revolutionradio--2020-04-19--New Cases In Russia, Singapore Soar, Spain Reports Lowest Single-Day Death Toll In A Month: Live Upd

New Cases In Russia, Singapore Soar, Spain Reports Lowest Single-Day Death Toll In A Month: Live Updates

One day after Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez announced plans to extend what is about to become a strict , six-week-long countrywide lockdown until May 9 , health authorities declared another drop in the rate of new COVID-19 cases and deaths , while also reporting an encouraging drop in patients in severe condition , suggesting that the country ’ s dramatic efforts have worked – even if doubts remain about the accuracy of the government ’ s figures .
Of particular concern to lawmakers , particularly members of the Spanish opposition , are the numbers of deaths that have occurred in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are especially susceptible to the virus , and whether or not they are accurate , or even whether the government is deliberately trying to obscure the death toll to keep the mortality rate , an already outrageous 10 % , from climbing even higher .
To be sure , many experts suspect these double-digit mortality rates seen in Spain , but also in other countries including Italy and the UK , are a sign that the virus is much more widespread than official tallies reflect .
The countries with the most thorough testing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – have kept their mortality rates at a fraction of 1 % , which is certainly encouraging .
In the US , the mortality rate has been pretty steady , though it ticked up to ~5 % this week .
As the debate over accurate accounting rages in Spain , Sanchez asked parliament during a televised address last night to pass a plan to extend the lockdown but begin easing some of the more-strict measures like one requiring children to remain in the house .
The PM hopes to have them playing outside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Now , to conveniently support his argument for why Parliament should support his plan , the health ministry has reported its lowest single-day death toll in a month .
Things were also looking fairly rosy in the UK , which reported another 596 hospital deaths , a drop of nearly 300 from yesterday ’ s tally .
Elsewhere , in Russia , President Vladimir Putin is being forced to reckon with the reality that SARS-CoV-2 has penetrated Russian society to a much deeper extent than had been previously believed .
The rate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continued to accelerate on Sunday , as health officials counted 6,060 new cases over the past 24 hours , another record count .
The 16 % jump brought the country ’ s total to 42,853 .
Meanwhile , a total of 361 people have died from the virus .
President Vladimir Putin has warned that the outbreak is not yet close to peaking , even after imposing a national lockdown last month .
“ This year , [ Easter ] is being celebrated amid forced restrictions , ” Putin said on Sunday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for all Orthodox Christian churches , like the Greeks and the Russians , among others .
“ These are essential in fighting the spread of the disease , ” Putin said about the government ’ s lockdowns and social-distancing guidelines .
Signs of real progress in Europe and the US ( not to mention South Korea and a handful of other countries that acted aggressively and achieved outstanding results ) have helped ease the sense of terror brought about by a lingering uncertainty : As Gov Cuomo put it , America now knows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ distancing and lockdowns – have been working to contain the virus .
The question now is ‘ to what degree ?
’ , and will we risk a serious relapse if America starts reopening in the next few weeks ?
However , with Japan enduring a sudden and surprisingly harsh resurgence , and even China doing its level-best to tamp down any reports of new clusters discovered since “ the Great Reopening ” began , more countries are starting to second-guess their decisions , and on Sunday , South Korea decided to extend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just in case .
News this morning about a Hormel-owned food processing plant shutting down are raising fears that , should the lockdown drag on for much longer inside the US , the tears at the social fabric might start to widen .
And as Trump ’ s critics continue to deride reports about the virus potentially having leaked from a bio-lab , Australia on Sunday called for an “ independent , international inquiry ” into the origins of the coronavirus in Wuhan , and officials even signaled that the country ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fuel Australia ’ s 3-decade economic boom , an expansion virtually unrivaled in modern times – “ will change ” .
And it doesn ’ t sound likely that they ’ ll be changing for the better .
More alarming even than Russia and China , however , is Singapore .
The city-state won plaudits for containing the coronavirus early on with strict contact-tracing protocols that required contacts to be identified within 2 hours .
But for some inexplicable reason , the densely populated city saw its total case count grow by 160 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officials reporting hundreds of new infections on Friday and over the weekend , a revelation that is simply staggering in light of the strict lockdown measures that the country is currently under .
The country reported a jump of almost 1k new cases on Saturday , as we noted at the time , with most of the new cases tied to packed migrant-worker apartments that are basically like college dorms .
This entry was posted on Sunday , April 19th , 2020 at 12:11 pm and is filed under BioWeapon , God Help @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Politics .
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by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Sun, 04/19/2020
One day after Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez announced plans to extend what is about to become a strict, six-week-long countrywide lockdown until May 9, health authorities declared another drop in the rate of new COVID-19 cases and deaths, while also reporting an encouraging drop in patients in severe condition, suggesting that the country’s dramatic efforts have worked – even if doubts remain about the accuracy of the government’s figures.
Of particular concern to lawmakers, particularly members of the Spanish opposition, are the numbers of deaths that have occurred in nursing homes and other private facilities that are especially susceptible to the virus, and whether or not they are accurate, or even whether the government is deliberately trying to obscure the death toll to keep the mortality rate, an already outrageous 10%, from climbing even higher.
To be sure, many experts suspect these double-digit mortality rates seen in Spain, but also in other countries including Italy and the UK, are a sign that the virus is much more widespread than official tallies reflect. The countries with the most thorough testing – countries like Germany and South Korea – have kept their mortality rates at a fraction of 1%, which is certainly encouraging. In the US, the mortality rate has been pretty steady, though it ticked up to ~5% this week.
As the debate over accurate accounting rages in Spain, Sanchez asked parliament during a televised address last night to pass a plan to extend the lockdown but begin easing some of the more-strict measures like one requiring children to remain in the house. The PM hopes to have them playing outside again by the end of the month.
Now, to conveniently support his argument for why Parliament should support his plan, the health ministry has reported its lowest single-day death toll in a month.
Things were also looking fairly rosy in the UK, which reported another 596 hospital deaths, a drop of nearly 300 from yesterday’s tally.
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Elsewhere, in Russia, President Vladimir Putin is being forced to reckon with the reality that SARS-CoV-2 has penetrated Russian society to a much deeper extent than had been previously believed. The rate with which new cases are being reported continued to accelerate on Sunday, as health officials counted 6,060 new cases over the past 24 hours, another record count. The 16% jump brought the country’s total to 42,853. Meanwhile, a total of 361 people have died from the virus. President Vladimir Putin has warned that the outbreak is not yet close to peaking, even after imposing a national lockdown last month.
“This year, [Easter] is being celebrated amid forced restrictions,” Putin said on Sunday, which is the traditional Easter celebration day for all Orthodox Christian churches, like the Greeks and the Russians, among others.
“These are essential in fighting the spread of the disease,” Putin said about the government’s lockdowns and social-distancing guidelines.
Signs of real progress in Europe and the US (not to mention South Korea and a handful of other countries that acted aggressively and achieved outstanding results) have helped ease the sense of terror brought about by a lingering uncertainty: As Gov Cuomo put it, America now knows for sure that these measures – social distancing and lockdowns – have been working to contain the virus.
The question now is ‘to what degree?’, and will we risk a serious relapse if America starts reopening in the next few weeks? However, with Japan enduring a sudden and surprisingly harsh resurgence, and even China doing its level-best to tamp down any reports of new clusters discovered since “the Great Reopening” began, more countries are starting to second-guess their decisions, and on Sunday, South Korea decided to extend its ‘social distancing’ campaigns – just in case.
News this morning about a Hormel-owned food processing plant shutting down are raising fears that, should the lockdown drag on for much longer inside the US, the tears at the social fabric might start to widen.
And as Trump’s critics continue to deride reports about the virus potentially having leaked from a bio-lab, Australia on Sunday called for an “independent, international inquiry” into the origins of the coronavirus in Wuhan, and officials even signaled that the country’s relationship with China – which has helped fuel Australia’s 3-decade economic boom, an expansion virtually unrivaled in modern times – “will change”. And it doesn’t sound likely that they’ll be changing for the better.
More alarming even than Russia and China, however, is Singapore. The city-state won plaudits for containing the coronavirus early on with strict contact-tracing protocols that required contacts to be identified within 2 hours. But for some inexplicable reason, the densely populated city saw its total case count grow by 160% over the past week, with officials reporting hundreds of new infections on Friday and over the weekend, a revelation that is simply staggering in light of the strict lockdown measures that the country is currently under. The country reported a jump of almost 1k new cases on Saturday, as we noted at the time, with most of the new cases tied to packed migrant-worker apartments that are basically like college dorms.


revolutionradio--2020-04-19--Spamalot, No More? Hormel Shutters Illinois Plant Amid COVID-19 Fears

A cluster of COVID-19 cases forced health officials in Illinois to shutter Hormel ’ s Rochelle Foods plant on Friday .
Ogle County Health Department ( OCHD ) said the food processing plant would be closed for at least two weeks .
On Friday ( April 17 ) , the facility was linked to 19 cases across Ogle County , three in Whiteside County , and two in Winnebago County , reported Daily Chronicle .
The facility employs more than 800 workers , many of whom have been sent home on paid leave .
The facility will have 48 hours @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mitigate the spread of the virus .
“ My team has spent countless hours in collaboration with Rochelle Foods in an attempt to mitigate the virus spread , ” OCHD Administrator Kyle Auman said .
OCHD made several attempts to assist the plant in testing workers , employee monitoring , and recommendations for sanitary protocols , but health officials said , “ the efforts were unsuccessful ” to stop the spread .
“ Since those efforts were unsuccessful , it is my duty to order a complete closure of the facility , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ released a statement that said , “ Although many essential businesses are open and operating , we will not tolerate them risking the health and safety of their employees or our community during this pandemic or any other time.
” A statement released from Rochelle Foods said OCHD notified them that the plant had to be shut down due to a localized breakout at the facility .
The closure , the company stated , was “ voluntarily : ” “ Rochelle Foods was issued a notice of closure from the local health department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to further understand the closure order and are consulting with our legal counsel to understand next steps , ” Rochelle Foods said .
“ We have decided to voluntarily close our facility to ensure a broader understanding of COVID-19 in the Rochelle community , Ogle county and the impact on our operations .
Rochelle Foods team members will continue to be paid during the closure.
” As virus deaths surge across the country in the last several days , President Trump is attempting to reopen economies on a state-by-state basis on May 01 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America at this point could be met with failure and result in a second wave of the virus .
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by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Sun, 04/19/2020
A cluster of COVID-19 cases forced health officials in Illinois to shutter Hormel’s Rochelle Foods plant on Friday.
Ogle County Health Department (OCHD) said the food processing plant would be closed for at least two weeks. On Friday (April 17), the facility was linked to 19 cases across Ogle County, three in Whiteside County, and two in Winnebago County, reported Daily Chronicle.
The facility employs more than 800 workers, many of whom have been sent home on paid leave. The facility will have 48 hours to comply with new health measures to mitigate the spread of the virus.
“My team has spent countless hours in collaboration with Rochelle Foods in an attempt to mitigate the virus spread,” OCHD Administrator Kyle Auman said.
OCHD made several attempts to assist the plant in testing workers, employee monitoring, and recommendations for sanitary protocols, but health officials said, “the efforts were unsuccessful” to stop the spread.
“Since those efforts were unsuccessful, it is my duty to order a complete closure of the facility,” Auman said.
Rochelle Mayor John Bearrows released a statement that said, “Although many essential businesses are open and operating, we will not tolerate them risking the health and safety of their employees or our community during this pandemic or any other time.”
A statement released from Rochelle Foods said OCHD notified them that the plant had to be shut down due to a localized breakout at the facility. The closure, the company stated, was “voluntarily:”
“Rochelle Foods was issued a notice of closure from the local health department on April 17. We are working to further understand the closure order and are consulting with our legal counsel to understand next steps,” Rochelle Foods said. “We have decided to voluntarily close our facility to ensure a broader understanding of COVID-19 in the Rochelle community, Ogle county and the impact on our operations. Rochelle Foods team members will continue to be paid during the closure.”
As virus deaths surge across the country in the last several days, President Trump is attempting to reopen economies on a state-by-state basis on May 01. However, it appears that reopening America at this point could be met with failure and result in a second wave of the virus.


revolutionradio--2020-04-19--Brazilian billionaire brothers are forced to close two of their US meat packing plants after ‘encour

Brazilian billionaire brothers are forced to close two of their US meat packing plants after ‘encouraging work while sick culture’ that saw four employees die of COVID-19 and more than 100 test positive

BS , the world ’ s largest mest-processing company , was forced to shutter its plant in Greeley , Colorado , and in Souderton , Pennsylvania Four employees died of coronavirus and more than 100 have tested postive The Brazilian billionaire owners of JBS , brothers Wesley and Joesley Batista , have also now been linked to a high-level government corruption scheme in Brazil JBS – which slaughters over 13 million animals a day and made profits of $ 51 billion last year – is also being investigated in the US for claims of bribery Their successive woes have led @ @ @ @ @ @ @ General Letitia James to investigate their company as an ‘ imminent threat ’ Last week , JBS announced plans to close a plant in Greeley , Colorado , after four of its workers died of coronavirus One of the world ’ s largest meat-processing companies was forced to shutter two of its US plants this week after four of its workers died from coronavirus and more than 100 tested positive – but the pandemic isn ’ t the only entanglement the company ’ s facing .
Last week , JBS – owned by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – announced plans to close a plant in Greeley , Colorado , after four of its workers died of coronavirus , including long-term employee , 78-year-old Saul Sanchez .
A subsequent investigation carried out by the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment attributed the company ’ s ‘ work while sick culture ’ as the catalyst behind the meat-packing plant becoming a COVID-19 hotspot .
County Health Officer Dr. Mark Wallace wrote to the plant on April 2 – five days before the first reported death among its employees – warning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ laborers felt forced to keep up attendance even when they felt ill. ‘ These concerns expressed to clinicians included a perception by employees of a ‘ work while sick ’ culture that included managers and supervisors coming to work while sick , ’ Wallace wrote in the letter , as first reported by KDVR .
In his April 2 letter , Wallace ordered the company to take employee ’ s temperatures as they arrived on site , implement social distancing protocols , and direct anyone exhibiting symptoms to self-isolate at home .
‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ’ Wallace wrote .
‘ I will seek assistance from the District Attorney to consider criminal actions against you and your staff and/or the Weld County attorney to seek injunctive relief against your company.
’ JBS eventually idled operations at the beef processing plant on April 15 , but not before dozens more of its 4,500 workers became infected with the virus and at least four died .
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BS, the world’s largest mest-processing company, was forced to shutter its plant in Greeley, Colorado, and in Souderton, Pennsylvania
Four employees died of coronavirus and more than 100 have tested postive
The Brazilian billionaire owners of JBS, brothers Wesley and Joesley Batista, have also now been linked to a high-level government corruption scheme in Brazil
JBS – which slaughters over 13 million animals a day and made profits of $51 billion last year – is also being investigated in the US for claims of bribery
Their successive woes have led to calls for New York General Attorney General Letitia James to investigate their company as an ‘imminent threat’
Last week, JBS announced plans to close a plant in Greeley, Colorado, after four of its workers died of coronavirus
By LUKE KENTON
DAILYMAIL.COM
19 April 2020
One of the world’s largest meat-processing companies was forced to shutter two of its US plants this week after four of its workers died from coronavirus and more than 100 tested positive – but the pandemic isn’t the only entanglement the company’s facing.
Last week, JBS – owned by Brazilian billionaire brothers Wesley and Joesley Batista – announced plans to close a plant in Greeley, Colorado, after four of its workers died of coronavirus, including long-term employee, 78-year-old Saul Sanchez.
A subsequent investigation carried out by the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment attributed the company’s ‘work while sick culture’ as the catalyst behind the meat-packing plant becoming a COVID-19 hotspot.
County Health Officer Dr. Mark Wallace wrote to the plant on April 2 – five days before the first reported death among its employees – warning that some of the plant’s laborers felt forced to keep up attendance even when they felt ill.
‘These concerns expressed to clinicians included a perception by employees of a ‘work while sick’ culture that included managers and supervisors coming to work while sick,’ Wallace wrote in the letter, as first reported by KDVR.
In his April 2 letter, Wallace ordered the company to take employee’s temperatures as they arrived on site, implement social distancing protocols, and direct anyone exhibiting symptoms to self-isolate at home.
‘If I find evidence of continued violations,’ Wallace wrote. ‘I will seek assistance from the District Attorney to consider criminal actions against you and your staff and/or the Weld County attorney to seek injunctive relief against your company.’
JBS eventually idled operations at the beef processing plant on April 15, but not before dozens more of its 4,500 workers became infected with the virus and at least four died.
The Rest…HERE


revolutionradio--2020-04-19--Tale of two Americas: Mile-long line of cars for a food bank snakes through a parking lot between tw

Tale of two Americas: Mile-long line of cars for a food bank snakes through a parking lot between two luxury Miami Beach hotels as need for help with groceries grows across the nation

Floridian motorists lined up for hours to receive food in a parking lot sandwiched between luxury hotels A food bank was distributing food inside a lot between the W and Setai Hotels in Miami Beach on Saturday Elsewhere , long lines of cars were seen outside food distribution sites near Los Angeles and San Francisco Near Atlanta , local residents waited to receive food from a food bank in College Park , Georgia The Reverend Al Sharpton distributed food and masks to New Yorkers in the Harlem section of Manhattan A dramatic image taken in Miami Beach shows a long @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lot surrounded by two luxury hotels as motorists wait to receive food from a food bank on Saturday .
The cars are seen forming a U-shaped line as they wait to receive food near the W Hotel and the Setai Hotel .
Both hotels are considered a favored destination for celebrities who visit Miami Beach .
The W Hotel on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach charges at least $ 369 a night for a room .
In normal times , booking a room at the Setai would set you back at least $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Advisor .
The image is a stark reminder of the economic hardships that have befallen the state as tourism , the hospitality industry , and other key sectors of the economy have collapsed due to the coronavirus pandemic .
Florida ’ s unemployment rate shot up to 4.3 per cent in March , as coronavirus-induced closures of Florida ’ s theme parks , hotels and large numbers of businesses caused the highest levels of joblessness in almost two years .
It was a dramatic increase from the state ’ s previous month ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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Floridian motorists lined up for hours to receive food in a parking lot sandwiched between luxury hotels
A food bank was distributing food inside a lot between the W and Setai Hotels in Miami Beach on Saturday
Elsewhere, long lines of cars were seen outside food distribution sites near Los Angeles and San Francisco
Near Atlanta, local residents waited to receive food from a food bank in College Park, Georgia
The Reverend Al Sharpton distributed food and masks to New Yorkers in the Harlem section of Manhattan
By ARIEL ZILBER
DAILYMAIL.COM
19 April 2020
A dramatic image taken in Miami Beach shows a long line of cars snaking around a parking lot surrounded by two luxury hotels as motorists wait to receive food from a food bank on Saturday.
The cars are seen forming a U-shaped line as they wait to receive food near the W Hotel and the Setai Hotel.
Both hotels are considered a favored destination for celebrities who visit Miami Beach. The W Hotel on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach charges at least $369 a night for a room. In normal times, booking a room at the Setai would set you back at least $550 a night, according to Trip Advisor.
The image is a stark reminder of the economic hardships that have befallen the state as tourism, the hospitality industry, and other key sectors of the economy have collapsed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Florida’s unemployment rate shot up to 4.3 per cent in March, as coronavirus-induced closures of Florida’s theme parks, hotels and large numbers of businesses caused the highest levels of joblessness in almost two years.
It was a dramatic increase from the state’s previous month’s unemployment rate of 2.8 per cent.
The Rest…HERE


revolutionradio--2020-04-19--“A Monumental Failure Of Institutional Effectiveness” – Marc Andreesen Urges The West “It’s Time To

“A Monumental Failure Of Institutional Effectiveness” – Marc Andreesen Urges The West “It’s Time To Build”

Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic , despite many prior warnings .
This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for the rest of the decade , but it ’ s not too early to ask why , and what we need to do about it .
Many of us would like to pin the cause on one political party or another , on one government or another .
But the harsh reality is that it all failed — no Western country , or state , or city was prepared — and despite hard work and often @ @ @ @ @ @ @ institutions .
So the problem runs deeper than your favorite political opponent or your home nation .
Part of the problem is clearly foresight , a failure of imagination .
But the other part of the problem is what we didn ’ t *do* in advance , and what we ’ re failing to do now .
And that is a failure of action , and specifically our widespread inability to *build* .
We see this today with the things we urgently need but don ’ t have .
We don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ materials — including , amazingly , cotton swabs and common reagents .
We don ’ t have enough ventilators , negative pressure rooms , and ICU beds .
And we don ’ t have enough surgical masks , eye shields , and medical gowns — as I write this , New York City has put out a desperate call for rain ponchos to be used as medical gowns .
Rain ponchos !
In 2020 !
In America !
We also don ’ t have therapies or a vaccine — despite , again , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Our scientists will hopefully invent therapies and a vaccine , but then we may not have the manufacturing factories required to scale their production .
And even then , we ’ ll see if we can deploy therapies or a vaccine fast enough to matter — it took scientists 5 years to get regulatory testing approval for the new Ebola vaccine after that scourge ’ s 2014 outbreak , at the cost of many lives .
In the U.S. , we don ’ t even have the ability to get federal bailout @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need it .
Tens of millions of laid off workers and their families , and many millions of small businesses , are in serious trouble *right now* , and we have no direct method to transfer them money without potentially disastrous delays .
A government that collects money from all its citizens and businesses each year has never built a system to distribute money to us when it ’ s needed most .
Why do we not have these things ?
Medical equipment and financial conduits involve no rocket science whatsoever .
At @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Making masks and transferring money are not hard .
We could have these things but we chose not to — specifically we chose not to have the mechanisms , the factories , the systems to make these things .
We chose not to *build* .
You don ’ t just see this smug complacency , this satisfaction with the status quo and the unwillingness to build , in the pandemic , or in healthcare generally .
You see it throughout Western life , and specifically throughout American life .
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by Marc Andreesen via a16z.com,
ZeroHedge.com
Sun, 04/19/2020
Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for the rest of the decade, but it’s not too early to ask why, and what we need to do about it.
Many of us would like to pin the cause on one political party or another, on one government or another. But the harsh reality is that it all failed — no Western country, or state, or city was prepared — and despite hard work and often extraordinary sacrifice by many people within these institutions. So the problem runs deeper than your favorite political opponent or your home nation.
Part of the problem is clearly foresight, a failure of imagination. But the other part of the problem is what we didn’t *do* in advance, and what we’re failing to do now. And that is a failure of action, and specifically our widespread inability to *build*.
We see this today with the things we urgently need but don’t have. We don’t have enough coronavirus tests, or test materials — including, amazingly, cotton swabs and common reagents. We don’t have enough ventilators, negative pressure rooms, and ICU beds. And we don’t have enough surgical masks, eye shields, and medical gowns — as I write this, New York City has put out a desperate call for rain ponchos to be used as medical gowns. Rain ponchos! In 2020! In America!
We also don’t have therapies or a vaccine — despite, again, years of advance warning about bat-borne coronaviruses. Our scientists will hopefully invent therapies and a vaccine, but then we may not have the manufacturing factories required to scale their production. And even then, we’ll see if we can deploy therapies or a vaccine fast enough to matter — it took scientists 5 years to get regulatory testing approval for the new Ebola vaccine after that scourge’s 2014 outbreak, at the cost of many lives.
In the U.S., we don’t even have the ability to get federal bailout money to the people and businesses that need it. Tens of millions of laid off workers and their families, and many millions of small businesses, are in serious trouble *right now*, and we have no direct method to transfer them money without potentially disastrous delays. A government that collects money from all its citizens and businesses each year has never built a system to distribute money to us when it’s needed most.
Why do we not have these things? Medical equipment and financial conduits involve no rocket science whatsoever. At least therapies and vaccines are hard! Making masks and transferring money are not hard. We could have these things but we chose not to — specifically we chose not to have the mechanisms, the factories, the systems to make these things. We chose not to *build*.
You don’t just see this smug complacency, this satisfaction with the status quo and the unwillingness to build, in the pandemic, or in healthcare generally. You see it throughout Western life, and specifically throughout American life.
The Rest…HERE


revolutionradio--2020-04-19--Kyle Bass Blasts China’s “Most Lying, Coercive, Manipulative Government” For “Knowingly Infecting Th

Kyle Bass Blasts China’s “Most Lying, Coercive, Manipulative Government” For “Knowingly Infecting The World”…(Must Read!!)

by Jan Jekielek via The Epoch Times , ZeroHedge.com Sat , 04/18/2020 With countries around the world in quarantine or lockdown mode to deal with the Wuhan coronavirus or CCP virus pandemic , what can we expect in terms of economic fallout ?
What evidence has emerged showing the Chinese Communist Party is culpable ?
What will happen to the US , Chinese , and Hong Kong economies as the pandemic wanes ?
And why is Hong Kong ’ s situation particularly perilous ?
In this episode , we sit down with Kyle Bass , the founder and chief investment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dallas-based hedge fund .
Bass is a founding member of the Committee on the Present Danger : China , and he is also Chairman of the Board of The Rule of Law Foundation .
This is American Thought Leaders 🇺🇸 , and I ’ m Jan Jekielek .
This entry was posted on Sunday , April 19th , 2020 at 11:34 am and is filed under BioWeapon , China , Conspiracy , Corruption , Economics , Government Evil .
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by Jan Jekielek via The Epoch Times,
ZeroHedge.com
Sat, 04/18/2020
With countries around the world in quarantine or lockdown mode to deal with the Wuhan coronavirus or CCP virus pandemic, what can we expect in terms of economic fallout?
What evidence has emerged showing the Chinese Communist Party is culpable?
What will happen to the US, Chinese, and Hong Kong economies as the pandemic wanes?
And why is Hong Kong’s situation particularly perilous?
In this episode, we sit down with Kyle Bass, the founder and chief investment officer of Hayman Capital Management, a Dallas-based hedge fund. Bass is a founding member of the Committee on the Present Danger: China, and he is also Chairman of the Board of The Rule of Law Foundation.
This is American Thought Leaders 🇺🇸, and I’m Jan Jekielek.
The Rest…HERE


revolutionradio--2020-04-20--Why Aren’t More Talking About the Enslavement of America As Evidenced by the Government’s Own Docume

Why Aren ’ t More Talking About the Enslavement of America As Evidenced by the Government ’ s Own Documents @ @ @ @ @ a list of patriot media that has identified this coup against all Americans This entry @ @ @ @ @ April 19th , 2020 at 10:15 pm and is filed under Government Evil , Police @ @ @ @ @ any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed .

by Dave Hodges
TheCommonSenseShow.com
Monday, April 20, 2020
Why Aren’t More Talking About the Enslavement of America As Evidenced by the Government’s Own Documents?
Let’s make a list of patriot media that has identified this coup against all Americans


revolutionradio--2020-04-20--Pro-Trump, anti-lockdown protesters demand end to tyranny while refusing to wear masks: Here’s what

Pro-Trump, anti-lockdown protesters demand end to tyranny while refusing to wear masks: Here’s what happens next

Over the weekend , protesters in Austin and Denver demanded an end to the lockdowns .
They carried signs that said things like , “ It ’ s a HOAX ” and almost universally refused to wear masks .
This is what happens when the left-wing media lies to the nation , year after year , about climate change and carbon dioxide : When a real event comes along , no one believes the media anymore .
So now we have nearly half the country — the pro-Trump conservatives — who believe the virus is a hoax and that masks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ isn ’ t real in the first place , they think .
So they ’ re taking to the streets while the same left-wing media that fabricated the entire Russia collusion hoax now calls the protesters anti-science “ covidiots.
” For the record , we support freedom of speech and also encourage people to wear masks in crowds , since masks work to help stop the spread .
That ’ s how Taiwan was able to keep the coronavirus under control , without resorting to aggressive lockdowns .
Truth be told , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wear a mask and practice social distancing .
But with the protesters refusing to wear masks , it doesn ’ t look like the lockdowns will end any time soon .
The more the people refuse to wear masks , the more aggressive the lockdown enforcement will become .
Here ’ s how things are likely to escalate Masks or no masks , we are anticipating an escalation of these protests .
Three things are likely to happen : # 1 ) Some people who attend these protests will get infected with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media will aggressively seek out such cases in order to report how the protests are spreading the virus .
Facebook has already announced today they are banning all accounts of anyone who promotes anti-lockdown protests .
How ’ s that for free speech ?
Too bad Trump hasn ’ t done a single thing to fight against the tyrannical censorship of the tech giants… # 2 ) The frequency and size of these protests will increase until the lockdowns end .
In the minds of many Americans , they ’ re losing everything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , maybe their home ) so the risk of acquiring an infection is small compared to the certainty of financial ruin if they have to remain a prisoner in their own home .
# 3 ) In reaction to the protesters not wearing masks , state law enforcement authorities will get more aggressive in making arrests and disrupting such protests .
This may lead to clashes between law enforcement and protesters .
There is a possibility that such clashes could turn increasingly violent .
It won ’ t be long , probably , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ domestic terrorists.
” They ’ ve already spotted a few Nazi flags in the crowds — probably put there by left-wing crisis actors who always use such events to try to portray Trump supporters as Nazis .
Prepare for a massive , coordinated false flag event to take place soon that will support the narrative of painting Trump supporters as terrorists .
Listen to my new podcast where I urge protesters to take sensible precautions like wearing masks : This is a preview of the much larger protests yet to come when the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ especially notable in all this is that these protests are merely a tiny preview of the nationwide uprising that will come when the dollar collapses , as all fiat currencies eventually fail .
With the Federal Reserve printing trillions in new dollars , seemingly every few days now , the sudden and catastrophic demise of the dollar is a certainty .
There is no outcome other than catastrophic collapse .
When that day comes , and the American people realize they ’ ve lost everything — their savings , their pensions , their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , etc .
— you can expect to see a nationwide revolt with armed clashes and angry , desperate , starving people with AR-15s demanding the bankers and politicians be rounded up and hanged in the streets .
If things get crazy enough , there might be a nationwide shortage of rope .
We urge Americans to maintain peace and take sensible precautions when protesting .
We can not , however , condemn the protests in spirit , since it ’ s way past time that we saw the enslaved , censored , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to demand some semblance of freedom .
The real question is : Are they going to go all the way and demand an end to the fiat currency slave system that ’ s mostly responsible for the economic ruin that ’ s now unfolding ?
The coronavirus may have been the catalyst , but it wasn ’ t the cause .
The American people have been repeatedly looted by the banksters for generations .
Maybe now the American people will finally wake up and realize the magnitude of the multi-generational theft that has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Stay informed .
Listen to the Health Ranger Report podcasts at Brighteon.com This entry was posted on Monday , April 20th , 2020 at 4:58 pm and is filed under Civil Unrest , Civil War II , Conspiracy , Corruption , Economics , Government Evil , Health , History , Pandemic .
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by: Mike Adams
NaturalNews.com
Monday, April 20, 2020
Over the weekend, protesters in Austin and Denver demanded an end to the lockdowns. They carried signs that said things like, “It’s a HOAX” and almost universally refused to wear masks. This is what happens when the left-wing media lies to the nation, year after year, about climate change and carbon dioxide: When a real event comes along, no one believes the media anymore.
So now we have nearly half the country — the pro-Trump conservatives — who believe the virus is a hoax and that masks aren’t necessary since the virus isn’t real in the first place, they think. So they’re taking to the streets while the same left-wing media that fabricated the entire Russia collusion hoax now calls the protesters anti-science “covidiots.”
For the record, we support freedom of speech and also encourage people to wear masks in crowds, since masks work to help stop the spread. That’s how Taiwan was able to keep the coronavirus under control, without resorting to aggressive lockdowns. Truth be told, we could end the lockdowns if everybody would wear a mask and practice social distancing.
But with the protesters refusing to wear masks, it doesn’t look like the lockdowns will end any time soon. The more the people refuse to wear masks, the more aggressive the lockdown enforcement will become.
Here’s how things are likely to escalate
Masks or no masks, we are anticipating an escalation of these protests. Three things are likely to happen:
#1) Some people who attend these protests will get infected with the coronavirus at the protests. The left-wing media will aggressively seek out such cases in order to report how the protests are spreading the virus. Facebook has already announced today they are banning all accounts of anyone who promotes anti-lockdown protests. How’s that for free speech? Too bad Trump hasn’t done a single thing to fight against the tyrannical censorship of the tech giants…
#2) The frequency and size of these protests will increase until the lockdowns end. In the minds of many Americans, they’re losing everything anyway (their job, their savings, maybe their home) so the risk of acquiring an infection is small compared to the certainty of financial ruin if they have to remain a prisoner in their own home.
#3) In reaction to the protesters not wearing masks, state law enforcement authorities will get more aggressive in making arrests and disrupting such protests. This may lead to clashes between law enforcement and protesters. There is a possibility that such clashes could turn increasingly violent.
It won’t be long, probably, before the left-wing media labels protesters “domestic terrorists.” They’ve already spotted a few Nazi flags in the crowds — probably put there by left-wing crisis actors who always use such events to try to portray Trump supporters as Nazis.
Prepare for a massive, coordinated false flag event to take place soon that will support the narrative of painting Trump supporters as terrorists.
Listen to my new podcast where I urge protesters to take sensible precautions like wearing masks:
This is a preview of the much larger protests yet to come when the dollar collapses into ruin
What’s especially notable in all this is that these protests are merely a tiny preview of the nationwide uprising that will come when the dollar collapses, as all fiat currencies eventually fail. With the Federal Reserve printing trillions in new dollars, seemingly every few days now, the sudden and catastrophic demise of the dollar is a certainty. There is no outcome other than catastrophic collapse.
When that day comes, and the American people realize they’ve lost everything — their savings, their pensions, their cash, their small business bank accounts, etc. — you can expect to see a nationwide revolt with armed clashes and angry, desperate, starving people with AR-15s demanding the bankers and politicians be rounded up and hanged in the streets.
If things get crazy enough, there might be a nationwide shortage of rope.
We urge Americans to maintain peace and take sensible precautions when protesting. We cannot, however, condemn the protests in spirit, since it’s way past time that we saw the enslaved, censored, beaten-down masses finally take to the streets to demand some semblance of freedom. The real question is: Are they going to go all the way and demand an end to the fiat currency slave system that’s mostly responsible for the economic ruin that’s now unfolding?
The coronavirus may have been the catalyst, but it wasn’t the cause. The American people have been repeatedly looted by the banksters for generations. Maybe now the American people will finally wake up and realize the magnitude of the multi-generational theft that has been taking place for over a century.
Stay informed. Listen to the Health Ranger Report podcasts at Brighteon.com


revolutionradio--2020-04-20--How Long Will the Lockdown Last?…”a blind man could see that Trump has lost control.”

Where did it all go wrong for Trump ?
He has clearly lost control of his Presidency .
He is pursuing meaningless witch hunts against China and that ship sailed a long time ago .
The moment he endorsed America ’ s enslavement document deceptively entitled , Opening Up America , I knew Trump had been compromised .
I don ’ t know the background details , but the evidence is in the disengagement witnessed in Trump ’ s verbalizations and his defeated and depressed body language .
Just compare him on the campaign trail to what he is now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
America is now under Pharmacological Martial Law .
One could easily argue that his first three years in office constituted the biggest turnaround in American history .
Trump saved America from economic ruin .
He killed the globalists prized free trade agreement , the Trans-Pacific-Partnership which would have gutted the Constitution and our national sovereignty .
He took on China and won , at least until they released CV-19 .
Trump forced the return of American owned manufacturing back into the country and the accompanying economic resurgence set national records .
Despite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump as a racist , a sexist and a homophobe , he lifted the lives of most Americans regardless of race and preferences .
From my perspective , former President Trump did not prosecute the social media giants and he should have under Section 230 of the Open Forum laws .
Further , Trump did not deliver on his promise to prosecute the Deep State criminals for their bad acts .
The latter fact speaks to the fact that the President was at least partially compromised from the time he took over .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ waking up to the fact that they are playing in a rigged game .
The ruse that has been thrown at the American people that our nation was working towards reopening is the single biggest lie ever perpetrated upon a people by its government .
Some of us , not many , have awakened to the fact that the President is no longer in charge and is merely a figure head .
The very moment that the Bill Gates loyalists from the CV-19 team decided that it was a good idea to fraudulently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pre-Phase One along side the CV-19 infections as a determinant if a local government could proceed into the Phase One with less restrictiveness , I knew we were playing in a rigged game .
I also came to the realization that Trump has been the victim of an internal coup .
I have no details , but his body language and lack of the old feisty Trump speaks to the fact that he is not calling the shots .
On March 13 , Trump declared a state of national emergency .
I have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our state of national emergency , the real power in this country has reverted to the Director of FEMA and the Surgeon General .
When Trump talks about opening the country to packed stadiums for college football , and promotes the “ poop sandwich ” of the new COVID-19 guidelines which does not contain a path that will return America to normalcy , a blind man could see that Trump has lost control .
This entry was posted on Monday , April 20th , 2020 at 3:02 pm and is filed under God @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Pandemic .
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by Dave Hodges
TheCommonSenseShow.com
Monday, April 20, 2020
Where did it all go wrong for Trump? He has clearly lost control of his Presidency. He is pursuing meaningless witch hunts against China and that ship sailed a long time ago. The moment he endorsed America’s enslavement document deceptively entitled, Opening Up America, I knew Trump had been compromised. I don’t know the background details, but the evidence is in the disengagement witnessed in Trump’s verbalizations and his defeated and depressed body language. Just compare him on the campaign trail to what he is now. He is a thoroughly defeated man. America is now under Pharmacological Martial Law.
One could easily argue that his first three years in office constituted the biggest turnaround in American history. Trump saved America from economic ruin. He killed the globalists prized free trade agreement, the Trans-Pacific-Partnership which would have gutted the Constitution and our national sovereignty. He took on China and won, at least until they released CV-19. Trump forced the return of American owned manufacturing back into the country and the accompanying economic resurgence set national records.
Despite the liberal media labels that referred to Trump as a racist, a sexist and a homophobe, he lifted the lives of most Americans regardless of race and preferences. From my perspective, former President Trump did not prosecute the social media giants and he should have under Section 230 of the Open Forum laws. Further, Trump did not deliver on his promise to prosecute the Deep State criminals for their bad acts. The latter fact speaks to the fact that the President was at least partially compromised from the time he took over.
Americans, in ever greater number are waking up to the fact that they are playing in a rigged game. The ruse that has been thrown at the American people that our nation was working towards reopening is the single biggest lie ever perpetrated upon a people by its government. Some of us, not many, have awakened to the fact that the President is no longer in charge and is merely a figure head. The very moment that the Bill Gates loyalists from the CV-19 team decided that it was a good idea to fraudulently include “flu-like” symptoms in the Pre-Phase One along side the CV-19 infections as a determinant if a local government could proceed into the Phase One with less restrictiveness, I knew we were playing in a rigged game. I also came to the realization that Trump has been the victim of an internal coup. I have no details, but his body language and lack of the old feisty Trump speaks to the fact that he is not calling the shots.
On March 13, Trump declared a state of national emergency. I have written two articles which demonstrates that in our state of national emergency, the real power in this country has reverted to the Director of FEMA and the Surgeon General. When Trump talks about opening the country to packed stadiums for college football, and promotes the “poop sandwich” of the new COVID-19 guidelines which does not contain a path that will return America to normalcy, a blind man could see that Trump has lost control.
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revolutionradio--2020-04-20--Exactly How Many Deaths Are Needed To Justify Giving Government’s Control Of Everything?

by Jim Fedako via The Mises Institute , ZeroHedge.com Mon , 04/20/2020 The CDC estimates that 61,000 Americans died from the flu during the 2017–18 flu season ( with a range of 46,000 to 95,000 deaths ) .
Few of us even remember that event .
Stores stayed open , folks met and worked , and everyone lived as normal .
Taking sixty-one thousand deaths as our baseline , how deadly does a virus have to be to justify the destruction of our livelihoods and economy in general ?
Half as deadly ?
No that wouldn ’ t make sense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” either .
Would twice as deadly cross the panic threshold ?
But that would be just twice something we didn ’ t notice while it was happening .
So maybe even double is not enough .
No one is ever safe , ever .
But we all lived lives in a world of uncertainty .
That is , until many panicked and allowed governments to drive us into our own caves , so to speak .
But who incited panic ?
Media and social media initially sounded the alarm , sparking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that provided justification for that fear , wrapping dour pronouncements in a veneer of supposed science and truth .
Soon the panic threshold was breached .
While the various media live off provocative headlines , government lives off fear .
So we end up with this strange symbiotic relationship : with the aid of a friendly media , government justifies the fears it propagandizes ; constituents panic and turn to both government for help and the media for information .
Certainly , it has to be this way .
Why ?
Because government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Only a group that can count on the consent of the governed can establish a lasting regime .
Whoever wants to see the world governed according to his own ideas must strive for domination over men ’ s minds .
It is impossible , in the long run , to subject men against their will to a regime that they reject .
So , a government looking to extend its powers , to assume additional rights from its citizens , will need to manufacture consent , else rebellion with ensue .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consent than during an existential crisis , whether it ’ s enemies massed at the gate or ones concealed within .
Obviously , if those enemies do not exist , they have to be invented .
As Schumpeter stated : There was no corner of the known world where some interest was not alleged to be in danger or under actual attack .
If the interests were not Roman , they were those of Rome ’ s allies ; and if Rome had no allies , then allies would be invented .
When @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an interest—why , then it was the national honor that had been insulted .
The fight was always invested with an aura of legality .
Rome was always being attacked by evil-minded neighbors , always fighting for a breathing space .
The whole world was pervaded by a host of enemies , and it was manifestly Rome ’ s duty to guard against their indubitably aggressive designs .
They were enemies who only waited to fall on the Roman people .
Not too long ago , the devised enemy was ISIL—haunting the Levant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ daily that ISIL was readying a strike against the US some fifty-five hundred miles away .
Plausible ?
Hardly .
However , the propaganda machine was able to create some angst , for some time , anyway .
Today the enemy is through the gate unseen , infiltrating bodies and minds .
COVID-19 is a government ’ s dream .
Folks who just yesterday , or so it seems , said certain acts of government , such as closing churches , would ignite rebellion , gladly consent to authoritarian edicts .
But why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the product of the propaganda machine—the good doctors making dire predictions about likely death counts , surrounded by somber officials , all standing near a dais backed by the richly colored , acronymed logo of some official sounding agency .
Great video , great propaganda .
But there is more .
Government is blaming the virus , not itself .
That serves several purposes .
It allows government to employ a misdirect , pilfering the public purse and annulling rights while the masses concern themselves with social distancing .
It also provides personal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who do not have to spend sleepless nights fretting about their role in the destruction of our economy .
Hannah Arendt wrote about the Eichmann trial and tried to answer the conscience question : The trick used by Himmler…was very simple and probably very effective ; it consisted in turning these instincts around , as it were , in directing them toward the self .
So that instead of saying : What horrible things I did to people !
, the murderers would be able to say : What horrible things I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my duties , how heavily the task weighed upon my shoulders !
( Hannah Arendt , Eichmann in Jerusalem ) So you hear statements that twist reality in this manner : “ The virus will let us know when we can reopen the country.
” As if the virus is dictating policy .
We are told that government officials are only reacting as the virus commands .
And the enforcement agents spreading tickets and handcuffs are simply shouldering the horrible tasks that must be pursued .
Is this how we , the people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world where government foments fear for its own purposes and then stands back , blaming its actions on an enemy of its own creation ?
Once more , how deadly does a virus have to be to justify the destruction of our livelihoods and economy in general ?
Twice the usual ?
Three times ?
I can ’ t decide the issue for all .
I simply ask you to consider first what we are allowing ( crashed economy , record unemployment growth , exploding government debt , unconstitutional government edicts , well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And I ask you to consider who , or what entities , are benefiting .
It is true that some cui bono ( to whom it is a benefit ) arguments are fallacious , but not all .
However , consider this : besides a shift of rights and power from the people to the state , there is that matter of trillions moving from our wallets to those of the friends and families of the politically connected .
As I wrote above , no one is ever safe , ever .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accepted a world of uncertainty and didn ’ t panic .
What was true then is true today—to be free is not to be safe .
However , to live free is to live .
Period .
This entry was posted on Monday , April 20th , 2020 at 2:40 pm and is filed under Government Evil .
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by Jim Fedako via The Mises Institute,
ZeroHedge.com
Mon, 04/20/2020
The CDC estimates that 61,000 Americans died from the flu during the 2017–18 flu season (with a range of 46,000 to 95,000 deaths). Few of us even remember that event. Stores stayed open, folks met and worked, and everyone lived as normal.
Taking sixty-one thousand deaths as our baseline, how deadly does a virus have to be to justify the destruction of our livelihoods and economy in general?
Half as deadly? No that wouldn’t make sense. But neither would “as deadly,” either.
Would twice as deadly cross the panic threshold? But that would be just twice something we didn’t notice while it was happening. So maybe even double is not enough.
No one is ever safe, ever. But we all lived lives in a world of uncertainty. That is, until many panicked and allowed governments to drive us into our own caves, so to speak.
But who incited panic? Media and social media initially sounded the alarm, sparking fear. However, it was government that provided justification for that fear, wrapping dour pronouncements in a veneer of supposed science and truth. Soon the panic threshold was breached. While the various media live off provocative headlines, government lives off fear.
So we end up with this strange symbiotic relationship: with the aid of a friendly media, government justifies the fears it propagandizes; constituents panic and turn to both government for help and the media for information. Certainly, it has to be this way. Why? Because government rules through the consent of the governed.
As Mises noted:
Only a group that can count on the consent of the governed can establish a lasting regime. Whoever wants to see the world governed according to his own ideas must strive for domination over men’s minds. It is impossible, in the long run, to subject men against their will to a regime that they reject.
So, a government looking to extend its powers, to assume additional rights from its citizens, will need to manufacture consent, else rebellion with ensue. And there is no better opportunity to manufacture consent than during an existential crisis, whether it’s enemies massed at the gate or ones concealed within.
Obviously, if those enemies do not exist, they have to be invented. As Schumpeter stated:
There was no corner of the known world where some interest was not alleged to be in danger or under actual attack. If the interests were not Roman, they were those of Rome’s allies; and if Rome had no allies, then allies would be invented. When it was utterly impossible to contrive such an interest—why, then it was the national honor that had been insulted. The fight was always invested with an aura of legality. Rome was always being attacked by evil-minded neighbors, always fighting for a breathing space. The whole world was pervaded by a host of enemies, and it was manifestly Rome’s duty to guard against their indubitably aggressive designs. They were enemies who only waited to fall on the Roman people.
Not too long ago, the devised enemy was ISIL—haunting the Levant in Toyota trucks. We were told daily that ISIL was readying a strike against the US some fifty-five hundred miles away. Plausible? Hardly. However, the propaganda machine was able to create some angst, for some time, anyway.
Today the enemy is through the gate unseen, infiltrating bodies and minds. COVID-19 is a government’s dream. Folks who just yesterday, or so it seems, said certain acts of government, such as closing churches, would ignite rebellion, gladly consent to authoritarian edicts. But why?
There is the manufactured fear, the product of the propaganda machine—the good doctors making dire predictions about likely death counts, surrounded by somber officials, all standing near a dais backed by the richly colored, acronymed logo of some official sounding agency. Great video, great propaganda.
But there is more. Government is blaming the virus, not itself. That serves several purposes. It allows government to employ a misdirect, pilfering the public purse and annulling rights while the masses concern themselves with social distancing.
It also provides personal cover to minor agents of the bureaucracy, who do not have to spend sleepless nights fretting about their role in the destruction of our economy.
Hannah Arendt wrote about the Eichmann trial and tried to answer the conscience question:
The trick used by Himmler…was very simple and probably very effective; it consisted in turning these instincts around, as it were, in directing them toward the self. So that instead of saying: What horrible things I did to people!, the murderers would be able to say: What horrible things I had to watch in the pursuance of my duties, how heavily the task weighed upon my shoulders! (Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem)
So you hear statements that twist reality in this manner: “The virus will let us know when we can reopen the country.” As if the virus is dictating policy.
We are told that government officials are only reacting as the virus commands. And the enforcement agents spreading tickets and handcuffs are simply shouldering the horrible tasks that must be pursued.
Is this how we, the people, choose to live? In a world where government foments fear for its own purposes and then stands back, blaming its actions on an enemy of its own creation?
Once more, how deadly does a virus have to be to justify the destruction of our livelihoods and economy in general? Twice the usual? Three times? I can’t decide the issue for all. I simply ask you to consider first what we are allowing (crashed economy, record unemployment growth, exploding government debt, unconstitutional government edicts, well, you get the picture).
And I ask you to consider who, or what entities, are benefiting. It is true that some cui bono (to whom it is a benefit) arguments are fallacious, but not all. However, consider this: besides a shift of rights and power from the people to the state, there is that matter of trillions moving from our wallets to those of the friends and families of the politically connected.
As I wrote above, no one is ever safe, ever. But until a month ago, we all accepted a world of uncertainty and didn’t panic. What was true then is true today—to be free is not to be safe. However, to live free is to live. Period.


revolutionradio--2020-04-20--Government Sanctioned Suicide: Study Finds Coming Economic Crisis Could Lead to 831,600 Suicides – O

Government Sanctioned Suicide: Study Finds Coming Economic Crisis Could Lead to 831,600 Suicides – Or 13 Times the Number of Coronavirus Deaths

As reported earlier Goldman Sachs updated its economic forecast earlier this week and we are looking at a man-made catastrophe !
The economic crash we are looking at is Biblical in proportions !
The US unemployment rate will rise to 15 % from 3 % due to the current economic shutdown in place across the country .
A study by Goldman Sachs in the paper this morning suggests unemployment will be soar to 15 % from about 3 % this quarter .
That means from 27 million minimum to 67 million maximum will lose their jobs in the next three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The pain , suffering and death will be immense from this man-made disaster !
According to this one study , at “ 1 % increase in the annual unemployment rate , approximately 21 additional suicides per 100,000 of the population can be expected.
” If that ’ s correct , each 1 % increase in the unemployment rate in the U.S. , with a 330 million population , will lead to 69,300 additional suicides .
Based on the current predictions , those 12 percentage points could lead to an estimated 831,600 US suicides @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cut down the total number of expected COVID-19 deaths in the US to around 61,000 .
That means we can expect more suicides than coronavirus deaths in the US in the months ahead and possibly as many as 13 times the number of coronavirus deaths .
This entry was posted on Monday , April 20th , 2020 at 2:34 pm and is filed under Economics , God Help Us , Government Evil .
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By Jim Hoft
TheGatewayPundit.com
April 20, 2020
As reported earlier Goldman Sachs updated its economic forecast earlier this week and we are looking at a man-made catastrophe!
The economic crash we are looking at is Biblical in proportions!
The US unemployment rate will rise to 15% from 3% due to the current economic shutdown in place across the country.
A study by Goldman Sachs in the paper this morning suggests unemployment will be soar to 15% from about 3% this quarter. That means from 27 million minimum to 67 million maximum will lose their jobs in the next three months.
This is a catastrophe! The pain, suffering and death will be immense from this man-made disaster!
According to this one study, at “1% increase in the annual unemployment rate, approximately 21 additional suicides per 100,000 of the population can be expected.” If that’s correct, each 1% increase in the unemployment rate in the U.S., with a 330 million population, will lead to 69,300 additional suicides.
Based on the current predictions, those 12 percentage points could lead to an estimated 831,600 US suicides.
Recently the so-called “experts” cut down the total number of expected COVID-19 deaths in the US to around 61,000.
That means we can expect more suicides than coronavirus deaths in the US in the months ahead and possibly as many as 13 times the number of coronavirus deaths.


revolutionradio--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

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 thousands upon thousands of small and mid-size businesses because of the lockdowns .
Many of them were barely surviving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 all of those independent restaurants would spring back to life , but the results of a recent survey suggest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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 restaurants found 38 % of have closed temporarily or permanently , and 77 % have seen their sales drop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 course a lot of restaurants that do reopen will face a really tough struggle because fear of the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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… Gym chain 24 Hour Fitness is working with advisors at investment bank Lazard and law firm Weil , Gotshal & Manges to weigh options including a bankruptcy that could come as soon as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the matter tell CNBC .
The chain is grappling with a heavy debt load , deteriorating performance and a coronavirus pandemic that forced it to shut its more than 400 clubs .
Yes , a certain segment of the population is quite eager to resume all of their normal pre-pandemic activities , but even 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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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 ” … Neiman Marcus Group , one of the largest retailers in the United States , is reportedly ready to file bankruptcy amid the COVD-19 pandemic after defaulting millions in bond payments last week and furloughing 14,000 employees .
Neiman Marcus would become the first major US department store to crumble amidst the economic set @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , things are definitely not going to be returning to “ normal ” 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… Indefinite furloughs began this weekend for more than 100,000 Disney , Best Buy and CarMax workers as businesses make cuts to survive the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent mandatory closures .
But most Americans are not in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” .
In fact , one survey discovered that a whopping 50 percent of all Americans will run through their savings “ by the end of April ” … One of the largest concerns on most homeowners minds right now is how they are going to pay bills — specifically their monthly mortgage payments .
50 % of Americans reported their savings will run out by the end of April .
Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak , 30 % of homeowners had less than $ 1,000 in an emergency fund , with 22 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enough in savings to cover their mortgage payment for one month .
Just like during the last recession , countless numbers of Americans will go from 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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ handouts from a local food bank… Talk about a Norman Rockwell painting idea come to life — a parade of cars filled with hungry people in Miami … smack dab in the middle of two of the city ’ s ritziest hotels .
Check out this surreal scene down in Miami Beach , where a MILE-long line of cars were arranged in a giant U-curve in between the W Hotel and Setai Hotel — two of MB ’ s most high-end go-to spots for celebrity out-of-towners … like Kim K , Justin Bieber @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from that event right here , and if you look closely you will see that some 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 loud warnings that our debt-fueled economic bubble would burst , and now it has happened .
The road ahead is going to be filled with immense pain , and most Americans are not going to be able to handle it .
This entry was posted on Monday , April 20th , 2020 at 2:28 pm and is filed under BioWeapon , Economics , God Help Us , Government Evil .
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by Michael Snyder
TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com
April 19, 2020
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 thousands upon thousands of small and mid-size 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 all of those independent restaurants would spring 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 restaurants found 38% of have closed 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 course a lot of restaurants that do 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…
Gym chain 24 Hour Fitness is working with advisors at investment bank Lazard and law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges to weigh options including a bankruptcy that could come as soon as the next few months, people familiar with the matter tell CNBC.
The chain is grappling with a heavy debt load, deteriorating performance and a coronavirus pandemic that forced it to shut its more than 400 clubs.
Yes, a certain segment of the population is quite eager to resume all of their normal pre-pandemic activities, but even 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”…
Neiman Marcus Group, one of the largest retailers in the United States, is reportedly ready to file bankruptcy amid the COVD-19 pandemic after defaulting millions in bond payments last week and furloughing 14,000 employees.
Neiman Marcus would become the first major US department store to crumble amidst the economic set backs from the coronavirus outbreak.
No, things are definitely not going to be returning to “normal” 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…
Indefinite furloughs began this weekend for more than 100,000 Disney, Best Buy and CarMax workers as businesses make cuts to survive the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent mandatory closures.
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”…
One of the largest concerns on most homeowners minds right now is how they are going to pay bills — specifically their monthly mortgage payments. 50% of Americans reported their savings will run out by the end of April. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, 30% of homeowners had less than $1,000 in an emergency fund, with 22% reporting they didn’t have enough in savings to cover their mortgage payment for one month.
Just like during the last recession, countless numbers of Americans will go from 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…
Talk about a Norman Rockwell painting idea come to life — a parade of cars filled with hungry people in Miami … smack dab in the middle of two of the city’s ritziest hotels.
Check out this surreal scene down in Miami Beach, where a MILE-long line of cars were arranged in a giant U-curve in between the W Hotel and Setai Hotel — two of MB’s most high-end go-to spots for celebrity out-of-towners … like Kim K, Justin Bieber and more.
You can see photos from that event right here, and if you look closely you will see that some 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 burst, and now it has happened.
The road ahead is going to be filled with immense pain, and most Americans are not going to be able to handle it.


revolutionradio--2020-04-20--‘Land of the free!’: Healthcare workers are heckled as they stand in front of anti-lockdown proteste

‘Land of the free!’: Healthcare workers are heckled as they stand in front of anti-lockdown protesters cars’ in Colorado and more demonstrations erupt across the US

Nurses clashed with anti lockdown protesters in Colorado Sunday , defiantly standing in front of the cars of demonstrators who flocked to the Capitol in their hundreds to protest against the state ’ s stay-at-home orders Protests against lockdowns implemented to combat the coronavirus outbreak continued nationwide this afternoon , as a fervent disdain for restrictions that have shut down the economy continues to spread Titled ‘ Operation Gridlock ’ , the day ’ s largest demonstration took place in Denver , where hundreds of protesters ignored social distancing guidelines to huddle together on the lawn of the state Capitol @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social media , the protesters called Gov .
Polis a tyrant and insisted the ongoing economic cost of the shutdown was no longer worth the few lives it would save But the protesters ’ efforts weren ’ t met without resistance .
A group of healthcare workers stood in the street to counter-protest the calls for re-opening , silently obstructing cars as they drove down towards the Capitol Other demonstrations were held in Tennessee , Oregon , Illinois , California , Montana and Washington State Healthcare workers clashed with anti lockdown protesters in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ front of the cars of demonstrators who flocked to the state Capitol in their hundreds to urge Gov .
Jared Polis to lift COVID-19-induced stay-at-home orders .
Protests against state lockdowns implemented to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak continued nationwide this afternoon , as a fervent disdain for the restrictions that have shut down much of the country ’ s economy continues to slowly spread across the US .
Titled ‘ Operation Gridlock ’ , the day ’ s largest demonstration took place in Denver , where hundreds of protesters ignored social distancing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the state Capitol , waving flags emblazoned with slogans such as ‘ Your “ health ” does not supersede my right ’ , ‘ Freedom over fear ’ , and ‘ I would rather risk coronavirus than socialism ’ .
Mobilized by a number of groups on social media , the protesters called Gov .
Polis a tyrant and insisted the ongoing economic cost of the shutdown was no longer worth the few lives it would save .
But the protesters ’ efforts weren ’ t met without resistance .
A group @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , clad in their scrubs and facemasks , to counter-protest the calls for re-opening , silently obstructing cars as they drove down towards the Capitol .
This entry was posted on Monday , April 20th , 2020 at 2:19 pm and is filed under Civil Unrest , Government Evil .
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Nurses clashed with anti lockdown protesters in Colorado Sunday, defiantly standing in front of the cars of demonstrators who flocked to the Capitol in their hundreds to protest against the state’s stay-at-home orders
Protests against lockdowns implemented to combat the coronavirus outbreak continued nationwide this afternoon, as a fervent disdain for restrictions that have shut down the economy continues to spread
Titled ‘Operation Gridlock’, the day’s largest demonstration took place in Denver, where hundreds of protesters ignored social distancing guidelines to huddle together on the lawn of the state Capitol
Mobilized by a number of groups of social media, the protesters called Gov. Polis a tyrant and insisted the ongoing economic cost of the shutdown was no longer worth the few lives it would save
But the protesters’ efforts weren’t met without resistance. A group of healthcare workers stood in the street to counter-protest the calls for re-opening, silently obstructing cars as they drove down towards the Capitol
Other demonstrations were held in Tennessee, Oregon, Illinois, California, Montana and Washington State
By LUKE KENTON
DAILYMAIL.COM
20 April 2020
Healthcare workers clashed with anti lockdown protesters in Colorado on Sunday, defiantly standing in front of the cars of demonstrators who flocked to the state Capitol in their hundreds to urge Gov. Jared Polis to lift COVID-19-induced stay-at-home orders.
Protests against state lockdowns implemented to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak continued nationwide this afternoon, as a fervent disdain for the restrictions that have shut down much of the country’s economy continues to slowly spread across the US.
Titled ‘Operation Gridlock’, the day’s largest demonstration took place in Denver, where hundreds of protesters ignored social distancing guidelines to huddle together on the lawn of the state Capitol, waving flags emblazoned with slogans such as ‘Your “health” does not supersede my right’, ‘Freedom over fear’, and ‘I would rather risk coronavirus than socialism’.
Mobilized by a number of groups on social media, the protesters called Gov. Polis a tyrant and insisted the ongoing economic cost of the shutdown was no longer worth the few lives it would save. But the protesters’ efforts weren’t met without resistance.
A group of healthcare workers stood in the street, clad in their scrubs and facemasks, to counter-protest the calls for re-opening, silently obstructing cars as they drove down towards the Capitol.
The Rest…HERE


revolutionradio--2020-04-20--Australia, New Zealand Ease Lockdowns As New Cases Fall; Texas Reports Promising Drop: Live Updates

Japanese hospitals turn away non-COVID-19 patients Russia outbreak continues to accelerate Demonstrators demand economies reopen now in Denver , Austin NYC Mayor delivers daily update South Korea reports clusters as reopening continues Kudlow says Trump ’ s May 1 reopening goal is “ aspirational ” Small Marin County town hopes to test every resident NRA says 2/3rds restaurant workers in US have lost their jobs Australia , New Zealand begin easing lockdowns Turkey passes China in total ‘ confirmed ’ cases Bolsonaro joins crowds of protesters demanding reopening in Brazil Germany , Denmark , Czech Republic , Norway , India @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Qatar see alarming rise in new cases Prince Philip issues rare statement praising frontline workers US sees 20 % drop in cases Italy reports slight rise in deaths , drop in cases UK reports 450 new deaths NYC reports another drop in hospitalizations 1/5th of world is taking first steps toward reopening economies Merkel urges more ‘ caution ’ as Germany begins to reopen “ Corona curve ” shows outbreak “ over the hump ” Belgium reports 1,487 new cases UK business furlough scheme flooded with applications Mnuchin praises Shake Shack for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foreign minister slams China over propaganda German newspaper slams Beijing for “ exporting ” virus * * * Update ( 1400ET ) : Roughly one week after declaring their plans to extend lockdown measures , Australia and New Zealand have done an about-face and are now beginning the process of reopening their economies as the number of new cases slows to a trickle .
The NYT described their plans as “ careful and calibrated.
” Australia and New Zealand announced plans on Monday to ease lockdown restrictions as both countries have managed so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just a few new infections each day .
Careful and calibrated , the plans include a return to school for some children in the coming weeks as well as allowances for slightly more business activity , more freedom to exercise outdoors and the potential for gatherings of more than two people .
In Sydney , a few beaches reopened for exercise on Monday , leading to the return of surfers .
In Maroubra , a coastal southern suburb , lifeguards used megaphones to warn surfers , runners and swimmers to stay physically distanced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NYT expressed tremendous relief .
“ I ’ m just kind of laughing , ” said Paul Beswich , 55 , one of many residents who welcomed the chance to go for a swim .
“ I ’ ve lived here all my life , and we ’ ve always been told that if you ’ ve got a virus , go flush it out in the water .
Now we can.
” Both countries “ benefited from early prevention methods ” but also they just really never saw that many cases , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t seem entirely clear .
In the US , the number of confirmed cases in the US had surpassed 766,000 as of early Monday afternoon .
Update ( 1330ET ) : Italy reported 2,256 new cases of coronavirus and 454 new deaths over the last 24 hours on Monday , for a total of 181,228 cases and 24,114 deaths .
While the country saw a slight rise in deaths day over day , the number of new cases ( along with the total number tested ) declined , as did the number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of patients intubated .
Meanwhile , in the UK , officials reported 4,676 new cases of coronavirus and 449 new deaths , for a total of 124,743 cases and 16,509 deaths .
France reported a batch of new fatalities and cases on Monday that brought the countrywide death toll above 20k , joining a small club of nations – including the US , Italy and Spain – with more than 20k confirmed deaths from COVID-19 .
In the US , Texas reported a 20 % slide in new cases day over day to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 29 million .
After reporting a drop in deaths earlier , New York State reported roughly 4,800 new cases on Monday , bringing its total to 247,512 cases , only one-third of the US total , a rapidly shrinking share for a state that once represented more than half of all cases in the country .
Update ( 1140ET ) : New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo just gave the world one more reason to celebrate , as US stocks head back into the green , as he reported fewer than 500 deaths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that ’ s been home to nearly half of the nation ’ s deaths – over the last 24 hours .
This entry was posted on Monday , April 20th , 2020 at 2:10 pm and is filed under BioWeapon , Health , Pandemic .
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by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Mon, 04/20/2020
Summary:
Japanese hospitals turn away non-COVID-19 patients
Russia outbreak continues to accelerate
Demonstrators demand economies reopen now in Denver, Austin
NYC Mayor delivers daily update
South Korea reports clusters as reopening continues
Kudlow says Trump’s May 1 reopening goal is “aspirational”
Small Marin County town hopes to test every resident
NRA says 2/3rds restaurant workers in US have lost their jobs
Australia, New Zealand begin easing lockdowns
Turkey passes China in total ‘confirmed’ cases
Bolsonaro joins crowds of protesters demanding reopening in Brazil
Germany, Denmark, Czech Republic, Norway, India among countries reopening right now
Saudi Arabia, Qatar see alarming rise in new cases
Prince Philip issues rare statement praising frontline workers
US sees 20% drop in cases
Italy reports slight rise in deaths, drop in cases
UK reports 450 new deaths
NYC reports another drop in hospitalizations
1/5th of world is taking first steps toward reopening economies
Merkel urges more ‘caution’ as Germany begins to reopen
“Corona curve” shows outbreak “over the hump”
Belgium reports 1,487 new cases
UK business furlough scheme flooded with applications
Mnuchin praises Shake Shack for giving back ‘PPP’ money
French foreign minister slams China over propaganda
German newspaper slams Beijing for “exporting” virus
* * *
Update (1400ET): Roughly one week after declaring their plans to extend lockdown measures, Australia and New Zealand have done an about-face and are now beginning the process of reopening their economies as the number of new cases slows to a trickle.
The NYT described their plans as “careful and calibrated.”
Australia and New Zealand announced plans on Monday to ease lockdown restrictions as both countries have managed so far to control coronavirus outbreaks, reporting just a few new infections each day.
Careful and calibrated, the plans include a return to school for some children in the coming weeks as well as allowances for slightly more business activity, more freedom to exercise outdoors and the potential for gatherings of more than two people.
In Sydney, a few beaches reopened for exercise on Monday, leading to the return of surfers. In Maroubra, a coastal southern suburb, lifeguards used megaphones to warn surfers, runners and swimmers to stay physically distanced.
Many residents who spoke with the NYT expressed tremendous relief.
“I’m just kind of laughing,” said Paul Beswich, 55, one of many residents who welcomed the chance to go for a swim. “I’ve lived here all my life, and we’ve always been told that if you’ve got a virus, go flush it out in the water. Now we can.”
Both countries “benefited from early prevention methods” but also they just really never saw that many cases, for reasons that to some still don’t seem entirely clear.
In the US, the number of confirmed cases in the US had surpassed 766,000 as of early Monday afternoon.
* * *
Update (1330ET): Italy reported 2,256 new cases of coronavirus and 454 new deaths over the last 24 hours on Monday, for a total of 181,228 cases and 24,114 deaths. While the country saw a slight rise in deaths day over day, the number of new cases (along with the total number tested) declined, as did the number of patients hospitalized, and the number of patients intubated. Meanwhile, in the UK, officials reported 4,676 new cases of coronavirus and 449 new deaths, for a total of 124,743 cases and 16,509 deaths.
France reported a batch of new fatalities and cases on Monday that brought the countrywide death toll above 20k, joining a small club of nations – including the US, Italy and Spain – with more than 20k confirmed deaths from COVID-19.
In the US, Texas reported a 20% slide in new cases day over day to just 535 for the entire state of 29 million.
After reporting a drop in deaths earlier, New York State reported roughly 4,800 new cases on Monday, bringing its total to 247,512 cases, only one-third of the US total, a rapidly shrinking share for a state that once represented more than half of all cases in the country.
* * *
Update (1140ET): New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo just gave the world one more reason to celebrate, as US stocks head back into the green, as he reported fewer than 500 deaths in New York State – a state that’s been home to nearly half of the nation’s deaths – over the last 24 hours.
Holding a briefing with updates on #Coronavirus. Watch Live: https://t.co/BbGBb0ZK63 — Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 20, 2020
Here’s the chart: