from a month ago.You are reaching pretty hard to put words in my mouth. Words you quoted that I don't believe and never said. Since my President declared a National Emergency I have supported his leadership in fighting COVID-19 because I believe him when he says his top priority is saving lives, and I believe he has saved thousands of lives already.
I'm a little hurt frankly @Cyber Liberty
And every time you refer to Donald Trump as "My President," a little piece of me dies inside. :shrug:
We manage.
I find some of President Trump's supporters embarrassing too, but not you, Bud. :beer:
Canadian police are to begin visiting homes to enforce the government’s COVID-19 quarantine, the RCMP said on Friday, warning that “recklessly†failing to comply could result in a $1-million fine and three years in prison. ...Full story (https://globalnews.ca/news/6804626/coronavirus-police-verifying-quarantine-order/)
But enforcement will focus on “education and encouragement,†it said, adding “RCMP officers will attempt to conduct physical verification with the individual while maintaining physical distancing.â€
Police forces across the country have issued hundreds of tickets and even made arrests in some cases after people violated quarantine orders or social-distancing rules. ...
The RCMP announced new powers aimed at enforcing the Quarantine Act, while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hinted Friday that rules could be loosened this summer if Canadians act now to contain the spread of COVID-19.National Post (https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-quarantine-act-emergencies-act)
The police force says it has been asked to assist in enforcing the act in the midst of the pandemic. Officers could visit homes to ensure anyone entering Canada is self-isolating for 14 days, and police can now make arrests, rather than issue a court appearance notice or summons.
The RCMP says arrests under the act, violations of which could include a fine of up to $750,000 and imprisonment for six months, will be a last resort. ...
Sat, Apr 11, 2020 page1
Virus Outbreak: Chinese issue fake apology for Taiwan
MISDIRECTION: Chinese social media users posing as Taiwanese have taken responsibility for racist attacks that the WHO’s head claimed originated in Taiwan
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Chinese posing as Taiwanese have issued online apologies to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for “personal attacks†and “racist abuse,†Taiwanese authorities said yesterday.
Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau officials presented the findings at a media briefing to rebut accusations by Tedros, who on Wednesday accused Taiwan of engaging in personal attacks against him.
Tedros said that he over the past three months received death threats and racist abuse, and claimed that it originated from Taiwan.
Read more at: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/04/11/2003734395 (https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/04/11/2003734395)
I wonder how all of you would have reacted to the Great Depression and all the sacrifices and rationing during World War II. I wonder if you would have given up so quickly to real hardship and sacrifice when there is so much complaining about the tiny sacrifices we are making now
I wonder.......
Taiwan Finds Fake Twitter Accounts Tweeting Apologies From 'Taiwanese' to WHO Chief
2020-04-10
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Director Zhang Youren of Taiwan's Bureau of Investigation describes Chinese information warfare efforts against Taiwan, April 10, 2020.
RFA
Investigators in Taiwan say they have found a number of fake Twitter accounts linked to China posting fake apologies to World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has accused the democratic island of involvement in a series of personal and racist attacks against him.
Investigators from the ministry of justice in Taiwan said they had uncovered an effort by Chinese netizens to exploit the controversy by falsely identifying themselves as Taiwanese and issuing apologies to Tedros online, the island's Central News Agency reported.
The posts appeared on fake accounts made to imitate the account of Radio Free Asia, and included apology templates posted by an account calling itself "Radio Free Xuzhou."
Read more at: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/apologies-04102020105650.html (https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/apologies-04102020105650.html)
The our reaction to the current crisis is the exact opposite of our reaction to WWII.
Back then we had real Japanese aircraft and carriers raining very real bombs on our sailors. There was no doubt what we were up against. Today, we're under attack by a virus, with models and potentially fudged data the only visible evidence.
But the sacrifices are infinitesimal and the whining ear shattering.
We are a weaker people than we used to be, addicted to comfort and convenience.
The our reaction to the current crisis is the exact opposite of our reaction to WWII.
I don't think there's a lot of "whining," but there is a lot of caution being displayed about the precedents being set. Others may disagree about what "infinitesimal " means.
The principal optimists on this board are the ones who have been discounting the dire projections being handed out daily. The optimists are the ones dismissing the 80,000-dead-by-July predictions. The optimists are the ones who have continually pointed out predictions on similar pandemics proved to be grossly exaggerated. The optimists are the ones who have kept the big picture focus instead of pouring out their feelings about the tragedies of individual cases.
It was the optimists who pointed out how antibody tests could be used to create an army of buffers against this. And it was the optimists who have championed personal responsibility and proactive action, instead of government mandates of delaying the end game.
During WWII, our government asked the people to put their lives on the line. Millions were sent out of their communities to face dangers in unfamiliar places. Women abandoned abandoned the safety of their homes to take factory jobs and produce the needs of the nation. Today, our government is doing the exact opposite.
Not that you didn't know this, but the self-sacrifice I was referring to had to do with rationing and not having things you needed to keep your household and family going. There were very real sacrifices for every single American and people were in need because all our resources were going to the war effort.
I was not talking about the troops serving in the War.
But you knew that, didn't you? **nononono*
I'm really not that personally familiar with sacrifices being made by others. Since I recently retired, I'm not that interested in going out and about anyway. We have always kept a full pantry and freezer, so we can go for months. :shrug:
Doesn't keep me from expressing concern about the political ramifications of policies, though, and this is a political discussion forum. Wild speculation is the coin of the realm.
And don't you dare eschew optimism and "shut up." :tongue2:
What is it exactly that you feel I should be sacrificing that I am not?
But the sacrifices are infinitesimal and the whining ear shattering.
We are a weaker people than we used to be, addicted to comfort and convenience.
Ship at center of virus outbreak raided by Australian police
Updated 3:38 am EDT, Thursday, April 9, 2020
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In this Wednesday, April 8, 2020, photo provided by the New South Wales Police, investigators in protective gear examine material from the Ruby Princess cruise ship at Wollongong, Australia. Police boarded the ... more
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Police wearing protective gear boarded a cruise ship to seize evidence and question crew members of the vessel linked to hundreds of coronavirus infections and 15 deaths across Australia.
About 2,700 passengers disembarked from the ship on March 19 in Sydney and it has since become the largest source of coronavirus infections in Australia. More than 600 cases of COVID-19 and 15 deaths are linked the to the ship, the Ruby Princess.
More at:https://www.ctpost.com/news/world/article/Ship-at-center-of-virus-outbreak-raided-by-15188861.php#photo-19275697
But the sacrifices are infinitesimal and the whining ear shattering.Lest you forget, WWII put America back to work.
We are a weaker people than we used to be, addicted to comfort and convenience.
Lest you forget, WWII put America back to work.
Corona virus put much of America out of work.
A whole generation of snowflakes that need mommy to buy things for them because they don’t want to work.
Y'all are talking past each other, it appears to me. From where I sit (on the employment sidelines), I'm not personally sacrificing anything, other than not being forced to go out and do things when I'd rather just stay at the Castle. It's the "hermit life!" Sacrificing is what the working folks down at the Casinos are doing, now that they're all thrown out of work.
I think what's concerning to us, on varying levels, is how much personal and economic disruption the panic is causing, and it's important because the Rats are prone to stampeding the public when they want to create a crisis to exploit for their gain.
Y'all are talking past each other, it appears to me. From where I sit (on the employment sidelines), I'm not personally sacrificing anything, other than not being forced to go out and do things when I'd rather just stay at the Castle. It's the "hermit life!" Sacrificing is what the working folks down at the Casinos are doing, now that they're all thrown out of work.
I think what's concerning to us, on varying levels, is how much personal and economic disruption the panic is causing, and it's important because the Rats are prone to stampeding the public when they want to create a crisis to exploit for their gain.
It has brought no innovation, no creativity. It has only brought deliberate SUPPRESSION. It has turned Hollywood into a bunch of amateurs blogging from their cell phones. Athletics have been shut down. You can't even go to church, and those in the media even blame church for spreading this disease. Government picks and chooses what kind of businesses are allowed to operate. You can't get a haircut. You can't even go to a dentist. Schools are closed. Elections are suspended. Friends can't see each other. A police state roams the streets vowing to fine anyone who dares spend time with more than one other person.
All under the premise that this will slow the spread of the disease. Yet new cases continue to climb, a month after social distancing cut 80% of human contact in this country, a number that was said to be enough to stop this. THIS. IS. NOT. WORKING.
In war and depression we were allowed to see our loved ones in person! We were allowed to work together! At least we had each other, and the government has torn that from us this time! That's what makes this so heinous. They are trampling on free religion, right to assemble, the legislative process, and so much more. The government response to this virus is tearing apart the social fabric of this country and the world.
That's why this must stop at the soonest possible time. We are trading a physical health crisis for a mental health crisis, and it hasn't even stopped the physical crisis. The Chinese Communists are laughing as we now live like them, and we all know that the government is not going to give up the power it has seized for itself without a fight.
Sorry @Cyber Liberty but that is just flat wrong! Every last one of us is suffering whether or not we realize it. Every last made up out of thin air dollar the FED creates makes people like you and me that much poorer. The laws of economics are every bit as rigid as the laws of physics. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Sooner or later somebody pays for everything!
We’re on the same page here.
We have politicians like Cuomo offering up medical opinions at the top of every news hour, and on the other side, we have medical experts opining on matters of state. But both with the same underlying theme: you’re all gonna die if you don’t do as we say. I got an idea, why don’t both stay in their own lane.
Which brings me back to my central question. Why are we treating this particular viral outbreak differently than nearly all prior outbreaks?
My answer is simple. It’s because Donald Trump is president, this is an election year, and all past attempts by democrats and their media bed-buddies to depose him have failed.
We are living an overreaction fueled by politics.
We’re on the same page here.
We have politicians like Cuomo offering up medical opinions at the top of every news hour, and on the other side, we have medical experts opining on matters of state. But both with the same underlying theme: you’re all gonna die if you don’t do as we say. I got an idea, why don’t both stay in their own lane.
Which brings me back to my central question. Why are we treating this particular viral outbreak differently than nearly all prior outbreaks?
My answer is simple. It’s because Donald Trump is president, this is an election year, and all past attempts by democrats and their media bed-buddies to depose him have failed.
We are living an overreaction fueled by politics.
One correction. It's not the "panic" that's causing the disruption. It's the virus.
The vast majority of Americans aren't panicked. (I actually don't know a single soul who's panicking). They are just being kind..... good, responsible citizens........ considerate of their fellow Americans.
Don't blame the victim for the crime. Blame the perp.
My answer is simple. It’s because Donald Trump is president, this is an election year, and all past attempts by democrats and their media bed-buddies to depose him have failed.
We are living an overreaction fueled by politics.
Sorry @Cyber Liberty but that is just flat wrong! Every last one of us is suffering whether or not we realize it. Every last made up out of thin air dollar the FED creates makes people like you and me that much poorer. The laws of economics are every bit as rigid as the laws of physics. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Sooner or later somebody pays for everything!
We’re on the same page here.
We have politicians like Cuomo offering up medical opinions at the top of every news hour, and on the other side, we have medical experts opining on matters of state. But both with the same underlying theme: you’re all gonna die if you don’t do as we say. I got an idea, why don’t both stay in their own lane.
Which brings me back to my central question. Why are we treating this particular viral outbreak differently than nearly all prior outbreaks?
My answer is simple. It’s because Donald Trump is president, this is an election year, and all past attempts by democrats and their media bed-buddies to depose him have failed.
We are living an overreaction fueled by politics.
pointing-up :yowsa:
One thing is for sure. If Baraq Obama was still in office, the press would be fawning over how much our government cares, and how fortunate we were to have someone like Obama as our President.
My answer is simple. It’s because Donald Trump is president, this is an election year, and all past attempts by democrats and their media bed-buddies to depose him have failed.
We are living an overreaction fueled by politics.
Hopefully, I hope you and @Bigun note, I am not disagreeing with his observation. The Debt just cleared, what, $25T?
During WWII, our government asked the people to put their lives on the line. Millions were sent out of their communities to face dangers in unfamiliar places. Women abandoned abandoned the safety of their homes to take factory jobs and produce the needs of the nation. Today, our government is doing the exact opposite.I see the doctors and nurses and even my grocery store clerk putting their lives on the line. Does that not make sense to you?
Hopefully, I hope you and @Bigun note, I am not disagreeing with his observation. The Debt just cleared, what, $25T?
I see the doctors and nurses and even my grocery store clerk putting their lives on the line. Does that not make sense to you?
April 09, 2020
Gates’ Globalist Vaccine Agenda: A Win-Win for Pharma and Mandatory Vaccinations
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By Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Chairman, Children’s Health Defense
Vaccines, for Bill Gates, are a strategic philanthropy that feed his many vaccine-related businesses (including Microsoft’s ambition to control a global vaccination ID enterprise) and give him dictatorial control of global health policy.
Gates’ obsession with vaccines seems to be fueled by a conviction to save the world with technology.
Promising his share of $450 million of $1.2 billion to eradicate Polio, Gates took control of India’s National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) which mandated up to 50 doses (Table 1) of polio vaccines through overlapping immunization programs to children before the age of five. Indian doctors blame the Gates campaign for a devastating non-polio acute flaccid paralysis (NPAFP) epidemic that paralyzed 490,000 children beyond expected rates between 2000 and 2017. In 2017, the Indian government dialed back Gates’ vaccine regimen and asked Gates and his vaccine policies to leave India. NPAFP rates dropped precipitously.
Read more at: https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/government-corruption/gates-globalist-vaccine-agenda-a-win-win-for-pharma-and-mandatory-vaccination/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=f58164a5-11a0-44dd-aa66-03e639a9ab76
Hopefully, I hope you and @Bigun note, I am not disagreeing with his observation. The Debt just cleared, what, $25T?
This is what is to be alert of. I'm not even sure if this is pro or con Gates. I think it's against but I will have to read more.
Nah. Tumpy is in this right up to his lips. This is way past Democrat/Republican.
Just the TRILLIONS being spent makes em all sonsabiches, every single man-jack of em.
Not to mention lost liberties. Lost jobs.
Defending any single bit of this crap is unconscionable.
This is what is to be alert of. I'm not even sure if this is pro or con Gates. I think it's against but I will have to read more.
The goal is to drag this out as long as possible so that a vaccine becomes practical. If the disease is allowed to run its course naturally, then the population as a whole would have developed a collective immunity large enough to where an epidemic would no longer be a threat and a vaccine would be rendered useless. But if we keep everyone quarantined and isolated long enough, then the threat of epidemic would still be real, and a vaccine more valuable.
"The RCMP says arrests under the act, violations of which could include a fine of up to $750,000"
So they're going to financially ruin individuals who "don't comply" ???
That's Canada for you.
Never wanted to go there, ain't changing my opinion.
One thing I've noticed -- I've never seen a poster to this board self-identify as being Canadian...
We'll have to agree to disagree (agreeably) about the impact of the panic. The Corona Virus didn't wipe out the stocks of toilet paper in the stores, the panic did. Just one example, albeit a pretty small one compared to the millions of people just thrown out of work.
It's not "blaming the victim" to note there is panic adversely impacting the country.
I've never said that either there was no panic, nor that panic wasn't adversely impacting the country. Both of those things are true.
What I am saying is that, information is not panic, careful behavior is not panic, not wanting to get this virus nor give it to anyone else is not panic, caring about healthcare workers is not panic, and not going around screaming "POLICE STATE!" is not panic.
The panic, however, is secondary to the very basic medical fact....... FACT....... that this is a pernicious, fast spreading virus with unknown health ramifications and people are still dying from it....sometimes only a day or so after their first symptoms. Understanding that and caring about the shortage of PPE's for our healthcare workers, is not panic. And those who have gone around here for weeks (albeit not many of them, but persistent and loud) accusing those acquiring knowledge, seeking information and caring for those who are putting their lives on the line to keep the rest of us well, as being hysterical and ridiculous, are the ones who are failing to blame the actual perp....... the virus itself.
The goal is to drag this out as long as possible so that a vaccine becomes practical. If the disease is allowed to run its course naturally, then the population as a whole would have developed a collective immunity large enough to where an epidemic would no longer be a threat and a vaccine would be rendered useless. But if we keep everyone quarantined and isolated long enough, then the threat of epidemic would still be real, and a vaccine more valuable.Yeppers!
Cyber wrote:
"a vaccine will take over a year to formulate."
No.
A number of vaccines will appear quickly -- some already exist.
It's the testing and "red tape" that will delay their introduction.
How long did it take to develop and implement the vaccine for smallpox?
Or for polio?
@Victoria33 I’m really worried about you and other people who are seniors. It is a strange time indeed@Gefn
Moscow Stretched 'to Limit' by Virus Cases: Official
By AFP
Moscow's hospitals and ambulance service are working at peak capacity after a sharp rise in those hospitalized with serious coronavirus complications, a senior city official said Friday.
The densely populated capital with more than 12 million residents has the largest outbreak in Russia, with 7,822 confirmed coronavirus cases out of a national total of almost 12,000.
The number in Moscow's hospitals has doubled since last week and more than 85% of these patients have pneumonia, deputy mayor Anastasia Rakova was quoted as saying on the city virus task force's Telegram account.
Read more at: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/04/10/moscow-stretched-to-limit-by-virus-cases-official-a69943 (https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/04/10/moscow-stretched-to-limit-by-virus-cases-official-a69943)
Prominent Iran Lawmaker Demands Foreign Ministry To Summon China's Ambassador
Following a war of words between the Islamic Republic Ministry of health and Beijing's Ambassador to Tehran, a prominent member of Majles (Iranian parliament) has called on the country's Foreign Ministry to summon the Chinese envoy to protest his actions.
The lawmaker in question is Ali Motahari, who is ending his term in parliament but in the last three years has often criticized officials and the hardliners for their restrictive policies and use of force.
On April 5, the Islamic Republic Health Ministry spokesman, Kianush Jahanpur, had said at a press briefing that China's statistics about the number of deaths and infections from the coronavirus are "a bitter joke." He added, if Beijing said it got the coronavirus epidemic under control within two months, "one should think very hard [if it is true]."
More: https://en.radiofarda.com/a/prominent-iran-lawmaker-demands-foreign-ministry-to-summon-china-s-ambassador/30545491.html
We won’t allow maltreatment of Nigerians, Gbajabiamila tells Chinese envoy
Following the reported maltreatment of some Nigerians living in China, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has demanded an end to the inhumane treatment of Nigerians living in the Asian country.
He said this when the leadership of the House met with the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian on Friday.
Gbajabiamila asked the Chinese envoy to look into viral media reports and videos from Beijing showing Nigerians being forced out of their houses and hotels. The videos further detailed how Nigerians were rounded up and their passports seized by the Chinese police.
Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/we-won-e2-80-99t-allow-maltreatment-of-nigerians-gbajabiamila-tells-chinese-envoy/ar-BB12suzj (https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/we-won-e2-80-99t-allow-maltreatment-of-nigerians-gbajabiamila-tells-chinese-envoy/ar-BB12suzj)
Rights Watchdog Says Dozens Of Prisoners Killed In Iran Coronavirus Protests
As many as 36 prisoners in Iran are feared dead after security forces used lethal force to control protests triggered by fears of Covid-19, Amnesty International (AI) said in a statement on Thursday, April 9.
Referring to widespread protests in recent days in different prisons across Iran, AI says that thousands of prisoners in at least eight prisons around the country staged protests over fears of contracting the coronavirus, sparking deadly responses from prison officers and security forces.
“It is abhorrent that instead of responding to prisoners’ legitimate demands to be protected from COVID-19, Iranian authorities have yet again resorted to killing people to silence their concerns,†said Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director of the Middle East and North Africa.
Read more at: https://en.radiofarda.com/a/rights-watchdog-says-dozens-of-prisoners-killed-in-iran-coronavirus-protests/30544622.html
But the sacrifices are infinitesimal and the whining ear shattering.
We are a weaker people than we used to be, addicted to comfort and convenience.
Second lynching over coronavirus; Delhi man killed over Jamaat link
The man who has been lynched to death had returned from Bhopal in a truck of vegetables after attending a Tablighi Jamaat conference.
By : Shashi Sharma
Apr 9, 2020 20:10 IST
A 22-year-old man, who had returned to Delhi from Madhya Pradesh, has been lynched to death by locals after rumours of him planning to spread coronavirus, the police said on Wednesday. The man had returned from Bhopal in a truck of vegetables after attending a Tablighi Jamaat conference. In the national capital, he was caught by police and released after medical examination, news agency PTI reported.
When he reached his home in the Bawana area of the national capital, rumours spread that he was infected by a coronavirus and had come to Delhi to spread the disease. A group of men attacked him and left for dead. The police took him to the hospital where he succumbed to injuries during the treatment. The Delhi police have registered a case of murder under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and arrested three accused.
Mainstream media adding fuel to the fire by spreading fake news
Ever since the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi turned a coronavirus hotspot, rumours have spread across the country that the members of the religious organisation are spreading the infection. Several fake news by mainstream media organisations like the news agency ANI and controversial news channel Zee News about the Jamaat has added more fuel to the fire.
Read more at: https://www.ibtimes.co.in/first-lynching-over-coronavirus-delhi-man-killed-over-jamaat-link-817172 (https://www.ibtimes.co.in/first-lynching-over-coronavirus-delhi-man-killed-over-jamaat-link-817172)
Nah. Tumpy is in this right up to his lips. This is way past Democrat/Republican.
Just the TRILLIONS being spent makes em all sonsabiches, every single man-jack of em.
Not to mention lost liberties. Lost jobs.
Defending any single bit of this crap is unconscionable.
Episode 904 Scott Adams: Today I Blow Your Mind. Goes Well With Coffee
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So. If you were the President. What would you have done? That man.
If you were in his position and had you stepped up and called him out on his bullshit how far would you take it?
Trillions. What a f'ucking joke. What is the difference? When the sum total is you are zero?
The very same as I have advocated here.
All the way of course. Have you ever known me to wiggle on principle?
Sooner or later, and mark my words: Somebody is going to pay that bill. Do you prefer it is your grandchildren and great grandchildren? How much of their treasure is enough?
Episode 904 Scott Adams: Today I Blow Your Mind. Goes Well With Coffee
14,528 views•Apr 10, 2020
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Episode 904 Scott Adams: Today I Blow Your Mind. Goes Well With Coffee
14,528 views•Apr 10, 2020
Models, motivation, persuassion, saving lives, getting back to work, winning re-election,
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We have to get the economy back to going...NOW. Our local city administrator was just on tv talking about our sales tax shortfall. Talking about laying off city workers etc. This is going to get bad really fast. Depression here we come....Our County seat has taken a different approach (unfortunately), Instead raising assessed home values by as much as 50% with no improvements, oil at 16/bbl, everything not directly oil patch pretty much shut down, and calling it a "market adjustment"--with no regard that for this region it is 1986 all over again. (sharp population decrease as oil drilling imploded, collapse in housing prices).
I'm buying metals....
CNN Business)First went the hand sanitizer, disinfectants and toilet paper.
Now hair clippers and hair dye are flying off shelves.
In recent weeks, Americans' shopping patterns are serving as a reflection of how the coronavirus pandemic continues to evolve and affect daily lives.
"You can definitely see that as people have stayed home, their focus shifted," Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said on the Today Show, Friday.
Walmart CEO says we're in the 'hair color' phase of panic buyingLOLOLOL.... I had to cut my own hair a week or so ago and it wasn't pretty. Guess I'll have to watch a youtube video on it next time...lol.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/11/business/panic-buying-walmart-hair-color-coronavirus/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/11/business/panic-buying-walmart-hair-color-coronavirus/index.html)
Walmart CEO says we're in the 'hair color' phase of panic buyingWell, good! While everyone is messing with their coiffure, maybe I can sneak into the store and get some things for the other end...
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/11/business/panic-buying-walmart-hair-color-coronavirus/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/11/business/panic-buying-walmart-hair-color-coronavirus/index.html)
Our County seat has taken a different approach (unfortunately), Instead raising assessed home values by as much as 50% with no improvements, oil at 16/bbl, everything not directly oil patch pretty much shut down, and calling it a "market adjustment"--with no regard that for this region it is 1986 all over again. (sharp population decrease as oil drilling imploded, collapse in housing prices).I was moving a huge pile of dirt at my mom's house yesterday, that I should have moved years ago. A guy stopped on his bicycle, with his mask on, to ask if he could help as he really needed the money. I said hey....you are making more than I am...lol. I spent hours on the phone the last several days trying to talk to someone at the unemployment office, unsuccessfully. I filled out the paperwork online, but they seem to think I need to talk to them. I filled out the SBA info online as well and haven't heard a word. If a person didn't have money in the bank, they'd be screwed at this point. I'm financially ok, but there are thousands, if not millions that may not make it to the end of the month. I'm right there with you Joe....this is gonna be BAD.
I expect an exodus this summer like the one in '82 and '86 here. If I can't get/find work for the next months, I will be cruising alleys for good used furniture, etc. (discarded), and offering services to haul stuff to the dump, pack/load households going south, etc.
I was moving a huge pile of dirt at my mom's house yesterday, that I should have moved years ago. A guy stopped on his bicycle, with his mask on, to ask if he could help as he really needed the money. I said hey....you are making more than I am...lol. I spent hours on the phone the last several days trying to talk to someone at the unemployment office, unsuccessfully. I filled out the paperwork online, but they seem to think I need to talk to them. I filled out the SBA info online as well and haven't heard a word. If a person didn't have money in the bank, they'd be screwed at this point. I'm financially ok, but there are thousands, if not millions that may not make it to the end of the month. I'm right there with you Joe....this is gonna be BAD.Yep. I'll be working on my place, doing what can be done on the cheap. I have more time than money, and have always bought tools. Now, I get to practice with some of them. I'm in pretty good shape for a few months, barring disaster, and that may get through the tight spot. But in the meantime, it's going to take some hustling, and not shirk from making a buck. God provides. We have always had enough.
The great thing is.... HE IS RISEN!
US warns African-Americans to avoid Guangzhou after reports black people are being targeted in coronavirus clampdown
People of African descent or with ‘African contacts’ have been subjected to mandatory tests and quarantine
Black people are reported to have been evicted from hotels and flats and denied service in restaurants in southern metropolis
Shi Jiangtao in Hong Kong/Beijing
Published: 9:45pm, 11 Apr, 2020
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The warning followed reports that local authorities had imposed tough measures in recent weeks screening people entering and leaving the city’s “Little Africa†district in Yuexiu district after five Nigerians tested positive for the coronavirus.
Read more at: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3079497/us-warns-african-americans-avoid-guangzhou-after-reports-black (https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3079497/us-warns-african-americans-avoid-guangzhou-after-reports-black)
Coronavirus: as the pandemic spreads in the US, so do racist attacks, and not just against Asians
Asians and Asian-Americans continue to be targets, but recent coronavirus webinars have included abuse and slurs of black participants
The Zoom videoconferencing platform was used, and hacked, in both webinars
Charley Lanyon
11 Apr, 2020
In the past two weeks alone, two separate medical webinars on the coronavirus featuring minority health care workers were disrupted by hackers spewing profanity and racial slurs.
On Wednesday, a coronavirus webinar hosted by the Washington-based Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) was intended to shine a light on racial discrepancies in the response to the outbreak. Instead, participants themselves became the targets of racial vitriol.
“Hate speech of all sorts – however, mostly racist comments – bombarded our chat,†said ABC’s president, Dr Michelle Albert, who moderated the discussion. “Nonetheless, we continued.â€
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More: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3079467/coronavirus-pandemic-spreads-us-so-do-racist (https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3079467/coronavirus-pandemic-spreads-us-so-do-racist)
We have to get the economy back to going...NOW. Our local city administrator was just on tv talking about our sales tax shortfall. Talking about laying off city workers etc. This is going to get bad really fast. Depression here we come....
I'm buying metals....
Yep. I'll be working on my place, doing what can be done on the cheap. I have more time than money, and have always bought tools. Now, I get to practice with some of them. I'm in pretty good shape for a few months, barring disaster, and that may get through the tight spot. But in the meantime, it's going to take some hustling, and not shirk from making a buck. God provides. We have always had enough.
Home improvements are great in times like this, when this is over my honey do list will actually be done.
Whatever should I do then :whistle:
Michigan's new stay-at-home order restricts access to gardening and home improvement sections in grocery stores
I was moving a huge pile of dirt at my mom's house yesterday, that I should have moved years ago. A guy stopped on his bicycle, with his mask on, to ask if he could help as he really needed the money. I said hey....you are making more than I am...lol. I spent hours on the phone the last several days trying to talk to someone at the unemployment office, unsuccessfully. I filled out the paperwork online, but they seem to think I need to talk to them. I filled out the SBA info online as well and haven't heard a word. If a person didn't have money in the bank, they'd be screwed at this point. I'm financially ok, but there are thousands, if not millions that may not make it to the end of the month. I'm right there with you Joe....this is gonna be BAD.
The great thing is.... HE IS RISEN!
Home improvements are great in times like this, when this is over my honey do list will actually be done.:silly:
Whatever should I do then :whistle:
We have to get the economy back to going...NOW. Our local city administrator was just on tv talking about our sales tax shortfall. Talking about laying off city workers etc. This is going to get bad really fast. Depression here we come....
I'm buying metals....
@mrpotatoheadInvested in 'semi-precious metal' long ago...never regretted doing so.
Waaay ahead of you on that one. Bought a bunch of ammo back when it was cheap.
Yep. I'll be working on my place, doing what can be done on the cheap. I have more time than money, and have always bought tools. Now, I get to practice with some of them. I'm in pretty good shape for a few months, barring disaster, and that may get through the tight spot. But in the meantime, it's going to take some hustling, and not shirk from making a buck. God provides. We have always had enough.
@Smokin JoeI bought an affordable place, at the time gauging bills against one of two incomes, with one on unemployment, even though we were both employed. It's paid for now, but according to the tax district, is now worth six times what I paid for it (up over 40% from last year, no improvements, in a dying economy oil patch town). Those sort of arbitrary and unpredictable bills are the ones that get you, and the folks in government are skilled indeed at throwing those monkey wrenches into the works..
It's a wise man that prepares for potential future needs,and a unwise man that lives beyond his means because his plans include earning more next year.
There are a BUNCH of people out there with a whole LOT more house than they need,and sadly,many of them are going to end up renting or living in a tent.
MUCH better to buy an affordable place you can pay off quickly,and then buy rental property when property values are bottoming. Rent is money forever.
@Smokin Joe
It's a wise man that prepares for potential future needs,and a unwise man that lives beyond his means because his plans include earning more next year.
There are a BUNCH of people out there with a whole LOT more house than they need,and sadly,many of them are going to end up renting or living in a tent.
MUCH better to buy an affordable place you can pay off quickly,and then buy rental property when property values are bottoming. Rent is money forever.
I bought an affordable place, at the time gauging bills against one of two incomes, with one on unemployment, even though we were both employed. It's paid for now, but according to the tax district, is now worth six times what I paid for it (up over 40% from last year, no improvements, in a dying economy oil patch town). Those sort of arbitrary and unpredictable bills are the ones that get you, and the folks in government are skilled indeed at throwing those monkey wrenches into the works..
@Smokin JoeIt's pretty obvious what is going on. Most of them are n00bs to the region, and some of us recall the last oil boom/bust. They are working off projections that don't take the downside into account (and likely, they have spent money that won't be coming in from sales taxes and oil revenue, because the price of oil has crashed). They have to dig for their pension funds in other places, and the pockets of homeowners are the first thing they think of if they can't get more sales tax through (and the people aren't buying that, and killed the last three attempts at school bonds).
Yeah,but the good bad news is you can probably hire a shyster lawyer to keep getting your case rescheduled until the fools on the county board are filing for unemployment.
I'm buying metals....
If a person didn't have money in the bank, they'd be screwed at this point.
Ted Cruz speculates China inadvertently released and attempted cover-up of coronavirus
by Anthony Leonardi | April 08, 2020 09:02 PM
Sen. Ted Cruz said the novel coronavirus may have inadvertently escaped from a Chinese laboratory and that his theory "explains" China's cover-up of the virus.
During a radio interview on The Michael Berry Show, the Texas Republican said it was possible China accidentally released the virus from a laboratory near Wuhan, China, and assigned blame to the communist government for the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States.
"What there's a real possibility of is that it accidentally escaped, that somebody accidentally got infected. They're studying the virus, and they accidentally got bitten or scratched, or somehow got the virus. And then they took it out and inadvertently caused the outbreak. And I got to say, that would explain a lot of the Chinese government's panicked efforts to cover this up," Cruz said.
Read more at: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ted-cruz-speculates-china-inadvertently-released-and-attempted-cover-up-of-the-coronavirus (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ted-cruz-speculates-china-inadvertently-released-and-attempted-cover-up-of-the-coronavirus)
I bought an affordable place, at the time gauging bills against one of two incomes, with one on unemployment, even though we were both employed. It's paid for now, but according to the tax district, is now worth six times what I paid for it (up over 40% from last year, no improvements, in a dying economy oil patch town). Those sort of arbitrary and unpredictable bills are the ones that get you, and the folks in government are skilled indeed at throwing those monkey wrenches into the works..
I HAVE money in the bank. I just can't get at it. The assumption that everyone has debit cards and electronic banking is not true.
Why don't you like electronic banking? I've been using electronic banking since it was first available in the early 90's. It was a dial up bulletin board style connection back then. Knock on wood, I've never had a problem. In fact multiple times I was saved late charges on mortgage payments where the mortgage company claimed I paid late but the electronic records said otherwise. In every instance of that (there were multiple from the same dumb ass mortgage company) my bank straightened it out directly not needing my involvement short of letting them know about it. Paying by check would have been a disaster.
Iceland coronavirus testing shows half who test positive show no symptoms
Washington Examiner, Apr 11, 2020
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/iceland-coronavirus-testing-shows-half-who-test-positive-show-no-symptoms (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/iceland-coronavirus-testing-shows-half-who-test-positive-show-no-symptoms)
Dutch coronavirus cases rise by 1,316 to 24,413: health authorities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands rose by 1,316 on Saturday to 24,413, health authorities said, with 132 new deaths.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-netherlands-tally/dutch-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-1316-to-24413-health-authorities-idUSKCN21T0MD (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-netherlands-tally/dutch-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-1316-to-24413-health-authorities-idUSKCN21T0MD)
State minister says India set to extend nationwide lockdown to tackle coronavirus
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Modi’s government said only that it was still considering states’ requests and that they mostly wanted a two-week extension to the 21-day lockdown, which is due to end on Tuesday.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southasia/state-minister-says-india-set-to-extend-nationwide-lockdown-to-tackle-coronavirus-idUSKCN21T085 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southasia/state-minister-says-india-set-to-extend-nationwide-lockdown-to-tackle-coronavirus-idUSKCN21T085)
Why coronavirus could be catastrophic for Venezuela
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With a health system that is already on its knees, the arrival of coronavirus is a frightening prospect.
Quick to lock down
Within days of Venezuela recording its first cases of Covid-19 in the middle of March, President Maduro ordered a national quarantine to try and stop its spread.
See more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52204225?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world&link_location=live-reporting-story (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52204225?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world&link_location=live-reporting-story)
India set to ship drug sought by Trump for coronavirus
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This week India allowed some exports of the drug and Trump has thanked New Delhi for the decision.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-drugmakers/india-set-to-ship-drug-sought-by-trump-for-coronavirus-idUSKCN21S1A7 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-drugmakers/india-set-to-ship-drug-sought-by-trump-for-coronavirus-idUSKCN21S1A7)
So, if one missed it, sounds like we are getting this hydroxychloroquine from India among, surely, others.
More world news at Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/news/world (https://www.reuters.com/news/world)
Duterte mulls selling government assets as last resort
Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star
) - April 12, 2020 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — President Duterte is eyeing the sale of government assets as a last resort to keep the country afloat as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to claim lives and ravage the economy.
In a televised address late Thursday, Duterte said he would dispose of the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), among others, if the country’s financial condition worsens.
“What is the endgame? If we really run out of money, I will sell all the property of the government,†he said.
Read more at: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/04/12/2006727/duterte-mulls-selling-government-assets-last-resort (https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/04/12/2006727/duterte-mulls-selling-government-assets-last-resort)
This was just sent to me thought I would share
We shall see ... once I see that the number of cases in my area are not increasing as rapidly or new cases starting to decline -- I'm out of quarantine ... and I am extremely high risk.(https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/91995449_238729053941939_175149414870941696_n.png?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=b96e70&_nc_ohc=kehb4dqGX5EAX-5-kHr&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.xx&oh=d8c850156b90c2e17d6aa35437b0472d&oe=5EB88D89)
Only problem is ... there is a possibility that things will still be closed ... but I'm hoping that they'll re-open the parks and beaches!!
I got 15-20 minutes into it and it looks pretty interesting so far.... Hopefully time will allow me to watch the rest tomorrow (after my garden work).... Garden has been keeping me busy and I miss my TBR buddies.
He is basically saying what everyone in the entire world suspects, but no one apparently dares say. I am not sure whose behavior has been worse: the Chinese or the WHO that covered for them.
We expect deceit from China, but the WHO is supposed to have credibility as a caretaker of world health.
On the basis of these findings, we synthetically re-derived an infectious full-length SHC014 recombinant virus and demonstrate robust viral replication both in vitro and in vivo.and
. The results indicate that group 2b viruses encoding the SHC014 spike in a wild-type backbone can efficiently use multiple orthologs of the SARS receptor human angiotensin converting enzyme II (ACE2), replicate efficiently in primary human airway cells and achieve in vitro titers equivalent to epidemic strains of SARS-CoV.[/b] Additionally, in vivo experiments demonstrate replication of the chimeric virus in mouse lung with notable pathogenesis. Evaluation of available SARS-based immune-therapeutic and prophylactic modalities revealed poor efficacy; both monoclonal antibody and vaccine approaches failed to neutralize and protect from infection with CoVs using the novel spike protein.(quotes from the abstract)
He is basically saying what everyone in the entire world suspects, but no one apparently dares say. I am not sure whose behavior has been worse: the Chinese or the WHO that covered for them.
We expect deceit from China, but the WHO is supposed to have credibility as a caretaker of world health.
Prof. Steve Hanke
@steve_hanke
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#Modi's #Lockdown does nothing to address #India's weak #Healthcare capacity. There are just 0.7 beds per 1,000 people. Even if 0.03% of rural Indians become infected, #Hospitals will be overwhelmed.
It takes action, not PR stunts, to fight #COVIDー19.
Prof. Steve Hanke
@steve_hanke
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#Modi's #India is unprepared for #Coronavirus. He has spent all his time telling Indians to applaud & light candles. With #Testing at woefully low levels at 137 tests per 1M pop, it is dawning on everyone: 'Dear Leader' has no plan. #ModiMadeDisaster.
You don't have to have a PhD in virology to understand the implications of this: https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985 (https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985)
Published in November 2015, in Nature, the abstract details the creation of a chimera virus from Bat borne Coronavirus SHCO14 and a mouse adapted SARS-CoV backbone (viral fragment) that and (quotes from the abstract)
Two of the researchers on this particular project (who are co-authors) went back to their jobs at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
That is just too much to be coincidental. Wet Market, my arse.
Ryan Saavedra
@RealSaavedra
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U.S. population: 328,000,000
France/Germany/Italy/U.K./Spain population: 324,000,000
Coronavirus cases:
-U.S.: 526,396
-F/G/I/UK/S: 650,807
Coronavirus deaths:
-U.S.: 20,463
-F/G/I/UK/S: 62,553
Source: Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center
This was just sent to me thought I would shareI'm a Friends fan. It was cute.
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He is risen!
Scott Walker@ScottWalker
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Made this cross at camp when I was a kid. Still sits on the stand next to my bed as a reminder that we can’t celebrate Easter
Hatching chick without Good Friday
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https://twitter.com/ScottWalker
Ryan Saavedra @RealSaavedra
10h
U.S. population: 328,000,000
France/Germany/Italy/U.K./Spain population: 324,000,000
Coronavirus cases:
-U.S.: 526,396
-F/G/I/UK/S: 650,807
Coronavirus deaths:
-U.S.: 20,463
-F/G/I/UK/S: 62,553
Source: Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center
I'm a Friends fan. It was cute.
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He is risen!
Ryan Saavedra @RealSaavedra
10h
U.S. population: 328,000,000
France/Germany/Italy/U.K./Spain population: 324,000,000
Coronavirus cases:
-U.S.: 526,396
-F/G/I/UK/S: 650,807
Coronavirus deaths:
-U.S.: 20,463
-F/G/I/UK/S: 62,553
Source: Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center
He is basically saying what everyone in the entire world suspects, but no one apparently dares say. I am not sure whose behavior has been worse: the Chinese or the WHO that covered for them.WHO is administered by Ethiopia. Ethiopia is owned by China to the extent that it is nearly a province of China.
We expect deceit from China, but the WHO is supposed to have credibility as a caretaker of world health.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVX8j0ZX0AY8_aQ.jpg)Thank you for posting this. HE IS RISEN INDEED!
He is risen!
Doesn't surprise me.
American scientists are actively working to learn the origin of the deadly coronavirus behind the pandemic now spreading around the world, but say a lack of Chinese virus samples has hampered research.
There’s a reason for the term “stubborn Swede.â€
And also for the term “dumb Swede.â€
Myself excepted from both, of course. happy77
But seriously, they need to get their act together quickly or the death toll will keep mounting...
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He is risen!
FDD | Erdogan's Response to Coronavirus Will Destroy Turkey’s Economy
The investor Warren Buffett once pithily remarked, “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.†The COVID-19 pandemic has caught both governments and the private sector in every country off guard, but Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, through years of political and economic mismanagement, has put his nation in arguably the most vulnerable position of all major emerging markets.
If Erdogan insists on doubling down on his past mistakes, he will bring further economic ruin to Turkey, with financial and geopolitical consequences that endure far beyond the pandemic’s end.
As of April 7, Turkey had more than 34,000 coronavirus cases, with one of the world’s worst reported trajectories in terms of infection and with confirmed cases doubling every six days, compared with the world average of nine. However, there is concern that even this worrying figure is an undercount. When Ankara reported its first confirmed case on March 11, becoming the last major economy to do so, Ergin Kocyildirim of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine wrote a warning the same day under the title “Turkey’s Coronavirus Coverup Is A Disaster Waiting To Happen.†On March 28, the financial analyst Inan Dogan, whose model had accurately predicted the trajectory of the U.S. death toll, estimated that “1 out of every 150 people in Turkey is infected with the coronavirus,†forecasting the death toll to exceed 5,000 by mid-April.
Read more at: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2020/04/08/erdogans-response-to-coronavirus-will-destroy-turkeys-economy/ (https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2020/04/08/erdogans-response-to-coronavirus-will-destroy-turkeys-economy/)
South Korea reports more recovered coronavirus patients testing positive again
Josh Smith
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported on Monday that at least 116 people initially cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again, although officials suggested they would soon look at easing strict recommendations aimed at preventing new outbreaks.
South Korea reported only 25 new cases overall on Monday, but the rise in “reactivated†patients has raised concerns as the country seeks to stamp out infections.
Officials are still investigating the cause of the apparent relapses. But Jeong Eun-kyeong, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), has said the virus may have been reactivated rather than the patients being re-infected.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-reports-more-recovered-coronavirus-patients-testing-positive-again-idUSKCN21V0JQ (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-reports-more-recovered-coronavirus-patients-testing-positive-again-idUSKCN21V0JQ)
South Korea reported on Monday that at least 116 people initially cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again, although officials suggested they would soon look at easing strict recommendations aimed at preventing new outbreaks.
A man who stayed in the same ICU as Boris Johnson said his experience there was 'absolutely horrible'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-stayed-same-icu-boris-192951743.html (https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-stayed-same-icu-boris-192951743.html)
One driver told Reuters he had waited for more than 15 hours to drop off a patient who was suspected of having the infection.The broken record about the death rate is pretty tired to continually bring up. Resources are being heavily used.
If people didn't hear about Boris Johnson's hospital visit, unofficial reports tend to make it sound harrowing. Here is one such related report.QuoteA man who stayed in the same ICU as Boris Johnson said his experience there was 'absolutely horrible'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-stayed-same-icu-boris-192951743.html (https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-stayed-same-icu-boris-192951743.html)
Boris Johnson leaves hospital as he continues recovery from coronavirus
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/apr/12/boris-johnson-leaves-hospital-as-he-continues-recovery-from-coronavirus (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/apr/12/boris-johnson-leaves-hospital-as-he-continues-recovery-from-coronavirus)
"It is a colossal market failure.
"It goes right back to the essence of markets, exacerbated by the neoliberal savage, neoliberal intensification of deep social economic problems.
"It was known for a long time that pandemics are very likely.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1263376/coronavirus-news-uk-cases-deaths-europe-us-vaccine-noam-chomsky-spt (https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1263376/coronavirus-news-uk-cases-deaths-europe-us-vaccine-noam-chomsky-spt)
Russian Football Star Re-Creates Famous Album Covers in Quarantine
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More: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/04/13/russian-football-star-re-creates-famous-album-covers-in-quarantine-a69968 (https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/04/13/russian-football-star-re-creates-famous-album-covers-in-quarantine-a69968)
With 20/20 hindsight, perhaps easy to say:
Noam Chomsky:
For those of you who would rather hear the positive aspect instead of being bombarded with scary stories of the worst spin possible:
Looks like Boris Johnson is well on his way to full recovery. We should be comforted by that fact.
OMG! DID SOMEONE JUST CITE NOAM CHOMSKY ON THIS BOARD???
@Hoodat
I found a couple of N95 masks in my workshop yesterday,and took them to the medical clinic where my ex works,and gave them to her. She is the receptionist there and had no masks other than the cheap ones.
. . .
I think I might have some more stashed away somewhere inside the shop or one of the project cars in the shop,and if I find them,I will take them to her,too.
Who needs them more than doctors,nurses,and medical receptionists?
EU's von der Leyen threatens Hungary's Orban with legal action | DW | 12.04.2020
Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com (http://www.dw.com))
EU executive head Ursula von der Leyen has warned Hungary of possible legal proceedings if executive powers to tackle coronavirus go to far. Prime Minister Viktor Orban can now pass decrees without parliament's approval.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen threatened Hungary with legal proceedings over new laws to slow the spread of coronavirus, in comments published on Sunday.
The EU was "ready to act if the restrictions go beyond what is allowed," Von der Leyen told German newspaper Bild am Sonntag.
Read more at: https://www.dw.com/en/eus-von-der-leyen-threatens-hungarys-orban-with-legal-action/a-53101386 (https://www.dw.com/en/eus-von-der-leyen-threatens-hungarys-orban-with-legal-action/a-53101386)
Say what you want, this is news. PLEASE DO NOT USE THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN HERE. We do have Christians here and I would ask people to respect people's religious sensibilities.
I take it that we shouldn't have any articles on Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Harvey Weinstein and so on here as well. Please show some consistency.
This is one warning, carry out your smears in this forum and they will be deleted in this forum.
https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/10-commandments-lords-vain-omg/story?id=8634397 (https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/10-commandments-lords-vain-omg/story?id=8634397)
https://www.compellingtruth.org/OMG.html (https://www.compellingtruth.org/OMG.html)
https://www.gotquestions.org/OMG.html (https://www.gotquestions.org/OMG.html)
https://relevantmagazine.com/god/omg-what-does-it-really-mean-to-use-the-lords-name-in-vain/ (https://relevantmagazine.com/god/omg-what-does-it-really-mean-to-use-the-lords-name-in-vain/)
Plenty is written on it for those with a search engine.
All negative off-topic talk, insults, will be deleted.
Jerusalem Post Special ContentDennis Prager has been talking about this, look him up for more.
Israel Govt. Selects Colel Chabad to Provide Food to Israel's Poor During Lock-Down
(JERUSALEM, ISRAEL) In light of the coronavirus pandemic, Israel is currently in the midst of an indefinite lock-down. Only stores that sell food and pharmaceuticals are open.
By LEO GIOSUÈ APRIL 7, 2020
For them, the government has issued food stamps. There's just one problem: The government doesn't have the infrastructure to distribute these food stamps to those who need them. That's why they had to rely on a private organization for the distribution. And Israel’s social services realized that, of all the charitable organizations in Israel, the one with the best track record of providing food to Israel’s poor is none other than Colel Chabad.
That's why Israel’s Social Welfare Department has drafted Colel Chabad to handle an emergency effort to provide Passover nutritional support to 30,000 families whose livelihoods have been disrupted by the coronavirus crisis. Colel Chabad (est. 1788) is Israel’s oldest and largest social services network, and is the official government contractor to provide food security for Israel’s poorest citizens.
This is a massive logistical undertaking that requires working closely with large and small municipalities in order to identify the most pressing cases. “The time-frame in which all this must be accomplished is brutal,†says Colel Chabad’s Rabbi Shmuel Lipsker. “Pesach is two weeks off, and we have to provide 30,000 families with the ability to shop for the Seder."
More at: https://www.jpost.com/Special-Content/Israel-Govt-Selects-Colel-Chabad-to-Provide-Food-to-Israels-Poor-During-Lock-Down-623923 (https://www.jpost.com/Special-Content/Israel-Govt-Selects-Colel-Chabad-to-Provide-Food-to-Israels-Poor-During-Lock-Down-623923)
Explained: Kerala flattened the Coronavirus curve with three-pronged strategy
Mudit Bhatnagar
Flying during coronavirus times
On January 30, India reported its first positive case of COVID-19 from the state of Kerala. Within a span of two months, Kerala rapidly emerged as the novel coronavirus hotspot in the country, along with Maharashtra. The two states remained at the top of the table for the most number of patients all through March and it seemed like there was no coming back for them once they breached the 300-mark.
But, as days progressed and COVID-19 rattled the rest of the country, Kerala silently fought the fatal virus and managed a huge turnaround. While Maharashtra's COVID-19 case count went past 2000, Kerala's did not even cross 400. Meanwhile, other states such as Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and even Delhi exceeded Kerala by a huge margin.
Kerala did not only manage to flatten the COVID-19 curve but also diligently worked towards curing the infected. As of now, there are 373 positive cases in the state, out of which only 178 are active while 198 have recovered. Besides, Kerala's mortality rate is just a little above 0.5 percent with 2 deaths.
Read more at: https://www.ibtimes.co.in/explained-kerala-flattened-coronavirus-curve-three-pronged-strategy-817458?utm_source=izooto&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=817458&utm_content=&utm_term= (https://www.ibtimes.co.in/explained-kerala-flattened-coronavirus-curve-three-pronged-strategy-817458?utm_source=izooto&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=817458&utm_content=&utm_term=)
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@mystery-ak
Okay, it seemed like there were some out-of-order posts but we will reopen if people want that. I will be watching this. Those posts were deleted so can be viewed there.
Well done, @sneakypete . I know it must have been difficult showing kindness by giving something to your ex.
That is disheartening. Possibly explained by faulty tests, or purposeful disinformation. I'll wait to become depressed about this until our doctors echo the same concerns, but thanx for posting this @TomSea . It's scary if true.@Once-Ler @TomSea
@mystery-ak
Okay, it seemed like there were some out-of-order posts but we will reopen if people want that. I will be watching this. Those posts were deleted so can be viewed there.
@mystery-ak
Okay, it seemed like there were some out-of-order posts but we will reopen if people want that. I will be watching this. Those posts were deleted so can be viewed there.
Okay..they are in Archives
No problem with occasionally locking threads until things settle down just tell them why you did it please..
If you have any questions at the time contact me or cyber...
@TomSea
Can you please explain what was "out-of-order" about my posts which compelled you to delete them even though they did not violate any TBR posting rule? I also would like to know why the thread was locked, and how much longer it will be before you repost the wrongly deleted posts. Thanks in advance.
I would hope that no one here given Admin powers would abuse those powers by deleting posts he/she did not personally like. There is no place for censorship or viewpoint discrimination here. If my posts are within the guidelines set, then they should be put back up ASAP.
@TomSea
Can you please explain what was "out-of-order" about my posts which compelled you to delete them even though they did not violate any TBR posting rule? I also would like to know why the thread was locked, and how much longer it will be before you repost the wrongly deleted posts. Thanks in advance.
I would hope that no one here given Admin powers would abuse those powers by deleting posts he/she did not personally like. There is no place for censorship or viewpoint discrimination here. If my posts are within the guidelines set, then they should be put back up ASAP.
No one has a right to call out people in big letters here and that is what you were doing
Saying OMG obviously, was to ridicule someone. Take that to the bank and complain all you want, those posts are on record.
Accusing others of being alarmist or bombarding the boards with certain stories too, is the same.
@Hoodat
Sorry, if one is taking cheap shots at others, all is fair.
Plenty of Christians see that as blasphemous, I left posts. You want to be a cry baby about it, go ahead. Talk on topic and not about each other.
Your posts are on record, calling people "Turd" and so on, I wouldn't be talking.
What would you know? You never post in world news forum or about anywhere else to begin with. These posts will be deleted if it is a continual personal attack against the well being of this forum. This discussion got closed down because of your personal attacks and it was asked to be reopened. This is a message.
ALL OFF TOPIC POSTS WILL BE DELETED INCLUDING THIS ABOVE.
No one has a right to call out people in big letters here and that is what you were doingAre you having trouble with your eyes?
Saying OMG obviously, was to ridicule someone. Take that to the bank and complain all you want, those posts are on record.
Accusing others of being alarmist or bombarding the boards with certain stories too, is the same. If one wishes to have conversations, I don't think one holds up others to ridicule.
@Hoodat
FWIW, it is my considered opinion that @TomSea HAS grossly abused his admin powers on this thread @mystery-ak
Wow, he just zapped 3 or 4 of mine, that were within forum guidelines. This has gotten bad.
Talking on topic are the guidelines, not complaining about others. Did you read, they looked at your personal attacks, still not saying anything on topic, are you?
For those of you who would rather hear the positive aspect instead of being bombarded with scary stories of the worst spin possible:
Looks like Boris Johnson is well on his way to full recovery. We should be comforted by that fact.
You are sadly confusing "personal attacks" the "honest candid feedback" I can't help that you can't tell the difference.
@mystery-ak (before you delete another)
OMG! DID SOMEONE JUST CITE NOAM CHOMSKY ON THIS BOARD???
Are you having trouble with your eyes?
Just asking, because you just called someone out with "big letters", something "no one has a right to" do.
What I would like to know, is what "certain stories" are verboten?
Save my carpal tunnels, here, and let me know beforehand what it is that I (or others here) cannot post without it being arbitrarily whisked off to some electronic dumpster.
We also are given to understand that while many of us here are religious (something that goes hand in hand with conservatism), this is not a religious site.
While as a rule people try to avoid being offensive, exclamations involving the name of the deity, made with respect to incredulous events, are not commonly construed as blaspheming because incredulousness is not a measure of irreverence, and calling on the deity more a reaffirmation of faith, rather than a repudiation thereof.
"OMG", for example, abbreviates the first three words of the Act of Contrition, a common Catholic prayer, a prayer of repentance said after Confession.
If someone just posts something you don't like, well, just engage that on its own merits instead of whisk it off to electronic dumpsterland.
Someone else took time to type their response or post the information they did.
I thought we were here to discuss this stuff.
Keep it up, and loose what ever micro-spec of respect you have left.This is the kind of abuse this member hands out.
And accusing somone of being blasphemous by using OMG? Dude you have lost it......
@TomSea
The fact that YOU take offense to something someone else posts in no way makes that post untrue. I can't help it that you were indoctrinated in school and cannot see the truth for what it is!
I'm not the one who has downplayed this virus in the US, must make some people in Beijing happy.
I have never once done anything here but tell the plain unvarnished TRUTH. Sorry that doing that offends you!
A growing number of crew members aboard the USNS Mercy hospital ship docked in Los Angeles have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
A total of seven medical treatment facility crew members have now been infected and are currently isolated off the ship, according to U.S. Navy Cmdr. John Face, a 3rd Fleet spokesman. The first positive case was confirmed on April 9.
Face said everyone who was considered to have been in close contact with the infected individuals remain in quarantine off the ship and have tested negative, with the exception of one crew member who was the fifth positive case.
You can't take the truth, you have shown you have to whine and complain about it, your arguments are not strong.
You've downplayed this virus, seemingly making statements only about some low death rate and little more.
Why post what we know that Taiwan notified WHO on this when one has downplayed the effect of the virus. Maybe not hypocrisy but close to it.
Whatever YOU say @TomSea! I'm sorry that CV-19 has apparently caused you to lose your mind! My argument are my argument and I'm perfectly happy to let them rest on their strength alone.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Cuomo’s been calling daily, even hourly, begging for everything, most of which should have been the state’s responsibility, such as new hospitals, beds, ventilators, etc. I got it all done for him, and everyone else, and now he seems to want Independence! That won’t happen!
9:07 AM · Apr 14, 2020
Personal Attack! Can't engage in a conversation so resorts to insults but I think we already knew that. @Bigun
999yawn 888mouth :seeya:
Hey! I don't comment much but I am a regular to this thread. I come here for information and to read the commentary of people I respect from around the land. It is important to me. I don't want this thread to erode into petty squabbling. Please.
The figures, which cover every community death linked to Covid-19 in England and Wales, showed that a total of 406 such deaths registered up to 3 April had occurred outside of hospitals.
Of those extra deaths, 217 took place in care homes, 33 in hospices, 136 in private homes, three in other communal establishments and 17 elsewhere.
About 410,000 people live in 11,300 care homes for older people in the UK, supplied by 5,500 different providers.
See more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-52275989 (https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-52275989)
Coronavirus cases in Brazil 12 times higher the official numbers, says study
Based on the latest reports, the number of confirmed cases in Brazil stands at 23,723 and the number of casualties has risen to 1,355
By Jeevan Biswas April 14, 2020 17:05 +08
The official count of coronavirus cases in Brazil does not reflect the ground reality, says a new study by researchers at a consortium of Brazilian universities and institutes. According to the study, the country possibly has 12 times more cases than the officially reported numbers.
Known as the Center for Health Operations and Intelligence, the consortium estimated that only 8 percent of the cases have been reported by authorities. This has led to a higher-than-expected death rate, indicating underreporting of cases.
Read more at: https://www.ibtimes.sg/coronavirus-cases-brazil-12-times-higher-official-numbers-says-study-43013?utm_source=izooto&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=43013&utm_content=&utm_term= (https://www.ibtimes.sg/coronavirus-cases-brazil-12-times-higher-official-numbers-says-study-43013?utm_source=izooto&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=43013&utm_content=&utm_term=)
You need to address your remarks to the resident hall monitor who seems to think it is perfectly fine for him to remove any post HE disagrees with @Lando Lincoln
Hey! I don't comment much but I am a regular to this thread. I come here for information and to read the commentary of people I respect from around the land. It is important to me. I don't want this thread to erode into petty squabbling. Please.
Thanks @Once-Ler for trying to get this Thread back on track. :beer::beer:
Mine was a general remark.
And accusing somone of being blasphemous by using OMG? Dude you have lost it......
Wuhan coronavirus scientists injected bat virus into piglets & fed to hogs
Henry Holloway
A WUHAN lab linked to the coronavirus pandemic took part in experiments with a bat virus which they injected into pigs before the animals were ground up and fed to other hogs.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) were involved in the experiment - along with other tests involving viruses and bats - after receiving $3.7 (£3m) grant from the US Government.
Covid-19 was originally thought to have come from a so-called “wet market†in the Chinese city.
Read more at: https://www.the-sun.com/news/679965/wuhan-coronavirus-scientists-bat-virus-injection-pig-cannibal/?utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly (https://www.the-sun.com/news/679965/wuhan-coronavirus-scientists-bat-virus-injection-pig-cannibal/?utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly)
Wuhan coronavirus scientists injected bat virus into piglets & fed to hogs
As states across the country prohibit the mass gatherings that make sporting events possible, Florida has declared professional sports league employees and their media partners "essential services."
With that, WWE can resume operating after Gov. Ron DeSantis gave a statewide "shelter-in-place" order on April 3 that will expire on April 30 at the earliest.
"With some conversation with the governor's office regarding the governor's order, they were deemed an essential business. And so, therefore, they were allowed to remain open," Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said during a news conference Monday.
Isn't that how Mad Cow Disease got propagated? IIRC, they were feeding cattle bone meal to other cattle as a food supplement.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2020/04/14/wwe-deemed-essential-business-florida-coroanvirus-pandemic-ron-desantis/2987675001/ (https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2020/04/14/wwe-deemed-essential-business-florida-coroanvirus-pandemic-ron-desantis/2987675001/)
WWE deemed 'essential business' by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
I think I speak for all of America when I say "Hell Yeah!!!"
I just want to ask one question here, and maybe on the other thread.......Agreed. goopo
There are some who keep pounding their point that Coronavirus deaths are actually deaths from other things, comorbidities and such......... and are also pointing to flu deaths as being larger in number than COVID deaths. (Even though this virus is still very new and hasn't peaked yet).
My question is, are all those flu deaths from the flu, or from complications of the flu caused by other medical issues? For instance, the flu often develops into pneumonia (as does COVID). Are those deaths attributed to flu, or to pneumonia? Do we know? And isn't that relevant in an honest discussion?
The point is, without the flu, would those people still be alive? And without COVID, would the people who died from comorbidities still be alive?
Let's hold off on the conspiracy theories until all the facts are in. They won't be in a for a long time.
At that point, with a fair comparison with flu deaths, maybe the claim that the virus deaths are inflated may have some merit.....
But not until then.
I just want to ask one question here, and maybe on the other thread.......
There are some who keep pounding their point that Coronavirus deaths are actually deaths from other things, comorbidities and such......... and are also pointing to flu deaths as being larger in number than COVID deaths. (Even though this virus is still very new and hasn't peaked yet).
My question is, are all those flu deaths from the flu, or from complications of the flu caused by other medical issues? For instance, the flu often develops into pneumonia (as does COVID). Are those deaths attributed to flu, or to pneumonia? Do we know? And isn't that relevant in an honest discussion?
The point is, without the flu, would those people still be alive? And without COVID, would the people who died from comorbidities still be alive?
Let's hold off on the conspiracy theories until all the facts are in. They won't be in a for a long time.
At that point, with a fair comparison with flu deaths, maybe the claim that the virus deaths are inflated may have some merit.....
But not until then.
Jake Sherman @JakeShermanDidn't my President declare a National Emergency? Didn't he declare all 50 states under disaster declaration for first time in US history? Oh well I hope the rats are resting soundly despite all the distracting wails of mourning.
HOYER to House Dems: "Members are advised that absent an emergency, the House is not expected to meet prior to Monday, May 4, 2020. "
3:14 PM · Apr 13, 2020
That's a good question to be asking. How many patients died from the virus, vs how many just died with it? Would the patient have died if he/she didn't have it? That's a tough call for a Medial Examiner, or an attending Physician.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrumpToday is going to be an insane day.
Tell the Democrat Governors that “Mutiny On The Bounty†was one of my all time favorite movies. A good old fashioned mutiny every now and then is an exciting and invigorating thing to watch, especially when the mutineers need so much from the Captain. Too easy!
9:57 AM · Apr 14, 2020
Here's the question I would ask under these circumstances (FWIW),,,,"If not for the coronavirus, would the patient be alive?"
@Cyber Liberty
This backstabbing isn't a surprise but what can you say when someone DEFENDS SLAVERY, makes statements like "And nothing you or I will change that" for conversation and dwells about some death rate as being under 1% when a pandemic has killed what must be nearing 25,000 Americans.Whoa. Slow down. Take a deep breath and step away from your keyboard for a minute. All people are seeking is fairness and consistency, not you agreeing with every word they post, nor should you seek that they agree with every word you post.
There are other minds out there, seeking answers, asking good questions, looking for solutions, just as there are those who seek to distort our view of that which is going on around us. It is up to us to discern, as best we can, who is who, and what is what, and it doesn't hurt to keep some semblance of a sense of humour along the way.
Exactly. That could sometimes be pretty difficult to call, and it's not surprising to hear Docs have incentive to call them COVID deaths, even if it was just one of several conditions.
Here's the question I would ask under these circumstances (FWIW),,,,"If not for the coronavirus, would the patient be alive?"That's one I have been asking all along. How many died with it instead of of it? Did the virus just exacerbate a pre-existing and potentially lethal condition or did it do the dirty work? It's easier to determine if someone had a heart attack and then had the wreck than it is to determine if they had the heart attack because they were in a car accident.
@Cyber Liberty
Age, obesity are biggest risk factors for COVID-19 hospitalizationI linked on one of the other coronavirus threads (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,395911.msg2189688.html#msg2189688)the story about researchers at NYU connecting obesity to the need for hospitalization of covid-19 patients. I live in the first- or second-most obese and/or unhealthy state in the US (WV and MS are always in a contest for who's #1 in that category), and we have only 9 deaths thus far. Actually, we have a pretty low death rate among those diagnosed, curiously enough. Officials don't release such info, but I have wondered exactly which underlying conditions existed among those who died.
https://nypost.com/2020/04/13/age-and-obesity-are-biggest-risk-factors-for-covid-19-hospitalization/ (https://nypost.com/2020/04/13/age-and-obesity-are-biggest-risk-factors-for-covid-19-hospitalization/)
Whoa. Slow down. Take a deep breath and step away from your keyboard for a minute. All people are seeking is fairness and consistency, not you agreeing with every word they post, nor should you seek that they agree with every word you post.
@TomSea Yours is a tough job, to eliminate that which is universally offensive, break up fights, and clean up various and sundry inappropriate content. It can be hard to draw that line, especially if you let your personal feelings step in.
But there will be disagreement, even on what may be inappropriate.
After all, If we all agreed on everything, one person would post and the rest of the thread would be
:yowsa:
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:beer:
We're doing more than that, here. We're drawing from a wide variety of sources, some I believe to be mostly accurate, some I seriously doubt are worth the paper they aren't printed on, and many with obvious political or profit motivated agendae.
That's what we're here to do. Look at it all. Hash out the difference between the credible and the nonsense, to separate the wheat from the chaff, not in terms of individuals so much as sources, and in terms of the information available out there.
There's a ton of 'information', and it's mostly garbage, depending on the source, but there are pearls in that hog lot.
We, collectively, drawing on the often specialized knowledge and the intelligence of folks here, have the ability to use our capacity for critical thinking and weigh the value of the sources, the merit of the statements, to find what was removed from context and distorted and restore it to the logical framework it was pried from, to make it rhetorically whole, so it can be properly assessed. This is the power we have as a group.
Even then, we will not always draw the same conclusions from the same data. There would be few scientific journals if everyone did, nothing to debate, all would be Q.E.D.
But life is messy. So, too is knowledge, and even more so, the path to wisdom, cluttered with discarded presumptions and fallacies and foibles once held dear, but now known to be too cumbersome for the ascent to clear thought and unvarnished truth.
But part of that truth, especially in this context, is an inevitability.
Life is deadly. No one gets out alive.
It is a question of when and how, not IF our lives will end.
We do our best to give good account of ourselves while we're here, to hopefully leave a legacy for those we leave behind, either in tradition, spirit, riches in character, honor, or material goods, or all of those--some cause to remember us, and for those of us who care, to serve our Creator as best we can while we are here.
Though we may disagree on this fine point, every life which ends, when and where it ends, is part of His plan, and in my estimation, that includes my own life. No man knows his time. I have had plenty of opportunities to die, just have managed to avoid using them, at times by very thin margins, often without any injury at all.
When my time comes it will as likely be because of something silly as something of profound impact, but until that time (my time) comes, He protects me. He knows that time, not me. In Him is my faith, and I just keep my eyes open to help Him out a little.
These are difficult times with great emphasis on a disease we see as killing (so far in the US) as many as might inhabit a small town (by urban standards). It isn't over yet. We do not know what fate may have awaited these people otherwise, and it is moot. We do know (despite claims of irrelevancy) that many times more die each year of other causes, but because of the novel, unknown, and frankly terrifying and seemingly random nature of this disease, we take fright all out of proportion to it's track record, when driving to stores in quest of something to wipe our bum might actually be more hazardous, even with the reduction in traffic.
Some of us have tried to interject some perspective to quell the all too human sense of panic we feel when our Limbic Brain steps in, screaming at our higher cortical functions to fight or flee, in an effort to restore that which makes us separate from the lower animals aside from an immortal soul--the ability to reason.
There are other minds out there, seeking answers, asking good questions, looking for solutions, just as there are those who seek to distort our view of that which is going on around us. It is up to us to discern, as best we can, who is who, and what is what, and it doesn't hurt to keep some semblance of a sense of humour along the way.
I linked on one of the other coronavirus threads (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,395911.msg2189688.html#msg2189688)the story about researchers at NYU connecting obesity to the need for hospitalization of covid-19 patients. I live in the first- or second-most obese and/or unhealthy state in the US (WV and MS are always in a contest for who's #1 in that category), and we have only 9 deaths thus far. Actually, we have a pretty low death rate among those diagnosed, curiously enough. Officials don't release such info, but I have wondered exactly which underlying conditions existed among those who died.I think that in both instances, the superficial characteristics of age and obesity indicate greater likelyhood of having one or more of the other underlying medical conditions: Heart disease, diabetes, COPD or other respiratory problems, high blood pressure, are all more common in older and more obese populations.
Really good post @Smokin Joe . Too good to pick apart the few points I disagree with.Thank you. We will all disagree, sooner or later. But if we focus on finding the truth, there is a chance we will.
This is my opinion, only ... I don't think it's a difficult call. If a cancer patient is killed in an automobile accident, the cause of death is not listed as cancer (as much as insurance companies would appreciate it). If not for the accident, he/she would be alive. So, it's reasonable that a person with diabetes who contracts the coronavirus and dies, dies of the coronavirus. If not for the virus, the person would be alive.I noticed one of the questions in the probability matrix was if the patient was white, so I suspect there is already a movement afoot to try to inject race into the mix. Without evidence of clear genetic predispositions along those lines or some other pathology common only due to race, and considering age and obesity are fairly superficial medical characteristics in and of themselves, I am having a hard time getting around the parameters and potential abuse thereof than seeing them as valid parameters for comparison.
I'd caution care in drilling down to preexisting conditions as the cause of death. Come the age of both government run health insurance and health care, preexisting conditions would too easily become justification for denying both for new medical condition.
@Cyber Liberty
I think that in both instances, the superficial characteristics of age and obesity indicate greater likelyhood of having one or more of the other underlying medical conditions: Heart disease, diabetes, COPD or other respiratory problems, high blood pressure, are all more common in older and more obese populations.True, and I don't know how deeply the NYU team explored whether those obese people also had diabetes, etc.
The post was deleted, thus, I don't know how you dug that up but I guarantee you, if one goes to one Civil War forum,
https://civilwartalk.com/
Over and over again, if one is defending the cause of the South, it is said they are truly in effect, defending slavery. That's all there was to it, it's a moral wrong. period. More expert opinions are there certainly than mine, FR too, has had numerous discussions on slavery.
I don't think people call out others on being conservative or at least, being a pro-life conservative, when, at the same time, they didn't protect life through their vote last time. Period. We've dropped this part of the conversation, I will not continue. This can continue on the pro-life boards or at that civil war forum.
And believe me, since I voted for Trump, I'm very interested in how this COVID-19 was and is handled.
The above poster too, no names, who wrote in big letters, has a habit of doing that. I think that is probably forum taunting and improper behavior as well, let's remember, no posts were removed until an after-party came in continually brow-beating someone. We should get by that now. I just decided to delete all of them then.
The post was deleted, thus, I don't know how you dug that up but I guarantee you, if one goes to one Civil War forum,I made no mention of slavery, and it is not germane to fight the War of Northern Aggression over again in a thread about the Coronavirus.
https://civilwartalk.com/
Over and over again, if one is defending the cause of the South, it is said they are truly in effect, defending slavery. That's all there was to it, it's a moral wrong. period. More expert opinions are there certainly than mine, FR too, has had numerous discussions on slavery.
I don't think people call out others on being conservative or at least, being a pro-life conservative, when, at the same time, they didn't protect life through their vote last time. Period. We've dropped this part of the conversation, I will not continue. This can continue on the pro-life boards or at that civil war forum.
And believe me, since I voted for Trump, I'm very interested in how this COVID-19 was and is handled.
The above poster too, no names, who wrote in big letters, has a habit of doing that. I think that is probably forum taunting and improper behavior as well, let's remember, no posts were removed until an after-party came in continually brow-beating someone. We should get by that now. I just decided to delete all of them then.
True, and I don't know how deeply the NYU team explored whether those obese people also had diabetes, etc.I wondered about that. A guy I knew in High School had a heart attack at 17, a strapping young man in apparent good health. Thankfully, it was recognized, however incredulously, and he survived.
As I noted on the other thread, I read a news story about a 25 y/o male in WV who died from the virus. Turns out he was morbidly obese and had high blood pressure even when he was a teen. A week or two ago, I looked at some stats and calculated that at least 98.5% of the virus deaths were people with those types of preexisting conditions (based on the limited info provided). I wonder whether the most up-to-date stats are consistent.
Everyone is a mite frayed, so can we please try to not carry over other posts on other threads into the discussion of the virus, and I will do the same. There is plenty here to concern ourselves with.@Smokin Joe I'm truly impressed by this second extension of an olive branch. I rarely do it, but I don't think that make me better.
@Smokin Joe I'm truly impressed by this second extension of an olive branch. I rarely do it, but I don't think that make me better.
Let's all get back to discussing the world stories about the COVID-19 pandemic, and cease the critiques of the Member to whom Nancy and I have delegated the management of this Category!
There are days this can be really difficult, and Tom has been doing a great job of it. Tom has our support, and if/when there is a problem, it's for our two Admins to discuss privately.
That is all, now back to the original topic of this thread, please! TIA.
Whatever YOU say @TomSea! I'm sorry that CV-19 has apparently caused you to lose your mind! My argument are my argument and I'm perfectly happy to let them rest on their strength alone.
@Bigun @TomSea
Speaking as someone who is neutral and hasn't even read most of the posts you both refer to,it SEEMS to ME like this is more personal than political between the two of you,and MAYBE it might be better if you both stopped posting to each other for a while so you can cool down and return to normal?
This is NOT a personal dig on either of you. We all have our moments where we get too personally involved with the posing flow back and forth,and drag an argument from one threat to another.
Well,not ME,of course. I am perfect in every way.
Senator Ted Cruz@SenTedCruz
America is strongest when we’re united. That’s why @SenGillibrand & I are launching the #CombatCOVID19Challenge – to encourage Americans to support each other as we all #CombatCOVID19.
I'm challenging @GovernorPerry , @SylvesterTurner , @MattressMack to join us within 48 hours.
5:43 PM · Apr 13, 2020
That's a good question to be asking. How many patients died from the virus, vs how many just died with it? Would the patient have died if he/she didn't have it? That's a tough call for a Medial Examiner, or an attending Physician.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1250075668282576898
Today is going to be an insane day.
@Bigun @TomSea
Speaking as someone who is neutral and hasn't even read most of the posts you both refer to,it SEEMS to ME like this is more personal than political between the two of you,and MAYBE it might be better if you both stopped posting to each other for a while so you can cool down and return to normal?
This is NOT a personal dig on either of you. We all have our moments where we get too personally involved with the posting flow back and forth,and drag an argument from one threat to another.
Well,not ME,of course. I am perfect in every way.
Someone needs to tell DJT, that things ended up pretty dire for Capatin Bligh. BTW, is he equating his leadership and managemnt style to Bligh? I sure hope not. :cool:
Let's all get back to discussing the world stories about the COVID-19 pandemic, and cease the critiques of the Member to whom Nancy and I have delegated the management of this Category!
There are days this can be really difficult, and Tom has been doing a great job of it. Tom has our support, and if/when there is a problem, it's for our two Admins to discuss privately.
That is all, now back to the original topic of this thread, please! TIA.
NOPE. BULLSHIT!
That's all folks! To my friends, thank you for the good times. So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Delete my account.
NOPE. BULLSHIT!
That's all folks! To my friends, thank you for the good times. So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Delete my account.
NOPE. BULLSHIT!
That's all folks! To my friends, thank you for the good times. So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Delete my account.
NOPE. BULLSHIT!
That's all folks! To my friends, thank you for the good times. So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Delete my account.
NOPE. BULLSHIT!
That's all folks! To my friends, thank you for the good times. So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Delete my account.
NOPE. BULLSHIT!
That's all folks! To my friends, thank you for the good times. So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Delete my account.
The lion's share of that is to counter my tendency to be introverted. I have a weird split in my personality. I am a very gregarious sort, if given the opportunity, but my tendency is to be satisfied with my own company.
So I make it a point, once a month, to get my banking done in person, and then go around and pay my bills in person, and then get groceries and possibles as needed, thus relieving, at least for a time, my tendency toward being (relatively) alone.
I also make it a point, once a month, to go out to a sit-down dinner somewhere, picking a different establishment every time... gets me out of my ruts - Something that occurs naturally with a woman around, but left to my own devices, it is a discipline.
Likewise my decision nearing a decade ago, to simplify my life... Coming out of town, and back into country living. I deal with cash money. No checkbook. No loans. No payments. All cash on the barrelhead. Simple. Gloriously inefficient and organic. And a hard line toward living within my means.
I have said I am a basement geek. Introverted and tech-oriented. The other half of me is a luddite that lives outside, always around animals, always hunting and fishing. Finding joy as a tinker, fixing things others throw away.
The one way, I make tons of money and spend tons of money... The other way, I am happy. So I am hedging toward happy and leaving the other behind.
See?
I'm buying beans.
I HAVE money in the bank. I just can't get at it. The assumption that everyone has debit cards and electronic banking is not true.
@sneakpete
In my case, it is not personal. But you can rest assured that I will never stand still for anyone arbitrarily removing posts that may not be to the liking of any moderator here or anywhere else for that matter
@roamer_1 I hope you will also recognize me as a friend, as I do you. I've learned a lot of facts, and different ways to see those facts from you, so thank you too.
Dittos....
Can someone start COVID-19 thread, maybe in a different category, not moderated by Tom Sea?
Yeah, so harassment is okay with you, fine. And yeah, posting in different forums in BIG LETTERS putting someone down, saying they are fear mongering and so on.
Looks like the Never-Trumpers are the ones calling to abandon the forum, yeah, they've been called out themselves of saying they are pristine, when they abandoned the unborn, social conservative principles.
So, I'm okay, with confronting someone whose pointers in putting Lincoln down sounds like something you'd hear at a Klan meeting and I'm not going to sit by for that, maybe the person posting such bitter views, I don't know. Same for the argument with the war between the states.
That's what this cryfest is about.
This forum has gotten a lot of views in these threads.
Oh, another personal attack. Should we really have someone who never posts in world news, has called other members of this forum "TURDS" in this forum? Who acts hostile to any discussion and who is nothing but on the personal attack. Count his posts today? Anything actually doing with the forum?
Hey, again, you never Trumpers don't have skin in the game, abandoned the unborn, not much of a conservative in my book. Really, it's someone who is just harassing someone.
All y'all don't make me pull this car over....Oh, I'm sorry. I came here to read about the virus. All I found was (https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/180203-bronx-car-crash-parkside1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200)
Oh, I'm sorry. I came here to read about the virus. All I found was (https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/180203-bronx-car-crash-parkside1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200)
That often happens when the driver gets drunk and drives anyway.
Oh, I'm sorry. I came here to read about the virus. All I found was (https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/180203-bronx-car-crash-parkside1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200)
I've seen a car that look worse than that, after hitting a bridge abutment at >100 MPH. It was on I-10, near I-15 in Cali...two idiots racing on a crowded freeway. The driver may not have known what hit him, but the rest of the drivers that day knew it was coming.
Dittos....
Can someone start COVID-19 thread, maybe in a different category, not moderated by Tom Sea?
Did he die of coronavirus? :laugh:
By the way, you win bonus points for your use of "all y'all" in your earlier post.
No one has a right to call out people in big letters here and that is what you were doing.
@Hoodat
This forum has gotten a lot of views in these threads.
World Health Organisation chief accused of failing to record three cholera epidemics in home country
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus allegedly involved in Ethiopian cover-ups
Also accused of failing to record a cholera outbreak in Sudan in the same year
Allegations against health chiefs relate to outbreaks in the countries in 2017
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8211979/WHO-chief-accused-failing-record-three-cholera-epidemics-home-country.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8211979/WHO-chief-accused-failing-record-three-cholera-epidemics-home-country.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline)
IMF Says COVID-19 'Great Lockdown' Will Be 'Far Worse' Than Global Financial Crisis
By Tom Ozimek April 14, 2020
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its world economic outlook on Tuesday, predicting the global economy will suffer its biggest hit since the Great Depression.
The newest release of the 2020 World Economic Outlook, which the IMF updates regularly, predicts global output will shrink by 3 percent in 2020. The dismal forecast is a major downward revision of 6.3 percentage points from the IMF’s January 2020 outlook.
“It is very likely that this year the global economy will experience its worst recession since the Great Depression, surpassing that seen during the Global Financial Crisis a decade ago,†IMF Economic Counsellor Gita Gopinath wrote in the report. “The Great Lockdown, as one might call it, is projected to shrink global growth dramatically.â€
Read more at: https://www.ntd.com/imf-says-covid-19-great-lockdown-will-be-far-worse-than-global-financial-crisis_455561.html (https://www.ntd.com/imf-says-covid-19-great-lockdown-will-be-far-worse-than-global-financial-crisis_455561.html)
Oh, I don't know about that......... unless the "G" stands for "goodness,"
Which it does.
For me OMG = Oh my gosh!
As of this posting, this thread clocks in at over 27,000 page views.
Visibility is high on this thread, gang, which is why I want the bickering to stop, and stop right effing now!
@Cyber Liberty
For you and @mystery-ak , OK. All forgiven. I apologize for the "big letters". But don't expect me to remain silent the next time this same Admin abuses his power.
For me OMG = Oh my gosh!
Or how about
Ouch! My Gonads!
@Cyber Liberty
For you and @mystery-ak , OK. All forgiven. I apologize for the "big letters". But don't expect me to remain silent the next time this same Admin abuses his power.
Cat Mods are not Admin
Even with saying OMG means Gosh and there is plenty of info that says counter, this person did this with the big letters over in the other thread. That's calling someone out on this and I will say.... if you have something to say, you don't need to belittle someone or however.
2ndly, they tell us they are conservative, they didn't vote for Trump, they did not stand up for the pro-life accomplishments we have seen so again, it seems hypocritical to be mocking others. I don't go further than saying what I think that is except it demonstrates a pattern. I will say, I believe the other forums saw some posts deleted too. We who supported Trump want to see this worked out in the most favorable and fair way. Never-Trumpers really should not be accusing others.
And who? Noam Chomsky, hey a lot of people are asking questions in all of this. If we are censoring articles, then, let's not have any on Bernie Sanders, AOC, Joe Biden and so on.
Which it does.
Good.Nothing new.
I thought it might be “golly.†happy77
Btw, I think I’m glad I was gone from this thread for a while.
Wha hoppened???? :shrug:
Good.
I thought it might be “golly.†happy77
Btw, I think I’m glad I was gone from this thread for a while.
Wha hoppened???? :shrug:
Nothing new.
Someone decided to have a brawl in the war room.
:shrug:
Even with saying OMG means Gosh and there is plenty of info that says counter, this person did this with the big letters over in the other thread. That's calling someone out on this and I will say.... if you have something to say, you don't need to belittle someone or however.
2ndly, they tell us they are conservative, they didn't vote for Trump, they did not stand up for the pro-life accomplishments we have seen so again, it seems hypocritical to be mocking others. I don't go further than saying what I think that is except it demonstrates a pattern. I will say, I believe the other forums saw some posts deleted too. We who supported Trump want to see this worked out in the most favorable and fair way. Never-Trumpers really should not be accusing others.
My apologies, @TomSea . Here it is cleaned up in smaller font.
. . .
And lastly, I have never been a #NeverTrumper. This has been pointed out to you repeatedly for years now, yet here you are repeating the same lie. Allow me to reiterate again for you: I am #NeverLiberal. And if anyone takes a liberal position, whether it is Trump praising Planned Parenthood like he did during the campaign, or you citing Chomsky's words now, I am going to call you out on it.
Last word, promise?
Coronavirus: 'World faces worst recession since Great Depression'BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52273988)
By Szu Ping Chan Business reporter, BBC News
The global economy will contract by 3% this year as countries around the world shrink at the fastest pace in decades, the International Monetary Fund says.
The IMF described the global decline as the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
It said the pandemic had plunged the world into a "crisis like no other".
The Fund added that a prolonged outbreak would test the ability of governments and central banks to control the crisis.
Gita Gopinath, the IMF's chief economist, said the crisis could knock $9 trillion (£7.2 trillion) off global GDP over the next two years. ...
@Cyber Liberty
I was responding to this new post which indirectly addressed me and my post. I have apologized. I have forgiven. I have wiped the slate clean. Except that the cleaned slate now shows a brand new post attacking me and labeling me falsely. So tell me, @Cyber Liberty. What do you want me to do? Should I give a 72-hr grace period where I won't respond to anything TomSea says? Would that do it? Just say it, and I will do it. Thanks.
People make mistakes @Hoodat. Let them teach others the best course of action, and help yourself, instead of forcing others to pick a side.
Not sure what that means, but I think it means I should shut up now. Will do.@Hoodat The horse is so bruised at this point that the whip is splattering everything in a 30 ft radius. It might feel good, and Lord knows, I'm not above wallowing in schadenfreude, but yeah this fight will champion no winners. Let's talk about something less emotional like abortion or guns. :laugh:
Spain sees number of coronavirus infections continue to drop, with 3,045 new cases - half the number recorded six days ago - in further sign the country is beating Covid-19
-Spain's Covid-19 death toll passed the 18,000 mark in figures released by the government on Tuesday
-Yet Health chiefs are confident the country has entered 'second stage' of the fight against the pandemic
-The country reported its lowest increase in new cases since March 18 with confirmed cases rising to 172,541
-Comes as Spain's non-essential workers such as factory workers started to return to work yesterday
-Learn more about how to help people impacted by COVID
By Rita Sobot and Sophie Tanno For Mailonline
Published: 06:17 EDT, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 11:14 EDT, 14 April 2020
... It comes as Spain started to return to work yesterday as non-essential workers such as factory and construction personnel were allowed to resume their jobs after a two-week ban. ... More at Daily Mail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8217067/Spain-sees-number-coronavirus-infections-continue-drop-3-045-new-cases.html)
Thanx for posting this @mountaineer ...help us learn from Spain's example.I think once we've "peaked" (my state is projected to do that by Saturday), we certainly can take the first steps to normalcy.
The family of an 11-year-old cancer sufferer and an autistic support group have been pressured to sign ‘do not resuscitate’ (DNR) forms during the coronavirus pandemic.
Ilhan Ates-Suddes from Scarborough suffers from a rare cancer, called a Desmoid tumour, in his neck and jaw. His mother Margaret expressed shock when the family’s general practitioner asked the family if they wanted to sign a DNR form in case he contracts Chinese coronavirus.
Calling the request inhumane, his mother said in comments reported by The Times: “Ilhan has fought cancer for seven years. There’s no way I’m going to let anyone give up on him.â€
“They asked if we wanted a DNR if Ilhan had to be taken to hospital. When I called to complain, one of the GPs said there had been a mistake. But how on earth can someone see an 11-year-old boy’s age on a computer and think that it is Âresponsible behaviour?†the mother said.
I think once we've "peaked" (my state is projected to do that by Saturday), we certainly can take the first steps to normalcy.
As the mean daily compound growth rates both in total confirmed cases and in total deaths continue to drop in most countries in the direction of levels at which it might become safe to end the lockdowns (in those countries that have them), one question continues to be difficult to answer. What is the true case fatality rate? In other words, what fraction of those who become infected will die?
During the early stages of a pandemic, the least unreliable way to get a handle on the case fatality rate is to look at the closed cases – those who have been infected and have either recovered or died. However, innumerate governments, not realizing that for this reason counting those who have recovered is no less important than counting those who have died, have been negligent in keeping proper track of recoveries. Indeed, Britain has proven so incompetent at keep track of those who have been discharged from the centrally-managed hospitals in the Government’s care that yesterday it abandoned the publication of daily recovery counts altogether. In consequence of such mismanagement, ten days ago the ratio of deaths to closed cases in the world excluding China and occupied Tibet was 27%.
The World Health Organization, which has not covered itself in glory in handling this pandemic, originally estimated a case fatality rate of 2% and then revised it to 3.4%. But it had originally estimated that the SARS case fatality rate was 2%, and it came out at 10%.
The useless World Health Organization ought to have developed a standard reporting protocol by now, but if there is such a thing there seems to be little evidence that it is being followed.
More at link.
:im waiting: :im waiting: :im waiting:
:im waiting: :im waiting: :im waiting:
@MOD3
That look doesn't intimidate me at all.
Don't believe me,ask any of my exes.
This is tiresome. Anyone have any new virus news? I'll start:BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52273988)Entirely true.
Good reason to get things up and running a.s.a.p.
I think once we've "peaked" (my state is projected to do that by Saturday), we certainly can take the first steps to normalcy.
Edit to add: I just realized that projection came from the Gates-funded IHME. *****rollingeyes***** What to believe, what to believe ...
I'm married with children...Looks like Sunday Dinner with one of the kids at a friends.
It can't come soon enough.
The Impact of Coronavirus on North Korea
Center: Asia Center
Despite reporting no cases of the COVID-19 virus, North Korea remains especially vulnerable to the pandemic due to its poor health infrastructure and proximity to virus hotspots. An outbreak of COVID-19 in North Korea could have crippling political and socioeconomic consequences for the country, including reduced access to food and greater internal instability. Though the U.N. Sanctions Committee has provided some exemptions to help North Korea deal with the coronavirus, humanitarian workers are still limited by travel and financial barriers as they try to obtain medical equipment and other aid. Meanwhile, Pyongyang’s lack of transparency compounds the difficulty of obtaining accurate information.
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You will be able to participate in the live Q&A using the YouTube chat box function on the YouTube page. You can also take part in the conversation on Twitter with #NorthKoreaCOVID.
Stalled denuclearization talks have hindered hopes of U.S. engagement with North Korea on the pandemic. But a COVID-19 outbreak in North Korea could have long-term implications for U.S. national security interests, including the U.S.-South Korea alliance and peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Read more at: https://www.usip.org/events/impact-coronavirus-north-korea (https://www.usip.org/events/impact-coronavirus-north-korea)
North Korea managed to push back COVID-19, analyst says
NEW YORK, April 14 (UPI) -- North Korea may have experienced some success in driving back the novel coronavirus because of measures taken in January and few cases near its 880-mile border with China, a U.S. medical expert said Tueday.
Kee Park, a lecturer in global health at Harvard Medical School who has visited North Korea for humanitarian purposes for over a decade, said during a United States Institute of Peace discussion that the Kim Jong Un regime's approach to COVID-19 may have had a better outcome than many believe.
Park did not comment on North Korea's claim of "zero" cases of the deadly disease within its borders. The analyst did say North Korea took early measures, some preceding the lockdown of China's Hubei Province.
Read more at: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/04/14/North-Korea-managed-to-push-back-COVID-19-analyst-says/6001586882152/?spt=su&or=btn_tw (https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/04/14/North-Korea-managed-to-push-back-COVID-19-analyst-says/6001586882152/?spt=su&or=btn_tw)
But no matter what, we are looking at a new 'normal' until there is a vaccine.
But no matter what, we are looking at a new 'normal' until there is a vaccine.
I'm not buying that. Other countries have been able to reopen without a vaccine. We can too.
Jennifer Zeng 曾錚
@jenniferatntd
Tiansheng Street in #Wuhan Locked Down Again
"It starts all over again. This is Tiansheng Street (in Wuhan). Locked down again. They say there are confirmed cases again. Alas!" Woman says this while shooting this video.
For more: http://bit.ly/2uBfJPr (http://bit.ly/2uBfJPr)
#CCPVirus #COVID2019
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https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1250173749464305670 (https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/1250173749464305670)
I'm not saying we won't reopen before there's a vaccine. I'm just saying safety standards will have to be higher before there's a vaccine.
But I have no doubt you will disagree with me about that, because that's what you do no matter what I say. ..... **nononono*
Coronavirus, Turkish Attacks Threaten Kurds, Christians in Northeast Syria
On April 2, an urgent appeal was sent to the director-general of the World Health Organization ( WHO ). It was signed by Bassam Said Ishak, co-chief of the US Mission of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) and two colleagues, pleading for test kits to detect coronavirus infections in war-torn northeastern Syria
The SDC region is facing increasingly horrific circumstances. On March 31, AANES Health Committee reported that Turkey is “using the distraction caused by the pandemic to once again threaten military strikes and a subsequent invasion further into north and east Syria. (They are already occupying a large part of the region.) These threats are disrupting the region’s ability to respond to the pandemic.â€
On April 4, Rudaw reported that the Turkish Army had “’neutralized’ tens of fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in days of clashes in northern Syria, despite the country’s agreement to two ceasefires in the area last October.
Read more at: https://www.hudson.org/research/15935-coronavirus-turkish-attacks-threaten-kurds-christians-in-northeast-syria (https://www.hudson.org/research/15935-coronavirus-turkish-attacks-threaten-kurds-christians-in-northeast-syria)
GOP lawmakers, protesters call on DeWine to begin re-opening Ohio
Akron Beacon Journal, Apr 14, 2020
https://www.beaconjournal.com/news/20200414/gop-lawmakers-protesters-call-on-dewine-to-begin-re-opening-ohio (https://www.beaconjournal.com/news/20200414/gop-lawmakers-protesters-call-on-dewine-to-begin-re-opening-ohio)
That's a given. After two weeks in group quarantine, my behaviour has changed noticeably. If I need to get from point A to point B, and someone is loitering in my path, then I find a new path. Always washing hands. Staying saturated with Vitamin C. Taking Vitamin D and zinc. Covering my face if I need to travel. These are personal safety standards, but standards nonetheless. If we all take personal responsibility, then we can sit six feet apart at a coffee shop and have a conversation over coffee with friends. Heck, we could even thin out the chairs in our church sanctuary and hold services for about 150 people. Or even enjoy an outdoor movie provided we keep enough space between people.
And once antibody tests become widely available, we will be able to do whatever we want once we find out we were immune the whole time.
That simply not true. You disappoint me, dear MusicLady.
After insisting less than a month ago that COVID-19 in Russia was "under control," President Vladimir Putin on Monday squarely acknowledged the opposite, with the largest day-to-day increase in cases to date and the head of the coronavirus task force warning that the country is "nowhere near" peak infections.
"We see that the situation is changing almost daily and, unfortunately, not for the better," Putin said in a video conference with health officials, according to The Moscow Times. "The number of people who are getting sick is increasing, with more cases of severe illness."
Today, Russia's coronavirus response center reported more than 2,700 new cases and 22 new deaths, bringing the total number of infections to more than 21,000 and 170 deaths. The capital, Moscow, has been hardest-hit, with more than 11,500 cases.
More at link.
I'm not sure then, why you disagreed with what I said that you now consider "a given," but you just further explained what I was talking about with the "new normal."
I had assumed that by "new normal", you were referring to things as they are right now. I believe the current situation to be untenable. Nothing personal. It's not about disagreeing with you.
Best not to assume.
I don't want this present condition to last one second longer than it needs to for our safety.
But I'm willing to keep my distance for a while and keep ordering takeout, and have rules that require the same cleanliness standards that are now being used.
I want this thing to be over, but I don't want to get sick.
I'm not in any way hysterical or panicked, but I do like breathing............. deeply.
You are like me. You will decide when it's safe, not the President, and not the Governor either. The dead hand of the 10th Amendment is still in operation. The power is reserved to you and to me.
A Governor may be able to force us to "shelter in place," but there is no governmental power in the world that can force us to leave that shelter if we don't want to.
I'm not buying that. Other countries have been able to reopen without a vaccine. We can too.I agree. We still have no real idea of the number of asymptomatic cases who have recovered. We may be approaching 'herd immunity' already. That said, ND active cases actually dropped today, slightly. I'm waiting to see if that is a trend or a flyer.
I agree. We still have no real idea of the number of asymptomatic cases who have recovered. We may be approaching 'herd immunity' already. That said, ND active cases actually dropped today, slightly. I'm waiting to see if that is a trend or a flyer.
Links have been continuing to build up questioning the official “wet market†Wuhan Coronavirus origin story. This Epoch Times video presents the case that the Wuhan Institute of Virology is the likely source of the virus.
• Bats were not sold in the Huanan Seafood Market.
• A third of the early Chinese victims had no connection to the Huanan Seafood Market.
• If we are to believe the two experts cited, evidence from the coronavirus amino acids and protein spikes suggests an artificial origin in the original SARS completely separate from the postulated bat origin.
• In early January, the Chinese government ordered all existing Wuhan coronavirus samples to be destroyed.
More at link.
Questioning The Official “Wet Market†Origin of the Wuhan Coronavirus Part 1: The VideoExcellent! That fills in a lot of blanks and connects dots I have seen.
Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog
https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=44143 (https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=44143)
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South Korea to ship 600,000 coronavirus testing kits to US: report
Upon the US President's request, South Korea is set to send around 600,000 testing kits to the US, said officials on Monday
By Reuters
Updated April 13, 2020 18:29 +08
South Korea plans to send 600,000 coronavirus testing kits to the United States on Tuesday in the first such shipment following a request from U.S. President Donald Trump, a Seoul official told Reuters on Monday.
Trump made the request for testing kits in a telephone call on March 25 with President Moon Jae-in, as the United States was grappling with fast-growing outbreaks in many states. A U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency cargo plane carrying the equipment is scheduled to leave at 10:30 p.m. (1330 GMT) on Tuesday, the official said on condition of anonymity due to the diplomatic sensitivity of the issue.
More at: https://www.ibtimes.sg/exclusive-south-korea-ship-600000-coronavirus-testing-kits-us-report-42953?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=readmore (https://www.ibtimes.sg/exclusive-south-korea-ship-600000-coronavirus-testing-kits-us-report-42953?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=readmore)
Japan urges citizens to isolate as reports warn of 400,000 deaths
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan urged its citizens on Wednesday to stay home, as media reports warned that as many as 400,000 of them could die of the coronavirus without urgent action, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came under pressure to hand out more cash.
Japan, which tests only people with symptoms of the coronavirus, has so far recorded more than 8,000 infections with nearly 200 deaths.
Reports in Japanese media citing an undisclosed health ministry projection said fatalities could reach the 400,000 mark without mitigation measures. It also estimated that as many as 850,000 people could need ventilators.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-idUSKCN21X149 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-idUSKCN21X149)
The problem with blogging about China’s lies over the Wuhan Cornavirus isn’t what to include, but what to leave out. There are at least two pretty useful timelines:
The Center for Security Policy (https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/wuhan-virus/)
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (https://www.victimsofcommunism.org/sb/chinese-communist-party-world-health-organization-culpability-in-coronavirus-pandemic)
From the Center for Security Policy:
November 17, 2019
Patient Zero. Official Chinese government sources say the first case of coronavirus emerges on November 17, but is not recognized at the time. The unidentified victim is to become known as “Patient Zero.â€
December 26
Wuhan virus detected with 87% similarity to SARS. A medical lab received samples from Wuhan hospitals “and reached a stunning conclusion as early as the morning of Dec. 26. The samples contained a new corona virus with an 87 percent similarity to SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome.†This account will be revealed late in January 2020 by multiple unauthorized Chinese sources.
December 27
Lab executives urgently brief Wuhan health officials. A day after discovering the new corona virus, “lab executives held urgent meetings to brief Wuhan health officials and hospital management,†according to a lab technician.
Officials order labs to suppress scientific findings. Chinese genomics scientists sequence the virus and discover a resemblance to SARS, but Chinese regime officials order them to surrender or destroy the virus samples. The regime suppresses the scientific findings. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) censors delete the news report of the destruction, revealed by Caixin Global, from the Chinese internet.
More at link.
Questioning The Official “Wet Market†Origin of the Wuhan Coronavirus Part 1: The Video
• Bats were not sold in the Huanan Seafood Market.
• A third of the early Chinese victims had no connection to the Huanan Seafood Market.
@TomSea... just asking. Are you planning to post the big red banner material as a matter of routine? If so, I'll check out other threads.
@ElderberryIf you keep in mind that the Chinese changed the parameters for declaring a case of COVID-19 to include having a connection to the wet market, the picture becomes sharper. That is the narrative the CCP wanted to present. It also ignores that there were cases (without the wet market connection) which met all criteria for infection with SARS-CoV-2, nearly 1/3 of the total cases before and concurrently with the cases from the wet market.
The first bullet point – “Bats were not sold in the Huanan Seafood Market†is likely true. Contrary to popular belief, bats are not a food typically eaten by most native Chinese although it is eaten in Micronesia, specifically on the island of Palau where most of the videos claiming to be of people eating bat soup in Wuhan were actually filmed.
That does not mean however that bats aren’t the ordinal reservoir. The genomic sequencing of SARS and MERS showed the virus originated in bats (and bats are a reservoir of many, many coronaviruses, some only recently discovered with more being identified all the time) and jumped to an intermediary animal host before infecting humans and causing human to human transmission, in the case of SARS it indicates Civet Cats which were/are sold in many “wet markets†including Wuhan and in the case of MERS, the intermediary host was camels.
Just because bats were not sold in the Huanan Seafood Market does not mean that bats were not the original reservoir as the virus could have jumped from bats to another animal such as pangolins in the wild – the wild pangolins then being captured and sold in the wet markets.
As to the second bullet point – “A third of the early Chinese victims had no connection to the Huanan Seafood Market†IMO neither proves nor disproves that the wet market was not the origin as we know about asymptomatic human to human transmission. While the focus has been on the Huanan Seafood Market it is not the only wet market in Wuhan and IIRC, some vendors operate among several.
When I have had more coffee later this morning, I’ll watch the video, however I will note while The Epoch Times does do some good reporting on CCP human rights abuses, they also have an agenda owning to their affiliation with Falun Gong and their understandable hatred of the communist Chinese government but they also sometimes spread conspiracy theories such as QAnon and anti-vaccination conspiracies so even as I suspect the CCP was and is not forthcomming about the virus (along with many other things) and reporting on this is very much needed, one has to take with some grains of salt reporting from the Epoch Times.
If you keep in mind that the Chinese changed the parameters for declaring a case of COVID-19 to include having a connection to the wet market, the picture becomes sharper. That is the narrative the CCP wanted to present. It also ignores that there were cases (without the wet market connection) which met all criteria for infection with SARS-CoV-2, nearly 1/3 of the total cases before and concurrently with the cases from the wet market.
Consider the incubation period, backdating the time of infection from 4-14 days, and case zero had no connections with the wet market.
Because one of the viruses used to manufacture the SARS-CoV-19 virus was clearly of bat origin, the bat in the market story was used to throw the world off the track leading to the origin of this virus in a laboratory setting.
Considering the research done in creating this exact sort of virus, and the improbability that viruses in the wild would make these specific species jumps and recombinations on their own, the laboratory origin of this disease, the SARS-CoV-2 virus is as evident as it is documented.
Whether the release was accidental, through poor protocols, sloppy handling, or what ever mechanism, or whether the release was intentional, as a form of asymmetrical warfare, the act of destroying samples and information early on in a cover-up attempt indicates great potential for further perfidy--like Maxwell Smart playing "would you believe" with the Chief--with each successive fabrication still designed to distance the regime from the release and absolve it of guilt and/or intent.
If the release was accidental, it would cause a great loss of face that the CCP and the current regime caused a worldwide pandemic by being sloppy.
If the release was intentional, do you think the regime would hide behind stories which might absolve it of guilt for as long as possible? Sure, they would. There is no advantage like committing acts of war on your enemies (or the world) without them realizing that is what you are doing.
Epoch Times has found the rest of the breadcrumbs, among those scientific papers published by the scientists at Wuhan which document (and seek prestige from) the accomplishments of grafting a Bat-borne SARS variant with another Coronavirus to make it more readily capable of infecting a human host. The presence of HIV genomic sequences in the virus indicates that may have been grafted in as well. It is no more natural than a winged dog with the head of a cat.
What purpose exists for inventing a virus with those characteristics? (What those research papers document, including the one I have linked ad nauseum on this board, which tied not only Chinese researchers (along with some American ones, early on in 2015) to the research in this specific field with these specific viruses being recombined in a lab, but tied, through the provenance of those scientists and the institution to which they returned, (to The Wuhan Institute of Virology) when the Obama Administration cut off funding. The research persisted, in China, at the Biosecurity Level 4 labs in Wuhan, and subsequent scientific papers were published documenting that.
It's all there, perhaps in the polysylabic and acronymic nomenclature of the field, but also in black and white. Q.E.D.
Please do watch the video.
Bookface is flagging the video as "false," and not allowing it to be linked.
Bookface is flagging the video as "false," and not allowing it to be linked.Send out the link as text. I already have.
That is because FB is mentioned in the video as being in bed with the Chicoms.QED :shrug:
'Christ the Redeemer' Is Now 'Christ the Medic': Here's How Heroic Health Care Workers Are Ministering to Patients and Families
04-14-2020
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Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue is lit up like a doctor and with the word "Thanks" projected in Portuguese, during an Easter service, in the midst of the new coronavirus pandemic, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Brazil has found a poignant way to honor health care workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic around the world. Rio de Janeiro's iconic 'Christ the Redeemer' statue was lit up and dressed like a doctor for Easter.
Projections playing across the statue showed flags from across the globe with the words "thank you" in different languages. The display was designed to show gratitude and offer a message of hope to medical personnel on the frontlines of the pandemic.
"This is a homage," says Omar Raposo, priest in charge of the Sanctuary of Christ the Redeemer. "A homage to all the health workers that are on the front line dedicated to the people that are, unfortunately, infected with COVID-19."
Read more at: https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2020/april/christ-the-redeemer-is-now-christ-the-medic-heres-how-heroic-health-care-workers-are-ministering-to-patients-and-families
WHO expert warns of four deadly waves
'Covid-19 is about to march through sub-Saharan Africa and perhaps the Indian subcontinent like an avalanche'
by Dave Makichuk April 15, 2020
Just when you think it’s over, it’s not over, says a WHO professor.
Prof. Lawrence Gostin, director of the World Health Organization’s Center on Public Health and Human Rights, said outbreaks in the developing world could lead to future epidemics even after the current one is brought under control, UK’s The Sun reported.
Covid-19 has swept across Asia, Europe, and North America in recent months, but is yet to infect significant numbers of people in Africa or the subcontinent.
Read more at: https://asiatimes.com/2020/04/who-expert-warns-of-four-deadly-waves/
Brazil on the brink of a Covid-19 disaster
University study says actual coronavirus infection number is 13 times higher than the 26,652 officially recognized by the Health Ministry
by Pepe Escobar April 15, 2020
According to a joint study by the universities of Sao Paulo and Brasilia, the actual number of Brazilians infected by the Sars-Cov-2 virus is 13 times higher than what’s officially recognized by the Health Ministry.
The official numbers, as of Wednesday, said there were 25,652 Covid-19 cases and 1,532 deaths. The study says that actually Brazil should have 312,000 infected people – and counting, raising the possibility of a health catastrophe before the end of April.
The Latin American country hardest hit by the pandemic, Brazil is registering a higher percentage of people cured of Covid-19 than carriers. The disparity is essentially due to the lack of testing, not to mention contact tracing – the practices that ensured the success of the South Korean model.
Read more at: https://asiatimes.com/2020/04/brazil-on-the-brink-of-a-health-disaster/
Virus Choking Off Supply of What Africa Needs Most: Food
By Columbus Mavhunga Fri, 04/10/2020 - 17:10
HARARE - In a pre-dawn raid in food-starved Zimbabwe, police enforcing a coronavirus lockdown confiscated and destroyed 3 tons of fresh fruit and vegetables by setting fire to it. Wielding batons, they scattered a group of rural farmers who had traveled overnight, breaking restrictions on movement to bring the precious produce to one of the country's busiest markets.
The food burned as the farmers went home empty-handed, a stupefying moment for a country and a continent where food is in critically short supply.
It was an extreme example of how lockdowns to slow the spread of the coronavirus may be choking Africa's already-vulnerable food supply.
Read more at: https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/virus-choking-supply-what-africa-needs-most-food (https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/virus-choking-supply-what-africa-needs-most-food)
Malawians Express Reservations on Planned 21-Day Lockdown
By Lameck Masina Thu, 04/09/2020 - 15:33
BLANTYRE - Malawi’s government has put the nation on lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The virus has so far infected 16 people in the southern African country and killed two. People providing essential services will be exempt from the lockdown, but many worry the restrictions on movement and work will put many at risk for food shortages.
Enless Muheziwa has been surviving on income she gets from selling dry wood after she exhausted the two bags of maize she harvested this year from her garden.
A single mother of three children is among thousands of farmers affected by armyworms this year, in Mulanje district in southern Malawi.
Read more at: https://www.voanews.com/africa/malawians-express-reservations-planned-21-day-lockdown (https://www.voanews.com/africa/malawians-express-reservations-planned-21-day-lockdown)
Rescheduled Tour de France Hoping to Make Nation Smile Again
By Associated Press
April 15, 2020 02:29 PM
PARIS - With the Tour de France pushed back to a late August start, race director Christian Prudhomme is hoping cycling's showcase event can help bring back a sense of normality to a nation reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.
Organizers on Wednesday announced new dates of Aug. 29-Sept. 20 for the race, a day after it was postponed. And Prudhomme is still optimistic that the three-week event will be able to feature its usual scenes of thousands of fans packed along the route each day.
"Lots of people smiling, getting back to the lives we love," Prudhomme told The Associated Press in a phone interview. "Usually we like to complain and moan about things. Then, when they're gone we realize what we're missing. The Tour de France will likely be the first big sporting event of 2020. So there will be fervor and enthusiasm."
Read more at: https://www.voanews.com/europe/rescheduled-tour-de-france-hoping-make-nation-smile-again (https://www.voanews.com/europe/rescheduled-tour-de-france-hoping-make-nation-smile-again)
Seven dead, more than 100 infected with COVID-19 in NW Iran prison
IRAN NEWS 4/15/2020 Author:Mahin Horri
Reporting by PMOI/MEK 
Iran, April 15, 2020—More than 100 inmates of Urmia Central Prison, located in northwest Iran, are infected with the novel coronavirus. Four are reported to be in critical conditions and held in the ICU branch of a local hospital. The names of these inmates are Akbar Nozari, Siavosh Mousazadeh, Ramin Hosseinzadeh and Saeed.
As of the publication of this report, at least seven inmates in this facility have lost their lives to COVID-19. Four of these victims have been identified as Anvar Ghorbanzadeh, Farigh Mohammadi, Hossein Javadi and Ms. Fatemeh Alizadeh.
On Sunday, April 12, authorities were forced to finally transfer four inmates in critical condition to a hospital outside of the facility and place them under intensive care. However, they have refused to take further action to test other inmates in this prison or at least adopt preventive measures to avoid a viral surge in Urmia Central Prison.
Four of the seven victims, including Anvar Bagherzadeh, lost their lives on Saturday, April 11. These individuals were in wards 3 and 4 of Urmia Central Prison where more than 500 inmates are held. Despite the fact that COVID-19 has been spreading exponentially in this facility, authorities are constantly denying such reports and refusing to take necessary action.
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More at: https://english.mojahedin.org/i/iran-coronavirus-urmia-central-prison-20200415 (https://english.mojahedin.org/i/iran-coronavirus-urmia-central-prison-20200415)
Heshmat Alavi@HeshmatAlavi
#BREAKING
Over 29,000 dead of #coronavirus in #Iran, according to opposition MEK
Read: https://bit.ly/3bdlCm0 (https://bit.ly/3bdlCm0)
Iran's latest official COVID-19 stats
4,777 deaths
76,389 cases
Seven dead, more than 100 infected with COVID-19 in NW Iran prison
Read: https://bit.ly/2yjzyvY (https://bit.ly/2yjzyvY)
Read more at: https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1250510995187007494 (https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1250510995187007494)
NOPE. BULLSHIT!
That's all folks! To my friends, thank you for the good times. So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Delete my account.
Well that sucks. A lot.
I will miss you friend. Take care.
All right. What happened with roamer?
All right. What happened with roamer?
Y'all will need to ask him. AFAIK his PMs work.
Well that sucks. A lot.
I will miss you friend. Take care.
Well that sucks. A lot.GET BACK ON TOPIC! Just kidding.... Acting like a Mod for a second...lol.
I will miss you friend. Take care.
There had to be more going on than what happened here.
There’s been a lot of what to me was inexplicable anger and condescension lately.
I love the guy, but when he rebuffed my wishing him a Blessed Easter, I knew something was really wrong. We didn’t disagree on much, so I didn’t expect the rage on a subject like this.
Where do we go from here now that all other children are growin' up
And how do we spend our lives if there's noone to lend us a hand
I don't wanna live here no more, I don't wanna stay
Ain't gonna spend the rest of my life, Quietly fading away
Games people play, You take it or you leave it
Things that they say, Honor Brite
If I promise you the Moon and the Stars, Would you believe it
Games people play in the middle of the night
Where do we go from here now that all of the children have grown up
And how do we spend our lives knowin' nobody gives us a damn
I don't wanna live here no more, I don't wanna stay
Ain't gonna spend the rest of my life, Quietly fading away
Games people play, You take it or you leave it
Things that they say, Just don't make it right
If I'm telling you the truth right now, Do you believe it
Games people play in the middle of the night
Games people play, You take it or you leave it
Things that they say, Honor Brite
If I promise you the Moon and the Stars, Would you believe it
Games people play in the middle of the night
Games people play, You take it or you leave it
Things that they say, Just don't make it right
If I'm telling you the truth right now, Do you believe it
Games people play in the middle of the night
GET BACK ON TOPIC! Just kidding.... Acting like a Mod for a second...lol.
I hope @roamer_1 will return at some point. Seems like a good guy.....
Roamer is a GREAT guy. I want to have his baby.Lololololololololol!
Roamer is a GREAT guy. I want to have his baby.Wait? What?
All right. What happened with roamer?
@Hoodat .
All I ever get is a pain in the neck and a yap yap yap yap yap yap yap yap...
Roamer is a GREAT guy. I want to have his baby.
I thought you were a guy!???
I am. So what?Not that there's anything wrong with that.... :rolling:
Lack of testing is keeping the present numbers down everywhere.
Until there is adequate testing, we will not know how big this behemoth actually is.
I am. So what?
IMHO I think it is inevitable that we will all contract this virus to some degree, with some becoming more ill than others and the fatalities will continue on just like the flu, but this virus is much more contagious. As far as I know, it is still not known whether or not people will build immunity; so I believe that there is a possibility that there is more than one strain floating around out there and that is why it affects some people very mildly and other people who are otherwise healthy are dying.Just a guess, but I would think there are factors of diet, individual biochemistry, and lifestyle which make one more resistant to this virus, and other viruses in general. Genetics may even be a factor.
As we get into the warmer months, it is seeming unlikely that heat and humidity will have an impact on this virus. We are now starting to see our normal high humidity in FL and it hasn't made any substantial difference.
A vaccine is still over a year away and certainly we can't sustain stagnating the economy and trying to prop up everyone that has been told to shelter in. What if indeed there is more than one strain out there? Will the vaccine truly protect people or will it only be effective against certain strains like the seasonal flu?
I don't know, but two members taunted him saying he would be back in a few days knowing that would only resolve his decision. @ApplewoodYeah I saw it too, and both look dumber for it...but I seriously think that last line is better left unsaid. I say with huge respect @Sighlass it's not fair, and it's not true.
Wrap-up-smear Nancy would of been proud of.
A dingo ate me avatar.Nice fish!
Go with the flow takes on a whole new meaning moddy, maddy, dommy, dammy....
(https://i.imgur.com/IlRhf4P.jpg)
I am. So what?@truth_seeker
A dingo ate me avatar.
Go with the flow takes on a whole new meaning moddy, maddy, dommy, dammy....
(https://i.imgur.com/IlRhf4P.jpg)
IMHO I think it is inevitable that we will all contract this virus to some degree, with some becoming more ill than others and the fatalities will continue on just like the flu, but this virus is much more contagious. As far as I know, it is still not known whether or not people will build immunity; so I believe that there is a possibility that there is more than one strain floating around out there and that is why it affects some people very mildly and other people who are otherwise healthy are dying.
As we get into the warmer months, it is seeming unlikely that heat and humidity will have an impact on this virus. We are now starting to see our normal high humidity in FL and it hasn't made any substantial difference.
A vaccine is still over a year away and certainly we can't sustain stagnating the economy and trying to prop up everyone that has been told to shelter in. What if indeed there is more than one strain out there? Will the vaccine truly protect people or will it only be effective against certain strains like the seasonal flu?
That's the big problem here. There is still far more that is unknown about this pernicious virus than is known. We know that it is twice as contagious as the flu, and that, as you have said, some people spread it who are asymptomatic (not true with the flu), some people are getting it who just stay home and recover, some people who are completely healthy get it and a few days later are dead, and those who die suffer horribly.goopo
Health care workers on the front lines are not at risk from the flu are getting sick and dying from this. Because this is so widespread and world wide there is not enough protective equipment to keep them safe. Others have continued to compare this to deaths from car accidents and heart attacks, but no emergency responder has ever died from someone else's car accident or heart attack.
This thing is deadly, and we just don't know enough about it yet to know what is ahead.
Staying at home is only going to be possible for so long, and the numbers I have heard are that 40 to 80 percent of us will get this eventually.
Even though there are a few here who keep arguing that it's not the case, this IS an unprecedented illness requiring unprecedented measures to contain it until treatments can be developed, and eventually, God willing, an effective vaccine.
goopo
Roamer is a GREAT guy. I want to have his baby.
READ THIS.Other information indicates a very strong possibility that this variant SARS-CoV-2 is a chimera, the result of lab recombination of more than one type of coronavirus. The scientific papers touting the research are out there. Not "Conspiracy Theory", and the ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the People's Liberation Army are present.
https://www.europeanreview.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2781-2783.pdf (https://www.europeanreview.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2781-2783.pdf)
More.
https://www.healthline.com/health/coronavirus-vs-sars (https://www.healthline.com/health/coronavirus-vs-sars)
How does COVID-19 differ from SARS?
COVID-19 and SARS are similar in many ways. For example, both:
are respiratory illnesses caused by coronaviruses
are believedTrusted Source to have originated in bats, jumping to humans via an intermediate animal host
are spread by respiratory droplets produced when a person with the virus coughs or sneezes, or by contact with contaminated objects or surfaces
have similar stability in the air and on various surfaces
can lead to potentially serious illness, sometimes requiring oxygen or mechanical ventilation
can have worseningTrusted Source symptoms later on in the illness
have similar at-risk groups, such as older adults and those with underlying health conditions
have no specific treatments or vaccines
have no specific treatments or vaccines
That is straight up BS
Somewhere on one of these threads I provided the info that a VACCINE for SARS-1 was developed but never licensed and was shelved.
Where is this vaccine now? Why isn't it being talked about and studied? If these viruses are similar then, using advanced sequencing and splicing techniques, WHY are they talking about waiting for a year or more?
I'm calling BS on the whole game.
Airline passengers undergo Covid-19 blood tests before boarding
CNN, Apr 16. 2020
Perhaps a sign of what the future holds for air travelers, Dubai-based airline Emirates has begun carrying out Covid-19 blood tests on passengers at the airport prior to flights.
According to a statement released by the airline, the first rapid Covid-19 blood tests took place on Wednesday at Dubai International Airport, with passengers on a flight to Tunisia all reportedly tested before departure.
The tests were conducted by the Dubai Health Authority at the Group Check-in area of Terminal 3 and results were available within 10 minutes.
More: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/emirates-passengers-blood-test-covid-19/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/emirates-passengers-blood-test-covid-19/index.html)
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/emergency-room-doctor-near-death-with-coronavirus-saved-with-experimental-treatment/ar-BB12CdXL?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=mailsignout (http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/emergency-room-doctor-near-death-with-coronavirus-saved-with-experimental-treatment/ar-BB12CdXL?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=mailsignout)
I thought this was interesting. I find it to be very possible that this drug could stop an autoimmune response that occurs in some people with COVD19.
The doctors tried a drug called Actemra, which was designed to treat rheumatoid arthritis but also approved in 2017 to treat cytokine storms in cancer patients.
Considering that Cytokine storms are what seems to be the cause of the fatal pulmonary edemas, similar to HAPE (High Altitude Pulmonary Edema), this might work to prevent an immune system gone berserk from killing the patient.
Good catch, sorry I missed it in the kerfluffle.
I suppose the rub is that you are in fact infected with a virus that that immune system needs to eradicate while at the same time keeping your immune system from killing you.
New evidence has emerged that the coronavirus ravaging the globe may have escaped from a poorly equipped lab in Wuhan, China, where researchers were conducting risky viral disease experiments in the years leading up to the pandemic.
In March 2018, the US dispatched science diplomats to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, who issued two “sensitive†diplomatic cables about inadequate safety measures at the lab, the Washington Post reported, citing intelligence sources.
The first cable warned the experiments conducted in the lab on coronavirus in bats “represented a risk of a new SARS-like pandemic,†according to the report.
The cable, written by two US-China embassy officials, said there is a “serious shortage of appropriately trained technicians and investigators needed to safely operate this high-containment laboratory,†according to the report.
More at link.
• The UK told China it couldn't return to "business as usual" with the international community after the coronavirus pandemic.
• UK First Secretary of State Dominic Raab said the world would have to investigate how the outbreak started in China.
• The UK government has previously cast doubt on China's information about the outbreak.
The UK has told China that it cannot return to "business as usual" after the coronavirus pandemic.
UK First Minister of State Dominic Raab told a press conference on Thursday that the international community must investigate the origins of the outbreak in China.
"There absolutely needs to be a very deep dive on lessons, including on the outbreak of the virus, and I don't think we can flinch from that at all," Raab said.
More at link.
Everything we know about the Wuhan lab that may have unleashed coronavirusThis tends to confirm something we have suspected, with increasing surety.
NY Post by Ben Feuerherd 4/16/2020
https://nypost.com/2020/04/16/all-we-know-about-wuhan-lab-that-may-have-unleashed-covid-19/ (https://nypost.com/2020/04/16/all-we-know-about-wuhan-lab-that-may-have-unleashed-covid-19/)
China has been told by the UK that it cannot return to 'business as usual' after the coronavirus pandemic
@ElderberryI'd be shocked if Pelosi and Feinstein don't whine, after all the other side of their bread is buttered from China.
Good for them!
Now,we wait and see which politicians other than Pelosi who whine about this to see who was complicit in this crime against humanity.
I'd be shocked if Pelosi and Feinstein don't whine, after all the other side of their bread is buttered from China.
You make good points.
The trick here is to find something that will either get the body to kill the virus, or stop the virus from growing. (while doing as little damage as possible to the patient, of course.) Unfortunately, I don't think that one size will ever fit all. Some won't tolerate some medications, which is why I haven't stopped with the idea of Hydroxychloroquine/Zithromax/Zinc Sulfate, and that may work best at early onset. Later on, though, lung problems set in, and getting O2/CO2 exchange is going to be tough, so those symptoms and their underlying causes might need to be addressed, while still fighting the progress of the virus to avoid necrosis and organ damage on a widespread basis.
Because this is something new, despite being 'like' other diseases, there is going to be some trial (and error) involved, but hopefully more than one possible effective regimen will be found.
@Smokin JoeSure makes it hard to figure out who she is serving while she's attacking Trump, the Dems of the ChiComs.
You ain't kidding. Pelosi's husband is their legal counsel in the US.
WHY that isn't a conflict of interest that should force her to resign I will never understand.
This isn't something new. The early reports were that this has more similarities to something old. An "old" coronavirus that has variations that are not new. As in the virus mutated into something new.The research papers I have seen, going back to 2015 indicate they were involved in splicing together a bat coronavirus with a "mouse-adapted SARS-CoV backbone". In other words, they created this virus, first in a lab in North Carolina with some American Scientists, and then took the knowledge back to Wuhan to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
It has enough earmarks that seen to indicate tampering.
I will have to go re-read the treaties concerning bio hazards created. But if this was lab created, no matter how it got out, is an act of war. Don't quote me on that quite yet, but I think it does that in violation of standing treaties. Don't know if China is signatory. Don't think that matters.
The research papers I have seen, going back to 2015 indicate they were involved in splicing together a bat coronavirus with a "mouse-adapted SARS-CoV backbone". In other words, they created this virus, first in a lab in North Carolina with some American Scientists, and then took the knowledge back to Wuhan to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
The lab generated chimera virus was known to be able to infect humans, and using SARS based preventative treatments, resistant to treatment. Link to the 2015 paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985 (https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985)
From there, according to Epoch Times, they continued to further research recombinations in Wuhan. Note the PLA (Chinese Army) is deeply invested in the research, as in everything else there.
If you have not seen that video detailing that, here it is. It is worth watching and flanges up with what I had found out.
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMJ0EmMfb3U&feature=youtu.be#)
The implications are ugly indeed. In terms of asymmetrical warfare, it's been going on, we just have yet to acknowledge it.
China MUST pay a heavy price for this. A very heavy price.Hopefully we will start making our own. We have the people, the resources, might need to shut down some environmental stuff (without making a mess, just enough obstructionism, already). At least keep it in our hemisphere.
Be prepared for high inflation in the coming years. We've printed a huge amount of money over the years that has never been reconciled and the Chinese flooding the world with cheap products have tweaked the inflation calculations giving the illusion of low inflation for at least the last 15 years. When the cheap products stop the financial smoke and mirrors will likely come to an end.
All this will likely set a number of major tectonic issues into motion in unexpected ways with unpredictable results.
This isn't something new. The early reports were that this has more similarities to something old. An "old" coronavirus that has variations that are not new. As in this virus mutated into something new from a currently prevalent coronavirus found in bats, etc. It isn't a new mutation of a virus currently found.
It has enough earmarks that seem to indicate tampering.
Sure makes it hard to figure out who she is serving while she's attacking Trump, the Dems of the ChiComs.
China has been told by the UK that it cannot return to 'business as usual' after the coronavirus pandemic
Yahoo News by Adam Bienkov 4/16/2020
https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-warned-uk-cannot-return-172609363.html (https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-warned-uk-cannot-return-172609363.html)
Panopticon.
I would think that efforts like these would be initiated from our country, but just wonder how many in power like Pelosi, DiFi, et. al. are on their payroll.
@catfish1957No doubt those 'honey pots' (like Epstein's Island) are all over the region, and could be funded by almost anyone. I have heard stories about Bangkok...
My best guess is "at least 90 percent of them". If not for cash,for protection from exposure of crimes they have committed and are being blackmailed over to keep from being exposed and possibly arrested.
Remember "Baby Brudder Bush" on his "victory tour of Asia" to establish his position as Bush Crime Family Head of the Asian Branch" after Uncle Prescott died?
Remember that dumbass opening the door of his hotel room furnished to him for free by the Chinese government to allow a strange Asian woman into his hotel room late at night that was lost and confused,and needed to use his room phone because nobody in Asia has cell phones?
Remember how her clothing accidentally fell off,and she and Baby Brudder accidentally fell into bed together in that hotel room that was accidentally loaded with hidden cameras and microphones?
Remember him getting divorced not long after that,and losing his position on the Chinese-American Chamber of Commerce?
BTW,remember that Baby Brudder was also President of Silverado Savings and Loan,that went bankrupt with millions of dollars of members savings disappearing? Remember his excuse before the Senate board investigating S&L frauds? It was "I doan no nutting bout no banking."
IIRC,he had to pay out a couple of hundred grand in fines to cover the millions that went missing.
Funny how stuff like that works,huh?
@catfish1957
My best guess is "at least 90 percent of them". If not for cash,for protection from exposure of crimes they have committed and are being blackmailed over to keep from being exposed and possibly arrested.
Remember "Baby Brudder Bush" on his "victory tour of Asia" to establish his position as Bush Crime Family Head of the Asian Branch" after Uncle Prescott died?
Remember that dumbass opening the door of his hotel room furnished to him for free by the Chinese government to allow a strange Asian woman into his hotel room late at night that was lost and confused,and needed to use his room phone because nobody in Asia has cell phones?
Remember how her clothing accidentally fell off,and she and Baby Brudder accidentally fell into bed together in that hotel room that was accidentally loaded with hidden cameras and microphones?
Remember him getting divorced not long after that,and losing his position on the Chinese-American Chamber of Commerce?
BTW,remember that Baby Brudder was also President of Silverado Savings and Loan,that went bankrupt with millions of dollars of members savings disappearing? Remember his excuse before the Senate board investigating S&L frauds? It was "I doan no nutting bout no banking."
IIRC,he had to pay out a couple of hundred grand in fines to cover the millions that went missing.
Funny how stuff like that works,huh?
Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30418-9/fulltext (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30418-9/fulltext)
We sign this statement in solidarity with all scientists and health professionals in China who continue to save lives and protect global health during the challenge of the COVID-19 outbreak. We are all in this together, with our Chinese counterparts in the forefront, against this new viral threat.
The rapid, open, and transparent sharing of data on this outbreak is now being threatened by rumours and misinformation around its origins. We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin. Scientists from multiple countries have published and analysed genomes of the causative agent, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
and they overwhelmingly conclude that this coronavirus originated in wildlife,
as have so many other emerging pathogens. This is further supported by a letter from the presidents of the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine and by the scientific communities they represent. Conspiracy theories do nothing but create fear, rumours, and prejudice that jeopardise our global collaboration in the fight against this virus. We support the call from the Director-General of WHO to promote scientific evidence and unity over misinformation and conjecture. We want you, the science and health professionals of China, to know that we stand with you in your fight against this virus.
No doubt those 'honey pots' (like Epstein's Island) are all over the region, and could be funded by almost anyone. I have heard stories about Bangkok...
This is great coronavirus news @sneakypete
Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30418-9/fulltext (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30418-9/fulltext)
We sign this statement in solidarity with all scientists and health professionals in China who continue to save lives and protect global health during the challenge of the COVID-19 outbreak. We are all in this together, with our Chinese counterparts in the forefront, against this new viral threat.
The rapid, open, and transparent sharing of data on this outbreak is now being threatened by rumours and misinformation around its origins. We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin. Scientists from multiple countries have published and analysed genomes of the causative agent, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
and they overwhelmingly conclude that this coronavirus originated in wildlife,
as have so many other emerging pathogens. This is further supported by a letter from the presidents of the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine and by the scientific communities they represent. Conspiracy theories do nothing but create fear, rumours, and prejudice that jeopardise our global collaboration in the fight against this virus. We support the call from the Director-General of WHO to promote scientific evidence and unity over misinformation and conjecture. We want you, the science and health professionals of China, to know that we stand with you in your fight against this virus.
That isn't science. That's politics... Morons.Right.
The rapid, open, and transparent sharing of data on this outbreak is now being threatened by rumours and misinformation around its origins.
@mrpotatoheadI'll believe in Santa long before I believe that nonsense.
Santa is real,too. Honest! I remember seeing him on my teebee when I was a kid.
@Once-Ler
Not MY fault YOU can't connect the dots.
Some of us were not blessed with your brain.Pity. :tongue2:
Over the last 21 days, China has reported a total of 24 SARS-2 deaths. Today, they are reporting 1,290. Maybe the regular Chicom counter had the day off.Maybe they had trouble rounding up enough political prisoners...
Maybe they had trouble rounding up enough political prisoners...
Some of us were not blessed with your brain.
Maybe they had trouble rounding up enough political prisoners...
Official covid-19 death tolls still under-count the true number of fatalities
Apr 16th 2020
AS COVID-19 has spread around the world, people have become grimly familiar with the death tolls that their governments publish each day. These numbers give a better indication of a country’s trajectory than do counts of confirmed cases, which largely measure how many people have been tested. Nonetheless, official covid-19 death tolls still under-count the true number of fatalities that the disease has already caused at that point.
In many places, official daily figures exclude anybody who did not die in hospital or who did not test positive. Often the cause of death takes several days to establish, which creates a lag in the data. And even the most complete covid-19 records will not count people who were killed by other conditions that probably would have been treated successfully, had hospitals not been overwhelmed by a surge of covid-19 cases.
@Once-Ler
True. I will try to remember it's not your fault.
Tracking covid-19 excess deaths across countries
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/04/16/tracking-covid-19-excess-deaths-across-countries (https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/04/16/tracking-covid-19-excess-deaths-across-countries)QuoteOfficial covid-19 death tolls still under-count the true number of fatalities
Apr 16th 2020
More behind paywall at link
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Are you taking over TomSea's job?
@Hoodat Can you still see your posts? wink777
I meant his job as 'Most-Negative-News-As-Possible Tsar'. But yes, I can see my posts. Freedom is so exhilarating.I'm sorry if the bad news triggered you. Where do you think I should I post the news that conflicts with your world view, but is still available for Briefers who value being informed?
Use the Chicken Little thread.link please.
link please.
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,398666.msg2192660.html#msg2192660 (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,398666.msg2192660.html#msg2192660)
Oh, for heaven's sake.... if you don't want to get news about COVID19, just stay off the threads that give that information.
Stop wasting bandwidth with absolute nonsense.
And stop being afraid. It's not healthy.
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,398666.msg2192660.html#msg2192660 (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,398666.msg2192660.html#msg2192660)
Why does someone expressing a different opinion based on facts and readily available information upset you so much?
Why do you keep engaging projecting by accusing others of being afraid when clearly its you living in fear?
Because I’m not afraid.
I just figure that the people trying to stop information from being shared are the ones who are afraid.
For the record, I wasn't the one deleting other people's posts because I didn't like what they said. Just sayin'.
Because I’m not afraid.
I just figure that the people trying to stop information from being shared are the ones who are afraid.
Truth is like fresh air. Suppressing it is unhealthy.
The problem is most certainly not differing opinions. The problem is calling people “Chicken Little†because they don’t want to see opinions they don’t like.
Now stop projecting, okay?
Your who sky is falling mentality about this virus says otherwise.:2popcorn:
You mean like telling someone to stay off certain threads if they disagree with your worldview?
That makes you one of the most unhealthy people around here then.
Do you understand the term stepping on rakes? No? You should look it up.
Physician heal thyself.
Your who sky is falling mentality about this virus says otherwise.
You mean like telling someone to stay off certain threads if they disagree with your worldview?
That makes you one of the most unhealthy people around here then.
Do you understand the term stepping on rakes? No? You should look it up.
Physician heal thyself.
:2popcorn:
That was wrong. Any time someone censors opinions they don’t like, it’s wrong.
And so is calling people names to try to get them to stop posting articles you don’t like.
How bout you post your opinions and findings (like you have been doing), and leave the mockery behind?
It doesn’t look good on you.
Not a single word you’ve said here is true.
Not one.
I’m afraid I’m going to have to put you on ignore for a while so I don’t lose any more respect for you as an honest broker.
But since I won’t be seeing any more of your posts, know that my faith has never been stronger and my confidence, trust and lack of fear more powerful.
I pray you and yours stay well and that your anger diminishes.
Peace.
Every word he said is false.
There won’t be any entertainment for you since one cannot argue with what is not there.
:banghead:
I’m really sorry about this because until the last couple of days I have had more respect for @txradioguy than practically anyone else on this forum.
I have put him on temporary ignore, so you can rest assured that there will be no further conflict between us.
And if there’s any from him I will neither see nor respond to it.
Then prove me wrong.
Stop the weapons grade Liberal projecting and prove me wrong.
I'll pass. I'm shell-shocked from the last three casualties of the forum. I'm all out of fight today, but @musiclady not only has the right to her opinion, but I think she's right.
Once-Ler wrote (referencing an economist article):
"More behind paywall at link"
There's no paywall if all you want is to read the text.
Just disable javascript and reload the page.
Your who sky is falling mentality about this virus says otherwise.Well, in all fairness, this is an unknown pathogen, it's new, a chimera made in a lab. We don't have a clue how it will act nor how people (medically) will react and whether or not it is engineered to adapt to attempts to develop a vaccine, or to come around in successive waves, still contagious, just slightly changed.
You mean like telling someone to stay off certain threads if they disagree with your worldview?
That makes you one of the most unhealthy people around here then.
Do you understand the term stepping on rakes? No? You should look it up.
Physician heal thyself.
Well, in all fairness, this is an unknown pathogen, it's new, a chimera made in a lab. We don't have a clue how it will act nor how people (medically) will react and whether or not it is engineered to adapt to attempts to develop a vaccine, or to come around in successive waves, still contagious, just slightly changed.
The COVID-19 virus causing the pandemic evolved from naturally occurring strains, according to a new comparative genomic analysis.
"By comparing the available genome sequence data for known coronavirus strains, we can firmly determine that SARS-CoV-2 originated through natural processes," corresponding author Kristian Andersen, an immunology and microbiology researcher affiliated with the Scripps Research Institute and the Scripps Research Translational Institute, said in a statement.
As they reported in a correspondence article published in Nature Medicine on Tuesday, Andersen and colleagues from the U.S., Australia, and the U.K. brought together publicly available genome sequence data for alpha- and beta-coronaviruses found in a wide range of animal hosts, along with data from SARS-CoV-2 isolates and other coronaviruses infecting humans.
The team saw signs of natural selection acting on key coronavirus genome features such as the receptor-binding domain (RBD) sequences and sequences spanning so-called "polybasic cleavage sites," which contribute to spike protein characteristics that help the virus latch on to, and blast into, animal cells.
"The genomic features described here may explain in part the infectiousness and transmissibility of COVID-19 in humans," the authors wrote, adding that "since we observed all notable COVID-19 features, including the optimized RBD and polybasic cleavage site, in related coronaviruses in nature, we do not believe that any type of laboratory-based scenario is plausible."
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/safety-quality/covid-19-not-man-made-comparative-genomic-study-finds (https://www.modernhealthcare.com/safety-quality/covid-19-not-man-made-comparative-genomic-study-finds)Similar proteins to the ones found in pangolins illegally imported into Guangdong Province...
COVID-19 not man-made, comparative genomic study finds
more at link...
Aside from the headline, I don't know what any of that means.
Same.:beer: I figured you were just blowing off steam, Fred. A guy has to take a break from this from time to time and look around at the reasons it's all worth it (or go fishing, or something) or this stuff will get to you.
Please.
I don't care if any of you have me on ignore. I blew a gasket last night because of this subject matter on this page.
I don't put people on ignore.
THIS forum has a great many very intelligent, schooled, educated, experienced CONSERVATIVES.
Ya ain't showing your conservatism.
Why don't we stop this BS of "social distancing" amongst ourselves?
I want to be here. I choose to be here. If I wanted to be treated like trash, I'll go to the casino and take my chances there.
Just kidding. The casinos are closed.
If I want to be treated like trash, I'll go to church.
Do people actually know how to listen? To anything? Especially them selves?
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdVjVtpr55M&list=RDgdVjVtpr55M&start_radio=1#)
Same.
Please.
I don't care if any of you have me on ignore. I blew a gasket last night because of this subject matter on this page.
I don't put people on ignore.
THIS forum has a great many very intelligent, schooled, educated, experienced CONSERVATIVES.
Ya ain't showing your conservatism.
Why don't we stop this BS of "social distancing" amongst ourselves?
I want to be here. I choose to be here. If I wanted to be treated like trash, I'll go to the casino and take my chances there.
Just kidding. The casinos are closed.
If I want to be treated like trash, I'll go to church.
Do people actually know how to listen? To anything? Especially them selves?
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdVjVtpr55M&list=RDgdVjVtpr55M&start_radio=1#)
Well, in all fairness, this is an unknown pathogen, it's new, a chimera made in a lab. We don't have a clue how it will act nor how people (medically) will react and whether or not it is engineered to adapt to attempts to develop a vaccine, or to come around in successive waves, still contagious, just slightly changed.
Now for the good news. We're still here. We live in the most innovative and free country on the planet. Because of that, whatever comes, with the Grace of God, we will prevail.
So, while it's scary, we're going to make it. Different people will have more reason to be scared. i get that, but fear is rational, while panic is pure limbic brain fight or flight.
As long as we avoid the latter, we're going to be okay as a nation, and as a group.
:thumbsup:
@bigheadfred
The first Synthetic Pandemic? Man who discovered HIV says Coronavirus is man made. CCP destroyed the evidence.
http://joannenova.com.au/2020/04/the-first-synthetic-pandemic-man-who-discovered-hiv-says-coronavirus-is-man-made-ccp-destroyed-the-evidence/ (http://joannenova.com.au/2020/04/the-first-synthetic-pandemic-man-who-discovered-hiv-says-coronavirus-is-man-made-ccp-destroyed-the-evidence/)
I'm hopeful that it was sloppiness or stupidity and not malice that released this virus, very likely, imho, from the lab where it was created.
When this is over, and even now, America should be reconsidering all the outsourcing we have done and focusing on getting our own industry back in operation. We can do it cleaner, better, and more efficiently than ever.
I believe it was lab created. How it got out I won't speculate on. But I surely do know how it is being advantagized upon.Well, oddly enough, it was the homeless tested in California who showed few symptoms yet nearly half had antibodies. It's like this, imho, to a point testing your immune system makes it better equipped to handle pathogens (What doesn't kill you makes you stronger).
There is no apparent reduction of both commercial and residential construction around here. Construction workers are some of the most transient and "dirty" people around. Good chance many are on some form of self medication...illicit drug use. Being transient, they don't plan ahead. Meaning they are taking their meals fron C-stores, drive thrus, etc. Staying in a motel, hotel. their standards for cleanliness are put on the backburner. I am not saying they are filthy people. I am saying there is a certain disregard for day to day wash your hands 14 times.
In a way, I am the same way. I expect to get dirty in the cabinet shop I work in every day. Since I don't really have day to day exposure to clients, I will wear the same outer clothing all week without washing it. It snowed yesterday.
Am I a walking health risk? Yep. Especially when stupid people interrupt my drinking and driving. hahaha
Good cover of Disturbed's version.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4#)
Well, oddly enough, it was the homeless tested in California who showed few symptoms yet nearly half had antibodies. It's like this, imho, to a point testing your immune system makes it better equipped to handle pathogens (What doesn't kill you makes you stronger).
But when people try to live in sterile environments they seem to get sick easier. Let your kids play in the dirt.
George Carlin did a piece about swimming in the Hudson River.There was a dugout, old collapsed in once home for folks long ago below ground level in the area where my wife grew up. A lot of the pregnant women from the area had eaten dirt from the walls of that dugout.
On a personal note, an aunt of mine was telling us a story about her first two kids. Both girls. A neighbor brought them home and announced they weren't allowed to play with her kids. Because they ate dirt.
Good post.
I have never been more confident that we will come out of this as a nation, stronger than we were before.
I believe so, too. And the political sh*tstorm is just beginning. The Rats will be laying every single death at the President's feet. Even car crashes. Be prepared! The level of Rat desperation is unprecedented.
I believe so, too. And the political sh*tstorm is just beginning. The Rats will be laying every single death at the President's feet. Even car crashes. Be prepared! The level of Rat desperation is unprecedented.
Yeah, we are.
Except for the fact that this virus is targeting the old.
You have generations of people that don't even know how to wipe their ass.
This is your tribulation.
The level of Rat desperation is precedented. That isn't the question. The question is are you going to take it sitting on your ass typing madly on a keyboard. Or are you going to fight?
ONE DAY CLOSER.
“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?â€
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
A 22 year-old can get in a car crash, and that will be laid at Trump's feet. Prove me wrong.
I can't stand Bill Maher, but HBO is free, so I watched tonight. After listening to him and his buddy Sullivan, I am fairly certain Trump wins easily. When they admit that Slo Joe is not all there, what more does one need. Hatred of Trump, TDS will NOT win elections.
I do not agree with the approach to return to normal, for I believe there are a dozen states that should resume full normal living immediately. The approach adopted by Trump will take 1-2 months, and that is too long for all but a dozen states.
I believe so, too. And the political sh*tstorm is just beginning. The Rats will be laying every single death at the President's feet. Even car crashes. Be prepared! The level of Rat desperation is unprecedented.
It sure seems to be that way, until November.
Trump had two scoops of ice cream, but Pelosi has a doouble friedge full of the creamy cold delight.
I need a picture of her kitchen. Nan from dirty San Fran
A 22 year-old can get in a car crash, and that will be laid at Trump's feet. Prove me wrong.
A 22 year-old can get in a car crash, and that will be laid at Trump's feet. Prove me wrong.https://www.cbs58.com/news/medical-examiner-responds-to-crash-near-nicholson-and-hickory-in-south-milwaukee (https://www.cbs58.com/news/medical-examiner-responds-to-crash-near-nicholson-and-hickory-in-south-milwaukee)
https://www.cbs58.com/news/medical-examiner-responds-to-crash-near-nicholson-and-hickory-in-south-milwaukee (https://www.cbs58.com/news/medical-examiner-responds-to-crash-near-nicholson-and-hickory-in-south-milwaukee)
No mention of our President.
uh huh
Don't feed the robots.
Not that it matters. As long as you get you lyin's share.
Mind, I dont have a problem with your exactitude of your POV. It is the band your with. Ultra Low Frequency. Yeah, you are an ULF. Kick it up a cycle or two. Like bicycle. Or even more economically. Really. What Would Reagan do? Tricycle down. It has worked so far. Feeds the rich and buries the poor.
It is kinda like unloading a truck of dead babies with a pitchfork. Know how to get a grip when you fork a live one.
Your ULF sets my teeth on edge.
Rats are ugly creatures.
And they are cornered, so the worst we have seen from them will get even worse.
Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?
You mean like now?
Sure, you are pretty, but scratching your crotch? (effing little monsters)
If you blowhard do I get a tailwind?
I heard the devil went down on Georgia. I don't do downers.
To you, my friend, I say goodnight. My wife is working the weekend swing shifts in a care facility. Damned girl ain't got the sense to stop caring for other people. I fix her (us) supper after I get home from work and wait up until she gets home. She just got home. Her 8 hour shift today-night was 13. I am not going to make any attempt at humor for her working into the graveyard shift. It isn't covid as a health threat it is the health threat of the threat of covid.. It is the residents. It is the staff.
She is short of the board test to be an LPN. I encourage her to do it. But there is a block there she can't seem to overcome.
I do know one thing. I will kill any person that abuses a child for gain, especially sexual gratification. The MFer they put me in prison for killing was one of those. That ain't the reason he is dead. He made the mistake of trying to kill me. They didn't put me in prison for kiling him. They put me in prison for my defiance to the good old boy jackboot bullshit.
my lawyer told me it was all arranged.Kiss their ass, admit my guilt, say I was sorry, pay their fines, and get a few months of probation.
uh huh
When the judge asked me if I had something to say (wink and nod) I let it fly. I told them all that in the face of G-d and all that is Holy it wasn't only my right, but my duty, as a Christian, and a citizen of these United States that they could go eff themselves. It was a nice speech. I targeted the judge, the prosecutor, the sherf, my attorney, and the jury as concomitant
lying MFers.
Instead of a couple of months probation the judge maxxed plus. 18 years. I ain't taking back any of my part. And I don't care what you did to me. It is what you MFers did to my family while I was gone I will NEVER FORGIVE.
Yeah, I mean you. All of you who call yourselves Christian, Conservatives. Talk all you want. NOW.
ONE DAY CLOSER.
Except No Mercy.
Be gender/race specific.
I just got back from the store. To buy me some ice cream.
There was a young man checking out. Dressed in a dark suit. Buying 3 cases of Corona Extra.
I asked him if he was ok?
No, he said. I just got back from my dad's funeral. He died at 48 from a genetic blood disorder. Under longterm treatment. Except when he had another malfunction and when he went to the hospital to get help. Something that he had done in the past. They turned him away. Something about having to keep peple safe and only treating people who were sick.
27-year-old kid. Mourning his dead dad. For a treatable condition he was born with. Under control except for the times it isn't and requires a visit to the hospital. Denied the same old treatment at the hospital because of the need to save sick people.
That really pisses me off, Fred.
That really pisses me off, Fred.
@bigheadfred @Cyber Liberty
Welcome to rationed healthcare also known as single payer. We're getting a sneak peak of what healthcare and treatment would be like if Dems get their way thanks to this virus.
I understand that some young dim millenials have already seen death panels as a way to fix the long term social security funding issues.
I understand that some young dim millenials have already seen death panels as a way to fix the long term social security funding issues.
Why does India have fewer Covid-19 Cases? (https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/health-trends/explainer-why-india-has-less-number-of-covid-19-cases-5097641.html)
Interesting thoughts here.
Death Rates (2017 EST)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2066rank.html (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2066rank.html)
Deaths/ 1000 population
US 8.20
India 7.30
Death Rates (2017 EST)Does that take into account H1-B visas?
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2066rank.html (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2066rank.html)
Deaths/ 1000 population
US 8.20
India 7.30
Does that take into account H1-B visas?
Sweden says its no-lockdown strategy proving effective against coronavirus
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/sweden-says-its-no-lockdown-strategy-proving-effective-against-coronavirus-11587365383534.html (https://www.livemint.com/news/world/sweden-says-its-no-lockdown-strategy-proving-effective-against-coronavirus-11587365383534.html)
Why do they have so many more cases than other Scandinavian countries then?Because this is the whole wad. (no flattened curve) and I'd wager there are some cultural considerations with the 'immigrants', too.
I understand that some young dim millenials have already seen death panels as a way to fix the long term social security funding issues.
Well, think about this virus. It predominately kills those over 60 with pre-existing conditions. Medicare and Social Security problems solved!
Well, think about this virus. It predominately kills those over 60 with pre-existing conditions. Medicare and Social Security problems solved!
UK on track for one of Europe’s worst virus death tolls
OAN, Apr 28, 2020
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is on track to record one of the worst coronavirus death tolls in Europe, after data published on Tuesday showed nationwide fatalities topped 24,000 nine days ago.
A day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke of success in dealing with the outbreak, the new figures showed the week ending April 17 was Britain’s deadliest since comparable records began in 1993.
The Office for National Statistics said 21,284 people had died in England by April 17 with mentions of COVID-19 on their death certificate. Together with figures from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the total United Kingdom death toll was at least 24,000 as of April 19.
“The United Kingdom is going to be right up there among the worst-hit nations in the initial surge,†said Bill Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
“With the most optimistic views of the amount of immunity that might be being generated, it would be still not be close to having enough to be able to return to normal,†he told Reuters.
Unlike the hospital death tolls announced daily by the government, the fresh figures include deaths in community settings, such as care homes where overall fatalities have trebled in a few weeks.
Overall, Tuesday’s figures for COVID-19 deaths in England and Wales up to April 17 were more than 50% higher than the daily toll for deaths in hospitals initially announced by the government.
More: https://www.oann.com/covid-19-deaths-in-england-and-wales-35-higher-than-early-stats-showed-ons/ (https://www.oann.com/covid-19-deaths-in-england-and-wales-35-higher-than-early-stats-showed-ons/)
Italy’s prime minister defends snail-paced end to lockdown
OAN, Apr 28, 2020
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte defended himself on Tuesday from widespread criticism of his highly cautious plans for a slow-placed end to Europe’s longest coronavirus lockdown.
The government has said strict curbs put in place seven weeks ago to curb the disease would be eased from May 4, when parks, factories and construction sites reopen.
However shops must remain shuttered until May 18, while restaurants, bars and hairdressers will stay closed until June 1 and students won’t be back at school before September.
The softly-softly approach has been criticised by businesses, lambasted by the opposition and even questioned by parties within Conte’s fragile coalition, worried by the huge economic and social toll of the long-lasting clampdown.
But the prime minister said he had no regrets.
“If I could turn the clock back, I’d do it all again,†Conte told La Stampa daily. “I cannot let myself be swayed by public opinion, even if I understand those feelings very well myself.â€
Conte acknowledged the scientific committee advising him was “rigidâ€, but said the overriding concern was to prevent a second wave of infections.
More: https://www.oann.com/italys-prime-minister-defends-snail-paced-end-to-lockdown/ (https://www.oann.com/italys-prime-minister-defends-snail-paced-end-to-lockdown/)
Trump Says Sweden ‘Paying Heavily’ For Not Imposing Lockdown
Epoch Times, Apr 30, 2020
President Donald Trump said Sweden is “paying heavily†for not locking down the country, as much of the rest of the world has, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump, in a critical tweet Thursday, cited the difference in death counts between lockdown-resistant Sweden and its neighbors, which have imposed stiff curbs on citizens in a bid to stem the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.
“Despite reports to the contrary, Sweden is paying heavily for its decision not to lockdown. As of today, 2462 people have died there, a much higher number than the neighboring countries of Norway (207), Finland (206) or Denmark (443),†the president wrote, adding, “The United States made the correct decision!â€
As the virus spread, Denmark and Norway were quick to close borders and shut schools, while Finland moved to restrict urban centers and closed most of its schools.
Sweden, by contrast, focused on isolating and treating the sick rather than closing down swathes of society.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-says-sweden-paying-heavily-for-not-imposing-lockdown_3333554.html (https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-says-sweden-paying-heavily-for-not-imposing-lockdown_3333554.html)
[quote“Despite reports to the contrary, Sweden is paying heavily for its decision not to lockdown. As of today, 2462 people have died there, a much higher number than the neighboring countries of Norway (207), Finland (206) or Denmark (443),â€]I guess it is possible that this is the inadvertent solution to their immigration problem 888mouth :whistle:
Am I the only one wondering if most of these deaths are occuring in the Muslim ghettoes?
That might be why they don't seem to give a damn.
There may be something about the Health System in the UK which is allowing the disease to advance farther before treatment. If it reaches the point where hospitalization is required, the prognosis tends to be less rosy.
Early and aggressive treatment seems to be far more effective.
I was looking at the numbers of deaths in the IHME model for the US and Sweden yesterday. At that time, the last day of actual reported deaths was the 27th, with other dates past that as projected.I forget who did, but I recall that by itself, NYC (and the surrounding counties) was number 1 in deaths/million population, compared to the rest of the countries in the world. The rest of the US didn't make the top ten.
As of April 27, deaths per 100,000 population:
US: 0.17
Sweden: 0.23
The predicted total deaths per 100,000 population (if you believe the model, but what else have we got to go on?):
US: 0.22
Sweden: 1.69
It would be interesting to see how much lower the US numbers would be without the greater NYC numbers being factored in.
I was looking at the numbers of deaths in the IHME model for the US and Sweden yesterday. At that time, the last day of actual reported deaths was the 27th, with other dates past that as projected.
As of April 27, deaths per 100,000 population:
US: 0.17
Sweden: 0.23
The predicted total deaths per 100,000 population (if you believe the model, but what else have we got to go on?):
US: 0.22
Sweden: 1.69
It would be interesting to see how much lower the US numbers would be without the greater NYC numbers being factored in.
@LadyLibertyThe same thing was going on in PA, and the County coroners cried foul.
It would be even more interesting to see them if they weren't padded with the deaths of people who id NOT die from the virus so NYC got more money.
This was a BAD thing?????Raffle off free tickets...(why not make money doing it?)
Is there somewhere we can send money to encourage more of it?
Raffle off free tickets...(why not make money doing it?)
@Smokin JoeIn some places raffles are taxed...the House gets its cut, anyway. Make it a 'skill contest' where they have to answer a question like 1+1=? and the winner is drawn at random from the correct answers, which are tendered with a submission fee to cover processing.
Can't do it without getting arrested. The government hates competition.
In some places raffles are taxed...the House gets its cut, anyway. Make it a 'skill contest' where they have to answer a question like 1+1=? and the winner is drawn at random from the correct answers, which are tendered with a submission fee to cover processing.
@Smokin JoeTry breadcrumbs, bro. You might get lost, anyway, but the birds will love you.
Yeah,you realize I have chemo brain,right? On a good day I can go to the grocery store and not wonder if I am going to have to go to GPS to get directions back home.
This is not a good sign. South Korea has been called a success story. Maybe too soon to be celebrating??
I, for one, am not about to do any celebrating, other than Mrs. Liberty's and my good health (so far).
Ezra Levant @ezralevant
Good news: not a single person in Canada under age 20 has died from the virus. Not one. Only two were admitted to intensive care and they both recovered. So why are schools closed? And waiters, waitresses, bartenders and store clerks — usually young people — banned from work?
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EXmBodlXQAEppDs?format=jpg&name=small)
1:55 PM · May 9, 2020
Because young people can be carriers.The biggest risk of being a carrier, especially a spreader, though, is through travel and barhopping, which transfer the virus from one population to another.
This has been known from very early on.
The biggest risk of being a carrier, especially a spreader, though, is through travel and barhopping, which transfer the virus from one population to another.
Based on the antibody testing in New York, essential workers have an even lower rate of infection than the general public.
Ezra Levant @ezralevant
Good news: not a single person in Canada under age 20 has died from the virus. Not one. Only two were admitted to intensive care and they both recovered. So why are schools closed? And waiters, waitresses, bartenders and store clerks — usually young people — banned from work?
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EXmBodlXQAEppDs?format=jpg&name=small)
1:55 PM · May 9, 2020
Because young people can be carriers.
This has been known from very early on.
@mountaineerAre the Canadians voting in our elections, too?
Because how are you going to cause a panic and blame the economy crashing on Trump if people are still going to work and the economy is still booming?
Blaming Trump for this is the ONLY chance the Dims have of winning,and the self-styled "Republican Purists" who are working with them are going along with the Dim accussations because they KNOW whatever loon is the fringe candidate they support has less chance than me of winning,and I ain't running.
Are the Canadians voting in our elections, too?
@Smokin JoeAnd here I thought it was the meskins.
Why not? The Chinese are. Hell,they even control the US Congress through their agents,Pelosi and her husband.
And here I thought it was the meskins.
@Smokin JoeWhat? did the Salvadorans buy that with the drug money from the US?
Why? They don't even control Mexico.
What? did the Salvadorans buy that with the drug money from the US?
I'd have to drive 1400+ miles past South Main if I wanted to go see.
@Smokin Joe
If you really think Mexico is under control,you don't get out enough.
I'd have to drive 1400+ miles past South Main if I wanted to go see.
I don't need to get out that much. I never said it was under control, but someone is pulling the strings that have all this chaos going on, and you don't believe in that shit.
@Smokin Joe
ROFLMAO! I see it. The difference is I want to fight and defeat it,not since on my porch and whine "the world ain't perfect! Woe is me! Let's blame it on Bad Orange Man and kick him out of office!
No,that won't do anything other than hasten the end of America,but just look at how good we can feel about ourselves for taking the high ground!"
@Smokin JoeWill you quit shoving "Orange Man Bad" around like a race card?
ROFLMAO! I see it. The difference is I want to fight and defeat it,not since on my porch and whine "the world ain't perfect! Woe is me! Let's blame it on Bad Orange Man and kick him out of office!
No,that won't do anything other than hasten the end of America,but just look at how good we can feel about ourselves for taking the high ground!"
neil_ferguson @neil_ferguson*****rollingeyes*****
I’m conscious that lots of people would like to see and run the pandemic simulation code we are using to model control measures against COVID-19. To explain the background - I wrote the code (thousands of lines of undocumented C) 13+ years ago to model flu pandemics...
5:13 PM · Mar 22, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
I am happy to say that @Microsoft and @GitHub are working with @Imperial_JIDEA and @MRC_Outbreak
to document, refactor and extend the code to allow others to use without the multiple days training it would currently require (and which we don’t have time to give)...
They are also working with us to develop a web-based front end to allow public health policy makers from around the world to make use of the model in planning. We hope to make v1 releases of both the source and front end in the next 7-10 days...
That timescale reflects the balancing of those priorities with the multitude of other urgent policy-relevant COVID-19 questions we are addressing....
As well as the partners listed above, I would also like to thank all the other individuals and orgs who have offered to help. It is appreciated, but we only have limited bandwidth to manage such partnerships right now. We hope to bring more partners on board over time.
Jordan Schachtel @JordanSchachtel
The man behind the popular doomsday projections for COVID-19, which claimed 2MM dead Americans, whose data unleashed global panic and hysteria, reveals he wrote the code for his model 13 years ago.
11:56 PM · Mar 23, 2020
He's referring to this thread: *****rollingeyes*****
Slovenia calls an official end to its coronavirus epidemicI've been following on Facebook a hotel in Switzerland that I've considered visiting next year. They posted yesterday that the hotel and restaurant were reopening today. Two meter "social distancing" is in effect.
EURACTIV.com (https://www.euractiv.com/section/coronavirus/news/slovenia-calls-an-official-end-to-its-coronavirus-epidemic/) with Reuters
The Slovenian government late on Thursday (14 May) called an official end to its coronavirus epidemic, becoming the first European country to do so, after authorities confirmed less than seven new coronavirus cases each day for the past two weeks.
People now arriving in Slovenia from other European Union states will no longer be obliged to go into a quarantine for at least seven days as was the case from early April, the government said in a statement.
Citizens will still have to follow basic rules to prevent a possible spread of infection, the government said without elaborating.
People have been required to wear masks in indoor public spaces, stand at least 1.5 metres (5 feet) apart and disinfect hands upon entering public spaces.
Since the middle of March, Slovenia has closed all schools, sports and cultural institutions, bars, restaurants, hotels and shops apart from food and drug stores, while cancelling public transport. ...
I've been following on Facebook a hotel in Switzerland that I've considered visiting next year. They posted yesterday that the hotel and restaurant were reopening today. Two meter "social distancing" is in effect.
@mountaineer
Ok,I don't really see this as being a major problem. He was mapping out a plan for dealing with the flu,and this crap is just another version of the flu.
Once you have a basic plan in place to cover all or most of the existing problems that can be expected to pop up,and you can modify it as needed.
Nothing new about this. Ask any General or Admiral in all of history if they ever had a concise battle plan that survived the first shot being fired by the other side and didn't have to adapt his original plan.
It is the reality of life and there is nothing that can be done about it other than to prepare a plan flexible enough to be adaptable to changing conditions.
@musiclady
It has also been known for decades that it is virtually impossible to protect yourself from a virus that travels through the air,unless you live alone in a cave somewhere in the mountains with no one else living within 50 miles of you.
Getting it or not getting it is simply a matter of luck as much as anything else.
We didn’t close the country during the Spanish Flu last century. Do we need a Great Depression two centuries in a row? Maybe the world is hoping history will now repeat itself, 3 Presidents in the Roaring Twenties. (Harding, Coolidge, Hoover) and then a 4 term FDR. Only this time, a one term Republican, a one term Democrat and then some Youngish Democrat they can put in for three or four terms because you can always get rid of the amendment that went into effect after FDR limiting a president to two terms. Probably too, a World War will occur because the US and Europe will be so crippled by debt, lack of jobs, etc, and someone, some country will see the Darwinian principle in play.Sometimes being tired opens windows into the imagination that are insight.
Or I could just be guilty of reading too much Science Fiction during lockdown, and from lack of sleep my mind is playing tricks on me and my imagination is running wild. :shrug: :thud:
Mirror universes/alternate history has been really a fascinating read. :blonde moment: :coffee!:
Sometimes being tired opens windows into the imagination that are insight.
@Smokin JoeToo many people get tunnel vision and miss things happening right next to them.
Not to mention that oftentimes those words that may have been unimaginable to you in your conscious state,were already imagined and put into play by someone else without a conscious long before it occurred to you.
What is "unimaginable" to most people are things that happen when we stop paying attention to what is going on around us.
They walked right over stuff a couple of us could see from 25-30 feet away.
If you just take it in, without looking 'for' something, it's amazing what pops out at you.
With more complex problems, If I get to sleep on it, it's amazing how often I wake up with the solution.
@Smokin JoeYou can imagine my wife's reaction to me sitting up in the middle of the night and saying "Tonopah!"
In this modern,complex world of today our conscious minds have so much daily crap to sort through and establish priorities,that it just doesn't have time to sort through the casual "mental clutter" that usually occupies the "back of our minds". It's not essential to the survival of the body,so it gets "parked in the waiting room" and "considered off and on" during the day,as the mind finds free time.
Which is a good thing because it seems like the harder we try to remember some small detail or make sense of something,the less we seem to know about it.
Then you will be walking around,watching tv,eating dinner,driving home from work,etc,etc,etc, and have an "Eureka!" moment.
It has been my experience that the harder I try to remember something,the less likely it is to happen.
Sometimes being tired opens windows into the imagination that are insight.
History often repeats itself, and the one thing we learn from that is that people just don't learn from history.
You can imagine my wife's reaction to me sitting up in the middle of the night and saying "Tonopah!"
I had been talking with a friend about a well in the Tikaboo Valley in NV and couldn't remember the name of the airbase the overflying A-10s, C-130s and occasional F-16 were supposedly flying out of. (About 25 miles west of us was Area 51, so who knows for sure. No, I didn't see any UFOs and I worked nights.).
...Tuscon to Tucumcari,
Tehachapi to Tonapah.............
Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made
Driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNqv85coyTw#)
Total Confirmed Cases Worldwide..... 5,128,492
Total Confirmed Deaths Worldwide...... 333,489
Global Recoveries..... 1,966,135
(Lest we think it's all about us).
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJHcD0kHTGk#)
Ronstadt was a gorgeous woman in the day. Too bad she turned into a left wing ugly troll.
Total Confirmed Cases Worldwide..... 5,128,492
Total Confirmed Deaths Worldwide...... 333,489
Global Recoveries..... 1,966,135
(Lest we think it's all about us).
@catfish1957I haven't spent a dime on a concert ticket or an album or CD since I found out she was a dedicated leftie. I did see her in concert a few times,like once when she was the opening act for The Eagles,but it was the Eagles I was paying to see.
What has been most bothersome is the lack of epidemiological followup on the stats in the area of recoveries. Seems we have had a perpetual backlog of 60% cases in limbo.
I would pay not to hear the Eagles.
I would pay not to hear the Eagles.
Not much point in it without Glenn Frye.
What has been most bothersome is the lack of epidemiological followup on the stats in the area of recoveries. Seems we have had a perpetual backlog of 60% cases in limbo.
What has been most bothersome is the lack of epidemiological followup on the stats in the area of recoveries. Seems we have had a perpetual backlog of 60% cases in limbo.
In the Johns Hopkins dashboard, in the column all the way to the right it lists deaths and recoveries for each state. MANY states are not reporting their recoveries, and as long as they do not, the number of currently infected is garbage as well.
@LadyLiberty
Coronavirus may have reached Italy by November, U.S. by December
The bishop of the Buffalo Catholic Diocese tested inconclusively for coronavirus antibodies. He had been in Rome in November 2019, then was installed as bishop in December and has been here ever since.
https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/report-bishop-scharfenberger-might-have-had-coronavirus/71-9ebd2c24-c89a-470a-a7df-fa2e39a1c6d3 (https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/report-bishop-scharfenberger-might-have-had-coronavirus/71-9ebd2c24-c89a-470a-a7df-fa2e39a1c6d3)
In the Johns Hopkins dashboard, in the column all the way to the right it lists deaths and recoveries for each state. MANY states are not reporting their recoveries, and as long as they do not, the number of currently infected is garbage as well.
Coronavirus may have reached Italy by November, U.S. by December
The bishop of the Buffalo Catholic Diocese tested inconclusively for coronavirus antibodies.
@jmyrlefuller
"tested inconclusively"?????? Has there ever been a LESS informative news brief?
Am I the only one getting brain-freeze on this one?
Covid-19 Patients Not Infectious After 11 Days: Singapore Study
Covid-19 patients are no longer infectious after 11 days of getting sick even though some may still test positive, according to a new study by infectious disease experts in Singapore.
A positive test “does not equate to infectiousness or viable virus,†a joint research paper by Singapore’s National Centre for Infectious Diseases and the Academy of Medicine, Singapore said. The virus “could not be isolated or cultured after day 11 of illness.â€
More: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-24/covid-19-patients-not-infectious-after-11-days-singapore-study (http://ttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-24/covid-19-patients-not-infectious-after-11-days-singapore-study)
Seems like the story changes daily. Late last week we were told that this thing typically doesn't transfer on objects.
The findings in Singapore have nothing to do with virus transfer from objects.
The findings in Singapore have nothing to do with virus transfer from objects. They took samples from infected humans and found that at 11 days out, even though the patients still tested positive, they could not isolate the virus from those patients and culture / grow it in a petri dish. This indicates that at that point any viral shedding is just viral fragments that are unable to infect someone else.C0uld be why no lockdown seems to be more effective...
If someone else can duplicate this study, it indicates that anyone infected with the virus that is able to recuperate at home may not need to wait for multiple negative tests before they go on about their business. It may even help, because if they are shedding viruses that are nonviable, if others come into contact with the nonviable viruses, it could give them immunity (like a dead virus vaccine).
C0uld be why no lockdown seems to be more effective...
Even though we have been told that antibodies don't confer immunity...
...so we have to wait for a vaccine...
...so we can build antibodies! 9999hair out0000
Brawndo!(It has electrolytes!)
It should be pointed out that the death rate did not begin to spike until after stay-at-home orders were enacted.Good point! Kudos!
Seems like the story changes daily. Late last week we were told that this thing typically doesn't transfer on objects.
That’s how the science of medicine works. Theories are presented based on present knowledge, and as knowledge increases, best practices are adjusted with the evidence.
Science has shown us that the virus cannot tolerate high humidity and UV radiation. In sunshine at temperatures above 70°F and 80% humidity, the half-life of the virus falls below 1.5 seconds. Yet we have governors in this country who continue to order their subjects confined indoors in closed low humidity environments devoid of UV radiation.
Let's be honest here. Science has NOTHING to do with the draconian un-(state)-constitutional edicts that continue to remain in effect from fascist governors. And as each and every reason given for the shutdown falls by the wayside, they simply invent new ones. Science? Bah!
Yes. Bah on the leftists who abuse and misuse science for their political gain.
But how exactly is that different from dismissing medical and scientific evidence for our own political interests.
What I am seeing from some on the right is the same abuse of truth that the left has been doing for decades.
There is an important line that we dare not cross if we are to remain credible.
This isn't a matter of abusing or misusing science. It is a matter of completely ignoring science.
There is no political agenda when it comes to a sunny surf-filled beach being the safest place to spend the day.
As for trade-offs, I am a student of economics, not politics. Closing the economy is political. Opening it is economic.
Those who do best are those who pay attention to both science and economics.
Those who do worst are those who ignore both. They are those who continue to move the goal posts to justify their shutdown orders. People are dying because of these orders. Lives are being destroyed. They need to end. This virus will run its course no matter what. And there is nothing scientific that suggests delaying that proposition will save any lives in the long run.
Science has shown us that the virus cannot tolerate high humidity and UV radiation. In sunshine at temperatures above 70°F and 80% humidity, the half-life of the virus falls below 1.5 seconds. Yet we have governors in this country who continue to order their subjects confined indoors in closed low humidity environments devoid of UV radiation.
Let's be honest here. Science has NOTHING to do with the draconian un-(state)-constitutional edicts that continue to remain in effect from fascist governors. And as each and every reason given for the shutdown falls by the wayside, they simply invent new ones. Science? Bah!
I grow angrier by the day. Yes, I get angry at blind obedience and utter, spineless, stupidity.
@aligncare
You must stay mad all the time in 21st Century 'murika.
Yep. It’s anger tinged with heartache for the late, great American experiment.
@sneakypete
Without the folks you call the "prima donnas," the elected politicians tend to forget why we sent them into government. The old maxim applies: "When you're up to your ass in alligators, it's hard to remember your goal was to drain the swamp."
It may not always be appreciated, but these folks are the rudder of this ship, and we cast it away at the peril of navigation.
@aligncare
Yeah,I can identify with that.
Damn shame there are so many people so in love with the idea of "the perfect" they are willing to throw away "the good" in order to send some sort of message.
We could have a sure-fire win that would set the globalists back at least a decade if it weren't for these prima donnas.
@sneakypete
Without the folks you call the "prima donnas," the elected politicians tend to forget why we sent them into government. The old maxim applies: "When you're up to your ass in alligators, it's hard to remember your goal was to drain the swamp."
It may not always be appreciated, but these folks are the rudder of this ship, and we cast it away at the peril of navigation.
Rudder?
Hell, we got Pete up there at Bow of the Ship manning the harpoons.
Forever, I have been a dogmatic ideloglogue, and probably always will be. I also realize that the left declared outright war on us during the Obama administrationin 2009 when Obama snugly stated "Elections have Consequences". The problem is that it seems everyone right of center doesn't realize, understand, or would rather rationalize that fact away.
We're losing this war right now. As a conservative it pains me to flip the lever for Trump. But it is one of the last bullets we have left to hold off the left wave. I hope our hardcore NT faction can see my point.
Talk about your selfish, self-centered people. It’s all about their virtue, as if only they vote on principles. I hope they lose plenty of sleep when Joe Biden (or his doppelgänger) wins November’s firewall election.
We’re losing due to “the casual corruption of the ruling class.†(Hat tip to Chris Plante) Fabulous money, cozy relationships and the revolving door between politicians, K Street lawyers and the media.
We should pray for America, but suit up, steel your spine and prepare for political warfare starting with the ballot box.
No you are losing to liberalism because it has no opposition. YOU are supposed to be that opposition.
aligncare wrote:
"We’re losing due to “the casual corruption of the ruling class.†(Hat tip to Chris Plante)"
We're losing because of demographics.
Change them, and perhaps there's a chance to preserve what's left for a little while longer.
Fail to change them, and...
Change them, and perhaps there's a chance to preserve what's left for a little while longer.
Fail to change them, and...
Dude...you know how scary that sounds?
The demographics may be changing, but I don't cede the conservative ground. Our ideas are better for everybody, and that's been proven every time it's been tried.
That's right... Color means nothing.
aligncare wrote:
"We’re losing due to “the casual corruption of the ruling class.†(Hat tip to Chris Plante)"
We're losing because of demographics.
Change them, and perhaps there's a chance to preserve what's left for a little while longer.
Fail to change them, and...
Exactly. I won't cede the "black vote" to the Rats, in spite of what Shortbus Joe said. If it's a good idea for me, it's good for all Americans.
Exactly. I won't cede the "black vote" to the Rats, in spite of what Shortbus Joe said. If it's a good idea for me, it's good for all Americans.Shortbus Joe is engaging in the ultimate racism.
Shortbus Joe is engaging in the ultimate racism.@Smokin Joe
New coronavirus losing potency, top Italian doctor says
ROME (Reuters) - The new coronavirus is losing its potency and has become much less lethal, a senior Italian doctor said on Sunday.
“In reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy,†said Alberto Zangrillo, the head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan in the northern region of Lombardy, which has borne the brunt of Italy’s coronavirus contagion.
“The swabs that were performed over the last 10 days showed a viral load in quantitative terms that was absolutely infinitesimal compared to the ones carried out a month or two months ago,†he told RAI television.
...snip ...
Zangrillo said some experts were too alarmist about the prospect of a second wave of infections and politicians needed to take into account the new reality.
more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-virus-idUSKBN2370OQ (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-virus-idUSKBN2370OQ)
The new coronavirus is losing its potency
Folks think poorly of blacks based upon the muslim and/or inner city variety. They forget the work-a-day Blue collar, Jesus lovin blacks that ARE the majority... And the ones that matter. They may reflexively vote Dem (though Candace Owens and others are changing that).
Most of em, the lion's share, are not that far from their Southern Baptist roots.
Like I wrote to a new black friend of mine about the false redneck/black divide..
I mean, you say aight... I say aight...
You say y'all, and I say y'all
You like watermelon... well I like watermelon.
You like fried chicken... I like fried chicken..
What's the problem?
And it is true. I been around some. And while there's azzholes everywhere, where I have found structured hate over race was in the cities.
Folks think poorly of blacks based upon the muslim and/or inner city variety. They forget the work-a-day Blue collar, Jesus lovin blacks that ARE the majority... And the ones that matter. They may reflexively vote Dem (though Candace Owens and others are changing that).
Most of em, the lion's share, are not that far from their Southern Baptist roots.
Like I wrote to a new black friend of mine about the false redneck/black divide..
I mean, you say aight... I say aight...
You say y'all, and I say y'all
You like watermelon... well I like watermelon.
You like fried chicken... I like fried chicken..
What's the problem?
And it is true. I been around some. And while there's azzholes everywhere, where I have found structured hate over race was in the cities.
goopo
During the sixties as a high school kid I locked arms with blacks and whites in marching for equality. In Vietnam I joined with a great black airman to spread the message of unity and friendship between black and white at Bien Hoa air base, same when I got stateside at Beale AFB.
Our message in the sixties was peace and love between brothers and sisters. It’s a damn shame things have come naught ever since then.
@aligncareIt seems that people run into trouble on the last 3 words for some reason.
No disrespect meant,but I will tell the bald truth about this. Nobody HAS to "love" anybody. All you have to do in order to live a peaceful life is to LEAVE EACH OTHER THE HELL ALONE if you don't like them.
"Live and let live" is such a simple concept,I honestly can't understand why so many people have so much trouble seeing it.
@aligncare
No disrespect meant,but I will tell the bald truth about this. Nobody HAS to "love" anybody. All you have to do in order to live a peaceful life is to LEAVE EACH OTHER THE HELL ALONE if you don't like them.
"Live and let live" is such a simple concept,I honestly can't understand why so many people have so much trouble seeing it.
QuoteBut, I still say I do love humanity—
@aligncare
Me,not so much. I do love SOME individuals,and everybody else can live or die according to their own schedule as far as I am concerned.
Live and let live.
One of my biggest heros? (And I had the honor of shaking his hand during one of his marches)
H. K. Edgerton
goopo
During the sixties as a high school kid I locked arms with blacks and whites in marching for equality. In Vietnam I joined with a great black airman to spread the message of unity and friendship between black and white at Bien Hoa air base, same when I got stateside at Beale AFB.
Our message in the sixties was peace and love between brothers and sisters. It’s a damn shame things have come naught ever since then.
@aligncareI have a black friend who is originally from Compton, CA....roughest, toughest black community in the U.S. He joined the military as well. He's now one of the most conservative people I've ever met. Great Christian guy.....
You bring forth another important observation:
I seem to see that a good portion of well adjusted Blacks seem to come from the Service, or are a generation removed from a Black who served.
Suburban blacks invariably are newly located to suburban life - say a father or grandfather hails typically from the rural South, with grand military service in the family, or are inner city blacks that have come by way of military service (or now a generation removed).
I was 4F and did not serve, but it seems to me the military is a massive equalizer in black\white relations, even perhaps extending to something approaching a non-racial worldview...
And that correlates to middle class successful black families nearly every time.
Just a thought... I can't point to anything to prove it. But it does seem to be so.
I have a black friend who is originally from Compton, CA....roughest, toughest black community in the U.S. He joined the military as well. He's now one of the most conservative people I've ever met. Great Christian guy.....
Back when I was 19 and living in Lee County, Alabama, I worked at this restaurant as a cook. One day, some co-workers and I were discussing Thanksgiving. A co-worker who was white mentioned black-eyed peas and collards. A black co-worker's eyes went wide open as he exclaimed "You eat black-eyed peas?" He seriously had no idea that white people did that.
Years later in a different setting, a black co-worker was telling me how it was growing up on his father's farm in rural Tennessee. He told me how he appreciates when people are open about what they believe. Neighboring white farmers made no secret about how they felt about race. But they would still conduct fair commerce with the black farmer, treating him as their equal. Despite his race, they found common ground with him.
We need to look for common ground in each other instead of focusing on the differences. Yes, I like collards, black-eyed peas, and corn bread. And when I have you over at my house to eat, that is what you will be served because they taste great.
I can find common ground with any underdog of society. It's really not that difficult. In my current position, I overheard a drilling worker who was black make a comment about how he would be the one targeted for a beating when the police show up. I replied, "You think you're the only one who has taken an ass-whooping from the police?" Common ground.
I have a black friend who is originally from Compton, CA....roughest, toughest black community in the U.S. He joined the military as well. He's now one of the most conservative people I've ever met. Great Christian guy.....
888high58888
That’s what I’m talking about! Good people, skin color aside.
But now the problem. The media has glorified thug culture in music videos, sports, movies for decades. TV and now the internet floods our home with thrash. And we wonder why society is so sick now.
888high58888
That’s what I’m talking about! Good people, skin color aside.
But now the problem. The media has glorified thug culture in music videos, sports, movies for decades. TV and now the internet floods our home with thrash. And we wonder why society is so sick now.
Racists REALLY piss me off,and I don't care what color they are.
QuoteThe same camaraderie existed there. Men straining against hard work, the color kinda rubs off. All the same, even after I got into better work in the trades, though Mexicans were more prevalent there... Still the same thing. Folks got to work together to move it forward.
@roamer_1
I have been around a LOT of Mexicans,and even lived in a Mexican neighborhood in Denver for a couple of years,and have never even suspected the tiniest hint of racism towards me from Mexicans. I know it is the tag line to a old racist joke,but some of my best friends have been Mexicans. Truth to tell,I have had less trouble with Mexicans than I have white people.
I AM 1/4 Tuscarora Indian and have black eyes and black hair,though. Maybe that had something to do with it,although other than the black eyes,I look pretty much like a normal white guy.
Don't really know why and can't explain it,but that has always been my experience. Never really had any trouble with blacks either,as long as there weren't more than 3 or 4 of them and I was the only white. I never experienced that with any other group of people.
@roamer_1
I have been around a LOT of Mexicans,and even lived in a Mexican neighborhood in Denver for a couple of years,and have never even suspected the tiniest hint of racism towards me from Mexicans. I know it is the tag line to a old racist joke,but some of my best friends have been Mexicans. Truth to tell,I have had less trouble with Mexicans than I have white people.
I AM 1/4 Tuscarora Indian and have black eyes and black hair,though. Maybe that had something to do with it,although other than the black eyes,I look pretty much like a normal white guy.
Don't really know why and can't explain it,but that has always been my experience. Never really had any trouble with blacks either,as long as there weren't more than 3 or 4 of them and I was the only white. I never experienced that with any other group of people.
@aligncareDuring the race riots in my first High School, a lifelong (black) friend told me on day one "When I'm with them, I don't know you and you don't know me and that's the way it has to be." Yep, he was right. The other blacks there would have chewed him up and spat him out, and some of the whites would have done the same with me. It was polarized enough that neither side would tolerate getting along.
One of my best friends when I worked with the post office was man so black he almost shined. I was also friends with all the other blacks I worked with at that station,but I worked with him the most.
His wife stopped by one day to visit,and he called me over to introduce me to her. He had already told her about me,so she pretty much knew what to expect.
She must have liked me too,because a few days later he came up to me and it was obvious he was VERY embarrassed and didn't want to say what he felt like he had to say. He told me his wife really liked me too,and they would LIKE to invite me to dinner at their house and introduce me to their children,but they lived in a black neighborhood,and he was afraid his wife and children would be attacked if they were seen socializing with a white man.
That little speech was one of the bravest political statements I have ever heard. I could tell it cost him dearly to say it,but he felt obligated due to our friendship.
Racists REALLY piss me off,and I don't care what color they are.
Is The Coronavirus Really Losing Potency In Italy? What You Need To KnowFull story and videos at Forbes (https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/06/01/is-the-coronavirus-really-losing-potency-in-italy-what-you-need-to-know/#50818ca52489), which also doesn't seem to like hearing the virus may be losing potency.
Bruce Y. Lee
June 1, 2020
There is a claim from a doctor in Italy that the Covid-19 coronavirus may be losing potency in Italy. But as most horror movies have probably taught you, don’t make any assumptions that a threat has subsided until you are really, positively, absolutely sure that it has.
This Reuters video covers this claim by Dr. Alberto Zangrillo, who is head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy ... [video at link]
As a Reuters report indicated, Zangrillo said that "in reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy," and that "the swabs that were performed over the last 10 days showed a viral load in quantitative terms that was absolutely infinitesimal compared to the ones carried out a month or two months ago." ...
The responses from the WHO’s experts to Zangrillo’s comments were akin to saying “what?†Just listen to what Mike Ryan, MD, MPH, Executive Director of the World Health Organization's (WHO’s) Health Emergencies Programme said in a press conference today: [video where he says the virus is NOT less potent] ...
Could moving closer to the Summer potentially lead to decreased virus activity? Sure, if transmission of the Covid-19 coronavirus shows the same type of seasonal fluctuation as the flu virus does. ...
... “In reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy,†said Alberto Zangrillo, the head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan in the northern region of Lombardy, which has borne the brunt of Italy’s coronavirus contagion.Full story (https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-italy-virus/new-coronavirus-losing-potency-top-italian-doctor-says-idUKKBN2370OP)
“The swabs that were performed over the last 10 days showed a viral load in quantitative terms that was absolutely infinitesimal compared to the ones carried out a month or two months ago,†he told RAI television. ...
'Very encouraging': Spain reports no coronavirus deaths in 24-hour periodMore via USAToday (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/06/01/spain-no-covid-19-deaths-71-cases-24-hour-period/5309202002/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=itkpwa)
Associated Press
June 1, 2020
MADRID – Spain on Monday reported no official deaths from the new coronavirus in a 24-hour period for the first time since March.
The development is “very, very encouraging,†emergency health response chief Fernando Simón said.
Also, Spain recorded only 71 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, he told a news conference.
“We are in a very good place in the evolution of the pandemic,†Simón said. “The statistics are following a trend. They are going in the right direction.†...
More via USAToday (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/06/01/spain-no-covid-19-deaths-71-cases-24-hour-period/5309202002/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=itkpwa)
No word on whether WHO is saddened.
An Italian infectious disease doctor believes the coronavirus has become less dangerous — and could disappear on its own without a vaccine.Full story (https://nypost.com/2020/06/21/coronavirus-is-weakening-could-disappear-on-its-own-italian-doctor/)
Dr. Matteo Bassetti, the head of the infectious diseases clinic at the San Martino hospital, said the virus appears to have become less potent, possibly due to genetic mutations, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
“The clinical impression I have is that the virus is changing in severity,†Bassetti told the outlet. ...
He said one of the reasons for the virus becoming weaker could be that it has mutated in response to social distancing measures.
“I think the virus has mutated because our immune system reacts to the virus and we have a lower viral load now due to the lockdown, mask-wearing, social distancing,†he said. “We still have to demonstrate why it’s different now.†...
Gee,ya think?Especially in the heat of summer. Amazing. :whistle:
You mean it's going to do what every other virus since the dawn of time has done,and just die out on it's own?
Hooda thunk it?
Especially in the heat of summer. Amazing. :whistle:
This virus is said to be weakening, yet we continue to see over 3,000 new cases a day in FL.
Coronavirus is weakening, could disappear on its own: Italian doctor
By Jackie Salo
June 21, 2020 | 1:54pmFull story (https://nypost.com/2020/06/21/coronavirus-is-weakening-could-disappear-on-its-own-italian-doctor/)
Gee, if only someone has predicted this five months ago.
/sarc
@libertybele I would accept that as gospel if there weren't so many political creatures making so much money and grabbing so much power from it.That's just it. I don't believe anything from WHO or CDC at this point. They're pulling numbers out their joint and several buttocks, for all I know.
After all,what independent source checks the numbers?
That's just it. I don't believe anything from WHO or CDC at this point. They're pulling numbers out their joint and several buttocks, for all I know.
@Hoodat
Somebody should start a thread about that. May I suggest "How would the Dims have kept Biden off the Campaign Trail without "The Virus". Yeah,it would have to be greatly shortened,but you get the idea.
I am betting there would be some funny stuff posted on THAT one.
A good article is bound to pop up.....