prisonplanet--2020-04-16--Italian Beachtowns Plan “Plexiglass Cages” To Enforce Safe-Sunbathing This Summer

Once the quarantine is over , there will be time to explore and observe how society has evolved rapidly .
Well , by the time everyone makes it out of the house this summer , we all might be ushered back into quarantine by fall as the second coronavirus wave could be fast approaching .
But in the meantime , several of the most impacted industries , that is , travel , tourism , and restaurants , are devising some pretty radical devices in hopes of attracting customers this summer .
The innovator behind “ plexiglass cages , ” literally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ around several beachgoers so they can enjoy the ocean while not worrying about COVID-19 carriers coughing and sneezing could be popping up on beaches across Italy , reported la Repubblica .
The boxes have been conceptualized by Nuova Neon Group Due , a firm located in Modena , Italy .
Each box can house two occupants and measures 4.5m x 4.5m x 2m .
Plastic boxes might be a good idea considering families are usually packed on the beach like sardines .
As we ’ ve shown , according to this one simulation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or sneeze can travel in the air and infect others .
Here ’ s a rendering of dozens of these plastic boxes on an Italian beach .
Local media outlets describe them as “ chicken coops.
” Lifeguards and hotel owners of popular Italian beach towns have slammed the idea , saying that it is absurd .
Claudio Ferrari , the owner of the Nuova Neon Group Due , told la Repubblica that social distancing boxes on the beach could hopefully restart the tourism industry .
We noted in Greece , the tourism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ across Europe .
Mauro Vanni , president of the Rimini lifeguards cooperative , said the idea of the box in the hot summer heat is a recipe for disaster and will cause people to “ die of dehydration.
” Ferrari has also designed transparent boxes made of plexiglass walls that sit on top of a restaurant table that will limit the transmission of bodily fluids .
In a post-corona world , plexiglass boxes , if seen on beaches and or in restaurants , could be the new normal .
This article was posted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at 5:22 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-17--Facebook To Issue ‘Warnings’ To Users Who Have Liked Or Clicked On ‘Coronavirus Misinformation’

Facebook To Issue ‘ Warnings ’ To Users Who Have Liked Or Clicked On ‘ Coronavirus Misinformation ’ Facebook is banning ‘ conspiracy theories ’ about the virus , as determined by someone who worked in the Wuhan bio-lab .
Facebook has announced that it will begin issuing warnings to users who have clicked on or liked what it deems to be ‘ misinformation ’ about the coronavirus .
The social network will also direct those users to a site where the World Health Organization “ lists and debunks virus myths and rumors ” , according to the AP .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ notice will be sent to users who have clicked on , reacted to , or commented on posts featuring harmful or false claims about COVID-19 after they have been removed by moderators.
” Facebook is to promote a WHO backed site called “ Get The Facts , ” where “ conspiracy theories ” about coronavirus are debunked .
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page Thursday , “ Through this crisis , one of my top priorities is making sure that you see accurate and authoritative information across all of our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so called ‘ fact checkers ’ and moderators at Facebook are “ up against people ’ s mistrust of authoritative sources for information , such as the WHO.
” It is hardly surprising that people do not trust the WHO .
For weeks , the organisation parroted the patently false claims of the communist Chinese government regarding the spread of the virus .
Internal Chinese government documents obtained by the Associated Press this week prove that China knew for sure in mid January that the outbreak of coronavirus was a likely pandemic and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simultaneously announced , with the backing of the WHO , that there was no “ evidence of human-to-human transmission.
” Facebook now faces an even bigger problem with getting users to trust it given that one of its key ‘ fact checkers ’ was revealed to have worked at the Wuhan Institute of Virology ( WIV ) , and has since been placed in charge of debunking articles suggesting that COVID-19 may have leaked from the bio-lab .
This clearly represents a giant conflict of interest , as Zero Hedge reports : Danielle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s NUS Medical School lab in Singapore , also contributes to Science Feedback – which Facebook has been using to slap “ False Information ” labels on articles claiming that COVID-19 may have originated at the Wuhan institute – where Anderson worked with bat coronavirus .
A quick search of Anderson ’ s publications reveals no fewer than nine collaborations with Dr. Peng Zhou – a Wuhan scientist experimenting on bat coronavirus ( the mention of whom may result in a Twitter ban ) .
Some of Anderson ’ s handy work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You couldn ’ t make this up .
Facebook is banning ‘ misinformation ’ about the virus , as determined by someone who worked in the Wuhan bio-lab .
This article was posted : Friday , April 17 , 2020 at 5:53 am

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prisonplanet--2020-04-17--World War 3? US Accuses China Of Testing Secret NUKES

The United States has accused China of setting off underground nuclear bombs , conducting banned nuclear tests while the world is focused on the coronavirus crisis .
As if things weren ’ t already bad enough between the two nations , a US State Department report made public by The Wall Street Journal confirmed the charges earlier this week .
“ The concerns stem from the high tempo of activity at China ’ s Lop Nur test site , extensive excavations at the site , and Beijing ’ s purported use of special chambers to contain explosions.
” the State @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concerns about whether China is abiding to the US-interpreted “ zero yield ” standard on nuclear testing , which is a reference to a type of nuclear test whereby there is no explosive chain reaction of the type ignited by the detonation of a nuclear warhead .
The report also claimed Beijing blocked data transmissions from sensors linked to an international monitoring center , a claim that was disputed by the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization in China .
If the accusations are true , China , which is estimated to have about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violation of the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ( CTBT ) , which prohibits any nuclear reactions involving explosives .
Neither China nor the US has officially ratified the treaty , however , which means each is still relying purely on the word of the other , and on-site inspections can not be conducted .
China responded to the accusations by angrily denying them as ‘ false ’ .
“ China has always adopted a responsible attitude , earnestly fulfilling the international obligations and promises it has assumed , ” Chinese foreign ministry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The US criticism of China is entirely groundless , without foundation , and not worth refuting.
” There have been some concerns among more hawkish Republicans that the US is not keeping up with China in terms of nuclear arms development , thus some have been trying to influence President Trump to ditch the CTBT , allowing the US to start new testing of its own .
An anonymous senior US official told The Guardian that “ The pace and manner by which the Chinese government is modernising its stockpile is worrying , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be brought into the global arms control framework.
” This article was posted : Friday , April 17 , 2020 at 4:52 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-17--Tom Cotton, Dan Crenshaw Introduce Bill to Allow Americans to Sue China for Coronavirus Damages

Tom Cotton , Dan Crenshaw Introduce Bill to Allow Americans to Sue China for Coronavirus Damages Sen. Tom Cotton ( R-AK ) and Rep. Dan Crenshaw ( R-TX ) introduced a bill on Thursday that would allow Americans to sue China in federal court for “ death , injury , and economic harm caused by the Wuhan Virus.
” “ By silencing doctors and journalists who tried to warn the world about the coronavirus , the Chinese Communist Party allowed the virus to spread quickly around the globe , ” Cotton , an Army veteran , said in a statement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the virus led to thousands of needless deaths and untold economic harm .
It ’ s only appropriate that we hold the Chinese government accountable for the damage it has caused , ” he added .
The bill , dubbed ‘ ‘ Holding the Chinese 5 Communist Party Accountable for Infecting Americans 6 Act of 2020 , ” asserts that covering up the virus and causing it to spread faster or further than it otherwise would have can be considered a tortious , wrongful act .
The bill could give the United States @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for damages it has caused or come to an agreement on settling the claims .
This article was posted : Friday , April 17 , 2020 at 4:24 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-17--What Shutdown? U.S. Has Reportedly Flown In Over 1,000 Afghan ‘Refugees’ In Last Four Weeks

What Shutdown ?
U.S. Has Reportedly Flown In Over 1,000 Afghan ‘ Refugees ’ In Last Four Weeks “ While you have been incarcerated at home , discouraged from traveling at all , the US government has flown 1,003 so-called Special Immigrant Visa holders into the US and distributed them around the country , ” Refugee Resettlement Watch ’ s Ann Corcoran reports .
“ On March 16th , just as the regular refugee admissions program was about to be shut down ( although it wasn ’ t completely suspended ) , I made note that we were at 6,867 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for fiscal year 2020 , ” Corocan said .
“ As of April 13th we are at 7,870 , a gain of 1,003 in that 4 week period !
” Corcoran stats were directly from the State Department ’ s Refugee Processing Center .
A recent Pew Research poll found 95 percent of Americans favor Trump ’ s travel ban restricting international travel to the US .
No doubt Americans will be thrilled to hear the State Department under Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been flying in Afghans by the planeload and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
This article was posted : Friday , April 17 , 2020 at 4:14 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-17--COVID-19 Has Become The (Second) Leading Cause Of Death In The United States

COVID-19 Has Become The ( Second ) Leading Cause Of Death In The United States Michael Snyder End Of The American Dream April 17 , 2020 Despite all of the “ shelter-in-place ” orders that have been instituted all over the country , COVID-19 continues to kill an alarming number of Americans .
If you visit the official CDC website , it will tell you that heart disease and cancer are the leading causes of death in the United States by a wide margin .
But as Mike Adams of Natural News has pointed out , this week COVID-19 has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ daily basis than heart disease and cancer normally do .
In fact , on April 14th a staggering 2,407 coronavirus victims died in the United States , and that was more than 24 times higher than the average number of Americans that normally die from the flu each day .
But the good news is that the number of Americans dying from the coronavirus appears to be leveling off .
Over the most recent 24 hour period , 2,174 coronavirus victims died in the U.S. , but that would still keep COVID-19 at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ comes to leading causes of death .
However , there is one cause of death that the CDC never mentions .
According to the Guttmacher Institute , 862,000 abortions were performed in the United States in 2017… The Guttmacher Institute is a pro-abortion group , and other organizations believe that the true number of abortions each year is significantly higher , but for purposes of this article we will use their number .
If you divide 862,000 by 365 days , you get an average daily death toll of 2,361 , which would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that died from the coronavirus over the most recent 24 hour period .
So at this point , COVID-19 is just the second leading cause of death in the United States .
Overall , approximately 125,000 abortions are performed each day around the world .
Let that number sink in for a moment .
Over the course of this entire coronavirus pandemic , just over 145,000 people all over the globe have died , and much of the planet is currently shut down because this virus has created so much fear .
Authorities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ return to normal ” until they can roll out a vaccine and inject it into all of us , and most projections currently put that somewhere in 2021 .
But if the virus mutates , that could completely mess up their timeline .
And according to one new study , a significant COVID-19 mutation has now been discovered in India… A vaccine that targets one version of a virus could potentially be utterly useless against another strain , and Fox News says that this new mutation could potentially throw the effort to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ … This is huge news , but so far Fox News is the only major network that I have seen report on it .
The following excerpt comes directly from this new study… Monitoring the mutation dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 is critical for the development of effective approaches to contain the 21 pathogen .
By analyzing 106 SARS-CoV-2 and 39 SARS genome sequences , we provided direct genetic evidence that 22 SARS-CoV-2 has a much lower mutation rate than SARS .
Minimum Evolution phylogeny analysis revealed the putative original status of SARS-CoV-2 and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the spike protein and it receptor binding domain proved a previously reported structural rearrangement prior to the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 .
Despite that , we found the spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 is particularly more conserved , we identified a mutation that leads to weaker receptor binding capability , which concerns a SARS-CoV-2 sample collected on 27th January 2020 from India .
This represents the first report of a significant SARS-CoV-2 mutant , and raises the alarm that the ongoing vaccine Development may become futile in future epidemic if more mutations were identified @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fauci and his minions are going to try to assure everyone that nothing has changed , but as Zero Hedge has pointed out , mutant strains of the virus could potentially force scientists “ to start the vaccine clock from zero ” … Asked about the possibility of viral mutation during one of the White House ’ s inaugural task force press briefings , Dr. Fauci assured the public that scientists have found “ no evidence ” of any concerning mutations , though the prospect that a mutated version of the virus might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ season has kept some virologists up at night with nightmares about needing to start the vaccine clock from zero .
The problem is that vaccines often aren ’ t as effective against viruses that mutate , like the flu does every season ( that ’ s why you need to keep getting that flu shot year after year ) .
And now , a new scientific paper that – like most of the coronavirus research being cited in the press – has yet to be peer reviewed claims to have identified a mutation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in India that could create serious problems for researchers working on a vaccine .
Of course there are millions upon millions of people that won ’ t take any vaccine that is produced no matter when it comes out .
On another front , there had been hope that chloroquine would be proven to be safe and effective for treating people that catch the virus , but a new study that was conducted in Brazil had to be stopped because the drug was so dangerous… It has been known for a long time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and so this wasn ’ t too much of a surprise .
But it does appear that some good news is coming out of Israel .
The following comes from Charisma… To me , this sounds very promising , and hopefully this treatment will prove to be both safe and effective after additional study .
But for now , COVID-19 continues to spread all over the globe , and the shutdowns that have been instituted to slow it down have crashed economies all over the planet .
The months ahead will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continues to mutate this pandemic could potentially stick around a lot longer than any of the experts originally envisioned .
This article was posted : Friday , April 17 , 2020 at 4:12 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-17--Musk Donating Ventilators Was “Contingent On Posing For Thank You Shots On Social Media”: LA Times

Musk Donating Ventilators Was “ Contingent On Posing For Thank You Shots On Social Media ” : LA Times It looks as though Russ Mitchell over at the LA Times may have uncovered the true motivation behind Elon Musk donating ventilators to help with the Covid-19 crisis .
Today Mitchell dropped a bomb on Twitter when he informed Elon Musk ( and the world ) that he was told that Tesla ’ s delivery of the machines was contingent upon employees posing for thank you shots on social media .
And , even better , Mitchell said one of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a result .
This follows our report this morning of Elon Musk ’ s Twitter spat with CNN , who published a story claiming that “ none of the promised ventilators have been received by hospitals , ” citing Gov .
Gavin Newsom ’ s office .
Musk responded by tweeting , “ What I find most surprising is that CNN still exists.
” Now it looks like we may know why some of these ventilators didn ’ t reach their final destination .
And did we say ventilators ?
Forgive us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they were sleep apnea machines , as we documented in a previous report , but that ’ s besides the point .
And now , what looks like a once-empty gestured PR grab from Musk – a specialty from his playbook that he has used in Flint , with the Hyperloop and famously with the Thai cave rescue – has spectacularly backfired .
As one social media user wryly commented : “ Tesla doesn ’ t pay for advertising : it extorts it.
” This article was posted : Friday , April @ @ @ @ @ @


prisonplanet--2020-04-17--Facebook Cancels All Large Gatherings Until June 2021

For anyone seeking guidance on the timeline of the US reopening , look no further than the most connected – literally – man in the world , Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg , who just canceled all “ large physical events ” the firm had planned with 50 or more people until June 2021 .
Here is the link to his post : As we start to think about what it will look like to re-open society , I wanted to provide an update on how we ’ re planning for our teams at Facebook .
The summary is : we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the office in order to prioritize helping the rest of our community and local economy to get back up and running first .
We know that most people can ’ t work from home as easily as many of our employees can .
We also know that when society does eventually start re-opening , it will have to open slowly in staggered waves to make sure that the people who are returning to work can do so safely and that we minimize the possibility of future outbreaks .
We will require the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from home through at least the end of May in order to create a safer environment both for our employees doing critical jobs who must be in the office and for everyone else in our local communities .
A small percent of our critical employees who can ’ t work remotely , like content reviewers working on counter-terrorism or suicide and self-harm prevention , and engineers working on complex hardware , may be able to return sooner , but overall , we don ’ t expect to have everyone back in our offices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also let our employees know that even after more of our teams can return , if there ’ s any reason they feel they can ’ t work in our offices — because they are in a vulnerable population , because with schools and camps canceled they don ’ t have childcare , or anything else — that they can plan to work from home through at least the summer .
Even beyond this next period , guidance from health experts is that it won ’ t be advisable to have large groups @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Given this , we ’ re canceling any large physical events we had planned with 50 or more people through June 2021 .
Some of these we will hold as virtual events instead and we ’ ll share more details on that soon .
Similarly , we ’ re extending our policy of no business travel through at least June of this year as well .
Most Facebook employees are fortunate to be able to work productively from home , so we feel a responsibility to allow people who don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resources first .
I hope this helps contain the spread of Covid-19 so we can keep our communities safe and get back up and running again soon .


prisonplanet--2020-04-17--Retaliation? China Suddenly Toughens Export Rules, Freezing Critical Medical Goods Destined For US

Just hours after President Trump , General Milley , and now the mainstream US media , increase the rhetoric volume on the source of the “ Chinese Virus ” , with questions about leaks from the Wuhan Lab growing louder , American firms producing medical goods in China have been slapped new export restrictions , stranding much of the supplies in warehouses across the country .
This new hurdle comes at a time when shortages of masks , test kits , and other medical equipment have materialized in many hospital systems across the US .
Suppliers , brokers , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of protective gear lay on pallets in Chinese warehouses , unable to receive necessary shipping authorizations to the US , reported The Wall Street Journal .
For example , 1.4 million COVID-19 test kits sit in a warehouse in China , unable to ship from PerkinElmer Inc. ’ s Suzhou factory because “ it lacks certification required by the new rules , ” a State Department memo read , first reviewed by The Journal .
Another memo said Shanghai officials told 3M that the city is overly reliant on 3M-95 masks , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lift export restrictions .
State Department memos said the new restrictions had created “ bottlenecks ” for the US at a time when medical supplies are urgently needed .
The export restrictions have “ disrupted established supply chains for medical products just as these products were most needed for the global response to COVID-19 , ” according to a memo this week .
“ Every single day we don ’ t have the proper protective equipment is a new health-care worker exposed , is a new hole in the ship that is our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” said Illinois Deputy Gov .
Christian Mitchell , who leads the state ’ s efforts in acquiring medical supplies .
The Journal notes how China has created fresh “ logjams ” for companies trying to export medical supplies to the US .
This has undoubtedly strained ties between the Communist government and the Trump administration .
There are some unanswered questions we have – first , why would Beijing suddenly delay critical medical goods that are knowingly used to combat the virus .
Second , could the new export restrictions be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if so , why would Beijing want to punish the Trump administration ?
Unless they know that President Trump is setting the narrative to blame the Wuhan lab .
This article was posted : Friday , April 17 , 2020 at 3:59 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-17--George Soros Org Commits $130M to Virus Relief: ‘What Kind of World Will Emerge from This Catastroph

George Soros Org Commits $130M to Virus Relief: ‘What Kind of World Will Emerge from This Catastrophe?’

George Soros Org Commits $ 130M to Virus Relief : ‘ What Kind of World Will Emerge from This Catastrophe ?
’ Democrat mega-donor George Soros ’ s Open Society Foundations has pledged to donate $ 130 million to fight the Chinese coronavirus pandemic and “ [ push ] back against government encroachment on political freedoms , ” the non-profit organization announced Thursday .
Open Society Foundations said the funds will be used for a wide range of causes , including support for low-income workers in the United States , countering “ disinformation ” in Europe , and emergency health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The scale of this pandemic has laid bare the fault lines and injustices of our world , ” George Soros , chairman of the Open Society Foundations , said in a statement .
“ We missed the opportunity to create a more just economy after the financial crisis of 2008 and provide a social safety net for the workers who are the heart of our societies .
Today , we must change direction and ask ourselves : What kind of world will emerge from this catastrophe , and what can we do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ This is the first step of our ongoing response to address the economic and political dislocation wrought by this disease , ” added Patrick Gaspard , president of the Open Society Foundations .
“ Our emergency relief efforts will support our grantees to immediately reach those who can not access aid through government systems .
But just as critically , we aim to ensure that the centers of power never again allow those who are the backbone of our economies to suffer in the shadows.
” This article was posted : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 3:58 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-17--This Is The Worst Employment Collapse In U.S. History By A Very Wide Margin

This Is The Worst Employment Collapse In U.S. History By A Very Wide Margin We have never seen an “ employment apocalypse ” in the United States like we are witnessing right now , and it is not going to end any time soon .
Over the past several days , “ coronavirus shutdowns ” have officially been extended all over the nation , and the longer these shutdowns last the more jobs our economy is going to lose .
And because most Americans were living paycheck to paycheck before this pandemic hit us , many unemployed workers are already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , our authorities may be slowing down the spread of the virus , but in the process they have absolutely killed the economy .
On Thursday , I was stunned to learn that another 5.2 million Americans filed initial claims for unemployment benefits last week .
That brings the grand total for the last four weekly reports “ to a staggering 22 million ” … Just think about that .
22 million jobs wiped out in one month .
And the true number of jobs lost is actually even higher , because not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unemployment benefits .
Prior to this year , the highest number of initial claims for unemployment benefits during any four week period that we had ever witnessed was 2.7 million during the fall of 1982 .
So 22 million in four weeks truly puts us in uncharted territory .
Just look at this chart .
We aren ’ t just beating the old records , we are absolutely obliterating them .
You know that things are really , really bad when even NBC News sounds just like The Economic Collapse Blog… In other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fargo is saying that the U.S. economy is completely and utterly collapsing .
According to Zero Hedge , “ we have lost 710 jobs for every confirmed US death from COVID-19 ( 30,985 ) .
” Our politicians have prioritized saving lives over saving the economy , and many people out there seem convinced that was the right choice , but the economic devastation has been immense .
The socialist “ stimulus payments ” and unemployment benefits will help all of these unemployed workers temporarily , but the payments from the federal government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and it won ’ t be too long before many states start running out of unemployment money… So what will the federal government do once we get to that point ?
I imagine that Congress will eventually want to borrow and spend trillions more dollars that we don ’ t have , and it is likely that “ conservatives ” and “ liberals ” will both be quite eager to vote for another pork-filled bill .
But it is probably going to take some time for Congress to get through the process @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and meanwhile deep economic suffering is erupting all over the nation .
On Thursday , vehicles were lined up for two miles in Miramar , Florida as needy individuals waited for hours to get handouts from a local food bank .
We are starting to see food lines like this all over the country , and if things are this bad already , what will things look like a few months from now ?
The chief economist at Grant Thornton in Chicago is calling this “ the deepest , fastest , most broad-based @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and I can ’ t argue with that assessment one bit .
For a moment , I would like for you to consider just a few of the economic news items that we have seen over the past few days… -United Airlines has reduced its schedule of flights for May and June “ by about 90 % ” as demand for air travel has absolutely plummeted .
-U.S. retail sales were down 8.7 percent in March .
-Housing starts just collapsed by the most that we have seen in 36 years .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ large gatherings in his city will likely be banned until 2021 .
-Facebook has canceled all large events until June 2021 .
-Chinese GDP just experienced the largest drop ever recorded .
Of course nearly every nation will soon report absolutely staggering declines in GDP .
The shutdowns have brought economic activity to a standstill all over the globe , and no region is immune .
The following is how the Daily Mail is describing the current state of global trade… Does that sound like a “ perfect storm ” to you ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is just getting started .
Eventually this pandemic will subside , but now that all of the economic dominoes are starting to tumble it will be exceedingly difficult to reverse that momentum .
And as I pointed out the other day , most Americans are not likely to resume all of their normal daily activities once the restrictions are finally lifted , and fear of this virus is going to be a dominant economic force for the foreseeable future .
What all of this means is that we are facing incredible economic pain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a long time to come .
At this point , we should no longer speak of “ economic collapse ” as something that will happen in the future .
It is here .
It is now .
And it is going to get a lot worse .
This article was posted : Friday , April 17 , 2020 at 3:56 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-17--Airline conducts COVID-19 blood tests on passengers

One airline is now administering blood tests to passengers before they board flights amid the coronavirus pandemic , it announced @ @ @ @ @ this week that on a Wednesday flight to Tunisia from Dubai , passengers “ were @ @ @ @ @ before departing by way of blood tests conducted by the Dubai Health Authority at the @ @ @ @ @ , and “ results were available within 10 minutes.
” Emirates called itself the first @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 tests on its passengers .
These blood tests are in addition to other precautions @ @ @ @ @ such as requiring passengers to wear masks .
CNN notes that “ serology ( blood @ @ @ @ @ meant to diagnose active coronavirus infections , ” but they “ check for proteins in @ @ @ @ @ as antibodies , through a blood sample , ” and “ their presence means a @ @ @ @ @ virus and developed antibodies against it.
” This article was posted : Friday , April @ @ @ @ @ am


prisonplanet--2020-04-17--Democrats Say Trump’s Halt to W.H.O. Funding Breaks ‘Same Spending Laws that Brought About His Impea

Democrats Say Trump’s Halt to W.H.O. Funding Breaks ‘Same Spending Laws that Brought About His Impeachment’

Democrats Say Trump ’ s Halt to W.H.O .
Funding Breaks ‘ Same Spending Laws that Brought About His Impeachment ’ House Democrats revived the specter of impeachment for President Donald Trump if he moves forward with his order to defund the communist China-influenced World Health Organization ( W.H.O . )
for mismanaging and covering up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak during its early stages .
The Democrat lawmakers argued that Trump lacks the authority to halt congressionally-approved funding for the W.H.O.
, a component of the United Nations .
Trump has said he wants to pull funding from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s role in “ mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus ” during its early stages , a move that slowed the world ’ s response .
The president announced on Tuesday that he had ordered a halt on W.H.O .
funding while his administration reviews the organization ’ s response to the coronavirus , described as lackluster by some administration officials .
On Wednesday , CNBC quoted Evan Hollander , a spokesman for the Democrat-led House Appropriations Committee , as declaring in a statement : In a desperate attempt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violating the same spending laws that brought about his impeachment .
The president does not have the unilateral authority to withhold the United States ’ assessed contribution to the World Health Organization .
This article was posted : Friday , April 17 , 2020 at 3:54 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-17--China’s Coronavirus Epicenter Wuhan Sees Death Toll Leap by 50%

Wuhan , the Chinese city at the epicenter of the global coronavirus outbreak , dramatically lifted the number of cases @ @ @ @ @ after “ a city-wide investigation , ” state media reported .
Local authorities admitted previous @ @ @ @ @ to omissions , delays and mistakes .
The Wuhan government said total confirmed infections in @ @ @ @ @ to 50,333 as of Thursday , an increase of 325 cases .
The cumulative number @ @ @ @ @ — 1,290 more than its previous count , confirming the local outlook had been much @ @ @ @ @ previously reported .
The official Xinhua News Agency quoted an unidentified official with Wuhan ’ @ @ @ @ @ control headquarters as saying that during the early stages of the outbreak , “ due @ @ @ @ @ and treatment capability , a few medical institutions failed to connect with the disease prevention @ @ @ @ @ , while hospitals were overloaded and medics were overwhelmed with patients ” .
This article @ @ @ @ @ April 17 , 2020 at 4:30 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-18--Donald Trump Vows to Investigate Wuhan Lab, Coronavirus Bats

President Donald Trump said Friday at the White House that the United States would continue to investigate the origin of the coronavirus .
Recent reporting has questioned whether the virus could have come from a virology lab in Wuhan that was studying bats , rather than a bat sold in a Wuhan wet market .
Trump did not confirm or deny either theory but acknowledged that he was aware of the reports .
“ It seems to make sense , they talk about a certain kind of bat , but that bat wasn ’ t in that area , if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s what they ’ re down to now , is bats , ” Trump said .
Newsmax reporter Emerald Robinson asked Trump about an NIH grant of $ 3.7 million to the Wuhan virology lab , during the Obama administration in 2015 .
“ We ’ ve instructed that if any grants are going to that area , we are looking at it literally an hour ago , and also early in the morning , we will end that grant very quickly , ” Trump said .
He added , “ Who was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This article was posted : Saturday , April 18 , 2020 at 5:25 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-18--US Launches ‘Full-Scale Investigation’ Into Wuhan Lab

The United States has launched a ‘ full scale investigation ’ into whether COVID-19 escaped from a biolab in Wuhan , China , according to Fox News .
According to the report , US intelligence operatives are gathering information regarding the laboratory and the initial outbreak of the virus , which was found in a horseshoe bat specimen collected by scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2013 in a cave in Yunnan , China .
The investigation will help intelligence analysts piece together a timeline for what the CCP knew , as well as ‘ create an accurate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which aren ’ t expected to take long , will then be presented to the Trump administration to determine how to hold China accountable for the pandemic which has killed over 150,000 people and infected at least 2 million as of this writing .
On Wednesday , Fox News reported that the virus likely originated in the Wuhan lab as part of an effort to prove that China ’ s ability to identify and combat viruses is equal or greater to the United States , as opposed to the creation of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Prize-winning professor who discovered HIV , SARS-CoV-2 is a manipulated virus which was accidentally released from the Wuhan Institute of Virology .
Professor Luc Montagnier says that the virus was clearly being used to study an AIDS vaccine .
“ With my colleague , bio-mathematician Jean-Claude Perez , we carefully analyzed the description of the genome of this RNA virus , ” explains Luc Montagnier , interviewed by Dr Jean-François Lemoine for the daily podcast at Pourquoi Docteur , adding that others have already explored this avenue : “ In order to insert @ @ @ @ @ @ @ molecular tools are needed , and that can only be done in a laboratory , ” he added .
Fox News , on the other hand , says that “ sources point to the structure of the virus , in saying the genome mapping specifically shows it was not genetically altered , ” and that “ initial transmission of the virus was a naturally occurring strain that was being studied there – and then went into the population in Wuhan.
” Perhaps Fox , or their sources , are giving China a pass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , US officials are “ 100 percent confident that China went to great lengths to cover up after the virus was out , ” and that the World Health Organization ( WHO ) was either complicit in the coverup , or looked the other way .
“ We know that the first sightings of this occurred within miles of the Wuhan Institute of Virology .
We know that this – the history of the facility , the first BSL-4 lab where there ’ s high-end virus research being conducted , took place at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the Hugh Hewitt show .
“ We know that the Chinese Communist Party , when it began to evaluate what to do inside of Wuhan , considered whether the WIV was , in fact , the place where this came from.
” “ And most importantly , we know they ’ ve not permitted the world ’ s scientists to go into that laboratory to evaluate what took place there , what ’ s happening there , what ’ s happening there even as we speak , ” he added .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just in the U.S. , that the virus originated in a Chinese laboratory .
A February study on the origins of the virus from the South China University of Technology concluded : “ In addition to origins of natural recombination and intermediate host , the killer coronavirus probably originated from a laboratory in Wuhan.
” Should it turn out that the virus escaped from a Chinese laboratory , the global pushback against the Chinese government could be significant .
The virus has infected and killed hundreds of thousands of people and ravaged economies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has frequently taken a hardline towards China even before the crisis , would be expected to lead calls to make Beijing face consequences .
–Fox News This article was posted : Saturday , April 18 , 2020 at 5:15 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-18--Donald Trump launches new attack on WHO

Donald Trump launches new attack on WHO

Donald Trump launches new attack on WHO President Trump launched a new attack on the World Health Organization accusing the agency of ignoring a Taiwanese email ‘ alerting ’ them of human-to-human transmission .
The president was quoting Lanhee Chen , a fellow at Stanford University ’ s Hoover Institute , who made an appearance Friday morning on Fox News Channel to promote a new op-ed .
‘ Why did the W.H.O .
Ignore an email from Taiwanese health officials in late December alerting them to the possibility that CoronaVirus could be transmitted between humans ?
’ Trump tweeted , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ W.H.O .
make several claims about the CoronaVirus that are either inaccurate or misleading in January or February , as the Virus spread globally ?
Why did the W.H.O .
wait as long as it did to take decisive action ?
’ Trump continued , adding Chen ’ s name and the Twitter handle Fox News at the end of his tweet .
Trump has taken heat from Democrats , from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and from organizations like the American Medical Association for his decision to halt U.S. funding for WHO over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus pandemic .
The president has accused WHO of being too China-centric and said they should have supported his travel ban from China that was announced in late January .
During the ‘ Fox & Friends ’ segment Chen also asked , ‘ Why did they instead focus on simply repeating what Beijing was telling them about the virus ?
’ This article was posted : Saturday , April 18 , 2020 at 5:10 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-18--COVID-19 Is A Man-Made Virus: HIV-Discoverer Says “Could Only Have Been Created In A Lab”

COVID-19 Is A Man-Made Virus : HIV-Discoverer Says “ Could Only Have Been Created In A Lab ” As the mainstream media and politicians begin to raise/admit the possibilities that the source of COVID-19 was likely a lab in Wuhan ( accidentally leaked or otherwise ) – something we first brought to the world ’ s attention in January before being mocked , censored , and chastised – it appears more actual ‘ scientists ’ ( at least those not paid by or working for a lab in Wuhan ) are willing to admit what we noted all along – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Robert Miller writes that contrary to the narrative that is being pushed by the mainstream that the COVID 19 virus was the result of a natural mutation and that it was transmitted to humans from bats via pangolins , Dr Luc Montagnier the man who discovered the HIV virus back in 1983 disagrees and is saying that Professor Luc Montagnier , 2008 Nobel Prize winner for Medicine , claims that SARS-CoV-2 is a manipulated virus that was accidentally released from a laboratory in Wuhan , China .
Chinese researchers are said to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ develop an AIDS vaccine .
HIV DNA fragments are believed to have been found in the SARS-CoV-2 genome .
We knew that the Chinese version of how the coronavirus emerged was increasingly under attack , but here ’ s a thesis that tells a completely different story about the Covid-19 pandemic , which is already responsible for more than 110,000 deaths worldwide .
According to Professor Luc Montagnier , winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2008 for “ discovering ” HIV as the cause of the AIDS epidemic together with Françoise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that was manipulated and accidentally released from a laboratory in Wuhan , China , in the last quarter of 2019 .
According to Professor Montagnier , this laboratory , known for its work on coronaviruses , tried to use one of these viruses as a vector for HIV in the search for an AIDS vaccine !
“ With my colleague , bio-mathematician Jean-Claude Perez , we carefully analyzed the description of the genome of this RNA virus , ” explains Luc Montagnier , interviewed by Dr Jean-François Lemoine for the daily podcast at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already explored this avenue : In a challenging question Dr Jean-François Lemoine inferred that the coronavirus under investigation may have come from a patient who is otherwise infected with HIV .
According to the 2008 Nobel Prize for Medicine , a plausible explanation would be an accident in the Wuhan laboratory .
He also added that the purpose of this work was the search for an AIDS vaccine .
The truth will eventually come out In any case , this thesis , defended by Professor Luc Montagnier , has a positive turn .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this virus are eliminated as it spreads : Luc Montagnier added that with the help of interfering waves , we could eliminate these sequences and as a result stop the pandemic .
This is enough to feed some heated debates !
So much so that Professor Montagnier ’ s statements could also place him in the category of “ conspiracy theorists ” : To entice a confession from the Chinese he used the example of Iran which after taking full responsibility for accidentally hitting a Ukrainian plane was able to earn the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Chinese will do the right thing he adds .
This article was posted : Saturday , April 18 , 2020 at 5:00 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-18--THREE MILLION people could die from coronavirus in Africa unless the spread is contained, UN report

THREE MILLION people could die from coronavirus in Africa unless the spread is contained, UN report warns

THREE MILLION people could die from coronavirus in Africa unless the spread is contained , UN report warns Africa could see anywhere between 300,000 and 3.3 million deaths due to coronavirus , according to the UN Economic Commission for Africa ( UNECA ) .
It warned that if the continent does not implement measures to prevent the spread of the virus then total infections could spiral out of control and reach 1.2 billion .
But if intense social distancing measures are implemented , the number of total infections could drop to 122 million by the end of the pandemic .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was reported in Egypt on February 14 and since then there have been more than 18,000 confirmed cases .
Algeria has the most COVID-19 related deaths in Africa with 348 , with Egypt , Morocco and South Africa the next hardest hit countries .
The UN projections are based on a host of pre-exiting research , including statistics and modelling from Imperial College London .
A separate study from a team of international researchers has found that more than 16million Africans will likely be infected by the end of June .
Their own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the continent will lose their lives to COVID-19 during the next 10 weeks alone .
This article was posted : Saturday , April 18 , 2020 at 4:55 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-18--FBI Says Foreign States Hacked US Research Centers Seeking COVID-19 Breakthroughs

A top FBI official has warned that foreign governments are seeking to break into American companies ’ cyber systems where crucial coronavirus research data is stored .
“ We certainly have seen reconnaissance activity , and some intrusions , into some of those institutions , especially those that have publicly identified themselves as working on COVID-related research , ” FBI Deputy Assistant Director for the FBI Cyber Division Tonya Ugoretz told an Aspen Institute online panel discussion .
The FBI official described the spike in state-backed hacking cases comes as several Western bio-research companies could be on the cusp of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ related to the ongoing pandemic , which over the past weeks has been ravaging the United States as the new global epicenter .
The flipside to companies publicizing their research , Ugoretz said in her comments this week , “ is that it kind of makes them a mark for other nation-states that are interested in gleaning details about what exactly they ’ re doing and maybe even stealing proprietary information that those institutions have.
” “ For example , if we see that a secure institution is a victim or has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ go out and work with them , ” Ugoretz continued .
“ Ideally , what we are doing is talking to healthcare institutions and research institutions before they have been a victim so that we can use the intelligence we have to identify the trends and identify who else is in the same category of the victims.
” She noted the FBI ’ s Internet Crime Complaint Center currently receives some 3,000 to 4,000 calls per day .
Prior to the pandemic crisis hitting North America this figure was at 1,000 .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bad actors ; however , it follows a report from the WHO earlier this month , which described “ a sustained digital bombardment ” by hackers described as seeking internal information on the deadly coronavirus , further said to be “ more than doubled ” amid the pandemic crisis .
Western intelligence sources in early April fingered Iran as being behind the bulk of recent alleged hacks of international health organizations , including the UN .
Bill Evanina , Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center , was cited by Reuters in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Now is the time to protect the critical research you ’ re conducting , ” he added .
The FBI further declined to comment on specific pending investigations .
It ’ s unclear whether the message was intended as purely a warning against potential future hacks , or the degree to which US companies have already experienced data thefts .
The FBI ’ s Ugoretz did say there were confirmed “ intrusions ” into “ some ” research institutions , however .
This article was posted : Saturday , April 18 , 2020 @ @ @


prisonplanet--2020-04-19--Donald Trump Challenges China, Iran Coronavirus Mortality Numbers

President Donald Trump on Saturday challenged China and Iran ’ s coronavirus mortality rates during the White House press briefing @ @ @ @ @ up a chart showing the mortality rates of the United States compared to other countries @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Does anybody really believe that number ?
” Trump asked , interrupting Birx @ @ @ @ @ rates for China and Iran .
“ This is why the reporting is so important @ @ @ @ @ .
This article was posted : Sunday , April 19 , 2020 at 2:49 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-19--Trump claims China is ‘number one’ in coronavirus deaths despite reported totals

Trump claims China is ‘ number one ’ in coronavirus deaths despite reported totals Donald Trump claimed China was ‘ number one ’ in coronavirus deaths despite reported totals coming from the both countries .
Trump made the assertion at his coronavirus press briefing Saturday and said China , which has reported 4,632 coronavirus deaths , actually has more fatalities because of the virus than the US , which has reported 38,779 deaths as of Saturday .
‘ We ’ re not number one .
China ’ s number one .
Just so you understand , ’ the president said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by a lot .
It ’ s not even close .
They are way ahead of us in terms of deaths .
It ’ s not even close .
You know it .
I know it .
They know it .
But you don ’ t want to report it .
Why ?
You ’ ll have to explain that .
Someday I ’ ll explain it.
’ Trump ’ s claims came right after he began his briefing by saying the US has ‘ has produced better health outcomes than any other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Germany.
’ This article was posted : Sunday , April 19 , 2020 at 2:44 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-19--Curse of the ‘Bat Woman’ — what went on in Wuhan lab?

Curse of the ‘ Bat Woman ’ — what went on in Wuhan lab ?
China ’ s “ bat woman ” was attending a conference with colleagues in Shanghai in late December when an urgent phone call came from her boss at the Wuhan Institute of Virology .
People were falling sick from a mysterious new virus just a few miles from the institute .
And Shi Zhengli , who had earned her nickname for her virus-hunting expeditions to bat caves , was summoned back to the central Chinese city to lead the laboratory ’ s investigations of samples @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growing behind a theory that the laboratory itself — an internationally renowned centre of research — was the source of the coronavirus pandemic that has since claimed more than 150,000 lives and crippled the world economy .
That was what Shi reportedly feared , and US intelligence agencies are investigating while the Trump administration puts the screws on China .
But what is the evidence ?
Is this another Chinese cover-up — or politicised “ baloney ” as one top US reseacher claims ?
The rest of this important article was originally behind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This article was posted : Sunday , April 19 , 2020 at 2:40 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-19--Do testicles make men more vulnerable to coronavirus? Study suggests testes harbour Covid-19 giving

Do testicles make men more vulnerable to coronavirus? Study suggests testes harbour Covid-19 giving virus sanctuary from immune system

Do testicles make men more vulnerable to coronavirus ?
Study suggests testes harbour Covid-19 giving virus sanctuary from immune system The testicles may harbour coronavirus and give it a sanctuary from the immune system which allows the infection to persist for longer in males , a study has suggested .
When Covid-19 enters the body it binds with cells expressing the ACE2 protein , or angiotensin converting enzyme 2 .
These are found in the lungs , heart and intestines .
In men the protein is also found in large quantities in the testes whereas , in women , very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Coronavirus is more likely to severely affect men than women .
In the UK alone men are dying from the disease at twice the rate of women , according to the Office for National Statistics ( ONS ) .
Men had a mortality rate of 1,728.2 per 100,000 , while women had a rate of 840.9 per 100,000 .
The study , carried out by researchers in New York and Mumbai , followed 48 men and 20 women living in Mumbai who had been infected by coronavirus .
While the women in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the infection men took 50 per cent longer , needing six days .
In three families that took part in the study men also took longer than women to recover from coronavirus .
Participants were aged from three to 75 years old , with an average age of 37 .
Dr Aditi Shastri , an oncologist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx , carried out the study with her mother Jayanthi Shastri , a microbiologist at the Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Mumbai .
Their work was released ahead of publication @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not been peer reviewed .
This article was posted : Sunday , April 19 , 2020 at 2:32 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-19--Reopening Too Soon Could Cause “Exponential Explosion” Of US COVID-19 Cases, MIT Researchers

Reopening Too Soon Could Cause “ Exponential Explosion ” Of US COVID-19 Cases , MIT Researchers Researchers at MIT trained a neural network model on data that predicted the spread of the coronavirus from late January to early March , including information on how countries implemented quarantine measures .
The researchers have a dire warning , as detailed in a preprint uploaded to medRxiv earlier this month .
The researchers warn that reopening the US too early would lead to a catastrophe .
The researchers ’ model focused on four locations : Wuhan , Italy , South Korea and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The neural network was able to closely match the predictions by just feeding it data from January 24 to March 3 .
It was able to validate the US ’ s current infected curve growth and was even able to pinpoint a “ halting of infection spread by April 20.
” The danger in reopening the gates and relaxing measures is very real .
Singapore experienced a spike in new COVID-19 cases this week after initially seeing major successes after implementing lockdown measures .
The news also comes on the same day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for “ Opening Up America Again , ” a guideline document for state governors .
Epidemiologists found major flaws with the statistics model that the White House ’ s new guidelines were based on , warning that it was unreliable and misleading for the public and policy makers , according to STAT .
This article was posted : Sunday , April 19 , 2020 at 2:25 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-19--What Will You Do If They Try To Extend COVID-19 Lockdowns Into Next Year?

What Will You Do If They Try To Extend COVID-19 Lockdowns Into Next Year ?
We are seeing a massive backlash against the coronavirus lockdowns all over the United States , and it is likely that the protests against these lockdowns will only intensify in the days ahead .
But some elected officials are doubling down and are insisting that “ shelter-in-place ” orders will remain in effect in their jurisdictions for quite a few months to come .
I honestly do not know how that is possibly going to work , because after just a few weeks millions upon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with these lockdowns .
Trying to confine people to their homes for the foreseeable future is likely to spark tremendous explosions of anger , but that appears to be exactly what authorities intend to do in some of our largest urban areas .
For example , New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio just told Fox News that he expects his city will be shut down until July or August… Does he honestly believe that New York City residents will put up with being confined to their homes for another three or four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , California Governor Gavin Newsom recently told the press that there probably will not be mass gatherings in his state “ until we get to herd immunity and we get to a vaccine ” … It is exceedingly unlikely that we will get to the point of “ herd immunity ” in the United States this year , and most experts do not anticipate a vaccine until some time in 2021 .
Would he really try to keep his state locked down for that long ?
L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti appears to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he has already pretty much ruled out all large gatherings in his city “ until 2021 ” … Considering the fact that the NFL has two teams in Los Angeles , this is potentially an absolutely devastating blow for football fans .
Of course it is possible that the Rams and the Chargers could play their games elsewhere , but that is probably not likely .
Especially in liberal bastions on the east and west coasts , fear of large gatherings is likely to persist for a long time to come .
Facebook @ @ @ @ @ @ @ until 2021 , and other big tech firms will almost certainly follow suit .
You will find more infographics at Statista Without a doubt , everyone should be in favor of reasonable measures to help prevent the spread of the virus , but the hysteria that we are seeing in some areas of California right now is off the charts .
For instance , Mendocino County has actually banned people from singing in online worship services .
The following is an excerpt from their absurd social distancing directives… Of course we aren ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ here in the United States .
Over in Australia , Prime Minister Scott Morrison is seriously considering extending his nation ’ s social distancing measures for many months to come… These lockdowns may be slowing down the spread of the virus to a certain extent , but they are also absolutely crushing economic activity .
Thousands of businesses have been either crippled or destroyed , and tens of millions of jobs have been lost in the United States alone .
Needless to say , business owners and workers all over the nation are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to make a living , and President Trump added fuel to their frustration when he called for several states to be “ liberated ” on Friday… And instead of waiting for permission , some business owners across the country have decided that they are going to reopen anyway… As I have warned all along , Americans are simply not going to have much patience with these sorts of lockdowns , and this is particularly true in areas of the nation that tend to lean conservative .
You will find more infographics at Statista @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out that we are already starting to see a huge surge in confirmed cases in parts of the country that haven ’ t been locked down… Once restrictions start being lifted nationwide , it is probably inevitable that we will see another huge wave of new cases and new deaths .
However , it is important to point out that this virus is going to eventually spread through most of the population no matter what measures we take .
Yes , we want to keep our hospitals from being completely overwhelmed , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ completely destroy our economy at the same time .
Our policy makers are going to have some very , very tough decisions in the days ahead , and the truth is that this coronavirus pandemic is just the very beginning of our problems .
The months in front of us are going to be extremely challenging , and life as you have known it will never be the same again .
The good news is that some of the coronavirus lockdowns will start to be lifted in the weeks ahead , and that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ making a living once again .
But in other areas , politicians are warning that the lockdowns could last for many months to come .
If the politicians in your state tried to do that , what would you do ?
This article was posted : Sunday , April 19 , 2020 at 2:20 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-20--Trump to Press: ‘You And The Obama Administration Were Duped For Years By China’

Trump to Press : ‘ You And The Obama Administration Were Duped For Years By China ’ “ You don ’ t have the brains you were born with.
” President Trump reacted to a CNN reporter ’ s jibing against praise for his administration ’ s handling of the coronavirus crisis by telling the press as a whole that they are the ones who were duped ‘ for years ’ by China , along with his predecessor , Barack Obama .
Trump played another montage of positive video clips praising the government ’ s handling of the outbreak , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charging that Trump is focusing on ‘ self-congratulation ’ , rather than focusing on the death toll .
“ What I ’ m doing is standing up for the men and women that have done an incredible job , ” Trump replied , adding “ I ’ m also sticking up for doctors and nurses and military doctors and nurses.
” “ Those people have been just absolutely excoriated by some of the fake news , like you.
” Trump continued , adding “ You ’ re CNN , you ’ re fake @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you , they were excoriated by people like you that don ’ t know any better because you don ’ t have the brains you were born with.
” Trump noted that he is used to being personally attacked , but is losing patience with critics of his coronavirus task force .
“ It ’ s not about me , nothing ’ s about me .
You ’ re never going to treat me fairly , many of you , and I understand that , ” he said , adding “ I got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ press treatment they say in the history of the United States for a president.
” Diamond also questioned if Trump has been “ duped ” by Chinese President Xi Jinping .
“ You know who was duped ?
You and the Obama administration was duped for years , ” Trump responded , and further pointing to his early decision to ban travel from China .
“ You people are so pathetic at CNN… That ’ s why your ratings are so bad : because you ’ re pathetic .
Your ratings are terrible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real news , ” Trump blasted .
Meanwhile , over at the aforementioned fake news headquarters , CNN ’ s Fareed Zakaria slammed Trump for blaming China for the outbreak , while actually acknowledging that China is to blame .
In a extreme display of cognitive dissonance , Zakaria stated that while China certainly has “ engaged in a cover-up , ” blaming the communist government for the spread of the virus doesn ’ t solve anything .
Zakaria argued that instead , the finger of blame should be pointed at Trump .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ always controlled and manipulated information to serve its larger interests , but none of that changes the fact that Donald Trump was well aware of the potential dangers of the virus by late January at minimum and by mid-February at the latest.
” Zakaria argued .
Zakaria further argued that the solution is globalism .
“ Whatever China ’ s mistakes , missteps and deceptions , the fastest way to defeat this pandemic would be to build a broad international alliance.
” the CNN host urged .
This article was posted : Monday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ am


prisonplanet--2020-04-20--Video: Trump Vows To End Obama Admin’s Funding To Wuhan Coronavirus Lab

“ We will end the grant very quickly.
” President Trump vowed over the weekend to end US funding to the tune of $ 3.7 million that had been approved to the Wuhan Institute of Virology by the Obama administration .
With questions swirling over the lab being the possible source of the coronavirus outbreak , Trump addressed the issue when asked at the press briefing .
“ The Obama administration gave them a grant of $ 3.7 million .
I ’ ve been hearing about that .
We ’ ve instructed that if any grants are going to that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ literally about an hour ago and also early in the morning , ” Trump said .
“ We will end the grant very quickly .
It was granted quite a while ago .
They were granted a substantial amount of money .
We are going to look at it and take a look .
But I understand it was a number of years ago.
” Trump further noted .
The President asked the reporter who brought up the issue when the grant when given .
When she replied 2015 , Trump said “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I wonder.
” Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz , who had previously raised the issue in an appearance on Fox News , tweeted his approval for Trump ’ s promise to end the funding : The President ’ s promise came with an acknowledgement that the government is investigating the origins of the virus , including the lab in Wuhan : Fox News reported , meanwhile that the US has launched a ‘ full scale investigation ’ into the matter , with US intelligence operatives gathering information regarding the laboratory and the initial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Monday , April 20 , 2020 at 5:31 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-20--Miami Herald Columnist: Packed Beaches Will ‘Work Nicely to Thin The Ranks’ Of Trump And DeSantis Su

Miami Herald Columnist: Packed Beaches Will ‘Work Nicely to Thin The Ranks’ Of Trump And DeSantis Supporters

Miami Herald Columnist : Packed Beaches Will ‘ Work Nicely to Thin The Ranks ’ Of Trump And DeSantis Supporters @ @ @ @ @ under social distancing guidelines , Miami Herald metro columnist Fabiola Santiago tweeted on Sunday that @ @ @ @ @ should work nicely to thin the ranks ” of supporters of President Donald Trump and @ @ @ @ @ Santiago tweeted that “ packed beaches should work nicely to thin the ranks of Trump/DeSantis/Gimenez @ @ @ @ @ value money over health.
” Donald Trump Jr. commented that Santiago ’ s “ disgusting @ @ @ @ @ her own bias but “ based on their hiring choices ” likely tells readers “ @ @ @ @ @ about the Miami Herald as well.
” This article was posted : Monday , April @ @ @ @ @ am


prisonplanet--2020-04-20--‘Denturist in cop disguise’ kills 16 in Canada’s deadliest mass shooting: What’s known so far about

‘Denturist in cop disguise’ kills 16 in Canada’s deadliest mass shooting: What’s known so far about Nova Scotia massacre?

‘ Denturist in cop disguise ’ kills 16 in Canada ’ s deadliest mass shooting : What ’ s known so far about Nova Scotia massacre ?
More fatalities have been confirmed in the Nova Scotia mass shooting , bringing the toll to 17 , including the gunman .
Here ’ s what we know so far about the sickening attack , now deemed the deadliest in Canadian history .
The rampage began around 11:30pm Saturday night , when the Royal Canadian Mounted Police responded to a “ firearms complaint ” in the rural town of Portapique and found an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but no suspect .
Police declared an active shooter situation and launched a manhunt , with armed officers patrolling the streets through the night and helicopters joining the search in the morning .
The lone suspect was identified as Gabriel Wortman , 51 , a part-time resident of Portapique who was also listed as a denturist and owned several properties in Dartmouth , Halifax .
He made his car look like a Royal Canadian Mounted Police cruiser and wore a police uniform , which indicates the attack wasn ’ t totally spontaneous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , authorities believe the attacker knew and may have targeted his first victims , but then began attacking complete strangers randomly .
The chase for the suspect , who changed vehicles at least once , went along one of Nova Scotia province ’ s busiest highways and ended near a gas station 35 kilometers north of Halifax around noon Sunday .
Following a gunfight with police , the gunman was “ detained ” but soon proclaimed “ deceased , ” authorities said , sharing no further details .
Const .
Heidi Stevenson , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mother of two , was killed responding to the active shooter incident , while another RCMP officer is in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries .
At least 15 more people , besides the attacker and the officer , lost their lives , but their identities were not revealed .
One of the victims was informally identified by her sister as Lisa McCully , an elementary school teacher and a volunteer at the Berwick bible camp .
The Nova Scotia massacre has become the deadliest mass killing in the history of Canada , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Ecole Polytechnique college , which led to tighter gun controls .
Earlier , authorities warned that there might be even more victims as the investigation is ongoing and involves “ multiple ” crime scenes , some with “ structures on fire.
” This article was posted : Monday , April 20 , 2020 at 5:25 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-20--Watch: Berlin Cops Aggressively Breakup Protest Against Nation’s “Authoritarian” Lockdown

We have suggested that the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic will likely be a “ flare-up of social unrest across major Western cities as millions have lost their jobs , ” and the global economy has plunged into depression .
We said that about three weeks ago , and now with warmer weather trends across the West , people are hangry and tired of quarantines , have left their homes to mobilize in the streets to protest the government ’ s stay-at-home orders .
Across America this weekend ( April 18-19 ) , pro-Trump supporters who saw the “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of their eyes within weeks , were at various state capitol buildings , demanding their respective state governments lift quarantine orders .
Now we ’ re beginning to learn that protests weren ’ t limited to the US but were also seen in Europe , more specifically in central Berlin .
Hundreds of people defied lockdown orders on Saturday , furious that the German government was headed for “ authoritarian rule.
” RT News said the protest was met with “ a strong police response.
” About 300 protestors assembled on the Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Saturday afternoon to rally against the government ’ s lockdown measures .
Many people did not abide by social distancing rules , such as wearing masks and staying 6 feet apart from one another , who were countered by dozens of armed police .
RT points out that one protester held a sign that said , “ vaccination is terrorism , ” referring to how Europeans will likely be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine once developed .
Europeans are also furious that immunity cards will likely be required to travel or even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rally also saw several fights break out between protesters and police , with some folks detained and hauled away in police vans .
And now it might make sense why many countries in the West have already called up their militaries , due to the threat of social unrest unfolding with warmer weather trends ahead .
This article was posted : Monday , April 20 , 2020 at 5:19 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-20--102-Yr-Old Grandma Survives Coronavirus After Taking Hydroxychloroquine

A 102-year-old Greek grandmother living in Manhattan survived the coronavirus and her family is crediting her doctors and the drug @ @ @ @ @ , PIX 11 reports .
From PIX 11 , “ 102-year-old grandma with ‘ that @ @ @ @ @ survives COVID-19 ” : Some are calling it a Greek Easter Miracle .
The family @ @ @ @ @ thought she ’ d survive COVID-19 to celebrate another Greek Easter with them , but @ @ @ @ @ happened .
[ … ] Her family credits her Archcare doctors and the experimental drug @ @ @ @ @ .
This article was posted : Monday , April 20 , 2020 at 5:17 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-20--CNN’s Stelter: ‘I Crawled In Bed And Cried For Our Pre-Pandemic Lives’

CNN ’ s Stelter : ‘ I Crawled In Bed And Cried For Our Pre-Pandemic Lives ’ CNN host Brian @ @ @ @ @ on Twitter that he burst out into tears and “ cried ” in his bed @ @ @ @ @ know because “ now is not a time for faux-invincibility.
” “ Last night , @ @ @ @ @ ” Stelter tweeted on Saturday .
“ Gutted by the death toll .
Disturbed by @ @ @ @ @ .
Dismayed by political rhetoric that bears no resemblance to reality .
Worried about friends @ @ @ @ @ kids who are missing school ; and senior citizens who are living in fear.
” @ @ @ @ @ and cried for our pre-pandemic lives , ” he said .
“ Tears that had @ @ @ @ @ escape .
I wanted to share because it feels freeing to do so .
Now @ @ @ @ @ faux-invincibility .
Journos are living this , hating this , like everyone else .
” @ @ @ @ @ Monday , April 20 , 2020 at 5:13 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-20--China Outraged After Largest German Newspaper Accuses Beijing Of “Exporting” Coronavirus Pandemic, D

China Outraged After Largest German Newspaper Accuses Beijing Of “Exporting” Coronavirus Pandemic, Demands €149 Billion In Damages

China Outraged After Largest German Newspaper Accuses Beijing Of “ Exporting ” Coronavirus Pandemic , Demands €149 Billion In Damages Let ’ s see how the pro-China “ fact checkers ” blow up on this one .
The editor-in-chief of Germany ’ s largest paper Bild on Thursday launched a full frontal attack on China ’ s communist president Xi Jinping for his regime ’ s failure to lying about the coronavirus outbreak and the massive human rights violations carried out by the Communist Party , and demanding no less that €149 billion in damages as a result of China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ titled “ What China Owes Us ” , Julian Reichelt , the prominent editor-in-chief of the Bild , wrote to Jinping that “ Your embassy in Berlin has addressed me in an open letter because we asked in our newspaper Bild whether China should pay for the massive economic damage the coronavirus is inflicting worldwide.
” Addressing the Chinese president , the German editor wrote that , “ You , your government and your scientists had to know long ago that coronavirus is highly infectious , but you left the world in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ didn ’ t respond when Western researchers asked to know what was going on in Wuhan .
You were too proud and too nationalistic to tell the truth , which you felt was a national disgrace.
” Reichelt said that , “ You rule by surveillance .
You wouldn ’ t be president without surveillance .
You monitor everything , every citizen , but you refuse to monitor the diseased wet markets in your country .
You shut down every newspaper and website that is critical of your rule , but not the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You are not only monitoring your people , you are endangering them – and with them , the rest of the world.
” He continued with his bill of particulars , noting that “ surveillance is a denial of freedom .
And a nation that is not free , is not creative .
A nation that is not innovative , does not invent anything .
This is why you have made your country the world champion in intellectual property theft .
“ China enriches itself with the inventions of others , instead of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrote .
“ The reason China does not innovate and invent is that you don ’ t let the young people in your country think freely .
China ’ s greatest export hit ( that nobody wanted to have , but which has nevertheless gone around the world ) is coronavirus.
” We can ’ t wait to read what Reichelt will have to say when it is confirmed that the “ Wu Flu ” escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology , a development we expect will take place any day .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Reichelt ’ s editorial that China owed Germany €149 billion for coronavirus damages , triggering the angry response from the Chinese embassy in Berlin .
Bild said the compensation amounts to €1,784 per person if Germany ’ s GDP drops by 4.2 percent .
The Bild article was titled : “ What China owes us.
” In response , the spokeswoman for China ’ s embassy , Tao Lil , published an open letter to Bild in German on the embassy ’ s website stating that , “ I followed your reporting on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s alleged guilt in particular today .
Apart from the fact that we consider it a pretty bad style to blame a country for a pandemic that is affecting the whole world and then to present an explicit account of alleged Chinese debts to Germany , the article ignores some essential facts.
” She added that “ We note that many countries now struggling with COVID-19 have had time to prepare for the cross-border spread of the pathogen after China reported its outbreak under IHR [ World Health Organization ] guidelines.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ every liberal textbook , everywhere , having no credible defense , China ’ s embassy spokeswoman promptly changed subjects and said the article “ stirs up xenophobia and nationalism.
” So… accusing a government of a giant cover up – which we already know happened as China itself admitted when it silenced the Wuhan doctor who tried to bring the world ’ s attention to the plague ravaging his town only to be arrested and forecefully silenced before dying from the coronavirus – is now nothing more than an act of racism .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the IRS comes knocking and demanding a “ fairer share ” of one ’ s income , the same “ you are racist ” excuse can be applied as well ?
Oh , and yes , the same line of questioning that got this site banned by the “ ultra liberal ” arbiters of all that is true and just in this world – and direct whose actions may have facilitates the deaths of thousands of people around the globe – was not lost on the Bild editor-in-chief , who cited last week @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ your laboratories in Wuhan have been researching coronaviruses in bats , but without maintaining the highest safety standards .
Why are your toxic laboratories not as secure as your prisons for political prisoners ?
Would you like to explain this to the grieving widows , daughters , sons , husbands , parents of corona victims all over the world ?
” We couldn ’ t have said it better ourselves , even if we did say it about 3 months earlier , for which we got the ultimate punishment from that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Reichelt concluded that , “ In your country , your people are whispering about you .
Your power is crumbling .
You have created an inscrutable , non-transparent China .
Before Corona , China was known as a surveillance state .
Now , China is known as a surveillance state that infected the world with a deadly disease.That is your political legacy.
” Bild ’ s full frontal attack on China may have been the trigger for everyone else to pile on , and on Saturday , President Donald Trump warned that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ knowingly responsible ” for unleashing the coronavirus pandemic , especially if it involved open lies about the origin of the deadly virus : the country ’ s only maximum security Level 4 biolab , which as Nature wrote in February 2017 was tasked with “ studying the world ’ s most dangerous pathogens ” in which the highly respected scientific publication also warned about “ worries surround the Chinese lab .
The SARS virus has escaped from high-level containment facilities in Beijing multiple times.
” Trump told reporters : “ It could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ started and it wasn ’ t , and the whole world is suffering because of it .
“ If it was a mistake , a mistake is a mistake .
But if they were knowingly responsible , then there should be consequences.
” We eagerly look forward to finding out just what those consequences are… not just for China , but for all those – such as Jack Dorsey and Twitter – who enabled this lie to be perpetuated for months .
Trump concluded the Chinese were “ embarrassed ” and the question @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was “ a mistake that got out of control , or was it done deliberately ?
” All this happened just hours after this week the city of Wuhan , where the outbreak started , revised its number of fatalities by with a sudden 50 % jump in the figure , confirming yet again that anything that comes out of China is a lie , and that all those who defend China ’ s position – for purely monetary pursuits even if it means the deaths of countless people – should be judged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corrupt legal system , then in a court of the people .
This article was posted : Monday , April 20 , 2020 at 5:10 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-20--Insider Trading? Huge Bet Made Shortly Before STAT News Report Touting Gilead’s Remdesivir Results

STAT News writer Adam Fuerstein ’ s market-moving article on Thursday touting leaked early trial results for Gilead ’ s drug Remdesivir is raising suspicions and has one congressman calling for a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation .
Trader Tian Zeng on Thursday night highlighted a suspiciously timed large bet that Gilead ’ s stock would surge within around 24 hours : The mystery investor appears to have made a killing .
A congressman on Friday called for the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate the leak of a video showing physicians at the University of Chicago speaking enthusiastically about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Texas Democrat Rep. Lloyd Doggett , chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee , said the leak was “ so significant ” at a time when the world is “ so desperate to find a cure.
” [ … ] The video was leaked to STAT News , a health news website , which published it Thursday afternoon .
The story was picked up widely by other news outlets , including CNN , and Gilead stock soared 12 % .
Doggett , an attorney , noted that “ providing information that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ market is not something that is permitted under federal securities law.
” He said it ’ s not clear where the leak came from .
“ That ’ s why we need a thorough SEC investigation , ” he said .
On Friday , CNBC also had Feuerstein on the air : As I reported Friday , the media hyped this report massively with little skepticism — despite being hyper-skeptical of hydroxychloroquine and relentlessly bashing Trump for touting it .
As Rep. Doggett said , this demands a thorough SEC investigation .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 20 , 2020 at 5:01 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-20--Killed By The Coronavirus Lockdowns: 1000s Of U.S. Businesses That Were Shut Down Will Be Closed Per

Killed By The Coronavirus Lockdowns: 1000s Of U.S. Businesses That Were Shut Down Will Be Closed Permanently

Killed By The Coronavirus Lockdowns : 1000s Of U.S .
Businesses That Were Shut Down Will Be Closed Permanently This economic downturn is turning out to be far deeper and far more severe than most experts were originally anticipating .
More than 22 million Americans have filed claims for unemployment benefits , and economists are telling us that the U.S. economy is contracting at the fastest rate that we have seen since the Second World War .
We are already starting to see some high profile companies move toward bankruptcy , but the real story is what is happening to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ businesses because of the lockdowns .
Many of them were barely surviving even before this pandemic , and now these lockdowns have delivered a death blow .
The restaurant industry is a perfect example .
Prior to the pandemic , there were more than a million restaurants in the United States , and about half of them were independent .
Those independent restaurants employed approximately 11 million workers , and now the vast majority of those workers have been laid off .
Once the lockdowns are over , it would be wonderful if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back to life , but the results of a recent survey suggest that simply is not going to happen .
In fact , that survey found that 28 percent of all independent restaurants are probably not going to survive if the lockdowns last for another month… A survey released Thursday by the James Beard Association found independent restaurants laid off 91 % of their hourly employees and nearly 70 % of salaried employees as of April 13 – double-digit increases in both categories since March .
The poll of 1,400 small and independent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ temporarily or permanently , and 77 % have seen their sales drop in half or worse .
Perhaps most troubling : 28 % of restaurants said they don ’ t believe they can survive another month of closure , and only 1 out of 5 are certain they can sustain their businesses until normal operations can resume .
28 percent of 500,000 is 140,000 , and so if these lockdowns are not lifted soon we could be facing a scenario is which tens of thousands of independent restaurants are lost forever .
Of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reopen will face a really tough struggle because fear of the coronavirus is going to keep customers away for the foreseeable future .
So even if all of the lockdowns were lifted tomorrow , the restaurant industry would still not fully recover .
Sadly , the same could be said for the fitness industry .
In fact , we just learned that one of the biggest fitness chains in the nation is getting ready to file for bankruptcy… Yes , a certain segment of the population is quite eager to resume all of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 20 or 30 percent drop off in revenue will be fatal for many gyms .
And the truth is that a lot of people are simply not going to be in the mood to share exercise equipment with others for a long time to come .
The entertainment , tourism and retail industries have also been hit extremely hard by this pandemic .
The other day I was quite stunned when I learned that Neiman Marcus “ is reportedly ready to file bankruptcy ” … No , things are definitely not going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in America , and there will be a lot more big corporate names among the victims in the days to come .
At this point , even some of the most prominent corporations in the entire country are “ indefinitely ” sidelining their workers… But most Americans are not in any position to handle “ indefinite furloughs ” .
In fact , one survey discovered that a whopping 50 percent of all Americans will run through their savings “ by the end of April ” … Just like during the last recession , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ living a comfortable middle class lifestyle to being desperately needy in just a matter of weeks .
I have been writing a lot about the absolutely massive lines that we have been seeing at food banks all over the nation , and we just witnessed another example in Miami .
In one of the wealthiest areas of the entire city , vehicles were lined up for a mile as people waited patiently to receive handouts from a local food bank… You can see photos from that event right here , and if you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of those vehicles are quite nice .
As I have warned so many times over the years , if you don ’ t have any sort of a financial cushion you can “ suddenly ” find yourself in a whole lot of trouble when disaster finally strikes .
Unfortunately , we have now entered a time when there will be one crisis after another , and every new crisis will significantly escalate our woes .
For a very long time , there have been very loud warnings that our debt-fueled economic bubble would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The road ahead is going to be filled with immense pain , and most Americans are not going to be able to handle it .
This article was posted : Monday , April 20 , 2020 at 4:56 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-20--Most Americans Are Not Going To Be Able To Handle What Is Ahead

Most Americans Are Not Going To Be Able To Handle What Is Ahead Based on how Americans are handling the coronavirus lockdowns , it is hard to be optimistic about what will happen when a really severe crisis hits us .
Yes , this pandemic is definitely a great tragedy .
There are more than 700,000 confirmed cases in the U.S. and more than 40,000 Americans have died .
But it isn ’ t the end of the world .
I am sorry to tell you this , but COVID-19 is not the worst thing that we are going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not even close to the worst thing that we are going to face .
So it is a bit disheartening to see so many Americans responding to this pandemic so poorly .
Let me give you some examples of what I am talking about .
Polling firms have been extremely active lately , and even though nearly 40 percent of all U.S. adults are obese , one survey found that Americans are binging on snack foods during these lockdowns like never before… If overeating was all that we had to worry about , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it turns out that Americans are also indulging in a whole bunch of other self-destructive behaviors during this time .
At a moment in our history when alcohol-related deaths in the U.S. are already at an all-time high , heavy drinkers have decided that this pandemic is a perfect opportunity to drink even more… In areas that have been hit extremely hard by COVID-19 , sales increases have been especially dramatic .
In New York City , one liquor store owner says that it is “ like New Year ’ s every day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Of course while they are eating and drinking they need something to do , and so the average American is streaming approximately eight hours of shows and movies every single day… This helps to explain why Netflix stock has been absolutely soaring recently .
Personally , I have never watched “ Tiger King ” and I have absolutely no desire to do so .
In fact , I have not had a Netflix subscription for over a decade .
Very few corporations have embraced pure evil to the extent that Netflix has , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to care , and right now Netflix is absolutely rolling in revenue .
In addition to binge watching television , Americans are also doing much more online gambling… To me , this doesn ’ t make any sense at all .
One recent survey found that about half of all Americans will have run through all of their savings by the end of April .
If you aren ’ t going to have enough money to pay your bills next month , why would you want to be gambling the little money that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it does not appear that our society is equipped to handle hard times .
Even before this pandemic started , the suicide rate in the U.S. was at an all-time record high , and more Americans were overdosing on drugs than ever before in our history .
But everything that I have shared with you so far pales in comparison to what I am going to share with you now .
As this pandemic has sent a wave of fear sweeping across the country , it has also created a boom in business @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trust Women abortion clinic in Wichita , Kansas , reported performing 252 abortions in March , up from 90 in March , 2019 .
Julie Burkhart , the chief executive of Trust Women , told RT.com this week that between the Wichita , Kansas clinic and her other clinic in Oklahoma City ( which was briefly closed but has since reopened ) , they have seen a “ 300 to 400 percent ” increase in their patient load .
“ The women who have been calling are uncertain about having a baby when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a sudden , and they ’ re worried about money due to the sharp rise in unemployment , ” she said .
“ We ’ ve been seeing more women calling earlier than usual in their pregnancy , and there ’ s this urgent nature to it.
” Just like with individuals , great challenges tend to reveal who we truly are as a nation .
And right now the message that we are sending to the rest of the world with our behavior is not a good one .
Past generations of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but we have been called to stay at home for a few weeks , and we can ’ t seem to even handle that very well .
Amazingly , the mainstream media has somehow convinced a majority of the American people that the lockdowns should continue .
Just check out what a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll just found… The longer these lockdowns persist , the more self-destructive Americans are likely to become .
But eventually they will end , and most people will attempt to resume their normal lives .
Of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time before an even bigger crisis than this pandemic comes along , and if we are failing so badly this time around , how in the world will people be able to handle something even worse ?
This article was posted : Monday , April 20 , 2020 at 4:54 am


China’s operation Cover-Up

On Saturday , the Mail launched a major new series uncovering China ’ s role in fuelling the coronavirus pandemic .
In part one , drawing on expert testimony , our writers investigated claims that the new strain of coronavirus had escaped from a lab in Wuhan , the city from where it emerged .
Today , they document the audacious cover-up that allowed the virus to spread , with deadly consequences for the world… Over the months to come , we might be better able to understand .
It will be far harder to forgive .
Openness , honesty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ facts are the internationally agreed requirements for any government that discovers a viral epidemic emerging within its borders .
It is the only way in which the world community can quickly move to contain deadly new contagions before they spread and wreak havoc .
Before they become a pandemic .
But as the Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic began in Wuhan late last year , the Chinese authorities swiftly broke every rule of acceptable behaviour .
From the start , officials denied facts , deliberately spread misinformation , blocked internet traffic and gagged anyone sharing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The tragedy of China ’ s actions is highlighted by an as-yet-unpublished report led by Dr Shengjie Lai , a researcher in infectious disease dynamics at Southampton University .
The study used a highly sophisticated mathematical model of coronavirus ’ s spread to show that if China had introduced lockdown measures three weeks earlier , cases could have been reduced by 95 per cent — significantly limiting the Covid-19 ’ s spread and its ensuing global death toll .
Even the country ’ s authorities admit they were remiss .
Zhong Nanshan , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regarded epidemiology experts and the leader of the National Health Commission ’ s task force on the epidemic , says that if officials had acted in early January , ‘ the number of sick would have been greatly reduced ’ .
For the moment , using multiple sources , we can try to piece together what took place during this pivotal time — if not why .
We have set out events in chronological order as they are thought to have happened , rather than when they became known publicly .
Thanks to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Chinese authorities , much of the information reported so far leaked out only long after the event .
In some instances — the early infections , for example — it may be that Beijing did not realise what was happening .
However , that is to put the most charitable gloss on their catastrophic mismanagement of the crisis .
Because , as our timeline reveals , during these crucial first weeks the authorities lied about the virus ’ s contagiousness , gagged doctors who knew otherwise , and gave fake assurances to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Health Organisation .
This article was posted : Monday , April 20 , 2020 at 4:19 am


prisonplanet--2020-04-20--NPR’s Scott Simon Suggests President Trump Is Encouraging ‘Armed Insurrection’

National Public Radio ( NPR ) Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon implied on two occasions during his three-hour show that President Donald Trump ’ s tweets about liberating states from draconian shutdowns to stop the spread of the coronavirus may be Trump encouraging “ armed insurrection.
” The first occasion was in an interview with Ohio Gov .
Mike DeWine , who leads a state where protests against shutting down the economy have taken place in recent days .
“ As I don ’ t have to tell you , there were anti-stay-at-home protests in – right there in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to ask you , Governor DeWine , when President Trump calls on people in Michigan , Minnesota and Virginia – those are states with Democratic governors – to , quote , “ liberate ” themselves from lockdown , is that a call for insurrection ?
” Simon asked .
“ No , I don ’ t think so , ” DeWine said .
“ Look ; I mean , we have… ” “ Well , what else does liberate mean ?
” Simon asked .
“ Well , the people have every right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ This is what I ’ ve said to people who were protesting against me , people who are very upset with me .
I say , look ; there ’ s the First Amendment .
They have a right to speak out.
” “ They have a right to demonstrate , ” DeWine said .
“ You know , it is what it is .
My job is to , you know , look at what is in the best interests of Ohioans.
” This article was posted : Monday , April @ @ @ @ @ @