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Sunday, April 19. 2020Calm down, turn off the TV, and look at some good news virus dataBulldog's post earlier today suggests what many of us have imagined but had no hard data about: this corona virus may be about as lethal as seasonal influenza. That means it kills 0.1 to 0.15% of infected people and, in this case, mostly frail and elderly. That would make it comparable to the H1N1 virus pandemic of 2009 which had little media or political hysteria. Read the post, and listen. It's a random sample from California, but it makes sense to me because it gives us an inkling of a denominator. No denominator, no data. More probably similar data will be trickling in over the next weeks. Many people have had this bug and barely noticed it, much less got tested for it. If the world has hysterically overreacted to this germ for lack of data (thanks a lot, China) - what then? Since I am always a skeptic, I was always skeptical about the hysteria around me. Skepticism is my default setting, and it usually works out.
Saturday, April 18. 2020Join the Hate Trump ClubIt is not an exclusive club. Funny how people enjoy having things to hate. As they say, haters gotta hate. Hatred is recreational for people, or at least for some people. Feel free to explain the psychology of that. Speaking of clubs, Trump was one of the first guys to make an exclusive club in Florida open to Jews and blacks.
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Update on Status and Other Things Going OnMy world, like all of yours probably, shrank dramatically 36 days ago. It shrank even more 2 weeks after that when I tested positive for Covid. I'm now a full 10 days since my last symptoms, but I'm not healthy yet, for a variety of reasons. I'd say I'm 95%. So let's pick through what's been going on. To begin with, there's 'reinfection' taking place, although at very low levels. I'm skeptical of these stories. My guess is these are relapses. I almost experienced a relapse, as did other people I know, when I thought I was healthy enough to rake leaves for one hour. ONE HOUR. That was 4 days after the last symptoms. Nope. Wound up in bed the whole next day. Another person (who had scolded me telling me to be more careful) thought it wise to try and cut his lawn the day after I tried to rake. 6 days out, he wound up in bed for a day after only pushing the mower for 10 minutes. Still another, crazier, friend went for a 3 mile run a week after. He finished a mile and had to struggle to walk home, spending 2 days in bed. My feeling is people recover, feel good, try to do too much, and relapse. Since my raking adventure, I've only gone on walks. None longer than an hour, once a day. I'm still winded, but feeling stronger. As the linked article points out, "For now, the most likely explanation of why people are retesting positive seems to be that the test is picking up remnants of the virus." I'm sure if I was tested again, I'd likely be positive. So I'm taking it easy, not pushing it. I'll try to push a little a week from now, when I'll (hopefully) feel much better. I've regained 3 of the 8 pounds I lost, so my appetite is back, and that was likely water weight, due to how dehydrated I was. At this point, I have learned quite a bit more about the nature of what I had. I'm still not overwhelmed by its dangers. I know 10 people who tested positive. I know 10 more who definitely had it, but their doctors told them not to get tested because 'tests are for those in real need'. I have a friend at FEMA, instrumental in doing work in NYC, who told me the scare stories are just scare stories. They saw what was really going on, handling resource procurement and (now) distribution to other states. I know people who lost relatives, and we do believe (as we found out today) a relative who was in a home may have contracted it and died. So I have not said (nor would I say) this is not a dangerous virus. Certainly it requires an abundance of caution and respect. I don't believe in 'solutions' only trade offs, when politics is involved. You have to hurt someone to help someone with a political solution. It is inevitable. As a result, I believe this 'solution' was overkill of the worst kind. The trade offs are starting to be apparent...and will become more stark as they extend this.
Continue reading "Update on Status and Other Things Going On" Saturday morning links: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."Yeah, the world has gone crazy. What else is new? Get out there and buy a coffee and a donut - and don't worry, be happy. An appreciation of Weird Al Yankovic BBC Sports Broadcaster Gives Colorful Commentary Of His Dogs Fighting Over A Chew Toy This university is offering credit for learning to play Dungeons and Dragons More Than 400 News Outlets Partner With A Project Seeking Media To Beef Up Climate Coverage Amid Pandemic The Limits of Clean Energy - If the world isn’t careful, renewable energy could become as destructive as fossil fuels. Joe Scarborough's Bowing, Scraping Question to Biden: Can You Talk About People's Pain? Joe Biden’s Double Standard - Confronting a sexual-harassment allegation, will the former vice president demand the due-process protections that he previously denied to others? For three years, the left has been peddling the story that the Russians interfered in the 2016 election in collaboration with the Trump campaign, with the ridiculous Steele Dossier cited as the proof.Now, the Party Line has shifted. The Russians still did it, says the new line, possibly working with the Clinton campaign, only they fed disinformation to the gullible... Was Trump the Only One in Washington Innocent of Russian Collusion? At Long Last John Solomon Says Indictments May Be Coming This Week in Obama’s Spygate Scandal Waiting for the truth CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK MAY HAVE STARTED AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER, SCIENTISTS SAY David Warren: The world cannot be fixed What Is The Proof That This Covid-19 Thing Really Is A "Crisis," Or That Economic Suppression Is The Solution? Beef processors are closing U.S. plants, warn of beef shortages and hoarding Are You Wearing Sweatpants While Working At Home During Bat Soup Virus? The LA Times Is Not Happy With You Why coronavirus jobs crisis isn’t as bad as it may seem Dr. Ronny Jackson to Newsmax TV: Time to Open Texas SICHEL: Either We Wait For A Vaccine, Or We Turn The Lights On Now That is too rational Tammy Duckworth Falsely Accuses President Trump of Killing Americans in Coronavirus Crisis by Withholding Ventilators Such trash talk. There are too many ventilators, plus they don't work well for covid oneumonia anyway Influential COVID-19 Model Uses Flawed Methods And Shouldn’t Guide U.S. Policies, Critics Say 2.9 Million Americans Already Delinquent on Home Loans Thanks to Fauci Lockdown – Open The Economy! “THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING” IS NOW “THE BUCK PASSER IN CHIEF” Whatever he does is wrong cuz he is retarded orangeman Why Epidemiologists Still Don’t Know The Death Rate From COVID-19 Lower than anyone thinks COVID-19 Is A Man-Made Virus: HIV-Discoverer Says "Could Only Have Been Created In A Lab" Internal memos reveal Chinese leaders delayed warning public of coronavirus pandemic Duh. Lying is an Asian thing. Multicultural understanding, you know? China Is Bargain Hunting—and Western Security Is at Risk. Beijing could use the coronavirus-induced economic crisis to go on a buying spree. The U.S. and European governments must restrict the purchasing of distressed companies in sensitive sectors. WaPo: WHO Has A China Problem — But It’s Waaaay Worse Than That Washington Post: Anti-Israel Activist Spews More Gaza Coronavirus Agitprop Lying is a middle-eastern thing too. Ever been to a middle-eastern market? Friday, April 17. 2020Andrew Sullivan is wrong, and balancing riskRe Sullivan's: How to Live With COVID-19 The opening up of work and life is not a black and white choice between health and wealth. If it were, that would be an easy choice. We're not talking about wealth here. We're talking about a functional life, working, being useful and social, paying bills, not losing shelter, staying solvent. This Chinese virus is not ever going away. It's here to stay like all viruses, and many if not most people will be exposed to it before 2021. However, viruses tend to run rapidly through a population over about two months and then just stick around more quietly forever, waiting for opportunity. Some people will get sick and die, regardless. The trick now is how to balance illness and death risks with destroyed lives, careers, futures, families, and businesses. I still feel that the lockdowns and stay at home programs were extreme responses, but I understand that they were issued in the absence of data and in an atmosphere of panic (eg, 2 million Americans dead!). Lockdowns do not really save lives, and that is not what they are for anyway. The Trump administration's plan makes good sense to me, with calm guidelines but leaving local decisions local without a one-size-fits-all for this giant country. After all, the federal officials and world experts weren't omniscient, were they? They never are. Nobody is. I do appreciate that Dr. Fauci now says I can go back onto Tinder, but where will I go to meet that special girl in person? Maybe for a 6-foot distanced walk up and down 5th Ave...with masks? That would be a memorable way to meet your true love, masked and anonymous. It might work. One question for readers: Do those with secure cash flows have different ideas from those who do not?
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Friday morning linksParallels Between COVID-19 Alarm and Global Warming Alarm Hinderaker: WE ARE NEEDLESSLY DEVASTATING OUR COUNTRY THE END OF NEW YORK: Mayor deBlasio Says New York City Will Not Reopen Until July or August AT THE EARLIEST! Subways were the culprit Masks, hand-washing, and gloves might have prevented a lot of that Vanderleun: Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are The entire country has cabin fever Fauci Says Tinder Hookups Okay During Coronavirus Lockdowns: “Your Choice Regarding a Risk” Trump Says Guidelines Would Allow Some States To Reopen "Tomorrow" Leaves it up to states and cities. Good Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Says State Will Reopen May 1 Why politicians can't just restart the economy Only people can do that. Media sensationalism has scared the heck out of otherwise rational people, and scared the crap out of those who are fearful people anyway Now Is Exactly the Time to Investigate the WHO’s Catastrophic Public Failures and Internal Rot. China’s incredible coronavirus counts Hillary Bought Russian Disinformation - The latest revelations about the Steele dossier reveal who the real colluders were. Big surprise Steele Source Voiced ‘Strong Support’ For Hillary Clinton, Had Ties To Kremlin Duh. Follow the money. Thursday, April 16. 2020CoronapoliticsFrom I&!, Media Hope In COVID-19 They Finally Have The Event That Will Destroy Trump
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Thursday morning linksFrantz Fanon and the American Racial Eros - Forty years after the death of Jean-Paul Sartre, who wrote the controversial preface to Fanon’s ‘Black Skin, White Masks,’ white guilt is still tied to masochism Social Action' as a Bogus Alternative to True Education Wanna Teach? Submit a Killer ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ Statement Here’s Why Grocery Store Shelves Are Empty Binge Nation: Average American Streams 8 Hours Of Content Per Day During Coronavirus Outbreak! The New York Times Knows Nobody Believes It about Biden, Kavanaugh, and Sexual Assault Dean Baquet Makes No Sense Time To Get Serious -- Or Time To Go Completely Crazy? MSNBC Host: Do You Know How Many Americans Die During Trump’s Coronavirus Briefings? When It Comes to the Chinese Virus, the PRC Has Something to Hide Ventilators for COVID might do more harm than good Coronavirus lockdown overdrive and other commentary Who Will Get Blamed If Coronavirus Shutdown Turns Out To Be A Massive Overreaction? NYC Adds Nearly 4,000 People Who Never Tested Positive To Coronavirus Death Tolls A Comic Strip Tour Of The Wild World Of Pandemic Modeling Dr. Fauci: Nation Seeing 'Light at the End of the Tunnel' Liberate America by Turning the Political Pain up to 11 WHO Blocked Doctors From Urging Border Controls To Stop Spread Of COVID-19 Six Days In Hubei: How China’s Lies And Intimidation Cost The World Its Last Chance To Stop A Pandemic Wednesday, April 15. 2020Wednesday morning linksTARGETED: Christian Baker Sued AGAIN, This Time Over Transgender Cake "Pour encourager les autres" Harvard to Hold Anti-Homeschooling Summit Sheesh “How Am I Violating Social Distancing When I Go Fishing, by Myself, on My Boat" Chaos by the Bay - San Francisco responds to the coronavirus with an experiment in lawlessness. Hedge Fund Managers Quietly Apply For Bailouts As Small Businesses That's called hutzpah BB: Trump Installs Ejection Seats Throughout Press Briefing Room Zero New Coronavirus Cases In New York, NBC News Says Wow Reports: These Places Will Be Re-opened First Under Trump's Post-Wuhan Coronavirus Roadmap Coronavirus, and the Media's Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics In another 4 weeks of closure, the US economy will be destroyed for years, meaning lives and careers destroyed, despair, desperation Fauci v. Fauci: How America’s infectious disease chief evolved his pandemic advice - Before he embraced social distancing, Fauci recommended cruises, and dismissed a ban on restaurants as ‘overkill,’ review of comments shows. The experts were wrong, especially the British study that predicted that 2 million Americans could die :
Coronavirus case and death counts in U.S. ridiculously low
Re the former, I believe the purpose is to reduce pressure on medical care, because there is no way to indefinitely avoid exposure, illness, death. This germ is out there forever and a vaccine is a year away. Re the latter question, we'll never know. The US is not Sweden. Hinderaker: WE NEVER NEEDED TO FLATTEN THE CURVE Time Approaches For Trump To Act To Open Economy, Even If Democrats Hope for Lengthy Recession Graham: ‘This Effort to Destroy Trump No Matter the Cost of the Country Is Getting a Bit Old’ — ‘It’s Pissing a Lot of People Off’ ‘Action Will Be Taken’: Georgia Democrats Vow Revenge On Lawmaker Who Endorsed Trump WHO Official Says She Suspected Human-To-Human COVID-19 Transmission ‘Right From The Start’ — But The WHO Echoed Misleading Chinese Claims To The Contrary For Weeks Nunes: More Criminal Referrals Against Dems Involved in the Russia Scam May Be Coming AG Barr just signaled that things are about to get ugly for the Russia collusion team Tuesday, April 14. 2020Trusting ChinaGeraghty's Powerful Americans Were Catastrophically Wrong about China: Nobody had the data, so nobody was alarmed. Even in February, 6 or 7 weeks ago, Dr. Fauci was reassuringly saying "just a flu, go to restaurants, etc." Our experts were consistently wrong in their guesses, jumping from sanguine to reckless panic, not just because of China but because they were all flying blind - VFR into IMC. ReparationsI was speaking with a friend, prior to the lockdown, about Covid and the political repercussions. His view was the politicians would overreact/overreach for one reason - demographics. He believed, and this is now proving to be correct, that the black population would be disproportionately hit. There are higher incidences of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, smoking, alcoholism - all at-risk traits. As a result, there'd be a need to try to 'protect' these people and manage the data. They did a good job with the data, but as usual, you can't hide the truth all the time. These at-risk traits are the natural result of bondage to the state. As the US moved heavily to institutionalize all kinds of state aid to 'lift up' a downtrodden people, the government created a permanent underclass that is in thrall to the state, and engaging more irresponsible behaviors as a result (please note, I'm not saying black people are irresponsible - this is true of people of many ethnicities who have become multi-generational recipients of state aid). Taking responsibility for one's life is hard, and it's hard work. The state can step in and solve all that for you, though. Free health care, free food, free homes. It's good stuff, if you can get it. You can even become a 'Covid Patriot' full time by just going along with state aid. So it's no surprise to see calls for 'reparations' for Covid hitting the black population so hard. Yes, they have suffered more. I'm not sure the survivors deserve 'reparations' though. After all, it's hit men disproportionately, too. Perhaps we can have calls for Covid reparations for men?
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Tuesday morning linksPhoto from a reader: Robin's nest in front door Easter wreath A 64-year-old man accidentally ejected himself from a fighter jet at 2,500 feet UF students: It's 'morally wrong' for landlords to charge full rent in these 'trying times' Pope Francis Calls for 'Structural' Change Activists to Take Advantage of Coronavirus Crisis How Italy’s family unity is its biggest weakness against coronavirus - An asymptomatic child could very easily pass the disease to a vulnerable grandparent What went wrong with the media’s coronavirus coverage? And can we do better? Dr. Fauci: The US Got “Misinformation” From China On Coronavirus… Dems scramble to defend China in 3… 2… 1… Anthony Fauci Wrong About A Whole Lot Fauci Told NBC in February That Social Distancing Not Necessary Wuhan Coronavirus Shutdowns Hitting America’s Farms 'Elbow to elbow:' North America meat plant workers fall ill, walk off jobs Mnuchin flexes muscles on airline coronavirus aid — a taste of what other companies may face No free $ Enough is enough! This is not 'the big one' New Study Finds 28 Million Americans Likely Infected by Coronavirus — Puts US Mortality Rate at 0.1% Just Like the Seasonal Flu Eight Reasons To End The Lockdowns Now Here's What The Reopening Of The US Economy Could Look Like Here’s Biden’s Plan To ‘Safely Reopen America’ Hmm. It's Trump's plan Nancy Pelosi Snaps On Trump, Says His Handling Of Coronavirus Is ‘Almost Sinful’ Never says what she would do Trump Shreds CBS Reporter Paula Reid Reporters have become trolls, not information-gatherers Brutal Trump-de-Force at the Coronavirus Hearing Leaves Media Screaming 'Pull the Plug!' Whatever decisions the Trump admin makes are too soon or too late, excessive or not enough, too fast or too slow. The Democratic Party’s Socialist Makeover Is Only Delayed CNN: ‘People Are Dying’ Because Trump ‘Acting a Fool’ Italy gave China PPE to help with coronavirus — then China made them buy it back. Reports of Beijing’s diplomacy go from bad to worse NY TIMES CHANGED BIDEN SEXUAL ASSAULT STORY AT REQUEST OF CAMPAIGN It looks like Putin conned the FBI into the ‘Russiagate’ probe The 13 revelations showing the FBI never really had a Russia collusion case to begin with Monday, April 13. 2020Tradesmen and other hard workers
Right now, they are desperate for work and offering bids which are almost 50% of what they would have done 6 months ago. So my feeling is this is the time to get a lot of jobs off your checklist in affordable and prompt ways, but don't be a schnorrer. They are all under-bidding eachother just to stay busy and to keep their helpers working. A minor profit is better than nothing. These people have families to feed, and times are tough. If you can, put these people to work and don't give them a hard time about it. Do it for America. Monday morning linksMaggie's HQ Easter Report: Went out early to do some outdoor chores after a morning run. Repairing and painting birdhouses, planting some herbs, shed-cleaning, shrub pruning. Almost stepped on (photo) a Robin's egg in the grass. Sheesh, like a perfect Easter Egg. Then I saw a baby Cottontail bunny hopping away. That is called an Easter Blessing. Then, in respect for my father-in-law (quarantining sort-of, here) we streamed Cardinal Dolan's Easter mass at St. Patrick's. What a fine fellow he is. Later, I watched a squirrel enjoying that egg. New York without New Yorkers: The city at its emptiest:
Progressive Destruction: The Pandemic is the Perfect Time to Abolish the Family. There's no nightmare the Left won't pursue to achieve its earthly paradise Coronavirus: At least two NHS hospitals trialling anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine hailed by Trump The Post-Quarantine City - What New York can do to ensure a sturdy recovery from Covid-19 REPORT: 30%-50% Of Patients In Chicago Tested For COVID-19 Already Have Antibodies In System JPMorgan Predicts GDP Will Completely Crater, Forecasts a Staggering 40 Percent Second Quarter Drop U.S. government gave $3.7million grant to Wuhan lab at center of coronavirus leak scrutiny that was performing experiments on bats from the caves where the disease is believed to have originated THE EXPERTS HAVE BEEN WRONG OVER AND OVER AGAIN ON THIS PANDEMIC WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT EXPERTS? How Long has the Chinese Coronavirus Really Been in America? Sunday Talks – Dr. Fauci Plays The Hindsight Game With Furrowed Brow Tapper… From somewhere: Dr. Fauci is a slippery one, a CYA guy like most people in government Why Are We So Scared? Trump Uses Persuasion, Not Force, in Coronavirus Crisis. So of course that’s not acceptable either. Liberals Panicked by Virus Are Trying to Buy Guns, and Are Shocked and Outraged About All the Hoops They Have to Jump Through ‘Crossed the line’: Ban-happy Michigan governor blasted for ‘insane’ overreach in response to coronavirus outbreak (here are several examples) The WHO Lied and Created a Global Panic: Second Extensive Study Finds Coronavirus Mortality Rate Is 0.4% Not 3.4% — Similar to Seasonal Flu New Data Shows U.S. Companies Are Definitely Leaving China Good ‘China Was Not Truthful’: Ex-FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb Explains How Beijing Misled The World About Coronavirus Dr. Fauci: Coronavirus Erupted in December While China Lied About Human-to-Human Spread China lied? That's a dog bites man story China Seals Border with Russia as Imported Virus Cases Surge China’s desperate attempt to erase its connection to the Wuhan coronavirus is not going well How Weird Could The 2020 Campaign Get? You Have No Idea New York Times edits Biden sexual assault coverage, deletes references to past inappropriate 'hugs, kisses and touching' America Must Have a 'Regime Collapse' Strategic Goal for Iran Really? Leave it up to their people. Saturday, April 11. 2020The relatively good news
As Scott Adams says every day, models are not information. Models are for persuasion. He knows, because he once had a job making them. Did the shutdowns help prevent mass catastrophe? We will never really know. I suspect that it did help hospitals manage their flow of difficult cases, which was the purpose. They seem to be managing fairly well. Stress is their job.
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Where did COVID-19 really come from? This is about China
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Saturday morning linksA general question: Why don't Beijing or Shanghai have a virus problem? I've seen no answer. Was travel completely blocked? The Resurrection of Jesus in the Light of Jewish Burial Practices Mort Drucker has died, age 94, after many years of drawing covers and other art for Mad Magazine Cardinal Pell’s Acquittal Corrected Many Legal Errors What Do You Do With Your 401(k) During the COVID-19 Crisis 100 years ago, polio terrorized New York. The US defeated the disease in 1972, but it still persists elsewhere. How COVID-19 Could Shift The College Business Model: ‘It’s Hard To Go Back’ Call It a Ponzi Scheme - Even during the Covid-19 crisis, colleges abuse their economic and reputational privileges. Fauci: Coronavirus antibody tests coming, immunity certificates 'being discussed' No, NYC Is Not Running Out of Burial Space Due to COVID-19 Journalists excel at perfect hindsight Democrats seem to be enjoying this authoritarian moment President Trump Says "Two Very Smart People" Came into His Office and Urged Him to Lock Down Economy or 2.2 Million Americans Would Die "Let Them Fail" - Billionaire Explains To Gobsmacked CNBC Host How Capitalism Is Supposed To Work U.S. consumer prices post largest drop in five years amid coronavirus disruptions Libertarians are losing the argument The Climate Crisis Could Maybe Possibly We Think Cause Lots Of Extinctions Or Something ‘Blaming China and WHO Isn’t Scapegoating’ NBC News Reports on Trump’s Crime Against Humanity TRUMP'S MIRACLE DRUG: French Study of 1,000+ Patients Including Seniors See 98% Success Rate with Hydroxychloroquine-Azithromycin Regimen Boeing plans limited return to work next week after coronavirus shutdown: reports Good News: Texas Governor Greg Abbott Eyes Reopening Economy in Texas Leadership Means Reopening America Now Dr. Birx: ‘We’ve taken a very liberal approach to mortality’ Pelosi to Trump: Reopening Country Too Quickly Will 'Make Matters Worse' Racial warrior offended when the Surgeon General tells minorities that behavior affects virus risks FBI failed to review Steele's ties to Russians, warned some of dossier was Moscow disinformation. Declassified footnote lays out intelligence community concerns about Steele's ties to Russia and disinformation FBI Knew Before Mueller Probe That Hillary’s Steele Dossier Was Russian Disinformation What's The Bailout Situation In Europe? House Oversight Committee Members Press WHO for Role in Spreading China’s Propaganda UN’s Irrelevance in Corona Crisis Invites a Rethink of the World Body Friday, April 10. 2020Friday morning linksThe Plague Has Been Quietly Killing Yellowstone Cougars for a Decade.Researchers found that almost half of the mountain lions they tested showed signs of plague infection Earth Day Founder Dies in Prison After Composting Girlfriend A top German doctor recommends whiskey to protect against COVID-19 Works for me and my father-in-law. Coffee also a miracle preventative. Science says so. Pope Francis Links Bat Soup Virus To ‘Climate Change’ I wish he would just stick to his knitting instead of riding all of his socio-cultural hobby horses. I'd like to give the guy the benefit of doubt, but sheesh. It's Holy Week. Can we focus on Christ instead of talking about the weather? UW-Madison editorial calls to 'decolonize' 'eurocentric, whitewashed, sexist' curriculum Colleges and Universities Already Panicking About Finances Over Shutdowns Vanderleun on lost friends Ace has an amusing and edgy review of the news Bill Gates suggests reopening businesses without vaccine Well, obviously. Life must go on. CDC Relaxing Some Virus Restrictions, Letting Some Essential Workers Return to Work As Insty would say, Faster Please
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Kamala Harris Describes a Perfect Coronavirus Response, Accidentally Describing All Things that Trump’s Done Unhinged: James Carville Says Republicans ‘Will Kill People To Stay In Power’… Barr: “No Basis” For Crossfire Hurricane, “One Of The Greatest Travesties In American History” designed to sabotage Trump presidency Sure looks like that Kissinger’s Call for a New World Order Feds move to block China-owned telecom service from operating in US Why the US must quit negotiating with Iran EU Court Of Justice Rules Poland, Hungary, & Czech Republic Broke EU Law Who cares? Thursday, April 9. 2020Thursday morning linksJohn Prine, Singer-Songwriter Known for Wit and Warmth, Dies of Coronavirus at 73 For Passover this year, China will take Pharaoh’s role How to Wear a Face Mask Without Fogging Up Your Glasses 'A disastrous situation': mountains of food wasted as coronavirus scrambles supply chain Supermarkets seem fine. I think most of the issue is the sudden lack of their other commercial orders Trump needs a get-America-back-to-work team Agreed, but maybe they have one already Safety Protocols for Getting Back to Work CDC issues new guidance saying essential workers who have been exposed to COVID-19 can Return to work if showing no symptoms in first step towards reopening the U.S. Good. That is step 1 White House Coronavirus Model Gets Updated Second Time In Four Days, Downgrading Deaths, Hospitalizations Again Dr. Fauci: US Should See 'Beginning of a Turnaround' After This Week The CDC Confesses to Lying About COVID-19 Death Numbers NYC Did Have Ventilators Stockpiled, But They Auctioned Them Off, Now They’re Scrambling They seem to be fine now The FDA Graveyard - Absurd bureaucratic strictures are hindering efforts to fight Covid-19. Trump Admin Expects To Roll Out ‘Millions’ Of These Tests Next Month To Help Reopen The Country Dr. Birx: Relaxing Social Distancing Could Bring Second Wave We get that Coronavirus Death Predictions Bring New Meaning to Hysteria WHO illustrates the idea of regulatory capture Doesn't Everybody "Need" A Bailout? Defense official says media reports about November coronavirus intel assessment are false Fake news, just like Trump's investment Lessons on Leadership From the USS Theodore Roosevelt The pandemic ‘sugar pill’ hospital executives sold the Trump administration in 2018. In a survey released 18 months ago, 86 percent of hospital administrators reported they were prepared for an infectious outbreak. They were not. Joe Biden Sexual Assault Allegation Made Alyssa Milano Backtrack on 'Believing All Women'. Under fire for refusing to support Tara Reade, Milano says she never thought #MeToo would "destroy innocent men." Wednesday, April 8. 2020Wednesday funnies
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The speed is remarkableTrump Admin Expects To Roll Out ‘Millions’ Of These Tests Next Month To Help Reopen The Country Just hope you test positive. The more people who test positive, the better for the country. If elederly, overweight, or have other issues, if you test negative you might chose to remain in jail for a while. Still, I think we'll be surprised by how many people have the covid antibodies already. If you even had a stuffy nose in the past 3 months, you might have the covid antibodies. If you don;t know what they are, read up on them. The animal body has unbelievable abilities. What is an antibody? Read and learn some basic biology.
Wednesday morning linksA yellow fever outbreak made Greenwich Village A book: The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Historical Photos Of The 1918 Spanish Flu That Show What A Global Pandemic Looked Like In The 1910s Finally, justice for George Cardinal Pell "Jews in Music" Presented by The Genesis Prize Foundation - video NYC schools pull the plug on Zoom following FBI warning Zoom = China BlackBerry uncovers China-backed hacking campaign Heroes of the pandemic: Former CEO of RadioShack now an ER doctor on frontlines of COVID-19 fight The Origin of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan. We don’t know yet. But contrary to recent reporting, science does not rule out a lab accident or even bioterrorism. Paris Announces Ban On Outdoor Exercise Why? VENTILATORS ARE NO PANACEA Of course not Blame Trump! No vaccine will cure this virus. Experts Recommend Disinfecting Television After Trump Has Been On
Doctor: Prepare For 18 More Months Of Distancing And Economic Pain. We Have No Choice. Doctors have tunnel vision WSJ: In Coronavirus Response, Republicans and Democrats Like Big Government. Policies to contain the pandemic fallout could redefine Washington’s role in the economy Good News: Cuomo Says NY Curve Is Flattening, They Haven’t Lost Anyone Due to Lack of Equipment Officials See Signs Pandemic’s Toll May Not Match Worst Fears Government To Decide What Items Are Essential Purchases And What Things You're Not Allowed To Buy Tucker Carlson Drops a MOAB on Mainstream Media Hydroxychloroquine Deniers A commenter somewhere:
NY Times Deceptively Reports That Trump Has ‘Financial Interest’ in Hydroxychloroquine Of course Libs Triggered After Trump Asks Reporter, ‘Who Are You Working for, China?’; Turns out She Does For a Chinese propaganda org, no less More People Died Of Suicide Last Week In Tennessee Than COVID-19 There's the problem Durham’s On the Way. The investigation that will push coronavirus aside. We'll see... Tuesday, April 7. 2020Dr. Michael Burry speaksI agree with him. We need to get business back in business, with reasonable precautions of course. Since this virus will be circulating for years, the political challenge is when. The first patient who dies after opening up will be Trump's fault. Meanwhile, lives are being destroyed. As Scott Adams asks, How Many Grandmas Would You End to Get Back to Work? Make Your Case
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Free photography classes from NikonThe antibody testNow approved by the FDA, but already in use in other countries. The sooner we can get it everywhere here, the better. It might take a week or two. Obviously, if you have recovered from a confirmed case, you are good to go. Despite the careful caveats in the article, what a positive test basically tells you is that you have been exposed to covid and have immunity to it. That means you have no to minimal risk, and are no risk to anybody else.
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