wnd--2020-03-31--Democrats push socialized medicine to exploit crisis

Filling hospital beds and then rationing care is the approach of socialized medicine , which has been a disaster in Italy .
A far better approach is to allow physicians and pharmacists to provide early treatment for patients at home to address the Wuhan virus .
If you are a television or Hollywood actor , then you receive the better treatment at home , and no one will interfere with prescriptions by your physician .
Daniel Dae Kim , an actor on `` Lost '' and `` Hawaii Five-0 , '' credits receiving hydroxychloroquine for his recovery from COVID-19 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But Democratic governors from New York to Nevada are interfering with this potentially life-saving treatment for ordinary folk not yet hospitalized .
Even in red-state Georgia , nursing-home patients vulnerable to coronavirus are not able to receive this as a preventive measure , despite how it enabled South Korea to overcome the virus and how India encourages its use for at-risk health care workers .
The goal should be to keep people out of hospitals , and not wait until patients fill hospital beds before treating them .
By the time a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he is hospitalized , it can be too late , and he becomes a mechanism for diseases to spread to and from him .
But politics distorts , and we are merely months before voting begins in the presidential election .
For Democrats , whatever Trump endorses is bad , and a prolonged crisis could boost the Democratic Party as the Great Depression did 90 years ago .
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But Democrats can never allow Trump to be proven right .
A board-certified physician who practices in New York 's Rockland and Orange counties , Dr. Vladimir Zelenko , has treated 699 coronavirus patients with a treatment regimen using the same hydroxychloroquine tweeted by Trump .
By giving this inexpensive medication early enough , Dr. Zelenko has successfully kept 695 of his patients out of the hospital , and none of them has died .
But this means that Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opposite , and the grandstanding Democratic New York governor , Andrew Cuomo , takes the hospitalize-and-ration approach of socialized medicine .
Cuomo has hoarded so much of the medication hydroxychloroquine that not even Dr. Zelenko 's patients can easily obtain it in New York anymore .
Cuomo and other Democratic governors impede treatment for coronavirus patients until they get into a hospital , and then they ration it .
Spending the last moments of one 's life in a warehouse of hospital beds is not what any patient wants .
It brings us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ medicine , which caused such a high mortality rate in Italy and has Canada panicked if the coronavirus becomes pervasive there .
The real crisis is one of politics , not medicine , as the effective treatment protocol is available and affordable .
But due to politics , Democrats are interfering with early medication of those who have been exposed to the sometimes-deadly virus .
The Democratic governor of Michigan , Gretchen Whitmer , issued an order interfering with physicians ' early treatment of patients with hydroxychloroquine .
Then she tried to blame @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and supplies for Michigan 's hospitals .
Republican legislators including Annette Glenn pushed back on that tyranny , forcing Gov .
Whitmer to issue a retraction .
One patient in a Michigan hospital felt like he was near death before a physician finally prescribed the medication for him , and he then recovered quickly while criticizing his governor .
A hospital executive in New York was recently fired for suggesting that Trump supporters should infect each other with coronavirus .
Yet physicians who are employed by hospitals are under the control of such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to prescribe the best medication .
While blaming Trump , Gov .
Cuomo demanded a massive stockpile of hydroxychloroquine but has since been hoarding it rather than allowing New Yorkers to obtain this medication to stay out of a hospital .
The strategy of Democrats is not to cure people before they are hospitalized , but to fill hospital beds and then ration care .
Dr. Zelenko 's own patients are having trouble now filling their prescriptions in New York because Cuomo refuses to make it available to COVID-19 victims prior to hospitalization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to withhold care and then earn political support by appearing to be generous with what the public should have access to all along .
Meanwhile , Democratic governors have ordered a shutdown of activities they disfavor , while allowing daily activities frequented by their political allies .
Abortion is improperly deemed `` essential '' while other elective surgery is curtailed , and `` non-essential '' services such as churches and gun stores are put on indefinite lockdown with pastors even being arrested .

Filling hospital beds and then rationing care is the approach of socialized medicine, which has been a disaster in Italy. A far better approach is to allow physicians and pharmacists to provide early treatment for patients at home to address the Wuhan virus.
If you are a television or Hollywood actor, then you receive the better treatment at home, and no one will interfere with prescriptions by your physician. Daniel Dae Kim, an actor on "Lost" and "Hawaii Five-0," credits receiving hydroxychloroquine for his recovery from COVID-19, while he avoided being hospitalized for it.
But Democratic governors from New York to Nevada are interfering with this potentially life-saving treatment for ordinary folk not yet hospitalized. Even in red-state Georgia, nursing-home patients vulnerable to coronavirus are not able to receive this as a preventive measure, despite how it enabled South Korea to overcome the virus and how India encourages its use for at-risk health care workers.
The goal should be to keep people out of hospitals, and not wait until patients fill hospital beds before treating them. By the time a patient's immune system is overwhelmed and he is hospitalized, it can be too late, and he becomes a mechanism for diseases to spread to and from him.
But politics distorts, and we are merely months before voting begins in the presidential election. For Democrats, whatever Trump endorses is bad, and a prolonged crisis could boost the Democratic Party as the Great Depression did 90 years ago.
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When Trump announced that hydroxychloroquine was a promising treatment for the Wuhan virus, he echoed what French researchers report and South Korean, Chinese and other authorities have recommended. But Democrats can never allow Trump to be proven right.
A board-certified physician who practices in New York's Rockland and Orange counties, Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, has treated 699 coronavirus patients with a treatment regimen using the same hydroxychloroquine tweeted by Trump. By giving this inexpensive medication early enough, Dr. Zelenko has successfully kept 695 of his patients out of the hospital, and none of them has died.
But this means that Trump was right. Yet Democrats do the opposite, and the grandstanding Democratic New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, takes the hospitalize-and-ration approach of socialized medicine.
Cuomo has hoarded so much of the medication hydroxychloroquine that not even Dr. Zelenko's patients can easily obtain it in New York anymore. Cuomo and other Democratic governors impede treatment for coronavirus patients until they get into a hospital, and then they ration it.
Spending the last moments of one's life in a warehouse of hospital beds is not what any patient wants. It brings us closer to the failed experiment of socialized medicine, which caused such a high mortality rate in Italy and has Canada panicked if the coronavirus becomes pervasive there.
The real crisis is one of politics, not medicine, as the effective treatment protocol is available and affordable. But due to politics, Democrats are interfering with early medication of those who have been exposed to the sometimes-deadly virus.
The Democratic governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, issued an order interfering with physicians' early treatment of patients with hydroxychloroquine. Then she tried to blame Trump for not sending her enough equipment and supplies for Michigan's hospitals.
Republican legislators including Annette Glenn pushed back on that tyranny, forcing Gov. Whitmer to issue a retraction. One patient in a Michigan hospital felt like he was near death before a physician finally prescribed the medication for him, and he then recovered quickly while criticizing his governor.
A hospital executive in New York was recently fired for suggesting that Trump supporters should infect each other with coronavirus. Yet physicians who are employed by hospitals are under the control of such administrators, and may not be allowed to prescribe the best medication.
While blaming Trump, Gov. Cuomo demanded a massive stockpile of hydroxychloroquine but has since been hoarding it rather than allowing New Yorkers to obtain this medication to stay out of a hospital. The strategy of Democrats is not to cure people before they are hospitalized, but to fill hospital beds and then ration care.
Dr. Zelenko's own patients are having trouble now filling their prescriptions in New York because Cuomo refuses to make it available to COVID-19 victims prior to hospitalization. The model of socialized medicine is to withhold care and then earn political support by appearing to be generous with what the public should have access to all along.
Meanwhile, Democratic governors have ordered a shutdown of activities they disfavor, while allowing daily activities frequented by their political allies. Abortion is improperly deemed "essential" while other elective surgery is curtailed, and "non-essential" services such as churches and gun stores are put on indefinite lockdown with pastors even being arrested.


wnd--2020-03-31--Wearing gloves at grocery store is a bad idea, says Fox News doctor

Many Americans who venture to the grocery store amid the coronavirus pandemic are wearing gloves for protection , but that may actually increase the chance of becoming infected , according to Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel .
He was responding to a viewer 's question about whether wearing gloves at the grocery store is necessary .
“ You 're going to not even realize when you touch something then you have it on the gloves , then you transfer it to your face , then you can get infected , '' he explained .
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Instead , he urges people to wash their hands regularly .
If you do wear gloves , he said , be sure to remove them without touching the outside with your bare hands .
People should wash their hands after touching fresh produce , said Siegel .
And he pointed out to `` Fox & Friends '' viewers that the virus can survive for a time on frozen and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on produce .
Siegel 's advice was confirmed by a hygiene expert at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland .
Shanina Knighton , a nurse and researcher , told the university 's publication The Daily that wearing gloves `` can carry a bioburden and increases the risk for transfer of germs . ''
In her interview with the paper , she expressed concern about the gloves worn by workers at grocery stores , Cleveland.com reported .
`` So those workers are constantly touching food , people 's money , people ’ s hand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cleaning their hands or changing their gloves , '' she said .
Knighton explained that when touching infected surface with gloves , the virus goes onto the glove ’ s surface , rather than the human hand , where it might not survive as easily .
She said she has contacted state and local officials about training workers on proper hand hygiene when wearing gloves .
Knighton recommended taking advantage of the hand sanitizer stations and disposable wipes at grocery stores , Cleveland.com reported .
Her advice : Wipe down the handles of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ face while shopping for items and keep away from other shoppers as much as possible .
Once at home , wash your hands and wipe down anything you purchased .

Many Americans who venture to the grocery store amid the coronavirus pandemic are wearing gloves for protection, but that may actually increase the chance of becoming infected, according to Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel.
"Gloves accumulate germs, gloves accumulate viruses," Siegel told "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday
He was responding to a viewer's question about whether wearing gloves at the grocery store is necessary.
“You're going to not even realize when you touch something then you have it on the gloves, then you transfer it to your face, then you can get infected," he explained.
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Siegel argued that gloves can't be changed enough to make a difference, so he advises not wearing them.
Instead, he urges people to wash their hands regularly.
If you do wear gloves, he said, be sure to remove them without touching the outside with your bare hands.
People should wash their hands after touching fresh produce, said Siegel.
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And he pointed out to "Fox & Friends" viewers that the virus can survive for a time on frozen and refrigerated food containers even more effectively than on produce.
Gloves 'carry a bioburden'
Siegel's advice was confirmed by a hygiene expert at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Shanina Knighton, a nurse and researcher, told the university's publication The Daily that wearing gloves "can carry a bioburden and increases the risk for transfer of germs."
In her interview with the paper, she expressed concern about the gloves worn by workers at grocery stores, Cleveland.com reported.
"So those workers are constantly touching food, people's money, people’s hand, carts and touch screens – without cleaning their hands or changing their gloves," she said.
Knighton explained that when touching infected surface with gloves, the virus goes onto the glove’s surface, rather than the human hand, where it might not survive as easily.
She said she has contacted state and local officials about training workers on proper hand hygiene when wearing gloves.
Knighton recommended taking advantage of the hand sanitizer stations and disposable wipes at grocery stores, Cleveland.com reported.
Her advice: Wipe down the handles of grocery carts, don't touch your face while shopping for items and keep away from other shoppers as much as possible.
Once at home, wash your hands and wipe down anything you purchased.


wnd--2020-03-31--Unsung heroes: Americans who innovate despite government

`` Not enough ! ''
shrieked politicians .
They said the government must do more .
They demanded President Donald Trump reactivate the Defense Production Act , a 1950 law that lets government force companies to make things .
That upset lovers of big dictatorial government .
They demanded the president order companies to make respirators , masks and other desperately needed medical equipment .
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? ''
Then a White House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Why not use it now ? ''
The president surprised me by responding : `` We 're a country not based on nationalizing our business .
Call a person over in Venezuela , ask them , 'how did nationalization of their businesses work out ? '
Not too well . ''
Venezuela was once one of the richest countries in Latin America .
Now it 's one of the poorest .
That 's because government dictating production leads to less production .
Although Venezuela has more oil in the ground than any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the oil industry , production declined .
Today , Venezuelans struggle to buy gasoline .
When government orders companies to do things , companies do n't innovate .
They 're less able to adjust quickly to market demand .
That 's the topic of my new video .
Today , hospitals need more ventilators .
But the government does n't need to order companies to make more .
The private sector is already on it .
Automakers slowed car production and are gearing up their factories to produce ventilators .
Other businesses are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do when conditions change ; they pivot .
Distillers that once made gin and vodka now make hand sanitizer .
The federal government had to waive regulations to allow them to sell it .
Some give it away .
It 's not just charity ; it 's `` goodwill . ''
They hope customers will remember the good deed , and that 'll lead to profit in the future .
The best catalyst to spur production is simple pursuit of profit .
It 's what gets companies to produce new things instantly .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ income .
To survive , let alone grow , they must constantly innovate to make sure more money comes in than goes out .
Without question , some tycoons are greedy .
They pursue profit to the point that they have more money than they will ever need .
That 's fine .
That greed for success drives them to get me what I need .
I assume it 's what inspired Ford to start using 3D printers to make face masks .
The profit motive delivers the goods .
Higher prices tell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
When our government failed to produce enough coronavirus test kits , private companies filled the gap .
Some offered convenient tests you could use at home .
But the government did n't like it , saying the test had n't been approved .
The tests were withdrawn .
Government 's rules often make it harder for private actors to help people .
In a crisis , America 's unsung heroes are people who overcome that .
Many truck drivers wanted to work overtime to help , but federal law said they must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day .
Finally , the government suspended the regulation .
We ought to suspend a lot of these rules permanently .
Allow Americans to make our own choices about when we want to work .
In this crisis , businesses are trying all sorts of new things .
Supermarkets started offering special `` senior hours '' so older people can safely get supplies we need .
Restaurants are switching to takeout and delivery .
People have lost jobs , but if businesses are free to adapt , they 'll create many new jobs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Amazon is hiring 100,000 new workers .
Walmart is hiring 150,000 .
The free market adjusts .
We do n't need `` production acts '' to tell us what to do .

Congress passed and the president signed a $2 trillion "stimulus" bill.
"Not enough!" shrieked politicians. They said the government must do more.
They demanded President Donald Trump reactivate the Defense Production Act, a 1950 law that lets government force companies to make things.
Trump hesitated.
That upset lovers of big dictatorial government. They demanded the president order companies to make respirators, masks and other desperately needed medical equipment.
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CNN's Alisyn Camerota joined the media mob asking "What's the holdup!?" Then a White House press reporter confronted Trump, asking, "Why not use it now?"
The president surprised me by responding: "We're a country not based on nationalizing our business. Call a person over in Venezuela, ask them, 'how did nationalization of their businesses work out?' Not too well."
No, it didn't.
Venezuela was once one of the richest countries in Latin America. Now it's one of the poorest.
That's because government dictating production leads to less production.
Although Venezuela has more oil in the ground than any other country, once the socialists nationalized the oil industry, production declined. Today, Venezuelans struggle to buy gasoline.
When government orders companies to do things, companies don't innovate. They're less able to adjust quickly to market demand. That's the topic of my new video.
Today, hospitals need more ventilators. But the government doesn't need to order companies to make more. The private sector is already on it.
Automakers slowed car production and are gearing up their factories to produce ventilators. Other businesses are, too. That's what businesses do when conditions change; they pivot.
Distillers that once made gin and vodka now make hand sanitizer. The federal government had to waive regulations to allow them to sell it.
Some give it away. It's not just charity; it's "goodwill." They hope customers will remember the good deed, and that'll lead to profit in the future.
The best catalyst to spur production is simple pursuit of profit. It's what gets companies to produce new things instantly. Unlike governments, businesses have no guaranteed income. To survive, let alone grow, they must constantly innovate to make sure more money comes in than goes out.
The socialists call that "greed."
Without question, some tycoons are greedy. They pursue profit to the point that they have more money than they will ever need.
That's fine. That greed for success drives them to get me what I need.
I assume it's what inspired Ford to start using 3D printers to make face masks.
The profit motive delivers the goods. Higher prices tell companies what products are most urgently needed.
When our government failed to produce enough coronavirus test kits, private companies filled the gap. Some offered convenient tests you could use at home.
But the government didn't like it, saying the test hadn't been approved. The tests were withdrawn.
Government's rules often make it harder for private actors to help people. In a crisis, America's unsung heroes are people who overcome that.
Many truck drivers wanted to work overtime to help, but federal law said they must not work more than 11 hours a day. Finally, the government suspended the regulation.
We ought to suspend a lot of these rules permanently. Allow Americans to make our own choices about when we want to work.
In this crisis, businesses are trying all sorts of new things. Supermarkets started offering special "senior hours" so older people can safely get supplies we need.
Musicians are livestreaming concerts.
Restaurants are switching to takeout and delivery.
People have lost jobs, but if businesses are free to adapt, they'll create many new jobs.
Because demand for deliveries has increased. Amazon is hiring 100,000 new workers. Walmart is hiring 150,000.
The free market adjusts. We don't need "production acts" to tell us what to do.


wnd--2020-04-01--The State Department's mysterious 'China First' shipment

A little less than two months ago , the U.S. State Department made a curious announcement that suggests President Trump 's `` America First '' administration put `` China First '' at a critical moment during the burgeoning Wuhan pandemic .
I asked the State Department about the controversy this week – and the vague and nonresponsive responses I received on background from a Foggy Bottom spokesperson raise more questions than they answer .
The Feb. 7 , 2020 , press statement attributed to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is headlined : `` The United States Announces Assistance to Combat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we are told , the State Department `` facilitated the transportation of nearly 17.8 tons of donated medical supplies to the Chinese people , including masks , gowns , gauze , respirators , and other vital materials .
These donations are a testament to the generosity of the American people . ''
Whoa , whoa , whoa .
Nearly 18 tons of critical medical supplies went to the Communist government whose country unleashed COVID-19 on the world , downplayed it , punished whistleblowers who warned about it and attacked critics worldwide as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ generosity '' ?
Which `` American people '' approved this plan ?
Was the aid solicited or unsolicited ?
I asked our government .
The answer : `` We have no additional details at this time . ''
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The press statement elaborated further that `` the United States government is announcing it is prepared to spend up to $ 100 million in existing funds to assist China and other impacted countries … to contain and combat the novel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hundreds of millions generously donated by the American private sector – demonstrates strong U.S. leadership in response to the outbreak . ''
How much of the `` up to $ 100 million '' has been spent to assist China instead of the American people since Feb. 7 ?
I asked our government .
By what means were the 18 tons of medical goods transported : Air or sea ?
If by sea , on what ships were the goods transported to China and when and where did they arrive ?
If by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and when and where did they arrive ?
I also asked whether any of the precious medical supply items shipped to China in February were sent back to the U.S. as part of White House adviser Jared Kushner 's `` Project Airbridge '' transfer of personal protective equipment last weekend from China to New York – including 130,000 N95 masks , 1.8 million face masks and gowns , more than 10.3 million gloves and more than 70,000 thermometers .
Here 's the full answer I received from the State Department spokesperson : '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their characteristic generosity by donating 17.8 tons of medical supplies to help the Chinese people contain the impact and stem the spread of COVID-19 from Wuhan to other parts of China and the world .
These donations were provided by Samaritan 's Purse , The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints , Intermountain Healthcare , and Boeing .
The State Department facilitated the delivery of these medical supplies to Project HOPE in China on flights that ultimately brought home over 800 American citizens back from Wuhan at the outbreak of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Boeing 's huge shipment of 250,000 medical masks was reported on Jan. 29 , more than a week before the State Department 's announcement .
Side note : Was it `` characteristic generosity '' or self-serving corporate relations ?
The troubled aircraft company has been desperately seeking business after China 's de facto boycott the past couple of years and stands to benefit most from the China trade deal signed in January .
Also : Did the multinational company 's purported goodwill gesture deprive the American people of scarce PPE resources ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ press statement about its donations to China was also released Jan. 29 and made no mention of the State Department 's role in facilitating delivery of `` 220,000 respirator masks , 870 protective goggles and more than 6,500 protective coveralls . ''
It appears LDS has its very own special relationship with `` Project Hope , '' a nongovernmental organization that works closely with the Chinese Ministry of Health .
The church chartered flights from Salt Lake City and Atlanta to Shanghai at the behest of its president , Dr. Russell Nelson , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Photos of the LDS church 's PPE drop show LDS volunteers in Shanghai smiling in front of a massive wall of 3M boxes full of medical equipment on Feb. 4 .
Finally , the State Department 's red-flag mention that some of the planes used to deliver these resources to China brought back 800 Americans from Wuhan deserves more probing .
Was this entire `` charitable '' exercise – which sent abroad 18 tons of the very items Americans are now desperately scraping to manufacture out of paper towels , pillow fabric @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of COVID-pro-quo ?
Inquiring minds ought to want to know .

A little less than two months ago, the U.S. State Department made a curious announcement that suggests President Trump's "America First" administration put "China First" at a critical moment during the burgeoning Wuhan pandemic.
I asked the State Department about the controversy this week – and the vague and nonresponsive responses I received on background from a Foggy Bottom spokesperson raise more questions than they answer.
The Feb. 7, 2020, press statement attributed to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is headlined: "The United States Announces Assistance to Combat the Novel Coronavirus." That week, we are told, the State Department "facilitated the transportation of nearly 17.8 tons of donated medical supplies to the Chinese people, including masks, gowns, gauze, respirators, and other vital materials. These donations are a testament to the generosity of the American people."
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Nearly 18 tons of critical medical supplies went to the Communist government whose country unleashed COVID-19 on the world, downplayed it, punished whistleblowers who warned about it and attacked critics worldwide as racist? Whose idea was this "generosity"? Which "American people" approved this plan? Was the aid solicited or unsolicited? I asked our government.
The answer: "We have no additional details at this time."
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The press statement elaborated further that "the United States government is announcing it is prepared to spend up to $100 million in existing funds to assist China and other impacted countries … to contain and combat the novel coronavirus. This commitment – along with the hundreds of millions generously donated by the American private sector – demonstrates strong U.S. leadership in response to the outbreak."
How much of the "up to $100 million" has been spent to assist China instead of the American people since Feb. 7? I asked our government.
The answer: No reply.
By what means were the 18 tons of medical goods transported: Air or sea? If by sea, on what ships were the goods transported to China and when and where did they arrive? If by air, which carriers transported the goods and when and where did they arrive?
(I asked about shipping because U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao's family owns the New York-based multinational shipping behemoth, Foremost Group. The mega-fleet was built in China, subsidized with loans from the ChiComs' Export-Import bank and conducts nearly three-quarters of its freight business in China. Secretary Chao was designated an "international consultant" of the Wuhan government in 2009. Her sister, Angela Chao, is CEO of Foremost and organized a humanitarian shipment of masks, gloves and gowns from New York to Wuhan in partnership with the "Hubei Charity Foundation" a week after the State Department's press statement.)
I also asked whether any of the precious medical supply items shipped to China in February were sent back to the U.S. as part of White House adviser Jared Kushner's "Project Airbridge" transfer of personal protective equipment last weekend from China to New York – including 130,000 N95 masks, 1.8 million face masks and gowns, more than 10.3 million gloves and more than 70,000 thermometers.
Here's the full answer I received from the State Department spokesperson:
"In early February the American people demonstrated their characteristic generosity by donating 17.8 tons of medical supplies to help the Chinese people contain the impact and stem the spread of COVID-19 from Wuhan to other parts of China and the world. These donations were provided by Samaritan's Purse, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Intermountain Healthcare, and Boeing. The State Department facilitated the delivery of these medical supplies to Project HOPE in China on flights that ultimately brought home over 800 American citizens back from Wuhan at the outbreak of the pandemic."
Odd. Very odd. Boeing's huge shipment of 250,000 medical masks was reported on Jan. 29, more than a week before the State Department's announcement. Side note: Was it "characteristic generosity" or self-serving corporate relations? The troubled aircraft company has been desperately seeking business after China's de facto boycott the past couple of years and stands to benefit most from the China trade deal signed in January. Also: Did the multinational company's purported goodwill gesture deprive the American people of scarce PPE resources? Sure seems so.
LDS's own press statement about its donations to China was also released Jan. 29 and made no mention of the State Department's role in facilitating delivery of "220,000 respirator masks, 870 protective goggles and more than 6,500 protective coveralls." It appears LDS has its very own special relationship with "Project Hope," a nongovernmental organization that works closely with the Chinese Ministry of Health. The church chartered flights from Salt Lake City and Atlanta to Shanghai at the behest of its president, Dr. Russell Nelson, who had performed heart surgeries in China. Photos of the LDS church's PPE drop show LDS volunteers in Shanghai smiling in front of a massive wall of 3M boxes full of medical equipment on Feb. 4.
Finally, the State Department's red-flag mention that some of the planes used to deliver these resources to China brought back 800 Americans from Wuhan deserves more probing. Was this entire "charitable" exercise – which sent abroad 18 tons of the very items Americans are now desperately scraping to manufacture out of paper towels, pillow fabric and bandanas – cover for some sort of COVID-pro-quo?
Inquiring minds ought to want to know.


wnd--2020-04-01--Hospitals tell doctors they'll be fired if they speak to news media

( BLOOMBERG ) -- Hospitals are threatening to fire health-care workers who publicize their working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic @ @ @ @ @ cases followed through .
Ming Lin , an emergency room physician in Washington state , @ @ @ @ @ he was out of a job because he ’ d given an interview to a @ @ @ @ @ detailing what he believed to be inadequate protective equipment and testing .
In Chicago , @ @ @ @ @ emailing colleagues that she wanted to wear a more protective mask while on duty .
@ @ @ @ @ NYU Langone Health system has warned employees they could be terminated if they talk to @ @ @ @ @ “ Hospitals are muzzling nurses and other health-care workers in an attempt to preserve their @ @ @ @ @ Schubert , a spokeswoman for the Washington State Nurses Association .
“ It is outrageous @ @

(BLOOMBERG) -- Hospitals are threatening to fire health-care workers who publicize their working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic -- and have in some cases followed through. Ming Lin, an emergency room physician in Washington state, said he was told Friday he was out of a job because he’d given an interview to a newspaper about a Facebook post detailing what he believed to be inadequate protective equipment and testing.
In Chicago, a nurse was fired after emailing colleagues that she wanted to wear a more protective mask while on duty. In New York, the NYU Langone Health system has warned employees they could be terminated if they talk to the media without authorization.
“Hospitals are muzzling nurses and other health-care workers in an attempt to preserve their image,” said Ruth Schubert, a spokeswoman for the Washington State Nurses Association. “It is outrageous.”
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wnd--2020-04-01--Concealed-permit holder kills alleged attacker and thwarts mass shooting

( BREITBART ) -- A concealed carry permit holder shot and killed an alleged attacker in Tulsa , Oklahoma , @ @ @ @ @ a mass shooting in the process .
Tulsa World reports a woman allegedly opened fire @ @ @ @ @ a North Tulsa shopping center ” about 6:30 p.m. , only to be shot dead @ @ @ @ @ Surveillance video appears to show the woman getting into an altercation in the shopping center @ @ @ @ @ leave and allegedly return “ about three minutes later.
” Upon returning she allegedly , @ @ @ @ @ opened fire .
”

(BREITBART) -- A concealed carry permit holder shot and killed an alleged attacker in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Friday night, thwarting a mass shooting in the process.
Tulsa World reports a woman allegedly opened fire on customers, “outside a North Tulsa shopping center” about 6:30 p.m., only to be shot dead by an armed citizen.
Surveillance video appears to show the woman getting into an altercation in the shopping center parking lot, only to leave and allegedly return “about three minutes later.” Upon returning she allegedly, “pulled a gun and opened fire.”
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wnd--2020-04-01--What've we learned? That government sucks at everything

`` There are no libertarians in a global pandemic . ''
So goes the smug punchline of large-government advocates who point to the necessity of collective action in the face of an unprecedented global crisis .
Without government , they say , we 'd all be dead .
Few libertarians would disagree .
The hardcore libertarians at Reason magazine are n't spending their days fulminating over the evils of government-required lockdown orders in the face of a fast-spreading , deadly disease .
That 's because they , like all other sentient human beings , recognize that collective action is sometimes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ little secret : Institutional failures during this pandemic are more indicative of what our politics should be during non-pandemic situations , not the blunt-force ability of the government to shut down the global economy and force us all to stay home .
The question is n't whether government has power .
Government is power .
The question is how and when to apply that power .
And what we 've seen is that government sucks at everything , even the most basic things it is supposed to do well .
Democrats and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ failures in this process are n't endemic to government control .
They like to blame such failures on Republicans , and on President Donald Trump specifically .
But that 's just not the case .
Human beings are fallible , stupid , gullible and self-interested .
Human beings who have the power of government to back them are not less human for having that power .
Their humanity just has direr consequences , which is why in nonemergency circumstances , checks and balances are absolutely necessary .
Take , for example , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say Trump was slow to respond to the incipient threat .
But so were Democrats .
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently declared , `` As Trump fiddles , people are dying , '' but in late February , she was walking the streets of Chinatown , encouraging citizens to join her .
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has ripped Trump for his supposed downplaying of the virus , but de Blasio spent a month poo-pooing its threat .
When confronted about that simple fact by CNN 's Jake Tapper , De Blasio @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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Why should we trust these people , exactly ?
Or take the roots of America 's inability to provide the health care resources necessary to hospitals across the country .
While state and local governments were frittering away billions of dollars on useless government spending , they did precisely nothing to prepare for exactly the sort of black swan events for which governments were presumably invented .
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spent a month @ @ @ @ @ @ @ physicians in Seattle from performing proper testing , even after President Trump issued a travel ban on China .
For years in advance , members of the federal government of both parties had been warned about the need for ventilators and masks .
No one produced or stockpiled them .
The Food and Drug Administration 's red tape prevented the quick development of new measures to deal with the novel coronavirus .
Why should these people control our lives , when the threat of the red death is n't hovering on our doorstep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lumbering idiot .
Sometimes we need a giant , lumbering idiot .
Almost always , we do not .
And those who have used this pandemic response – one of the rare times we need a giant , lumbering idiot to intimidate people into preventing mass infection of one another , and to borrow the money necessary to redress the injuries thus incurred – as a rationale for a government-run `` new politics '' should have their heads examined .

"There are no libertarians in a global pandemic." So goes the smug punchline of large-government advocates who point to the necessity of collective action in the face of an unprecedented global crisis. Without government, they say, we'd all be dead.
Few libertarians would disagree. The hardcore libertarians at Reason magazine aren't spending their days fulminating over the evils of government-required lockdown orders in the face of a fast-spreading, deadly disease. That's because they, like all other sentient human beings, recognize that collective action is sometimes necessary.
But here's the dirty little secret: Institutional failures during this pandemic are more indicative of what our politics should be during non-pandemic situations, not the blunt-force ability of the government to shut down the global economy and force us all to stay home. The question isn't whether government has power. Government is power. The question is how and when to apply that power. And what we've seen is that government sucks at everything, even the most basic things it is supposed to do well.
Democrats and the media like to pretend that government's failures in this process aren't endemic to government control. They like to blame such failures on Republicans, and on President Donald Trump specifically. But that's just not the case. Human beings are fallible, stupid, gullible and self-interested. Human beings who have the power of government to back them are not less human for having that power. Their humanity just has direr consequences, which is why in nonemergency circumstances, checks and balances are absolutely necessary.
Take, for example, the early days of the pandemic. Democrats say Trump was slow to respond to the incipient threat. But so were Democrats. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently declared, "As Trump fiddles, people are dying," but in late February, she was walking the streets of Chinatown, encouraging citizens to join her. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has ripped Trump for his supposed downplaying of the virus, but de Blasio spent a month poo-pooing its threat. When confronted about that simple fact by CNN's Jake Tapper, De Blasio conveniently suggested that we stop looking backward.
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Why should we trust these people, exactly?
Or take the roots of America's inability to provide the health care resources necessary to hospitals across the country. While state and local governments were frittering away billions of dollars on useless government spending, they did precisely nothing to prepare for exactly the sort of black swan events for which governments were presumably invented. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spent a month failing to produce useful tests and prevented physicians in Seattle from performing proper testing, even after President Trump issued a travel ban on China. For years in advance, members of the federal government of both parties had been warned about the need for ventilators and masks. No one produced or stockpiled them. The Food and Drug Administration's red tape prevented the quick development of new measures to deal with the novel coronavirus.
Why should these people control our lives, when the threat of the red death isn't hovering on our doorstep?
The government is a giant, lumbering idiot. Sometimes we need a giant, lumbering idiot. Almost always, we do not. And those who have used this pandemic response – one of the rare times we need a giant, lumbering idiot to intimidate people into preventing mass infection of one another, and to borrow the money necessary to redress the injuries thus incurred – as a rationale for a government-run "new politics" should have their heads examined.


wnd--2020-04-01--'Star Wars' actor dies after getting coronavirus

( BBC NEWS ) -- An actor and dialect coach who appeared in Star Wars and worked with A-list celebrities @ @ @ @ @ , his agent has said .
Agent Jill McCullough said she had been inundated with @ @ @ @ @ acting world 's `` brightest and clearest voices . ''

(BBC NEWS) -- An actor and dialect coach who appeared in Star Wars and worked with A-list celebrities has died after contracting Covid-19, his agent has said.
Andrew Jack, 76, died in a Surrey hospital on Tuesday.
Agent Jill McCullough said she had been inundated with tributes to one of the acting world's "brightest and clearest voices."
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wnd--2020-04-01--The coronavirus did not kill Seth Rich

The coronavirus did not kill Seth Rich

Although the media are perversely keen on documenting every death from coronavirus , they are equally keen on shutting down all inquiry into the death of young DNC data analyst Seth Rich , murdered by unknown assailants in Washington , D.C. , on July 10 , 2016 .
As recent events have revealed , the FBI apparently shares the media 's disinclination to explore the cause of this one untimely death .
The Gateway Pundit reports `` that the former Assistant U.S. Attorney related to the case admitted that Rich 's computer was inspected by the FBI and that there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
The attorney who unearthed this revelation , Ty Clevenger , represents a man named Ed Butowsky who dared to ask questions no one in Washington wanted asked , let alone answered .
In the way of background , on the day after the 2016 election , veteran news analyst Ellen Ratner participated in a recorded symposium at Embry Riddle University .
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`` I spent three hours with Julian Assange on Saturday at the Ecuadorian Embassy in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an hour into the conversation .
`` One thing he did say was the leaks were not from , they were not from the Russians .
They were an internal source from the Hillary campaign . ''
Ratner was referring to the purloined information about the DNC and the Hillary campaign that the media , the Democrats and the deep state insisted had been hacked from the DNC computers by the Russians .
An admitted Hillary Clinton supporter , Ratner had no reason to make this up .
She had access to Assange @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left-wing civil rights attorney who defended WikiLeaks before his death in May 2016 .
Her fellow panelists , one a former Republican congressman , let Ratner 's blockbuster remark pass without comment .
The media missed the revelation altogether .
According to Butowsky , a high-profile author and financial adviser , Ratner knew more than she shared at the symposium .
`` Seth Rich and his brother , Aaron , were responsible for releasing the DNC emails to WikiLeaks , '' Assange reportedly told Ratner , and she in turn told Butowsky .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , multi-party defamation lawsuit filed in July 2019 .
When Ratner failed to go public with what she knew , Butowsky texted her , on Dec. 16 , 2016 .
He asked , in hasty text English , `` Why do n't you speaking up about email hack ? ''
Ratner texted back , `` I have . ''
As related in the suit , Ratner subsequently told Butowsky that she had spoken with two people at Fox News about her meeting with Assange , co-president Bill Shine and producer Malia Zimmerman .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ratner 's request , Butowsky informed Rich 's parents of Assange 's comments .
He later referred the Rich family to a Fox News contributor and former D.C. homicide detective named Rod Wheeler .
The well-intentioned Butowsky had no idea how ferocious was the Hydra-headed monster he had just prodded .
For the next three years and counting he was slandered , defamed , physically threatened , had his property vandalized and was dragged into court for his indirect involvement with the Seth Rich saga .
The major media were relentless in their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an August 2017 NPR piece perfectly captured the dynamics of Obama-era news : `` The Man Behind The Scenes In Fox News ' Discredited Seth Rich Story . ''
Below the headline on the NPR website was a large photo of Butowsky captioned , `` A lawsuit accuses Ed Butowsky , a Fox News reporter and the network of concocting a story about Seth Rich 's death in an effort to help President Trump . ''
In fact , Butowsky was not a reporter but an occasional Fox News contributor on economic issues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ story about Seth Rich 's death '' but attempting to solve a genuine mystery .
He had information that the major media did not , including Ratner 's testimony and unfiltered conversations with Rich 's parents .
NPR reporter David Folkenflik had less interest in solving Rich 's murder than he did in slandering Butowsky .
He dug into the educational background of this amateur investigator more aggressively than NPR had ever dug into Barack Obama 's .
Other alternative journalists , most notably the irrepressible Matt Couch , faced similar legal and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was sued into silence .
This widespread suppression would have had some justification if major media journalists knew anything about Rich 's murder , but they did not .
In 2017 , they were not even aware of Ratner 's role .
Butowsky had protected her identity .
If anyone knew about Assange 's source , it was Assange , and the media did their shameful best to ignore him or shut him up .
Asked on OAN who was responsible for this multi-level corruption , Clevenger did not hesitate to answer , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Jack Cashill 's forthcoming book , `` Unmasking Obama : The Fight to Tell the True Story of a Failed Presidency , '' is available for pre-order on Amazon .

Although the media are perversely keen on documenting every death from coronavirus, they are equally keen on shutting down all inquiry into the death of young DNC data analyst Seth Rich, murdered by unknown assailants in Washington, D.C., on July 10, 2016.
As recent events have revealed, the FBI apparently shares the media's disinclination to explore the cause of this one untimely death.
The Gateway Pundit reports "that the former Assistant U.S. Attorney related to the case admitted that Rich's computer was inspected by the FBI and that there would be records related to this investigation."
The attorney who unearthed this revelation, Ty Clevenger, represents a man named Ed Butowsky who dared to ask questions no one in Washington wanted asked, let alone answered.
In the way of background, on the day after the 2016 election, veteran news analyst Ellen Ratner participated in a recorded symposium at Embry Riddle University.
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"I spent three hours with Julian Assange on Saturday at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London," said Ratner more than an hour into the conversation. "One thing he did say was the leaks were not from, they were not from the Russians. They were an internal source from the Hillary campaign."
Ratner was referring to the purloined information about the DNC and the Hillary campaign that the media, the Democrats and the deep state insisted had been hacked from the DNC computers by the Russians.
An admitted Hillary Clinton supporter, Ratner had no reason to make this up. She had access to Assange through her brother Michael Ratner, a left-wing civil rights attorney who defended WikiLeaks before his death in May 2016.
Her fellow panelists, one a former Republican congressman, let Ratner's blockbuster remark pass without comment. The media missed the revelation altogether.
According to Butowsky, a high-profile author and financial adviser, Ratner knew more than she shared at the symposium.
"Seth Rich and his brother, Aaron, were responsible for releasing the DNC emails to WikiLeaks," Assange reportedly told Ratner, and she in turn told Butowsky. Butowsky made this claim in a complex, multi-party defamation lawsuit filed in July 2019.
When Ratner failed to go public with what she knew, Butowsky texted her, on Dec. 16, 2016. He asked, in hasty text English, "Why don't you speaking up about email hack?"
Ratner texted back, "I have." As related in the suit, Ratner subsequently told Butowsky that she had spoken with two people at Fox News about her meeting with Assange, co-president Bill Shine and producer Malia Zimmerman.
On Dec. 17, 2016, at Ratner's request, Butowsky informed Rich's parents of Assange's comments. He later referred the Rich family to a Fox News contributor and former D.C. homicide detective named Rod Wheeler.
The well-intentioned Butowsky had no idea how ferocious was the Hydra-headed monster he had just prodded. For the next three years and counting he was slandered, defamed, physically threatened, had his property vandalized and was dragged into court for his indirect involvement with the Seth Rich saga.
The major media were relentless in their assault on Butowsky. The headline of an August 2017 NPR piece perfectly captured the dynamics of Obama-era news: "The Man Behind The Scenes In Fox News' Discredited Seth Rich Story."
Below the headline on the NPR website was a large photo of Butowsky captioned, "A lawsuit accuses Ed Butowsky, a Fox News reporter and the network of concocting a story about Seth Rich's death in an effort to help President Trump."
In fact, Butowsky was not a reporter but an occasional Fox News contributor on economic issues. He was not "concocting a story about Seth Rich's death" but attempting to solve a genuine mystery.
He had information that the major media did not, including Ratner's testimony and unfiltered conversations with Rich's parents.
NPR reporter David Folkenflik had less interest in solving Rich's murder than he did in slandering Butowsky. He dug into the educational background of this amateur investigator more aggressively than NPR had ever dug into Barack Obama's.
Other alternative journalists, most notably the irrepressible Matt Couch, faced similar legal and media harassment.
Eventually, Fox News was sued into silence. This widespread suppression would have had some justification if major media journalists knew anything about Rich's murder, but they did not.
In 2017, they were not even aware of Ratner's role. Butowsky had protected her identity. If anyone knew about Assange's source, it was Assange, and the media did their shameful best to ignore him or shut him up.
Asked on OAN who was responsible for this multi-level corruption, Clevenger did not hesitate to answer, "It goes straight to Obama."
Jack Cashill's forthcoming book, "Unmasking Obama: The Fight to Tell the True Story of a Failed Presidency," is available for pre-order on Amazon.


wnd--2020-04-01--Nothing's too grave to dislodge the left's vile ambitions

During the impeachment proceedings held against President Donald Trump earlier this year , I was at first tempted to refer to the high-profile House Democrats who were driving the process ( House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff , for example ) as `` rogue Democrats . ''
At the time , I asserted at least once in this space that the gangster-like deportment of House Democrats and their surrogates in the press had unequivocally affirmed the complete lack of moral obligation and ethics on the part of these entities .
At this juncture , it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been completely misplaced , since the lack of moral obligation and ethics I referenced extends quite a bit further than a cabal of die-hard leftists in the House and the press .
It is also clear that its scope far exceeds their imperative to `` get '' President Trump .
If the impeachment phenomenon were n't enough to unequivocally establish the political left 's complete lack of moral obligation and ethics , we now have the Covid-19 pandemic , which is serving to even further cement their subversive role .
Whether it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of our House speaker , spouting thoroughly baseless propaganda regarding the president 's response to the pandemic and likening him to the Roman emperor Nero , press efforts to stultify coverage of President Trump 's daily news briefings whilst supporting the Chinese government 's coronavirus propaganda efforts or The New York Times taking a vicious , catty swipe at evangelical Christians , it is now plain to see that there will never be any lie too big to tell , nor any circumstance too grave to set aside their evil ambitions for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus bombshell : It 's all due to climate change !
`` Meanwhile , the public approves the handling of this once-in-a-lifetime crisis , perhaps because they 're smarter than the journalists who love to deceive them , '' Fox News ' Greg Gutfeld opined on Saturday .
It also bears mentioning that based on a Gallup poll released last Wednesday , the media was the only institution to score a negative approval rating from the public on the topic of COVID-19 , with only 44 % of Americans approving of the way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ To which I would hasten to add how personally grateful I am that fate chose this particular time to visit the COVID-19 pandemic upon us , rather than when President Trump 's predecessor was in office , given the hard and delicate decisions Trump has had to make , and will have to make in upcoming weeks .
That said , it has not escaped my notice that there are a great many Americans who have been singularly outraged by the response of their state and local governments attendant to the pandemic .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ which leftists are the preeminent political influence .
In many cases , the outraged Americans protest that this crisis has afforded their socialist overlords the opportunity to flex their fascistic muscles even as they decry the Trump administration 's handling of the crisis .
On March 23 , New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo released an executive order that effectively ended pharmacists ' ability to prescribe the antiviral medication hydroxychloroquine for treating COVID-19 , despite the evidence of a New York physician who was successfully treating patients with the drug .
Cuomo cited @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) policy regarding extra-label ( or `` off-label '' ) use of the drug to explain his position , but as someone who has actually worked with the FDA in the area of infectious disease research and drug approval , I can tell you that Cuomo 's case was very , very thin .
In fact , it was so thin that it begged the question of whether or not Cuomo had some reason for wanting this pandemic to persist .
FDA guidelines on off-label drug use are very soft ; soft enough @ @ @ @ @ @ @ approved drug for nearly any use , so it 's a cinch that a standing governor could waive such guidelines with little worry of negative repercussions .
It was only the announcement by Vice President Mike Pence on the following day that the Food and Drug Administration was immediately approving off-label use of hydroxychloroquine that prompted Cuomo to rescind his order and fast-track his state for clinical trials of the drug against the novel virus .
Cuomo still remains resistant to extending hydroxychloroquine 's use beyond those trials in his state for reasons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Then , there are issues such as California Gov .
Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva imposing orders in the wake of the pandemic that effectively restricted the sale of firearms and ammunition .
Many Californians saw this as their governor and his surrogates using the pandemic as a pretext for jumping the gun ( no pun intended ) and imposing a sort of `` soft '' martial law in California .
On the one hand , it can be mildly amusing to hear the incoherent , enfeebled entreaties @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ever take her seriously at this point , or the inane intellectual meanderings of Andrew Cuomo , who sort of resembles King Louie from `` The Jungle Book , '' attempting to wax profound and govern a state in crisis whilst entertaining the lofty ambition of getting drafted as the Democratic presidential nominee this year .
On the other hand , this pandemic is a deadly serious business , and I pray that this fact has been driven home for Americas in the context of who is governing us .
Little doubt that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political left hoping that if they engage in enough slander , histrionics and misdirection , they can engender enough ongoing and widespread fear regarding the coronavirus pandemic that citizens will overlook how the crisis dramatically underscores the need for such things as leaders who respect the rule of law , secure borders and a health care system unfettered by the endemic bureaucracy and inefficiency of big-government policies .

During the impeachment proceedings held against President Donald Trump earlier this year, I was at first tempted to refer to the high-profile House Democrats who were driving the process (House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, for example) as "rogue Democrats." At the time, I asserted at least once in this space that the gangster-like deportment of House Democrats and their surrogates in the press had unequivocally affirmed the complete lack of moral obligation and ethics on the part of these entities.
At this juncture, it is quite clear that such an appellation would have been completely misplaced, since the lack of moral obligation and ethics I referenced extends quite a bit further than a cabal of die-hard leftists in the House and the press.
It is also clear that its scope far exceeds their imperative to "get" President Trump.
If the impeachment phenomenon weren't enough to unequivocally establish the political left's complete lack of moral obligation and ethics, we now have the Covid-19 pandemic, which is serving to even further cement their subversive role.
Whether it's a doddering hag in the personage of our House speaker, spouting thoroughly baseless propaganda regarding the president's response to the pandemic and likening him to the Roman emperor Nero, press efforts to stultify coverage of President Trump's daily news briefings whilst supporting the Chinese government's coronavirus propaganda efforts or The New York Times taking a vicious, catty swipe at evangelical Christians, it is now plain to see that there will never be any lie too big to tell, nor any circumstance too grave to set aside their evil ambitions for a single moment.
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"Meanwhile, the public approves the handling of this once-in-a-lifetime crisis, perhaps because they're smarter than the journalists who love to deceive them," Fox News' Greg Gutfeld opined on Saturday. It also bears mentioning that based on a Gallup poll released last Wednesday, the media was the only institution to score a negative approval rating from the public on the topic of COVID-19, with only 44% of Americans approving of the way the media have covered the virus.
To which I would hasten to add how personally grateful I am that fate chose this particular time to visit the COVID-19 pandemic upon us, rather than when President Trump's predecessor was in office, given the hard and delicate decisions Trump has had to make, and will have to make in upcoming weeks.
That said, it has not escaped my notice that there are a great many Americans who have been singularly outraged by the response of their state and local governments attendant to the pandemic. This has been largely in areas in which leftists are the preeminent political influence. In many cases, the outraged Americans protest that this crisis has afforded their socialist overlords the opportunity to flex their fascistic muscles even as they decry the Trump administration's handling of the crisis.
On March 23, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo released an executive order that effectively ended pharmacists' ability to prescribe the antiviral medication hydroxychloroquine for treating COVID-19, despite the evidence of a New York physician who was successfully treating patients with the drug. Cuomo cited specious Food and Drug Administration (FDA) policy regarding extra-label (or "off-label") use of the drug to explain his position, but as someone who has actually worked with the FDA in the area of infectious disease research and drug approval, I can tell you that Cuomo's case was very, very thin.
In fact, it was so thin that it begged the question of whether or not Cuomo had some reason for wanting this pandemic to persist. FDA guidelines on off-label drug use are very soft; soft enough for practically any physician to prescribe any approved drug for nearly any use, so it's a cinch that a standing governor could waive such guidelines with little worry of negative repercussions.
It was only the announcement by Vice President Mike Pence on the following day that the Food and Drug Administration was immediately approving off-label use of hydroxychloroquine that prompted Cuomo to rescind his order and fast-track his state for clinical trials of the drug against the novel virus. Cuomo still remains resistant to extending hydroxychloroquine's use beyond those trials in his state for reasons that remain obscure given the empirical evidence.
Then, there are issues such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva imposing orders in the wake of the pandemic that effectively restricted the sale of firearms and ammunition. Many Californians saw this as their governor and his surrogates using the pandemic as a pretext for jumping the gun (no pun intended) and imposing a sort of "soft" martial law in California.
On the one hand, it can be mildly amusing to hear the incoherent, enfeebled entreaties of Nancy Pelosi because so few will ever take her seriously at this point, or the inane intellectual meanderings of Andrew Cuomo, who sort of resembles King Louie from "The Jungle Book," attempting to wax profound and govern a state in crisis whilst entertaining the lofty ambition of getting drafted as the Democratic presidential nominee this year.
On the other hand, this pandemic is a deadly serious business, and I pray that this fact has been driven home for Americas in the context of who is governing us.
Little doubt that there's a substantial element of the political left hoping that if they engage in enough slander, histrionics and misdirection, they can engender enough ongoing and widespread fear regarding the coronavirus pandemic that citizens will overlook how the crisis dramatically underscores the need for such things as leaders who respect the rule of law, secure borders and a health care system unfettered by the endemic bureaucracy and inefficiency of big-government policies.


wnd--2020-04-01--What China's sinking islands tell us

What China's sinking islands tell us

Two long-existing realities of doing business with China have , as a result of the COVID-19 crisis , been thrust into the public spotlight .
Both should disturb us .
One should disturb China as well , having gained Beijing 's attention due to a recent development in the South China Sea .
The first reality we should recognize is our heavy dependency upon China for various products .
It is shocking that we currently rely upon that country for about 90 % of our pharmaceuticals and vitamins .
Obviously , Beijing could easily weaponize our dependency either by disrupting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be a wake-up call for us as well that for 825 of 5,000 products the U.S. imports , China supplies more than all our other trade partners combined .
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Concerning too is our rare earth mineral dependency .
These are commonly used in high-tech devices , automotives , clean energy and defense products .
In 2017 , while China accounted for 81 % of global rare earth mineral mining , the U.S. accounted for 0 % .
Again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to disrupt exports of this strategic mineral at will – an action it has threatened to take before .
Concerns have mounted in the past over electronics imported from China , not only for consumers but also for our military .
Additionally , our military depends upon the Chinese for components such as propellant for the Hellfire missile , launched from helicopters and used against terrorist targets today .
The manufacture of our night-vision goggles involves a soft white-colored metal known as `` lanthanum '' – 90 % of which comes from China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ identified 14 categories of mineral or technology requirements , foreign-sourced back then .
It is doubtful much has been done since to alleviate this reliance .
A deep-seated fear our military has long held is Chinese-manufactured microchips might contain a secretly embedded `` kill switch '' by which an instrument or weapon could cease operating during times of conflict .
Our intelligence agencies have already forewarned us that `` made in China '' mobile phones and network equipment have the capability to spy on Americans .
Even fitness monitoring devices have demonstrated such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Department ban on wearing them at certain locations .
( China uses cellphone data to track their citizens ' movements to ensure compliance with current virus travel restrictions – a capability our Centers for Disease Control now has as well . )
A second disturbing reality is Chinese workmanship .
In assessing it , we need consider two possibilities – workmanship defects made intentionally and those made unintentionally .
An example of an intentional workmanship defect was shared by a Vietnamese veteran of the war with the U.S. , reflecting the historical animosity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vietnam share a thousand-plus-year history of confrontation .
While the latter broke away from Chinese rule in the 10th century , almost every century since then has been marred by China invading Vietnam .
When the U.S. went to war with North Vietnam , China undertook a half-hearted effort to assist Hanoi .
One way China assisted Vietnam was in providing weapons and ammunition .
Early on in the conflict , it shipped mortar rounds to its purported ally .
However , the Vietnamese soon realized the rounds were unreliable , periodically falling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was it learned the Chinese had intentionally manufactured them with insufficient powder .
A recent blog exchange involving the CEO of a Chinese company manufacturing forehead thermometers and his workers may be telling that such a Vietnam war era mentality among the Chinese – to intentionally manufacture substandard product for certain buyers – still remains .
These bloggers `` jokingly '' discussed accelerating COVID-19 's spread in the West by fixing thermometers to display a lower temperature .
On the unintentional side of defective product workmanship , China has a less-than-stellar manufacturing history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some Chinese seafood imports , contaminated with drugs unapproved for use in fish farming .
It was a particularly bad year for China as only half way through it , 60 % of all recalls were Chinese-made products .
As of 2015 , more than 4,000 U.S. homeowners had complained about metal corrosion caused by Chinese-made drywall , contaminated by high levels of sulfur , resulting in numerous health-related issues .
China is the third-largest pet food importer to the U.S .
However , the lack of comprehensive Chinese regulations concerning the safety @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of thousands of animals here .
In 2016 , more than 5,300 pet food products were recalled as vegetable proteins were contaminated with melamine .
With COVID-19 spreading globally , the world community has desperately needed test kits , masks and ventilators .
Philanthropist Elon Musk bought 1,200 ventilators from China to distribute to various hospitals in the U.S .
The good news is while China has been selling/donating test kits , masks and equipment to Europe , the bad news is many have proven defective .
With the fourth-highest number of COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 640,000 kits , only to discover they failed to detect the virus 70 % of the time .
While China may not have been paying much attention to its defective workmanship in the past , it has awoken to the issue due to developments in the South China Sea .
Ever since 2013 , and contrary to international law , China has been building man-made islands atop reefs there , effectively serving as stationery aircraft carriers .
As has been reported , `` the Chinese government has dredged and mostly destroyed ecologically delicate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ build seven major military bases complete with ports , airstrips and radar and missile installations . ''
However , to Beijing 's dismay , it is learning a costly lesson – artificially inseminated South Sea islands do not fare well .
Already there are reports bases are collapsing and sinking into the sea – the result of both weather conditions and shoddy workmanship .
Once the COVID-19 crisis passes , hopefully both countries will have learned some costly lessons .

Two long-existing realities of doing business with China have, as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, been thrust into the public spotlight. Both should disturb us. One should disturb China as well, having gained Beijing's attention due to a recent development in the South China Sea.
1. U.S. Dependency
The first reality we should recognize is our heavy dependency upon China for various products.
It is shocking that we currently rely upon that country for about 90% of our pharmaceuticals and vitamins. Obviously, Beijing could easily weaponize our dependency either by disrupting flow or tainting it.
It should be a wake-up call for us as well that for 825 of 5,000 products the U.S. imports, China supplies more than all our other trade partners combined.
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Concerning too is our rare earth mineral dependency. These are commonly used in high-tech devices, automotives, clean energy and defense products. In 2017, while China accounted for 81% of global rare earth mineral mining, the U.S. accounted for 0%. Again, this leaves China with an ability to disrupt exports of this strategic mineral at will – an action it has threatened to take before.
Concerns have mounted in the past over electronics imported from China, not only for consumers but also for our military. Additionally, our military depends upon the Chinese for components such as propellant for the Hellfire missile, launched from helicopters and used against terrorist targets today. The manufacture of our night-vision goggles involves a soft white-colored metal known as "lanthanum" – 90% of which comes from China.
A 2013 internal U.S. Army report identified 14 categories of mineral or technology requirements, foreign-sourced back then. It is doubtful much has been done since to alleviate this reliance.
A deep-seated fear our military has long held is Chinese-manufactured microchips might contain a secretly embedded "kill switch" by which an instrument or weapon could cease operating during times of conflict. Our intelligence agencies have already forewarned us that "made in China" mobile phones and network equipment have the capability to spy on Americans. Even fitness monitoring devices have demonstrated such a tracking ability, generating a Defense Department ban on wearing them at certain locations. (China uses cellphone data to track their citizens' movements to ensure compliance with current virus travel restrictions – a capability our Centers for Disease Control now has as well.)
2. Chinese Workmanship
A second disturbing reality is Chinese workmanship. In assessing it, we need consider two possibilities – workmanship defects made intentionally and those made unintentionally.
An example of an intentional workmanship defect was shared by a Vietnamese veteran of the war with the U.S., reflecting the historical animosity between China and Vietnam.
China and Vietnam share a thousand-plus-year history of confrontation. While the latter broke away from Chinese rule in the 10th century, almost every century since then has been marred by China invading Vietnam. When the U.S. went to war with North Vietnam, China undertook a half-hearted effort to assist Hanoi.
One way China assisted Vietnam was in providing weapons and ammunition. Early on in the conflict, it shipped mortar rounds to its purported ally. However, the Vietnamese soon realized the rounds were unreliable, periodically falling short of the target. Only later was it learned the Chinese had intentionally manufactured them with insufficient powder.
A recent blog exchange involving the CEO of a Chinese company manufacturing forehead thermometers and his workers may be telling that such a Vietnam war era mentality among the Chinese – to intentionally manufacture substandard product for certain buyers – still remains. These bloggers "jokingly" discussed accelerating COVID-19's spread in the West by fixing thermometers to display a lower temperature.
On the unintentional side of defective product workmanship, China has a less-than-stellar manufacturing history:
In 2007, the U.S. stopped some Chinese seafood imports, contaminated with drugs unapproved for use in fish farming. It was a particularly bad year for China as only half way through it, 60% of all recalls were Chinese-made products.
As of 2015, more than 4,000 U.S. homeowners had complained about metal corrosion caused by Chinese-made drywall, contaminated by high levels of sulfur, resulting in numerous health-related issues.
China is the third-largest pet food importer to the U.S. However, the lack of comprehensive Chinese regulations concerning the safety of pet foods led to the deaths of thousands of animals here. In 2016, more than 5,300 pet food products were recalled as vegetable proteins were contaminated with melamine.
With COVID-19 spreading globally, the world community has desperately needed test kits, masks and ventilators. Philanthropist Elon Musk bought 1,200 ventilators from China to distribute to various hospitals in the U.S. The good news is while China has been selling/donating test kits, masks and equipment to Europe, the bad news is many have proven defective. With the fourth-highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world, Spain purchased 640,000 kits, only to discover they failed to detect the virus 70% of the time.
While China may not have been paying much attention to its defective workmanship in the past, it has awoken to the issue due to developments in the South China Sea.
Ever since 2013, and contrary to international law, China has been building man-made islands atop reefs there, effectively serving as stationery aircraft carriers. As has been reported, "the Chinese government has dredged and mostly destroyed ecologically delicate reefs in disputed waters in order to build seven major military bases complete with ports, airstrips and radar and missile installations."
However, to Beijing's dismay, it is learning a costly lesson – artificially inseminated South Sea islands do not fare well. Already there are reports bases are collapsing and sinking into the sea – the result of both weather conditions and shoddy workmanship.
Once the COVID-19 crisis passes, hopefully both countries will have learned some costly lessons.


wnd--2020-04-01--Let's not return to 'normal' home life

Let's not return to 'normal' home life

With COVID-19 causing the necessity of folks working at home around the country , it seems , in a way , as if we have been here before .
Back when America was marked by cottage industries , people worked in their homes or on their land , coordinating with neighbors to produce goods and services .
Fathers passed down trades to their children , and mothers often taught school lessons and cooked from `` scratch . ''
Families had two or three meals together nearly every day and spent their evenings reading something called `` books . ''
Sadly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rampant diseases , filth and hardship .
In the era known as the Industrial Revolution , factories began to spring up , and laborers abandoned low-paying jobs in their homes for low-paying jobs on assembly lines .
As transportation and technology advanced , more and more fathers started working in any place but the home .
Soon , mothers started leaving their homes in massive numbers too .
Incomes started to increase , and wonderful inventions made life more convenient and comfortable .
Medical advances and the abundance of food produced by modern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and healthier lives .
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But as time went on , ever more moms and dads rushed through their mornings , carted even the youngest of babies off to day care , and children headed off to long hours at school and `` after care . ''
Family members spent their days splintered from one another .
Children became warehoused in colossal schools , while moms and dads became warehoused in separate , sterile office buildings .
By the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ become so consumed by the busyness of life that the average family spent only a few waking hours a day together .
The number of family meals had plummeted to three hurried dinners per week , many of those spent with iPhones in hand .
No one is advocating a return to the challenging days of cottage industries .
But when this virus crisis has passed , should we automatically return to the mass warehousing of family members away from each other ?
Maybe it 's time to harness what is best from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ families spending lots of time together , even if under stressful conditions .
COVID-19 aside , the majority of that stress is because the American family has forgotten how to be together .
Sadly , the reality is that most have never known togetherness in the first place , so there was really nothing to forget .
But something is happening in homes across the country that is positive .
Parents are opening their children 's textbooks and providing guidance while they study online .
Imagine that : Parents engaged in their kids @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is actually being taught at school .
Many are even beginning to wonder if there 's something to home schooling after all .
When the virus mayhem passes , every parent should focus on how they can become and remain deeply involved in the education of their sons and daughters .
All of us should pledge to abandon our old habits of spending massive amounts of time with everyone but the people we love the most .
If we harness the potential of new technologies with a focus on strengthening our families , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ age .
It 's time to redo the way we do business in America .
The fact is that we live in an era where more jobs can be done at home .
I 'm not sure when we developed the idea that `` real work '' only occurs within the four walls of an office building , but our nation has suffered from that mindset because our families have suffered .
Of course , not every job can be done at home , but some portions of nearly every position can .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ part of the week , companies can save costs on office space , equipment and electricity .
And workers ?
The savings in gas , wasted time commuting and the reduction of the stressful daily grind can greatly improve their overall satisfaction with life .
Studies show that happier employees equals better employees .
What boss does n't want that ?
When we are again free to roam as we please , the challenge is to resist resuming a chaotic lifestyle .
Whether you are looking for a new job or returning to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time with your family , even if it means less income .
Remember , although your children might beg for the latest gadget or coolest clothes , what they really crave is more time with you .
In the meantime , take advantage of the opportunities that come with home quarantine .
Rediscover those things called `` books , '' play games and create warm memories .
Let each of your family members know that you do n't want things to return to normal , you want things to be better .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more time with them from this day forward .

With COVID-19 causing the necessity of folks working at home around the country, it seems, in a way, as if we have been here before. Back when America was marked by cottage industries, people worked in their homes or on their land, coordinating with neighbors to produce goods and services.
Fathers passed down trades to their children, and mothers often taught school lessons and cooked from "scratch." Families had two or three meals together nearly every day and spent their evenings reading something called "books."
Sadly, those days also were known for rampant diseases, filth and hardship.
In the era known as the Industrial Revolution, factories began to spring up, and laborers abandoned low-paying jobs in their homes for low-paying jobs on assembly lines.
As transportation and technology advanced, more and more fathers started working in any place but the home. Soon, mothers started leaving their homes in massive numbers too. Incomes started to increase, and wonderful inventions made life more convenient and comfortable. Medical advances and the abundance of food produced by modern farming techniques resulted in people living longer and healthier lives.
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But as time went on, ever more moms and dads rushed through their mornings, carted even the youngest of babies off to day care, and children headed off to long hours at school and "after care." Family members spent their days splintered from one another. Children became warehoused in colossal schools, while moms and dads became warehoused in separate, sterile office buildings.
By the time COVID-19 hit us, we had become so consumed by the busyness of life that the average family spent only a few waking hours a day together. The number of family meals had plummeted to three hurried dinners per week, many of those spent with iPhones in hand.
No one is advocating a return to the challenging days of cottage industries. But when this virus crisis has passed, should we automatically return to the mass warehousing of family members away from each other? Maybe it's time to harness what is best from both worlds.
Recent weeks have seen families spending lots of time together, even if under stressful conditions. COVID-19 aside, the majority of that stress is because the American family has forgotten how to be together. Sadly, the reality is that most have never known togetherness in the first place, so there was really nothing to forget.
But something is happening in homes across the country that is positive. Parents are opening their children's textbooks and providing guidance while they study online. Imagine that: Parents engaged in their kids' education, learning for themselves what is actually being taught at school. Many are even beginning to wonder if there's something to home schooling after all.
When the virus mayhem passes, every parent should focus on how they can become and remain deeply involved in the education of their sons and daughters.
All of us should pledge to abandon our old habits of spending massive amounts of time with everyone but the people we love the most. If we harness the potential of new technologies with a focus on strengthening our families, America can advance to the next golden age.
It's time to redo the way we do business in America.
The fact is that we live in an era where more jobs can be done at home. I'm not sure when we developed the idea that "real work" only occurs within the four walls of an office building, but our nation has suffered from that mindset because our families have suffered.
Of course, not every job can be done at home, but some portions of nearly every position can. By allowing employees to telecommute at least part of the week, companies can save costs on office space, equipment and electricity.
And workers? The savings in gas, wasted time commuting and the reduction of the stressful daily grind can greatly improve their overall satisfaction with life. Studies show that happier employees equals better employees. What boss doesn't want that?
When we are again free to roam as we please, the challenge is to resist resuming a chaotic lifestyle. Whether you are looking for a new job or returning to an old one, fight for more time with your family, even if it means less income. Remember, although your children might beg for the latest gadget or coolest clothes, what they really crave is more time with you.
In the meantime, take advantage of the opportunities that come with home quarantine. Rediscover those things called "books," play games and create warm memories. Let each of your family members know that you don't want things to return to normal, you want things to be better. And that starts with your commitment to spend more time with them from this day forward.


wnd--2020-04-01--Dr. Ben Carson: Take heart, new treatments could change outlook in 'week or 2'

Assuring the nation that it will `` get through this , '' Dr. Ben Carson said Tuesday that two coronavirus treatments change the landscape of the pandemic within the next couple of weeks .
Carson , a renowned neurosurgeon who now serves as secretary of Housing and Urban Development , told SiriusXM ’ s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow that progress on two treatments has been rapid .
One is a plasma treatment that uses antibodies from people who have recovered from the virus .
The other combines the drugs hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin .
Carson said the plasma @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fighting this . ''
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On Sunday , the Food And Drug Administration issued an emergency authorization for prescribing hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin while clinical trials are underway .
Carson said the combination of the two drugs showed promise in China , where the virus emerged , and in a French study .
The FDA approval for use during clinical trials is a departure from past practices , he noted .
`` I think that ’ s the wise thing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nothing are so high in this particular case , '' he said .
The trials could show results in weeks not months .
`` We 'll know that very shortly , in the next week or two , '' Carson said .
He said the `` energy that is being put into this is phenomenal and the FDA has been looking at things and very quickly making decisions . ''
`` These are the kinds of things that will mitigate this situation . ''
He advised people not to wear N95 surgical masks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who are `` on the front lines fighting and risking their lives every day . ''
People who are sick should wear the common fabric mask to keep from infecting others , he said .
Testing for the coronavirus also is advancing , he said .
`` A lot of progress has been made on the testing and now there are some new tests that are going to be widely disseminated and which you can get the answer in a matter of minutes not days , '' Carson said .
`` That makes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ big message is this will pass , '' Carson said .
`` We will get through this . ''

Assuring the nation that it will "get through this," Dr. Ben Carson said Tuesday that two coronavirus treatments change the landscape of the pandemic within the next couple of weeks.
Carson, a renowned neurosurgeon who now serves as secretary of Housing and Urban Development, told SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow that progress on two treatments has been rapid.
One is a plasma treatment that uses antibodies from people who have recovered from the virus. The other combines the drugs hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin.
Carson said the plasma treatment gives patients "a jumpstart on fighting this."
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On Sunday, the Food And Drug Administration issued an emergency authorization for prescribing hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin while clinical trials are underway.
Carson said the combination of the two drugs showed promise in China, where the virus emerged, and in a French study.
The FDA approval for use during clinical trials is a departure from past practices, he noted.
"I think that’s the wise thing to do because the risk of doing nothing are so high in this particular case," he said.
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The trials could show results in weeks not months.
"We'll know that very shortly, in the next week or two," Carson said.
He said the "energy that is being put into this is phenomenal and the FDA has been looking at things and very quickly making decisions."
"These are the kinds of things that will mitigate this situation."
He advised people not to wear N95 surgical masks because they are needed to medical workers who are "on the front lines fighting and risking their lives every day."
People who are sick should wear the common fabric mask to keep from infecting others, he said.
Testing for the coronavirus also is advancing, he said.
"A lot of progress has been made on the testing and now there are some new tests that are going to be widely disseminated and which you can get the answer in a matter of minutes not days," Carson said. "That makes a huge difference."
He's optimistic about the future.
"The big message is this will pass," Carson said. "We will get through this."