newswars--2020-04-16--Decentralization and Privatization Haven’t Gone Far Enough in Coronavirus Testing

Expertise is distributed across thousands of different minds in the medical community .
The only way to counteract the spread of an infectious illness such as the coronavirus is to take an all-hands-on-deck approach , allowing innovators in the field to advance new solutions as unique challenges emerge .
But instead , under the aegis of the federal government , nationwide medical decisions are made by a centralized slate of technocrats .
Everything hinges on their decisions , and because of the many mistakes they made during the month of February—called “ the lost month ” by the New York @ @ @ @ @ @ @ testing for a virus that was spreading in exponential magnitudes .
To save time approving new coronavirus tests , the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) dispensed with its standard review process and began granting emergency use authorizations ( EUAs ) .
But for weeks the only test authorized was the one developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) —all others were barred from use .
Then , problems experienced with the first shipment of these tests kept them from being used , instead requiring almost all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the CDC lab in Atlanta .
Only on February 26 were they given the ability to test again .
During this time , the CDC maintained a stringent set of qualifications for who could be tested in the first place , causing the virus to quietly spread through American communities .
And bureaucrats frequently lost the test forms of those did qualify , leading to a frenzied panic behind the scenes .
The crisis was simply unnavigable while left in federal control .
By the last week of February , after a full @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s test remained the only one available in the entire country .
On February 28 , a group of one hundred virologists and lab clinicians sent a letter to a few congressional committees , urging senators and congressmen to begin authorizing tests developed by clinical labs .
The same day , the American Society of Microbiologists wrote to the FDA calling for the same : Clinical laboratories follow a rigorous process for validation and implementation of laboratory-developed tests .
If this pathway was considered during an outbreak , it would allow for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ testing .
Many clinical laboratories have already validated high-complexity [ laboratory-developed tests ] for SARS-CoV-2 and could begin testing tomorrow , but can not do so due to the FDA EUA process .
Receiving this , the FDA at last began taking its blunders seriously .
On February 29 , it loosened its EUA policy , allowing all labs that were certified to perform high-complexity testing under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments ( CLIA ) to develop and use their own tests before receiving an EUA .
All they were required to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the FDA of their intentions , and submit an EUA request within fifteen business days .
Otherwise , they were free to test .
A Step in the Right Direction Toeing the line between appearing too restrictive and too permissive , the FDA chose to defer to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( CMS ) —the agency in charge of CLIA certification .
Most labs have to be certified under CLIA .
However , a legal exemption allows labs to operate without a certification if the CMS has determined their state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more strict than CLIA requirements .
Many well-qualified labs choose exemption to avoid the onerous , biennial recertification process and the CMS user fees that they would otherwise have to pay .
Unfortunately , the FDA only liberalized its policy for those who were certified , meaning that CLIA-exempt labs still had to wait through the EUA process under the guidelines , though many may have been much better equipped for testing .
Worse still , it just so happens that the only two states offering CLIA exemptions are those where tests , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Washington—the location of the US ’ s first outbreak—and New York—the epicenter of the crisis in America .
Furthermore , most private companies were left out of the mix .
Most of them do not count as “ labs ” and are outside of the CLIA certification process , leaving them unable to test without EUAs .
The North Carolina–based LabCorp was a key exception , making its tests available for order eleven days before an EUA was issued .
But aside from this , the market remained completely choked off .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ updated EUA policy was decidedly less burdensome to test production and thus worked as intended—helping to gradually reduce test shortages .
FDA commissioner Dr. Stephen Hanh confirmed that by mid-March “ more than 40 laboratories have notified us that they are testing or intend to begin testing soon under our new policy for laboratory-developed tests for this emergency.
” Deregulation worked—to the extent that it existed .
On February 29 , the FDA finally authorized the use of a second test , manufactured by the Wadsworth Center , a renowned public health lab @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s hands still remained tied—only the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Wadsworth lab itself were allowed to use the test .
As a result , the CDC remained the only health body capable of sending tests nationwide .
Mike Pence announced on March 1 that a new batch of fifteen thousand CDC kits had just been distributed , but the actual number was a lot smaller—about one hundred—which was nowhere near enough .
Widespread testing remained elusive .
Then on March 10 , after pleas from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the FDA amended the Wadsworth EUA , giving state health officials the power to approve other labs for use of the test .
From then on , any CLIA-certified lab from across the country could use the Wadsworth test just with New York ’ s say-so—an unprecedented localization of regulatory authority .
But it didn ’ t end there .
On March 12 , a third EUA was granted—this time to a test by Roche Molecular Systems , which could be used by all CLIA-certified labs countrywide .
This was even a step @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be bestowed special authority by anybody any longer .
The very next day , Roche began preparing four hundred thousand tests for shipment to labs across the country—the first shipments of many .
After that , the FDA began granting additional EUAs on a near daily basis—authorizing an additional nineteen tests by the end of March—each also available for use by all qualified , CLIA-certified labs .
Diagnostics manufacturer Thermo Fisher began distributing 1.5 million of its tests on March 15 , with many of its counterparts following soon after .
Private @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wide variety of tests began popping up with the help of the private sector .
Some are “ point-of-care ” tests , which can be performed anywhere—helping to save hospital beds .
Others can only be conducted in labs containing special machinery , which process large quantities of swabs at a much quicker pace .
Turnaround time has been another area of frequent innovation : Abbott Laboratories released a test at the end of March that can give results in as little as five minutes .
Even quick , easy at-home tests were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ production short .
Rolling back federal overreach helped expand not only the overall number of tests , but also the number of different types that could be accessed .
On March 16 , the FDA announced yet another policy change .
It finally allowed private manufacturers to distribute their tests before receiving an EUA ( and without CLIA certificates ) .
The regulatory structure was thoroughly decentralized , permitting each state to directly authorize tests developed within its borders—a licit sidestep of the FDA ’ s authority .
The problem remaining is autarky—states @ @ @ @ @ @ @ developers from their own states , making EUAs still necessary for these tests to be used nationwide .
Even still , on March 31 , the US passed the 1 million mark for the number of tests performed—a significant milestone , though achieved later than officials had hoped .
Moving into April the country was testing at much more suitable levels than it had been , more than one hundred thousand each day .
But after all this , some patients were still being refused tests .
The FDA ’ s policy changes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enough .
Imagine how much more success the US would have had in combating the virus if private tests had been made available earlier .
Roche , to name just one example , claims to have developed its test by January 30 , but it wasn ’ t approved until March 12—thanks to the convoluted EUA process .
Diagnosing more cases at the beginning of the crisis would have saved thousands of American lives later on .
But this isn ’ t uncharacteristic of the FDA—its snail ’ s-pace approval process regularly restricts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ killing tens of thousands of sick patients each year .
Even while granting EUAs as an emergency fast track , the agency fell fatally short .
It was forced to delegitimize its own authority just to save face .
But a serious solution must go deeper : the regulatory system must be turned on its head .
First , the FDA ’ s emergency decentralization policies must be made permanent and standard bearing .
Then , the March 16 guidelines have to be taken further , to their logical extreme : the FDA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by a patchwork of fifty-six little FDAs .
The health departments of all fifty states , the five major US territories , and Washington , DC , already have the infrastructure in place to regulate independently—it could become reality overnight with a single pen stroke .
Of course , this would be a mere stepping-stone on the road to further privatization and freedom of choice : the government ’ s rubber-stamp restrictionism will have to be completely dismantled state by state .
People must be free to use and ingest whatever products they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an advisory role but no force of law .
Coercion would be nowhere to be seen .
Then , the private certification market—which already grades food as organic and kosher—could quickly begin certifying drugs and diagnostics as “ safe ” and “ effective , ” leaving the remaining vestiges of the regulatory state to evaporate .
Had this free choice advisory system been in place during the current coronavirus pandemic , a wider array of tests would have been made available much sooner .
There would have been a lot less panic , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death if individuals and firms had been allowed the basic liberty of making decisions for themselves .

Expertise is distributed across thousands of different minds in the medical community.
The only way to counteract the spread of an infectious illness such as the coronavirus is to take an all-hands-on-deck approach, allowing innovators in the field to advance new solutions as unique challenges emerge.
But instead, under the aegis of the federal government, nationwide medical decisions are made by a centralized slate of technocrats. Everything hinges on their decisions, and because of the many mistakes they made during the month of February—called “the lost month” by the New York Times—the US was set far behind in testing for a virus that was spreading in exponential magnitudes.
The Problem
To save time approving new coronavirus tests, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) dispensed with its standard review process and began granting emergency use authorizations (EUAs). But for weeks the only test authorized was the one developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—all others were barred from use. Then, problems experienced with the first shipment of these tests kept them from being used, instead requiring almost all labs to centrally send their swabs through the CDC lab in Atlanta. Only on February 26 were they given the ability to test again.
During this time, the CDC maintained a stringent set of qualifications for who could be tested in the first place, causing the virus to quietly spread through American communities. And bureaucrats frequently lost the test forms of those did qualify, leading to a frenzied panic behind the scenes. The crisis was simply unnavigable while left in federal control.
Freedom for Laboratory-Developed Tests
By the last week of February, after a full month of mismanagement, the CDC’s test remained the only one available in the entire country. On February 28, a group of one hundred virologists and lab clinicians sent a letter to a few congressional committees, urging senators and congressmen to begin authorizing tests developed by clinical labs. The same day, the American Society of Microbiologists wrote to the FDA calling for the same:
Clinical laboratories follow a rigorous process for validation and implementation of laboratory-developed tests. If this pathway was considered during an outbreak, it would allow for a more rapid response to implementation of diagnostic testing. Many clinical laboratories have already validated high-complexity [laboratory-developed tests] for SARS-CoV-2 and could begin testing tomorrow, but cannot do so due to the FDA EUA process.
Receiving this, the FDA at last began taking its blunders seriously. On February 29, it loosened its EUA policy, allowing all labs that were certified to perform high-complexity testing under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) to develop and use their own tests before receiving an EUA. All they were required to do was internally validate their tests, notify the FDA of their intentions, and submit an EUA request within fifteen business days. Otherwise, they were free to test.
A Step in the Right Direction
Toeing the line between appearing too restrictive and too permissive, the FDA chose to defer to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)—the agency in charge of CLIA certification. Most labs have to be certified under CLIA. However, a legal exemption allows labs to operate without a certification if the CMS has determined their state licensure laws to be equal to or more strict than CLIA requirements. Many well-qualified labs choose exemption to avoid the onerous, biennial recertification process and the CMS user fees that they would otherwise have to pay.
Unfortunately, the FDA only liberalized its policy for those who were certified, meaning that CLIA-exempt labs still had to wait through the EUA process under the guidelines, though many may have been much better equipped for testing. Worse still, it just so happens that the only two states offering CLIA exemptions are those where tests, at the time, were needed most: Washington—the location of the US’s first outbreak—and New York—the epicenter of the crisis in America.
Furthermore, most private companies were left out of the mix. Most of them do not count as “labs” and are outside of the CLIA certification process, leaving them unable to test without EUAs. The North Carolina–based LabCorp was a key exception, making its tests available for order eleven days before an EUA was issued. But aside from this, the market remained completely choked off.
Yet even with these roadblocks, the updated EUA policy was decidedly less burdensome to test production and thus worked as intended—helping to gradually reduce test shortages. FDA commissioner Dr. Stephen Hanh confirmed that by mid-March “more than 40 laboratories have notified us that they are testing or intend to begin testing soon under our new policy for laboratory-developed tests for this emergency.” Deregulation worked—to the extent that it existed.
Decentralization in New York
On February 29, the FDA finally authorized the use of a second test, manufactured by the Wadsworth Center, a renowned public health lab in New York. But everyone’s hands still remained tied—only the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Wadsworth lab itself were allowed to use the test.
As a result, the CDC remained the only health body capable of sending tests nationwide. Mike Pence announced on March 1 that a new batch of fifteen thousand CDC kits had just been distributed, but the actual number was a lot smaller—about one hundred—which was nowhere near enough. Widespread testing remained elusive.
Then on March 10, after pleas from the New York Department of Public Health, the FDA amended the Wadsworth EUA, giving state health officials the power to approve other labs for use of the test. From then on, any CLIA-certified lab from across the country could use the Wadsworth test just with New York’s say-so—an unprecedented localization of regulatory authority. But it didn’t end there.
Private Manufacturers Save the Day
On March 12, a third EUA was granted—this time to a test by Roche Molecular Systems, which could be used by all CLIA-certified labs countrywide. This was even a step forward from the Wadsworth episode—no one had to be bestowed special authority by anybody any longer. The very next day, Roche began preparing four hundred thousand tests for shipment to labs across the country—the first shipments of many.
After that, the FDA began granting additional EUAs on a near daily basis—authorizing an additional nineteen tests by the end of March—each also available for use by all qualified, CLIA-certified labs. Diagnostics manufacturer Thermo Fisher began distributing 1.5 million of its tests on March 15, with many of its counterparts following soon after. Private production was majorly ramping up.
A wide variety of tests began popping up with the help of the private sector. Some are “point-of-care” tests, which can be performed anywhere—helping to save hospital beds. Others can only be conducted in labs containing special machinery, which process large quantities of swabs at a much quicker pace. Turnaround time has been another area of frequent innovation: Abbott Laboratories released a test at the end of March that can give results in as little as five minutes. Even quick, easy at-home tests were becoming available before the FDA cut their production short. Rolling back federal overreach helped expand not only the overall number of tests, but also the number of different types that could be accessed.
On March 16, the FDA announced yet another policy change. It finally allowed private manufacturers to distribute their tests before receiving an EUA (and without CLIA certificates). The regulatory structure was thoroughly decentralized, permitting each state to directly authorize tests developed within its borders—a licit sidestep of the FDA’s authority.
The problem remaining is autarky—states can only authorize the tests of private developers from their own states, making EUAs still necessary for these tests to be used nationwide. Even still, on March 31, the US passed the 1 million mark for the number of tests performed—a significant milestone, though achieved later than officials had hoped. Moving into April the country was testing at much more suitable levels than it had been, more than one hundred thousand each day.
But after all this, some patients were still being refused tests. The FDA’s policy changes neither came soon enough nor went far enough.
Solutions for the Future
Imagine how much more success the US would have had in combating the virus if private tests had been made available earlier. Roche, to name just one example, claims to have developed its test by January 30, but it wasn’t approved until March 12—thanks to the convoluted EUA process. Diagnosing more cases at the beginning of the crisis would have saved thousands of American lives later on.
But this isn’t uncharacteristic of the FDA—its snail’s-pace approval process regularly restricts many Americans from accessing lifesaving medicines, killing tens of thousands of sick patients each year. Even while granting EUAs as an emergency fast track, the agency fell fatally short. It was forced to delegitimize its own authority just to save face. But a serious solution must go deeper: the regulatory system must be turned on its head.
First, the FDA’s emergency decentralization policies must be made permanent and standard bearing. Then, the March 16 guidelines have to be taken further, to their logical extreme: the FDA must be smashed to pieces and replaced by a patchwork of fifty-six little FDAs. The health departments of all fifty states, the five major US territories, and Washington, DC, already have the infrastructure in place to regulate independently—it could become reality overnight with a single pen stroke.
Of course, this would be a mere stepping-stone on the road to further privatization and freedom of choice: the government’s rubber-stamp restrictionism will have to be completely dismantled state by state. People must be free to use and ingest whatever products they choose, leaving food and drug regulators an advisory role but no force of law. Coercion would be nowhere to be seen. Then, the private certification market—which already grades food as organic and kosher—could quickly begin certifying drugs and diagnostics as “safe” and “effective,” leaving the remaining vestiges of the regulatory state to evaporate.
Had this free choice advisory system been in place during the current coronavirus pandemic, a wider array of tests would have been made available much sooner. There would have been a lot less panic, confusion, mismanagement, infection, and death if individuals and firms had been allowed the basic liberty of making decisions for themselves.


newswars--2020-04-16--The US Labor Market Will Heal Faster Than the European One

The jobless claims figures of the past two weeks have been unprecedented and alarming .
However , knowing that the data will continue to be concerning , we need to analyze how quickly the economy can can heal and go back to the previous path of record job creation .
The United States economy starts from a comparatively stronger base .
Unemployment reached a five-decade low in February , and , despite the extremely weak March jobs figure , it stood at 4.4 percent in the first week of April .
This compares to a 7.3 percent unemployment figure in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the European Union .
In countries such as Spain and Greece , unemployment stood at 13 and 16 percent , respectively .
The underemployment figure is also significantly better in the United States .
The unadjusted U-6 unemployment rate was 8.9 percent in March .
Comparable underemployment in the European Union is at an estimated 15 percent , and 12 percent in the eurozone , according to Eurostat figures .
The expected rise in unemployment from the forced shutdown of major economies due to COVID-19 containment measures is simply staggering .
The International @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worldwide could amount to 36 million .
Unfortunately , this figure may be underestimated .
The figure of unemployed in the second quarter of 2020 in the United States could rise to 52 million , a 32 percent unemployment rate , according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis .
In Spain alone , the figure could rise by 5 million , an unemployment rate of 35 percent in our estimates , while temporary and full unemployed could rise to 57 million in the European Union .
The key to a strong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ labor market and the strength of the business fabric , but also in a diversified and open mechanism of financing of the real economy .
The United States could recover one month ’ s job losses within one to three months .
In the eurozone , this would take a minimum of five to six months , particularly in Germany , which also started the shutdown crisis with an all-time low unemployment rate of 3.2 percent .
For countries with higher labor market rigidity , such as Greece , Spain , and Italy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ months and two years .
The key to recovering jobs quickly and efficiently is the combination of a flexible labor market , an attractive investment framework , and solid policies that preserve the business fabric of the country .
These are the main reasons why the United States has traditionally reduced unemployment faster and with better wage growth than the eurozone .
There ’ s also the issue of disincentives .
In the eurozone , excessive intervention in the labor and business environment adds to many entitlement programs that may be counterproductive in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about 1 percent of GDP per year in “ active employment programs ” and subsidies , yet the unemployment rate is almost double that of leading economies .
Excessive regulation works as a barrier to investment and job creation in growth times and generates negative incentives to recover after crisis periods .
This was evident during the last crisis .
The European Union delayed its recovery by four years due to the increased intervention and regulatory hurdles .
The financing mechanism is also key .
In the United States , the real economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most of Europe .
The real economy ’ s dependence on bank financing in the European Union is close to 80 percent , according to the European Central Bank , compared to 17 percent in the United States , according to the Federal Reserve Board .
This dynamism and openness in financing business opportunities has traditionally helped the United States boost its economic recovery from a recession , achieving faster growth and more job creation than its peers .
An attractive taxation system is essential to recovering quickly .
Unfortunately , in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on businesses and capital in recession periods , which significantly hurts the recovery process .
Legal and investment security are also fundamental in a sustainable and rapid recovery , and , unfortunately , interventionist messages coming from governments generate less inflow of foreign investment and lower growth in gross capital formation .
The recent decision of the Italian and Spanish governments to make dismissals forbidden by law and to intervene in prices will likely prove ineffective , as unemployment will soar anyway due to the destruction of businesses forced to close and will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down the economy may cause long-lasting damage to job creation and businesses that can ’ t be unwound in a few months ; that ’ s why it ’ s essential to contain the virus spread with effective measures , but we can ’ t forget that each month of lockdown means millions of unemployed and thousands of business closures .
The best course of action to tackle the health crisis , as well as the economic collapse risk , is to follow the South Korea and Singapore strategy , which is to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ preserve the business fabric , provide safety equipment and health protocols for businesses to survive , and ensure that the economy continues to work while controlling the health crisis .
We can ’ t forget the difficult time that millions of workers and thousands of businesses are going through , and that ’ s why it ’ s imperative for governments to preserve the business fabric to avoid an economic depression of long-lasting social consequences .

The jobless claims figures of the past two weeks have been unprecedented and alarming. However, knowing that the data will continue to be concerning, we need to analyze how quickly the economy can can heal and go back to the previous path of record job creation.
The United States economy starts from a comparatively stronger base. Unemployment reached a five-decade low in February, and, despite the extremely weak March jobs figure, it stood at 4.4 percent in the first week of April. This compares to a 7.3 percent unemployment figure in the euro area and 6.5 percent in the European Union. In countries such as Spain and Greece, unemployment stood at 13 and 16 percent, respectively.
The underemployment figure is also significantly better in the United States. The unadjusted U-6 unemployment rate was 8.9 percent in March. Comparable underemployment in the European Union is at an estimated 15 percent, and 12 percent in the eurozone, according to Eurostat figures.
The expected rise in unemployment from the forced shutdown of major economies due to COVID-19 containment measures is simply staggering. The International Labor Organization reported that potential job losses worldwide could amount to 36 million. Unfortunately, this figure may be underestimated.
The figure of unemployed in the second quarter of 2020 in the United States could rise to 52 million, a 32 percent unemployment rate, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. In Spain alone, the figure could rise by 5 million, an unemployment rate of 35 percent in our estimates, while temporary and full unemployed could rise to 57 million in the European Union.
The key to a strong recovery lies in the dynamism of the labor market and the strength of the business fabric, but also in a diversified and open mechanism of financing of the real economy.
The United States could recover one month’s job losses within one to three months. In the eurozone, this would take a minimum of five to six months, particularly in Germany, which also started the shutdown crisis with an all-time low unemployment rate of 3.2 percent. For countries with higher labor market rigidity, such as Greece, Spain, and Italy, this recovery could take between fourteen months and two years.
The key to recovering jobs quickly and efficiently is the combination of a flexible labor market, an attractive investment framework, and solid policies that preserve the business fabric of the country. These are the main reasons why the United States has traditionally reduced unemployment faster and with better wage growth than the eurozone.
There’s also the issue of disincentives. In the eurozone, excessive intervention in the labor and business environment adds to many entitlement programs that may be counterproductive in a recovery. The European Union spends about 1 percent of GDP per year in “active employment programs” and subsidies, yet the unemployment rate is almost double that of leading economies.
Excessive regulation works as a barrier to investment and job creation in growth times and generates negative incentives to recover after crisis periods. This was evident during the last crisis. The European Union delayed its recovery by four years due to the increased intervention and regulatory hurdles.
The financing mechanism is also key. In the United States, the real economy relies less on bank financing than in most of Europe. The real economy’s dependence on bank financing in the European Union is close to 80 percent, according to the European Central Bank, compared to 17 percent in the United States, according to the Federal Reserve Board.
This dynamism and openness in financing business opportunities has traditionally helped the United States boost its economic recovery from a recession, achieving faster growth and more job creation than its peers.
An attractive taxation system is essential to recovering quickly. Unfortunately, in the European Union governments tend to raise taxes on businesses and capital in recession periods, which significantly hurts the recovery process. Legal and investment security are also fundamental in a sustainable and rapid recovery, and, unfortunately, interventionist messages coming from governments generate less inflow of foreign investment and lower growth in gross capital formation.
The recent decision of the Italian and Spanish governments to make dismissals forbidden by law and to intervene in prices will likely prove ineffective, as unemployment will soar anyway due to the destruction of businesses forced to close and will likely harm future investment inflows.
Shutting down the economy may cause long-lasting damage to job creation and businesses that can’t be unwound in a few months; that’s why it’s essential to contain the virus spread with effective measures, but we can’t forget that each month of lockdown means millions of unemployed and thousands of business closures.
The best course of action to tackle the health crisis, as well as the economic collapse risk, is to follow the South Korea and Singapore strategy, which is to implement strict prevention and testing measures, preserve the business fabric, provide safety equipment and health protocols for businesses to survive, and ensure that the economy continues to work while controlling the health crisis.
We can’t forget the difficult time that millions of workers and thousands of businesses are going through, and that’s why it’s imperative for governments to preserve the business fabric to avoid an economic depression of long-lasting social consequences.


newswars--2020-04-16--Gun Control: Americans Have Been Lucky during the COVID-19 Panic, but It’s Still a Toss-Up

If history has taught us anything , it ’ s that a crisis is the lifeblood of state growth .
The coronavirus saga offers a treasure trove of power grabs that elected officials are seeking to ram through while Americans must make significant readjustments in their daily lives due to state-imposed shutdowns around the nation .
Some of the attempts to transgress on individual rights extend to other activities that have no relation to public health whatsoever .
Take , for example , the right to bear arms .
At the federal level , politicians have already sneakily introduced the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Act of 2020 , ” a bill that would enact several gun control measures such as federal licensing for guns and ammunition , mandatory universal background checks , a prohibition on so-called “ assault weapons , ” and a ban on normal-capacity magazines .
In other words , the typical shopping list of civilian disarmament schemes that many federal busybodies desire .
Due to the divided makeup of the current Congress , this bill will likely die .
However , its introduction is indicative of the opportunistic nature of politicians during times of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political machinations are novel when we reflect on American history .
It ’ s often forgotten that most of America ’ s foundational gun control legislation was enacted during the overlapping era of the Great Depression and Prohibition .
This period was a maelstrom of social disorder—organized crime ran loose and the economy was in shambles .
What history books gloss over is how both of those unpleasant incidents during the 1930s were the result of bad public policy .
Alcohol prohibition incentivized organized crime , while credit expansion by the Federal Reserve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 1929 .
Subsequent economic interventions by the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations impeded a timely recovery .
To their credit , politicians ended the absurdity of Prohibition by ratifying the Twenty-First Amendment in 1933 .
Nonetheless , most of the great leaps forward , such as the establishment of the Social Security Act and the National Firearms Act of 1934 , have stayed in place .
The latter has seen other forms of federal gun legislation built on top of it in an all too predictable manner .
The ratchet effect that Robert @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in state power during times of emergency are rarely reversed , has been a mainstay of American politics since the Progressive Era .
Considering previous episodes of American history over the last century , the present coronavirus pandemic seems like fertile ground for another instance of the ratchet effect .
Surprisingly , the attempts to use this crisis as a springboard for infringements on the right to bear arms have not been so effective .
The federal government has not only shown a surprising degree of restraint , but also declared gun stores @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of March .
In contrast , various state legislatures and municipalities joyfully lumped gun stores in with other “ nonessential ” businesses in their shutdown measures .
Nothing says “ equality ” like dishing out equal misery via administrative fiat .
Once the progressive die has been cast , policy becomes a matter of who can outdo the rest in terms of demagoguery .
Champaign , Illinois , mayor Deborah Frank Feinen rose to the occasion by banning the sale of alcohol and guns last month .
New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell followed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and transportation of firearms in the city .
At the state level , Governor Gavin Newsom enacted a statewide “ stay-at-home ” order for California that did not list gun stores as essential businesses .
Even middle-of-the-road states such as Pennsylvania initially saw statewide closures of gun stores .
In a rather fortuitous twist of fate , grassroots pressure and the federal government ’ s reasonable actions were able to compel several states and municipalities to reverse course .
Liberty-minded state representatives in Pennsylvania successfully petitioned Governor Tom Wolf to exempt gun retailers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ County , North Carolina , opted to not follow through with its decision to deem gun stores as nonessential .
Although pessimism is often warranted , thanks to the almost predictable nature of government , swelling under any given administration , the current coronavirus pandemic offers another comforting prospect—more Americans becoming armed .
Many new gun owners have rushed to gun retailers to acquire a means of protecting themselves and their loved ones at a time when uncertainty looms on the horizon .
In this process , otherwise politically aloof individuals are seeing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system is , especially the federal background check system .
The process of buying a gun in America is not as simple as many TV pundits make it out to be .
Nonetheless , the National Instant Criminal Background System ( NICS ) experienced a record number of background checks .
Americans still have residual constitutionalist instincts on gun ownership despite the constant fearmongering from media talking heads and years of social engineering at public schools .
Americans are lucky that their the current government has exercised some restraint .
But on future @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Politics is oftentimes a coin toss : the populace holds its breath , waiting to see how it lands .
Eventually the coin will fall on the wrong side , and citizens will be subject to a torrent of state abuse .
We must end this dangerous game to avoid the fate of despotism .
Is it too much to ask our leaders to think beyond their terms in office ?
The short time horizons of mass democracy incentivize impulsive policymaking .
Regular Americans can at least do their part by not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use should come into power .
The safest bet for Americans who value the right to bear arms is to look ahead and take up the challenge of implementing radical decentralization in their own backyards .
The empowerment of local jurisdictions is not only a matter of preserving freedoms , but also of building strong institutions that are ready to block the inevitable usurpations coming from above .
As they say , forewarned is forearmed .

If history has taught us anything, it’s that a crisis is the lifeblood of state growth.
The coronavirus saga offers a treasure trove of power grabs that elected officials are seeking to ram through while Americans must make significant readjustments in their daily lives due to state-imposed shutdowns around the nation. Some of the attempts to transgress on individual rights extend to other activities that have no relation to public health whatsoever. Take, for example, the right to bear arms.
At the federal level, politicians have already sneakily introduced the “Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020,” a bill that would enact several gun control measures such as federal licensing for guns and ammunition, mandatory universal background checks, a prohibition on so-called “assault weapons,” and a ban on normal-capacity magazines.
In other words, the typical shopping list of civilian disarmament schemes that many federal busybodies desire. Due to the divided makeup of the current Congress, this bill will likely die. However, its introduction is indicative of the opportunistic nature of politicians during times of emergency—real or fabricated.
None of these political machinations are novel when we reflect on American history. It’s often forgotten that most of America’s foundational gun control legislation was enacted during the overlapping era of the Great Depression and Prohibition. This period was a maelstrom of social disorder—organized crime ran loose and the economy was in shambles.
What history books gloss over is how both of those unpleasant incidents during the 1930s were the result of bad public policy. Alcohol prohibition incentivized organized crime, while credit expansion by the Federal Reserve led to the infamous stock market crash of 1929. Subsequent economic interventions by the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations impeded a timely recovery.
To their credit, politicians ended the absurdity of Prohibition by ratifying the Twenty-First Amendment in 1933. Nonetheless, most of the great leaps forward, such as the establishment of the Social Security Act and the National Firearms Act of 1934, have stayed in place. The latter has seen other forms of federal gun legislation built on top of it in an all too predictable manner.
The ratchet effect that Robert Higgs has aptly described, whereby expansions in state power during times of emergency are rarely reversed, has been a mainstay of American politics since the Progressive Era. Considering previous episodes of American history over the last century, the present coronavirus pandemic seems like fertile ground for another instance of the ratchet effect.
Surprisingly, the attempts to use this crisis as a springboard for infringements on the right to bear arms have not been so effective. The federal government has not only shown a surprising degree of restraint, but also declared gun stores “essential” businesses at the end of March. In contrast, various state legislatures and municipalities joyfully lumped gun stores in with other “nonessential” businesses in their shutdown measures. Nothing says “equality” like dishing out equal misery via administrative fiat.
Once the progressive die has been cast, policy becomes a matter of who can outdo the rest in terms of demagoguery. Champaign, Illinois, mayor Deborah Frank Feinen rose to the occasion by banning the sale of alcohol and guns last month. New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell followed in her footsteps by banning the sale and transportation of firearms in the city.
At the state level, Governor Gavin Newsom enacted a statewide “stay-at-home” order for California that did not list gun stores as essential businesses. Even middle-of-the-road states such as Pennsylvania initially saw statewide closures of gun stores.
In a rather fortuitous twist of fate, grassroots pressure and the federal government’s reasonable actions were able to compel several states and municipalities to reverse course. Liberty-minded state representatives in Pennsylvania successfully petitioned Governor Tom Wolf to exempt gun retailers from the across-the-board closures, while Wake County, North Carolina, opted to not follow through with its decision to deem gun stores as nonessential.
Although pessimism is often warranted, thanks to the almost predictable nature of government, swelling under any given administration, the current coronavirus pandemic offers another comforting prospect—more Americans becoming armed.
Many new gun owners have rushed to gun retailers to acquire a means of protecting themselves and their loved ones at a time when uncertainty looms on the horizon. In this process, otherwise politically aloof individuals are seeing firsthand how rigid the current gun control system is, especially the federal background check system. The process of buying a gun in America is not as simple as many TV pundits make it out to be. Nonetheless, the National Instant Criminal Background System (NICS) experienced a record number of background checks. Americans still have residual constitutionalist instincts on gun ownership despite the constant fearmongering from media talking heads and years of social engineering at public schools.
Americans are lucky that their the current government has exercised some restraint. But on future occasions they may not be so fortunate. Politics is oftentimes a coin toss: the populace holds its breath, waiting to see how it lands. Eventually the coin will fall on the wrong side, and citizens will be subject to a torrent of state abuse. We must end this dangerous game to avoid the fate of despotism.
Is it too much to ask our leaders to think beyond their terms in office?
The short time horizons of mass democracy incentivize impulsive policymaking. Regular Americans can at least do their part by not giving prospective tyrants any more tools to use should come into power. The safest bet for Americans who value the right to bear arms is to look ahead and take up the challenge of implementing radical decentralization in their own backyards.
The empowerment of local jurisdictions is not only a matter of preserving freedoms, but also of building strong institutions that are ready to block the inevitable usurpations coming from above.
As they say, forewarned is forearmed.


newswars--2020-04-16--Infowars Was Right! MSM Finally Admits COVID-19 Came From Wuhan Bioweapon Lab

The mainstream media is finally being forced to report something Infowars has covered for over two months .
Watch this live broadcast of The Alex Jones Show for updates on this article : After non-stop attacks against media outlets or politicians suggesting COVID-19 came from a Chinese laboratory , MSM is now admitting it .
In fact , financial news site Zero Hedge was permanently suspended from Twitter after posting an article linking Wuhan ’ s Institute of Virology to the outbreak .
Ironically , Fox News ’ Bret Baier and the Associated Press said “ multiple sources ” told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the COVID-19 outbreak likely originated in a Wuhan laboratory.
” This may be the “ costliest government cover-up of all time , ” one of the sources said .
The sources believe the initial transmission of the virus – a naturally occurring strain that was being studied there – was bat-to-human and that “ patient zero ” worked at the laboratory , then went into the population in Wuhan .
The “ increasing confidence ” comes from classified and open-source documents and evidence , the sources said .
Fox News has requested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emphasized — as is often the case with intelligence — that it ’ s not definitive and should not be characterized as such .
Some inside the administration and the intelligence and epidemiological communities are more skeptical , and the investigation is continuing .
While Fox stopped short of calling Covid-19 an intentional bioweapon , it was only a few months ago that the mainstream media in general was whitewashing the suggestion that the coronavirus came out of the Wuhan ’ s Institute of Virology , a top biohazard lab which was studying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pathogens.
” On Feb. 1 , Zero Hedge was suspended from Twitter after the outlet asked whether this lab was responsible for the Covid-19 outbreak that originated in Wuhan .
Zero Hedge linked to a Feb. 2017 profile on the lab by the Nature journal : A laboratory in Wuhan is on the cusp of being cleared to work with the world ’ s most dangerous pathogens .
The move is part of a plan to build between five and seven biosafety level-4 ( BSL-4 ) labs across the Chinese mainland by 2025 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as well as some concerns .
Some scientists outside China worry about pathogens escaping , and the addition of a biological dimension to geopolitical tensions between China and other nations .
But Chinese microbiologists are celebrating their entrance to the elite cadre empowered to wrestle with the world ’ s greatest biological threats .
“ It will offer more opportunities for Chinese researchers , and our contribution on the BSL‑4-level pathogens will benefit the world , ” says George Gao , director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already two BSL-4 labs in Taiwan , but the National Bio-safety Laboratory , Wuhan , would be the first on the Chinese mainland .
Ironically , the Nature journal later published an editor ’ s note on top of the piece which stated : Many stories have promoted an unverified theory that the Wuhan lab discussed in this article played a role in the coronavirus outbreak that began in December 2019 .
Nature knows of no evidence that this is true ; scientists believe the most likely source of the coronavirus to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ changed ; now multiple media outlets are pointing the finger at the Wuhan lab as the source of Covid-19 .
Now that the mainstream media is confirming that COVID-19 came from a Wuhan bioweapons lab , it ’ s more important than ever to document that Infowars and Alex Jones were vilified by the corporate media for exposing the Chinese origins of the virus as far back as January .
Watch and share these bombshell interviews and reports from February that vindicate the Infowars team and our expert guests : Chinese Lab That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pathogens ” is Based in Wuhan A biosafety level 4 laboratory that studies the “ world ’ s most dangerous pathogens ” is based in Wuhan , the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China , leading some to claim that the virus could have accidentally escaped the lab .
Coronavirus : Chinese Espionage Behind Wuhan Bioweapon The biowarfare espionage behind the Chinese government ’ s Wuhan lab is now coming to light .
Forget the nonsense about “ bat soup ” at the food market .
Coronavirus Contains “ HIV Insertions ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The theory is that China obtained the coronavirus via a Canadian research program , and started molding it into a bioweapon at the Institute of Virology in Wuhan .
Politifact pointed the finger at Zero Hedge , in particular , though the story was widely shared across independent-leaning media .
Creator Of Us Bioweapons Act Says Coronavirus Is Biological Warfare Weapon In an explosive interview Dr. Francis Boyle , who drafted the Biological Weapons Act has given a detailed statement admitting that the 2019 Wuhan Coronavirus is an offensive Biological Warfare Weapon and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) already knows about it .
Bioweapons Expert : W.H.O .
Is In On Biowarfare Weaponization Of Coronavirus Dr. Francis Boyle , who drafted the Biological Weapons Act , joins Owen Shroyer on The Alex Jones Show to expose the 2019 Wuhan coronavirus as an offensive biological warfare weapon that the World Health Organization ( WHO ) already knows about .
Bioweapons Expert Exposes Coronavirus As A Weapon Of War in Must-See Interview In an explosive interview , Dr. Francis Boyle , who drafted the Biological Weapons Act , has given a detailed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an offensive biological warfare weapon that the World Health Organization ( WHO ) already knows about .
Bioweapons Expert Delivers Urgent Message to Trump on Coronavirus Outbreak Professor Francis A. Boyle joins The Alex Jones Show to deliver an urgent message to President Trump regarding the coronavirus outbreak as well as provide his analysis of the virus as a bioweapon .
White House Asks Scientists To Investigate If Coronavirus Was Bio-engineered The director of the White House ’ s Office of Science and Technology Policy ( OSTP ) , in a letter to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and Medicine , requested that scientific experts “ rapidly ” look into the origins of the virus in order to address both the current spread and “ to inform future outbreak preparation and better understand animal/human and environmental transmission aspects of coronaviruses.
” SMOKING GUN : China Bought Weaponized Wuhan Virus From US Bioweapons expert Dr. Francis Boyle joins The Alex Jones Show to expose the smoking gun linking the weaponized Wuhan virus to the United States .
Full Transcript Of “ Smoking Gun ” Bombshell Interview : Prof. Frances Boyle Exposes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biological warfare expert Prof. Frances Boyle appeared as a guest with Alex Jones on the Alex Jones Show , sharing his “ smoking gun ” findings about the coronavirus being engineered as a weapon that ’ s designed , “ for efficient spreading in the human population , ” according to one of the science papers he references .
Bioweapons Whistleblower Blacklisted For Exposing Death Science Programs Dr. Francis Boyle joins Mike Adams on The Alex Jones Show to break down the toll he has taken for standing up for the truth in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Discover HIV-Like “ Mutation ” Which Makes Coronavirus Extremely Infectious While mainstream scientists continue to perform mental gymnastics to insist that the new coronavirus wasn ’ t man-made , new research from scientists in China and Europe reveal that the disease happens to have an ‘ HIV-like mutation ’ .
Iranian General : Coronavirus Is A Manmade Bio-weapon An Iranian military leader has suggested that the coronavirus is not a naturally occurring disease , and that it is a manmade bioweapon cultivated and released against China and Iran by a ‘ hostile state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This Plague On The World GOP Senator Tom Cotton touted legislation Wednesday that would end US dependency on China for pharmaceuticals , stating that it poses a national security risk , as he asserted that China ‘ unleashed ’ the coronavirus on the rest of the planet and needs to pay for it .
Watch Infowars interviews and special reports on the origin of COVID-19 below :

The mainstream media is finally being forced to report something Infowars has covered for over two months.
Watch this live broadcast of The Alex Jones Show for updates on this article:
After non-stop attacks against media outlets or politicians suggesting COVID-19 came from a Chinese laboratory, MSM is now admitting it.
In fact, financial news site Zero Hedge was permanently suspended from Twitter after posting an article linking Wuhan’s Institute of Virology to the outbreak.
Ironically, Fox News’ Bret Baier and the Associated Press said “multiple sources” told them that “there is increasing confidence that the COVID-19 outbreak likely originated in a Wuhan laboratory.”
This may be the “costliest government cover-up of all time,” one of the sources said.
The sources believe the initial transmission of the virus – a naturally occurring strain that was being studied there – was bat-to-human and that “patient zero” worked at the laboratory, then went into the population in Wuhan.
The “increasing confidence” comes from classified and open-source documents and evidence, the sources said. Fox News has requested to see the evidence directly. Sources emphasized — as is often the case with intelligence — that it’s not definitive and should not be characterized as such. Some inside the administration and the intelligence and epidemiological communities are more skeptical, and the investigation is continuing.
While Fox stopped short of calling Covid-19 an intentional bioweapon, it was only a few months ago that the mainstream media in general was whitewashing the suggestion that the coronavirus came out of the Wuhan’s Institute of Virology, a top biohazard lab which was studying “the world’s most dangerous pathogens.”
On Feb. 1, Zero Hedge was suspended from Twitter after the outlet asked whether this lab was responsible for the Covid-19 outbreak that originated in Wuhan.
Zero Hedge linked to a Feb. 2017 profile on the lab by the Nature journal:
A laboratory in Wuhan is on the cusp of being cleared to work with the world’s most dangerous pathogens. The move is part of a plan to build between five and seven biosafety level-4 (BSL-4) labs across the Chinese mainland by 2025, and has generated much excitement, as well as some concerns.
Some scientists outside China worry about pathogens escaping, and the addition of a biological dimension to geopolitical tensions between China and other nations. But Chinese microbiologists are celebrating their entrance to the elite cadre empowered to wrestle with the world’s greatest biological threats.
“It will offer more opportunities for Chinese researchers, and our contribution on the BSL‑4-level pathogens will benefit the world,” says George Gao, director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology in Beijing. There are already two BSL-4 labs in Taiwan, but the National Bio-safety Laboratory, Wuhan, would be the first on the Chinese mainland.
Ironically, the Nature journal later published an editor’s note on top of the piece which stated:
Many stories have promoted an unverified theory that the Wuhan lab discussed in this article played a role in the coronavirus outbreak that began in December 2019. Nature knows of no evidence that this is true; scientists believe the most likely source of the coronavirus to be an animal market.
How times have changed; now multiple media outlets are pointing the finger at the Wuhan lab as the source of Covid-19.
Now that the mainstream media is confirming that COVID-19 came from a Wuhan bioweapons lab, it’s more important than ever to document that Infowars and Alex Jones were vilified by the corporate media for exposing the Chinese origins of the virus as far back as January.
Watch and share these bombshell interviews and reports from February that vindicate the Infowars team and our expert guests:
Jan 23rd:
Chinese Lab That Studies “World’s Most Dangerous Pathogens” is Based in Wuhan
A biosafety level 4 laboratory that studies the “world’s most dangerous pathogens” is based in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China, leading some to claim that the virus could have accidentally escaped the lab.
Jan 29th:
Coronavirus: Chinese Espionage Behind Wuhan Bioweapon
The biowarfare espionage behind the Chinese government’s Wuhan lab is now coming to light. Forget the nonsense about “bat soup” at the food market.
Jan 31st:
Coronavirus Contains “HIV Insertions”, Stoking Fears Over Artificially Created Bioweapon
The theory is that China obtained the coronavirus via a Canadian research program, and started molding it into a bioweapon at the Institute of Virology in Wuhan. Politifact pointed the finger at Zero Hedge, in particular, though the story was widely shared across independent-leaning media.
Feb 4th:
Creator Of Us Bioweapons Act Says Coronavirus Is Biological Warfare Weapon
In an explosive interview Dr. Francis Boyle, who drafted the Biological Weapons Act has given a detailed statement admitting that the 2019 Wuhan Coronavirus is an offensive Biological Warfare Weapon and that the World Health Organization (WHO) already knows about it.
Feb 5th:
Bioweapons Expert: W.H.O. Is In On Biowarfare Weaponization Of Coronavirus
Dr. Francis Boyle, who drafted the Biological Weapons Act, joins Owen Shroyer on The Alex Jones Show to expose the 2019 Wuhan coronavirus as an offensive biological warfare weapon that the World Health Organization (WHO) already knows about.
Feb 5th:
Bioweapons Expert Exposes Coronavirus As A Weapon Of War in Must-See Interview
In an explosive interview, Dr. Francis Boyle, who drafted the Biological Weapons Act, has given a detailed statement admitting the 2019 Wuhan coronavirus is an offensive biological warfare weapon that the World Health Organization (WHO) already knows about.
Feb 7th:
Bioweapons Expert Delivers Urgent Message to Trump on Coronavirus Outbreak
Professor Francis A. Boyle joins The Alex Jones Show to deliver an urgent message to President Trump regarding the coronavirus outbreak as well as provide his analysis of the virus as a bioweapon.
Feb 7th:
White House Asks Scientists To Investigate If Coronavirus Was Bio-engineered
The director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), in a letter to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, requested that scientific experts “rapidly” look into the origins of the virus in order to address both the current spread and “to inform future outbreak preparation and better understand animal/human and environmental transmission aspects of coronaviruses.”
Feb 19th:
SMOKING GUN: China Bought Weaponized Wuhan Virus From US
Bioweapons expert Dr. Francis Boyle joins The Alex Jones Show to expose the smoking gun linking the weaponized Wuhan virus to the United States.
Feb 21st:
Full Transcript Of “Smoking Gun” Bombshell Interview: Prof. Frances Boyle Exposes The Bioweapons Origins Of The COVID-19 Coronavirus
Biological warfare expert Prof. Frances Boyle appeared as a guest with Alex Jones on the Alex Jones Show, sharing his “smoking gun” findings about the coronavirus being engineered as a weapon that’s designed, “for efficient spreading in the human population,” according to one of the science papers he references.
Feb 26th:
Bioweapons Whistleblower Blacklisted For Exposing Death Science Programs
Dr. Francis Boyle joins Mike Adams on The Alex Jones Show to break down the toll he has taken for standing up for the truth in the wake of bioweapon development.
Feb 27th:
Scientists Discover HIV-Like “Mutation” Which Makes Coronavirus Extremely Infectious
While mainstream scientists continue to perform mental gymnastics to insist that the new coronavirus wasn’t man-made, new research from scientists in China and Europe reveal that the disease happens to have an ‘HIV-like mutation’.
March 5th:
Iranian General: Coronavirus Is A Manmade Bio-weapon
An Iranian military leader has suggested that the coronavirus is not a naturally occurring disease, and that it is a manmade bioweapon cultivated and released against China and Iran by a ‘hostile state’.
March 26th:
Senator Cotton: China Unleashed This Plague On The World
GOP Senator Tom Cotton touted legislation Wednesday that would end US dependency on China for pharmaceuticals, stating that it poses a national security risk, as he asserted that China ‘unleashed’ the coronavirus on the rest of the planet and needs to pay for it.
Watch Infowars interviews and special reports on the origin of COVID-19 below:


newswars--2020-04-16--China rejects news report about Covid-19 origin, says WHO found ‘no evidence’ virus was made in lab

China ’ s Foreign Ministry has said that claims about the novel coronavirus originating in a lab are not based on science , citing the WHO as it rebuked the latest news story on Covid-19 ‘ patient zero.
’ “ I want to remind you that the head of the [ World Health Organization ] has repeatedly stated that there is no evidence that the novel coronavirus has been produced in the laboratory , ” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters on Thursday .
He added that “ many well-known medical experts in the world also believe that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the virus ] from a laboratory are not based on science.
” Zhao was answering a question about a recent story by Fox News .
Citing anonymous sources , the news channel reported that the deadly coronavirus had originally spread from a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan , where the outbreak was first recorded , and that the first person to be infected was an employee of the facility .
One of China ’ s leading virology research centers is based in Wuhan – a fact that has led to speculation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the virus may have been developed there as a biological weapon or may have been accidentally let loose by scientists after studying coronaviruses in bats .
Beijing has repeatedly denied these allegations .
Last week , WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged everyone not to “ politicize ” the coronavirus and warned against using the Covid-19 pandemic to “ score political points.
” Ghebreyesus earlier warned all countries against spreading ‘ misinformation and conspiracy theories .
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China’s Foreign Ministry has said that claims about the novel coronavirus originating in a lab are not based on science, citing the WHO as it rebuked the latest news story on Covid-19 ‘patient zero.’
“I want to remind you that the head of the [World Health Organization] has repeatedly stated that there is no evidence that the novel coronavirus has been produced in the laboratory,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters on Thursday.
He added that “many well-known medical experts in the world also believe that the claims about the so-called leak [of the virus] from a laboratory are not based on science.”
Zhao was answering a question about a recent story by Fox News. Citing anonymous sources, the news channel reported that the deadly coronavirus had originally spread from a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the outbreak was first recorded, and that the first person to be infected was an employee of the facility.
One of China’s leading virology research centers is based in Wuhan – a fact that has led to speculation by some Western politicians and media that the virus may have been developed there as a biological weapon or may have been accidentally let loose by scientists after studying coronaviruses in bats. Beijing has repeatedly denied these allegations.
Last week, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged everyone not to “politicize” the coronavirus and warned against using the Covid-19 pandemic to “score political points.” Ghebreyesus earlier warned all countries against spreading ‘misinformation and conspiracy theories.’


newswars--2020-04-16--US jobless claims due to coronavirus lockdown rise above 22 million

The US Labor Department reported that 5.245 million more Americans filed first-time claims for unemployment last week .
The new numbers include independent contractors and others who previously were not eligible for benefits .
That brings the total rise in US unemployment over the past month to over 22 million , nearly wiping out all of the job gains since the 2008 financial crisis .
The previous record for initial jobless claims during the Great Recession was below 700,000 .
US unemployment has now surged to 16 percent , worse than during the financial crisis .
The number of jobless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ represents a drop from the previous two weeks .
In the week ending April 4 , more than six million claims were filed , which was a slight decrease from the previous week ’ s record-breaking 6.867 million .
Some analysts predict that the number of claims will steadily begin falling from previous highs in the coming weeks , while others say there will be further spikes in the time ahead .
“ It ’ s akin to the entire country being hit by a hurricane , ” Jason Reed , assistant chair @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dame , told the Guardian .
“ And we don ’ t know when the hurricane is leaving.
” The US Federal Reserve reported this week that industrial production had plunged 5.4 percent in March as work in factories producing automobiles , aircraft and other goods was stopped to protect workers from the coronavirus outbreak .
It is the steepest one-month slowdown since 1946 , when American industries were shutting to shift production from wartime commodities to consumer products following the end of World War II .

The US Labor Department reported that 5.245 million more Americans filed first-time claims for unemployment last week. The new numbers include independent contractors and others who previously were not eligible for benefits.
That brings the total rise in US unemployment over the past month to over 22 million, nearly wiping out all of the job gains since the 2008 financial crisis.
The previous record for initial jobless claims during the Great Recession was below 700,000.
US unemployment has now surged to 16 percent, worse than during the financial crisis.
The number of jobless claims for the week ended April 11 represents a drop from the previous two weeks. In the week ending April 4, more than six million claims were filed, which was a slight decrease from the previous week’s record-breaking 6.867 million.
Some analysts predict that the number of claims will steadily begin falling from previous highs in the coming weeks, while others say there will be further spikes in the time ahead.
“It’s akin to the entire country being hit by a hurricane,” Jason Reed, assistant chair of finance at the University of Notre Dame, told the Guardian. “And we don’t know when the hurricane is leaving.”
The US Federal Reserve reported this week that industrial production had plunged 5.4 percent in March as work in factories producing automobiles, aircraft and other goods was stopped to protect workers from the coronavirus outbreak.
It is the steepest one-month slowdown since 1946, when American industries were shutting to shift production from wartime commodities to consumer products following the end of World War II.


newswars--2020-04-16--Star proves Einstein’s theory as it orbits supermassive black hole in stunning ‘SPIROGRAPH’ pattern

Observations of the star S2 , which orbits a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way , show that not only does it prove predictions made by Einstein ’ s theory of general relativity , it does so in spectacular fashion .
Using the European Southern Observatory ’ s Very Large Telescope ( VLT ) , astronomers have been tracking S2 ’ s orbit around the black hole Sagittarius A* since the 1990s .
After poring over the data from the observations , the researchers have now concluded that S2 ’ s orbit isn ’ t a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a spirograph drawing , as illustrated in this incredible animation .
The ‘ spirograph ’ phenomenon is known as Schwarzschild precession , and S2 has now proven that such celestial oddities hold true even in the most extreme gravitational environment in the universe .
S2 comes within 17 light-hours of the black hole or roughly four times the distance between Neptune and the sun and , in doing so , reaches speeds of up to three percent the speed of light as it is swung around by the black hole ’ s immense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of S2 ’ s movement around the black hole also confirmed Sagittarius A* ’ s mass as being around four million times that of the sun , further confirming previous predictions while also setting limits on the amount of invisible material , such as dark matter or even smaller black holes , that could possibly be orbiting the gaping black hole at the heart of our galaxy .

Observations of the star S2, which orbits a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, show that not only does it prove predictions made by Einstein’s theory of general relativity, it does so in spectacular fashion.
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have been tracking S2’s orbit around the black hole Sagittarius A* since the 1990s. After poring over the data from the observations, the researchers have now concluded that S2’s orbit isn’t a fixed-in-position ellipse but instead shifts position like a spirograph drawing, as illustrated in this incredible animation.
The ‘spirograph’ phenomenon is known as Schwarzschild precession, and S2 has now proven that such celestial oddities hold true even in the most extreme gravitational environment in the universe.
S2 comes within 17 light-hours of the black hole or roughly four times the distance between Neptune and the sun and, in doing so, reaches speeds of up to three percent the speed of light as it is swung around by the black hole’s immense gravity.
In addition, the observations of S2’s movement around the black hole also confirmed Sagittarius A*’s mass as being around four million times that of the sun, further confirming previous predictions while also setting limits on the amount of invisible material, such as dark matter or even smaller black holes, that could possibly be orbiting the gaping black hole at the heart of our galaxy.


newswars--2020-04-16--“You Can’t Close America” Rally to Reopen Texas Set for Saturday

The American people are tired of being told to stay home and shut up .
As local governments test the limits of consumers and small business owners , state and federal leaders like Governor Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump have signaled their willingness to get Americans back to work and the economy up and running .
This weekend , Texans of all stripes will assemble outside the capitol building in Austin , Texas , to protest the authoritarian lockdown orders being imposed by petty tyrants at the local level .
Join Infowars this Saturday , April 18th , 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outside the capitol building petitioning lawmakers to reopen businesses in the Lone Star State .
Show the globalists , including eugenicist Bill Gates , the World Health Organization and the CDC , that they can ’ t suspend freedom in America at a mere whim , and that they can ’ t force us to wear face masks like the people in Communist China , from whence the Wuhan coronavirus originated .
We look forward to seeing you out there !
As coronavirus lockdowns continue to get extended , Americans all over the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rights : from churches to ordinary citizens , everyone is taking a stand .

The American people are tired of being told to stay home and shut up.
As local governments test the limits of consumers and small business owners, state and federal leaders like Governor Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump have signaled their willingness to get Americans back to work and the economy up and running.
This weekend, Texans of all stripes will assemble outside the capitol building in Austin, Texas, to protest the authoritarian lockdown orders being imposed by petty tyrants at the local level.
Join Infowars this Saturday, April 18th, 2020 from 12PM-2PM Central, for an assembly outside the capitol building petitioning lawmakers to reopen businesses in the Lone Star State.
Show the globalists, including eugenicist Bill Gates, the World Health Organization and the CDC, that they can’t suspend freedom in America at a mere whim, and that they can’t force us to wear face masks like the people in Communist China, from whence the Wuhan coronavirus originated.
We look forward to seeing you out there!
As coronavirus lockdowns continue to get extended, Americans all over the country are standing up for their constitutional rights: from churches to ordinary citizens, everyone is taking a stand.


newswars--2020-04-16--US Federal Reserve props up zombie companies that should have collapsed – RT’s Keiser Report

The Covid-19 pandemic has been disrupting US supply chains , with problems emerging in the distribution of food and money .
And , while the Fed continues printing money , it can not print agricultural products or supply chains .
RT ’ s Keiser Report talked to Steven McClurg of Exponential Capital about there being ‘ no limits ’ to the Fed ’ s money-printing to fight the ‘ deflationary trap.
’ “ When you ’ re bailing everybody out , essentially you are bailing nobody out , and certainly hurting the middle class and the working class in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he says .
According to McClurg , the very easy monetary policy has caused big investors , like insurance companies and pension funds , to purchase much riskier products because they need the yield .
“ This state of monetary policy has propped up a lot of companies that really shouldn ’ t exist right now .
A lot of these companies , producing inferior goods… ” “ So , we have these zombie companies that have been running around for the last ten years , that should have collapsed , so that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” he explains .
Those companies were not innovating any more , McClurg notes , they were simply selling goods so they could make their debt service .
“ And their debt service was actually quite low… the Fed was propping them up .
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The Covid-19 pandemic has been disrupting US supply chains, with problems emerging in the distribution of food and money. And, while the Fed continues printing money, it cannot print agricultural products or supply chains.
RT’s Keiser Report talked to Steven McClurg of Exponential Capital about there being ‘no limits’ to the Fed’s money-printing to fight the ‘deflationary trap.’
“When you’re bailing everybody out, essentially you are bailing nobody out, and certainly hurting the middle class and the working class in the United States in the process,” he says.
According to McClurg, the very easy monetary policy has caused big investors, like insurance companies and pension funds, to purchase much riskier products because they need the yield.
“This state of monetary policy has propped up a lot of companies that really shouldn’t exist right now. A lot of these companies, producing inferior goods…”
“So, we have these zombie companies that have been running around for the last ten years, that should have collapsed, so that new innovations could actually come out,” he explains.
Those companies were not innovating any more, McClurg notes, they were simply selling goods so they could make their debt service. “And their debt service was actually quite low… the Fed was propping them up.”


newswars--2020-04-16--One Year Later, Cause of Notre Dame Fire Remains a Mystery

One year after a fire nearly destroyed the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris , the cause of the blaze remains a mystery .
On April 15 , 2019 , the 850 year old gothic building was engulfed in flames , sending its iconic spire crumbling to the ground .
Despite police initially asserting that an electrical short circuit was the probable cause of the fire , Europe Echaffaudage said that the electricity supply to the two lifts on the site “ was perfectly within specifications and well maintained.
” 12 months on and there is no official conclusion as to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ des Arts reports that the coronavirus lockdown and the fact that the remains of the original scaffolding that the fire brought down is still on site has delayed the investigation .
“ Experts still haven ’ t been able to gain access to the area where the blaze is believed to have begun , and that area will not be accessible until the scaffolding comes down , ” reports ArtNet .
As we previously highlighted , following the blaze , the French government ordered state-employed architects not to give interviews to the media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the video below documents , in the days after the fire , BuzzFeed ran a fake news hoax denying that Muslims had celebrated the fire , despite evidence of this being manifestly provable .
I posted a video from Facebook showing users with Islamic names reacting to the burning cathedral with thumbs up and smiley face emoticons .
BuzzFeed then claimed in an article , “ the video in question does not show what people on Facebook were reacting to.
” This was a complete lie .
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One year after a fire nearly destroyed the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the cause of the blaze remains a mystery.
On April 15, 2019, the 850 year old gothic building was engulfed in flames, sending its iconic spire crumbling to the ground.
Despite police initially asserting that an electrical short circuit was the probable cause of the fire, Europe Echaffaudage said that the electricity supply to the two lifts on the site “was perfectly within specifications and well maintained.”
12 months on and there is no official conclusion as to how the fire started.
Le Journal des Arts reports that the coronavirus lockdown and the fact that the remains of the original scaffolding that the fire brought down is still on site has delayed the investigation.
“Experts still haven’t been able to gain access to the area where the blaze is believed to have begun, and that area will not be accessible until the scaffolding comes down,” reports ArtNet.
As we previously highlighted, following the blaze, the French government ordered state-employed architects not to give interviews to the media about the Notre Dame fire.
As the video below documents, in the days after the fire, BuzzFeed ran a fake news hoax denying that Muslims had celebrated the fire, despite evidence of this being manifestly provable.
I posted a video from Facebook showing users with Islamic names reacting to the burning cathedral with thumbs up and smiley face emoticons.
BuzzFeed then claimed in an article, “the video in question does not show what people on Facebook were reacting to.”
This was a complete lie. The video clearly shows the Notre Dame Cathedral burning in the background.
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newswars--2020-04-16--Live: Patriots Rally At Governor’s Mansion In Austin, Texas To Reopen The Country

Infowars ’ Owen Shroyer is live outside of Governor Greg Abbott ’ s mansion at a Reopen America rally .
@ @ @ @ @ s Mansion In Austin , Texas To Reopen The Country https : //t.co/IYUplBep7F

Live: Patriots Rally At Governor’s Mansion In Austin, Texas To Reopen The Country Protesters tell the governor to reopen the state so Texans can get back to work


newswars--2020-04-16--Why President Trump Stopped Giving US Tax Dollars To WHO

Why did President Trump decide to stop giving the World Health Organization nearly half a billion US taxpayer dollars annually @ @ @ @ @ lead by an installed Chinese puppet pushing a weaponized Chinese coronavirus narrative that continues to @ @ @ @ @ of real American lives .
Meanwhile , those that would bring you this information , @ @ @ @ @ truly are , are lead to the gallows by a globalist offensive that spent more @ @ @ @ @ controlling these truths than containing a pandemic they suspiciously knew was right around the corner @

Why did President Trump decide to stop giving the World Health Organization nearly half a billion US taxpayer dollars annually?
Because the WHO is lead by an installed Chinese puppet pushing a weaponized Chinese coronavirus narrative that continues to be paid for with thousands of real American lives.
Meanwhile, those that would bring you this information, these unwavering facts as they truly are, are lead to the gallows by a globalist offensive that spent more time and resources focused on controlling these truths than containing a pandemic they suspiciously knew was right around the corner.


newswars--2020-04-16--Pirates Raiding Gulf of Mexico as Country Faces Severe Recession

Pirates in the Gulf of Mexico are raiding offshore ships as Mexico faces a severe recession triggered by the global coronavirus lockdown .
In the most recent attack on April 9 , pirates boarded an Italian offshore supply ship , the Remas , that was 70 nautical miles north of Puerto Dos Bocas , Mexico .
“ Pirates fired several shots and took several crew , including officers , as hostages , ” the Maritine Bulletin reported .
“ They plundered the ship , taking with them all valuables , including ship ’ s equipment.
” Hostages were taken as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subdue the crew of 30 , the bulletin continued , but there were no kidnappings and no injuries .
The Remas was also unsuccessfully attacked on April 4 when eight pirates failed to board it due to the ship ’ s maneuvering .
The ship was first attacked on Nov. 11 , but as Mexico is now facing a “ severe recession ” due to the coronavirus lockdowns , according to FitchRatings , the economic shock will only exacerbate piracy .
“ Mexico is now caught in a perfect storm : on one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in need of more fiscal stimulus ; on the other any new debt issued to fund this stimulus will immediately result in a junk rating causing even more pain for the country , ” reported Zero Hedge .
This will trigger joblessness in Mexico not unlike the Golden Age of Piracy when 17th-century privateers suddenly found themselves out of work due to a peace deal between European powers , leading some of them to commit piracy .
That said , FitchRatings pointed out that President Trump ’ s US-Mexico-Canada Agreement ( USMCA ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a positive for Mexico as the US grows less dependent on China for trade .
“ Outcomes from the coronavirus pandemic that lead to U.S. businesses reducing dependence on China , which was already an administration policy goal , could support investment prospects [ in Mexico ] over the medium term , ” the outlet stated .
“ Additionally , the treaty itself represents a long-term commitment on the Mexican side to maintain a market-oriented economic stance and work constructively with foreign investors… ” The coronavirus pandemic is being exploited to enact an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economy .

Pirates in the Gulf of Mexico are raiding offshore ships as Mexico faces a severe recession triggered by the global coronavirus lockdown.
In the most recent attack on April 9, pirates boarded an Italian offshore supply ship, the Remas, that was 70 nautical miles north of Puerto Dos Bocas, Mexico.
“Pirates fired several shots and took several crew, including officers, as hostages,” the Maritine Bulletin reported. “They plundered the ship, taking with them all valuables, including ship’s equipment.”
Hostages were taken as human shields during the initial attack to subdue the crew of 30, the bulletin continued, but there were no kidnappings and no injuries.
The Remas was also unsuccessfully attacked on April 4 when eight pirates failed to board it due to the ship’s maneuvering.
The ship was first attacked on Nov. 11, but as Mexico is now facing a “severe recession” due to the coronavirus lockdowns, according to FitchRatings, the economic shock will only exacerbate piracy.
“Mexico is now caught in a perfect storm: on one hand the economy is collapsing and desperately in need of more fiscal stimulus; on the other any new debt issued to fund this stimulus will immediately result in a junk rating causing even more pain for the country,” reported Zero Hedge.
This will trigger joblessness in Mexico not unlike the Golden Age of Piracy when 17th-century privateers suddenly found themselves out of work due to a peace deal between European powers, leading some of them to commit piracy.
That said, FitchRatings pointed out that President Trump’s US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will come into force this year, a positive for Mexico as the US grows less dependent on China for trade.
“Outcomes from the coronavirus pandemic that lead to U.S. businesses reducing dependence on China, which was already an administration policy goal, could support investment prospects [in Mexico] over the medium term,” the outlet stated. “Additionally, the treaty itself represents a long-term commitment on the Mexican side to maintain a market-oriented economic stance and work constructively with foreign investors…”
The coronavirus pandemic is being exploited to enact an authoritarian takeover of commerce and the world economy.


newswars--2020-04-16--CBC Instructs Kids on How to Shut Down Their Parents’ “Conspiracy Theories”

A CBC News report gives kids advice on how to shut down “ conspiracy theories ” voiced by their parents about coronavirus being created by China in a lab .
Because apparently that ’ s the media ’ s job now .
The presenter laments how somebody ’ s Dad may drop a message into chat blaming China for “ manufacturing the coronavirus ” with a “ link to a site you ’ ve never heard of ” ( translation – a link that ’ s not , God forbid , mainstream media ) .
The piece then features a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ misinformation online ” who urges the son or daughter not to get confrontational with their Dad but to accuse him of being accurate and stirring fear .
At one point in the piece , the reporter even suggests that conspiracy theories can be “ just as dangerous as a virus.
” “ Maybe send an article from a legitimate source quoting credible scientists on why the virus wasn ’ t manufactured , ” states the host .
The suggested article unsurprisingly comes from the CBC and is entitled ‘ No , the new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lab , scientists say.
’ In reality , as Fox News sources confirmed last night , the coronavirus was indeed leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan , so to say it was “ manufactured ” isn ’ t even much of a stretch .
The virus was literally created in a lab .
The irony of all this of course is that virtually nobody trusts the mainstream media , so when they attack conspiracy theories it just makes more people believe them .
When social media giants then get involved to censor information @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also bolsters the notion that they ’ re accurate because powerful interests are trying to stifle them .
Take the news report below as an example .
A reporter who adopts a stereotypical fake ‘ news reporter ’ accent which normal people don ’ t use when they talk to each other tells the viewer that the conspiracy theory linking 5G to coronavirus is false .
A doctor wearing a white lab coat inside what appears to be his own home ( to stress faux authority ) is then presented to call the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doesn ’ t even explain why it ’ s false ( he could have pointed out for example that Iran was impacted by coronavirus yet has no 5G network at all ) , but the news station just expects the viewer to believe him because he ’ s an authority figure in uniform .
In reality , as the comments below the video prove , the vast majority of people see the news report as desperate and hokey , making them believe the conspiracy theory to an even greater degree .
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A CBC News report gives kids advice on how to shut down “conspiracy theories” voiced by their parents about coronavirus being created by China in a lab.
Because apparently that’s the media’s job now.
The presenter laments how somebody’s Dad may drop a message into chat blaming China for “manufacturing the coronavirus” with a “link to a site you’ve never heard of” (translation – a link that’s not, God forbid, mainstream media).
The piece then features a woman from a group that combats “misinformation online” who urges the son or daughter not to get confrontational with their Dad but to accuse him of being accurate and stirring fear.
Is uncle Bob spreading COVID-19 misinformation in the family group chat? This doesn’t have to be awkward. pic.twitter.com/SxX5HVqY9a — CBC News: The National (@CBCTheNational) April 15, 2020
At one point in the piece, the reporter even suggests that conspiracy theories can be “just as dangerous as a virus.”
“Maybe send an article from a legitimate source quoting credible scientists on why the virus wasn’t manufactured,” states the host.
The suggested article unsurprisingly comes from the CBC and is entitled ‘No, the new coronavirus wasn’t created in a lab, scientists say.’
In reality, as Fox News sources confirmed last night, the coronavirus was indeed leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan, so to say it was “manufactured” isn’t even much of a stretch. The virus was literally created in a lab.
The irony of all this of course is that virtually nobody trusts the mainstream media, so when they attack conspiracy theories it just makes more people believe them.
When social media giants then get involved to censor information about the same conspiracy theories, that also bolsters the notion that they’re accurate because powerful interests are trying to stifle them.
Take the news report below as an example.
A reporter who adopts a stereotypical fake ‘news reporter’ accent which normal people don’t use when they talk to each other tells the viewer that the conspiracy theory linking 5G to coronavirus is false.
A doctor wearing a white lab coat inside what appears to be his own home (to stress faux authority) is then presented to call the conspiracy “completely false.”
The doctor doesn’t even explain why it’s false (he could have pointed out for example that Iran was impacted by coronavirus yet has no 5G network at all), but the news station just expects the viewer to believe him because he’s an authority figure in uniform.
In reality, as the comments below the video prove, the vast majority of people see the news report as desperate and hokey, making them believe the conspiracy theory to an even greater degree.
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