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Michigan Hospital System to lay off 2,475 workers, permanently cut 450 jobs
From the Detroit Free Press.
The Jerusalem Post: Israel Analyzing Wastewater for the Wuhan Virus
The Jerusalem Post: Israel has started analyzing wastewater for the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, to estimate the number of infections at a population level, according to Dr. Itay Bar-Or, head of the Health Ministry’s national lab...
When the WH Virus Task Force Ignores 99.975% of the American Voters, Bad Political and Economic Effects Follow
The White House Coronavirus’s Task Force’s focus on the potentially super-sick is politically and economically damaging. For those who have not been hospitalized because of the Wuhan virus, that’s 99.98% of the American public,...
According to new research from the University of Southern California and the LA Department of Public Health: there are 55 Times More Americans Infected with the Wuhan Virus than Known
From CNBC: USC and the health department released preliminary study results that found that an estimated 4.1% of the county’s adult population has antibodies to the coronavirus, estimating that between 221,000 adults to 442,000...
Clinton Stopped Afghan Allies from Killing Osama bin Laden Prior to 9/11
The perfect opportunity denied by President Clinton, CIA operatives had to tell Afghans to stand down for fear of being prosecuted and put in jail.
Ubergroupenfueher: Facebook won’t allow promotion of protests ‘that defy government’s guidance’ on social distancing
Facebook goes with censoring those at No on Slow the Spread.
University of Washington Confirms Accuracy of Antibody Test: “sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 99.6%”
KIRO 7: “It showed a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 99.6%,” said Alex Greniger, assistant director of the UW Virology Lab. “Diagnostically, this is one of the best tests we can offer,”...
The Thoroughly Unsatisfactory State of Antibody Testing
There are not enough tests and some are inaccurate.
Axios: 1 big thing — The coronavirus could force doctors to sell — or shutter
From Axios: The coronavirus is shriveling the businesses of doctors’ practices, which serve as the home base for most patients, Axios’ Bob Herman reports. The big picture: Small and independent groups that are facing the most...
Germany sends China £130 billion bill for ‘coronavirus damages’ – sparks fury in Beijing
There is a price to pay for the Wuhan virus.
The CDC’s Pathetically Low Priority of Immunity Tests Shows — More than Two Weeks of Testing, No Results
According to the CDC: Currently, CDC’s serologic test is designed and validated for broad-based surveillance and research that will give us the information needed to guide the response to the pandemic and protect the...
Beware those who insist everything must change following a crisis
We Don’t Need to Live in a ‘Post-Wuhan virus’ World.
‘There’s no direct evidence that the lockdowns are working’
Dr. John A Lee on why we need to keep questioning the response to Covid-19.
Random Testing in Massachusetts Town Reveal One-Third Have Wuhan Virus Antibodies
We need massive antibody testing now to find out how many Americans have antibodies and the real mortality rate of the Wuhan virus. Read the story about how one-third of those tested have Wuhan...
US officials confirm full-scale investigation of whether coronavirus escaped from Wuhan lab
Did the Wuhan Virus leak from the Bio Lab in Wuhan China?
ABC NEWS: Antibody Research Shows Virus may be far more Widespread than Known — between 50 to 80 times the Number of Unknown Infections per Known Infection
From ABC News: Based on the initial data, researchers estimate that the range of people who may have had the virus to be between 48,000 and 81,000 in the county of 2 million —...
Search for a Virus Convalescent Plasma Donation Location Near You
Search for a COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Donation Location near you.
Have You Had the Virus? Do You Want to Donate Your Plasma to Help those Infected?
Here’s where to Register, from One-Stop Donor Registration Form.
Coronavirus ‘much more widespread’ than previously thought, Stanford antibody study finds
From The Washington Times: “Our findings suggest that there is somewhere between 50- and 80-fold more infections in our county than what’s known by the number of cases than are reported by our department...
PA Governor to Veto GOP Bill to Reopen a Broader Number of Businesses
From PennLive: Gov. Tom Wolf has no plans to move forward with a broader reopening of businesses during the COVID-19 emergency. His spokesman said he will veto the GOP-backed Senate Bill 613, which the General Assembly...
China is Prohibits US companies to ship Products they Made in China like Surgical masks and Wuhan test kits’ back to the States
China seizes U.S. production by U.S factories in China of personal protective equipment and testing kits.
Half of all #COVID deaths in Europe are from nursing homes
1/2 of all #COVID deaths in Europe are from nursing homes. And more people over 100 than under 30 have died. We have wrecked society and the economy AND failed to protect the people...
University of Cambridge Report: Wuhan Virus could have Began Spreading in September 2019
The report by the University of Cambridge is to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Pelosi’s Threat Perceptions: public health threat posed by the deadly coronavirus is a greater evil than the current economic hardship facing businesses and workers nationwide
For the Speaker, the health threat of the virus exceeds the threat of the economic costs.
Stanford University Study: Known Infected to Unknown Infected Ratio could be 1:50
From The Spectator: Another day, and yet more evidence has appeared that could indicate the number of people who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, might be vastly higher than...
Luntz: The Vast Majority of Americans want to wait, not open
https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/1250604122094485504
At Risk: The Geography of America’s Senior Population
At Risk: The Geography of America’s Senior Population
Timeline: WHO Helped China Make COVID-19 Pandemic Worse
From The Federalist: The WHO’s actions—or rather inaction—proves its culpability in the coronavirus pandemic. Our organization recently compiled this timeline in a new report that demonstrates how the WHO helped disarm the world in the face...
The COVID Quarantine Watch List for Netflix, Amazon, Epix and Hulu
In no particular order: On Hulu: Handmaiden’s Tale in English Deutschland 83 in German and English Deutschland 86 in German and English On Epix: Berlin Station in English Pennyworth in English Deep State in...
Israeli Professor: Wuhan Virus Life Cycle does not Support the Use of Quarantines
From Townhall: While the American policies remain less restrictive than those of Israel, it is important to understand the origins of our own “mass hysteria” response. President Trump urged a strong coronavirus response after...
WebEx this Friday: COVID-19 & America’s Primary Care Crisis
Register here. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed serious weaknesses in the U.S. healthcare system. Issues with access to primary care services, limited hospital capacity, and the unintended consequences of a flawed payment structure are...
Big Banks Prepare prepare “for an onslaught of defaults in debt that range from credit cards and mortgages to business loans”
As reported by NPR: Banks are starting to reel from the financial impact of job losses and business shutdowns across the country from the coronavirus. Two of the nation’s biggest banks reported plummeting profits...
Stanford University Doctor: The Death Rate from the Wuhan Virus is a Fraction of the “Official” Mortality Rate
Watch the evidence that the actual, real mortality rate of the Wuhan virus is far, far lower than the official reported number. The per case of mortality if far lower than reported because there...
The New York Times Is Extremely Skeptical of Tara Reade’s Sexual Assault Accusation Against Joe Biden. Imagine That. “We found no pattern of sexual misconduct by Biden, beyond hugs, kisses and touching that women previously said made them uncomfortable.”
Read all about this shocking development in Reason.
NYC ER Doctor’s Diary: What I Saw in Late March, Early April
From The New York Times: Those of us who work in the E.R. are accustomed to pushing our patients’ mortality to the edge. My promise to them has always been that when they come...
Admiral Giroir: Millions of Tests Still Needed — Shortages in Chemicals Hobble Efforts — “Antibody Tests should be Available in a Matter of Weeks”
From Bloomberg: States are preparing their own plans to test aggressively and track the potentially infected with help from nonprofits, universities and the private sector. Giroir acknowledged challenges that have stood in the way...
Senator Cruz and Rep. Roy: During the Pandemic, We Need More Health Care Flexibility
From The National Review: When the Health Savings Account law passed in 2003, the release of the first iPhone was still four years away. Now, imagine your iPhone, Samsung, or Android phone was prohibited by...
The Wuhan Virus Began Spreading in California in December 2019
State official: The Wuhan virus was in California in December 2019.
American Exceptionalism Graph: Western Nation’s Fatalities per Million from the Virus
Hats off to President Trump and the Vice President and all the members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, as well as the United States military. American exceptionalism, once again.
Imagine the Rage of the 24 Year Old Writing the Kryons in the CNN Booth — He’s so bad – bad Orange man!
pic.twitter.com/NOAE5Q6QxH — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 14, 2020
“What happened to your voice?”
RIP in Peace my dude pic.twitter.com/rh9ZpRZJNs — Carlos (@ChuckeEChaves) April 13, 2020
Fauci: Chinese “Misinformation” Delayed U.S. Response To Coronavirus
Dr. Fauci on Chinese misinformation.
Biden Uses Teleprompter in “conversation” with Sanders
I can hardly believe what I am watching. In his conversation with @BernieSanders – @JoeBiden is clearly reading from a TelePrompTer. It's supposed to be a CONVERSATION. I've never seen this happen in my...
Pastor who vowed to preach ‘unless I’m in jail or the hospital’ dies of COVID-19 in VA
From The Miami Herald: An evangelical pastor and founder of The New Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Virginia died of the coronavirus after he held a church service in defiance of safety protocols in late...
Senator Sanders Top Media Aide, his Campaign Spokesperson, Tweets Her Refusal to Endorse Biden — “I don’t endorse Joe Biden.”
With the utmost respect for Bernie Sanders, who is an incredible human being & a genuine inspiration, I don't endorse Joe Biden. I supported Bernie Sanders because he backed ideas like #MedicareForAll, cancelling ALL...
Senator Cassidy: The Young Will Reopen America Widespread, frequent antibody testing will help them know when they can hug grandma again
By Senator William Cassidy in The Wall Street Journal: It is likely, but not yet proven, that antibodies in the blood of those who have recovered from Covid-19 confer immunity to the disease. This...
Dems Rather Blame Trump for Pandemic than China
Democrats won’t blame China. They’d rather blame Trump.
Lack of Antibody and Immunity Tests for the Virus is Killing the Economy — For a Mortality Rate of 0.8%, which is a 99.2% Survival Rate
It is beginning to dawn on the American people that the “Stop the Spread,” is a strategy with no end. The end, when everyone is immune, comes from either a vaccine which is expected...
Why We Need Antibody Testing, and Fast
From The New York Times: “This new test just tells you that you’ve been exposed to coronavirus, but doesn’t prove that you have immunity,” said Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at Columbia University. “The...
The Atlantic: Millennials try to Absorb the Economic Double Tap of the Wuhan Virus
From The Atlantic: The Millennials entered the workforce during the worst downturn since the Great Depression. Saddled with debt, unable to accumulate wealth, and stuck in low-benefit, dead-end jobs, they never gained the financial...
Africans in China allege racism as fear of new virus cases unleashes xenophobia
From The Washington Post via greenwich time: Africans living in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou say they have been evicted from their apartments and refused entry to restaurants as part of a xenophobic...
Ever the Political Innovator, Senator Sanders Uses All he Learned on the Campaign Trail to Introduce a New Medicare for All Bill
From The Huffington Post: This new iteration of “Medicare for All” legislation looks a lot like the previous one, which the independent Vermont senator introduced in the fall of 2017. It envisions a government...
Zero Hedge: Fauci Admits the U.S. was “Given Incorrect Information from the Start”
The first question is, what idiot would actually believe China, the same China that insists we-have-1.2-billion-people-but-only-83,000-are-infected? From Zero Hedge: The U.S. was given inaccurate information about the coronavirus at the beginning of the crisis Director of the...
Trump shares call for Fauci to be fired
Sorry Fake News, it’s all on tape. I banned China long before people spoke up. Thank you @OANN https://t.co/d40JQkUZg5 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2020
ER Nurse Monique Jolicia Video Diary: COVID-19 NYC Night #7!
Watch Night 7: We are losing soldiers in this war, either they are becoming sick or they are leaving because they are afraid of becoming sick.
ClinicalTrial.gov: SARS-COV2 Pandemic Serosurvey and Blood Sampling
See the details of the study here.
LA Times: New signs suggest the Wuhan virus was in California far earlier than anyone knew
From The Los Angeles Times: These early COVID-19 deaths in the San Francisco Bay Area suggest that the novel coronavirus had established itself in the community long before health officials started looking for it....
Biden’s Top Choices for VP: Klobuchar, Michelle O?
NY Post: Biden, at age 77, would be the oldest president ever elected should he triumph in November, making the vice president pick more important than ever. “I think he’s aware that he might...
Bloomberg: Chinese Cell Phone Carriers Lose 21 Million Accounts as Virus Bites
From Bloomberg: China’s wireless carriers are reporting drops in users as the coronavirus crisis cuts business activity, with China Mobile Ltd., the world’s largest carrier, reporting its first net decline since starting to report monthly...
EPIC MUST WATCH: Bill Maher on Naming the Wuhan Virus
China is a dictatorship that, for decades, enforced a one child per family policy under penalty of forced sterilization. But they can't close down the farmer's market from hell? #CoronaVirus #WetMarkets pic.twitter.com/pvkfhdTk4i — Bill...
Cell Phone Data in China Show 21 Million Dead from the Wuhan Virus
The cell phone is so essential to the State Total Surveillance System that you cannot turn it in, you cannot get rid of it or “go off the grid.” The Chinese government forces all...
Getting to the Real Number of Americans Infected with the Wuhan Virus: Sewage Tests Show Far More Infecteds than Confirmed
From The Miami Herald: Sewage at a major treatment facility in Massachusetts showed there are likely hundreds more people with coronavirus in the area than officials thought, researchers say. Biobot Analytics, along with researchers...
‘You Could Lick the Benches’: Life for the First Wave of U.S. Survivors
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/coronavirus-survivors.html
Japan to pay firms to leave China, relocate production elsewhere
From The South China Post: 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...
US Should Help Its Manufacturing Firms Move out of China: Kudlow
From The Epoch Times: White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow suggested that the administration could lure U.S. companies to move back to the United States from China by paying for the entire cost of capital spending...
COVID antibody test in German town shows 15 percent infection rate
From The American Spectator: This morning we have some data giving a little more insight into the great unknown of the coronavirus pandemic: just how widespread among the population has SARS-CoV-2 — the virus...
Want to Expedite a COVID-19 Cure? Cut Red Tape and Increase Liability Protections
From Real Clear Health: It’s already becoming apparent that the trial bar sees the coronavirus as their next gold rush. Law firms are setting up practices designed solely to bring lawsuits in this environment,...
Widespread ‘serological testing’ crucial in return to normalcy, U.S. officials say
From The Washington Times: Americans will be adding a wonkish term — “serological test” — to their vocabularies in the coming days as federal and state officials point to immunity-screening as the key to...
Fauci: Americans could eventually carry certificates of immunity
From The Washington Times: Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday said it’s possible that Americans could eventually carry around certificates of immunity to the coronavirus once proper testing is widespread enough. “That’s possible,” Dr. Fauci, director of the...
Poll: Doctors Back Hydroxychloroquine to Treat the Wuhan Virus
Docs back hydroxychloroquine for Wuhan virus treatment, says poll.
So, some Dads are Just Better at Being Dads
Some dads are better at this quarantine-thing than others… https://t.co/jUKJNMkdT4 — Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) April 10, 2020
NYC Emergency Room Nurse Jolicia on Night 4: “That ER is Swarming with Corona,” — “Am I Just Tired, or do I Have the Corona?”
Watch the briefing on Night 4 in NYC Corona Hospital.
Dr. Carson: ‘about 98 percent’ of People who get the Wuhan Virus will Recover
Dr. Carson on FOX NEWS: Housing & Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson told “The Story” Thursday that not enough public attention is being paid to “the number of people who have recovered” from coronavirus” — which Carson said “is...
Is the Lack of Antibody Testing in U.S. Covering Up Herd Immunity and Flu-like Mortality Rate?
From the Daily Mail: Europe could be close to herd immunity from coronavirus already, with far more people infected than previously thought, according to a study in Germany. Scientists studying Gangelt, the town at the centre of...
C. S. Lewis’ Advice To Students During A Pandemic Will Do All Our Souls Good Right Now
C. S. Lewis’ Advice To Students During A Pandemic Will Do All Our Souls Good Right Now