thelibertybeacon--2020-03-20--Italy Coronavirus: new explosive information [A Jon Rappoport Report]

A very brief update .
Read this carefully .
Many people who were diagnosed as “ coronavirus cases ” in Italy , and then died , were almost certainly put on antiviral drugs .
As you ’ ll see , below , a significant percentage of these people had prior heart conditions or high blood pressure .
But at least one of the antiviral drugs , called Ribavirin , carries this VERY RELEVANT warning , from cardiosmart.org : “ Ribavirin may decrease the number of red blood cells in your body .
This is called anemia and it can be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or circulation problems.
” High blood pressure is a circulatory problem .
Understand ?
Get it ?
LIFE-THREATENING .
So how many coronavirus patients have been killed by the administering of ribavirin ?
And with THAT , let ’ s jump in…because there ’ s more .
Much more .
For those people who have any belief in the coronavirus… Here ’ s the basic situation : the Italian health agencies are reporting escalating COV deaths—big fear-story out front… But in the background , other Italian government researchers are combing through patient records @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see whether people are dying from the virus or other more obvious causes .
The Italian results are astonishing , to understate it by a mile .
Bloomberg News has the story : 3/18 , “ 99 percent of those whose died from virus had other illness , Italy says ” : “ More than 99 % [ ! ]
of Italy ’ s coronavirus fatalities were people who suffered from previous medical conditions , according to a study by the country ’ s national health authority.
” “ The Rome-based institute has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the country ’ s coronavirus fatalities [ so far , because it ’ s slow work ] , finding that just three victims [ !
! ]
, or 0.8 % of the total , had no previous pathology [ disease ] .
Almost half of the victims suffered from at least three prior illnesses and about a fourth had either one or two previous conditions.
” “ More than 75 % had high blood pressure , about 35 % had diabetes and a third suffered from heart disease.
” “ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ died from the virus in Italy is 79.5 [ !
!
! ]
.
As of March 17 , 17 people under 50 had died from the disease .
All of Italy ’ s victims under 40 have been males with serious existing medical conditions.
” Average age of those who ’ ve died : 79.5 .
Are you kidding ?
Lots of prior medical conditions , weakened immune systems , and what this emerging study isn ’ t saying : all these people had obviously been treated for those prior conditions with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they ’ d been diagnosed with coronavirus , chances are many of them were put on highly toxic antiviral drugs .
Thus delivering the final blow .
Imagining the coronavirus was the CAUSE of death would be a ridiculous fantasy .
But these people are counted as “ coronavirus deaths ” by the other Italian reporting agencies , who are jacking up the numbers .
Does this remind you of any other reports I ’ ve been detailing ?
The elderly people with obvious prior diseases who died in Australia ; and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases in the state of Washington—all living in a long-term-care nursing home ?
Getting the picture ?
This death-numbers con—aside from covering up the real causes of death , including MEDICAL—is the forward spear being used to justify locking down and wrecking economies all over the world right now , and that means attacking the people in any way connected to those economies who have to work to make a living .
There are statistical vampires at work , using the elderly and sick and dying to feed numbers to health agencies around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ press contacts , and horror reports emerge , and the unsuspecting public , in economic lockdowns , sit in front of the tube and watch these reports , and inhale the cooked-up fear .
Turn your mind to the highest setting , because nothing is riding on this whole deal except the immediate future of humanity .
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Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize , he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years , writing articles on politics , medicine , and health for CBS Healthwatch , LA Weekly , Spin Magazine , Stern , and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on global politics , health , logic , and creative power to audiences around the world .
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Italy Coronavirus: new explosive information
Jon Rappoport
A very brief update. Read this carefully. Many people who were diagnosed as “coronavirus cases” in Italy, and then died, were almost certainly put on antiviral drugs. As you’ll see, below, a significant percentage of these people had prior heart conditions or high blood pressure. But at least one of the antiviral drugs, called Ribavirin, carries this VERY RELEVANT warning, from cardiosmart.org: “Ribavirin may decrease the number of red blood cells in your body. This is called anemia and it can be life-threatening in people who have heart disease or circulation problems.” High blood pressure is a circulatory problem. Understand? Get it? LIFE-THREATENING. So how many coronavirus patients have been killed by the administering of ribavirin?
And with THAT, let’s jump in…because there’s more. Much more.
For those people who have any belief in the coronavirus…
Here’s the basic situation: the Italian health agencies are reporting escalating COV deaths—big fear-story out front…
But in the background, other Italian government researchers are combing through patient records, to take a much closer look…to see whether people are dying from the virus or other more obvious causes.
Are people dying coincidentally WITH the virus, or BECAUSE OF the virus? Is the virus a mere harmless passenger in the body, or is it the driving force?
The Italian results are astonishing, to understate it by a mile.
Bloomberg News has the story: 3/18, “99 percent of those whose died from virus had other illness, Italy says”:
“More than 99% [!] of Italy’s coronavirus fatalities were people who suffered from previous medical conditions, according to a study by the country’s national health authority.”
“The Rome-based institute has examined medical records of about 18% of the country’s coronavirus fatalities [so far, because it’s slow work], finding that just three victims [!!], or 0.8% of the total, had no previous pathology [disease]. Almost half of the victims suffered from at least three prior illnesses and about a fourth had either one or two previous conditions.”
“More than 75% had high blood pressure, about 35% had diabetes and a third suffered from heart disease.”
“The average age of those who’ve died from the virus in Italy is 79.5 [!!!]. As of March 17, 17 people under 50 had died from the disease. All of Italy’s victims under 40 have been males with serious existing medical conditions.”
BANG.
Average age of those who’ve died: 79.5. Are you kidding? Lots of prior medical conditions, weakened immune systems, and what this emerging study isn’t saying: all these people had obviously been treated for those prior conditions with toxic medical drugs. Furthermore, once they’d been diagnosed with coronavirus, chances are many of them were put on highly toxic antiviral drugs. Thus delivering the final blow.
Imagining the coronavirus was the CAUSE of death would be a ridiculous fantasy. But these people are counted as “coronavirus deaths” by the other Italian reporting agencies, who are jacking up the numbers.
Does this remind you of any other reports I’ve been detailing? The elderly people with obvious prior diseases who died in Australia; and the elderly people who were diagnosed as coronavirus cases in the state of Washington—all living in a long-term-care nursing home?
Getting the picture? This death-numbers con—aside from covering up the real causes of death, including MEDICAL—is the forward spear being used to justify locking down and wrecking economies all over the world right now, and that means attacking the people in any way connected to those economies who have to work to make a living.
There are statistical vampires at work, using the elderly and sick and dying to feed numbers to health agencies around the planet. Those agencies tap their press contacts, and horror reports emerge, and the unsuspecting public, in economic lockdowns, sit in front of the tube and watch these reports, and inhale the cooked-up fear.
Turn your mind to the highest setting, because nothing is riding on this whole deal except the immediate future of humanity.
And again, cardiosmart.org: “Ribavirin may decrease the number of red blood cells in your body. This is called anemia and it can be life-threatening in people who have heart disease or circulation problems.”
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(TLB) published this original article from the blog of Jon Rappoport with our appreciation for his contribution to raise health and freedom awareness.
Jon Rappoport is the author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free NoMoreFakeNews emails here or his free OutsideTheRealityMachine emails here.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-03-20--Anti-Hunger Advocates Praise Senate Passage of COVID-19 Relief Bill

Hunger-Relief Provisions of the Bill Detailed Below Hunger Free America , a nationwide direct service and advocacy organization , applauded the U.S. Senate for passing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act , H.R .
6201 , which passed the House last Friday and which is expected to be signed by President Donald Trump .
The economic relief bill would significantly lessen the hunger crisis , not only providing more funds to make it easier for schools , senior programs , and food charities to provide alternative meals , but , most significantly , creating a vast new , federally-funded program @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all families with children in closed schools on ATM-like cards .
The bill also includes paid sick leave and expanded unemployment compensation funding , which will more broadly aid struggling working families , maintaining some of their food purchasing power .
In 2018 , when the economy was still strong , 37 million Americans , including 11 million U.S. children , lived in food insecure households , unable to afford an adequate supply of food .
In the last few days , tens of millions of low-income students have lost access to school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and suppers due to school closures .
Large numbers of older Americans have lost meals due to senior center shutdowns .
In addition , millions of Americans who previously worked for modest wages and/or depended on tips to survive have suddenly lost jobs and/or have suffered from dramatic reductions in incomes .
Joel Berg , CEO of Hunger Free America , released this statement in response to the bill ’ s passage : “ This is an important first step — and tens of millions will likely be helped by this — but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more will need to be done to bolster incomes and provide food .
The instantaneous loss of tens of millions of school meals and tens of thousands of senior meals each day – combined with the rapid reduction in income for numerous low-income workers – has greatly worsened the country ’ s pre-existing hunger crisis .
This is the first time in modern U.S. history that we have seen a nationwide natural disaster combined with an economic collapse , so we can ’ t even begin to imagine the long-term devastation for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of people struggling .
We urge President Trump to immediately sign this emergency bill into law .
Crises such as Katrina , Sandy , and the coronavirus pandemic rip the bandages off society ’ s most gaping wounds , forcing the nation to confront the reality of how each crisis greatly worsened the pre-existing maladies of hunger , poverty , and inequality .
I hope that , after the immediate pandemic subsides , this prompts the nation to launch broader efforts to solve these long-term crises.
” The bill states : “ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ designated as emergency spending , which is exempt from discretionary spending limit.
” What that means is that – unlike normal bills , which require other programs to be cut or taxes to be raised to pay for any new spending under so-called PAYGO provisions — this bill is not subject to PAYGO and therefore does not require spending reduction or tax increases to pay for it .
Rather , the spending for this bill increased the federal budget deficit , as do tax cuts for which offsets are not found .
All @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expire at the end of this federal fiscal year , which ends September 30 , 2020 , and is supposed to be used for emergency purposes only related to COVID-19 .
The bill provides $ 100 million to the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , Puerto Rico , and American Samoa for nutrition assistance .
This is particularly important since Puerto Rico ’ s main federal food aid program , the Nutrition Assistance Program , was chronically under-funded even before Hurricane Maria .
Since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a serious food crisis .
Puerto Rico now has such a high poverty rate that , as of November 2019 , 1,298,518 ( 41 percent ) island residents received food aid through the Nutrition Assistance Program .
Because the combined population of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa are about 110,000 people ( about 1/29th of the population of Puerto Rico ) , if 95 percent of the $ 100 million in this new funding went to Puerto Rico , that would equal $ 95 million , which would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between now and September for each of the participants in Puerto Rico ’ s Nutrition Assistance Program .
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women , Infants , and Children ( WIC ) The federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women , Infants , and Children , better known as WIC , provides nutritional supplements to pregnant women and children under five .
This bill provides an additional $ 500 million to the program .
The bill also authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to waive administrative requirements for WIC participation , including the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ physical presence in a WIC clinic to assess their nutritional risk .
The bill provides an addition $ 400 million ( of which up to $ 100 million can be used for distribution costs ) to increase the availability of commodities ( mostly canned and boxed foods ) given out by food banks , soup kitchens , and food pantries nationwide .
The bill appropriates $ 160 million for home-delivered nutrition programs such as Meals on Wheels and $ 10 million for nutrition services for Native Americans .
The bill also allots $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meaning meals delivered to older Americans at senior centers , religious institutions , schools , and other community spaces serving meals through the congregate meals program established by the federal Older Americans Act .
The bill also provides states with more flexibility on how they can enable their older residents to access such meals .
Under pre-existing federal law , all school lunches and breakfasts must be served in the school buildings , and variation in the way any meals are served by school districts must not cost the federal government any additional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ school districts to temporarily use alternative methods of food distribution ( such as giving children meals to take home from school distribution sites ) and allows states and school districts to spend more federal funds to do so .
The bill also allows additional flexibility in the federally-funded Child And Adult Care Food Program ( CACFP ) , which funds meals at eligible afterschool programs , child care centers , homeless shelters , day care homes , and adult day care centers .
Hunger Free America points out both the benefits and drawbacks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at schools and/or other mass distributions to bring meals home .
While it it makes sense that many schools that have closed due to the Coronavirus are allowing children to show up at school to obtain food to take home , this approach is problematic for a number of reasons : • None If schools and workplaces are closed specifically to prevent people from congregating , then giving out food to large numbers of children congregating together could be counter-productive .
• None If their parents are still working during the day , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kids to get meals .
• None Some schools have limited such pick-ups to families with cars ; many of the lowest-income families don ’ t own cars or the parents in such families must use their car to get to work .
• None Many children live long distances from their schools , and travelling to food pick-up locations could expose them to more disease risks , as well as cost them additional money for travel .
• None To date , USDA has only given waiver approval to this alternative meal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % or more of their students are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals .
Yet there are still many low-income children in schools – particularly in suburban and rural areas – that do not qualify for this waiver .
If such schools are closed , the low-income students in these schools would miss out on school meals entirely .
While we have not seen data yet on the effectiveness of such alternative food distribution efforts by schools , it is highly likely that they will serve far fewer children than normal school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ) – Formerly Known as the Food Stamp Program The most impactful part of the bill in terms of reducing hunger is the creation of a vast new , federally-funded program to give extra food purchasing dollars to all families with children in closed schools on ATM-like cards .
Some are calling this a Pandemic EBT program .
To be precise , the bill authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to approve state agency plans to provide Pandemic EBT benefits to households with children who would receive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the closure of their schools due to the pandemic emergency .
Under the bill , the Secretary of Agriculture may approve state plans to provide Pandemic EBT benefits to eligible households with children who may or may not already be participating in SNAP .
Eligible children must be receiving free or reduced-price school meals and be enrolled at a school that is closed for no less than 5 consecutive days due to the pandemic emergency based on an outbreak of Coronavirus .
Benefits provided to approved households can be no less than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ federal free rate over the course of five school days for each eligible child in the household .
The bill also temporary waives the requirement that would ordinarily remove abled-bodied adults without dependents ( ABAWDs ) who are unemployed from the SNAP program if they are unable to find work .
While the bill does not explicitly address the pre-existing USDA Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( D-SNAP ) , which gives food assistance to low-income households with food loss or damage caused by a natural disaster , we believe governors have pre-existing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government has pre-existing authority to grant – use of D-SNAP for up to a month in in areas particularly hard hit by the pandemic and/or job losses .
We also note that the overall , regular SNAP program is designed to expand when unemployment increases and/or incomes declines ; so states should also ramp up their activities to enroll newly-eligible Americans in SNAP .
The House bill gives the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to issue blanket waivers to adjust SNAP issuance , applications , and reporting requirements during this public health emergency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ request those flexibilities ; but even if the House bill doesn ’ t become law and that extra flexibility is not granted , states still have many existing ways to enroll newly unemployed individuals in SNAP .
The House bill also includes paid sick leave and expanded unemployment compensation funding , which will more broadly aid struggling working families , maintaining some of their food purchasing power .
Specifically , the bill established a federal emergency paid leave benefits program to provide payments to employees taking unpaid leave due to the coronavirus outbreak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Leave Act ( FMLA ) to require businesses with fewer than 500 employees to provide paid leave for all employees ( employed for 30 days ) for a qualifying need related to a public health emergency related to the Coronavirus declared by a federal , state , or local authority .
The employee must be compensated for this leave at a level that is at least two-thirds of an employee ’ s regular rate of pay .
The first 14 days for which an employee takes FMLA leave under Division C may consist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ employee may elect to substitute any accrued vacation leave , personal leave , or medical or sick leave provided by the employer in lieu of unpaid leave .
The bill outlines specific levels of reimbursement to covered employers and certain individuals in the form of payroll credits and tax credits for the leave payments required by the legislation .
The bill also expands unemployment benefits and provides grants to states for processing and paying claims .

Anti-Hunger Advocates Praise Senate Passage of COVID-19 Relief Bill
“Important First Step, but More Will Need to be Done to Bolster Incomes & Provide Food”
Hunger-Relief Provisions of the Bill Detailed Below
Hunger Free America, a nationwide direct service and advocacy organization, applauded the U.S. Senate for passing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, H.R. 6201, which passed the House last Friday and which is expected to be signed by President Donald Trump.
The economic relief bill would significantly lessen the hunger crisis, not only providing more funds to make it easier for schools, senior programs, and food charities to provide alternative meals, but, most significantly, creating a vast new, federally-funded program to give extra food purchasing dollars to all families with children in closed schools on ATM-like cards. The bill also includes paid sick leave and expanded unemployment compensation funding, which will more broadly aid struggling working families, maintaining some of their food purchasing power.
In 2018, when the economy was still strong, 37 million Americans, including 11 million U.S. children, lived in food insecure households, unable to afford an adequate supply of food. In the last few days, tens of millions of low-income students have lost access to school lunches, breakfasts, and after-school snacks and suppers due to school closures. Large numbers of older Americans have lost meals due to senior center shutdowns. In addition, millions of Americans who previously worked for modest wages and/or depended on tips to survive have suddenly lost jobs and/or have suffered from dramatic reductions in incomes.
Joel Berg, CEO of Hunger Free America, released this statement in response to the bill’s passage:
“This is an important first step — and tens of millions will likely be helped by this — but given the magnitude of the crisis, more will need to be done to bolster incomes and provide food. The instantaneous loss of tens of millions of school meals and tens of thousands of senior meals each day – combined with the rapid reduction in income for numerous low-income workers – has greatly worsened the country’s pre-existing hunger crisis. This is the first time in modern U.S. history that we have seen a nationwide natural disaster combined with an economic collapse, so we can’t even begin to imagine the long-term devastation for the nation, particularly for the vast number of people struggling. We urge President Trump to immediately sign this emergency bill into law. Crises such as Katrina, Sandy, and the coronavirus pandemic rip the bandages off society’s most gaping wounds, forcing the nation to confront the reality of how each crisis greatly worsened the pre-existing maladies of hunger, poverty, and inequality. I hope that, after the immediate pandemic subsides, this prompts the nation to launch broader efforts to solve these long-term crises.”
DETAILS OF ANTI-HUNGER PROVISIONS OF ECONOMIC RELIEF BILL
The bill states: “The supplemental appropriations provided by the bill are designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limit.” What that means is that – unlike normal bills, which require other programs to be cut or taxes to be raised to pay for any new spending under so-called PAYGO provisions — this bill is not subject to PAYGO and therefore does not require spending reduction or tax increases to pay for it. Rather, the spending for this bill increased the federal budget deficit, as do tax cuts for which offsets are not found.
All funding through the bill is supposed to expire at the end of this federal fiscal year, which ends September 30, 2020, and is supposed to be used for emergency purposes only related to COVID-19.
Nutrition Assistance Grants for U.S. Territories
The bill provides $100 million to the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa for nutrition assistance. This is particularly important since Puerto Rico’s main federal food aid program, the Nutrition Assistance Program, was chronically under-funded even before Hurricane Maria. Since the hurricane, Puerto Rico has faced a serious food crisis. Puerto Rico now has such a high poverty rate that, as of November 2019, 1,298,518 (41 percent) island residents received food aid through the Nutrition Assistance Program.
Because the combined population of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa are about 110,000 people (about 1/29th of the population of Puerto Rico), if 95 percent of the $100 million in this new funding went to Puerto Rico, that would equal $95 million, which would equal only an extra $73 dollars between now and September for each of the participants in Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program.
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
The federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, better known as WIC, provides nutritional supplements to pregnant women and children under five. This bill provides an additional $500 million to the program. The bill also authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to waive administrative requirements for WIC participation, including the requirement for a participant to have a physical presence in a WIC clinic to assess their nutritional risk.
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
The bill provides an addition $400 million (of which up to $100 million can be used for distribution costs) to increase the availability of commodities (mostly canned and boxed foods) given out by food banks, soup kitchens, and food pantries nationwide.
Food Programs for Older Americans
The bill appropriates $160 million for home-delivered nutrition programs such as Meals on Wheels and $10 million for nutrition services for Native Americans. The bill also allots $80 million for congregate nutrition services, meaning meals delivered to older Americans at senior centers, religious institutions, schools, and other community spaces serving meals through the congregate meals program established by the federal Older Americans Act.
The bill also provides states with more flexibility on how they can enable their older residents to access such meals.
School Meals Programs
Under pre-existing federal law, all school lunches and breakfasts must be served in the school buildings, and variation in the way any meals are served by school districts must not cost the federal government any additional money. The bill allows states and school districts to temporarily use alternative methods of food distribution (such as giving children meals to take home from school distribution sites) and allows states and school districts to spend more federal funds to do so.
The bill also allows additional flexibility in the federally-funded Child And Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), which funds meals at eligible afterschool programs, child care centers, homeless shelters, day care homes, and adult day care centers.
Hunger Free America points out both the benefits and drawbacks of schools allowing students to show up at schools and/or other mass distributions to bring meals home. While it it makes sense that many schools that have closed due to the Coronavirus are allowing children to show up at school to obtain food to take home, this approach is problematic for a number of reasons:
If schools and workplaces are closed specifically to prevent people from congregating, then giving out food to large numbers of children congregating together could be counter-productive.
If their parents are still working during the day, it may be more difficult/dangerous for the kids to get meals.
Some schools have limited such pick-ups to families with cars; many of the lowest-income families don’t own cars or the parents in such families must use their car to get to work.
Many children live long distances from their schools, and travelling to food pick-up locations could expose them to more disease risks, as well as cost them additional money for travel.
To date, USDA has only given waiver approval to this alternative meal delivery method to schools in which 50% or more of their students are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals. Yet there are still many low-income children in schools – particularly in suburban and rural areas – that do not qualify for this waiver. If such schools are closed, the low-income students in these schools would miss out on school meals entirely.
While we have not seen data yet on the effectiveness of such alternative food distribution efforts by schools, it is highly likely that they will serve far fewer children than normal school meals programs on regular school days.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – Formerly Known as the Food Stamp Program
The most impactful part of the bill in terms of reducing hunger is the creation of a vast new, federally-funded program to give extra food purchasing dollars to all families with children in closed schools on ATM-like cards. Some are calling this a Pandemic EBT program.
To be precise, the bill authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to approve state agency plans to provide Pandemic EBT benefits to households with children who would receive free or reduced-price school lunches if not for the closure of their schools due to the pandemic emergency.
Under the bill, the Secretary of Agriculture may approve state plans to provide Pandemic EBT benefits to eligible households with children who may or may not already be participating in SNAP. Eligible children must be receiving free or reduced-price school meals and be enrolled at a school that is closed for no less than 5 consecutive days due to the pandemic emergency based on an outbreak of Coronavirus. Benefits provided to approved households can be no less than the value of school meals at the federal free rate over the course of five school days for each eligible child in the household.
The bill also temporary waives the requirement that would ordinarily remove abled-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) who are unemployed from the SNAP program if they are unable to find work.
While the bill does not explicitly address the pre-existing USDA Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), which gives food assistance to low-income households with food loss or damage caused by a natural disaster, we believe governors have pre-existing authority to request – and the federal government has pre-existing authority to grant – use of D-SNAP for up to a month in in areas particularly hard hit by the pandemic and/or job losses.
We also note that the overall, regular SNAP program is designed to expand when unemployment increases and/or incomes declines; so states should also ramp up their activities to enroll newly-eligible Americans in SNAP. The House bill gives the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to issue blanket waivers to adjust SNAP issuance, applications, and reporting requirements during this public health emergency declaration, instead of having each state request those flexibilities; but even if the House bill doesn’t become law and that extra flexibility is not granted, states still have many existing ways to enroll newly unemployed individuals in SNAP.
Other Economic Aid
The House bill also includes paid sick leave and expanded unemployment compensation funding, which will more broadly aid struggling working families, maintaining some of their food purchasing power.
Specifically, the bill established a federal emergency paid leave benefits program to provide payments to employees taking unpaid leave due to the coronavirus outbreak.
It expands the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to require businesses with fewer than 500 employees to provide paid leave for all employees (employed for 30 days) for a qualifying need related to a public health emergency related to the Coronavirus declared by a federal, state, or local authority.
The employee must be compensated for this leave at a level that is at least two-thirds of an employee’s regular rate of pay. The first 14 days for which an employee takes FMLA leave under Division C may consist of unpaid leave. However, an employee may elect to substitute any accrued vacation leave, personal leave, or medical or sick leave provided by the employer in lieu of unpaid leave.
The bill outlines specific levels of reimbursement to covered employers and certain individuals in the form of payroll credits and tax credits for the leave payments required by the legislation. The bill also expands unemployment benefits and provides grants to states for processing and paying claims.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-03-20--Boris’ Herd Immunity Strategy Fails (Video)

The Duran ’ s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Boris Johnson ’ s decision to drop its herd immunity approach to battling the coronavirus .
Johnson ’ s government has had to admit that the strategy of allowing coronavirus to spread and build up immunity among the UK population , was a failure .
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For a few days , Britain stood alone .
While continental Europeans were closing schools and putting soldiers on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the British government ’ s official advice to its citizens was , essentially , just to keep calm and carry on .
Schools , restaurants , theaters , clubs , and sporting venues remained open ; only the over-70s and those with flu-like symptoms were advised to stay at home .
The low-key British response was driven by a controversial theory embraced by the U.K. government ’ s top scientists : that the best way to ease the long-term consequences of the coronavirus pandemic was to allow the virus to spread naturally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s herd immunity .
On Monday night , that theory collided with the facts .
A new analysis by immunologists at Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of the impact of the coronavirus in Italy suggested that up to 30 percent of patients hospitalized with the virus would require intensive care treatment .
Those numbers , if repeated in the U.K. , would quickly overwhelm Britain ’ s state-run National Health Service .
Within hours of the report , U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Downing St. to reverse the herd immunity policy .
Acknowledging that “ drastic action ” was required , Johnson announced that from now on Britons should try to work from home and voluntarily refrain from unnecessary travel and social contact .
But Johnson ’ s tone , Britain ’ s policy , and indeed the reaction of many Britons remained in strong contrast to the rest of Europe—a striking echo of the prime minister ’ s go-it-alone approach to Brexit earlier in the year .
Johnson is now taking an approach closer to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the public for voluntary cooperation rather than ordering it—than to that of the European Union .
In contrast , France ’ s President Emmanuel Macron , warning that his country was “ in a state of war ” with the coronavirus , announced that citizens would have to register their intention to leave their houses in a nationwide website or face a 38 euro ( $ 42 ) fine , enforced by 100,000 police officers .
Britain has not enforced any mandatory bans on movement or on the opening of bars and places @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the government was giving “ very strong advice that public venues such as theaters should no longer be visited ” but added , “ I don ’ t believe it will be necessary to use ” enforcement powers .
And on the evening of Johnson ’ s announcement , Twitter filled with images of many Britons cheerfully defying the government ’ s advice by drinking in pubs and clubs .
The following morning , the prime minister ’ s own father , 79-year-old Stanley Johnson , defiantly told a chat show that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a pub if I need to go to a pub.
” Johnson ’ s go-it-alone strategy had been under fire for several days from both opposition leaders at home and officials abroad .
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn blasted the government for being “ complacent ” and “ well behind the curve ” in its handling of the coronavirus outbreak .
Singapore ’ s Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong told journalists Sunday that the “ U.K .
and Switzerland … have abandoned any measure to contain or restrain the virus.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scientific rationale behind Johnson ’ s herd immunity policy , urging the government to publish evidence for its refusal to follow the rest of Europe into immediate lockdown .
“ We have a small window of opportunity to protect our nation , to learn about this new emerging virus and to deal with this unprecedented threat to global health , ” wrote Arne Akbar , the president of the British Society for Immunology .
On a less rational level , the hashtag # ToryGenocide trended on Twitter , with users accusing Johnson and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sick and the elderly to die .
Government insiders insist that the criticism is unfair and that the Johnson administration has stuck strictly to the advice of the country ’ s best doctors .
“ Of course at a time like this people are going to blame the government for everything , ” said one senior civil servant who sees Johnson on a daily basis but is not authorized to speak on the record .
“ The truth is , what you [ the public ] hear is what we hear .
… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He ’ s told the British people that there will be deaths .
He ’ s said that this is an extremely serious crisis and that our priority is to save lives , with the presumption that it ’ s too late to try to contain the outbreak.
” He added that the idea that the government has been playing down the crisis is “ nonsense … we have been acting on the best science that we have.
” Monday night ’ s U-turn was “ an excellent example of how we respond @ @ @ @ @ @ @ facts change , our policy changes.
” As soon as the working team from Imperial College and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine submitted its new conclusions that the old go-slow approach would not work , “ there was no hesitation : we changed the official advice within three hours , ” said the source .
In a Monday night press conference coordinated with Johnson ’ s administration , Imperial College epidemiologist Azra Ghani explained that his team had been “ expecting herd immunity to build [ but ] we now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cope with that.
” The U.K. ’ s posture has , accordingly , officially shifted from containment to “ epidemic suppression … [ as ] the only viable strategy at the current time , ” Ghani told journalists .
Yet Britain ’ s response continues to differ markedly from the rest of the continent ’ s—as well as from many U.S. states and cities that have mandated full lockdowns .
As of Tuesday , Britain and Belarus remained the last two countries in Europe where schools have not been closed .
And the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s lead and ban travel from outside Britain .
Though many British airlines have announced that they will be cutting capacity by up to 80 percent , airports , cross-channel ferries , and the Channel Tunnel remain open .
The U.K. government ’ s key rationale for not piling on mandatory restrictions on movement and social interactions has been the fear that Britons will develop “ behavioral fatigue ” and resume normal life before the outbreak is contained .
The logic is that strict social quarantine is not sustainable for more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new outbreaks of the virus as people defy the restrictions .
Last week over 200 prominent British scientists challenged the government ’ s approach in an open letter that questioned whether “ enough is known about ‘ behavioural fatigue ’ ” —and said , “ ‘ Carrying on as normal ’ for as long as possible undercuts [ the ] urgency ” of the anti-coronavirus message .
Reliance on sometimes-controversial behavioral science theories has long been a hallmark of a group of key U.K. government advisors—many of whom previously worked on the successful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advisor to Johnson and one of the most powerful figures in the administration , has frequently spoken and written about how data science and behavioral modeling are the key to successful campaigning and governance .
The British government ’ s approach to the coronavirus has reflected Cummings ’ s faith .
Last week , Susan Michie , the director of the Centre for Behaviour Change at University College London and a member of the government ’ s advisory group on COVID-19 , confirmed that a key part of the government ’ s approach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COM-B ” model .
This theory states that behavior change can only be achieved if a population has sufficient “ capability , opportunity , and motivation.
” “ Unless you can tick all three of those , the behavior is not going to happen , ” Michie told the Guardian .
“ If a big bunch of the population is not that concerned and you ’ re asking people to sacrifice quite a lot , it won ’ t be as effective if those two things are well-matched.
” In other words , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cummings who requested anonymity , “ just telling people to obey isn ’ t going to work.
” Insiders believe that the Johnson-Cummings approach of nudging and persuading people into coronavirus-limiting behaviors will ultimately be more effective than the European stance of banning social interaction and punishing lawbreakers .
“ That sort of government bossiness isn ’ t going to work with British people , ” Cummings ’ s colleague said .
“ The end result is the same , but it works much better when people choose to do it.
” If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ family is anything to go by , there may be some truth to that logic .
If Britain ’ s new prime minister eventually succeeds in persuading his own father into respecting nationwide quarantine , he may succeed with the rest of the country , too .
Published to The Liberty Beacon from EuropeReloaded.com

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Boris Johnson’s decision to drop its herd immunity approach to battling the coronavirus.
Johnson’s government has had to admit that the strategy of allowing coronavirus to spread and build up immunity among the UK population, was a failure.
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Via Foreign Policy…
For a few days, Britain stood alone.
While continental Europeans were closing schools and putting soldiers on the streets to enforce strict quarantine rules, the British government’s official advice to its citizens was, essentially, just to keep calm and carry on. Schools, restaurants, theaters, clubs, and sporting venues remained open; only the over-70s and those with flu-like symptoms were advised to stay at home. The low-key British response was driven by a controversial theory embraced by the U.K. government’s top scientists: that the best way to ease the long-term consequences of the coronavirus pandemic was to allow the virus to spread naturally in order to build up the population’s herd immunity.
On Monday night, that theory collided with the facts. A new analysis by immunologists at Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of the impact of the coronavirus in Italy suggested that up to 30 percent of patients hospitalized with the virus would require intensive care treatment. Those numbers, if repeated in the U.K., would quickly overwhelm Britain’s state-run National Health Service.
Within hours of the report, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared at a daily briefing at No. 10 Downing St. to reverse the herd immunity policy. Acknowledging that “drastic action” was required, Johnson announced that from now on Britons should try to work from home and voluntarily refrain from unnecessary travel and social contact.
But Johnson’s tone, Britain’s policy, and indeed the reaction of many Britons remained in strong contrast to the rest of Europe—a striking echo of the prime minister’s go-it-alone approach to Brexit earlier in the year. Johnson is now taking an approach closer to that of U.S. President Donald Trump—appealing to the public for voluntary cooperation rather than ordering it—than to that of the European Union.
In contrast, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, warning that his country was “in a state of war” with the coronavirus, announced that citizens would have to register their intention to leave their houses in a nationwide website or face a 38 euro ($42) fine, enforced by 100,000 police officers. Britain has not enforced any mandatory bans on movement or on the opening of bars and places of entertainment.
Instead, Johnson said that the government was giving “very strong advice that public venues such as theaters should no longer be visited” but added, “I don’t believe it will be necessary to use” enforcement powers. And on the evening of Johnson’s announcement, Twitter filled with images of many Britons cheerfully defying the government’s advice by drinking in pubs and clubs. The following morning, the prime minister’s own father, 79-year-old Stanley Johnson, defiantly told a chat show that “of course I’ll go to a pub if I need to go to a pub.”
Johnson’s go-it-alone strategy had been under fire for several days from both opposition leaders at home and officials abroad. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn blasted the government for being “complacent” and “well behind the curve” in its handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Singapore’s Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong told journalists Sunday that the “U.K. and Switzerland … have abandoned any measure to contain or restrain the virus.” Several top British doctors had questioned the scientific rationale behind Johnson’s herd immunity policy, urging the government to publish evidence for its refusal to follow the rest of Europe into immediate lockdown. “We have a small window of opportunity to protect our nation, to learn about this new emerging virus and to deal with this unprecedented threat to global health,” wrote Arne Akbar, the president of the British Society for Immunology. On a less rational level, the hashtag #ToryGenocide trended on Twitter, with users accusing Johnson and his Conservative Party of deliberately allowing the sick and the elderly to die.
Government insiders insist that the criticism is unfair and that the Johnson administration has stuck strictly to the advice of the country’s best doctors.
“Of course at a time like this people are going to blame the government for everything,” said one senior civil servant who sees Johnson on a daily basis but is not authorized to speak on the record. “The truth is, what you [the public] hear is what we hear. … Boris has actually been extremely straight. He’s told the British people that there will be deaths. He’s said that this is an extremely serious crisis and that our priority is to save lives, with the presumption that it’s too late to try to contain the outbreak.”
He added that the idea that the government has been playing down the crisis is “nonsense … we have been acting on the best science that we have.” Monday night’s U-turn was “an excellent example of how we respond, based on science … when the facts change, our policy changes.” As soon as the working team from Imperial College and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine submitted its new conclusions that the old go-slow approach would not work, “there was no hesitation: we changed the official advice within three hours,” said the source. In a Monday night press conference coordinated with Johnson’s administration, Imperial College epidemiologist Azra Ghani explained that his team had been “expecting herd immunity to build [but] we now realize it’s not possible to cope with that.” The U.K.’s posture has, accordingly, officially shifted from containment to “epidemic suppression … [as] the only viable strategy at the current time,” Ghani told journalists.
Yet Britain’s response continues to differ markedly from the rest of the continent’s—as well as from many U.S. states and cities that have mandated full lockdowns. As of Tuesday, Britain and Belarus remained the last two countries in Europe where schools have not been closed. And the U.K. has refused to follow the EU’s lead and ban travel from outside Britain. Though many British airlines have announced that they will be cutting capacity by up to 80 percent, airports, cross-channel ferries, and the Channel Tunnel remain open.
The U.K. government’s key rationale for not piling on mandatory restrictions on movement and social interactions has been the fear that Britons will develop “behavioral fatigue” and resume normal life before the outbreak is contained. The logic is that strict social quarantine is not sustainable for more than a short period and will lead to new outbreaks of the virus as people defy the restrictions. Last week over 200 prominent British scientists challenged the government’s approach in an open letter that questioned whether “enough is known about ‘behavioural fatigue’”—and said, “‘Carrying on as normal’ for as long as possible undercuts [the] urgency” of the anti-coronavirus message.
Reliance on sometimes-controversial behavioral science theories has long been a hallmark of a group of key U.K. government advisors—many of whom previously worked on the successful Brexit campaign. Dominic Cummings, chief advisor to Johnson and one of the most powerful figures in the administration, has frequently spoken and written about how data science and behavioral modeling are the key to successful campaigning and governance. The British government’s approach to the coronavirus has reflected Cummings’s faith. Last week, Susan Michie, the director of the Centre for Behaviour Change at University College London and a member of the government’s advisory group on COVID-19, confirmed that a key part of the government’s approach was modeled on the so called “COM-B” model. This theory states that behavior change can only be achieved if a population has sufficient “capability, opportunity, and motivation.”
“Unless you can tick all three of those, the behavior is not going to happen,” Michie told the Guardian. “If a big bunch of the population is not that concerned and you’re asking people to sacrifice quite a lot, it won’t be as effective if those two things are well-matched.” In other words, according to a source who works with Cummings who requested anonymity, “just telling people to obey isn’t going to work.”
Insiders believe that the Johnson-Cummings approach of nudging and persuading people into coronavirus-limiting behaviors will ultimately be more effective than the European stance of banning social interaction and punishing lawbreakers.
“That sort of government bossiness isn’t going to work with British people,” Cummings’s colleague said. “The end result is the same, but it works much better when people choose to do it.” If the behavior of Johnson’s own family is anything to go by, there may be some truth to that logic. If Britain’s new prime minister eventually succeeds in persuading his own father into respecting nationwide quarantine, he may succeed with the rest of the country, too.
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Published to The Liberty Beacon from EuropeReloaded.com


thelibertybeacon--2020-03-20--State-by-State Breakdown of Ammo Sale Increases Due to Coronavirus

Updated March 17 , 2020 : As the novel coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) spreads across the United States , its impact can be seen in every community .
Businesses and schools are closed , the market is volatile , and store shelves are empty as the American public scrambles to prepare for the worldwide pandemic and social distancing prescribed by the WHO and CDC .
While people stockpile toilet paper , hand sanitizer , and pantry essentials , they ’ re also purchasing ammunition at an unprecedented rate .
Here at Ammo.com , we ’ ve seen a significant growth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rise of COVID-19 and its spread across the country .
As we mentioned in a press release on March 6 , 2020 , we first noticed a 54 % sales increase on February 23 , as the search term “ coronavirus ” started to gain traction , according to Google Trends .
On March 10 , 2020 – the day confirmed cases in the US reached over 1,000 , increasing ten-fold in a week – we noticed an unprecedented 276 % sales surge that continued through the end of last week and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a pandemic , travel bans were implemented , and the stock market experienced its biggest crash since 1987 .
When comparing 22 days worth of sales from February 23 , 2020 , through March 15 , with sales from February 1 , 2020 , through February 22 , our data shows these staggering statistics : It ’ s also evident that sales are impacted by the proximity of the virus .
Most of the top 10 states with the highest increases in ammo sales are either states with some of the greatest number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• None Vermont had no previous sales , so it ranks top on our list .
Although its COVID-19 cases are minimal , it borders both Massachusetts and New York , two hot spots for coronavirus .
• None Delaware has seen a sales growth of 4,529 % .
The state ’ s own numbers are low , but it ’ s surrounded by a high concentration of cases in New Jersey and the Philadelphia area .
• None Oklahoma saw a growth of 1,081 % in sales and borders states like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been hit hard with COVID-19 .
• None Mississippi has also seen a significant increase at 1,049 % , perhaps influenced by its proximity to Louisiana , which has surpassed 100 confirmed cases .
• None Speaking of which , Louisiana has seen a growth of 1,041 % , which may be due to the increasing number of cases the state has seen over the last week .
• None Alabama , which borders COVID-19 hotspots in Florida and Georgia , has seen a sales boost of 892 % .
• None @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 100-plus coronavirus victims , has seen an increase of 819 % .
• None Idaho , which shares a border with Washington , the U.S. ’ s epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak , has had a growth of 586 % .
• None Oregon has seen an increase of 550 % .
Sharing borders with both Washington and California , the state is sandwiched between two of the first states to confirm the virus in the U.S. We ’ ve compiled all of this data and combined it into a comprehensive table for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by sales volume with Texas having the largest sales volume and South Dakota the least .
It also shows the top three ammo calibers for each state listed so that you can see which calibers have sold the most in each state , and their corresponding sales increase since February 23rd .
All increases with +∞ % signify that there were no previous sales recorded for the state ( i.e .
Vermont ) or caliber to that state ( i.e .
223 ammo sales to Iowans ) for comparison .
It should be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ laws , Ammo.com does not ship ammunition to Alaska , Hawaii , Massachusetts , California , Washington , D.C. , New York City , or Chicago .
When it comes to the calibers of ammunition Americans are buying , our data shows the following increases : • None 40 Cal ( S & W ) ammo : 645 % ( this may be in part due to the partiality of Asian-Americans to the round and their increased concerns for security during the coronavirus outbreak ) While we always strive to provide the best @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we have experienced a delay in our normal processing procedure .
Instead of same-day shipping , it ’ s taking an average of two to three business days to completely process , package , and ship items .
We at Ammo.com thank you for your patience .
About the Author/Writer : Molly Carter grew up in a small steel town in western Pennsylvania , deep in the rust belt .
She learned to shoot at a young age , plinking soda cans behind the chicken coop and , a few years later , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spent much of her time at the family ’ s hunting camp near the Allegheny National Forest , where summers drifted away as Molly explored the woods , hiking through the trees and skipping rocks in the creeks .
It was here that she was taught how to hunt , primarily by her mother and grandmother , as well as field dress and preserve meat .
As she grew into her teen years , Molly developed a passion for philosophy .
She scoured through treaties and essays , and found herself drawn to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ John Locke , whose ideas of natural law , the self , and the state of nature resonated with the values of her upbringing , namely hard work , self-sufficiency , and independence .
Her passion for “ love of wisdom ” led her to pursue a degree in philosophy , where she focused her studies on social and political theory .
Through the values instilled in her by her family , her education , and her experience working in the criminal justice system , as an adult , Molly saw through the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so many of her peers supported .
She began to advocate for voter awareness , especially when it came to the importance of Constitutional rights and preservation of personal and civil liberties .
During this same period , Molly obtained her concealed carry permit and purchased her first CCW , a .380 Ruger LCP .
After attending her first gun training course , Molly developed a zeal for helping women become comfortable and competent with firearms , and regularly takes novice women shooters to the range .
Molly ’ s path eventually led @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the world of freelance writing , where she has created content for a wide range of clients , including Gander Outdoors , Wide Open Spaces , and Ammo.com .
She ’ s also active on Quora , and has achieved “ most-viewed ” writer in topics such as guns and firearms , concealed carry , and the Second Amendment .
Currently , Molly carries a Glock 43 chambered in 9mm , and her favorite piece to shoot is a Hawes Western Marshall single-action revolver in .357 Magnum .
The Liberty Beacon Project @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rate , and for this we are grateful and excited !
But we must also be practical .
For 7 years we have not asked for any donations , and have built this project with our own funds as we grew .
We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent .
So we have just installed donation buttons on our websites and ask that you consider this when you visit them .
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State-by-State Breakdown of Ammo Sale Increases Due to Coronavirus
By: Molly Carter
Updated March 17, 2020: As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads across the United States, its impact can be seen in every community. Businesses and schools are closed, the market is volatile, and store shelves are empty as the American public scrambles to prepare for the worldwide pandemic and social distancing prescribed by the WHO and CDC.
While people stockpile toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and pantry essentials, they’re also purchasing ammunition at an unprecedented rate. Here at Ammo.com, we’ve seen a significant growth in sales that directly correlates with the rise of COVID-19 and its spread across the country. As we mentioned in a press release on March 6, 2020, we first noticed a 54% sales increase on February 23, as the search term “coronavirus” started to gain traction, according to Google Trends.
On March 10, 2020 – the day confirmed cases in the US reached over 1,000, increasing ten-fold in a week – we noticed an unprecedented 276% sales surge that continued through the end of last week and the weekend, as the virus was declared a pandemic, travel bans were implemented, and the stock market experienced its biggest crash since 1987.
When comparing 22 days worth of sales from February 23, 2020, through March 15, with sales from February 1, 2020, through February 22, our data shows these staggering statistics:
309% increase in revenue
78% increase in conversion rate
222% increase in transactions
77% increase in site traffic
27% increase in average order
State-by-State Breakdown of Ammo Sale Increases Due to Coronavirus
It’s also evident that sales are impacted by the proximity of the virus. Most of the top 10 states with the highest increases in ammo sales are either states with some of the greatest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases or neighboring states.
Vermont had no previous sales, so it ranks top on our list. Although its COVID-19 cases are minimal, it borders both Massachusetts and New York, two hot spots for coronavirus.
Delaware has seen a sales growth of 4,529%. The state’s own numbers are low, but it’s surrounded by a high concentration of cases in New Jersey and the Philadelphia area.
Oklahoma saw a growth of 1,081% in sales and borders states like Texas and Colorado, both of which have been hit hard with COVID-19.
Mississippi has also seen a significant increase at 1,049%, perhaps influenced by its proximity to Louisiana, which has surpassed 100 confirmed cases.
Speaking of which, Louisiana has seen a growth of 1,041%, which may be due to the increasing number of cases the state has seen over the last week.
Alabama, which borders COVID-19 hotspots in Florida and Georgia, has seen a sales boost of 892%.
Wyoming, which borders Colorado and its 100-plus coronavirus victims, has seen an increase of 819%.
The sales increase in Colorado reached 667%.
Idaho, which shares a border with Washington, the U.S.’s epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, has had a growth of 586%.
Oregon has seen an increase of 550%. Sharing borders with both Washington and California, the state is sandwiched between two of the first states to confirm the virus in the U.S.
We’ve compiled all of this data and combined it into a comprehensive table for your convenience. The table lists states by sales volume with Texas having the largest sales volume and South Dakota the least. It also shows the top three ammo calibers for each state listed so that you can see which calibers have sold the most in each state, and their corresponding sales increase since February 23rd.
All increases with +∞% signify that there were no previous sales recorded for the state (i.e. Vermont) or caliber to that state (i.e. 223 ammo sales to Iowans) for comparison. It should be noted that due to city and state laws, Ammo.com does not ship ammunition to Alaska, Hawaii, Massachusetts, California, Washington, D.C., New York City, or Chicago.
Caliber Breakdown of Ammo Sale Increases Due to Coronavirus
When it comes to the calibers of ammunition Americans are buying, our data shows the following increases:
While we always strive to provide the best customer service and shopping experience possible, we have experienced a delay in our normal processing procedure. Instead of same-day shipping, it’s taking an average of two to three business days to completely process, package, and ship items. We at Ammo.com thank you for your patience.
TLB Note – Related Article: Gun Permits Suspended In Several States and Counties Due to Coronavirus Panic
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About the Author/Writer: Molly Carter grew up in a small steel town in western Pennsylvania, deep in the rust belt. She learned to shoot at a young age, plinking soda cans behind the chicken coop and, a few years later, groundhogs from the horse pasture. She spent much of her time at the family’s hunting camp near the Allegheny National Forest, where summers drifted away as Molly explored the woods, hiking through the trees and skipping rocks in the creeks. It was here that she was taught how to hunt, primarily by her mother and grandmother, as well as field dress and preserve meat. As she grew into her teen years, Molly developed a passion for philosophy. She scoured through treaties and essays, and found herself drawn to the rhetoric of the Enlightenment, particularly John Locke, whose ideas of natural law, the self, and the state of nature resonated with the values of her upbringing, namely hard work, self-sufficiency, and independence. Her passion for “love of wisdom” led her to pursue a degree in philosophy, where she focused her studies on social and political theory. Through the values instilled in her by her family, her education, and her experience working in the criminal justice system, as an adult, Molly saw through the illusion of a beneficial big government that so many of her peers supported. She began to advocate for voter awareness, especially when it came to the importance of Constitutional rights and preservation of personal and civil liberties. During this same period, Molly obtained her concealed carry permit and purchased her first CCW, a .380 Ruger LCP. After attending her first gun training course, Molly developed a zeal for helping women become comfortable and competent with firearms, and regularly takes novice women shooters to the range. Molly’s path eventually led her away from the traditional 9-to-5 and into the world of freelance writing, where she has created content for a wide range of clients, including Gander Outdoors, Wide Open Spaces, and Ammo.com. She’s also active on Quora, and has achieved “most-viewed” writer in topics such as guns and firearms, concealed carry, and the Second Amendment. Currently, Molly carries a Glock 43 chambered in 9mm, and her favorite piece to shoot is a Hawes Western Marshall single-action revolver in .357 Magnum.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-03-21--In Sweeping Power Grab, DOJ Seeks Ability To Detain People Indefinitely Without Trial

In Sweeping Power Grab , DOJ Seeks Ability To Detain People Indefinitely Without Trial In a sweeping power grab , the Department of Justice has asked Congress for the ability to go directly to chief judges in order to The move is part of a recent push to expand government powers during the coronavirus pandemic , according to Politico , which has reviewed documents that detail the DOJ ’ s requests to lawmakers on this and a host of other topics – including state of limitations , asylum , and how court hearings are conducted .
The move has tapped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advocates and Donald Trump ’ s critics — that the president will use a moment of crisis to controversial policy changes .
Already , he has cited the pandemic as a reason for heightening border restrictions and restricting asylum claims .
He has also pushed for further tax cuts as the economy withers , arguing that it would soften the financial blow to Americans .
And even without policy changes , Trump has vast emergency powers that he could right now to try and slow the coronavirus outbreak .
–Politico Politico notes that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through the Democratic-controlled House .
As part of the requests , the DOJ proposed that Congress grant the attorney general the ability to ask that any chief judge of any district court to pause court proceedings “ whenever the district court is fully or partially closed by virtue of any natural disaster , civil disobedience , or other emergency situation.
” Similarly , these top judges would have broad authority to pause court proceedings during emergencies .
Additionally , the requested changes would explicitly say that people with COVID-19 can not apply for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the heels of a Friday announcement by the Trump administration that it would begin denying entry to all illegal immigrants at the southern border – including those seeking asylum .
According to Politico , the changes would apply to “ any statutes or rules of procedure otherwise affecting pre-arrest , post-arrest , pre-trial , trial , and post-trial procedures in criminal and juvenile proceedings and all civil process and proceedings.
” As we have heard from those in the legal profession , however , the courts have already ground to a virtual halt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jurors aren ’ t coming in , and face-to-face depositions aren ’ t happening right now in many parts of the country .
The proposed changes have raised concerns over the implications for habeas corpus – the right to appear before a judge and seek release .
“ Not only would it be a violation of that , but it says ‘ affecting pre-arrest , ” said Normal L. Reimer , who heads up the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers .
“ So that means you could be arrested and never brought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the emergency or the civil disobedience is over .
I find it absolutely terrifying .
Especially in a time of emergency , we should be very careful about granting new powers to the government.
” Reimer added that the notion of chief judges suspending court rules during an emergency indefinitely is deeply disturbing .
“ That is something that should not happen in a democracy , ” he said .
The department also asked Congress to pause the statute of limitations for criminal investigations and civil proceedings during national emergencies , “ and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the national emergency , ” according to the draft legislative text .
Another controversial request : The department is looking to change the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure in some cases to expand the use of videoconference hearings , and to let some of those hearings happen without defendants ’ consent , according to the draft legislative text .
“ Video teleconferencing may be used to conduct an appearance under this rule , ” read a draft of potential new language for Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 5 ( f ) , crossing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consents.
” “ Video teleconferencing may be used to arraign a defendant , ” read draft text of rule 10 ( c ) , again striking out the phrase “ if the defendant consents.
” –Politico According to Reimer , forcing people to have hearings over videoconference vs. in-person would threaten civil liberties .
“ If it were with the consent of the accused person it would be fine , ” he said , adding “ But if it ’ s not with the consent of the accused person , it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We have a right to public trials .
People have a right to be present in court.
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In Sweeping Power Grab, DOJ Seeks Ability To Detain People Indefinitely Without Trial
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In a sweeping power grab, the Department of Justice has asked Congress for the ability to go directly to chief judges in order to detain people indefinitely without trial during emergencies.
The move is part of a recent push to expand government powers during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Politico, which has reviewed documents that detail the DOJ’s requests to lawmakers on this and a host of other topics – including state of limitations, asylum, and how court hearings are conducted.
The move has tapped into a broader fear among civil liberties advocates and Donald Trump’s critics — that the president will use a moment of crisis to push for controversial policy changes. Already, he has cited the pandemic as a reason for heightening border restrictions and restricting asylum claims. He has also pushed for further tax cuts as the economy withers, arguing that it would soften the financial blow to Americans. And even without policy changes, Trump has vast emergency powers that he could legally deploy right now to try and slow the coronavirus outbreak. –Politico
Politico notes that the requests are unlikely to make it through the Democratic-controlled House.
As part of the requests, the DOJ proposed that Congress grant the attorney general the ability to ask that any chief judge of any district court to pause court proceedings “whenever the district court is fully or partially closed by virtue of any natural disaster, civil disobedience, or other emergency situation.” Similarly, these top judges would have broad authority to pause court proceedings during emergencies.
Additionally, the requested changes would explicitly say that people with COVID-19 cannot apply for asylum – a request that comes on the heels of a Friday announcement by the Trump administration that it would begin denying entry to all illegal immigrants at the southern border – including those seeking asylum.
According to Politico, the changes would apply to “any statutes or rules of procedure otherwise affecting pre-arrest, post-arrest, pre-trial, trial, and post-trial procedures in criminal and juvenile proceedings and all civil process and proceedings.”
As we have heard from those in the legal profession, however, the courts have already ground to a virtual halt amid the Chinese coronavirus outbreak – as jurors aren’t coming in, and face-to-face depositions aren’t happening right now in many parts of the country.
The proposed changes have raised concerns over the implications for habeas corpus – the right to appear before a judge and seek release.
“Not only would it be a violation of that, but it says ‘affecting pre-arrest,” said Normal L. Reimer, who heads up the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. “So that means you could be arrested and never brought before a judge until they decide that the emergency or the civil disobedience is over. I find it absolutely terrifying. Especially in a time of emergency, we should be very careful about granting new powers to the government.”
Reimer added that the notion of chief judges suspending court rules during an emergency indefinitely is deeply disturbing.
“That is something that should not happen in a democracy,” he said.
The department also asked Congress to pause the statute of limitations for criminal investigations and civil proceedings during national emergencies, “and for one year following the end of the national emergency,” according to the draft legislative text. Trump recently declared the coronavirus crisis a national emergency. Another controversial request: The department is looking to change the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure in some cases to expand the use of videoconference hearings, and to let some of those hearings happen without defendants’ consent, according to the draft legislative text. “Video teleconferencing may be used to conduct an appearance under this rule,” read a draft of potential new language for Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 5(f), crossing out the phrase “if the defendant consents.” “Video teleconferencing may be used to arraign a defendant,” read draft text of rule 10(c), again striking out the phrase “if the defendant consents.” –Politico
According to Reimer, forcing people to have hearings over videoconference vs. in-person would threaten civil liberties.
“If it were with the consent of the accused person it would be fine,” he said, adding “But if it’s not with the consent of the accused person, it’s a terrible road to go down. We have a right to public trials. People have a right to be present in court.”
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thelibertybeacon--2020-03-21--SpaceX to deploy up to 1 million small antennas for Starlink internet [Video]

FCC approves SpaceX to deploy up to 1 million small antennas for Starlink internet network The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate , and for this we are grateful and excited !
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FCC approves SpaceX to deploy up to 1 million small antennas for Starlink internet network
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The FCC authorized SpaceX to begin rolling out as many as 1 million ground antenna for its Starlink internet project.
Starlink is an ambitious network of about 12,000 satellites that SpaceX wants to use to provide high-speed internet to anywhere in the world.
“It looks like a UFO on a stick,” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said of these ground antenna in an interview earlier this month. VIA CNBC SpaceX got a key government license last week, federal filings reveal, as the company clears a regulatory hurdle that moves it closer to offering a new high-speed internet service from space. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has authorized SpaceX to begin rolling out as many as 1 million of the ground antenna the company will need to connect users to its Starlink satellite internet network. Starlink is SpaceX’s plan to build an interconnected network, or “constellation,” of about 12,000 small satellites, to provide high-speed internet to anywhere in the world. The company has launched 360 Starlink satellites in the past year. The license details that each ground antenna is 0.48 meters in diameter, or just under 19 inches across. Read More about SpaceX… Other articles about technology from The Liberty Beacon •••• •••• Stay tuned to …
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