newswars--2020-04-03--Price Controls Mean Shortages, Even During Pandemics

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of billions and has put many Americans and others around the globe in compromised financial situations .
As the COVID-19 virus ( also known as the coronavirus ) has continued to spread , this has led to feelings of anxiety , panic , acrimony , and uncertainty for a lot of Americans , even leading to altercations in stores due to the shortages of hand sanitizer , toilet paper , disinfectants , etc .
In keeping with the laws of supply and demand , the exponential demand for the aforementioned products , mainly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by some retailers and sold-out inventory because of individuals and companies purchasing in bulk in order to resell .
There were common consumers who rushed in droves just to purchase hand sanitizer for themselves and their families .
The strong demand for hand sanitizer caused so much volatility in the economy that retailers began charging up to $ 80 for forty ounces of hand sanitizer .
Governor Cuomo has announced that in New York State the state government will crack down on retailers and punish them with fines and possible incarceration for “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus .
New York City has already issued 550 violations equaling $ 275,000 for the rise in pricing of face masks , disinfectant wipes , and hand sanitizer .
In the state of New Jersey , eighty stores have been warned to “ stop price gouging ” or face $ 10,000 in fines .
This strategy is likely to lead to disaster .
Whenever the government intervenes in the market and manipulates pricing for the sake of affordability , this leads to a shortage of products that deprives a large number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There are numerous examples of price controls and their disastrous results , such the 1793 famine in France due to the shortage of bread and rent control in Egypt , which led to distressed and dilapidated buildings with generational tenancies mandated by the Egyptian government .
In the latter case , there was no incentive to renovate , because landlords couldn ’ t afford to , thanks to stagnant rents .
Additionally , in San Francisco in 2001 , three-quarters of rent-controlled buildings were more than fifty years old , while in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decreased from 61 percent of all housing in 1947 to just 14 percent in 1977 .
Another example of price control is the US gasoline shortage during the 1970s , when the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) imposed an oil embargo , which led to a decreased output of oil to the United States , which in turn led to a shortage of another commodity , time .
In this case , though filling stations had been open for 110 hours a week on average in September 1978 , during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they were decreased to 27 a week !
There are other examples of price controls specifically pertaining to shortages , but to extrapolate from these examples , price controls lessen the producer or retailer ’ s incentive to please the consumer , since their business is compromised due to government manipulation of their prices .
Pandemics Don ’ t Abolish the Need for Market Pricing In the case of COVID-19 , since retailers aren ’ t allowed to “ price gouge , ” this had to lead to immense shortages of hand sanitizer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( New Jersey , New York , and Connecticut ) .
I personally went to five different pharmacies , including a Wal-Mart , yesterday and they all stated that hand sanitizer hasn ’ t been in stock in the past week .
In this case , governmental manipulation of hand sanitizer prices has not benefited the masses , since there is a lack of availability of these products in the midst of a globally alarming pandemic .
In an unhampered market , of course , as the demand increases for a product , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But there ’ s an upside for the consumer here : when the price of a good goes up , the quantity supplied goes up as suppliers attempt to meet demand at the higher price .
In any case , the price of a product is dictated by the consumer .
Sellers can try to sell products at far higher prices , but if the eighty-dollar price for a bottle of sanitizer is too high , then the retailer would either have to lower the price or incur losses for merchandise that isn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Retailer A wants to charge eighty dollars for hand sanitizer , this creates an opportunity for competitors to charge less .
In this case , the retailer does not suffer from government-imposed fines , but from consumers who abandon it to purchase from lower-priced ones .
Manufacturers will redirect production to the most profitable and in-demand products , in this case hand sanitizer .
Whether it ’ s the coronavirus , the swine flu , the bird flu , Ebola , or any pandemic , we need to understand that the laws of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never been able to create more goods and services through price controls and other regulations .
In fact , such measures lead to shortages and deprivation .

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of billions and has put many Americans and others around the globe in compromised financial situations.
As the COVID-19 virus (also known as the coronavirus) has continued to spread, this has led to feelings of anxiety, panic, acrimony, and uncertainty for a lot of Americans, even leading to altercations in stores due to the shortages of hand sanitizer, toilet paper, disinfectants, etc. In keeping with the laws of supply and demand, the exponential demand for the aforementioned products, mainly hand sanitizer, led to price hikes by some retailers and sold-out inventory because of individuals and companies purchasing in bulk in order to resell. There were common consumers who rushed in droves just to purchase hand sanitizer for themselves and their families. The strong demand for hand sanitizer caused so much volatility in the economy that retailers began charging up to $80 for forty ounces of hand sanitizer. Governor Cuomo has announced that in New York State the state government will crack down on retailers and punish them with fines and possible incarceration for “price gouging” in the midst of the coronavirus. New York City has already issued 550 violations equaling $275,000 for the rise in pricing of face masks, disinfectant wipes, and hand sanitizer. In the state of New Jersey, eighty stores have been warned to “stop price gouging” or face $10,000 in fines.
The Disastrous Effects of Price Controls
This strategy is likely to lead to disaster. Whenever the government intervenes in the market and manipulates pricing for the sake of affordability, this leads to a shortage of products that deprives a large number of consumers of the requested goods or services. There are numerous examples of price controls and their disastrous results, such the 1793 famine in France due to the shortage of bread and rent control in Egypt, which led to distressed and dilapidated buildings with generational tenancies mandated by the Egyptian government. In the latter case, there was no incentive to renovate, because landlords couldn’t afford to, thanks to stagnant rents. Additionally, in San Francisco in 2001, three-quarters of rent-controlled buildings were more than fifty years old, while in England and Wales privately built rental housing decreased from 61 percent of all housing in 1947 to just 14 percent in 1977. Another example of price control is the US gasoline shortage during the 1970s, when the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) imposed an oil embargo, which led to a decreased output of oil to the United States, which in turn led to a shortage of another commodity, time. In this case, though filling stations had been open for 110 hours a week on average in September 1978, during the shortage, in June 1979, they were decreased to 27 a week! There are other examples of price controls specifically pertaining to shortages, but to extrapolate from these examples, price controls lessen the producer or retailer’s incentive to please the consumer, since their business is compromised due to government manipulation of their prices.
Pandemics Don’t Abolish the Need for Market Pricing
In the case of COVID-19, since retailers aren’t allowed to “price gouge,” this had to lead to immense shortages of hand sanitizer, especially throughout the the tristate area (New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut). I personally went to five different pharmacies, including a Wal-Mart, yesterday and they all stated that hand sanitizer hasn’t been in stock in the past week. In this case, governmental manipulation of hand sanitizer prices has not benefited the masses, since there is a lack of availability of these products in the midst of a globally alarming pandemic.
In an unhampered market, of course, as the demand increases for a product, the price of the supply increases. But there’s an upside for the consumer here: when the price of a good goes up, the quantity supplied goes up as suppliers attempt to meet demand at the higher price. In any case, the price of a product is dictated by the consumer. Sellers can try to sell products at far higher prices, but if the eighty-dollar price for a bottle of sanitizer is too high, then the retailer would either have to lower the price or incur losses for merchandise that isn’t moving. Also, if Retailer A wants to charge eighty dollars for hand sanitizer, this creates an opportunity for competitors to charge less. In this case, the retailer does not suffer from government-imposed fines, but from consumers who abandon it to purchase from lower-priced ones. Manufacturers will redirect production to the most profitable and in-demand products, in this case hand sanitizer.
Whether it’s the coronavirus, the swine flu, the bird flu, Ebola, or any pandemic, we need to understand that the laws of economics still prevail and that governments have never been able to create more goods and services through price controls and other regulations. In fact, such measures lead to shortages and deprivation.


newswars--2020-04-03--Bureaucrats Can’t Fix This

Bureaucrats Can’t Fix This

In the midst of the emerging economic chaos triggered by the COVID-19 coronavirus , individuals are seeking answers from governments as to how to prevent the emerging economic disaster .
Most economic experts are sympathetic to this and are urging the authorities to push massive injections of money .
Thus in the US the central bank has embarked on a $ 2 trillion stimulus .
At the same time government officials are imposing draconian measures to keep the population in isolation .
The isolation is expected to arrest the spread of the coronavirus .
Even if one were to accept @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will slow the spread of the virus , this will inevitably reduce the production of goods and services needed in the economy—needed to support individuals ’ lives and well-being .
This could lead to a global economic problem the effect of which is likely to be much worse than the damage inflicted by the coronavirus .
The response of most experts is that it is the role of the government to stage the war against the virus .
Even if we were to agree with this the question that must be addressed is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the virus be funded ?
No Economy Means No Action : Government Has No Money of Its Own Most people are of the view that the government has some extra resources that can be employed in a time of crisis .
Unfortunately , this is a dream .
The government has no resources apart from those it takes from the private sector .
That at present the lockdown of individuals also means an absolute freezing of private sector activity means that the government will not be able to pursue the fight against the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a more reasonable solution to the problem is to let life go on by freeing the economy from total lockdowns .
Contrary to the notion that government bureaucrats know best about which direction to take the economy in , entrepreneurs are the only individuals who will know how to handle the current crisis .
Only they can generate an infrastructure that will enable individuals to coexist with the coronavirus while making sure that the production of goods and services not only continues but expands .
Human ingenuity works best during the times of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government bureaucrats paralyze individuals ’ ability to confront the challenges imposed by the coronavirus , then the modern world as we know it could well end up in the Stone Age .
Monetary Pumping Won ’ t Help Ailing Businesses ; Freeing Up Resources Will As for the issue of keeping alive various businesses that require urgent help , the government could release the necessary resources by severely cutting its expenditure .
The resources thus released would end up in the private sector and the machinery of wealth generation would likely move ahead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be much easier to confront the side effects of the virus .
On the company level , every chief executive knows that the key to survival is having a very strong net worth , i.e.
, the gap between the value of assets and that of its liabilities must be expanding .
To enable companies to succeed in their mission of securing an ever expanding net worth , the last thing that is required is massive monetary pumping .
Such pumping merely distorts resource allocation and further weakens the machinery of wealth generation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the damages inflicted by the virus .
The biggest problem is not the coronavirus , but authorities ’ responses to it .
Contrary to popular thinking , government bureaucrats are not trained to generate real wealth .
This is not the job of government .
No one is surprised that bureaucrats ’ response to the coronavirus is to lift the dosage of restrictions and controls , and commence increasing rounds of monetary pumping .
This is what they know .
For the sake of individuals ’ well-being , however , we should ask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allow the private sector to take over in order to stand up effectively to the new challenges .

In the midst of the emerging economic chaos triggered by the COVID-19 coronavirus, individuals are seeking answers from governments as to how to prevent the emerging economic disaster.
Most economic experts are sympathetic to this and are urging the authorities to push massive injections of money. Thus in the US the central bank has embarked on a $2 trillion stimulus. At the same time government officials are imposing draconian measures to keep the population in isolation. The isolation is expected to arrest the spread of the coronavirus.
Even if one were to accept that the total lockdown of the population will slow the spread of the virus, this will inevitably reduce the production of goods and services needed in the economy—needed to support individuals’ lives and well-being. This could lead to a global economic problem the effect of which is likely to be much worse than the damage inflicted by the coronavirus.
The response of most experts is that it is the role of the government to stage the war against the virus. Even if we were to agree with this the question that must be addressed is: how will the measures to counter the virus be funded?
No Economy Means No Action: Government Has No Money of Its Own
Most people are of the view that the government has some extra resources that can be employed in a time of crisis. Unfortunately, this is a dream. The government has no resources apart from those it takes from the private sector. That at present the lockdown of individuals also means an absolute freezing of private sector activity means that the government will not be able to pursue the fight against the virus for very long.
Therefore, a more reasonable solution to the problem is to let life go on by freeing the economy from total lockdowns. Contrary to the notion that government bureaucrats know best about which direction to take the economy in, entrepreneurs are the only individuals who will know how to handle the current crisis. Only they can generate an infrastructure that will enable individuals to coexist with the coronavirus while making sure that the production of goods and services not only continues but expands.
Human ingenuity works best during the times of greatest challenge. If, however, government bureaucrats paralyze individuals’ ability to confront the challenges imposed by the coronavirus, then the modern world as we know it could well end up in the Stone Age.
Monetary Pumping Won’t Help Ailing Businesses; Freeing Up Resources Will
As for the issue of keeping alive various businesses that require urgent help, the government could release the necessary resources by severely cutting its expenditure. The resources thus released would end up in the private sector and the machinery of wealth generation would likely move ahead rapidly.
With more wealth it would be much easier to confront the side effects of the virus. On the company level, every chief executive knows that the key to survival is having a very strong net worth, i.e., the gap between the value of assets and that of its liabilities must be expanding.
To enable companies to succeed in their mission of securing an ever expanding net worth, the last thing that is required is massive monetary pumping. Such pumping merely distorts resource allocation and further weakens the machinery of wealth generation, diminishing prospects for people to counter the damages inflicted by the virus.
Government Must Step Aside
The biggest problem is not the coronavirus, but authorities’ responses to it. Contrary to popular thinking, government bureaucrats are not trained to generate real wealth. This is not the job of government.
No one is surprised that bureaucrats’ response to the coronavirus is to lift the dosage of restrictions and controls, and commence increasing rounds of monetary pumping. This is what they know.
For the sake of individuals’ well-being, however, we should ask the bureaucrats to leave the battlefield and allow the private sector to take over in order to stand up effectively to the new challenges.


newswars--2020-04-03--“You’re Spreading That Sh*t, That Coronavirus:” Man Drinks Out of Fruit Juice Bottles, Places Back o

“You’re Spreading That Sh*t, That Coronavirus:” Man Drinks Out of Fruit Juice Bottles, Places Back on Store Shelves

In a video which highlights why you shouldn ’ t buy food products with broken safety seals , a man is seen drinking out of fruit juice bottles and placing them back on store shelves .
“ You ’ re spreading that shit , that coronavirus , ” the cameraman said to the man who just brushed off the notion .
There ’ s been other reports of people intentionally coughing on others and contaminating food and drink sold at grocery stores and gas stations across the country , which has , of course , exacerbated grocery shortages .
Last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with multiple charges after he reportedly coughed on a grocery store worker and claimed he had coronavirus following a dispute .
The man is now facing charges of making a terroristic threat , harassment , and obstruction of justice .
And in Virginia , police reported that teenagers were seen filming themselves coughing on store produce .
“ The report said that the store , identified on social media as Harris Teeter , immediately removed the items and cleaned up the area , ” reported the Washington Examiner ’ s Paul Bedard .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ grocery store immediately removed the items in question , and has taken appropriate measures to ensure the health of store patrons.
’ ” Social media can certainly draw parallels to movies such as Death Race 2000 in which anti-social behavior – and even violence at times – is glorified by those seeking attention and fame in front of a large audience .
Arguably , if people couldn ’ t upload videos to social media , there wouldn ’ t be an incentive for this behavior ; however , this is a double-edged sword @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shoot videos with their own commentary engages the cherished right of free speech .
So while shallow , Idiocracy behavior is at times overly appreciated , the ability of men with minds to spread the brushfires of liberty and Americana through social media completely overrides the decadence of attention-seekers , which is why free speech is protected .
Of course , none of the activity of coughing and contaminating food and drinks on store shelves is protected free speech and would likely run afoul of terrorism charges .
Alex Jones covers that coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ countries around the world are returning faulty , substandard protective equipment which originated from China .

In a video which highlights why you shouldn’t buy food products with broken safety seals, a man is seen drinking out of fruit juice bottles and placing them back on store shelves.
Make this man famous and get him arrested. pic.twitter.com/GAVweGNJxV — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) April 3, 2020
“You’re spreading that shit, that coronavirus,” the cameraman said to the man who just brushed off the notion.
There’s been other reports of people intentionally coughing on others and contaminating food and drink sold at grocery stores and gas stations across the country, which has, of course, exacerbated grocery shortages.
Last week a New Jersey man was hit with multiple charges after he reportedly coughed on a grocery store worker and claimed he had coronavirus following a dispute.
The man is now facing charges of making a terroristic threat, harassment, and obstruction of justice.
And in Virginia, police reported that teenagers were seen filming themselves coughing on store produce.
“The report said that the store, identified on social media as Harris Teeter, immediately removed the items and cleaned up the area,” reported the Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard. “The police said, ‘The grocery store immediately removed the items in question, and has taken appropriate measures to ensure the health of store patrons.’”
Social media can certainly draw parallels to movies such as Death Race 2000 in which anti-social behavior – and even violence at times – is glorified by those seeking attention and fame in front of a large audience.
Arguably, if people couldn’t upload videos to social media, there wouldn’t be an incentive for this behavior; however, this is a double-edged sword because providing normal citizens a platform to shoot videos with their own commentary engages the cherished right of free speech.
So while shallow, Idiocracy behavior is at times overly appreciated, the ability of men with minds to spread the brushfires of liberty and Americana through social media completely overrides the decadence of attention-seekers, which is why free speech is protected.
Of course, none of the activity of coughing and contaminating food and drinks on store shelves is protected free speech and would likely run afoul of terrorism charges.
Alex Jones covers that coronavirus test kits have been found contaminated while countries around the world are returning faulty, substandard protective equipment which originated from China.


newswars--2020-04-03--International Energy Agency: This Oil Shock Is The Worst In History

The world has seen some oil shocks before , but “ none has hit the industry with quite the ferocity we are witnessing today , ” the IEA said on Wednesday in an article on its website , referring to the effects of the coronavirus crisis that have caused oil prices to crumble .
“ The impacts will be felt throughout oil ’ s global supply chains and ripple into other parts of the energy sector , ” the IEA said .
While focusing on the coronavirus , the IEA also mentions the supply shock , which it tactfully blames @ @ @ @ @ @ @ production from OPEC producers and Russia ( OPEC+ ) , ” stopping short of singling out a few OPEC producers that have promised to purposefully flood the market with millions of extra barrels of oil per day , such as Saudi Arabia , Kuwait , and the UAE .
The reason the shock is unique this time around , the IAE says , is because one of the usual stabilization factors , consumers , is not able to do its part .
As billions of people around the world still in lockdown , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prices like they usually do—by consuming more .
So for as long as the pandemic lasts , boosts in demand that were seen during other oil shocks are “ highly unlikely.
” “ Instead , a rapid buildup of oil stocks is starting to saturate available storage capacity , pushing down prices further , ” the IEA said .
The IAE also outlined five key dimensions to the current crisis , which it promises to detail further in its upcoming Oil Market Report that will be forthcoming in a couple of weeks .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a halt , “ sharp ” cuts to new investments all the way down the supply chain , pressure on refiners , “ massive ” strains on fossil-fuel-revenue-dependent countries , and low oil prices spilling over into the rest of the energy sector such as natural gas .
The IEA said that comparing the current shock to previous oil market disruptions “ are inevitable but misplaced , ” adding that we have “ never seen anything like 2020.
” Trump unleashing the energy sector , the Saudi ’ s increasing production in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nation wide lock down due to the corona-virus are going to drive the price of gas to under $ 1 per gallon in some parts of the country .

The world has seen some oil shocks before, but “none has hit the industry with quite the ferocity we are witnessing today,” the IEA said on Wednesday in an article on its website, referring to the effects of the coronavirus crisis that have caused oil prices to crumble.
“The impacts will be felt throughout oil’s global supply chains and ripple into other parts of the energy sector,” the IEA said.
While focusing on the coronavirus, the IEA also mentions the supply shock, which it tactfully blames on the “end of restraints on production from OPEC producers and Russia (OPEC+),” stopping short of singling out a few OPEC producers that have promised to purposefully flood the market with millions of extra barrels of oil per day, such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE.
The reason the shock is unique this time around, the IAE says, is because one of the usual stabilization factors, consumers, is not able to do its part. As billions of people around the world still in lockdown, consumers are unable to react to falling prices like they usually do—by consuming more. So for as long as the pandemic lasts, boosts in demand that were seen during other oil shocks are “highly unlikely.”
“Instead, a rapid buildup of oil stocks is starting to saturate available storage capacity, pushing down prices further,” the IEA said.
The IAE also outlined five key dimensions to the current crisis, which it promises to detail further in its upcoming Oil Market Report that will be forthcoming in a couple of weeks. Those five elements are current production grinding to a halt, “sharp” cuts to new investments all the way down the supply chain, pressure on refiners, “massive” strains on fossil-fuel-revenue-dependent countries, and low oil prices spilling over into the rest of the energy sector such as natural gas.
The IEA said that comparing the current shock to previous oil market disruptions “are inevitable but misplaced,” adding that we have “never seen anything like 2020.”
By Julianne Geiger for Oilprice.com
Trump unleashing the energy sector, the Saudi’s increasing production in their oil war with Russia and the nation wide lock down due to the corona-virus are going to drive the price of gas to under $1 per gallon in some parts of the country.


newswars--2020-04-03--Magnetic Field Mysteriously Collapses in Enormous Stellar Explosion, Scientists Can’t Explain Why

An explosion of a titanic star spotted by NASA ’ s satellite in January 2019 , has produced some odd effects that scientists have not been able to properly address .
Mysteriously low levels of polarisation that have occurred from the gamma-ray burst ( GRB ) of a giant star in a 4.5-billion-light-years-away galaxy , designated as GRB 190114C , have been puzzling astronomers for some time now .
According to the study that has just been published in the Astrophysical Journal , a low polarisation , initially measured at a 7.7 % level and then dropping even lower , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expected , could have been explained by a collapse in the magnetic field , but the exact reasons behind this phenomenon still remain unclear .
“ We speculate that the low polarization is caused by the catastrophic dissipation of magnetic energy , which destroys the order of the magnetic fields and powers the afterglow ” , a leading researcher in the study , Nuria Jordana , told Physics World .
According to the scientists , the blast from the explosion formed a “ forward shock ” , which is never polarised .
However @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shock ” should still carry some traces of the magnetic field ejected from the black hole , to which the massive star ’ s iron core collapses into .
It still remains unexplained then why did magnetic field dissipate so “ catastrophically ” in case of GRB 190114C , and also why did it produce such unusually high energetic emissions .
Jordana noted that a large sample of data on GRBs was needed to present a full picture on the mechanisms behind the stars ’ explosions as “ the survival of the jet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ additional , as yet unknown , physical factors ” .
Meanwhile , another researcher , Andrew Levan , pointed out that the GRB 190114C ’ s location and environment around it could have explained the reasons behind its mysterious characteristics .
Gamma-ray bursts are usually very energetic and bright explosions of massive stars can be observed in distant galaxies with low levels of heavy metals .
Alex Jones examines the parallels between the 2005 movie V for Vendetta and today ’ s Corona-virus pandemic .

An explosion of a titanic star spotted by NASA’s satellite in January 2019, has produced some odd effects that scientists have not been able to properly address.
Mysteriously low levels of polarisation that have occurred from the gamma-ray burst (GRB) of a giant star in a 4.5-billion-light-years-away galaxy, designated as GRB 190114C, have been puzzling astronomers for some time now.
According to the study that has just been published in the Astrophysical Journal, a low polarisation, initially measured at a 7.7% level and then dropping even lower, in contrast to at least 30-percent level expected, could have been explained by a collapse in the magnetic field, but the exact reasons behind this phenomenon still remain unclear.
“We speculate that the low polarization is caused by the catastrophic dissipation of magnetic energy, which destroys the order of the magnetic fields and powers the afterglow”, a leading researcher in the study, Nuria Jordana, told Physics World.
According to the scientists, the blast from the explosion formed a “forward shock”, which is never polarised. However, another resulting effect of “reverse shock” should still carry some traces of the magnetic field ejected from the black hole, to which the massive star’s iron core collapses into.
It still remains unexplained then why did magnetic field dissipate so “catastrophically” in case of GRB 190114C, and also why did it produce such unusually high energetic emissions.
Jordana noted that a large sample of data on GRBs was needed to present a full picture on the mechanisms behind the stars’ explosions as “the survival of the jet’s magnetic field must depend on additional, as yet unknown, physical factors”.
Meanwhile, another researcher, Andrew Levan, pointed out that the GRB 190114C’s location and environment around it could have explained the reasons behind its mysterious characteristics.
Gamma-ray bursts are usually very energetic and bright explosions of massive stars can be observed in distant galaxies with low levels of heavy metals.
Alex Jones examines the parallels between the 2005 movie V for Vendetta and today’s Corona-virus pandemic.


newswars--2020-04-03--AOC Calls For Coronavirus “Reparations” For Black People

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called for coronavirus “ reparations ” for black and brown people , claiming that “ environmental racism ” is an “ underlying health condition.
” “ COVID deaths are disproportionately spiking in Black + Brown communities , ” tweeted the Democrat lawmaker .
“ Why ?
Because the chronic toll of redlining , environmental racism , wealth gap , etc .
ARE underlying health conditions .
Inequality is a comorbidity .
COVID relief should be drafted with a lens of reparations.
” AOC provided no source to substantiate the claim that COVID-19 deaths were spiking in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would naturally be higher in any densely populated area ) , nor did she explain how the environment can be racist .
One of her supporters responded to the tweet by suggesting there was some kind of conspiracy amongst store owners in black areas not to enforce social distancing properly .
However , another respondent suggested that black and brown people were deliberately flouting social distancing rules and putting themselves at greater risk .
Another individual suggested that black bodies “ work differently ” and that this was also the fault of white @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus debate by demanding the FDA relax rules on blood donation , allowing homosexuals to donate blood despite a greater risk of infection .
The rule was subsequently relaxed .
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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called for coronavirus “reparations” for black and brown people, claiming that “environmental racism” is an “underlying health condition.”
Yes, really.
“COVID deaths are disproportionately spiking in Black + Brown communities,” tweeted the Democrat lawmaker. “Why? Because the chronic toll of redlining, environmental racism, wealth gap, etc. ARE underlying health conditions. Inequality is a comorbidity. COVID relief should be drafted with a lens of reparations.”
COVID deaths are disproportionately spiking in Black + Brown communities. Why? Because the chronic toll of redlining, environmental racism, wealth gap, etc. ARE underlying health conditions. Inequality is a comorbidity. COVID relief should be drafted with a lens of reparations. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 3, 2020
AOC provided no source to substantiate the claim that COVID-19 deaths were spiking in black or brown communities (coronavirus deaths would naturally be higher in any densely populated area), nor did she explain how the environment can be racist.
One of her supporters responded to the tweet by suggesting there was some kind of conspiracy amongst store owners in black areas not to enforce social distancing properly.
I’ve also noticed that stores that mostly serve white customers are enforcing social distancing more than those in some black and brown communities. I have no idea why, it was just something I noticed while driving past grocery stores in different areas. — Alexandra MacArthur (@alexgoesthere) April 3, 2020
However, another respondent suggested that black and brown people were deliberately flouting social distancing rules and putting themselves at greater risk.
Is it that? Or maybe they’re not heading the warning and still filling up streets and local parks en-mass? — Bigbenisdaman (@bigbenisdaman) April 3, 2020
Another individual suggested that black bodies “work differently” and that this was also the fault of white supremacy.
Their bodies also WORK DIFFERENTLY, and we blatantly IGNORE THIS in medicine and don’t study the differences and then adjust treatment for. White supremacy pervades EVERYTHING. — Mainely Liberal (@MainelyLiberal) April 3, 2020
Ocasio-Cortez previously waded into the coronavirus debate by demanding the FDA relax rules on blood donation, allowing homosexuals to donate blood despite a greater risk of infection. The rule was subsequently relaxed.
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newswars--2020-04-03--Here Comes The Next Crisis: Up To 30% Of All Mortgages Will Default In “Biggest Wave Of Delinquencie

Here Comes The Next Crisis: Up To 30% Of All Mortgages Will Default In “Biggest Wave Of Delinquencies In History”

Unlike in the 2008 financial crisis when a glut of subprime debt , layered with trillions in CDOs and CDO squareds , sent home prices to stratospheric levels before everything crashed scarring an entire generation of homebuyers , this time the housing sector is facing a far more conventional problem : the sudden and unpredictable inability of mortgage borrowers to make their scheduled monthly payments as the entire economy grinds to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic .
And unfortunately this time the crisis will be far worse , because as Bloomberg reports mortgage lenders are preparing for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And unless the plan to buy time works – and as we reported earlier there is a distinct possibility the Treasury ’ s plan to provide much needed liquidity to America ’ s small businesses may be on the verge of collapse – an even worse crisis may be coming : mass foreclosures and mortgage market mayhem .
Borrowers who lost income from the coronavirus , which is already a skyrocketing number as the 10 million new jobless claims in the past two weeks attests , can ask to skip payments for as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on federally backed mortgages , and avoid penalties and a hit to their credit scores .
But as Bloomberg notes , it ’ s not a payment holiday and eventually homeowners they ’ ll have to make it all up .
According to estimates by Moody ’ s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi , as many as 30 % of Americans with home loans – about 15 million households – could stop paying if the U.S. economy remains closed through the summer or beyond .
“ This is an unprecedented event , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ estate and finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania .
She also points out another way the current crisis is different from the 2008 GFC : “ The great financial crisis happened over a number of years .
This is happening in a matter of months – a matter of weeks.
” Meanwhile lenders – like everyone else – are operating in the dark , with no way of predicting the scope or duration of the pandemic or the damage it will wreak on the economy .
If the virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to life , then the plan will help borrowers get back on track quickly .
But the greater the fallout , the harder and more expensive it will be to stave off repossessions .
“ Nobody has any sense of how long this might last , ” said Andrew Jakabovics , a former Department of Housing and Urban Development senior policy adviser who is now at Enterprise Community Partners , a nonprofit affordable housing group .
“ The forbearance program allows everybody to press pause on their current circumstances and take a deep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what the world might look like in six or 12 months from now and plan for that.
” But if the economic turmoil is long-lasting , the government will have to find a way to prevent foreclosures – which could mean forgiving some debt , said Tendayi Kapfidze , Chief Economist at LendingTree .
And with the government now stuck in “ bailout everyone mode ” , the risk of allowing foreclosures to spiral is just too great because it would damage financial markets and that could reinfect the economy , he explained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do whatever they can to hold the line on a financial crisis , ” Kapfidze said hinting at just a trace of a conflict of interest as his firm may well be next to fold if its borrowers declare a payment moratorium .
“ And that means preventing foreclosures by any means necessary.
” Take for example Laura Habberstad , a bar manager in Washington , D.C. , who got a reprieve from her lender but needs time to catch up .
The coronavirus snatched away her income , as it has for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The restaurant and beer garden where she works was forced to temporarily shut down .
Laura has no idea when she ’ ll get her job back , nor does she have any idea how to look for a new job .
After all , how do you search for another hospitality job during a global pandemic ?
Now she ’ s living in Oregon with her mother , whose travel agency was also forced to close .
“ I don ’ t know how I ’ m going to pay my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be able to feed myself , ” Habberstad said .
“ I just hope that , once things open up again , we who are impacted by Covid-19 are given consideration and sufficient time to bring all payments current without penalty and in a manner that does not bring us even more financial hardship.
” Borrowers must contact their lenders to get help and avoid black marks on their credit reports , according to provisions in the stimulus package passed by Congress last week .
Bank of America said it has so far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That includes loans that are not federally backed , so they aren ’ t covered by the government ’ s program .
Meanwhile , Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has convened a task force to deal with the potential liquidity shortfall faced by mortgage servicers , which collect payments and are required to compensate bondholders even if homeowners miss them .
The group was supposed to make recommendations by March 30 .
“ If a large percentage of the servicing book – let ’ s say 20-30 % of clients you take care @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ability to make a payment for six months , most servicers will not have the capital needed to cover those payments , ” QuickenChief Executive Officer Jay Farner said in an interview .
But not Quicken , of course .
Quicken , which serves 1.8 million borrowers , and in 2018 surpassed Wells Fargo as the # 1 mortgage lender in the US , has a strong enough balance sheet to serve its borrowers while paying holders of bonds backed by its mortgages , Farner said , although something tells us that in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Until then , the company plans to almost triple its call center workers by May to field the expected onslaught of borrowers seeking support , he said .
Ironically , as Bloomberg concludes , “ if the pandemic has taught us anything , it ’ s how quickly everything can change .
Just weeks ago , mortgage lenders were predicting the biggest spring in years for home sales and mortgage refinances.
” Habberstad , the bar manager , was staffing up for big crowds at the beer garden , which is across @ @ @ @ @ @ @ World Series champions .
Then came coronavirus .
Now , she ’ s dependent on her unemployment check of $ 440 a week .
“ Everybody wants to work but we ’ re being asked not to for the sake of the greater good , ” she said .
The Fed Is Using Debt Addiction To Turn America Into the Next Zimbabwe

Unlike in the 2008 financial crisis when a glut of subprime debt, layered with trillions in CDOs and CDO squareds, sent home prices to stratospheric levels before everything crashed scarring an entire generation of homebuyers, this time the housing sector is facing a far more conventional problem: the sudden and unpredictable inability of mortgage borrowers to make their scheduled monthly payments as the entire economy grinds to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic.
And unfortunately this time the crisis will be far worse, because as Bloomberg reports mortgage lenders are preparing for the biggest wave of delinquencies in history. And unless the plan to buy time works – and as we reported earlier there is a distinct possibility the Treasury’s plan to provide much needed liquidity to America’s small businesses may be on the verge of collapse – an even worse crisis may be coming: mass foreclosures and mortgage market mayhem.
Borrowers who lost income from the coronavirus, which is already a skyrocketing number as the 10 million new jobless claims in the past two weeks attests, can ask to skip payments for as many as 180 days at a time on federally backed mortgages, and avoid penalties and a hit to their credit scores. But as Bloomberg notes, it’s not a payment holiday and eventually homeowners they’ll have to make it all up.
According to estimates by Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi, as many as 30% of Americans with home loans – about 15 million households – could stop paying if the U.S. economy remains closed through the summer or beyond.
“This is an unprecedented event,” said Susan Wachter, professor of real estate and finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She also points out another way the current crisis is different from the 2008 GFC: “The great financial crisis happened over a number of years. This is happening in a matter of months – a matter of weeks.”
Meanwhile lenders – like everyone else – are operating in the dark, with no way of predicting the scope or duration of the pandemic or the damage it will wreak on the economy. If the virus recedes soon and the economy roars back to life, then the plan will help borrowers get back on track quickly. But the greater the fallout, the harder and more expensive it will be to stave off repossessions.
“Nobody has any sense of how long this might last,” said Andrew Jakabovics, a former Department of Housing and Urban Development senior policy adviser who is now at Enterprise Community Partners, a nonprofit affordable housing group. “The forbearance program allows everybody to press pause on their current circumstances and take a deep breath. Then we can look at what the world might look like in six or 12 months from now and plan for that.”
But if the economic turmoil is long-lasting, the government will have to find a way to prevent foreclosures – which could mean forgiving some debt, said Tendayi Kapfidze, Chief Economist at LendingTree. And with the government now stuck in “bailout everyone mode”, the risk of allowing foreclosures to spiral is just too great because it would damage financial markets and that could reinfect the economy, he explained.
“I expect policy makers to do whatever they can to hold the line on a financial crisis,” Kapfidze said hinting at just a trace of a conflict of interest as his firm may well be next to fold if its borrowers declare a payment moratorium. “And that means preventing foreclosures by any means necessary.”
Take for example Laura Habberstad, a bar manager in Washington, D.C., who got a reprieve from her lender but needs time to catch up. The coronavirus snatched away her income, as it has for millions, and replaced it with uncertainty. The restaurant and beer garden where she works was forced to temporarily shut down. Laura has no idea when she’ll get her job back, nor does she have any idea how to look for a new job. After all, how do you search for another hospitality job during a global pandemic? Now she’s living in Oregon with her mother, whose travel agency was also forced to close.
“I don’t know how I’m going to pay my mortgage and my condo dues and still be able to feed myself,” Habberstad said. “I just hope that, once things open up again, we who are impacted by Covid-19 are given consideration and sufficient time to bring all payments current without penalty and in a manner that does not bring us even more financial hardship.”
Borrowers must contact their lenders to get help and avoid black marks on their credit reports, according to provisions in the stimulus package passed by Congress last week. Bank of America said it has so far allowed 50,000 mortgage customers to defer payments. That includes loans that are not federally backed, so they aren’t covered by the government’s program.
Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has convened a task force to deal with the potential liquidity shortfall faced by mortgage servicers, which collect payments and are required to compensate bondholders even if homeowners miss them. The group was supposed to make recommendations by March 30.
“If a large percentage of the servicing book – let’s say 20-30% of clients you take care of – don’t have the ability to make a payment for six months, most servicers will not have the capital needed to cover those payments,” QuickenChief Executive Officer Jay Farner said in an interview. But not Quicken, of course.
Quicken, which serves 1.8 million borrowers, and in 2018 surpassed Wells Fargo as the #1 mortgage lender in the US, has a strong enough balance sheet to serve its borrowers while paying holders of bonds backed by its mortgages, Farner said, although something tells us that in 6-8 weeks his view will change dramatically. Until then, the company plans to almost triple its call center workers by May to field the expected onslaught of borrowers seeking support, he said.
Ironically, as Bloomberg concludes, “if the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s how quickly everything can change. Just weeks ago, mortgage lenders were predicting the biggest spring in years for home sales and mortgage refinances.”
Habberstad, the bar manager, was staffing up for big crowds at the beer garden, which is across from National Park, home of the World Series champions. Then came coronavirus. Now, she’s dependent on her unemployment check of $440 a week.
“Everybody wants to work but we’re being asked not to for the sake of the greater good,” she said.
The Fed Is Using Debt Addiction To Turn America Into the Next Zimbabwe


newswars--2020-04-03--Harvard Doctor Tells White House ‘Talking And Breathing Is Spreading Coronavirus’

The chairman of the National Academy of Sciences ( NAS ) has reported to the White House that simply talking and breathing could be spreading the coronavirus , according to new research .
Dr Harvey Fineberg , who is also a former Harvard School of Public Health dean , discussed his advice to the Trump administration with CNN , noting that aerosolized coronavirus droplets are capable of lingering in the air and infecting anyone who walks by , even hours later .
“ While the current [ coronavirus ] specific research is limited , the results of available studies are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ breathing , ” Dr. Fineberg wrote in the letter to the White House .
“ This letter responds to your question concerning the possibility that [ coronavirus ] could be spread by conversation , in addition to sneeze/cough – induced droplets .
Currently , available research supports the possibility that [ coronavirus ] could be spread via bioaerosols generated directly by patient exhalation.
” the letter also states .
Dr Fineberg ’ s comments dovetail with recent research conducted by the U.S. National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) .
The letter also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ University of Nebraska has shown that the virus was present in rooms more than six feet away from coronavirus patients .
Dr Fineberg said that the potency of the virus in the air depends on “ how much virus an infected individual puts out when breathing or talking , and also … the amount of circulation in the air.
” He also noted that research suggests the virus “ can remain viable and infectious ” in the air for at least three hours .
“ If you generate an aerosol of the virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s conceivable that if you walk through later , you could inhale the virus , ” Fineberg explained .
“ But if you ’ re outside , the breeze will likely disperse it.
” The findings may lead to a change in guidance previously issued by the World Health Organisation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stay six feet away from other people .
It may also prompt the government to advise that everyone in the US wears face masks when leaving home .
Dr Fineberg said that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health care workers , he intends to wear a bandanna or other face covering when shopping for food and essentials .
“ I ’ m not going to wear a surgical mask , because clinicians need those , ” Fineberg said , adding “ But I have a nice western-style bandana I might wear .
Or I have a balaclava .
I have some pretty nice options.
” Some officials in the US have already implemented mandatory use of face masks , under threat of fines or even arrest , while others are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is sure to be a renewed scramble for face masks if the advice is officially implemented , however , it may be difficult to acquire the masks , given that shops have shortages and Amazon has banned the sale of them .

The chairman of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has reported to the White House that simply talking and breathing could be spreading the coronavirus, according to new research.
Dr Harvey Fineberg, who is also a former Harvard School of Public Health dean, discussed his advice to the Trump administration with CNN, noting that aerosolized coronavirus droplets are capable of lingering in the air and infecting anyone who walks by, even hours later.
“While the current [coronavirus] specific research is limited, the results of available studies are consistent with aerosolization of virus from normal breathing,” Dr. Fineberg wrote in the letter to the White House.
“This letter responds to your question concerning the possibility that [coronavirus] could be spread by conversation, in addition to sneeze/cough – induced droplets. Currently, available research supports the possibility that [coronavirus] could be spread via bioaerosols generated directly by patient exhalation.” the letter also states.
Dr Fineberg’s comments dovetail with recent research conducted by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The letter also notes that research carried out by the University of Nebraska has shown that the virus was present in rooms more than six feet away from coronavirus patients.
Dr Fineberg said that the potency of the virus in the air depends on “how much virus an infected individual puts out when breathing or talking, and also … the amount of circulation in the air.” He also noted that research suggests the virus “can remain viable and infectious” in the air for at least three hours.
“If you generate an aerosol of the virus with no circulation in a room, it’s conceivable that if you walk through later, you could inhale the virus,” Fineberg explained. “But if you’re outside, the breeze will likely disperse it.”
The findings may lead to a change in guidance previously issued by the World Health Organisation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stay six feet away from other people. It may also prompt the government to advise that everyone in the US wears face masks when leaving home.
Dr Fineberg said that while surgical masks should be reserved for health care workers, he intends to wear a bandanna or other face covering when shopping for food and essentials.
“I’m not going to wear a surgical mask, because clinicians need those,” Fineberg said, adding “But I have a nice western-style bandana I might wear. Or I have a balaclava. I have some pretty nice options.”
Some officials in the US have already implemented mandatory use of face masks, under threat of fines or even arrest, while others are urging citizens to wear them.
There is sure to be a renewed scramble for face masks if the advice is officially implemented, however, it may be difficult to acquire the masks, given that shops have shortages and Amazon has banned the sale of them.


newswars--2020-04-03--Confirmed: China Launched COVID-19 To Take Down The Western World

Alex Jones reveals the fact that coronavirus test kits have been found contaminated with COVID-19 while countries around the world @ @ @ @ @ contaminated personal protective equipment , which originated from China .

Alex Jones reveals the fact that coronavirus test kits have been found contaminated with COVID-19 while countries around the world are returning faulty substandard and contaminated personal protective equipment, which originated from China.


newswars--2020-04-03--Reports: Residents In Wuhan Believe Coronavirus Is 100 TIMES WORSE Than Chinese Government Says

Residents in Wuhan , the origin of the coronavirus outbreak , have told reporters that “ nobody believes the official numbers ” being touted by the communist Chinese government , and that the belief is it could be 100 times worse than the world is being told .
While Whuan is reopening its transport systems and businesses , residents are adamant that they have not been informed of the true scale of the situation , according to Spanish newswire service EFE .
“ There are suspicions that many people died in their homes without being diagnosed and , at first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the test , ” one resident said , adding that “ Many people would die , officially , of a cold or some other disease .
But there are stories going around of citizens who were made to sign death certificates of relatives without any other explanation.
” “ Nobody in Wuhan believes the official numbers .
The real one , only they know , ” the resident said , pointing to the sky .
The report states that while frustration has led to a huge number of residents questioning the official narrative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has also led to a massive increase in censorship by the government .
The Spanish reporters pointed to reports suggesting that the number of urns provided by just 7 funeral homes in Wuhan adds up to between 30,000 and 40,000 , while the Chinese government says that less than 4000 people have died from coronavirus .
A report by the independent Chinese media outlet Caixin estimated that just one of the funeral homes handed out 5,000 urns in one day last week .
The Spanish journalists attempted to interview workers at one of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and turned away by authorities guarding the facilities .
Other residents told anti-Communist newspaper The Epoch Times that they simply can not believe the government ’ s assertions about the death toll .
“ Just exactly how many Wuhan residents have died from the virus if the line at the cemetery is so long ?
” one resident said , adding “ China ’ s official media reported over 3,000 coronavirus deaths .
I think the real figure is at least ten times the official figure , and even 100 times is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believe that the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) concealed the true death toll , ” the report states .
It continues “ They made this judgment based on two facts : one , the lines outside the funeral home to collect the ashes are very long , and two , the medical standards of European and American countries are higher than those in China .
But the reported death rates in these countries are higher than that of China.
” Another Wuhan resident told Radio Free Asia “ They are saying that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wuhan , but does that sound right ?
” Both the US and the UK governments are of the belief that China is hiding the real scale of the pandemic , estimating that it could be 15 to 40 times worse than the communist state admits .

Residents in Wuhan, the origin of the coronavirus outbreak, have told reporters that “nobody believes the official numbers” being touted by the communist Chinese government, and that the belief is it could be 100 times worse than the world is being told.
While Whuan is reopening its transport systems and businesses, residents are adamant that they have not been informed of the true scale of the situation, according to Spanish newswire service EFE.
“There are suspicions that many people died in their homes without being diagnosed and, at first, there were no kits to do the test,” one resident said, adding that “Many people would die, officially, of a cold or some other disease. But there are stories going around of citizens who were made to sign death certificates of relatives without any other explanation.”
“Nobody in Wuhan believes the official numbers. The real one, only they know,” the resident said, pointing to the sky.
The report states that while frustration has led to a huge number of residents questioning the official narrative in social media chat groups, it has also led to a massive increase in censorship by the government.
The Spanish reporters pointed to reports suggesting that the number of urns provided by just 7 funeral homes in Wuhan adds up to between 30,000 and 40,000, while the Chinese government says that less than 4000 people have died from coronavirus.
A report by the independent Chinese media outlet Caixin estimated that just one of the funeral homes handed out 5,000 urns in one day last week.
The Spanish journalists attempted to interview workers at one of the funeral homes, but were stopped and turned away by authorities guarding the facilities.
Other residents told anti-Communist newspaper The Epoch Times that they simply cannot believe the government’s assertions about the death toll.
“Just exactly how many Wuhan residents have died from the virus if the line at the cemetery is so long?” one resident said, adding “China’s official media reported over 3,000 coronavirus deaths. I think the real figure is at least ten times the official figure, and even 100 times is not impossible.”
“The citizens of Wuhan believe that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) concealed the true death toll,” the report states.
It continues “They made this judgment based on two facts: one, the lines outside the funeral home to collect the ashes are very long, and two, the medical standards of European and American countries are higher than those in China. But the reported death rates in these countries are higher than that of China.”
Another Wuhan resident told Radio Free Asia “They are saying that only a few thousand died here in Wuhan, but does that sound right?”
Both the US and the UK governments are of the belief that China is hiding the real scale of the pandemic, estimating that it could be 15 to 40 times worse than the communist state admits.


newswars--2020-04-03--Molecular Biologist Says Coronavirus Could Have Leaked From Wuhan Biolab

A molecular biologist proclaimed Thursday that the Chinese coronavirus could have originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology , and been leaked , leading to it ’ s horrific spread around the globe .
Richard H. Ebright , a professor of chemical biology at Rutgers University , told The Daily Caller that he believes it is a distinct possibility that an accident in the laboratory in China could have caused the outbreak .
Professor Ebright said that “ A denial is not a refutation , ” referring to China ’ s top virologist Shi Zhengli , who works at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ denied that it was the source of the pandemic .
Zhengli , known as ‘ bat-woman ’ , because she works with bat-borne viruses , has said that the coronavirus spread is “ nature punishing the human race for keeping uncivilized living habits.
” “ The novel 2019 coronavirus is nature punishing the human race for keeping uncivilized living habits .
I , Shi Zhengli , swear on my life that it has nothing to do with our laboratory , ” she wrote in early February , adding “ I advise those who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sources … to shut their stinking mouths.
” Professor Ebright pointed to the quote , noting that it makes Zhengli ’ s denial more suspect .
While the professor has been cited by the likes of The Washington Post and MSNBC to dismiss theories about the virus being a bioweapon , the media has not covered his belief that the possibility of a lab accident being the source of the outbreak “ can not –and should not–be dismissed.
” To clarify , Professor Ebright categorically does not believe that the virus is an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evidence showing otherwise .
However , the notion that the strain of coronavirus that has spread around the world , and since mutated , came from the Wuhan lab is a real possibility in Ebright ’ s opinion .
This notion is also supported by the fact that according to a study contributed to by the ‘ bat-woman ’ herself , Shi Zhengli , the novel coronavirus is 96.2 % identical to a viral strain that was detected in horseshoe bats from the Yunnan Province , which is over 600 miles away from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and cited testimonies from close to 60 people who lived or stayed in Wuhan for lengthy periods , saying that the bat “ was never a food source in the city , and no bat was traded in the market.
” The research paper , which was uploaded to Research Gate on Feb. 6 , concluded that “ The killer coronavirus probably originated from a laboratory in Wuhan.
” The paper was removed from Research Gate on Feb. 14 or 15 , according to internet archives , and it ’ s author can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leak from a Chinese lab is not unprecedented .
The SARS virus escaped twice from the Chinese Institute of Virology in Beijing in 2004 , one year after its spread was brought under control .
Many believe that China ’ s continued subterfuge regarding the coronavirus outbreak , and it ’ s bizarre accusations that it was spread by the US military , is an effort to divert attention from the possibility that this virus leaked from the Wuhan lab .
Senator Tom Cotton , who has been continually vocal on the matter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that “ The reason I have raised these questions from the very beginning is because of China ’ s statements and their actions.
” “ After concealing the virus for many weeks in December and then minimizing its severity for most of January , they then peddle an origin story about the food market in Wuhan.
” Cotton said , adding “ Given their dishonesty and the proximity of these labs , which we know were working with coronaviruses , it is only reasonable and responsible for us to ask the question and @ @ @ @ @

A molecular biologist proclaimed Thursday that the Chinese coronavirus could have originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and been leaked, leading to it’s horrific spread around the globe.
Richard H. Ebright, a professor of chemical biology at Rutgers University, told The Daily Caller that he believes it is a distinct possibility that an accident in the laboratory in China could have caused the outbreak.
Professor Ebright said that “A denial is not a refutation,” referring to China’s top virologist Shi Zhengli, who works at the lab in Wuhan, and has repeatedly denied that it was the source of the pandemic.
Zhengli, known as ‘bat-woman’, because she works with bat-borne viruses, has said that the coronavirus spread is “nature punishing the human race for keeping uncivilized living habits.”
“The novel 2019 coronavirus is nature punishing the human race for keeping uncivilized living habits. I, Shi Zhengli, swear on my life that it has nothing to do with our laboratory,” she wrote in early February, adding “I advise those who believe and spread rumors from harmful media sources … to shut their stinking mouths.”
Professor Ebright pointed to the quote, noting that it makes Zhengli’s denial more suspect.
While the professor has been cited by the likes of The Washington Post and MSNBC to dismiss theories about the virus being a bioweapon, the media has not covered his belief that the possibility of a lab accident being the source of the outbreak “cannot–and should not–be dismissed.”
That was scenario discussed in your Fox interview I am pleased to hear you now distinguish between possibility virus was engineered bioweapon (which can be dismissed) and possibility virus entered human population through lab accident (which cannot–and should not–be dismissed) — Richard H. Ebright (@R_H_Ebright) February 17, 2020
To clarify, Professor Ebright categorically does not believe that the virus is an engineered bioweapon, due to the scientific evidence showing otherwise. However, the notion that the strain of coronavirus that has spread around the world, and since mutated, came from the Wuhan lab is a real possibility in Ebright’s opinion.
This notion is also supported by the fact that according to a study contributed to by the ‘bat-woman’ herself, Shi Zhengli, the novel coronavirus is 96.2% identical to a viral strain that was detected in horseshoe bats from the Yunnan Province, which is over 600 miles away from Wuhan.
Separate Chinese research confirmed this and cited testimonies from close to 60 people who lived or stayed in Wuhan for lengthy periods, saying that the bat “was never a food source in the city, and no bat was traded in the market.”
The research paper, which was uploaded to Research Gate on Feb. 6, concluded that “The killer coronavirus probably originated from a laboratory in Wuhan.”
The paper was removed from Research Gate on Feb. 14 or 15, according to internet archives, and it’s author cannot be reached.
A deadly virus leak from a Chinese lab is not unprecedented. The SARS virus escaped twice from the Chinese Institute of Virology in Beijing in 2004, one year after its spread was brought under control.
Many believe that China’s continued subterfuge regarding the coronavirus outbreak, and it’s bizarre accusations that it was spread by the US military, is an effort to divert attention from the possibility that this virus leaked from the Wuhan lab.
Senator Tom Cotton, who has been continually vocal on the matter, told The Daily Caller this week that “The reason I have raised these questions from the very beginning is because of China’s statements and their actions.”
“After concealing the virus for many weeks in December and then minimizing its severity for most of January, they then peddle an origin story about the food market in Wuhan.” Cotton said, adding “Given their dishonesty and the proximity of these labs, which we know were working with coronaviruses, it is only reasonable and responsible for us to ask the question and demand the answers.”


newswars--2020-04-04--Beijing: ‘Morally Repulsive’ to Question China’s Fake Coronavirus Data

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman insulted anyone questioning the Communist Party ’ s suspect data on the number of Wuhan coronavirus cases in the country on Thursday , disparaging them as “ morally repulsive.
” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying , one of the Communist Party ’ s most belligerent figures , offered the disparaging remarks in response to a question during her daily briefing regarding reports that China significantly downplayed the number of coronavirus cases and deaths nationwide .
The question specifically referenced a Bloomberg report that quoted American intelligence officials who concluded that the data China offered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to occur was not reliable .
The Bloomberg report followed months of reports from anti-communist and human rights publications like the Epoch Times and Radio Free Asia ( RFA ) finding significant discrepancies between the official death toll in Wuhan , where the virus originated , and the number of dead people being processed by the city ’ s seven funeral homes .
“ My colleagues and I have been elaborating on all the details of China ’ s response , which shows clearly that China has been giving open , transparent and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hua alleged in response to a Bloomberg reporter , referring to the mounting reports that the Communist Party intentionally misled the world into believing the epidemic in China was less severe than it was , preventing travel bans that may have prevented hundreds of thousands of coronavirus infections worldwide .

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman insulted anyone questioning the Communist Party’s suspect data on the number of Wuhan coronavirus cases in the country on Thursday, disparaging them as “morally repulsive.”
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying, one of the Communist Party’s most belligerent figures, offered the disparaging remarks in response to a question during her daily briefing regarding reports that China significantly downplayed the number of coronavirus cases and deaths nationwide.
The question specifically referenced a Bloomberg report that quoted American intelligence officials who concluded that the data China offered the world on the pandemic it allowed to occur was not reliable.
The Bloomberg report followed months of reports from anti-communist and human rights publications like the Epoch Times and Radio Free Asia (RFA) finding significant discrepancies between the official death toll in Wuhan, where the virus originated, and the number of dead people being processed by the city’s seven funeral homes.
“My colleagues and I have been elaborating on all the details of China’s response, which shows clearly that China has been giving open, transparent and timely updates to the world,” Hua alleged in response to a Bloomberg reporter, referring to the mounting reports that the Communist Party intentionally misled the world into believing the epidemic in China was less severe than it was, preventing travel bans that may have prevented hundreds of thousands of coronavirus infections worldwide.
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newswars--2020-04-04--Trump-backed anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is the most effective coronavirus treatment curren

Trump-backed anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is the most effective coronavirus treatment currently available, finds international poll of 6,000 doctors

The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is the best coronavirus drug currently available , according to an international poll of thousands of doctors .
Of 6,200 physicians surveyed from 30 countries , the majority ( 37 per cent ) said it was the ‘ most effective therapy ’ for the virus .
But the World Health Organization ( WHO ) claims that ‘ there is no evidence ’ that any medicine ‘ can prevent or cure the disease ’ .
With a spiralling crisis and no cure in sight , doctors in Europe , the US and China have been given licence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patients .
But the UK has prevented clinicians from dishing out hydroxychloroquine – a form of chloroquine – until clinical trials are completed .
Chloroquine ( CQ ) , branded as Aralen , and counterpart hydroxychloroquine ( HCQ ) , known as Plaquenil , are well-established medicines .
They are also prescribed on the NHS to treat rheumatoid arthritis and lupus and have been used since the 1940s .
The latest poll , conducted by Sermo – a ‘ virtual lounge ’ for doctors , found the tablets were most widely used for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cent of physicians said they had prescribed them .

The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is the best coronavirus drug currently available, according to an international poll of thousands of doctors.
Of 6,200 physicians surveyed from 30 countries, the majority (37 per cent) said it was the ‘most effective therapy’ for the virus.
But the World Health Organization (WHO) claims that ‘there is no evidence’ that any medicine ‘can prevent or cure the disease’.
With a spiralling crisis and no cure in sight, doctors in Europe, the US and China have been given licence to prescribe the promising drug to COVID-19 patients.
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But the UK has prevented clinicians from dishing out hydroxychloroquine – a form of chloroquine – until clinical trials are completed.
Chloroquine (CQ), branded as Aralen, and counterpart hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), known as Plaquenil, are well-established medicines.
They are also prescribed on the NHS to treat rheumatoid arthritis and lupus and have been used since the 1940s.
The latest poll, conducted by Sermo – a ‘virtual lounge’ for doctors, found the tablets were most widely used for COVID-19 in Spain, where 72 per cent of physicians said they had prescribed them.
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newswars--2020-04-04--Biotech CEO Featured In ‘Pandemic’ Documentary May Have COVID-19 Cure

A San Francisco biotech executive featured in the Netflix documentary “ Pandemic ” announced this week that he and his team may have a cure for coronavirus which is headed to the US military for testing .
Dr. Jacob Glanville of Distributed Bio tweeted on Tuesday that after nine weeks , “ we have generated extremely potent picomolar antibodies that block known # neutralizing # ACE2 # epitopes , blocking the novel # coronavirus from infecting human cells.
” “ I ’ m happy to report that my team has successfully taken five antibodies that back in 2002 were determined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stop the SARS virus , ” he told Radio New Zealand ’ s “ Checkpoint ” – adding “ We ’ ve evolved them in our laboratory , so now they very vigorously block and stop the SARS-CoV-2 [ COVID-19 ] virus as well.
” The new virus is a cousin of the old SARS .
So what we ’ ve done is we ’ ve created hundreds of millions of versions of those antibodies , we ’ ve mutated them a bit , and in that pool of mutated versions , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So now we know they bind on the same spot as the new virus , Covid-19 .
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It binds the spot that the virus uses to gain entry into your cells .
It blocks that .
At this point we know it binds the same spot extremely tightly with high affinity .
The next step is we send the antibodies to the military , and they will directly put those on the virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to infect cells .
–Dr .
Jacob Glanville ( via RNZ ) “ Antibodies are attractive because you can give them to a patient right when they ’ re in the hospital like an antiviral .
You can also give them to doctors , you could give them to the elderly people to prevent them from getting sick , ” he added .
When asked directly over Twitter if it ’ s a cure , Glanville replied that it ’ s a “ Candidate cure ” which requires validation tests and human trials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says that the treatment could be ‘ out by September , ’ however he will need ‘ funding and efficient GMP manufacturing.
’ The antibodies will be sent to the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases according to Fox News .

A San Francisco biotech executive featured in the Netflix documentary “Pandemic” announced this week that he and his team may have a cure for coronavirus which is headed to the US military for testing.
Dr. Jacob Glanville of Distributed Bio tweeted on Tuesday that after nine weeks, “we have generated extremely potent picomolar antibodies that block known #neutralizing #ACE2 #epitopes, blocking the novel #coronavirus from infecting human cells.”
“I’m happy to report that my team has successfully taken five antibodies that back in 2002 were determined to bind and neutralize, block and stop the SARS virus,” he told Radio New Zealand’s “Checkpoint” – adding “We’ve evolved them in our laboratory, so now they very vigorously block and stop the SARS-CoV-2 [COVID-19] virus as well.”
The new virus is a cousin of the old SARS. So what we’ve done is we’ve created hundreds of millions of versions of those antibodies, we’ve mutated them a bit, and in that pool of mutated versions, we found versions that cross them over. So now we know they bind on the same spot as the new virus, Covid-19.
Alex Jones leaves and important message on the War Room about Trump’s recent statement on face masks. It binds the spot that the virus uses to gain entry into your cells. It blocks that. At this point we know it binds the same spot extremely tightly with high affinity. The next step is we send the antibodies to the military, and they will directly put those on the virus and show that it blocks its ability to infect cells. –Dr. Jacob Glanville (via RNZ)
“Antibodies are attractive because you can give them to a patient right when they’re in the hospital like an antiviral. You can also give them to doctors, you could give them to the elderly people to prevent them from getting sick,” he added.
When asked directly over Twitter if it’s a cure, Glanville replied that it’s a “Candidate cure” which requires validation tests and human trials before it can be released.
“Candidate cure.” We need to run some validation tests, grow it up in big expensive batches, and then run a phase I/II human trial. Then we can release it. — Dr. Jacob Glanville (@CurlyJungleJake) April 1, 2020
Glanville says that the treatment could be ‘out by September,’ however he will need ‘funding and efficient GMP manufacturing.’
For GMP and Phase I/II it’s a lot. Government should pay for it. The crowd funding could cover a couple headcount that would help us more efficiently engage the FDA and make sure that we are talking to all global interests to get the drug available everywhere needed. — Dr. Jacob Glanville (@CurlyJungleJake) April 1, 2020
The antibodies will be sent to the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases according to Fox News.


newswars--2020-04-04--Louisville is forcing unwilling coronavirus patients to self-isolate, giving them ankle monitors

Two Louisville coronavirus patients and a family member have been ordered by circuit judges to isolate and wear tracking devices after health officials learned they ’ d been in public against medical advice .
Issuing health-related civil orders is new territory for the courts , according to Judge Charles Cunningham , who issued two Friday .
The third was issued earlier this month when a South End resident who tested positive for coronavirus refused to self-isolate .
But the orders are essential for keeping the community safe when infected patients refuse to self-quarantine , officials said during Mayor Greg Fischer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Infowars reporter Savanah Hernandez joins The Alex Jones Show to break down the current state of those cowering in fear and willingly submitting to life under a ‘ police state ’ lockdown of society .
As of Tuesday , seven people have died of the virus in Jefferson County and 18 across Kentucky .
“ The home incarceration program is well-suited for this , ” said Amy Hess , the city ’ s chief of public services , which includes oversight of Metro Corrections and Emergency Services .
“ It provides us with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can monitor activity after ( the monitoring device ) gets affixed to them … to make sure they ’ re not further affecting the community .

Two Louisville coronavirus patients and a family member have been ordered by circuit judges to isolate and wear tracking devices after health officials learned they’d been in public against medical advice.
Issuing health-related civil orders is new territory for the courts, according to Judge Charles Cunningham, who issued two Friday. The third was issued earlier this month when a South End resident who tested positive for coronavirus refused to self-isolate.
But the orders are essential for keeping the community safe when infected patients refuse to self-quarantine, officials said during Mayor Greg Fischer’s Facebook Live briefing Tuesday.
Infowars reporter Savanah Hernandez joins The Alex Jones Show to break down the current state of those cowering in fear and willingly submitting to life under a ‘police state’ lockdown of society.
As of Tuesday, seven people have died of the virus in Jefferson County and 18 across Kentucky.
“The home incarceration program is well-suited for this,” said Amy Hess, the city’s chief of public services, which includes oversight of Metro Corrections and Emergency Services. “It provides us with the proper amount of distancing. We can monitor activity after (the monitoring device) gets affixed to them … to make sure they’re not further affecting the community.
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newswars--2020-04-04--Trump: Americans Will Not Be Forced To Wear Masks Because We Are Not Communist China

Alex Jones leaves an important message on the War Room about President Trump ’ s recent statement on face masks @

Trump: Americans Will Not Be Forced To Wear Masks Because We Are Not Communist China President Trump told reporters Friday he doesn’t plan to wear a face mask, despite CDC recommendations


newswars--2020-04-03--Elmhurst Hospital Mystery: Long Lines And Crowds Only For MSM Cameras

How is it that every time MSM camera crews show up at the Elmhurst hospital in Queens – which we @ @ @ @ @ of the coronavirus outbreak – there are long lines and hoards of people .
However @ @ @ @ @ independent camera crews show up to the same hospital and shoot hours of footage , @ @ @ @

How is it that every time MSM camera crews show up at the Elmhurst hospital in Queens – which we are told is the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak – there are long lines and hoards of people.
However, when citizen journalists and independent camera crews show up to the same hospital and shoot hours of footage, we get crickets.
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