newswars--2020-05-18--State Lockdowns Are Creating a Mental Health Disaster

Although state lockdowns have served governors well as a heavy-handed show of force , the policies are a patent neglect of the many nuances inherent in human action .
They have led to a host of unintended consequences , including the emergence of a new health crisis—a dangerously sharp rise in mental illness .
Though states are gradually wading out of lockdown , the damage has already been done and is here to stay .
The science is clear that having meaningful human interactions is an inherent , biological need that all people share .
But in the name of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prohibited from freely and peaceably congregating .
There ’ s no church , no “ nonessential ” shopping , no going into work ( for many ) , no girls ’ nights out , no going to the gym , no visiting friends , no family get-togethers .
Nothing .
No sacrifice can be too great in the age of COVID per the “ experts.
” And that ’ s taken a harsh psychological toll on the nation .
Extensive study has , for years , correlated social isolation with poor mental health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real now as it ’ s ever been .
Since the US had already long suffered from a loneliness crisis , the stark and sudden crop up of stay-at-home orders made this immediately much worse .
As Drs .
Betty Pfefferbaum and Carol North found , A recent review of psychological sequelae in samples of quarantined people and of health care providers…revealed numerous emotional outcomes , including stress , depression , irritability , insomnia , fear , confusion , anger , frustration , boredom , and stigma associated with quarantine , some of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Being whisked from normal life into the repressive conditions of lockdowns is understandably damaging .
The anguish people are feeling is at astronomical levels .
Schoolchilden recently surveyed in Wuhan and Huangshi during stay-at-home orders reported symptoms of depression and anxiety at a rate far higher than normal .
The same seems to be holding true for the general US population .
The Crisis Text Line—a free service providing crisis counseling over SMS—has reported a 40 percent increase in recent volume , averaging over 100,000 text conversations each month .
In a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the end of March , 47 percent of respondents under stay-at-home orders reported that COVID-related stress had negatively impacted their mental health , compared to 37 percent of respondents not facing such orders .
Twenty-one percent of stay-at-homers described that impact as “ major , ” compared to 13 percent those not locked down .
Statistically speaking , that ’ s quite a significant gap , especially when scaled to a population of 330 million .
Though there has been no reliable polling data since then , it ’ s easy to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ become as the weeks have worn on .
Combine that with the financial aspect of the lockdowns , and there ’ s a recipe for absolute disaster .
Under mandatory closure , an untold number of “ nonessential ” businesses—particularly small businesses—have gone insolvent or are on the brink thereof .
That ’ s led to tens of millions of new jobless claims in just the past two months—amounting to the worst employment crisis in American history .
A vast literature connects economic downturns to a number of psychological issues , including anxiety @ @ @ @ @ @ @ often spur on various high-risk behaviors .
Although recessions are inherently stressful , mental health challenges usually emerge within the personal context of income and employment insecurity .
With the economy in free fall , many millions of Americans have become worried about their ability to continue paying bills and putting food on the table going forward .
The psychological impact that recessions have is capable of lasting for years , even after economic difficulties themselves have disappeared .
With entire states having been locked down for weeks and months on end , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scourge of intense mental disturbance .
Although everyone is potentially at risk of developing symptoms of mental illness , those already struggling may be the most vulnerable .
One user in a depression support group on Reddit recently posted , “ I am going absolutely insane battling with my mind and being locked up in my house.
” Another said , “ Lockdown is making my depression the worst it ’ s ever been….I ’ d rather be dead than stuck in my house alone with my thoughts.
” Rock-bottom feelings such as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number of different maladaptive coping strategies , among them nonfatal self-harm .
For individuals already overloaded with anxiety and desperation , economic hardship is often the “ final straw ” leading to self-harm behaviors .
An Irish study found the self-harm rate to have increased across the population following the Great Recession , with men between the ages of 25 and 44 impacted the most .
Although this is far outside the usual age and sex demographic for self-harm , it may be explained by the heightened that stress working-aged men felt in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ study in Britain after the crash also noted a spike in self-harm , associated particularly with areas seeing greater amounts of job loss .
In an economy with people out of work more than ever before , that ’ s of considerable alarm .
Even without financial trouble , many may turn to hitting and cutting themselves just out of sheer loneliness .
With face-to-face interaction hard to come by , there are few support systems for people to rely on .
Despite serving a vital role in many capacities , Zoom calls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people ’ s woes , usually leaving users more exhausted than connected .
And although many health providers are providing patients with over-the-phone coverage , that sort of help may be much less effective for self-harmers .
A 2013 Taiwanese study on the etiology of self-harm reasoned that “ the structural conditions and quantity of support ” may help alleviate the urge to self-harm more than “ the quality of support received through specific networks.
” Sheltered away from friends , many sufferers are left feeling that there is no escape , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that .
In all the lockdown mess , many have even reached the brink of suicide .
The 2003 SARS outbreak led to an significant uptick in the suicide rate in Hong Kong—up to 18.6 suicides per 100,000 residents .
The elderly population there was hit the worst , likely as a consequence of increased social isolation .
Now , with community activities interrupted , many have become isolated from the gatherings that give their lives meaning—such as church , whose regular attendees face a suicide rate of one-fifth that of the rest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means more than mere biological life—it involves a complex array of relationships , activities , and goals .
But under lockdown , the world has been sapped of any semblance of true living .
Financial struggles are another common theme in suicide etiology .
During the Great Recession , suicides spiked across the globe .
Across just the US , the European Union , and Canada , research revealed more than ten thousand suicides connected to the downturn—again , particularly among men .
Some fear that worse numbers could arise from the current @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Policy Institute recently estimated that for every percentage point that the unemployment rate rises , the overall suicide rate rises 1.6 percent .
Considering that last month the real unemployment rate rose to 22.8 percent ( and possibly even higher ) , the US probably had nearly one thousand additional suicides in April stemming just from the economic shutdown .
As job loss continues this month , more people are bound to take their lives—not to mention the untold effect that social isolation is having .
Although national data isn ’ t yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been reporting significant increases in hotline usage—around 20–30 percent on most days and as high as 100 percent on others .
To manage lockdown stress , many have found themselves self-medicating and kicking back on old habits , which is exactly what prior research suggests .
When the economy falls , the use of alcohol and other drugs tends to spike—especially among those who lose their jobs .
Along with many financial stressors , spending more time at home intensifies the propensity for use , which stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seek out many addictive substances to find relief from social disconnection—which the brain can interpret as physical pain .
That ’ s why it ’ s no surprise that the lockdowns have helped spell doom for those already suffering with addiction .
Alone , it ’ s more difficult to resist relapse and misuse .
For the week ending April 25 , year-over-year total off-trade alcohol sales were up 26.4 percent , down from a high of 55 percent in March when the lockdowns began .
Online sales have exploded—recently growing in excess @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s not all because of people stocking up .
The data has shown that more people have been buying more alcohol , of a higher proof and at a more frequent pace .
That means that both consumption and sales have faced a significant uptick .
Even as the rate of sales growth has slowly decreased in mid-April , year-over-year increases have remained quite high .
Alcoholics Anonymous and other nonemergency addiction resources have not been deemed “ essential , ” leaving those recovering to find help online or over the phone .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ through the roof , as have calls to addiction helplines .
Many former addicts have fallen into relapse after years of sobriety , sending them back into the mire of struggles that they long thought they ’ d escaped .
Hard drug use is also on the rise—which is frightening , as the opioid crisis had already been wreaking havoc across the country .
Call volume at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ( SAMHSA ) National Hotline was five times higher at the end of March than it had been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and harm reduction centers are operating at limited capacity .
That ’ s left addicts with little recourse besides continued use .
Research indicates that even in periods of decreased income , drug use remains constant .
Throughout the present crisis , addicts have remained addicts and still need their fix , despite recent disruptions in the meth and heroin supply chains .
To avoid withdrawal symptoms , many switch to different substances , dealers , and means of ingestion—making use more imprecise and risky .
There ’ s also the fear that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them at a quicker pace .
As with suicides , national data has yet to emerge , but some municipal and county offices have already reported a substantial jump in overdoses since the lockdown began .
Although lockdowns are temporary , their effects can be irreversible .
Other addictive behaviors also seem to be on the rise .
Tobacco sales , for one , have absolutely boomed .
Industry giant Altria reported that in Q1 ( quarter 1 ) , shipments of its smokeable tobacco products rose 6.2 percent and oral tobacco shipments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s unclear how much of that is due to people stocking up , both convenience stores and online sellers have recently noticed a significant uptick in demand as well .
And an increase in use would follow the same pattern as what happened during the Great Recession .
Stressed and stuck at home , people have also ramped up their porn consumption .
Since the lockdowns began , PornHub traffic has consistently been above average—with a high of 23.2 percent at the end of March , when the company offered all users free @ @ @ @ @ @ @ porn can rope users into a powerfully addictive cycle , engendering psychosexual difficulties such as low libido , sexual dissatisfaction , and erectile dysfunction—even in young men .
Online , many have also begun to try their luck at gambling .
Global Poker—a popular online poker room—saw a 43 percent spike in use following lockdown orders , with a remarkable 255 percent increase in first-time players .
Much of that may be new traffic from gamblers who had frequented brick-and-mortar casinos—a mere shifting of activity from one channel to another .
But it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is associated with a number of increased risks for becoming addicted .
The fallout from that could take decades to move past .
The politicians and medical experts basking in the COVID spotlight have traded the façade of an effective public health response for the hidden realities of mental illness .
As talking heads repeatedly prattled the “ flatten the curve ” mantra , the curves for stress , suicide , and addiction all steepened .
A study by the Well Being Trust concluded that “ deaths of despair ” —which include all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , unemployment , and isolation—may total seventy-five thousand by the end of the COVID crisis .
Their death knells rang out the moment governors committed their states to shutting down .
And among those who live , the residual psychological and behavioral effects will remain long after the lockdowns are over—possibly for the rest of their lives .
Indeed , by overstepping individual judgment , the government imposed a one-size-fits-none solution so debilitating and unprecedented that the country will never truly recover .
In the long run—aside from the blips and bumps of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ risk to the health of the nation .
An estimated 265 million people will be pushed into starvation due to the global economic shutdown orders instituted due to COVID19 .
The number of lives that will be lost due to starvation and malnutrition will be of biblical proportions .

Although state lockdowns have served governors well as a heavy-handed show of force, the policies are a patent neglect of the many nuances inherent in human action.
They have led to a host of unintended consequences, including the emergence of a new health crisis—a dangerously sharp rise in mental illness. Though states are gradually wading out of lockdown, the damage has already been done and is here to stay.
Distress and Disorder
The science is clear that having meaningful human interactions is an inherent, biological need that all people share. But in the name of “public health,” people are prohibited from freely and peaceably congregating. There’s no church, no “nonessential” shopping, no going into work (for many), no girls’ nights out, no going to the gym, no visiting friends, no family get-togethers. Nothing. No sacrifice can be too great in the age of COVID per the “experts.” And that’s taken a harsh psychological toll on the nation.
Extensive study has, for years, correlated social isolation with poor mental health. The need for connection is as real now as it’s ever been. Since the US had already long suffered from a loneliness crisis, the stark and sudden crop up of stay-at-home orders made this immediately much worse. As Drs. Betty Pfefferbaum and Carol North found,
A recent review of psychological sequelae in samples of quarantined people and of health care providers…revealed numerous emotional outcomes, including stress, depression, irritability, insomnia, fear, confusion, anger, frustration, boredom, and stigma associated with quarantine, some of which persisted after the quarantine was lifted.
Being whisked from normal life into the repressive conditions of lockdowns is understandably damaging. The anguish people are feeling is at astronomical levels. Schoolchilden recently surveyed in Wuhan and Huangshi during stay-at-home orders reported symptoms of depression and anxiety at a rate far higher than normal.
The same seems to be holding true for the general US population. The Crisis Text Line—a free service providing crisis counseling over SMS—has reported a 40 percent increase in recent volume, averaging over 100,000 text conversations each month. In a Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) poll from the end of March, 47 percent of respondents under stay-at-home orders reported that COVID-related stress had negatively impacted their mental health, compared to 37 percent of respondents not facing such orders. Twenty-one percent of stay-at-homers described that impact as “major,” compared to 13 percent those not locked down. Statistically speaking, that’s quite a significant gap, especially when scaled to a population of 330 million. Though there has been no reliable polling data since then, it’s easy to imagine how much worse the situation has become as the weeks have worn on.
Combine that with the financial aspect of the lockdowns, and there’s a recipe for absolute disaster. Under mandatory closure, an untold number of “nonessential” businesses—particularly small businesses—have gone insolvent or are on the brink thereof. That’s led to tens of millions of new jobless claims in just the past two months—amounting to the worst employment crisis in American history.
A vast literature connects economic downturns to a number of psychological issues, including anxiety, stress, and depression, which often spur on various high-risk behaviors. Although recessions are inherently stressful, mental health challenges usually emerge within the personal context of income and employment insecurity. With the economy in free fall, many millions of Americans have become worried about their ability to continue paying bills and putting food on the table going forward. The psychological impact that recessions have is capable of lasting for years, even after economic difficulties themselves have disappeared. With entire states having been locked down for weeks and months on end, public activity is only reemerging under the scourge of intense mental disturbance.
Self-Harm and Suicide
Although everyone is potentially at risk of developing symptoms of mental illness, those already struggling may be the most vulnerable. One user in a depression support group on Reddit recently posted, “I am going absolutely insane battling with my mind and being locked up in my house.” Another said, “Lockdown is making my depression the worst it’s ever been….I’d rather be dead than stuck in my house alone with my thoughts.” Rock-bottom feelings such as these are very often accompanied by a number of different maladaptive coping strategies, among them nonfatal self-harm.
For individuals already overloaded with anxiety and desperation, economic hardship is often the “final straw” leading to self-harm behaviors. An Irish study found the self-harm rate to have increased across the population following the Great Recession, with men between the ages of 25 and 44 impacted the most. Although this is far outside the usual age and sex demographic for self-harm, it may be explained by the heightened that stress working-aged men felt in their roles as primary breadwinners. A study in Britain after the crash also noted a spike in self-harm, associated particularly with areas seeing greater amounts of job loss. In an economy with people out of work more than ever before, that’s of considerable alarm.
Even without financial trouble, many may turn to hitting and cutting themselves just out of sheer loneliness. With face-to-face interaction hard to come by, there are few support systems for people to rely on. Despite serving a vital role in many capacities, Zoom calls clearly aren’t a cure for people’s woes, usually leaving users more exhausted than connected.
And although many health providers are providing patients with over-the-phone coverage, that sort of help may be much less effective for self-harmers. A 2013 Taiwanese study on the etiology of self-harm reasoned that “the structural conditions and quantity of support” may help alleviate the urge to self-harm more than “the quality of support received through specific networks.” Sheltered away from friends, many sufferers are left feeling that there is no escape, and telehealth services can do little to change that.
In all the lockdown mess, many have even reached the brink of suicide. The 2003 SARS outbreak led to an significant uptick in the suicide rate in Hong Kong—up to 18.6 suicides per 100,000 residents. The elderly population there was hit the worst, likely as a consequence of increased social isolation. Now, with community activities interrupted, many have become isolated from the gatherings that give their lives meaning—such as church, whose regular attendees face a suicide rate of one-fifth that of the rest of the population. “Living” means more than mere biological life—it involves a complex array of relationships, activities, and goals. But under lockdown, the world has been sapped of any semblance of true living.
Financial struggles are another common theme in suicide etiology. During the Great Recession, suicides spiked across the globe. Across just the US, the European Union, and Canada, research revealed more than ten thousand suicides connected to the downturn—again, particularly among men. Some fear that worse numbers could arise from the current economic crisis.
The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute recently estimated that for every percentage point that the unemployment rate rises, the overall suicide rate rises 1.6 percent. Considering that last month the real unemployment rate rose to 22.8 percent (and possibly even higher), the US probably had nearly one thousand additional suicides in April stemming just from the economic shutdown. As job loss continues this month, more people are bound to take their lives—not to mention the untold effect that social isolation is having. Although national data isn’t yet available, many local suicide prevention centers have been reporting significant increases in hotline usage—around 20–30 percent on most days and as high as 100 percent on others.
Substance Abuse and Addiction
To manage lockdown stress, many have found themselves self-medicating and kicking back on old habits, which is exactly what prior research suggests. When the economy falls, the use of alcohol and other drugs tends to spike—especially among those who lose their jobs. Along with many financial stressors, spending more time at home intensifies the propensity for use, which stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines have only helped worsen.
People also seek out many addictive substances to find relief from social disconnection—which the brain can interpret as physical pain. That’s why it’s no surprise that the lockdowns have helped spell doom for those already suffering with addiction. Alone, it’s more difficult to resist relapse and misuse.
For the week ending April 25, year-over-year total off-trade alcohol sales were up 26.4 percent, down from a high of 55 percent in March when the lockdowns began. Online sales have exploded—recently growing in excess of 500 percent. But that’s not all because of people stocking up. The data has shown that more people have been buying more alcohol, of a higher proof and at a more frequent pace. That means that both consumption and sales have faced a significant uptick. Even as the rate of sales growth has slowly decreased in mid-April, year-over-year increases have remained quite high.
Alcoholics Anonymous and other nonemergency addiction resources have not been deemed “essential,” leaving those recovering to find help online or over the phone. Activity on internet support groups has shot through the roof, as have calls to addiction helplines. Many former addicts have fallen into relapse after years of sobriety, sending them back into the mire of struggles that they long thought they’d escaped.
Hard drug use is also on the rise—which is frightening, as the opioid crisis had already been wreaking havoc across the country. Call volume at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Hotline was five times higher at the end of March than it had been at the beginning of the month, and harm reduction centers are operating at limited capacity. That’s left addicts with little recourse besides continued use.
Research indicates that even in periods of decreased income, drug use remains constant. Throughout the present crisis, addicts have remained addicts and still need their fix, despite recent disruptions in the meth and heroin supply chains. To avoid withdrawal symptoms, many switch to different substances, dealers, and means of ingestion—making use more imprecise and risky. There’s also the fear that addicts who have stockpiled substances are using them at a quicker pace. As with suicides, national data has yet to emerge, but some municipal and county offices have already reported a substantial jump in overdoses since the lockdown began. Although lockdowns are temporary, their effects can be irreversible.
Other addictive behaviors also seem to be on the rise. Tobacco sales, for one, have absolutely boomed. Industry giant Altria reported that in Q1 (quarter 1), shipments of its smokeable tobacco products rose 6.2 percent and oral tobacco shipments rose 2.8 percent. Although it’s unclear how much of that is due to people stocking up, both convenience stores and online sellers have recently noticed a significant uptick in demand as well. And an increase in use would follow the same pattern as what happened during the Great Recession.
Stressed and stuck at home, people have also ramped up their porn consumption. Since the lockdowns began, PornHub traffic has consistently been above average—with a high of 23.2 percent at the end of March, when the company offered all users free premium access. When used frequently, porn can rope users into a powerfully addictive cycle, engendering psychosexual difficulties such as low libido, sexual dissatisfaction, and erectile dysfunction—even in young men.
Online, many have also begun to try their luck at gambling. Global Poker—a popular online poker room—saw a 43 percent spike in use following lockdown orders, with a remarkable 255 percent increase in first-time players. Much of that may be new traffic from gamblers who had frequented brick-and-mortar casinos—a mere shifting of activity from one channel to another. But it comes at a cost: online gambling is associated with a number of increased risks for becoming addicted. The fallout from that could take decades to move past.
Conclusion
The politicians and medical experts basking in the COVID spotlight have traded the façade of an effective public health response for the hidden realities of mental illness. As talking heads repeatedly prattled the “flatten the curve” mantra, the curves for stress, suicide, and addiction all steepened. A study by the Well Being Trust concluded that “deaths of despair”—which include all suicide and substance-related fatalities resulting from fear, unemployment, and isolation—may total seventy-five thousand by the end of the COVID crisis. Their death knells rang out the moment governors committed their states to shutting down.
And among those who live, the residual psychological and behavioral effects will remain long after the lockdowns are over—possibly for the rest of their lives. Indeed, by overstepping individual judgment, the government imposed a one-size-fits-none solution so debilitating and unprecedented that the country will never truly recover. In the long run—aside from the blips and bumps of infection and disease—the state remains the true risk to the health of the nation.
An estimated 265 million people will be pushed into starvation due to the global economic shutdown orders instituted due to COVID19. The number of lives that will be lost due to starvation and malnutrition will be of biblical proportions.


newswars--2020-05-18--Money Supply Growth in April Ballooned to a New High

Fueled by unprecedented quantitative easing , central bank asset purchases , and various stimulus packages , the money supply growth rate ballooned in April to an all-time high .
The growth rate has never been higher , with the 1970s as the only period that comes close .
It was expected that money supply growth would surge in recent months .
This usually happens in the wake of the early months of a recession or financial crisis .
The magnitude of the growth rate , however , was unexpected .
During April 2020 , year-over-year ( YOY ) growth in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That ’ s up from March ’ s rate of 11.3 percent , and up from April 2019 ’ s rate of 1.94 percent .
Historically , this is a very large surge in growth both month over month and year over year .
It is also quite a reversal from the trend that only just ended in August of last year , when growth rates were nearly bottoming out around 2 percent .
In August , the growth rate hit a 120-month low , falling to the lowest growth rates we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ money supply metric used here—the “ true ” or Rothbard-Salerno money supply measure ( TMS ) —is the metric developed by Murray Rothbard and Joseph Salerno , and is designed to provide a better measure of money supply fluctuations than M2 .
The Mises Institute now offers regular updates on this metric and its growth .
This measure of the money supply differs from M2 in that it includes Treasury deposits at the Fed ( and excludes short-time deposits , traveler ’ s checks , and retail money funds ) .
The M2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in April , growing 18.01 percent compared to March ’ s growth rate of 10.95 percent .
M2 grew 4.0 percent during April of last year .
The M2 growth rate had fallen considerably from late 2016 to late 2018 , but has been growing again in recent months .
As of March , it is following the same trend as TMS .
Money supply growth can often be a helpful measure of economic activity .
During periods of economic boom , money supply tends to grow quickly as banks make more loans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , tend to be preceded by periods of slowdown in rates of money supply growth .
However , money supply growth tends to grow out of its low-growth trough well before the onset of recession .
As recession nears , the TMS growth rate climbs and becomes larger than the M2 growth rate .
This occurred in the early months of the 2002 and the 2009 crises .
February 2020 was the first month since late 2008 that the TMS growth rate climbed higher than the M2 growth rate .
The TMS growth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ April 2020 .
As of mid-April 2020 , it does appear that the decline in money supply growth has again preceded a recession .
Although some observers will likely claim that the current economic crisis is a result solely of the COVID-19 panic and resulting government-forced shutdowns , several indicators do suggests that the economy was primed for a recession .
The decline in TMS is one of these indicators , as is the late 2019 liquidity crisis in the repo markets .
The Fed ’ s moves to drop interest rates and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speak to the weakness of the economy leading up to April 2020 .
The overall M2 total money supply in February was $ 17.2 trillion and the TMS total was $ 16.3 trillion .
The growth in the money supply in recent months is in part tied to the fact that the Federal Reserve grew more accommodative in late 2019 and embraced unprecedented monetary stimulus in March and April .
The Fed drove down the target key interest rate to 0.25 percent and began broad and unprecedented new “ quantitative easing ” programs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FOMC ) cut the target fed funds rate more than once in the months preceding March 2020 , but in response to government-forced shutdowns of several sectors of the economy , it cut the federal funds rate by 150 basis points in less than a month .
The Fed has flooded markets with new money by purchasing a variety of assets from US government debt to securities .
The Fed ’ s balance sheet is now at an all-time high .
Another change partially driving the increase in the TMS is the large @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that we ’ ve seen in recent months .
In April 2020 , this sum surged to a new all-time high of $ 783 billion .
This is well in excess of the previous high of $ 423 billion reached during February of this year .

Fueled by unprecedented quantitative easing, central bank asset purchases, and various stimulus packages, the money supply growth rate ballooned in April to an all-time high.
The growth rate has never been higher, with the 1970s as the only period that comes close. It was expected that money supply growth would surge in recent months. This usually happens in the wake of the early months of a recession or financial crisis. The magnitude of the growth rate, however, was unexpected.
During April 2020, year-over-year (YOY) growth in the money supply was at 21.30 percent. That’s up from March’s rate of 11.3 percent, and up from April 2019’s rate of 1.94 percent. Historically, this is a very large surge in growth both month over month and year over year. It is also quite a reversal from the trend that only just ended in August of last year, when growth rates were nearly bottoming out around 2 percent. In August, the growth rate hit a 120-month low, falling to the lowest growth rates we’d seen since 2007.
The money supply metric used here—the “true” or Rothbard-Salerno money supply measure (TMS)—is the metric developed by Murray Rothbard and Joseph Salerno, and is designed to provide a better measure of money supply fluctuations than M2. The Mises Institute now offers regular updates on this metric and its growth. This measure of the money supply differs from M2 in that it includes Treasury deposits at the Fed (and excludes short-time deposits, traveler’s checks, and retail money funds).
The M2 growth rate also increased to historic highs in April, growing 18.01 percent compared to March’s growth rate of 10.95 percent. M2 grew 4.0 percent during April of last year. The M2 growth rate had fallen considerably from late 2016 to late 2018, but has been growing again in recent months. As of March, it is following the same trend as TMS.
Money supply growth can often be a helpful measure of economic activity. During periods of economic boom, money supply tends to grow quickly as banks make more loans. Recessions, on the other hand, tend to be preceded by periods of slowdown in rates of money supply growth. However, money supply growth tends to grow out of its low-growth trough well before the onset of recession. As recession nears, the TMS growth rate climbs and becomes larger than the M2 growth rate. This occurred in the early months of the 2002 and the 2009 crises. February 2020 was the first month since late 2008 that the TMS growth rate climbed higher than the M2 growth rate. The TMS growth rate again exceeded M2 in March and April 2020. As of mid-April 2020, it does appear that the decline in money supply growth has again preceded a recession. Although some observers will likely claim that the current economic crisis is a result solely of the COVID-19 panic and resulting government-forced shutdowns, several indicators do suggests that the economy was primed for a recession. The decline in TMS is one of these indicators, as is the late 2019 liquidity crisis in the repo markets. The Fed’s moves to drop interest rates and to once again grow its balance sheet speak to the weakness of the economy leading up to April 2020.
The overall M2 total money supply in February was $17.2 trillion and the TMS total was $16.3 trillion.
The growth in the money supply in recent months is in part tied to the fact that the Federal Reserve grew more accommodative in late 2019 and embraced unprecedented monetary stimulus in March and April. The Fed drove down the target key interest rate to 0.25 percent and began broad and unprecedented new “quantitative easing” programs. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) cut the target fed funds rate more than once in the months preceding March 2020, but in response to government-forced shutdowns of several sectors of the economy, it cut the federal funds rate by 150 basis points in less than a month. The Fed has flooded markets with new money by purchasing a variety of assets from US government debt to securities. The Fed’s balance sheet is now at an all-time high.
Another change partially driving the increase in the TMS is the large increase in Treasury deposits at the Fed that we’ve seen in recent months. In April 2020, this sum surged to a new all-time high of $783 billion. This is well in excess of the previous high of $423 billion reached during February of this year.


newswars--2020-05-18--Thanks to Shutdowns, Many Will Learn That Public Schooling Isn’t All That Essential After All

While some of America ’ s most demagogic politicians try to exploit the COVID-19 outbreak , some Americans are trying to make the most of their de facto state of house arrest .
Government-imposed lockdowns have resulted in the shutdown of a number of schools across the nation .
During this period some schools have gone online , while others have closed up indefinitely .
Society is conditioned to believe that children can not possibly be able to receive an education under such circumstances .
After all , education can only take place in a classroom , at least in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , some families are daring to do the unthinkable by experimenting with homeschooling .
Counter to the opportunistic political class , which views every crisis as a moment to undermine people ’ s liberties , a number of homeschooling proponents have flipped the script to promote homeschooling .
What better time to do so , when most families are stuck at home and don ’ t even know when schools will open up again .
Even in times of uncertainty , people have repeatedly demonstrated a willingness to experiment and try different methods @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Unfortunately , we live in a political culture in which voluntary alternatives to state-dominated institutions never show up on the chattering class ’ s radar .
Public education happens to be one of the rituals in the American civic religion that one dares not question lest one is burned at the stake of public opinion .
When people start experimenting outside educational norms , ivory-tower elites feel almost obliged to nudge their disobedient subjects back to the government schooling plantation .
Harvard Magazine had to make sure that the rubes did not stumble @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a piece skeptical of the practice .
The article put particular emphasis on Elizabeth Bartholet ’ s perspective , the faculty director of Harvard Law School ’ s Child Advocacy Program , and her call for “ a presumptive ban on the practice ” in the Arizona Law Review .
Bartholet invoked some of the most egregious forms of newspeak by suggesting that homeschooling is “ essentially authoritarian control over their children from ages zero to 18.
” In her ever so enlightened view , the very thought of homeschooling is “ dangerous.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ break down in Bartholet ’ s antihomeschooling screed , but let ’ s focus on her assertion that homeschooling is “ authoritarian.
” This notion is risible .
Such claims don ’ t even pass a laugh test when considering that the majority of the curriculum in contemporary public schools puts forward progovernment narratives when it comes to taxation , social welfare programs , war , and every other pillar of the modern-day managerial state .
Parents voluntarily making educational arrangements in their children ’ s best interests is the polar opposite of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ word changed in our sleep .
Also , what does Bartholet have to say about the current public education system taking children away from their parents and subjecting them to more than fifteen thousand hours of school time over their K–12 careers ?
Some politicians don ’ t even think this amount of time locked up in school is enough .
For example , California senator Kamala Harris proposed extending the school day to ten hours .
Curious minds would like to know what Bartholet thinks about Harris ’ s idea .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my breath at this point .
For the high priests of public education , more time interacting with the state represents virtuous behavior , whereas unplugging from the public education grid is tantamount to heresy in the managerial priesthood ’ s view .
Academics such as Bartholet should spare us the sanctimonious hand wringing over the dangers of homeschooling .
Bartholet is concerned that homeschooling is an impediment to a child ’ s right to a “ meaningful education ” and their right to “ be protected from potential child abuse.
” Education @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his life ’ s work that public schooling is anything but education .
In fact , he has a book titled Weapons of Mass Instruction in which he eloquently makes the case that public schooling is designed to create malleable cogs in the machine and discourage any form of independent thinking .
As far as child abuse goes , I ’ d invite Bartholet to take a look at what ’ s taking place in America ’ s allegedly “ safe ” government schools .
During the 2017–18 school year , approximately 962,300 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ according to a study from the Institute of Education Studies .
In this report , violent incidents consist of rape , other forms of sexual assault , robbery , physical attacks , and threats of physical attack .
Similarly , the Associated Press found approximately seventeen thousand cases of sexual assault committed by students from 2011–15 .
Moreover , the number observed in that period does not portray the full extent of the problem , because a significant number of sexual assaults are unreported .
For example , some states don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that do record have different standards for how they categorize sexual violence .
Although public schools may be “ safe spaces ” for politically correct curricula , they do not guarantee safe environments for students ’ physical and mental health .
According to a study from the US Department of Health and Human Services , 49 percent of school children in grades 4–12 reported being subjected to bullying by other students on a monthly basis , while 30.8 percent reported that they themselves engaged in bullying .
How ’ s that for constructive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ somewhere in the middle : some children will require traditional schooling models , albeit in a privatized setting .
On the other hand , other students will thrive in homeschooling environments .
Markets serve to satisfy the demands of diverse sets of consumers , not the political desires of central planners .
For the political left , who claim to be “ pro-choice ” and “ diverse , ” they sure love sticking to one-dimensional models for education .
The idea of nonstate education is not a radical proposition .
Throughout American history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ institutions without the central direction of the state .
Americans have always found ways to get around government-imposed obstacles and will continue to do so despite the draconian measures that state governments have taken during the current pandemic .
American homeschooling has increased considerably in the last two decades despite the government barriers in place and the social pressure that naysayers exert to make sure America ’ s youth don ’ t veer away from the government schooling conveyor belt .
According to the National Center for Education Statistics , the number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 1,800,000 in 2012 .
Such numbers will likely grow as more families begin experimenting with education at home .
I tip my hat to the homeschoolers .
They ’ re the ones who are engaging in revolutionary acts by categorically rejecting the public school industrial complex .
Hopefully , more Americans learn about the benefits of homeschooling while government shutdowns continue and millions of Americans are kept under house arrest .
As for Bartholet , she can continue decrying homeschooling all she wants .
The good news is that markets don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elites .
Regular people are the ones in charge , and they determine how services will be provided .
As long as Bartholet ’ s idea of homeschooling prohibition does not become a political reality , she can continue yammering on about the supposed authoritarianism of homeschooling in the confines of her Ivy League pedestal for all I care .
Millions of homeschoolers and other Americans who opt for nonstate education programs will go on with their lives without having to worry about what some Harvard elite has to say about their educational @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we should start focusing more of our time on a different public health problem .
That is government schooling .
I ’ ll gladly support a permanent lockdown of government schools ; that way , we can prevent the statist mind virus from spreading even further .

While some of America’s most demagogic politicians try to exploit the COVID-19 outbreak, some Americans are trying to make the most of their de facto state of house arrest.
Government-imposed lockdowns have resulted in the shutdown of a number of schools across the nation. During this period some schools have gone online, while others have closed up indefinitely. Society is conditioned to believe that children cannot possibly be able to receive an education under such circumstances. After all, education can only take place in a classroom, at least in the social planners’ view.
However, some families are daring to do the unthinkable by experimenting with homeschooling. Counter to the opportunistic political class, which views every crisis as a moment to undermine people’s liberties, a number of homeschooling proponents have flipped the script to promote homeschooling. What better time to do so, when most families are stuck at home and don’t even know when schools will open up again.
Even in times of uncertainty, people have repeatedly demonstrated a willingness to experiment and try different methods without the tutelage of central planners. Unfortunately, we live in a political culture in which voluntary alternatives to state-dominated institutions never show up on the chattering class’s radar. Public education happens to be one of the rituals in the American civic religion that one dares not question lest one is burned at the stake of public opinion.
When people start experimenting outside educational norms, ivory-tower elites feel almost obliged to nudge their disobedient subjects back to the government schooling plantation. Harvard Magazine had to make sure that the rubes did not stumble upon the benefits of homeschooling by publishing a piece skeptical of the practice. The article put particular emphasis on Elizabeth Bartholet’s perspective, the faculty director of Harvard Law School’s Child Advocacy Program, and her call for “a presumptive ban on the practice” in the Arizona Law Review. Bartholet invoked some of the most egregious forms of newspeak by suggesting that homeschooling is “essentially authoritarian control over their children from ages zero to 18.” In her ever so enlightened view, the very thought of homeschooling is “dangerous.”
There’s a lot to break down in Bartholet’s antihomeschooling screed, but let’s focus on her assertion that homeschooling is “authoritarian.” This notion is risible. Such claims don’t even pass a laugh test when considering that the majority of the curriculum in contemporary public schools puts forward progovernment narratives when it comes to taxation, social welfare programs, war, and every other pillar of the modern-day managerial state. Parents voluntarily making educational arrangements in their children’s best interests is the polar opposite of authoritarianism, unless the definition of the word changed in our sleep.
Also, what does Bartholet have to say about the current public education system taking children away from their parents and subjecting them to more than fifteen thousand hours of school time over their K–12 careers? Some politicians don’t even think this amount of time locked up in school is enough. For example, California senator Kamala Harris proposed extending the school day to ten hours. Curious minds would like to know what Bartholet thinks about Harris’s idea. I, for one, would not hold my breath at this point. For the high priests of public education, more time interacting with the state represents virtuous behavior, whereas unplugging from the public education grid is tantamount to heresy in the managerial priesthood’s view.
Academics such as Bartholet should spare us the sanctimonious hand wringing over the dangers of homeschooling. Bartholet is concerned that homeschooling is an impediment to a child’s right to a “meaningful education” and their right to “be protected from potential child abuse.”
Education reformer John Taylor Gatto has demonstrated in his life’s work that public schooling is anything but education. In fact, he has a book titled Weapons of Mass Instruction in which he eloquently makes the case that public schooling is designed to create malleable cogs in the machine and discourage any form of independent thinking.
As far as child abuse goes, I’d invite Bartholet to take a look at what’s taking place in America’s allegedly “safe” government schools. During the 2017–18 school year, approximately 962,300 violent incidents took place across the nation according to a study from the Institute of Education Studies. In this report, violent incidents consist of rape, other forms of sexual assault, robbery, physical attacks, and threats of physical attack.
Similarly, the Associated Press found approximately seventeen thousand cases of sexual assault committed by students from 2011–15. Moreover, the number observed in that period does not portray the full extent of the problem, because a significant number of sexual assaults are unreported. For example, some states don’t even track the stats, and those that do record have different standards for how they categorize sexual violence.
Although public schools may be “safe spaces” for politically correct curricula, they do not guarantee safe environments for students’ physical and mental health. According to a study from the US Department of Health and Human Services, 49 percent of school children in grades 4–12 reported being subjected to bullying by other students on a monthly basis, while 30.8 percent reported that they themselves engaged in bullying. How’s that for constructive socialization?
Allow me to come down somewhere in the middle: some children will require traditional schooling models, albeit in a privatized setting. On the other hand, other students will thrive in homeschooling environments. Markets serve to satisfy the demands of diverse sets of consumers, not the political desires of central planners. For the political left, who claim to be “pro-choice” and “diverse,” they sure love sticking to one-dimensional models for education. The idea of nonstate education is not a radical proposition.
Throughout American history, countless Americans have built parallel educational institutions without the central direction of the state. Americans have always found ways to get around government-imposed obstacles and will continue to do so despite the draconian measures that state governments have taken during the current pandemic.
American homeschooling has increased considerably in the last two decades despite the government barriers in place and the social pressure that naysayers exert to make sure America’s youth don’t veer away from the government schooling conveyor belt. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the number of homeschooled students doubled from 850,000 in 1999 to 1,800,000 in 2012. Such numbers will likely grow as more families begin experimenting with education at home.
I tip my hat to the homeschoolers. They’re the ones who are engaging in revolutionary acts by categorically rejecting the public school industrial complex. Hopefully, more Americans learn about the benefits of homeschooling while government shutdowns continue and millions of Americans are kept under house arrest. As for Bartholet, she can continue decrying homeschooling all she wants. The good news is that markets don’t care about the opinions of ivory-tower elites. Regular people are the ones in charge, and they determine how services will be provided. As long as Bartholet’s idea of homeschooling prohibition does not become a political reality, she can continue yammering on about the supposed authoritarianism of homeschooling in the confines of her Ivy League pedestal for all I care.
Millions of homeschoolers and other Americans who opt for nonstate education programs will go on with their lives without having to worry about what some Harvard elite has to say about their educational choices. Once the pandemic subsides, we should start focusing more of our time on a different public health problem. That is government schooling. I’ll gladly support a permanent lockdown of government schools; that way, we can prevent the statist mind virus from spreading even further.


newswars--2020-05-18--United Nations Claims It’s Politically Incorrect to Say “Husband” or “Wife”

The United Nations has put out a tweet asserting that people shouldn ’ t use politically incorrect terms like “ boyfriend , ” “ girlfriend , ” “ husband ” and “ wife ” in order to “ help create a more equal world.
” “ What you say matters .
Help create a more equal world by using gender-neutral language if you ’ re unsure about someone ’ s gender or are referring to a group , ” states the tweet .
It then lists a number of terms alongside their politically correct alternative .
These include mankind , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , boyfriend/girlfriend , manpower , maiden name , fireman and husband/wife .
A faceless globalist bureaucracy telling people what sounds are allowed to come out of their mouths surprisingly didn ’ t go down too well .
“ Stop trying to control people ’ s language .
It ’ s creepy and unnecessary , ” said Lucy Harris .
“ Are we allowed to say son or daughter or will my spouse and I get a visit from a police officer ?
” asked another .
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The United Nations has put out a tweet asserting that people shouldn’t use politically incorrect terms like “boyfriend,” “girlfriend,” “husband” and “wife” in order to “help create a more equal world.”
“What you say matters. Help create a more equal world by using gender-neutral language if you’re unsure about someone’s gender or are referring to a group,” states the tweet.
It then lists a number of terms alongside their politically correct alternative.
These include mankind, chairman, congressman, policeman, landlord, boyfriend/girlfriend, manpower, maiden name, fireman and husband/wife.
What you say matters. Help create a more equal world by using gender-neutral language if you’re unsure about someone’s gender or are referring to a group. https://t.co/QQRFPY4VRn #GenerationEquality via@UN_Women pic.twitter.com/koxoAZZuxq — United Nations (@UN) May 18, 2020
A faceless globalist bureaucracy telling people what sounds are allowed to come out of their mouths surprisingly didn’t go down too well.
“Stop trying to control people’s language. It’s creepy and unnecessary,” said Lucy Harris.
Stop trying to control people’s language. It’s creepy and unnecessary. — Lucy Harris (@Lugey6) May 18, 2020
“Are we allowed to say son or daughter or will my spouse and I get a visit from a police officer?” asked another.
Are we allowed to say son or daughter or will my spouse and I get a visit from a police officer? — Wes Butler 🐝 (@WButler77) May 18, 2020
“Are we still allowed to say manhole cover?” joked another.
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newswars--2020-05-19--Migrant Youths Riot in Paris, Attack Police With Fireworks

Migrant youths rioted in Paris yet again last night , attacking police with fireworks in response to the death of of a teen motorcyclist .
The disorder began after the death of 18-year-old Sabri Choubi , who was killed after ramming into a pole while not wearing a helmet on the northern outskirts of Paris on Saturday evening .
However , migrants in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil blamed police for the teen ’ s death and for the past two nights have been bombarding riot cops with fireworks and other missiles .
Police responded by firing tear gas at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ estates before arresting six people .
Migrant youths set three cars alight , burned 20 dumpsters and apparently tried to set a local police station on fire by bombarding it with Molotov cocktails .
Police claimed migrants were merely using Choubi ’ s death as an excuse to violate the country ’ s lockdown order and express their frustrations .
As we previously reported , areas of Paris and other departments throughout the country were hit by four nights of consecutive rioting last month following a similar incident where migrants blamed police for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The media described the unrest as “ anti-lockdown riots , ” but this disguised the true nature of what happened and the fact that migrant riots have now become commonplace in Paris and other major French cities due to unfettered mass migration and a total lack of integration .
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Migrant youths rioted in Paris yet again last night, attacking police with fireworks in response to the death of of a teen motorcyclist.
The disorder began after the death of 18-year-old Sabri Choubi, who was killed after ramming into a pole while not wearing a helmet on the northern outskirts of Paris on Saturday evening.
#France
Angry protests erupted in Argenteuil of #Paris after an 18-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash following police chase late Sunday night. pic.twitter.com/hGbOKLjg58 — th1an1 (@th1an1) May 18, 2020
However, migrants in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil blamed police for the teen’s death and for the past two nights have been bombarding riot cops with fireworks and other missiles.
Nouveaux incidents (très limités pour le moment) à la ZUP d’Argenteuil, après la mort de Sabri, 18 ans, ce dimanche matin, Notamment sur la dalle, proche commissariat, Feux d’artifices, départs de feux rue berionne, comme hier. @le_Parisien pic.twitter.com/N6X01oRqiL — Victor Tassel (@victor_tassel) May 18, 2020
Police responded by firing tear gas at gangs who had gathered near public housing estates before arresting six people.
Migrant youths set three cars alight, burned 20 dumpsters and apparently tried to set a local police station on fire by bombarding it with Molotov cocktails.
Police claimed migrants were merely using Choubi’s death as an excuse to violate the country’s lockdown order and express their frustrations.
As we previously reported, areas of Paris and other departments throughout the country were hit by four nights of consecutive rioting last month following a similar incident where migrants blamed police for the accidental death of a motorcyclist.
The media described the unrest as “anti-lockdown riots,” but this disguised the true nature of what happened and the fact that migrant riots have now become commonplace in Paris and other major French cities due to unfettered mass migration and a total lack of integration.
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newswars--2020-05-19--Experts Suggest £90 Million Oxford University Coronavirus Vaccine Doesn’t Work

Scientists have expressed doubts over the effectiveness of a coronavirus vaccine that has been rushed to human trials , after all of the monkeys used in initial testing later contracted coronavirus .
The British government has spent approximately £90 million on the research so far , however , Dr William Haseltine , a former Harvard Medical School professor , noted that the rhesus macaques monkeys who received the vaccine were found to have the same amount of virus in their noses as non-vaccinated monkeys in the trial .
“ All of the vaccinated monkeys treated with the Oxford vaccine became @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , adding that “ There was no difference in the amount of viral RNA detected from ( nasal secretions ) in the vaccinated monkeys as compared to the unvaccinated animals.
” “ Which is to say , all vaccinated animals were infected.
” the doctor added .
“ It is crystal clear that the vaccine did not provide sterilising immunity to the virus challenge , the gold standard for any vaccine.
” Dr Haseltine also said .
John Ball , Professor of Molecular Biology at Nottingham University said that the ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The amount of virus genome detected in the noses of the vaccinated and un-vaccinated monkeys was the same and this is concerning.
” Ball wrote .
“ If this represents infectious virus and a similar thing occurs in humans , then vaccinated people can still be infected and shed large amounts of virus.
” he added , warning that “ This could potentially spread to others in the community.
” Eleanor Riley , a professor of immunology and infectious disease at Edinburgh University also said the number of antibodies produced was ‘ insufficient @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ If similar results were obtained in humans , the vaccine would likely provide partial protection against disease in the recipient but would be unlikely to reduce transmission in the wider community , ” Riley said .
While funding is pouring into vaccine trials , research from California claims to have discovered anti-bodies that can completely block COVID-19 .
San Diego based Sorrento Therapeutics announced that an antibody named STI-1499 stopped coronavirus from entering 100 percent of healthy human cells in petri dish experiments .
The company has filed for emergency approval @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( FDA ) , promising that it can produce up to 200,000 doses of the antibody a month .
In further research at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle , another antibody , called S309 , was found to effectively target the ‘ spike proteins ’ found on the outside of the coronavirus , that are key to the invasion of human cells .
In a press release , researchers said that lab tests showed S309 attaches itself to the proteins , neutralizing them .
It will be interesting to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effective antibody research gets more funding going forward .

Scientists have expressed doubts over the effectiveness of a coronavirus vaccine that has been rushed to human trials, after all of the monkeys used in initial testing later contracted coronavirus.
The British government has spent approximately £90 million on the research so far, however, Dr William Haseltine, a former Harvard Medical School professor, noted that the rhesus macaques monkeys who received the vaccine were found to have the same amount of virus in their noses as non-vaccinated monkeys in the trial.
“All of the vaccinated monkeys treated with the Oxford vaccine became infected when challenged.” Dr Haseltine wrote, adding that “There was no difference in the amount of viral RNA detected from (nasal secretions) in the vaccinated monkeys as compared to the unvaccinated animals.”
“Which is to say, all vaccinated animals were infected.” the doctor added.
“It is crystal clear that the vaccine did not provide sterilising immunity to the virus challenge, the gold standard for any vaccine.” Dr Haseltine also said.
John Ball, Professor of Molecular Biology at Nottingham University said that the ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccine findings are “concerning”.
“The amount of virus genome detected in the noses of the vaccinated and un-vaccinated monkeys was the same and this is concerning.” Ball wrote.
“If this represents infectious virus and a similar thing occurs in humans, then vaccinated people can still be infected and shed large amounts of virus.” he added, warning that “This could potentially spread to others in the community.”
One final observation on the #Oxford #chadox1 #SARSCoV2 monkey challenge data. That viral loads in the noses of vaccinated and unvaccinated animals were identical is very significant. If the same happened in humans, vaccination would not stop spread. Reminiscent of SALK vaccine. — Jonathan Ball (@JonathanKBall) May 17, 2020
I genuinely believe that this finding should warrant an urgent re-appraisal of the ongoing human trials of the #chadox1 vaccine… — Jonathan Ball (@JonathanKBall) May 17, 2020
@stuartjdneil – seriously, do you have any ideas. Did I miss something really convincing in the monkey data? Would there be any immune data from humans this early? I suspect not. So what does ‘human clinical trials progressing well’ mean? — Jonathan Ball (@JonathanKBall) May 17, 2020
Eleanor Riley, a professor of immunology and infectious disease at Edinburgh University also said the number of antibodies produced was ‘insufficient’ to prevent infection and viral shedding.
“If similar results were obtained in humans, the vaccine would likely provide partial protection against disease in the recipient but would be unlikely to reduce transmission in the wider community,” Riley said.
While funding is pouring into vaccine trials, research from California claims to have discovered anti-bodies that can completely block COVID-19.
San Diego based Sorrento Therapeutics announced that an antibody named STI-1499 stopped coronavirus from entering 100 percent of healthy human cells in petri dish experiments.
The company has filed for emergency approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), promising that it can produce up to 200,000 doses of the antibody a month.
In further research at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, another antibody, called S309, was found to effectively target the ‘spike proteins’ found on the outside of the coronavirus, that are key to the invasion of human cells.

In a press release, researchers said that lab tests showed S309 attaches itself to the proteins, neutralizing them.
It will be interesting to observe whether the ineffective vaccine or the effective antibody research gets more funding going forward.


newswars--2020-05-19--Media, Leftists Flip Out After Trump Says He’s Taking Hydroxychloroquine

The media spent all night in a frothing fit because President Trump told reporters that he is taking the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine , as a precaution against coronavirus .
Trump told reporter that he hopes not to be taking the medication for long , but that he believes it ’ s effective , and that “ people should be allowed to.
” The media immediately called Trump irresponsible , with some vowing that the drug would “ kill him ” and anyone else who takes it .
Nancy Pelosi seized on the moment to call Trump “ morbidly obese ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not taking it because the president lies about things characteristically , ” Schumer said on MSNBC .
He added : “ I don ’ t know whether he is taking it or not .
I know him saying he is taking it , whether he is or not , is reckless , reckless , reckless.
” Of course , orange man is still bad : Even the communist Chinese government got in on the act , claiming that Trump is trying to beat coronavirus with “ witchcraft ” : It ’ s not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that has proven effective against the virus .
Cutting horns off Rhinos and sniffing them is witchcraft .

The media spent all night in a frothing fit because President Trump told reporters that he is taking the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, as a precaution against coronavirus.
Trump told reporter that he hopes not to be taking the medication for long, but that he believes it’s effective, and that “people should be allowed to.”
The media immediately called Trump irresponsible, with some vowing that the drug would “kill him” and anyone else who takes it.
Fox News’s Neil Cavuto is stunned by Trump’s announcement that he’s taking hydroxychloroquine: “If you are in a risky population here, and you are taking this as a preventative treatment … it will kill you. I cannot stress enough. This will kill you.” pic.twitter.com/e6D5alfAgc — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 18, 2020
Nancy Pelosi seized on the moment to call Trump “morbidly obese”:
“I would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists, especially in his age group, and in his, shall we say, weight group: ‘Morbidly obese,’ they say,” says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Pres. Trump’s revelation he is taking hydroxychloroquine. pic.twitter.com/0ImjpEjg9q — Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) May 19, 2020
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called Trump’s remarks about hydroxychloroquine “dangerous.”
“Maybe he’s really not taking it because the president lies about things characteristically,” Schumer said on MSNBC.
He added: “I don’t know whether he is taking it or not. I know him saying he is taking it, whether he is or not, is reckless, reckless, reckless.”
Of course, orange man is still bad:
Stephen Colbert brutally mocks Trump for taking hydroxychloroquine: “If you think hydroxycholoroquine might be right for you, don’t ask your doctor. Just ask around. And if you hear some good stories, eat it. Eat it, you coward.” https://t.co/DoyIYvrpyN — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 19, 2020
Even the communist Chinese government got in on the act, claiming that Trump is trying to beat coronavirus with “witchcraft”:
https://twitter.com/HuXijin_GT/status/1262573036948996096
It’s not witchcraft, it’s a drug that has proven effective against the virus. Cutting horns off Rhinos and sniffing them is witchcraft.


newswars--2020-05-19--Video: Karen Takes Her Family To The Beach, Complains Other People Are At The Beach

A video of a British woman has gone viral after she took her entire family to the beach and then complained that there were too many other people at the beach who were not social distancing .
The video , shot by the BBC , shows the Karen talking about how nice it is to be at the beach with her loved ones , after she drove an hour and a half to get there .
But then the complaining kicks in .
“ It ’ s lovely to get out but I ’ m quite shocked at how many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , adding “ They ’ re not paying attention to social distancing .
I find that quite annoying to be honest – it ’ s like being in Tesco.
” Karen ’ s daughter , Karen , added that “ It ’ s nice to get out of quarantine but I think it ’ s going to peak again because everyone ’ s going to go mad and go anywhere they can.
” Twitter users , holed up in their tiny one bedroom city flats without gardens or fresh air , immediately poured @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Karens all over the world are milking the opportunity to inflict their petty enforcement of personal behavior on other people .
Karen is MAD .
And she wants to speak to the manager of coronavirus .

A video of a British woman has gone viral after she took her entire family to the beach and then complained that there were too many other people at the beach who were not social distancing.
The video, shot by the BBC, shows the Karen talking about how nice it is to be at the beach with her loved ones, after she drove an hour and a half to get there. But then the complaining kicks in.
“It’s lovely to get out but I’m quite shocked at how many people are here,” she said, adding “They’re not paying attention to social distancing. I find that quite annoying to be honest – it’s like being in Tesco.”
Karen’s daughter, Karen, added that “It’s nice to get out of quarantine but I think it’s going to peak again because everyone’s going to go mad and go anywhere they can.”
Twitter users, holed up in their tiny one bedroom city flats without gardens or fresh air, immediately poured forth their disgust at anyone being outside:
Karens all over the world are milking the opportunity to inflict their petty enforcement of personal behavior on other people.
Karen is MAD. And she wants to speak to the manager of coronavirus.


newswars--2020-05-19--Eat In a Pod, Get Hair Cut In a Mask: Europe’s Lockdown Takes Strange Turn

European cities have begun lifting lockdown restrictions for business after months of quarantine , but scenes taking place across the continent depict a “ new normal ” that would have seemed alien to people in pre-coronavirus Europe .
On Monday , Italy began to ease its lockdown measures , some two months after the country became the epicentre for the coronavirus in Europe .
Italians were finally allowed to frequent cafes , restaurants , shops , and bars after months of quarantine .
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that the country had to accept the risk that coronavirus cases may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recover economically .
“ We ’ re facing a calculated risk in the knowledge that the contagion curve may rise again , ” said Conte .
“ We have to accept it otherwise we will never be able to start up again , ” he added .
The scenes that unfolded on the first day were markedly different than pre-coronavirus Italy .
Socially-distanced gondola rides in Venice , makeshift plexiglass pod-style restaurant seating in Milan , and masked hairdressers in Rome were all witnessed on Monday .
Alex Jones breaks into the War @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the dangers of not wearing a social distancing hat .

European cities have begun lifting lockdown restrictions for business after months of quarantine, but scenes taking place across the continent depict a “new normal” that would have seemed alien to people in pre-coronavirus Europe.
On Monday, Italy began to ease its lockdown measures, some two months after the country became the epicentre for the coronavirus in Europe. Italians were finally allowed to frequent cafes, restaurants, shops, and bars after months of quarantine.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that the country had to accept the risk that coronavirus cases may spike again, or Italy would not recover economically.
“We’re facing a calculated risk in the knowledge that the contagion curve may rise again,” said Conte.
“We have to accept it otherwise we will never be able to start up again,” he added.
The scenes that unfolded on the first day were markedly different than pre-coronavirus Italy. Socially-distanced gondola rides in Venice, makeshift plexiglass pod-style restaurant seating in Milan, and masked hairdressers in Rome were all witnessed on Monday.
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Alex Jones breaks into the War Room to give Owen a warning about the dangers of not wearing a social distancing hat.


newswars--2020-05-19--COVID-19: Police Host Public Manhunt For Woman ‘Violating the Rules and Orders For Failure to Quaran

COVID-19: Police Host Public Manhunt For Woman ‘Violating the Rules and Orders For Failure to Quarantine’

A Hawaiian Police Department recently posted to Facebook about a woman who was on the run for flouting coronavirus social distancing rules .
The Maui Police Department had resorted to Facebook to carry out a manhunt for a young woman who was suspected of breaching social distancing as local authorities scramble to prevent the further spread of the deadly coronavirus .
On the police department ’ s Facebook page , as they searched for the suspect , they wrote : Police are requesting your assistance in locating Tara Trunfio .
Trunfio is wanted for violating the Rules and Orders for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a 24 year old , Caucasian female , height 5 ’ 11 ” , weight 155 lbs.
, with brown hair and hazel eyes .
She was last seen in Haiku , and may now be in the Kihei area .
Anyone with information is asked to please contact the Maui Police Department .
On May 16 , the department issued an update to the original post notifying social media users that the social distancing fugitive was remanded in police custody , thanking them for their assistance .
On May 16 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trunfio ( 23 ) of Colorado , was arrested for two ( 2 ) counts of Rules and Orders .
Investigation reveals that Trunfio arrived on Maui , acknowledged the Emergency Proclamations set forth by Governor David Ige and Mayor Michael Victorino with regards to the Traveler 14 Day Quarantine , however failed to comply .
The Maui Police Department went onto add : An all-points bulletin was put out for her arrest , and posted to social media .
There were over 300,000 people reached with the post and over 5,000 comments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ On May 16 , 2020 at about 1:40 a.m. , police were dispatched to a residence in Kula , regarding a female later identified as Trunfio , on the property refusing to leave .
Maui Police Department will continue to enforce the rules and orders set forth by the Governor of the State of Hawaii , Mayor of Maui County , and Hawaii Revised Statutes .
Trunfio ’ s bail is set at $ 4,000.00 .
She remains in police custody as of May 16 , 2020 at 9:45 a.m .
The updated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after being shared nearly 3,000 times , was not tremendously well-received by its 8,000+ commenters .
Most of the people who viewed the post voiced their disapproval of the measures taken by the Police Department .
The Police Department was compared to totalitarian mid-20th century political regimes .
Across the pond , in the UK , the police have come under immense fire after several different images have circulated social media showing potential overreach .
One man had his front door kicked in after reports that he was hosting a party–thereby breaching social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the police , failing to wear any protective gear , cavalierly charged into the lone man ’ s apartment as he filmed them searching the premises for non-existent revelers .
During a confrontation with the police , a defiant but innocent man wasthreatened to have charges made up by police in order to bring him in .
The video went viral on social media and the Police Department responsible was forced to suspend the officer in question and to issue a statement .

A Hawaiian Police Department recently posted to Facebook about a woman who was on the run for flouting coronavirus social distancing rules.
The Maui Police Department had resorted to Facebook to carry out a manhunt for a young woman who was suspected of breaching social distancing as local authorities scramble to prevent the further spread of the deadly coronavirus.
On the police department’s Facebook page, as they searched for the suspect, they wrote:
Police are requesting your assistance in locating Tara Trunfio. Trunfio is wanted for violating the Rules and Orders for failure to quarantine. Trunfio is described as a 24 year old, Caucasian female, height 5’11”, weight 155 lbs., with brown hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen in Haiku, and may now be in the Kihei area. Anyone with information is asked to please contact the Maui Police Department.
On May 16, the department issued an update to the original post notifying social media users that the social distancing fugitive was remanded in police custody, thanking them for their assistance.
The update read:
On May 16, 2020 at about 2:31 a.m., Tara Trunfio (23) of Colorado, was arrested for two (2) counts of Rules and Orders. Investigation reveals that Trunfio arrived on Maui, acknowledged the Emergency Proclamations set forth by Governor David Ige and Mayor Michael Victorino with regards to the Traveler 14 Day Quarantine, however failed to comply.
The Maui Police Department went onto add:
An all-points bulletin was put out for her arrest, and posted to social media. There were over 300,000 people reached with the post and over 5,000 comments, some positive and some negative. On May 16, 2020 at about 1:40 a.m., police were dispatched to a residence in Kula, regarding a female later identified as Trunfio, on the property refusing to leave. Maui Police Department will continue to enforce the rules and orders set forth by the Governor of the State of Hawaii, Mayor of Maui County, and Hawaii Revised Statutes. Trunfio’s bail is set at $4,000.00. She remains in police custody as of May 16, 2020 at 9:45 a.m.
The updated Facebook post, which has gone viral after being shared nearly 3,000 times, was not tremendously well-received by its 8,000+ commenters.
Most of the people who viewed the post voiced their disapproval of the measures taken by the Police Department.
The Police Department was compared to totalitarian mid-20th century political regimes.
Across the pond, in the UK, the police have come under immense fire after several different images have circulated social media showing potential overreach.
One man had his front door kicked in after reports that he was hosting a party–thereby breaching social distancing–had emerged. With a gung-ho attitude, the police, failing to wear any protective gear, cavalierly charged into the lone man’s apartment as he filmed them searching the premises for non-existent revelers.
During a confrontation with the police, a defiant but innocent man wasthreatened to have charges made up by police in order to bring him in. The video went viral on social media and the Police Department responsible was forced to suspend the officer in question and to issue a statement.


newswars--2020-05-19--68% Of Unemployed Workers In The U.S. “Are Eligible For Payments That Are Greater Than Their Lost Ea

68% Of Unemployed Workers In The U.S. “Are Eligible For Payments That Are Greater Than Their Lost Earnings”

Can anyone explain how we are going to motivate unemployed workers to go back to work when most of them can actually make more money camped on their sofas watching Netflix ?
Over the past couple of months , 36.5 million Americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits , and Congress understandably wanted to do something to address this unprecedented spike in unemployment .
But by giving all of these unemployed workers a repeating 600 dollar bonus on top of existing unemployment benefits , Congress has actually created a very powerful incentive for Americans to be unemployed and to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bonuses last .
Alex Jones comes in studio to scold Owen Shroyer for not proper social distancing According to a group of prominent economists at the University of Chicago , 68 percent of those that are currently unemployed can now bring home more money than when they were actually employed… Of course you don ’ t have to be bringing home 100 percent of your former income for there to be an incentive to stay unemployed .
For example , if you had a job that you really hated , you would almost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home every day and still make 90 percent of what you formerly earned .
So yes , those that had very high paying jobs will be motivated to get back to work , but everyone else will be highly tempted to ride the gravy train for as long as it lasts .
And the less you made when you were actually working , the more intense that temptation will be .
Just consider what restaurant and hotel workers must be thinking about now .
According to CNBC , the average unemployed worker in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ 182 % of their previous wages ” … Do you think that those workers are going to be eager to get back to their former jobs ?
Of course the truth is that many of their jobs are never coming back .
According to the Atlantic , “ hundreds of thousands of companies ” have already collapsed during this economic downturn… So the cold , hard reality of the matter is that there simply is not going to be enough jobs for everyone in the United States for the foreseeable future .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ businesses are going to be failing .
Just recently , Facebook conducted a survey of “ 86,000 small and medium-sized business owners ” , and the results of that survey were quite startling… More specifically , the survey discovered that just 45 percent of all small and medium-sized business owners plan to rehire the same number of employees that they previously had .
So that means that millions upon millions of jobs are gone for good .
And of course the environment of fear that COVID-19 has created is going to paralyze new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
If you are an existing business and you are concerned that you may not be able to keep the employees that you already have , that is going to make you extremely hesitant to add anyone new .
The bottom line is that it is going to be exceedingly difficult to find jobs in the months ahead , and the long-term outlook for the newly unemployed is not good at all .
For the moment , those newly unemployed workers are being taken care of by the federal government , but the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in July .
If we get to July and those benefits are not extended , we could have a massive national temper tantrum on our hands .
Of course there are many in Congress that are quite eager to extend those benefits , but that would also mean borrowing and spending billions upon billions more dollars that we do not have .
And what happens when an even bigger crisis than COVID-19 comes along ?
We are just experiencing the early winds of “ the perfect storm ” that I portrayed in “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and most Americans are completely and utterly unprepared for what is coming .
So let ’ s not be mad at those that have lost their jobs just because they are getting a windfall for a few months .
Instead , let us hold our national leaders accountable for getting us into this mess in the first place .
For decades , our national leaders have been leading us down a road that leads to national oblivion , and now it appears that we are rapidly approaching the end of that road .

Can anyone explain how we are going to motivate unemployed workers to go back to work when most of them can actually make more money camped on their sofas watching Netflix?
Over the past couple of months, 36.5 million Americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits, and Congress understandably wanted to do something to address this unprecedented spike in unemployment.
But by giving all of these unemployed workers a repeating 600 dollar bonus on top of existing unemployment benefits, Congress has actually created a very powerful incentive for Americans to be unemployed and to stay unemployed for as long as the bonuses last.
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According to a group of prominent economists at the University of Chicago, 68 percent of those that are currently unemployed can now bring home more money than when they were actually employed…
A new analysis by Peter Ganong, Pascal Noel and Joseph Vavra, economists at the University of Chicago, uses government data from 2019 to estimate that 68 percent of unemployed workers who can receive benefits are eligible for payments that are greater than their lost earnings. They also found that the estimated median replacement rate — the share of a worker’s original weekly salary that is being replaced by unemployment benefits — is 134 percent, or more than one-third above their original wage.
Of course you don’t have to be bringing home 100 percent of your former income for there to be an incentive to stay unemployed.
For example, if you had a job that you really hated, you would almost certainly jump at the chance to stay home every day and still make 90 percent of what you formerly earned.
So yes, those that had very high paying jobs will be motivated to get back to work, but everyone else will be highly tempted to ride the gravy train for as long as it lasts.
And the less you made when you were actually working, the more intense that temptation will be.
Just consider what restaurant and hotel workers must be thinking about now. According to CNBC, the average unemployed worker in that industry is now eligible to collect “182% of their previous wages”…
The average worker in this industry, which employs 14 million people, makes $13.45 an hour — the lowest compared with other industries. These workers would benefit most under the unemployment system when compared to others — collecting 182% of their previous wages, according to a CNBC analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics and Labor Department data.
Do you think that those workers are going to be eager to get back to their former jobs?
I don’t think so.
Of course the truth is that many of their jobs are never coming back. According to the Atlantic, “hundreds of thousands of companies” have already collapsed during this economic downturn…
So the cold, hard reality of the matter is that there simply is not going to be enough jobs for everyone in the United States for the foreseeable future.
And moving forward, a lot more businesses are going to be failing.
Just recently, Facebook conducted a survey of “86,000 small and medium-sized business owners”, and the results of that survey were quite startling…
About a third of small businesses forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic say they won’t be able to reopen due to an inability to pay bills or rent, a Facebook survery has found. More than half of the business owners surveyed by Facebook have also said they don’t expect to be able to rehire the same amount of workers that they employed prior to the pandemic.
More specifically, the survey discovered that just 45 percent of all small and medium-sized business owners plan to rehire the same number of employees that they previously had.
So that means that millions upon millions of jobs are gone for good.
And of course the environment of fear that COVID-19 has created is going to paralyze new hiring for a long time to come. If you are an existing business and you are concerned that you may not be able to keep the employees that you already have, that is going to make you extremely hesitant to add anyone new.
The bottom line is that it is going to be exceedingly difficult to find jobs in the months ahead, and the long-term outlook for the newly unemployed is not good at all.
For the moment, those newly unemployed workers are being taken care of by the federal government, but the $600 bonuses are set to expire in July.
If we get to July and those benefits are not extended, we could have a massive national temper tantrum on our hands.
Of course there are many in Congress that are quite eager to extend those benefits, but that would also mean borrowing and spending billions upon billions more dollars that we do not have.
And what happens when an even bigger crisis than COVID-19 comes along? We are just experiencing the early winds of “the perfect storm” that I portrayed in “The Beginning Of The End”, and most Americans are completely and utterly unprepared for what is coming.
So let’s not be mad at those that have lost their jobs just because they are getting a windfall for a few months. Instead, let us hold our national leaders accountable for getting us into this mess in the first place.
For decades, our national leaders have been leading us down a road that leads to national oblivion, and now it appears that we are rapidly approaching the end of that road.
Alex Jones comes in studio to scold Owen Shroyer for not proper social distancing


newswars--2020-05-19--Trump Slams Fox News After Cavuto’s Hydroxychloroquine Warning: ‘Looking for a New Outlet!’

President Donald Trump on Monday evening blasted the Fox News Channel after host Neil Cavuto warned of possible health dangers associated with taking hydroxychloroquine .
Earlier , the president announced that he is taking the anti-malaria drug as a preventative measure against the Chinese coronavirus .
“ .
@ FoxNews is no longer the same .
We miss the great Roger Ailes .
You have more anti-Trump people , by far , than ever before .
Looking for a new outlet !
” President Trump tweeted .
Alex Jones presents video footage of President Trump in the Rose Garden at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that any COVID-19 vaccine will not be mandated to the American people , and in fact , therapeutic treatments will also be encouraged and financially supported by his administration .
Speaking to reporters at the White House , President Trump revealed that he ’ s been taking a hydroxychloroquine pill daily for roughly a week and a half , along with a dose of zinc .
Shortly after the announcement , The Your World with Neil Cavuto anchor called the president ’ s remarks “ stunning ” and warned that the drug could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A number of studies , those certainly vulnerable in the population have one thing to lose , their lives .
A VA study showed that among a population of veterans in a hospital receiving this treatment , those with vulnerable conditions , respiratory conditions , heart elements , they died .
Those who took it , in a vulnerable population , including those with respiratory or other conditions , they died .
I want to stress again — they died .
If you are in a risky population here and you are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ward off the virus or , in a worst-case scenario , you are dealing with the virus , and you are in this vulnerable population , it will kill you .
I can not stress that enough .
This will kill you .

President Donald Trump on Monday evening blasted the Fox News Channel after host Neil Cavuto warned of possible health dangers associated with taking hydroxychloroquine. Earlier, the president announced that he is taking the anti-malaria drug as a preventative measure against the Chinese coronavirus.
“.@FoxNews is no longer the same. We miss the great Roger Ailes. You have more anti-Trump people, by far, than ever before. Looking for a new outlet!” President Trump tweeted.
.@FoxNews is no longer the same. We miss the great Roger Ailes. You have more anti-Trump people, by far, than ever before. Looking for a new outlet! https://t.co/jXxsF0flUM — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 19, 2020
Fox News’s Neil Cavuto is stunned by Trump’s announcement that he’s taking hydroxychloroquine: “If you are in a risky population here, and you are taking this as a preventative treatment … it will kill you. I cannot stress enough. This will kill you.” pic.twitter.com/e6D5alfAgc — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 18, 2020
Alex Jones presents video footage of President Trump in the Rose Garden at the White House where he clearly states that any COVID-19 vaccine will not be mandated to the American people, and in fact, therapeutic treatments will also be encouraged and financially supported by his administration.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, President Trump revealed that he’s been taking a hydroxychloroquine pill daily for roughly a week and a half, along with a dose of zinc. Shortly after the announcement, The Your World with Neil Cavuto anchor called the president’s remarks “stunning” and warned that the drug could kill certain individuals who consume the drug.
Cavuto said:
A number of studies, those certainly vulnerable in the population have one thing to lose, their lives. A VA study showed that among a population of veterans in a hospital receiving this treatment, those with vulnerable conditions, respiratory conditions, heart elements, they died. Those who took it, in a vulnerable population, including those with respiratory or other conditions, they died. I want to stress again — they died. If you are in a risky population here and you are taking this as a preventative treatment to ward off the virus or, in a worst-case scenario, you are dealing with the virus, and you are in this vulnerable population, it will kill you. I cannot stress that enough. This will kill you.
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