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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 11, 2020 14:54:30 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2020/03/11/house-democrats-are-causing-mask-shortage-in-wake-of-wuhan-virus-pandemic/House Democrats Are Causing Mask Shortage In Wake Of Wuhan Virus Pandemic MARCH 11, 2020 By Tristan Justice House Democrats are causing a shortage in medical masks used to slow the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus by refusing to expand legal liability protections for manufacturers during public health emergencies. As public health organizations grapple with impending surgical mask shortages, plenty of industrial masks that are ineffective at protecting against bodily fluids but act as armor against airborne particles such as the Wuhan virus are available but are not being supplied to doctors and nurses by manufacturers out of concern over frivolous lawsuits. The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act protects medical device manufacturers over such lawsuits in times of public health emergencies such as the global pandemic over the Wuhan virus threatening the United States right now. The act, however, only extends to surgical not industrial masks. In turn, mask manufacturers are refraining from giving them out to medical providers who need them. Last week, House Democrats stripped language from the emergency-response supplemental package that would have extended the PREP Act’s protections to industrial masks after House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, a Democrat, objected. Now, Senate Republicans are pushing new legislation that would include legal protections granted under the PREP Act for industrial mask makers, introduced by Republican Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska, called the Health Care Workforce Protection Act. Pallone is also blocking similar legislation proposed in the House after its removal from the supplemental funding bill last week, keeping industrial masks from those susceptible to infection, such as health care workers, even as Pallone signed a bipartisan letter looking into medical device shortages just this week. The New Jersey congressman indicated to the New York Post on Wednesday, however, that Democrats may be open to negotiating on the issue. “The House will address N95 mask liability this week,” Pallone told the Post.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 11, 2020 14:56:01 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2020/03/11/no-calling-covid-19-chinese-virus-is-not-racist/No, Calling Covid-19 ‘Chinese Virus’ Is Not Racist House Democrats are making absurd accusations of racism in the middle of a health crisis, and it's a ridiculous waste of time. MARCH 11, 2020 By David Marcus The world and the nation are on edge over the pandemic spread of a deadly virus that originated in Wuhan, China. Tests are being scrambled, quarantines established, arenas emptied, and national guards deployed. So it was only a matter of time before the most serious problem the virus poses came to the fore. Racism. That’s right, as with all things, progressives have found a way to detect horrible racism in the response to Chinese virus. What is the racism, you ask? Well, it’s the term “Chinese virus.” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy made a tweet in which he used the term, and now the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and Speaker Nancy Pelosi are outraged and demand an apology. According to the caucus Chair Judy Chu, “Calling the 2019 novel coronavirus the ‘Chinese’ or ‘Wuhan’ virus is as descriptive as calling it the ‘CPAC’ virus” — referring to a case discovered at a recent conservative conference. She went on to say it is “harmful.” This is an absurd thing to say. The term “Chinese” or “Wuhan” virus is incredibly descriptive as it refers directly to the origin of the virus. The virus literally started in China and spread to the rest of the world. This matters not just in terms of how we think about people moving in and out of China, but also about the communist Chinese government’s role in creating conditions where these viruses grow. And it’s not just Kevin McCarthy who is being accused of horrible racism. According to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, there is rampant racism at work in the behavior of the average New Yorker. AOC claims people aren’t going to, or as she put it, “patroning” Chinese and Asian restaurants. It is not clear if she has evidence this is happening to Asian eateries more than others, but even if it is, there are plenty of more reasonable and far more likely explanations for it than racism. New York City has an enormous immigrant Chinese population. It makes sense that people might avoid getting food prepared by someone far more connected to the epicenter of the virus, which is China. I haven’t made that decision. I had Chinese food in Brooklyn two nights ago, and it was delicious, but someone making that choice is not a racist. Racism is something used against people, not viruses. Nobody is linking some defect in Asian people to the coronavirus. It’s a point of focus because China is a big part of this story. My son’s school has a heavy immigrant Chinese population. At a recent recital there, the principal, who is Asian, made detailed announcements about how the school is tracking families who have been to China recently. This isn’t racism. The fact that he did not also talk about kids from Latin America wasn’t a slight against Chinese kids; it was talking about the necessary information. House Democrats are adding an absurd demand that we all virtue signal during a health crisis. It is little more than a tiresome waste of time. McCarthy, the gourmands of New York, and everyone else should ignore these vapid complaints of alleged racism. They only make sense if you already believe everything is infected with racism to begin with, which most Americans do not, because it’s not true. Chinese virus, Wuhan virus, Wu Tang virus — call it whatever you want. Let’s fight it instead of focusing on imaginary people who are deeply offended by the racism of geography.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 11, 2020 15:06:21 GMT -6
www.aier.org/article/why-this-draconian-response-to-covid-19/Why this Draconian Response to COVID-19? Imagine if you are the organizer of a major arts and tech event that attracts a quarter-million attendees. One week out from the conference, the mayor cancels your event. Your event is not named specifically, just that all events involving more than 2,500 people are officially banned. He does this using emergency powers, justified in the name of containing a virus. And that’s it. This is what happened to South by Southwest, one of the most important events in the world in Austin, Texas, which has thus far not reported a single case of COVID-19. Based on last year’s numbers, It’s the end for: 73,716 conference attendees and 232,258 festival attendees;4,700 speakers 4,331 media/press attendees 2,124 sessions 70,00 trade show attendees occupying 181,400 square feet of exhibit space 351 official parties and events 612 international acts 1,964 performance acts Local merchants are devastated. All hotel and flight reservations are lost. Countless contracts have been voided by executive fiat. It’s a financial calamity for the city (last year brought half a billion dollars for local merchants) and for untold millions of people affected by the abrupt decision.
Draconian, to say the least.
Making matters worse, a vicious and completely false report published by Variety said that the festival was aching for the city to make the call so that the festival could collect insurance money. This turns out to be entirely wrong: South by Southwest had no insurance against infectious disease. It was a smear and response to mass frenzy. After all, a petition on Change.org signed by 55,000 people had demanded the cancellation.
The city acquiesced to the mob. A grand and glorious conference was destroyed – the first of many this season. Italy now has 16 million people under quarantine, which is to say that they are prisoners. Anyone living in Lombardy and 14 other central and northern provinces will need special permission to travel. Milan and Venice are both affected. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte also announced the closure of schools, gyms, museums, nightclubs and other venues across the whole country. The measures, the most radical taken outside China, will last until 3 April. Americans have been quarantined on cruise ships and then forced to pay for their later hospitalization. The government that quarantines you has zero intention to pay the costs associated with your care, to say nothing of the opportunity costs of missing work. The press isn’t helping. The New York Times has cheered it all on, aggressively advocating that governments go Medieval on this one. In six months, if we are in a recession, unemployment is up, financial markets are wrecked, and people are locked in their homes, we’ll wonder why the heck governments chose disease “containment” over disease mitigation. Then the conspiracy theorists get to work. The containment strategy was never debated or discussed. For the first time in modern history, governments of the world have taken it upon themselves to control population flows in the hopes of stemming the spread of this disease – regardless of the cost and with scant evidence that this strategy will actually work. More and more, the containment response is looking like global panic. What’s interesting, Psychology Today points out, is that your doctor is not panicking: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shouldstorm/202003/why-your-doctor-is-not-panicking-about-novel-coronavirusCOVID-19 is a new virus in a well-known class of viruses. The coronaviruses are cold viruses. I’ve treated countless patients with coronaviruses over the years. In fact, we’ve been able to test for them on our respiratory panels for the entirety of my career.
We know how cold viruses work: They cause runny noses, sneezing, cough, and fever, and make us feel tired and achy. For almost all of us, they run their course without medication. And in the vulnerable, they can trigger a more severe illness like asthma or pneumonia.
Yes, this virus is different and worse than other coronaviruses, but it still looks very familiar. We know more about it than we don’t know.
Doctors know what to do with respiratory viruses. As a pediatrician, I take care of patients with hundreds of different viruses that behave similarly to this one. We take care of the kids at home and see them if the fever is prolonged, if they get dehydrated, or if they develop breathing difficulty. Then we treat those problems and support the child until they get better.Meanwhile, the New England Journal of Medicine reports as follows: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2002387On the basis of a case definition requiring a diagnosis of pneumonia, the currently reported case fatality rate is approximately 2%. In another article in the Journal, Guan et al. report mortality of 1.4% among 1,099 patients with laboratory-confirmed Covid-19; these patients had a wide spectrum of disease severity. If one assumes that the number of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases is several times as high as the number of reported cases, the case fatality rate may be considerably less than 1%. This suggests that the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively.Slate’s piece on this topic offers more perspective: slate.com/technology/2020/03/coronavirus-mortality-rate-lower-than-we-think.htmlThis all suggests that COVID-19 is a relatively benign disease for most young people, and a potentially devastating one for the old and chronically ill, albeit not nearly as risky as reported. Given the low mortality rate among younger patients with coronavirus—zero in children 10 or younger among hundreds of cases in China, and 0.2-0.4 percent in most healthy nongeriatric adults (and this is still before accounting for what is likely to be a high number of undetected asymptomatic cases)—we need to divert our focus away from worrying about preventing systemic spread among healthy people—which is likely either inevitable, or out of our control—and commit most if not all of our resources toward protecting those truly at risk of developing critical illness and even death: everyone over 70, and people who are already at higher risk from this kind of virus.Look, I’m obviously not in a position to comment on the medical aspects of this; I defer to the experts. But neither are medical professionals in a position to comment on the political response to this; mostly they have assiduously declined to do so. Meanwhile, governments are willy-nilly making drastic decisions that profoundly affect the status of human freedom. Their decisions are going to affect our lives in profound ways. And there has thus far been no real debate on this. It’s just been presumed that containment of the spread rather than the care of the sick is the only way forward. What’s more, we have governments all-too-willing to deploy their awesome powers to control human populations in direct response to mass public pressure based on fears that have so far not been justified by any available evidence. Based on the Austin, Texas, precedent, any mayor of any town in America can right now declare a state of emergency, cancel events, shut malls, and close parks. Who is to stop them from shuttering stores, restaurants, schools, and churches, and quarantining whole neighborhoods? For this reason, we have every reason to be concerned. Are we really ready to imprison the world, wreck financial markets, destroy countless jobs, and massively disrupt life as we know it, all to forestall some uncertain fate, even as medical professionals do know the right way to deal with respiratory illness in general from a medical point of view? It’s at least worth debating. Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker is Editorial Director for the American Institute for Economic Research. He is the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and eight books in 5 languages, most recently The Market Loves You. He is also the editor of The Best of Mises. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. Jeffrey is available for speaking and interviews via his email.
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Post by kcrufnek on Mar 11, 2020 15:55:25 GMT -6
I can't even stand to watch clips of these idiots anymore. I wonder what the narrative will be in 2 months when the virus has run its course?
Now that there are actually ways to test expect stories of "explosions" and "huge increases" in reported cases. I wonder how many cases have come and gone? It's odd that none of these reports tell us one of the major delays is the lack of cooperation from the ChiComs. To really be effective we need some of the original, Chinese DNA(for a lack of better term) of the virus. Unless of course that's racist.
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Post by bk2x on Mar 11, 2020 16:06:47 GMT -6
Hopefully bitching about $75 oil...
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 11, 2020 16:18:12 GMT -6
The religion of peace, etc. ,(as the Dems, etc are always pointing out) : www.foxnews.com/world/islamists-international-womens-day-pakistan-stones-shoesIslamists in Pakistan’s capital Sunday hurled stones, shoes, and other objects at people participating in International Women’s Day marches. The event, joined by both men and women in Islamabad, was one of dozens held around the world to commemorate the cultural and political achievements of women. The Red Mosque brigade, consisting of conservative elements and a Taliban-affiliated religious party, staged a counter protest across the marchers’ venue, Reuters reported, citing District Deputy Commissioner Hamza Shafqaat. Authorities held off the Islamists as they tried to attack the Women’s Day marchers, police official Mazhar Niazi said. .................................................... I'll eagerly await the outrage from the MSM, AOC, etc.
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Post by kcrufnek on Mar 12, 2020 4:25:07 GMT -6
Yep. No bias here....
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 12, 2020 4:53:11 GMT -6
And they wonder why their ratings & trust value are plummeting.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 12, 2020 4:59:51 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2020/03/11/don-lemon-flips-out-john-kasich-donald-trump-coronavirus-speech/‘I Can’t Talk?!’: Don Lemon Flips Out On John Kasich For Not Bashing Trump’s Coronavirus Address CNN’s Don Lemon flipped out on former Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich after he refused to criticize President Donald Trump’s coronavirus address Wednesday evening. Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office and announced a near-total ban on travel from Europe to America. Lemon spoke with Kasich, a CNN senior political contributor, on “CNN Tonight with Don Lemon” and said that “the president misrepresented the travel ban.” Lemon added that America is “getting all of these mixed messages.” He harped on the president having to “clarify” his script. Kasich disagreed with Lemon and said that he thought Trump’s address was “fine.” The former governor also noted that he feels the administration has continued to get better in its address of the spreading virus. Kasich’s comments sparked anger from Lemon, who then began to yell over his guest and became heated for several minutes straight. “We need straight, accurate information from this president. And this administration. And we’re not getting it. And I don’t understand why you are tiptoeing around it!” Lemon said. “He [Trump] came out. Gave an address that usually — that happens very rarely. And he doesn’t get it right?” WATCH: Kasich asked if he could “finish now,” as Lemon had interrupted his response. Lemon quickly shut his guest down. “No, you can’t John, because we are here to talk about the president’s…” Lemon said as Kasich asked, looking shocked, “I can’t talk?” “We are here — I don’t want you to go on and deflect and talk about something else because we are here to talk about the president’s address. And — and you said that someone else wrote it. He’s the president! Even if someone else wrote it, it should be right!” Lemon continued. The disagreement continued, with Lemon repeatedly cutting Kasich off. The former governor stood his ground and repeated his belief that Trump’s address “was fine.” As interview from Lemon continued, he asked if Kasich believed that “inaccurate information that you have to clarify two or three times” is “fine.” “Look. I thought he did fine. That’s what I thought. I thought he had the right tone…” Kasich replied. “Now the fact that they clarify, it isn’t unusual in a speech for somebody to clarify something. Okay? But I don’t think that the tone he showed tonight takes away from some clarification. I think he set a serious tone. That’s what I wanted out of him for a long time. And I think we got it.” WATCH: Lemon continued to press the issue, saying that Trump gives inaccurate information “every time” he speaks. Kasich pushed back, replying that “98% of what he [Trump] did was good” and reiterating that America wanted a serious president, which is what was shown Wednesday evening. The CNN host’s combative attitude continued throughout the entire segment and he continued to push back on Kasich’s opinion that the president’s evening address was satisfactory. (RELATED: Tucker Blasts Both Sides For ‘Chinese Coronavirus’ Response: In ‘A Few Weeks,’ U.S. Could Be ‘Where Italy Is Now’) The scene ended with Kasich getting to speak. He continued to note that Trump had clarified portions of what he has said regarding the novel coronavirus, and suggested that the two might just have to agree to disagree. WATCH:
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 12, 2020 10:28:21 GMT -6
Translation: It's her way or the highway.
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Post by kcrufnek on Mar 12, 2020 14:50:27 GMT -6
Translation: It's her way or the highway. To be honest Trump has had that Daddy Warbucks thing going on. Money for this. Money for that. No chance for fraud here.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 13, 2020 5:31:50 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 13, 2020 5:35:27 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2020/03/12/blumenthal-appalled-lost-2-months-coronavirus-impeaching-trump/Blumenthal ‘Appalled’ That The U.S. Lost 2 Months In Dealing With Coronavirus — His Party Spent Some Of That Time Impeaching Trump Connecticut Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Thursday that he was “appalled and astonished that we have lost a critical two months” in dealing with the coronavirus situation, but he left out the fact that, while terrifying reports flowed in from China, his own party stressed instead the urgency of impeaching President Donald Trump. Responding to a question about the handling of the pandemic thus far, Blumenthal replied, “I am appalled and astonished that we have lost a critical two months. There’s still no plan, no strategy for testing, for ventilators, for the basics required for people to survive.” (RELATED: Coronavirus Mortality Rate Likely Overstated, But Still Far More Deadly Than Flu, Top Expert Tells Lawmakers) “We’re talking about life and death,” Blumenthal continued. “There is still no plan. I am at a loss, I am simply at a loss.” Blumenthal went on to say that he didn’t understand how the United States could have gotten to that point — but American Greatness senior contributor Julie Kelly had a suggestion. “Gee maybe all the time you wasted on impeachment was a bad idea?” Kelly tweeted. House Democrats had already voted to impeach Trump when the World Health Organization first reported strange cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2019. One week later, the virus was identified as a novel coronavirus. Within one month, while the Senate held Trump’s impeachment trial, the National Institute of Health (NIH) announced that work had begun on a vaccine and the president reached the conclusion that travel from China should be restricted. Just days before the Senate voted to acquit Trump, the president formed a new task force to address the threat and ordered a temporary ban on travel to the United States from China. Blumenthal spent most of those days tweeting about the need to remove Trump from office. The Connecticut senator’s first tweet mentioning coronavirus was posted on January 28. More recently, Blumenthal has been highly critical of the Trump administration’s inability to provide the necessary tests nationwide — an issue that Dr. Anthony Fauci conceded in his Congressional testimony as “a failing” on behalf of the government.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 13, 2020 15:36:50 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2020/03/13/google-techfreedom-berin-szoka-trump/Google-Funded Think Tank Chief Resigns After Wishing Coronavirus Would Kill Trump The head of a Google-funded think tank is resigning after suggesting to his Twitter followers that he would like to see President Donald Trump die from coronavirus, Politico reported Friday. TechFreedom president Berin Szóka is going on an indefinite sabbatical to write a book on tech policy, the libertarian-leaning group told Politico. Szóka got into some hot water Monday after saying on Twitter that it would be “poetic justice” for Trump to die from the deadly virus. “Serious question: could there possibly any greater poetic justice in the universe than for Trump to die of the #CPACvirus,” Szóka tweeted in reference to Trump’s presence at the Conservative Political Action Conference. One person who attended CPAC tested positive for the virus. Szóka apologized several days after sharing the tweet. “Earlier this week, I sent a thoughtless tweet making an inappropriate comment about the President that I deeply regret,” he tweeted Thursday. “I was wrong to tweet it and deleted it. Again, I apologize.” TechFreedom President Berin Szóka speaks at a conference (YouTube) TechFreedom is linked to billionaire Charles Koch and gets funding from Google. (RELATED: Head Of Koch-Linked Think Tank Hopes Trump Will Die From Coronavirus) Primis Player Placeholder Szóka has a reputation for being a dogged supporter of Silicon Valley and a fierce opponent of conservatives who are attempting to reform a law that protects tech companies from being sued for content posted on their platforms. His decision to step down comes at an awkward time for TechFreedom. Szóka’s tweet came on the same day The Washington Post included him as an expert in their Techology 202 Network. Several Republican lawmakers have self-quarantined after being exposed to the CPAC attendee who was infected with the coronavirus. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, for instance, decided to self-isolate after coming into contact with the unnamed person. TechFreedom has not replied to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 13, 2020 15:46:30 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2020/03/13/17-diseases-named-after-places-or-people/17 Diseases Named After Places Or People MARCH 13, 2020 By Tristan Justice While liberals and woke media elites obsess over calling Republicans racist for using the term “Wuhan virus,” the practice of naming a new disease after a population or the site of its first major outbreak is actually pretty common. In fact, pundits used the term widely to identify the origins of the epidemic. In this case however, it’s even more important to identify the new Wuhan coronavirus sweeping the globe with its origin in the Chinese city of Wuhan as China tried to mask the warning signs of a global outbreak and downplay its severity leading to what the World Health Organization has now declared a “global pandemic.” Here are 17 other diseases named after populations or places: West Nile Virus Named after the West Nile District of Uganda discovered in 1937. Guinea Worm Named by European explorers for the Guinea coast of West Africa in the 1600s. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Named after the mountain range spreading across western North America first recognized first in 1896 in Idaho. Lyme Disease Named after a large outbreak of the disease occurred in Lyme and Old Lyme, Connecticut in the 1970s. Ross River Fever Named after a mosquito found to cause the disease in the Ross River of Queensland, Australia by the 1960s. The first major outbreak occurred in 1928. Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever Named after its 1940s discovery in Omsk, Russia. Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Named in 1976 for the Ebola River in Zaire located in central Africa. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Also known as “camel flu,” MERS was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and all cases are linked to those who traveled to the Middle Eastern peninsula. Valley Fever Valley Fever earned its nickname from a 1930s outbreak San Joaquin Valley of California, though its first case came from Argentina. Marburg Virus Disease Named after Marburg, Germany in 1967. Norovirus Named after Norwalk, Ohio after an outbreak in 1968. Zika Fever First discovered in 1947 and named after the Zika Forest in Uganda. Japanese Encephalitis Named after its first case in Japan in 1871. German Measles Named after the German doctors who first described it in the 18th century. The disease is also sometimes referred to as “Rubella.” Spanish Flu While the true origins of the Spanish Flu remain unknown, the disease earned its name after Spain began to report deaths from the flu in its newspapers. Lassa Fever Named after the being found in Lassa, Nigeria in 1969. Legionnaire’s Disease Named in 1976 following an outbreak of people contracting the lung infection after attending an American Legion convention in Philadelphia.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 13, 2020 15:50:34 GMT -6
justthenews.com/politics-policy/health/coronavirus-facts-vs-panicCoronavirus: Facts vs. Panic Separating facts from irrational fear in the global virus pandemic. Coronavirus is nothing to sneeze at. But so far, widespread panic may not be justified. You should know: Almost all of the reported coronavirus deaths in the U.S. happened in long-term care facilities in Washington State. And almost all of those occurred at the same facility. Most people who get coronavirus have mild or no symptoms. No young or middle-age people have died of coronavirus in the U.S. Most around the world diagnosed from January-March 1 have already recovered. Obviously, this is a fast-moving news target. For the latest information from the government, you can visit the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) coronavirus page at CDC.gov. The following information is accurate as of Thursday. URL to Embed Q: What is the average American’s risk of getting coronavirus? A: Low. CDC reports: “For the majority of people, the immediate risk of being exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19 is thought to be low.” Q: What’s the likelihood that coronavirus is in my community? A: Low. CDC reports: "There is not widespread circulation in most communities in the United States.” Q: How many coronavirus deaths have there been in the U.S.? A: So far, not many. CDC reports 36 deaths. Adding various news reports, the number could be about 40 and growing. Although one death is too many, the reported deaths are among 43 states (including the District of Columbia) reporting outbreaks since January in a population of more than 327 million people. Q: How many young people have died of coronavirus in the U.S.? A: So far, there are no reports of deaths among young people in the U.S. The U.S. Surgeon General reports the average age of people who have died from coronavirus in the U.S. is 80. Additionally, he says those who are most impacted have chronic, serious health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, and lung disease. Q: Who has died so far? A. These were compiled using CDC reports plus news and local health department reports: 31 Washington State elderly. That includes 27 in King County, (22 at the same elderly nursing facility in Kirkland), three in Snohomish county, and one in Grant County, a patient in their 80s. Four California elderly: A woman in assisted living in her 90s, a hospitalized woman Santa Clara in her 60s, an “elderly man” in assisted living, and a 71-year-old man with underlying health conditions who’d been on a Grand Princess cruise ship. Two Florida residents in their 70s who had traveled overseas. One New Jersey diabetic man, 69, who suffered two cardiac arrests. One South Dakota man aged 60-69, with "underlying medical conditions” One Georgia man, 67, with “underlying medical conditions” Q: How many people have recovered? A: News reports say that in China alone, out of 80,000 diagnosed, nearly 60,000 have already recovered. However, the true number of recovered is likely far higher since most of those who get the virus have mild or no symptoms, and so are not diagnosed at all. Q: Why have there been so many coronavirus deaths in Italy? A: Italy has reported 827 coronavirus deaths. Experts say the high number is partly because Italy has more residents in the vulnerable age category. Italy has the oldest population in Europe and more elderly per capita than the U.S. Most of the Italian deaths are in patients in their 80s and 90s. In addition, Italy has a great number of direct China contacts. Italy was the first to join China’s “silk road” economic partnership project. The coronavirus is believed to have originated in China. Italy’s 827 deaths are out of a population of 60 million people. Even though one death is too many, it is still a small relative number. Q: Why am I hearing so many different fatality rates? A: Experts say all coronavirus death rates are nothing more than estimates at the moment. That’s because it is impossible to know how many people have or had the virus. And that total number is needed to calculate an accurate rate. What makes it more difficult is the fact that most people have few or no symptoms, and so it is impossible to count them. Some current death rates that sound high are being calculated in a particular age group. The rate will be highest among the elderly and, in the U.S., there have been zero deaths among people age 50 and under. Some death rates are being calculated as deaths among the sickest patients, those are diagnosed and treated, which will produce a much higher number than a more accurate death rate that takes into consideration those patients who are infected but do not become ill at all.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 13, 2020 15:57:16 GMT -6
issuesinsights.com/2020/03/13/a-tale-of-two-pandemics-media-downplayed-the-massive-swine-flu-outbreak-under-obama/A Tale Of Two Pandemics: Media Downplayed Swine Flu Outbreak Under Obama I & I Editorial Board March 13, 2020 I&I Editorial The potential impact of the coronavirus might still be unknown, but the media hype is already plain as day. Particularly when you compare how they are covering this pandemic with the last one, which happened to occur when Barack Obama was in the White House. To get a sense of the differences in how the press treated these two outbreaks of brand new viruses, let’s look at how the New York Times and CNN – the bellwethers of mainstream journalism in print and on TV – covered each at similar points in the outbreak. The day after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic, and President Donald Trump gave a national address, CNN’s front page was almost entirely devoted to coronavirus. On the newsstands, two-thirds of the New York Times’ front page was devoted entirely to coronavirus stories. See Also: Time To End Coronavirus Hysteria And Focus On Saving Some Lives Obviously, a new deadly disease that is spreading across the country is a big story, as is the WHO’s declaration that it’s now a pandemic. Add in a White House address in which Trump declares a travel ban, widespread school closures, cancelations of events, including the NBA season, and a stock market crash, and it’s huge news. But the media coverage of the outbreak in the weeks leading up to Wednesday was just as breathless. Indeed, some of the panic in the stock market and the government can be blamed on the end-of-the-world hysteria that the press has been whipping up for some time now. The day before the WHO’s declaration of a pandemic, for example, CNN posted a story calling the coronavirus outbreak “unprecedented in modern times.” Unprecedented? Really? Do CNN’s reporters and editors not know about the flu pandemic of 1918? Or even the swine flu pandemic of 2009? Although everyone seems to have forgotten the swine flu was even a thing, it infected nearly 61 million people in the U.S. from spring 2009 through early 2010. And it claimed as many as 18,000 lives, according to a Centers for Disease Control study published in 2011. In total, the disease is now believed to have caused more than 200,000 deaths worldwide. (As of this writing, confirmed cases of coronavirus in the U.S. are a little over 1,700, with 40 deaths attributed to the virus. Worldwide, confirmed cases number fewer than 130,000 and just over 4,700 people have died.) The swine flu was a serious enough outbreak for President Barack Obama to declare a public health emergency in late April 2009. The WHO declared it a pandemic in early July – at which time 18,000 Americans had contracted the novel flu virus and 44 had died. And unlike coronavirus, the swine flu was more deadly to younger people. Obama declared a national emergency when the virus reemerged with a vengeance in the fall. Yet the press barely covered any of these events. When the WHO declared the swine flu “unstoppable” on June 11, 2009, CNN didn’t even lead with that story on its homepage. It was in a pile of links on the side of the page. (See the screenshot of that day’s home page below, taken from the Internet Archive.) A week later, there was no mention of the swine flu anywhere on CNN’s home page.The WHO’s announcement rated only a photo on the New York Times’s front page, with a story that was buried on page A11. When Obama declared a national emergency, CNN didn’t get around to mentioning the death toll of the disease until the 10th paragraph. By that point, millions had been infected and 1,000 people in the U.S. had died. The day after Obama’s declaration, CNN carried only a single link to the swine flu story in its “Newspulse” section. It ranked below the headline: “Wayward flight’s co-pilot denies arguing.” The Times’ story about Obama’s declaration didn’t mention the death toll in the U.S. until the fourth paragraph. Two days later, the swine flu was off the Times’ front page again. We’re not saying that the coronavirus isn’t serious. It’s a new disease with an as-yet-unknown trajectory and a seemingly high fatality rate. So caution is warranted. But it should be obvious to anyone that the scale and intensity of the coronavirus coverage is far beyond the actual risk posed by the disease. Even if coronavirus is twice as deadly as the swine flu pandemic, more people will die from falling down this year than from COVID-19. More likely, the Trump-hating leftist media are hoping – consciously or not – that a health panic will do what the Russia investigation and the impeachment failed to. Namely, drive Trump out of office. How else do you explain the vast difference in the way they’ve treated these two deadly pandemics?
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 13, 2020 15:59:17 GMT -6
thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/487280-nearly-70000-people-have-recovered-fromNearly 70,000 people have recovered from coronavirus Amid concerns over the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., it’s important to remember most who become infected recover from the illness. By Joseph Guzman Story at a glance While the number of coronavirus cases has surpassed 127,000, more than 68,000 people have recovered. The World Health Organization says those who become infected generally experience mild illness and recover in about two weeks. The virus threatens people over the age of 60 with underlying health issues. As the rate of new cases of the coronavirus continues to climb in the United States, prompting concerns, new data shows that nearly 70,000 people have recovered from the infection since the outbreak kicked off in late December. Data from Johns Hopkins University shows that more than 68,000 people have recovered from the virus so far, as the number of cases worldwide has surpassed 127,000. The disease can cause varying degrees of illness and death, as more than 4,700 people have died, and is especially threatening for older adults with underlying health conditions. But for the majority of people who become infected, the coronavirus brings only mild symptoms, such as cough and fever. The World Health Organization (WHO) says those that experience mild illness typically recover from the illness in about two weeks, while those who experience a more severe illness could take up to six weeks to recover. “The most commonly reported symptoms included fever, dry cough, and shortness of breath, and most patients (80%) experienced mild illness,” WHO said. “Approximately 14 percent experienced severe disease and 5 percent were critically ill.” WHO officials say early reports suggest illness severity is associated with those over the age of 60. In mainland China, where the outbreak began and where most of the cases occurred, more than 50,000 of the nearly 81,000 infected have recovered from the virus, including around 49,000 in the Hubei province. In Italy, which currently has more than 12,000 cases, there have been about 1,000 people who have recovered. More than 800 deaths have been reported in the country. “We need to remember that with decisive, early action, we can slow down the virus and prevent infections. Among those who are infected, most will recover,” WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said this week. In the U.S., more than 1,300 cases have been reported with 38 deaths, with eight recoveries, according to Johns Hopkins.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 13, 2020 16:00:56 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/13/nancy-pelosi-does-not-mention-president-once-in-address-to-nation-on-coronavirus/Nancy Pelosi Does Not Mention ‘President’ Once in Address to Nation on Coronavirus Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) addressed the nation on Friday afternoon about efforts to fight coronavirus, but did not mention President Donald Trump once, or any pledge to work with him. Nor did she mention the common nouns “president,” or “administration.” Pelosi, speaking an hour before the president was due to address the nation from the Rose Garden at the White House, made implied criticisms of the administration: “The American people expect and deserve a coordinated, science-based and whole-of-government response to keep them and their loved ones safe: a response that puts families first to stimulate the economy,” she said. The full transcribed text of Pelosi’s remarks, provided on her website, is as follows: Good afternoon. Over the last several weeks, our nation has been faced with a grave and accelerating challenge, one that tests our compassion, ingenuity and resolve: the coronavirus crisis. Sadly and prayerfully, we have learned of the tragic deaths of at least 41 Americans from this public health emergency so far. The American people expect and deserve a coordinated, science-based and whole-of-government response to keep them and their loved ones safe: a response that puts families first to stimulate the economy. To put families first, last week, the House passed a strong, bipartisan $8.3 billion emergency funding package of entirely new funds. We made a well-funded, evidence-based investment in public health; in development treatments and the vaccine available to all; in prevention preparedness and response measures and helping state, local, tribal and territorial hospitals and health systems; and in supporting impacted small businesses with SBA loans and helping families by expending telemedicine services no matter where they live. Democrat’s swift action to pass this emergency funding was essential to our nation’s long overdue response. Next, Senate Democratic Leader Schumer and I, last weekend, called for further action to put families first. Today, we are passing a bill that does just that: the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which is focused directly on providing support for America’s families, who must be our first priority. The three most important parts of this bill are testing, testing, testing. This legislation facilitates free coronavirus testing for everyone, including the uninsured. We can only defeat this outbreak if we have an accurate determination of its scale and scope, so that we can pursue the precise, science-based response that is necessary. To put families first, our legislation secures paid leave with two weeks of paid sick leave and family and medical leave for those affected by the virus. And for those who lose their jobs, we are strengthening Unemployment Insurance, a critical step to protect workers’ economic security. Putting families first, our legislation protects our children and, particularly, the tens of millions of little children who rely on the free or reduced price lunch they receive at school for their food security. As schools are being closed, these children will be deprived of their meals. Our bill takes aggressive action to strengthen food security initiatives, including student meals as well as SNAP, seniors’ meals and food banks. As we develop our next steps, we will continue to listen to and benefit from the expertise of scientists, health care professionals, public health officials and community leaders, so that we can craft the most effective, evidence-based response. Our nation, our great nation has faced crises before. And every time, thanks to the courage and optimism, patriotism and perseverance of the American people, we have prevailed. Now, working together, we will once again prevail and we’ll come out stronger than before. God bless you and God bless America. Thank you. Last month, Pelosi tore up the President’s State of the Nation Address, in which he discussed the coronavirus challenge.
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 14, 2020 4:28:09 GMT -6
Flashback from the World Health Organization: January 23: www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-and-flu/too-early-declare-new-coronavirus-outbreak-global-health-emergency-who-n1121171Spread of the new coronavirus that originated in China has not yet reached a level that would deem it a global public health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The virus has sickened more than 600 people, and 25 have died.
“Now is not the time. It’s too early to consider that this event is a public health emergency of international concern,” Didier Houssin, chair of the WHO emergency committee, said during a news conference from Geneva.
Houssin said the decision is based on the limited number of cases worldwide, as well as efforts in China to try to contain the disease.
“Make no mistake, this is an emergency in China,” said WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “But it is not yet a global health emergency.”Just a week later, W.H.O. officials urged countries to keep their borders open, as Reuters reported: www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who-idUSKBN1ZU1C2 Borders should be kept open and people and trade flowing in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, although countries have a sovereign right to take measures to try to protect their citizens, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
There is a “huge reason to keep official border crossings open” to avoid people entering irregularly and going unchecked for symptoms, WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told a Geneva briefing.Of course since then several countries started closing their borders. As the virus continued to spread, the WHO refused to call it an emergency. Healthcare Finance News reported: www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/world-health-organization-stops-short-declaring-global-emergency-over-coronavirus As of Monday, January 27, the coronavirus has killed at least 81 people in China and more than 2,700 others have been infected in more than a dozen countries, including five confirmed cases in the United States, according to CBS News. More than 60 additional people in the U.S. were being tested for the disease, the report said.
In addition, the outbreak has affected stock prices, with the Dow and S&P 500 falling 1.5 and 1.4%, respectively, according to The Wall Street Journal.
WHO reconvened again on Thursday, January 23 to decide whether to declare a public health emergency of international concern over the coronavirus originating in China. Several members considered that it is still too early to declare an emergency. The International Health Regulations Emergency Committee Committee stands ready to be reconvened in approximately ten days, or earlier should the Director-General deem it necessary, WHO said.
The number of cases are increasing. Last week there were an estimated 557 reported cases in China; 17 people had died.
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization stopped short of declaring a public health emergency of international concern over the deadly coronavirus that has reportedly killed 17 people and sickened 291, including the first known case in the United States.Of course it was only a few days later when they finally declared it an emergency. And these are the people we’re supposed to trust right now?
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 14, 2020 4:31:16 GMT -6
Democrats being Democrats:
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 14, 2020 9:39:30 GMT -6
The latest numbers continue to indicate that the coronavirus is not much different than the common flu. The truth is in the numbers. As more data is known about the coronavirus, the numbers don’t looks as scary. Here are the numbers as reported on March 14, 2020: The data is skewed by the fact that China and other countries, like Iran, skew the numbers. China still shows less than 81,000 cases overall. They have been at this level for some time. Either China’s numbers are not accurate or the virus is dying down to nearly nothing, or both. Yesterday China reported only 11 new cases in all of China and 13 new deaths. China’s death rate per confirmed cases is one of the highest in the world at 3.94%. This skews the overall numbers quite a bit. Per data available, around 3% of cases confirmed end in death. But by taking out China, Iran and Italy the rate goes down to 1%. Clearly not all people with the virus are captured in the current numbers. Just like the flu most people who get sick never report it and therefore are never counted. Sharyl Attkisson reported, “Most people who get coronavirus have mild or no symptoms.” There are now 146 countries with cases of the coronavirus confirmed and 111 countries with mortality rates for those confirmed of less than 1%. Most countries have no deaths reported related to the coronavirus. (Denmark has over 800 cases with no deaths.) The US has reported 50 deaths to date. Attkisson shares that, “Almost all of the reported coronavirus deaths in the U.S. happened in long-term care facilities in Washington State. And almost all of those occurred at the same facility.” No young or middle-aged people have died of coronavirus in the U.S and most people around the world diagnosed from January-March 1 have already recovered. Attkisson notes that the average age of deaths from the coronavirus in the US is 80 years old: justthenews.com/politics-policy/health/coronavirus-facts-vs-panic#.XmtnfAKR6z4.twitterSome current death rates that sound high are being calculated in a particular age group. The rate will be highest among the elderly and, in the U.S., there have been zero deaths among people age 50 and under. Some death rates are being calculated as deaths among the sickest patients, those are diagnosed and treated, which will produce a much higher number than a more accurate death rate that takes into consideration those patients who are infected but do not become ill at all. According to CDC numbers, in the US in the 2019-2020 flu season, there were 222,000 confirmed cases of the flu and 22,000 confirmed deaths from the flu. That’s almost 10% of all cases confirmed with the flu being fatal. The numbers make the current responses by government officials, communities and companies appear exaggerated. Of course better safe than sorry, but better sane than insane as well. The current data from the CDC shows that you are more likely to die from the flu this year than the coronavirus. However, it is the elderly and those with other ailments who are most at risk and are hit the hardest by the Chinese coronavirus. 22,000 Americans died from the flu this year and 50 from the coronavirus and the country is in a total panic because of the coronavirus? Clearly the panic will dissipate as more data becomes available. Freakin Relax for goodness sake!
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 14, 2020 9:43:15 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/03/14/sweden-to-stop-publishing-coronavirus-numbers-deems-them-not-important/The Swedish Public Health Authority has decided to adopt a new strategy in regard to the coronavirus outbreak, stating it will no longer be updating exact numbers of infections. State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell spoke at a press conference this week saying that the health authority would be looking at identifying which regions are the most affected by the spread of the coronavirus. “We will no longer discuss whether we have 458 or 562 cases. But instead how large parts of Sweden are affected and how hard they are,” Tegnell said. “These are the kind of questions that will be central to answering. Now it is no longer important to know exactly how many people are infected in Sweden.” Tegnell also said that the health authority expects there is now a high risk of widespread infection of the general public, saying that current infections could be “the tip of an iceberg” and that cases could be more widespread than previously thought, Aftonbladet reports. Swedish authorities have called for limiting gatherings and events to under 500 people to combat the spread of the virus. Aome have cancelled events entirely, while others, such as the Stockholm Royal Dramatic Threatre, have promised to keep events under 450 people including audience and staff. Sweden Not Prepared For Major Coronavirus Outbreak Says Whistle-blower Doctor t.co/IvSkpJ9i1U— Breitbart London (@breitbartlondon) February 26, 2020 The move to carry on with performances was heavily criticised by Christian Democrat leader Ebba Busch Thor, who wrote on Facebook: “Of course there is no difference between having 499 or 500 people in the audience. The risk lies in the fact that many people gather in the same place.” “In some cases, it is almost inevitable — as in public transport, for example. But theatre visits and other entertainment events can be postponed. It becomes strange that these theatres seem to focus on limiting their losses when the rest of the public sector forces to limit the spread of infection,” she added. Sweden’s ability to handle a major outbreak of the virus has also been called into question by former infection prevention physician Staffan Sylvan, who said there simply is not enough resources to deal with a major outbreak. “At present, our hospitals already have major problems in receiving and caring for urgently ill patients. Why this disinformation about our readiness?” Sweden Govt Says Coronavirus ‘Low Risk’ Will Not Screen Air Travelers t.co/WAdmtkoGXa— Breitbart London (@breitbartlondon) February 26, 2020
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 14, 2020 9:45:12 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 14, 2020 9:49:56 GMT -6
www.newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/alexander-hall/2020/03/13/does-trending-boomer-remover-violate-twitter-hatefulDoes Trending ‘Boomer Remover’ Violate Twitter Hateful Conduct Policy? ‘Boomer Remover’ was trending on Twitter with over 71.1k tweets, and it just may make you want to quarantine yourself from the internet for a while. The phrase “Boomer Remover” hit the top of the trending list on Twitter on March 13. The phrase is focused on young Americans celebrating the fact that the coronavirus epidemic is especially lethal to the elderly, particularly those of the Boomer generation who have been the target of Millennial resentment. Twitter has been famous for deleting even statements of biological fact under the cause of battling “transphobia” but seems to be fine with allowing what could easily be described as age-based hatred. Earlier this March, multiple outlets observed Twitter’s March 5 additions to its “hateful conduct” policy, which now includes banning a post that “dehumanizes on the basis of age, disability or disease.” That could mean, theoretically, no poking fun at a presidential candidate for being old, potentially senile or mentally unfit for the presidency. But what about “Boomer Remover?” Carmine Sabia of The Sabia Report commented condemning the trending phrase as a political sign of the times: “This is how evil Bernie Sanders supporters are. This is what @meghanmccain and others have been telling you. These are the people who have Boomer Remover trending for Coronavirus. How warped does your mind have to be for that? People are dying and they are celebrating.” Meanwhile, former Democratic congressional candidate Bill Cimbrelo had a very different reaction. “I'm sorry, if you're on Twitter and ‘boomer remover’ offends you, you probably shouldn't be here,” wrote Cimbrelo. “I'm a boomer and I'm...(one sec..)[.]” Liberal author Will Black gave a response that could be described as insensitive: “(Not all) boomers since 2016: ‘We didn't vote for a deal. We voted for a no-deal Brexit. Yes, there will be collateral damage but our freedom is more important than medical supplies and avocados for snowflake millennials[.]’ “Boomers 2020: ‘How dare they say boomer remover!’" Self-described “Award winning Black feminist LGBTQ activist” Chardine Taylor Stone appears to be deflecting criticism back on the Boomer generation in her take on the trend: “OMG. Gen Z's are calling Coronavirus the ‘Boomer Remover’. Ouch. Jokes aside, think there needs to be some self reflection from Boomers on why younger generations hate them this much. Just like any episode of Supernanny it's usually the parents fault.” Would referring to the coronavirus as the “Boomer Remover” qualify as hateful conduct “that dehumanizes on the basis of age, disability or disease”? MRC TechWatch reached out to Twitter for comment, but has not received a response to this question as of the posting of this piece.
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Post by WooTangClanVirus on Mar 14, 2020 14:21:03 GMT -6
www.newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/alexander-hall/2020/03/13/does-trending-boomer-remover-violate-twitter-hatefulDoes Trending ‘Boomer Remover’ Violate Twitter Hateful Conduct Policy? ‘Boomer Remover’ was trending on Twitter with over 71.1k tweets, and it just may make you want to quarantine yourself from the internet for a while. The phrase “Boomer Remover” hit the top of the trending list on Twitter on March 13. The phrase is focused on young Americans celebrating the fact that the coronavirus epidemic is especially lethal to the elderly, particularly those of the Boomer generation who have been the target of Millennial resentment. Twitter has been famous for deleting even statements of biological fact under the cause of battling “transphobia” but seems to be fine with allowing what could easily be described as age-based hatred. Earlier this March, multiple outlets observed Twitter’s March 5 additions to its “hateful conduct” policy, which now includes banning a post that “dehumanizes on the basis of age, disability or disease.” That could mean, theoretically, no poking fun at a presidential candidate for being old, potentially senile or mentally unfit for the presidency. But what about “Boomer Remover?” Carmine Sabia of The Sabia Report commented condemning the trending phrase as a political sign of the times: “This is how evil Bernie Sanders supporters are. This is what @meghanmccain and others have been telling you. These are the people who have Boomer Remover trending for Coronavirus. How warped does your mind have to be for that? People are dying and they are celebrating.” Meanwhile, former Democratic congressional candidate Bill Cimbrelo had a very different reaction. “I'm sorry, if you're on Twitter and ‘boomer remover’ offends you, you probably shouldn't be here,” wrote Cimbrelo. “I'm a boomer and I'm...(one sec..)[.]” Liberal author Will Black gave a response that could be described as insensitive: “(Not all) boomers since 2016: ‘We didn't vote for a deal. We voted for a no-deal Brexit. Yes, there will be collateral damage but our freedom is more important than medical supplies and avocados for snowflake millennials[.]’ “Boomers 2020: ‘How dare they say boomer remover!’" Self-described “Award winning Black feminist LGBTQ activist” Chardine Taylor Stone appears to be deflecting criticism back on the Boomer generation in her take on the trend: “OMG. Gen Z's are calling Coronavirus the ‘Boomer Remover’. Ouch. Jokes aside, think there needs to be some self reflection from Boomers on why younger generations hate them this much. Just like any episode of Supernanny it's usually the parents fault.” Would referring to the coronavirus as the “Boomer Remover” qualify as hateful conduct “that dehumanizes on the basis of age, disability or disease”? MRC TechWatch reached out to Twitter for comment, but has not received a response to this question as of the posting of this piece. Could you imagine the fall out if people tweeted the same thing about aids? these people are unbelievable. Fucking libs
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Post by soonernvolved on Mar 14, 2020 16:44:15 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2020/03/13/michigan-governor-doesnt-rule-out-martial-law-as-coronavirus-response/Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer discussed the outbreak of the coronavirus Friday morning on the Michael Patrick Shiels talk radio show. Shiels asked Whitmer whether she would declare martial law in the state of Michigan.
“Could we get to a position where it’s sort of like martial law, where everything is closed and everybody stays home, like it is in Italy, for instance ,where you only have the hospitals and the drug stores open?” Shiels asked.
“I think we have to make decisions based on where the facts and science dictate,” Whitmer said. “At this juncture it is too early to make any statements — it wouldn’t be responsible to make any statements on that front.”
“I will tell you that every decision we make, we will be transparent about it, what’s driving the decision,” she added. “We will share it as quickly as we can with the public once the decision has been made and we will always put the health and safety of the people of the state first and foremost and that will drive all decisions.”
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Post by kcrufnek on Mar 15, 2020 1:41:05 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2020/03/13/michigan-governor-doesnt-rule-out-martial-law-as-coronavirus-response/Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer discussed the outbreak of the coronavirus Friday morning on the Michael Patrick Shiels talk radio show. Shiels asked Whitmer whether she would declare martial law in the state of Michigan.
“Could we get to a position where it’s sort of like martial law, where everything is closed and everybody stays home, like it is in Italy, for instance ,where you only have the hospitals and the drug stores open?” Shiels asked.
“I think we have to make decisions based on where the facts and science dictate,” Whitmer said. “At this juncture it is too early to make any statements — it wouldn’t be responsible to make any statements on that front.”
“I will tell you that every decision we make, we will be transparent about it, what’s driving the decision,” she added. “We will share it as quickly as we can with the public once the decision has been made and we will always put the health and safety of the people of the state first and foremost and that will drive all decisions.” This is fucking nuts.Martial law for what? Do they have any cases yet? Like Italy? I have no idea what they are doing. They're pretty much making us shut ins as it is. The economy is coming grinding to a halt. Remember all those that said a recession wouldn't be the worst thing?
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Post by kcrufnek on Mar 15, 2020 1:50:30 GMT -6
I've given up on this C 19 crap. I don't know what to believe. Even the ChiComs have come out with a government issed book detailing how the US started the virus. Who knew? I have my sister who wanted to talk about Trump for 30 minutes and I told her I didn't want a FB regurge. She let me know she only listens to his unedited pressers and says everything he says is a lie. Not sure where she gets he counter info. She's a lazy ass Teamster slug who is all upset there wasn't any labor up there with him. Seems their contract has something in it about national emergencey. She's afraid the National guard is going to come in and take her job. Madness.
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Post by Covfefe 19 on Mar 15, 2020 4:58:37 GMT -6
Why do you elect morons like this idiot ?
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