What do you think about making a separate thread of what is going on with coronavirus at your country/town? In order to know what is really going on.
It's fine to stick to one thread; less housekeeping.
What do you think about making a separate thread of what is going on with coronavirus at your country/town? In order to know what is really going on.
Trump, Macron, Gov. DeWine and I believe one other official has referenced war in regards to this coronavirus. I'm not sure what exactly to make of this - intentional bio-warfare?proclaims war against an invisible enemy.
The following was pointedly sent to me on Facebook today by my cousin who loves to point out that I am wrong on everything - climate science, diet, health, etc., etc. Would love some feedback!
"Feeling confused as to why Coronavirus is a bigger deal than Seasonal flu? Here it is in a nutshell. I hope this helps. Feel free to share this to others who don’t understand...
It has to do with RNA sequencing.... I.e. genetics.
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If by crazy you mean irrational, then I would have to agree. If you mean general weirdness, then no, it can get way better than this. Nemesis appearing in the sky, a few well-placed cometary impacts, going on a trip and arriving at the destination two weeks before you left, driving to New Mexico and "skipping over," part of one's consciousness phase shifting into a parallel universe, the whole world becoming kind of like skinwalker ranch... The haughty NSA quaking in its boots, now that's something I would like to see. Compared to that this is a picnic. At least in that situation people could be forgiven for thinking it's the end of the world, although I would be quite excited, if a little disoriented. The fact that the world is behaving as if those things were happening due to this "nonpandemic," a zombie apocalypse videogame that people hallucinate into their real lives when they put down the controller, has me preternaturally flabbergasted.
March 18, 2020 - WASHINGTON — A federal government plan to combat the coronavirus warned policymakers last week that a pandemic “will last 18 months or longer” and could include “multiple waves,” resulting in widespread shortages that would strain consumers and the nation’s health care system.
The 100-page plan, dated Friday, the same day President Donald Trump declared a national emergency, laid out a grim prognosis for the spread of the virus and outlined a response that would activate agencies across the government and potentially employ special presidential powers to mobilize the private sector.
Among the “additional key federal decisions” listed among the options for Trump was invoking the Defense Production Act of 1950, a Korean War-era law that authorizes a president to take extraordinary action to force American industry to ramp up production of critical equipment and supplies such as ventilators, respirators and protective gear for health care workers.
March 18, 2020 - Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a $100-billion emergency aid package that ensures sick leave to Americans workers who fall ill from the new coronavirus, with more federal assistance in the pipeline.
It provides for free coronavirus testing for those who need it, sick pay and paid family leave, and bolsters unemployment insurance for millions of Americans.
The legislation aims to strengthen protections in the face of a global health crisis that has already killed more than 110 people in the United States,
March 19, 2020 - JERUSALEM (AP) — With the Israeli government enacting a series of emergency measures to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing growing accusations that he is exploiting the crisis to entrench himself in power and undermining the country's democratic foundations.
Amid a wave of sweeping restrictions that have put Israel in near shutdown mode, Netanyahu has managed to postpone his own pending criminal trial, authorize unprecedented electronic surveillance of Israeli citizens and block parliament from pressing ahead with legislation aimed at pushing him from office.
The moves, on the heels of the country's third inconclusive election in less than a year and under the shadow of Netanyahu's corruption indictment, sparked leading opposition figure Yair Lapid to tell Israeli citizens that they “no longer live in a democracy.”
“There is no judicial branch in Israel. There is no legislative branch in Israel. There is only an unelected government that is headed by a person who lost the election. You can call that by a lot of names, it isn’t a democracy,” he said in a recorded video.
Presenting himself as the responsible adult steering the country through an unprecedented crisis, he has defended the tough steps, including the electronic surveillance, as measures that he has reluctantly been forced to impose to save lives while his opponents are focused on petty politics.
In a televised interview Wednesday, said that during his 11 years as prime minister, he had previously always refused to use surveillance — normally used to hunt down wanted Palestinian militant — on Israeli citizens. He said there would be “maximum oversight” to protect privacy concerns. “The last thing I will do is harm democracy,” he said.
The liberal Haaretz daily responded Wednesday with a lead editorial titled “An Epidemic of Surveillance.”
“Under the cover of the battle against the spread of the coronavirus, Interim Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is concentrating more and more power in his hands, with neither balances nor supervision,” it wrote. “At this time of emergency, and in order to keep from sliding down the slippery slope, it is critical to maintain proportionality and oversight.”
Following the March 2 election, Netanyahu has the support of only 58 lawmakers, leaving him three short of a majority in the 120-seat Knesset. Sixty-one lawmakers have come out in support of his opponent, Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz, while one refuses to endorse either side.
Backed by a narrow majority, Gantz, a former military chief, was tasked by Israel's president this week to try to form a new government.
In the meantime, Netanyahu has used a series of executive orders and other tactics to push forward his agenda while preventing parliament from convening.
The phone-surveillance plan was approved by the Cabinet in the middle of the night, without the traditional parliamentary oversight that is customary for such decisions.
Blue and White politician Gabi Ashkenazi, another former military chief who was supposed to oversee the committee, called Netanyahu's move a “heist in the dead of night.”
Blue and White has also taken aim at Netanyahu and his Likud party for preventing the newly elected parliament from convening under the guise of virus-related restrictions on public gatherings.
On Wednesday, Parliament Speaker Yuli Edelstein, a member of Likud, abruptly adjourned the Knesset, freezing Blue and White's plans to appoint new committees and advance legislation that could limit Netanyahu's time in office.
President Reuven Rivlin warned the country's democratic system was being threatened.
Netanyahu and Gantz held an emergency meeting this week to discuss the possibility of establishing a unity government to end the prolonged political paralysis. But progress appeared unlikely as they continued to bicker.
Earlier this week, Netanyahu's hand-picked justice minister, in the middle of the night, declared a state of emergency in the court system a day before Netanyahu's trial was to begin. The decree, citing the coronavirus crisis, postponed Netanyahu's trial until May.
In his TV interview, Netanyahu lashed back at his critics. “While I manage the war against the coronavirus and the fight for saving the lives of citizens of Israel,” he said, ”they are only planning how to depose a prime minister."
Netanyahu critics have suggested that the crisis landed on the prime minister's lap at just the right time.
“The coronavirus will pass at some point or another," commentator Ben Caspit wrote in Maariv. “After we bury our dead, we are also going to have to administer last rites to our democracy.”
The current situation reminded me of the following exchange:
(Pierre) Can financial markets be disconnected forever from reality?
A: No.
Q: (Pierre) So the next crash, will it be engineered by financial operators, or will it be reality catching up the financial illusion?
A: Latter mostly.
(Scottie) It can be partially engineered, and then reality catches up and makes it REALLY bad...
A: Yes
Q: (L) Yeah, they think they're going to be able to take it down and bring it back up again.
(Scottie) Exactly. They think they're going to be able to control it, and then: OOPS!
(L) And then it's going to be like having a tiger by the tail.
Less than 3 weeks till April and one wonders how APRIL DROP DEAD DATE will manifest this year - less regarding people and maybe more regarding economics - the global ponzi scheme finally crashes and burns? Covid-19 will serve as the cover excuse rather than the global elite's criminal racketeering.
Session 25 August 2006
Q: (Guest:SD) Is there a time by which I should definitely be in France?
A: April drop dead date.
Q: (Galahad) “Drop dead date”. God! (Perceval) That’s a loaded answer. (Galahad) Does “drop dead” apply to Guest:SD or is this more general?
A: General.
Q: (Mr. Scott) Oh, great! (Alana) What does it mean “Drop dead date”? (Perceval) What does it sound like? A date that somebody or something drops dead.
A: Wait and see.
If as more data about covid-19 continues to suggest that these measures were unnecessary (in the way they are being implemented) and the economy does not recover and goes into "free fall", there will be a backlash unlike anything the 'elite' have ever seen.
I'm beginning to figure out who exactly the "war" is going to be against! And, as previously posted with the Breaking story, the National Guard is being utilized - phasing them in in an humanitarian way for now, but then . . . see Corbett video!In an attempt to slow the spread of the virus, the governor already had closed schools, gyms, bars, restaurants, movie theaters and more. If Ohioans refuse to listen and stay home, DeWine said, he may have to close everything except essential services.
Kroger CEO says, ‘There’s plenty of food in the supply chain’
If you ask Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen about the potential for food shortages amid the new coronavirus outbreak that’s spreading across America, he’ll tell you what he and other retail executives told President Donald Trump on Sunday.
“We asked President Trump and Vice President (Mike) Pence to let people know there’s plenty of food and plenty of things in the supply chain,” McMullen told The Enquirer. “And as long as customers just buy what they need and don’t hoard, there will be no problems at all – there’s plenty of food in the supply chain.”
I confirm that too. I'm reading some exchanges between doctors on social medias and one of the doctors was angry against her own patients: while cancelling all 'non important" (i.e. non suspicion of corona) consultations, some patients were angry at the telephone against her secretary. Then that doctor says to the group (of doctors) if someone, like the syndicate or other instances, can convey that some patients don't cooperate and necessity to toughen coercitive measures..That's the really scary part. That there are a lot of people out there who would welcome totalitarian control with open arms, and sign up to be enforcers of it.
You can just read this thread and you will find your answer why is that like it is. What you see and what you think about this is shaped by fake news and propaganda. So you are telling this based on your perception. The real numbers tell something else. Go through this thread and then make a new post about the same subject. A lot of things will be much clearer.What about the number of deads in Italy? It isn´t a regular flu when you see a hospital full of bodies.