revolutionradio--2020-03-13--Will The Coronavirus Kill The New World Order?…(Out Of 3 Laptops, Down To 1, And it’s Slow…)

Dr. Brian Monahan , attending physician of Congress , told a closed meeting of Senate staffers this week that 70 million to 150 million Americans – a third of the nation – could contract the coronavirus .
Dr. Anthony Fauci testified that the mortality rate for COVID-19 will likely run near 1 % .
Translation : Between 750,000 and 1.1 million Americans may die of this disease before it runs its course .
The latter figure is equal to all the U.S. dead in World War II and on both sides in the Civil War .
Chancellor Angela Merkel warns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ population — 58 million people — could contract the coronavirus .
If she is right , and Fauci ’ s mortality rate holds for her country , that could mean more than half a million dead Germans .
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis called Merkel ’ s remark “ unhelpful ” and said it could cause panic .
But Harvard epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch seemed to support Merkel , saying between 40 % and 70 % of the world ’ s population could become infected .
Again , if Fauci ’ s 1 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prove on target , between 3 billion and 5 billion people on earth will be infected , and 30 million to 50 million will die , a death toll greater than that of the Spanish Flu of 1918 .
There is , however , some contradictory news .
China , with 81,000 cases , has noted a deceleration in new cases and South Korea appears to be gradually containing the spread of the virus .
Yet , Italy , with its large elderly population , may be a harbinger of what is to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thursday , Italy had reported 12,000 cases and 827 deaths , a mortality rate of nearly 7 % .
This suggests that the unreported and undetected infections in shutdown Italy are far more numerous .
In the U.S. , the death toll at this writing is 39 , a tiny fraction of the annual toll of tens of thousands who die of the flu .
But the problem is this : COVID-19 has not nearly run its course in the USA , while the reaction in society and the economy approaches what we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The stock market has plunged further and faster than it did in the Great Crash of 1929 .
Trillions of dollars in wealth have vanished .
If Sen. Bernie Sanders does not like “ millionaires and billionaires , ” he should be pleased .
There are far fewer of them today than there were when he won the New Hampshire primary .
What does the future hold ?
It may one day be said that the coronavirus delivered the deathblow to the New World Order , to a half-century of globalization , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world ’ s great nations .
Tourism , air travel , vacation cruises , international gatherings and festivals are already shutting down .
Travel bans between countries and continents are being imposed .
Conventions , concerts and sporting events are being canceled .
Will the Tokyo Olympics go forward ?
If they do , will all the anticipated visitors from abroad come to Japan to enjoy the games ?
As for the “ open borders ” crowd , do Democrats still believe that breaking into our country should no longer be a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be given free health care , a proposition to which all the Democratic debaters raised their hands ?
The ideological roots of our free trade era can be traced to the mid-19th century when its great evangelist , Richard Cobden , rose at Free Trade Hall in Manchester on Jan. 15 , 1846 , and rhapsodized : “ I see in the Free Trade principle that which shall act on the moral world as the principle of gravitation in the universe — drawing men together , thrusting aside the antagonism of race , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ uniting us in the bonds of eternal peace.
” In the pre-Trump era , Republicans held hands with liberal Democrats in embracing NAFTA , GATT , the WTO and most-favored-nation trade privileges for China .
In retrospect , was it wise to have relied on China to produce essential parts for the supply chains of goods vital to our national security ?
Does it appear wise to have moved the production of pharmaceuticals and lifesaving drugs for heart disease , strokes and diabetes to China ?
Does it appear wise to have allowed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rare earth minerals crucial to the development of weapons for our defense ?
In this coronavirus pandemic , people now seem to be looking for authoritative leaders and nations seem to be looking out for their own peoples first .
Would Merkel , today , invite a million Syrian refugees into Germany no matter the conditions under which they were living in Syria and Turkey ?
Is not the case now conclusive that we made a historic mistake when we outsourced our economic independence to rely for vital necessities upon nations that have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at heart ?
Which rings truer today ?
We are all part of mankind , all citizens of the world .
Or that it ’ s time to put America and Americans first !
This entry was posted on Friday , March 13th , 2020 at 12:01 pm and is filed under BioWeapon , Government Evil , Health , New World Order , Pandemic .
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by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org,
ZeroHedge.com
Fri, 03/13/2020
Dr. Brian Monahan, attending physician of Congress, told a closed meeting of Senate staffers this week that 70 million to 150 million Americans – a third of the nation – could contract the coronavirus. Dr. Anthony Fauci testified that the mortality rate for COVID-19 will likely run near 1%.
Translation: Between 750,000 and 1.1 million Americans may die of this disease before it runs its course. The latter figure is equal to all the U.S. dead in World War II and on both sides in the Civil War.
Chancellor Angela Merkel warns that 70% of Germany’s population — 58 million people — could contract the coronavirus. If she is right, and Fauci’s mortality rate holds for her country, that could mean more than half a million dead Germans.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis called Merkel’s remark “unhelpful” and said it could cause panic. But Harvard epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch seemed to support Merkel, saying between 40% and 70% of the world’s population could become infected.
Again, if Fauci’s 1% mortality rate and Lipsitch’s estimate prove on target, between 3 billion and 5 billion people on earth will be infected, and 30 million to 50 million will die, a death toll greater than that of the Spanish Flu of 1918.
There is, however, some contradictory news.
China, with 81,000 cases, has noted a deceleration in new cases and South Korea appears to be gradually containing the spread of the virus.
Yet, Italy, with its large elderly population, may be a harbinger of what is to come in the West.
As of Thursday, Italy had reported 12,000 cases and 827 deaths, a mortality rate of nearly 7%. This suggests that the unreported and undetected infections in shutdown Italy are far more numerous.
In the U.S., the death toll at this writing is 39, a tiny fraction of the annual toll of tens of thousands who die of the flu.
But the problem is this: COVID-19 has not nearly run its course in the USA, while the reaction in society and the economy approaches what we might expect from a boiling national disaster.
The stock market has plunged further and faster than it did in the Great Crash of 1929. Trillions of dollars in wealth have vanished. If Sen. Bernie Sanders does not like “millionaires and billionaires,” he should be pleased. There are far fewer of them today than there were when he won the New Hampshire primary.
What does the future hold?
It may one day be said that the coronavirus delivered the deathblow to the New World Order, to a half-century of globalization, and to the era of interdependence of the world’s great nations.
Tourism, air travel, vacation cruises, international gatherings and festivals are already shutting down. Travel bans between countries and continents are being imposed. Conventions, concerts and sporting events are being canceled. Will the Tokyo Olympics go forward? If they do, will all the anticipated visitors from abroad come to Japan to enjoy the games?
Trump has issued a one-month travel ban on Europe.
As for the “open borders” crowd, do Democrats still believe that breaking into our country should no longer be a crime, and immigrants arriving illegally should be given free health care, a proposition to which all the Democratic debaters raised their hands?
The ideological roots of our free trade era can be traced to the mid-19th century when its great evangelist, Richard Cobden, rose at Free Trade Hall in Manchester on Jan. 15, 1846, and rhapsodized:
“I see in the Free Trade principle that which shall act on the moral world as the principle of gravitation in the universe — drawing men together, thrusting aside the antagonism of race, and creed, and language, and uniting us in the bonds of eternal peace.”
In the pre-Trump era, Republicans held hands with liberal Democrats in embracing NAFTA, GATT, the WTO and most-favored-nation trade privileges for China.
In retrospect, was it wise to have relied on China to produce essential parts for the supply chains of goods vital to our national security? Does it appear wise to have moved the production of pharmaceuticals and lifesaving drugs for heart disease, strokes and diabetes to China? Does it appear wise to have allowed China to develop a virtual monopoly on rare earth minerals crucial to the development of weapons for our defense?
In this coronavirus pandemic, people now seem to be looking for authoritative leaders and nations seem to be looking out for their own peoples first. Would Merkel, today, invite a million Syrian refugees into Germany no matter the conditions under which they were living in Syria and Turkey?
Is not the case now conclusive that we made a historic mistake when we outsourced our economic independence to rely for vital necessities upon nations that have never had America’s best interests at heart?
Which rings truer today? We are all part of mankind, all citizens of the world. Or that it’s time to put America and Americans first!


revolutionradio--2020-03-13--Revealed: How the coronavirus is deadliest for the over-80s and how patients with underlying health

Revealed: How the coronavirus is deadliest for the over-80s and how patients with underlying health problems from heart disease and asthma are most vulnerable

Scientists in China have crunched coronavirus numbers to reveal the fatality rate Data shows 10.5 % of heart disease patients with COVID-19 died 7.3 % of diabetics and 6.3 % of people with chronic respiratory diseases died It comes after Boris Johnson warned ‘ many ’ more will become victims Coronavirus symptoms : what are they and should you see a doctor ?
Scientists have crunched coronavirus statistics to reveal the fatality rate for infected patients with underlying health problems .
Data shows patients with pre-existing conditions are more likely to suffer severe illness and die because their immune systems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who studied more than 72,000 patients , found 10.5 per cent of heart disease sufferers who became ill with COVID-19 died .
The fatality rate was 7.3 per cent for diabetics and 6.3 per cent among people with chronic respiratory diseases , such as asthma .
The World Health Organization has recently advised vulnerable people to be extra vigilant and avoid crowded areas , or anywhere they could come into contact with sick people .
Cases have reached almost 800 in the UK , and ten people have died .
But officials yesterday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be infected .
Boris Johnson warned ‘ many more will die ’ of the coronavirus in the UK , but just how many remains to be seen .
This entry was posted on Friday , March 13th , 2020 at 11:44 am and is filed under BioWeapon , Health , Pandemic .
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Scientists in China have crunched coronavirus numbers to reveal the fatality rate
Data shows 10.5% of heart disease patients with COVID-19 died
7.3% of diabetics and 6.3% of people with chronic respiratory diseases died
It comes after Boris Johnson warned ‘many’ more will become victims
Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a doctor?
By VANESSA CHALMERS HEALTH REPORTER
DAILYMAIL.COM
13 March 2020
Scientists have crunched coronavirus statistics to reveal the fatality rate for infected patients with underlying health problems.
Data shows patients with pre-existing conditions are more likely to suffer severe illness and die because their immune systems are weaker.
Researchers in China, who studied more than 72,000 patients, found 10.5 per cent of heart disease sufferers who became ill with COVID-19 died.
The fatality rate was 7.3 per cent for diabetics and 6.3 per cent among people with chronic respiratory diseases, such as asthma.
The World Health Organization has recently advised vulnerable people to be extra vigilant and avoid crowded areas, or anywhere they could come into contact with sick people.
Cases have reached almost 800 in the UK, and ten people have died. But officials yesterday revealed up to 10,000 patients could already be infected.
Boris Johnson warned ‘many more will die’ of the coronavirus in the UK, but just how many remains to be seen.
The Rest…HERE


revolutionradio--2020-03-13--Trump To Declare National Emergency Over Coronavirus: Live Updates

Update ( 1120ET ) : It looks like we ’ ve just learned what President Trump plans to announce at this afternoon ’ s press conference .
Media reports are claiming that the White House is planning to declare a national emergency .
Dozens of cities and states have already declared emergency status to open up access to more money that can be used to fight the virus .
But Trump ’ s declaration would invoke the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act – more commonly known as “ the Stafford ” – and use it to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ G-7 has just confirmed that it plans to hold a video conference on Monday to discuss a coordinated response between all of its leaders .
Update ( 1105ET ) : Clearly eager to make up for Wednesday night ’ s disastrous performance in the Oval Office , President Trump has announced plans to hold another press conference at 3 pmET .
After Trump ’ s last performance , some are pushing for the White House to make Dr. Fauci the official federal government spokesman on all things crisis related .
Canadian PM Justin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ noon , presumably to discuss the situation with his wife and the fact that he likely has also contracted the virus , as people infecting their spouses has been a common occurrence during the outbreak , especially during the early days .
Of course , no matter what Trump does at this point , his critics will simply question why he didn ’ t do it sooner .
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by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Fri, 03/13/2020
Update (1120ET): It looks like we’ve just learned what President Trump plans to announce at this afternoon’s press conference. Media reports are claiming that the White House is planning to declare a national emergency.
Dozens of cities and states have already declared emergency status to open up access to more money that can be used to fight the virus.
But Trump’s declaration would invoke the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act – more commonly known as “the Stafford ” – and use it to speed up the government response.
The G-7 has just confirmed that it plans to hold a video conference on Monday to discuss a coordinated response between all of its leaders.
Update (1105ET): Clearly eager to make up for Wednesday night’s disastrous performance in the Oval Office, President Trump has announced plans to hold another press conference at 3 pmET.
I will be having a news conference today at 3:00 P.M., The White House. Topic: CoronaVirus! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 13, 2020
After Trump’s last performance, some are pushing for the White House to make Dr. Fauci the official federal government spokesman on all things crisis related.
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau will hold a press conference at noon, presumably to discuss the situation with his wife and the fact that he likely has also contracted the virus, as people infecting their spouses has been a common occurrence during the outbreak, especially during the early days.
Of course, no matter what Trump does at this point, his critics will simply question why he didn’t do it sooner.
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revolutionradio--2020-03-13--The Coronavirus Dots Are Beginning to Connect

I have been the moderate voice on the Coronavirus .
I hoped that “ burnout ” would happen before the conditions in America became like conditions in China were 50 days ago .
Fifty days is how far ahead the Chinese problem is ahead of America ’ s pandemic experience .
Being partially incapacitated from recent eye surgery has provided me with the time to make the rounds with my sources .
This article is going to be a compilation of facts regarding what “ experts ” and sources in the know are saying .
The intimidation factor is high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with censorship and control is also high .
In this kind of emotionally charged environment , the truth has a way to finding the light of day , it just does not happen in conventional means .
The mainstream media is in lockdown , all released information is highly scripted .
As was widely reported , social media companies had their “ talking to ” by the CDC and WHO and they were told that they would censor content on the Coronavirus .
However , with the incessant news coverage by the MSM @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reconsider the issue of reporting on the virus on their channel .
Here is a quote from You Tube on this issue : 16:00 UTC 11 March 2020 ] Updates to monetization for coronavirus-related content : Due to the ongoing nature of this situation , we ’ ll begin enabling ads for content discussing the coronavirus on a limited number of channels .
This will include creators who accurately self-certify and a range of news partners , with more channels to follow .
https : //support.google.com/youtube/search ?
q=coronavirus This entry was posted on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1:21 pm and is filed under BioWeapon , China , God Help Us , Government Evil , Health , Pandemic .
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by Dave Hodges
TheCommonSenseShow.com
Friday, March 13, 2020
I have been the moderate voice on the Coronavirus. I hoped that “burnout” would happen before the conditions in America became like conditions in China were 50 days ago. Fifty days is how far ahead the Chinese problem is ahead of America’s pandemic experience.
Being partially incapacitated from recent eye surgery has provided me with the time to make the rounds with my sources. This article is going to be a compilation of facts regarding what “experts” and sources in the know are saying. The intimidation factor is high, but the fear and anger associated with censorship and control is also high. In this kind of emotionally charged environment, the truth has a way to finding the light of day, it just does not happen in conventional means.
The Media
The mainstream media is in lockdown, all released information is highly scripted. As was widely reported, social media companies had their “talking to” by the CDC and WHO and they were told that they would censor content on the Coronavirus. However, with the incessant news coverage by the MSM, You Tube has been forced to reconsider the issue of reporting on the virus on their channel. Here is a quote from You Tube on this issue:
16:00 UTC 11 March 2020 ] Updates to monetization for coronavirus-related content: Due to the ongoing nature of this situation, we’ll begin enabling ads for content discussing the coronavirus on a limited number of channels. This will include creators who accurately self-certify and a range of news partners, with more channels to follow. https://support.google.com/youtube/search?q=coronavirus
The Rest…HERE


revolutionradio--2020-03-17--Coronavirus deaths in the USA are EXCEEDING our original pandemic projection model by nearly 25%… se

Coronavirus deaths in the USA are EXCEEDING our original pandemic projection model by nearly 25%… see the shocking numbers that no one believed until now

Remember the original pandemic projection model we released on March 5th ?
That model , with details shown below , projected 2.1 million deaths in the United States by July 4th if aggressive steps weren ’ t taken to achieve strong social isolation ( i.e .
halting all domestic air travel , blocking public transport , etc. )
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Fortunately for us all , President Trump and local mayors and governors have all taken various forms of action since that day , helping achieve some measure of social isolation .
That means the original projection of 2.1 millions deaths is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , through his actions , has probably saved many hundreds of thousands of lives .
However , we ’ re not out of the woods yet .
And the number of fatalities being reported right now across America is actually exceeding my original projections by as much as 25 % .
Check out this small table , showing the projected fatalities vs. the actual fatalities from March 6th through March 16th .
This entry was posted on Tuesday , March 17th , 2020 at 5:46 pm and is filed under BioWeapon , Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed .

by: Mike Adams
NaturalNews.com
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Remember the original pandemic projection model we released on March 5th? That model, with details shown below, projected 2.1 million deaths in the United States by July 4th if aggressive steps weren’t taken to achieve strong social isolation (i.e. halting all domestic air travel, blocking public transport, etc.).
Fortunately for us all, President Trump and local mayors and governors have all taken various forms of action since that day, helping achieve some measure of social isolation. That means the original projection of 2.1 millions deaths is now obsolete, and that President Trump, through his actions, has probably saved many hundreds of thousands of lives.
However, we’re not out of the woods yet. And the number of fatalities being reported right now across America is actually exceeding my original projections by as much as 25%.
Check out this small table, showing the projected fatalities vs. the actual fatalities from March 6th through March 16th.
The Rest…HERE


revolutionradio--2020-03-17--The Chicom and Democratic Party Coronavirus Bioweapon Attack Upon America Will Ultimately Fail

Alexandra Daley and myself have previously tracked the illegal and treasonous weapons transfer of F-35 technology to the CHICOMS dating back to 2015 .
Hunter Biden used the services of Air Force One when he oversaw the technology transfer to the Chinese as it was delivered to Wuhan .
We also know that on the same flights there were several shipments , from Rosemont Seneca a subsidiary of Burisma , of unmarked contents that were on the manifest .
The use of Air Force One implicates Obama as a co-conspirator in this treason and ultimately the release of the present @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world and now America .
This act is treason and is punishable by execution .
On the very day of the impeachment inquiry , Senators Grassley and Johnson , each utilizing their own committees , launched an investigation into the travels of Hunter Biden to Ukraine AND China using Air Force One and/or Air Force Two by issuing a subpoena to the Secret Service for this information .
In other words , Johnson and Grassley know what I know and the choice of the impeachment acquittal data was not coincidental .
And it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as well as the Trump administration knows what Alexandra Daley and myself have learned over the past 7 months of investigation .
It is also prudent to mention at this point , that based on the advice of a federal government official , I used nothing but mainstream media references ( eg Newsweek , USA Today ) to track the illegal arms sales of weapons to Iran on behalf of the Clinton Foundation .
As the previous CSS publication demonstrated , Hillary went through her old friend , Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shipped the weapons to Pakistan and then directly into Iran .
Adding fuel to the fire , I wrote a 5 part investigative piece on a speech that Wei Fenghe , China ’ s Defense Minister , in which he advocated for the use of a race-specific bioweapons to wipe out most of the United States .
The Chinese purpose was to be able to send 300 million colonists to occupy America in order to plunders her resources as Wei Fenghe stated was the Chinese main foreign policy was the carrying out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As I have discovered , Wei Fenghe was not alone .
Each of the two previous Chinese Defense Minister ’ s have openly advocated for the same goals .
Adding fuel to this fire , comes other similar statements coming out of the CHICOM government .
In fact , each of the two Defense Ministers , dating back to 2003 , have expressed the same genocidal goal towards the United States .
Democratic Party Motivation to Betray Their Own Country Based on the data that Daley and myself have uncovered , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have conspired with the Communist Chinese to unleash a rapidly mutating bioweapon against the world .
This pleases the upper echelon of the New World Order crowd because as the nations ’ economies in free-fall ( eg all of the G-20 ) .
Let ’ s not forget that Diane Feinstein ’ s 20 year driver was an exposed CHICOM spy .
CHICOm operatives such as the late Rose Pak , dominated and controlled Bay area Democratic politicians since the early 2000 ’ s before her death in 2015 .
The top Democrats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pelosi family ( Paul Pelosi JR ) is up to his rear end with Hunter Biden ’ s foreign exploits .
Also , Kamala Harris , both as Alameda County DA and the California State Attorney General , did the CHICOMs business by covering up human trafficking , drug running and the allowance for the CHICOM controlled cartels to gain a major foothold in California .
I could go on and on , but you get the idea .
This entry was posted on Tuesday , March 17th , 2020 at 2:38 pm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Government Evil , Health , History , Pandemic .
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by Dave Hodges
TheCommonSenseShow.com
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Alexandra Daley and myself have previously tracked the illegal and treasonous weapons transfer of F-35 technology to the CHICOMS dating back to 2015. Hunter Biden used the services of Air Force One when he oversaw the technology transfer to the Chinese as it was delivered to Wuhan. We also know that on the same flights there were several shipments, from Rosemont Seneca a subsidiary of Burisma, of unmarked contents that were on the manifest.
The use of Air Force One implicates Obama as a co-conspirator in this treason and ultimately the release of the present Coronavirus(es) bioweapon upon the world and now America. This act is treason and is punishable by execution.
Not a Coincidence
On the very day of the impeachment inquiry, Senators Grassley and Johnson, each utilizing their own committees, launched an investigation into the travels of Hunter Biden to Ukraine AND China using Air Force One and/or Air Force Two by issuing a subpoena to the Secret Service for this information. In other words, Johnson and Grassley know what I know and the choice of the impeachment acquittal data was not coincidental. And it is safe to say that these Senators, as well as the Trump administration knows what Alexandra Daley and myself have learned over the past 7 months of investigation.
It is also prudent to mention at this point, that based on the advice of a federal government official, I used nothing but mainstream media references (eg Newsweek, USA Today) to track the illegal arms sales of weapons to Iran on behalf of the Clinton Foundation. As the previous CSS publication demonstrated, Hillary went through her old friend, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, her Awan brother employees, and shipped the weapons to Pakistan and then directly into Iran.
Adding fuel to the fire, I wrote a 5 part investigative piece on a speech that Wei Fenghe, China’s Defense Minister, in which he advocated for the use of a race-specific bioweapons to wipe out most of the United States. The Chinese purpose was to be able to send 300 million colonists to occupy America in order to plunders her resources as Wei Fenghe stated was the Chinese main foreign policy was the carrying out of genocide against the American people using bioweapons. As I have discovered, Wei Fenghe was not alone. Each of the two previous Chinese Defense Minister’s have openly advocated for the same goals.
Adding fuel to this fire, comes other similar statements coming out of the CHICOM government. In fact, each of the two Defense Ministers, dating back to 2003, have expressed the same genocidal goal towards the United States.
Democratic Party Motivation to Betray Their Own Country
Based on the data that Daley and myself have uncovered, it is our position that top level Democrats have conspired with the Communist Chinese to unleash a rapidly mutating bioweapon against the world. This pleases the upper echelon of the New World Order crowd because as the nations’ economies in free-fall (eg all of the G-20). Let’s not forget that Diane Feinstein’s 20 year driver was an exposed CHICOM spy. CHICOm operatives such as the late Rose Pak, dominated and controlled Bay area Democratic politicians since the early 2000’s before her death in 2015. The top Democrats that came under her control were the Pelosi family (Paul Pelosi JR) is up to his rear end with Hunter Biden’s foreign exploits. Also, Kamala Harris, both as Alameda County DA and the California State Attorney General, did the CHICOMs business by covering up human trafficking, drug running and the allowance for the CHICOM controlled cartels to gain a major foothold in California. I could go on and on, but you get the idea.
The Rest…HERE


revolutionradio--2020-03-17--Ron Paul: Be Wary Of Over-Reaching Government Responses To Covid-19

by Ron Paul , op-ed via The Orange County Register , ZeroHedge.com Tue , 03/17/2020 Governments love crises because when the people are fearful they are more willing to give up freedoms for promises that the government will take care of them .
After 9/11 , for example , Americans accepted the near-total destruction of their civil liberties in the PATRIOT Act ’ s hollow promises of security .
It is ironic to see the same Democrats who tried to impeach President Trump last month for abuse of power demanding that the Trump Administration grab more power and authority in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thus far has killed less than 100 Americans .
Declaring a pandemic emergency on Friday , President Trump now claims the power to quarantine individuals suspected of being infected by the virus and , as Politico writes , “ stop and seize any plane , train or automobile to stymie the spread of contagious disease.
” He can even call out the military to cordon off a US city or state .
State and local authoritarians love panic as well .
The mayor of Champaign , Illinois , signed an executive order declaring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guns and alcohol and cut off gas , water , or electricity to any citizen .
The governor of Ohio just essentially closed his entire state .
The chief fearmonger of the Trump Administration is without a doubt Anthony Fauci , head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health .
Fauci is all over the media , serving up outright falsehoods to stir up even more panic .
He testified to Congress that the death rate for the coronavirus is ten times that of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scientific basis .
On Face the Nation , Fauci did his best to further damage an already tanking economy by stating , “ Right now , personally , myself , I wouldn ’ t go to a restaurant.
” He has pushed for closing the entire country down for 14 days .
Over what ?
A virus that has thus far killed just over 5,000 worldwide and less than 100 in the United States ?
By contrast , tuberculosis , an old disease not much discussed these days , killed nearly 1.6 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the panic over this ?
If anything , what people like Fauci and the other fearmongers are demanding will likely make the disease worse .
The martial law they dream about will leave people hunkered down inside their homes instead of going outdoors or to the beach where the sunshine and fresh air would help boost immunity .
The panic produced by these fearmongers is likely helping spread the disease , as massive crowds rush into Walmart and Costco for that last roll of toilet paper .
The madness over the coronavirus is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ community .
The head of the neoconservative Atlantic Council wrote an editorial this week urging NATO to pass an Article 5 declaration of war against the COVID-19 virus !
Are they going to send in tanks and drones to wipe out these microscopic enemies ?
That is not to say the disease is harmless .
Without question people will die from coronavirus .
Those in vulnerable categories should take precautions to limit their risk of exposure .
But we have seen this movie before .
Government over-hypes a threat as an excuse to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the “ threat ” is over , however , they never give us our freedoms back .
This entry was posted on Tuesday , March 17th , 2020 at 2:11 pm and is filed under BioWeapon , Government Evil , Health , Pandemic , Ron Paul .
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by Ron Paul, op-ed via The Orange County Register,
ZeroHedge.com
Tue, 03/17/2020
Governments love crises because when the people are fearful they are more willing to give up freedoms for promises that the government will take care of them.
After 9/11, for example, Americans accepted the near-total destruction of their civil liberties in the PATRIOT Act’s hollow promises of security.
It is ironic to see the same Democrats who tried to impeach President Trump last month for abuse of power demanding that the Trump Administration grab more power and authority in the name of fighting a virus that thus far has killed less than 100 Americans.
Declaring a pandemic emergency on Friday, President Trump now claims the power to quarantine individuals suspected of being infected by the virus and, as Politico writes, “stop and seize any plane, train or automobile to stymie the spread of contagious disease.” He can even call out the military to cordon off a US city or state.
State and local authoritarians love panic as well. The mayor of Champaign, Illinois, signed an executive order declaring the power to ban the sale of guns and alcohol and cut off gas, water, or electricity to any citizen. The governor of Ohio just essentially closed his entire state.
The chief fearmonger of the Trump Administration is without a doubt Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. Fauci is all over the media, serving up outright falsehoods to stir up even more panic. He testified to Congress that the death rate for the coronavirus is ten times that of the seasonal flu, a claim without any scientific basis.
On Face the Nation, Fauci did his best to further damage an already tanking economy by stating, “Right now, personally, myself, I wouldn’t go to a restaurant.”
He has pushed for closing the entire country down for 14 days.
Over what? A virus that has thus far killed just over 5,000 worldwide and less than 100 in the United States? By contrast,
tuberculosis, an old disease not much discussed these days, killed nearly 1.6 million people in 2017. Where’s the panic over this?
If anything, what people like Fauci and the other fearmongers are demanding will likely make the disease worse. The martial law they dream about will leave people hunkered down inside their homes instead of going outdoors or to the beach where the sunshine and fresh air would help boost immunity. The panic produced by these fearmongers is likely helping spread the disease, as massive crowds rush into Walmart and Costco for that last roll of toilet paper.
The madness over the coronavirus is not limited to politicians and the medical community. The head of the neoconservative Atlantic Council wrote an editorial this week urging NATO to pass an Article 5 declaration of war against the COVID-19 virus! Are they going to send in tanks and drones to wipe out these microscopic enemies?
That is not to say the disease is harmless. Without question people will die from coronavirus. Those in vulnerable categories should take precautions to limit their risk of exposure. But we have seen this movie before. Government over-hypes a threat as an excuse to grab more of our freedoms.
When the “threat” is over, however, they never give us our freedoms back.


revolutionradio--2020-03-17--Delingpole: Coronavirus is Going to Make Big Government Even Bigger

Here is the kind of terrifying piece we ’ re going to see a lot more of in the coming weeks and months .
It ’ s published today in an allegedly conservative newspaper , the Daily Telegraph and the headline is : ‘ There is no alternative : we are all socialists now in the fight against coronavirus.
’ Really ?
Says who , exactly ?
Oh , guess what .
Turns out that the author Tom Harris is a former Labour MP .
Isn ’ t it extraordinary how handy the coronavirus is proving towards those of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they claim — the pandemic is just so obviously a problem that can only be solved by massive state intervention that it justifies their entire leftist belief system and forces the rest of us to do so too .
Here is a taste of Harris ’ s drivel : But in the words of one of Mr Johnson ’ s predecessors , there is no alternative .
Yes , he will suffer criticism for loosening the purse strings after the fashion of Gordon Brown in 2008 .
But Johnson has already proved himself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ born-again Keynesian : spending on capital projects to create jobs and boost the economy in targeted regions may be , at first glance , a Labour policy .
But Johnson doesn ’ t care so long as the policy works .
Don ’ t you just love the arrogance of that ‘ so long as the policy works ’ ?
Harris is not even attempting to persuade us — just stating ex cathedra – that a successful outcome for a massive Keynesian spending splurge is a given , something we no longer need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And it ’ s not just leftists who are coming up with this statist guff .
Oh well , if you say it like that , guess it must be .
Here is another egregious example , this time from a notionally Conservative commentator .
Nick Timothy was , of course , the chief advisor to the Theresa May government .
( And remember how well that turned out… ) This paragraph made me particularly nauseous .
It ’ s essentially a riff on Barack Obama ’ s similarly revolting , disingenuous , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ build that ’ slogan on the 2012 campaign trail .
From a leftist like Obama it was bad enough .
But from someone wearing the conservative label — what was Timothy thinking when he wrote this bilge ?
No business has ever built its success alone .
Their goods are transported by road , their workers are educated in schools , and their customers are part of sophisticated networks that include the private sector , public sector and charities .
Often firms ’ intellectual property originated in public institutions .
Far from operating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on a strong society , with good government and moral virtues , like honesty and integrity .
These siren voices urging expanded government — and more reckless spending of OUR money — are dangerous , really dangerous .
Coronavirus will pass .
Our economies will recover .
Pump-priming them now is just insane , especially when we ’ re all physically incapable of going out and actually spending money .
But we will as soon as we can .
I agree entirely with this very sensible piece by economist Ryan Bourne : This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Economists and commentators who talk about it as such , pushing the same-old “ fiscal stimulus ” arguments for encouraging spending to “ protect the economy , ” are not just wrong right now , but dangerous .
The first implication of coronavirus economics is that a sharp slowdown in activity is necessary to contain the virus , because it represents the social distancing required to reduce its spread .
While usually a reasonable proxy for economic health then , GDP is temporarily useless as a metric of social welfare .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this pause in activity does not do longer-lasting damage should be our key objective .
We want this to play out like a bad agricultural season , or an extended “ Christmas week ” – with a Nike-tick recovery or , given some spending will never occur , a V-shaped rebound that redistributes activity over time .
Both these points mean policy success should be judged not by short-run GDP , but ability to mitigate distress among vulnerable households and businesses , preventing business failures or mass layoffs in viable firms , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or employer benefits .
We can judge longer success by assessing the path of GDP over 1-2 years .
Again , Coronavirus will pass .
But the damage done by excessive government meddling in the markets and elsewhere could last generations .
This is wh This entry was posted on Tuesday , March 17th , 2020 at 2:00 pm and is filed under BioWeapon , Government Evil , Health , Pandemic .
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by JAMES DELINGPOLE
BreitBart.com
17 Mar 2020
Here is the kind of terrifying piece we’re going to see a lot more of in the coming weeks and months.
It’s published today in an allegedly conservative newspaper, the Daily Telegraph and the headline is: ‘There is no alternative: we are all socialists now in the fight against coronavirus.’
Really? Says who, exactly?
Oh, guess what. Turns out that the author Tom Harris is a former Labour MP.
Isn’t it extraordinary how handy the coronavirus is proving towards those of a big government persuasion? Apparently — so they claim — the pandemic is just so obviously a problem that can only be solved by massive state intervention that it justifies their entire leftist belief system and forces the rest of us to do so too.
Here is a taste of Harris’s drivel:
But in the words of one of Mr Johnson’s predecessors, there is no alternative. Yes, he will suffer criticism for loosening the purse strings after the fashion of Gordon Brown in 2008. But Johnson has already proved himself comfortable with the reputation of being a born-again Keynesian: spending on capital projects to create jobs and boost the economy in targeted regions may be, at first glance, a Labour policy. But Johnson doesn’t care so long as the policy works.
Don’t you just love the arrogance of that ‘so long as the policy works’? Harris is not even attempting to persuade us — just stating ex cathedra – that a successful outcome for a massive Keynesian spending splurge is a given, something we no longer need even to bother questioning any more.
Economist Kristian Niemitz’s satirical point is well made:
https://twitter.com/K_Niemietz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1237655128179707905&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Feurope%2F2020%2F03%2F17%2Fdelingpole-coronavirus-is-going-to-make-big-government-even-bigger%2F
And it’s not just leftists who are coming up with this statist guff.
Here’s a tweet from a former senior UKIP politician:
I'm in favour of massive state (taxpayer) intervention to save the economy. It's a must. But it will be the 2nd time in 12 yrs. So I hope what emerges afterwards is a greater respect for the public realm and an end to dumb jibes about Govt always being the bane of wealth-creation — Patrick O'Flynn (@oflynnsocial) March 17, 2020
“It’s a must”.
Oh well, if you say it like that, guess it must be.
Here is another egregious example, this time from a notionally Conservative commentator. Nick Timothy was, of course, the chief advisor to the Theresa May government. (And remember how well that turned out…)
This paragraph made me particularly nauseous. It’s essentially a riff on Barack Obama’s similarly revolting, disingenuous, overweeningly statist ‘You didn’t build that’ slogan on the 2012 campaign trail.
From a leftist like Obama it was bad enough. But from someone wearing the conservative label — what was Timothy thinking when he wrote this bilge?
No business has ever built its success alone. Their goods are transported by road, their workers are educated in schools, and their customers are part of sophisticated networks that include the private sector, public sector and charities. Often firms’ intellectual property originated in public institutions. Far from operating in a vacuum, all businesses rely on a strong society, with good government and moral virtues, like honesty and integrity.
These siren voices urging expanded government — and more reckless spending of OUR money — are dangerous, really dangerous. Coronavirus will pass. Our economies will recover. Pump-priming them now is just insane, especially when we’re all physically incapable of going out and actually spending money. But we will as soon as we can.
I agree entirely with this very sensible piece by economist Ryan Bourne:
This, though, is no ordinary downturn. Economists and commentators who talk about it as such, pushing the same-old “fiscal stimulus” arguments for encouraging spending to “protect the economy,” are not just wrong right now, but dangerous.
The first implication of coronavirus economics is that a sharp slowdown in activity is necessary to contain the virus, because it represents the social distancing required to reduce its spread. While usually a reasonable proxy for economic health then, GDP is temporarily useless as a metric of social welfare. We should ignore it.
Second, ensuring this pause in activity does not do longer-lasting damage should be our key objective. We want this to play out like a bad agricultural season, or an extended “Christmas week” – with a Nike-tick recovery or, given some spending will never occur, a V-shaped rebound that redistributes activity over time.
Both these points mean policy success should be judged not by short-run GDP, but ability to mitigate distress among vulnerable households and businesses, preventing business failures or mass layoffs in viable firms, or severe hardship for those without significant savings or employer benefits. We can judge longer success by assessing the path of GDP over 1-2 years.
Again, Coronavirus will pass. But the damage done by excessive government meddling in the markets and elsewhere could last generations. This is wh


revolutionradio--2020-03-17--British Study Forecasting 2 Million U.S. Deaths This Year Prompted Trump to Ramp Up Coronavirus Prec

British Study Forecasting 2 Million U.S. Deaths This Year Prompted Trump to Ramp Up Coronavirus Precautions

A study by Imperial College scientists in Britain forecasting 2.2 million deaths in the United States this year from the COVID-19 Wuhan coronavirus prompted President Trump to dramatically ramp up precautions and warnings the past few days .
Even if the recommendations in the report are adhered to , the study finds that one million in the U.S. could still die and hospitals would be overwhelmed .
The study also focused on the United Kingdom , forecasting the virus would kill 550,000 British if not adequately addressed .
The death rate is forecast to peak during spring and early summer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of mitigation efforts .
There is a reason dear Gateway Pundit readers–from this writer ’ s perspective ( I have been reporting on the virus since January ) – why this virus is being taken so seriously by infectious disease experts and governments around the world .
It is because this is a new dangerous , deadly virus that has shown an ability to inflict mass death and suffering in a short period of time that cripples the abilities of hospitals to care for all patients if not contained .
There is no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there are only a few experimental treatments .
This is not being exaggerated or hyped .
Wuhan , Qom and Lombardy are real world examples in real time of what happens when the spread of the virus is not mitigated in time .
The change in President Trump ’ s demeanor the past few days shows he has been briefed on the study .
For all his efforts to be positive about the fight against the virus that have turned out to be overly optimistic , Trump is also a realist and has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nation for this potential worst case scenario .
Trump ’ s actions have bought the U.S. valuable time and has put us on a better footing than Europe .
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By Kristinn Taylor
TheGatewayPundit.com
Published March 17, 2020
A study by Imperial College scientists in Britain forecasting 2.2 million deaths in the United States this year from the COVID-19 Wuhan coronavirus prompted President Trump to dramatically ramp up precautions and warnings the past few days. Even if the recommendations in the report are adhered to, the study finds that one million in the U.S. could still die and hospitals would be overwhelmed. The study also focused on the United Kingdom, forecasting the virus would kill 550,000 British if not adequately addressed. The death rate is forecast to peak during spring and early summer at varying levels depending on the success of mitigation efforts.
Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team graphs.
There is a reason dear Gateway Pundit readers–from this writer’s perspective (I have been reporting on the virus since January)– why this virus is being taken so seriously by infectious disease experts and governments around the world. It is because this is a new dangerous, deadly virus that has shown an ability to inflict mass death and suffering in a short period of time that cripples the abilities of hospitals to care for all patients if not contained. There is no cure, there is no vaccine and there are only a few experimental treatments. This is not being exaggerated or hyped. Wuhan, Qom and Lombardy are real world examples in real time of what happens when the spread of the virus is not mitigated in time.
The change in President Trump’s demeanor the past few days shows he has been briefed on the study. For all his efforts to be positive about the fight against the virus that have turned out to be overly optimistic, Trump is also a realist and has been acting since January to prepare the nation for this potential worst case scenario. Trump’s actions have bought the U.S. valuable time and has put us on a better footing than Europe.
The Rest…HERE


revolutionradio--2020-03-17--Zoltan Stares Into The Abyss: Here Is What The Fed Must Do Right Now To Avoid Global Devastation

Two weeks ago , on March 3 , before a liquidity panic had gripped capital markets , corporations and global banks , Credit Suisse repo icon and former NY Fed staffer , Zoltan Pozsar issued a recommendation to halt the funding crisis early in its tracks , writing that the Fed should “ combine rate cuts with open liquidity lines that include a pledge to use the swap lines , an uncapped repo facility and QE if necessary.
” Unfortunately , since then the coronavirus supply chain ( and payments ) crisis has been joined by the oil price war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system by sending the price of oil sharply lower and exacerbating the global dollar funding shock .
And even though the Fed belatedly followed through with all of Pozsar ’ s March 3 policy recommendations , going so far as throwing a commercial paper bailout facility which was also recommended by BofA ’ s Marc Cabana ( another former NY Fed staffer ) , the market remains unconvinced that any of this is enough , especially with JPMorgan warning that the world is facing an unprecedented dollar margin call , as a result @ @ @ @ @ @ @ short , some 60 % of US GDP .
Faced with this unprecedented dollar shortage , the Fed has so far failed to assure the world it can provide all the funding needed .
Furthermore , as we said yesterday , in some ways we sympathize with the Fed , as every day something new breaks among this record funding strain : One day it is ETF NAV discounts blowing out ; The next day the treasury Treasury Cash/Swap basis surges and funds suffer a historic VaR shock amid forced liquidations ; Day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a massive dollar funding margin call strikes ; Then , day four sees the same repo crisis that was supposed to be fixed back in September return with a vengeance , as banks freak out about counterparty risk .
As we further said , “ what the Fed needs is the monetary equivalent of Dr. House : someone who can diagnose what is actually wrong with the monetary plumbing , instead of using the same old shotgun approach of shoveling trillions in blunt liquidity into the market , which clearly is not working @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a credible option , meanwhile the Fed ’ s liquidity injections are failing with the BBG dollar index – the simplest proxy of dollar demand alongside FRA/OIS and FX basis swaps – continuing to surge as various actors rush to procure what , with all due respect to Ray Dalio , is the opposite of trash .
Confirming our take that everything the Fed does , including this morning ’ s Commercial Paper facility restart , is either insufficient or targeting the wrote underlying cause ( today even BofA ’ s Marc Cabana @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , saying “ this facility does nothing to assist the money funds trying to raise cash and address outflows ” ) , is none other than Zoltan Pozsar who in his latest note published this morning , writes that “ all segments of funding markets – secured , unsecured and FX swaps – continue to show growing signs of stress ” , prompting him to conclude that “ the Fed may have to do more still.
” Scratch “ may ” , and replace with “ will ” , unless Powell wants to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Volkswagen ” on him .
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by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Tue, 03/17/2020
Two weeks ago, on March 3, before a liquidity panic had gripped capital markets, corporations and global banks, Credit Suisse repo icon and former NY Fed staffer, Zoltan Pozsar issued a recommendation to halt the funding crisis early in its tracks, writing that the Fed should “combine rate cuts with open liquidity lines that include a pledge to use the swap lines, an uncapped repo facility and QE if necessary.” Unfortunately, since then the coronavirus supply chain (and payments) crisis has been joined by the oil price war, which has crippled the petrodollar exchange system by sending the price of oil sharply lower and exacerbating the global dollar funding shock.
And even though the Fed belatedly followed through with all of Pozsar’s March 3 policy recommendations, going so far as throwing a commercial paper bailout facility which was also recommended by BofA’s Marc Cabana (another former NY Fed staffer), the market remains unconvinced that any of this is enough, especially with JPMorgan warning that the world is facing an unprecedented dollar margin call, as a result of the $12 trillion synthetic dollar short, some 60% of US GDP.
Faced with this unprecedented dollar shortage, the Fed has so far failed to assure the world it can provide all the funding needed. Furthermore, as we said yesterday, in some ways we sympathize with the Fed, as every day something new breaks among this record funding strain:
One day it is ETF NAV discounts blowing out;
The next day the treasury Treasury Cash/Swap basis surges and funds suffer a historic VaR shock amid forced liquidations;
Day three sees the FRA/OIS explode higher as a massive dollar funding margin call strikes;
Then, day four sees the same repo crisis that was supposed to be fixed back in September return with a vengeance, as banks freak out about counterparty risk.
As we further said, “what the Fed needs is the monetary equivalent of Dr. House: someone who can diagnose what is actually wrong with the monetary plumbing, instead of using the same old shotgun approach of shoveling trillions in blunt liquidity into the market, which clearly is not working anymore.”
Alas, that is not a credible option, meanwhile the Fed’s liquidity injections are failing with the BBG dollar index – the simplest proxy of dollar demand alongside FRA/OIS and FX basis swaps – continuing to surge as various actors rush to procure what, with all due respect to Ray Dalio, is the opposite of trash.
Confirming our take that everything the Fed does, including this morning’s Commercial Paper facility restart, is either insufficient or targeting the wrote underlying cause (today even BofA’s Marc Cabana who pushed for the CPFF slammed it, saying “this facility does nothing to assist the money funds trying to raise cash and address outflows”), is none other than Zoltan Pozsar who in his latest note published this morning, writes that “all segments of funding markets – secured, unsecured and FX swaps – continue to show growing signs of stress”, prompting him to conclude that “the Fed may have to do more still.”
Scratch “may”, and replace with “will”, unless Powell wants to watch the dollar short squeeze go all “Volkswagen” on him.
The Rest…HERE


revolutionradio--2020-03-17--Chinese Medics Warn Coronavirus Infects Western Doctors Just Like It Did in Wuhan

An estimated 3,000 medical workers fell sick with the new coronavirus at the epicenter of the outbreak in Wuhan , China .
Now , their counterparts outside of China are on the frontlines of fighting the pandemic .
Chinese medics have called for the protection of medical workers as the centre of the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted from China to Europe and the United States .
“ Our European colleagues are contracting the disease in their daily practice , and the proportion is quite similar to the earlier situation in Wuhan , ” Wu Dong , associate professor of gastroenterology @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told journalists at a briefing in Beijing on Monday .
“ We need to protect our medical staff.
” Confirmed cases of the new coronavirus outside China have now outnumbered those inside the country .
Italy and the United States are among the hardest-hit countries .
The unchecked spread of the pandemic is putting overwhelming pressure on healthcare systems .
Doctors and nurses , who are working tirelessly to curb it , are finding themselves among the most vulnerable groups .
The pandemic has stressed the supply chain for vital personal protective equipment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and surgical gowns , which are mostly manufactured in China .
In one example , a leading cancer treatment centre in New York , where several patients and staff members have already tested positive for the coronavirus , has informed its staff that it is running out of masks .
And several hospitals in Washington State have reportedly asked their personnel to reuse disposable masks because of the shortages .
Just last week , two male emergency medicine physicians , in Washington and New Jersey , have been hospitalised in critical condition .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who was tasked with overseeing coronavirus containment in the province where the virus was first registered , more than 3,000 out of nearly 40,000 health workers deployed to fight the outbreak have contracted COVID-19 .
He said that 40 percent have got sick while treating patients at hospitals and the rest got infected in their communities .
Over a dozen doctors have died , including the director of Wuchang hospital in Wuhan and the ophthalmologist who issued early warnings about the outbreak .
Du Bin , director of the intensive care unit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said at the same Beijing briefing that it ’ s also important “ to get doctors educated and trained on how to protect themselves.
” He noted that COVID-19 infection rates among otolaryngologists ( ear , nose and throat doctors ) in Wuhan were higher than among colleagues in the same hospitals .
“ My personal interpretation is these doctors have very close contact with the patients , that ’ s the major reason that they got easily infected , ” he added .
“ There are so many things to share , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this infectious disease is about prevention and control rather than treatment.
” “ I may not be an expert on this topic but , [ you must ] test , test and test .
Apart from testing , I just have no idea how you can identify the suspected cases , and how to quarantine the close contacts.
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SputnikNews.com
17.03.2020
An estimated 3,000 medical workers fell sick with the new coronavirus at the epicenter of the outbreak in Wuhan, China. Now, their counterparts outside of China are on the frontlines of fighting the pandemic.
Chinese medics have called for the protection of medical workers as the centre of the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted from China to Europe and the United States.
“Our European colleagues are contracting the disease in their daily practice, and the proportion is quite similar to the earlier situation in Wuhan,” Wu Dong, associate professor of gastroenterology at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, told journalists at a briefing in Beijing on Monday. “We need to protect our medical staff.”
Confirmed cases of the new coronavirus outside China have now outnumbered those inside the country. Italy and the United States are among the hardest-hit countries.
The unchecked spread of the pandemic is putting overwhelming pressure on healthcare systems. Doctors and nurses, who are working tirelessly to curb it, are finding themselves among the most vulnerable groups.
The pandemic has stressed the supply chain for vital personal protective equipment such as respiratory masks, eye shields and surgical gowns, which are mostly manufactured in China.
In one example, a leading cancer treatment centre in New York, where several patients and staff members have already tested positive for the coronavirus, has informed its staff that it is running out of masks.
And several hospitals in Washington State have reportedly asked their personnel to reuse disposable masks because of the shortages.
Just last week, two male emergency medicine physicians, in Washington and New Jersey, have been hospitalised in critical condition.
According to a senior Chinese government official, who was tasked with overseeing coronavirus containment in the province where the virus was first registered, more than 3,000 out of nearly 40,000 health workers deployed to fight the outbreak have contracted COVID-19. He said that 40 percent have got sick while treating patients at hospitals and the rest got infected in their communities.
Over a dozen doctors have died, including the director of Wuchang hospital in Wuhan and the ophthalmologist who issued early warnings about the outbreak.
Du Bin, director of the intensive care unit at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, said at the same Beijing briefing that it’s also important “to get doctors educated and trained on how to protect themselves.”
He noted that COVID-19 infection rates among otolaryngologists (ear, nose and throat doctors) in Wuhan were higher than among colleagues in the same hospitals.
“My personal interpretation is these doctors have very close contact with the patients, that’s the major reason that they got easily infected,” he added.
“There are so many things to share, but the most important thing in combating this infectious disease is about prevention and control rather than treatment.”
“I may not be an expert on this topic but, [you must] test, test and test. Apart from testing, I just have no idea how you can identify the suspected cases, and how to quarantine the close contacts.”


revolutionradio--2020-03-17--Did Obama-Era CDC Bureaucrats Botch The Coronavirus Testing Response?

By now , it ’ s become abundantly clear that the federal government ’ s sluggishness in distributing functioning tests to labs around the country is one reason why governors and big-city mayors across the country are closing schools and businesses in preparation for a de facto 2 week quarantine .
The government seemingly had the whole month of February to distribute tests , which it should have been receiving from the WHO , which had contracted with a small Germany biotech firm to to produce millions of tests .
Instead , the CDC had only distributed a few thousand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and seems to have only taken steps to fix the problem over the last week , after a hail of criticism from doctors and experts as thousands of patients complained they didn ’ t have access to tests .
Meanwhile , all the Obama-era employees and underlings responsible for getting their leaders up to speed ( like Dr. Messonnier , who is mentioned several times in the WaPo report ) , repeatedly told their bosses that this is the standard response and that they must wait for the CDC to figure out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gates to corporate partners .
And as far as Dr. Fauci is concerned , he actually works for the NIH .
Now , as WaPo mentions in the final paragraphs of its story , a former CDC director who led the agency during the Obama years is calling for an “ investigation ” of the CDC ’ s botched response .
Thomas Frieden , an infectious disease physician who served as CDC director under former president Barack Obama , called on Sunday for an “ independent group ” to investigate what went wrong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He said in the past , the CDC moved quickly to produce tests for diseases such as H1N1 , or swine flu .
“ We were able to get test kits out fast , ” Frieden said on CNN .
“ Something went wrong here .
We have to find out why so we can prevent that in the future.
” Frieden said the agency has been muzzled under President Trump and despite the multitude of problems with the rollout of testing , “ the CDC is still the greatest public health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he already knows where the bodies might be buried .
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by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Tue, 03/17/2020
By now, it’s become abundantly clear that the federal government’s sluggishness in distributing functioning tests to labs around the country is one reason why governors and big-city mayors across the country are closing schools and businesses in preparation for a de facto 2 week quarantine.
The government seemingly had the whole month of February to distribute tests, which it should have been receiving from the WHO, which had contracted with a small Germany biotech firm to to produce millions of tests.
Instead, the CDC had only distributed a few thousand tests at the end of last month, and seems to have only taken steps to fix the problem over the last week, after a hail of criticism from doctors and experts as thousands of patients complained they didn’t have access to tests.
Meanwhile, all the Obama-era employees and underlings responsible for getting their leaders up to speed (like Dr. Messonnier, who is mentioned several times in the WaPo report), repeatedly told their bosses that this is the standard response and that they must wait for the CDC to figure out this knot of problems before opening the gates to corporate partners.
And as far as Dr. Fauci is concerned, he actually works for the NIH.
Now, as WaPo mentions in the final paragraphs of its story, a former CDC director who led the agency during the Obama years is calling for an “investigation” of the CDC’s botched response.
Thomas Frieden, an infectious disease physician who served as CDC director under former president Barack Obama, called on Sunday for an “independent group” to investigate what went wrong with the CDC’s testing process. He said in the past, the CDC moved quickly to produce tests for diseases such as H1N1, or swine flu.
“We were able to get test kits out fast,” Frieden said on CNN. “Something went wrong here. We have to find out why so we can prevent that in the future.”
Frieden said the agency has been muzzled under President Trump and despite the multitude of problems with the rollout of testing, “the CDC is still the greatest public health institution in the world.”
We suspect he already knows where the bodies might be buried.


revolutionradio--2020-03-17--Number Of Confirmed Covid-19 Cases In US Passes 5,000 As Global Total Nears 200K: Live Updates

Fed reportedly plans to throw vital lifeline to Commercial Paper market Confirmed coronavirus cases in the US pass 5k WH planning $ 850 billion economic rescue package 2nd rescue package still stalled over Senates ’ ‘ minor ’ changes Cuomo reports 432 new cases , bringing state total over 1,000 and retaking No .
1 spot Trump doubles down on “ Chinese virus ” phrasing after Beijing complains Kentucky Derby postponed until September Goldman says “ world is in a recession ” Luxembourg declares ‘ state of emergency ’ Mick Mulvaney self-isolating in SC after niece had contact with Brazilian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state aid to companies France says deficit will blow out to 3.9 % NYC Mayor says “ absolutely considering ” shelter-in-place order Amazon stops shipments of “ non-essential ” goods to warehouses Moscow denies reports of citywide quarantine Turkey jails 19 over ‘ provocative ’ social media posts Spain turns away 500 cars after setting up border checkpoints Pakistan reports first death S & P warns “ sudden economic stop ” will trigger deep recession Tom Hanks , Rita Wilson leave quarantine Poland says minister has caught the virus 8 US banks access @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democratic Gov .
* * * Update ( 1250ET ) : The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the US has climbed above 5k , another grim milestone , as the global case total breaks above 190,000 , on track to surpass 200,000 by the end of the week .
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by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Tue, 03/17/2020
Summary:
Fed reportedly plans to throw vital lifeline to Commercial Paper market
Confirmed coronavirus cases in the US pass 5k
WH planning $850 billion economic rescue package
2nd rescue package still stalled over Senates’ ‘minor’ changes
Cuomo reports 432 new cases, bringing state total over 1,000 and retaking No. 1 spot
Trump doubles down on “Chinese virus” phrasing after Beijing complains
Kentucky Derby postponed until September
Goldman says “world is in a recession”
Luxembourg declares ‘state of emergency’
Mick Mulvaney self-isolating in SC after niece had contact with Brazilian official
EU eases rules, allows some state aid to companies
France says deficit will blow out to 3.9%
NYC Mayor says “absolutely considering” shelter-in-place order
Amazon stops shipments of “non-essential” goods to warehouses
Moscow denies reports of citywide quarantine
Turkey jails 19 over ‘provocative’ social media posts
Spain turns away 500 cars after setting up border checkpoints
Pakistan reports first death
S&P warns “sudden economic stop” will trigger deep recession
Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson leave quarantine
Poland says minister has caught the virus
8 US banks access discount window
Trump slams Michigan’s Democratic Gov.
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Update (1250ET): The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the US has climbed above 5k, another grim milestone, as the global case total breaks above 190,000, on track to surpass 200,000 by the end of the week.


revolutionradio--2020-03-17--Congress Must Pass $2 Trillion TARP Or Face Global Depression: Minerd

Guggenheim Investments ’ CIO Scott Minerd has been very vocal about policymakers ’ and the markets ’ cognitive dissonance regarding its extreme fragility and the impact of the virus on the global economy .
Having seen central banks and politicians begin to address the issue – and fail so far , Minerd warns in his latest note to clients that “ shock and awe has fallen short… ” Where are we now ?
The Federal Reserve ’ s ( Fed ) attempt to go for shock and awe seems to have been made with the idea that doing something unusual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ closed out strong on Friday , would be good for confidence .
Of course , the market didn ’ t take it that way .
Instead of inspiring confidence , the market seemingly responded as if the Fed knows something we don ’ t know and it ’ s actually worse than we think .
Monetary policy is not designed to deal with pandemics .
Monetary policy is designed to provide adequate liquidity to the financial markets to keep them functioning , and I think the Fed is doing a pretty good job @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a number of tools at its disposal that haven ’ t yet been implemented .
Probably the most important of these is Section 13 ( 3 ) powers .
Section 13 ( 3 ) can only be invoked with the approval of the Treasury in the first phase .
The second phase would allow for the establishment of programs like the Troubled Asset Relief Program ( TARP ) and the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility ( TALF ) , only with the passage of legislation in Congress .
Given the size of our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years ago , it would probably be appropriate for Congress to pass a TARP-style program of $ 2 trillion .
Then on the back of that , the Fed would have the ability to introduce a TALF-style program again .
So , it ’ s going to take some major firepower to resolve the forthcoming problems or the slide will continue .
What is your economic outlook ?
My expectation is that there is no economic growth in the near term , that we ’ ve probably already entered a global recession .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , will print a gross domestic product ( GDP ) number which will not truly reflect the economic damage to their economy .
Our best estimates are that the Chinese economy is contracting in excess of 15 percent at an annualized rate , and I ’ ve seen numbers as big as negative 40 percent .
Europe is probably already in a fairly severe recession at this moment .
If the United States is not already in a recession , it will enter one shortly .
While shutting down restaurants , schools , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people are going to be without a paycheck—people who probably don ’ t have $ 500 of savings in the bank—and they won ’ t be able to cover next month ’ s rent , their car payment , and their living expenses .
Given this dynamic , I see this getting much worse .
The risk is that for the first time since the 1930s we are facing the possibility of a downward spiral into something akin to a global depression .
This entry was posted on Tuesday , March 17th , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under Economics , Health , Pandemic .
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by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Tue, 03/17/2020
Guggenheim Investments’ CIO Scott Minerd has been very vocal about policymakers’ and the markets’ cognitive dissonance regarding its extreme fragility and the impact of the virus on the global economy.
Having seen central banks and politicians begin to address the issue – and fail so far, Minerd warns in his latest note to clients that “shock and awe has fallen short…”
Where are we now?
The Federal Reserve’s (Fed) attempt to go for shock and awe seems to have been made with the idea that doing something unusual on Sunday night, after the market closed out strong on Friday, would be good for confidence.
Of course, the market didn’t take it that way.
Instead of inspiring confidence, the market seemingly responded as if the Fed knows something we don’t know and it’s actually worse than we think.
Monetary policy is not designed to deal with pandemics. Monetary policy is designed to provide adequate liquidity to the financial markets to keep them functioning, and I think the Fed is doing a pretty good job at this.
The Fed still has a number of tools at its disposal that haven’t yet been implemented. Probably the most important of these is Section 13(3) powers.
Section 13(3) can only be invoked with the approval of the Treasury in the first phase. The second phase would allow for the establishment of programs like the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF), only with the passage of legislation in Congress.
Given the size of our economy relative to where it was 10–15 years ago, it would probably be appropriate for Congress to pass a TARP-style program of $2 trillion.
Then on the back of that, the Fed would have the ability to introduce a TALF-style program again.
So, it’s going to take some major firepower to resolve the forthcoming problems or the slide will continue.
What is your economic outlook?
My expectation is that there is no economic growth in the near term, that we’ve probably already entered a global recession.
The Chinese, for the first quarter, will print a gross domestic product (GDP) number which will not truly reflect the economic damage to their economy. Our best estimates are that the Chinese economy is contracting in excess of 15 percent at an annualized rate, and I’ve seen numbers as big as negative 40 percent.
Europe is probably already in a fairly severe recession at this moment.
If the United States is not already in a recession, it will enter one shortly.
While shutting down restaurants, schools, and major events, a lot of people are going to be without a paycheck—people who probably don’t have $500 of savings in the bank—and they won’t be able to cover next month’s rent, their car payment, and their living expenses. Given this dynamic, I see this getting much worse.
The risk is that for the first time since the 1930s we are facing the possibility of a downward spiral into something akin to a global depression.
The Rest…HERE


revolutionradio--2020-03-18--Have We Entered the Tribulation? Steve Quayle and Dave Hodges

When I discovered that my beloved Chriistian brother , Steve Quayle , has arrived at the belief that humanity was indeed entering the Tribulation complete with the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse , I thought it was critical that I share Steve ’ s beliefs with my audience .
In the present time , we are so buried in fear , as exemplified by our obsession with collecting toilet paper , that I feel that many people are forsaking their spiritual lives and subsequently their relationship with Jesus .
I have doubts about America ’ s future , but I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me .
He will send his Holy Spirit to protect and sustain His believers .
Therefore , I wanted to present Steve ’ s thoughts on this critical issue , which are becoming very apparent for all to see , with my audience .
My loving advice is to humble yourself before the Lord and thank him for the warnings he has divinely offered us through Scripture and then ask for his complete guidance .
I do not know the hour of the day of Jesus ’ return , but my eyes were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the period we have entered and make no mistake about it , Satan is here and he will decieve as many as possible and he will physically and spiriutually destroy as many people , including Christians , as possible .
My beloved friends , we have entered a New Age and those that come to recognize this new reality and ask for the Lord ’ s guidance , will survive .
Steve Quayle and Gensix was originally going to offer a wonderfully informative in-person conference at Branson , MO.
, in July @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be told by public officials that this could be dangerous and perhaps not even legal by that time .
In an attempt to protect everyone , including the wonderful town of Branson , the Gensix conference will be held as a streaming event and participants will also have access to last year ’ s streamed events .
I have been a participant in the last two Branson events , one as a member of the media and the last one as a member of the media and a panel participant along with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and I can honestly state that the two events were paradigm-altering events .
I am certain that the Lord will bless this event , particularily given the severity of the times .
For the moment , the streaming event is still listed as the original dates in July .
That will soon be corrected .
The dates of the live streaming have been changed to May 12-14 , 2020 .
This entry was posted on Wednesday , March 18th , 2020 at 4:02 pm and is filed under End Times .
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by Dave Hodges
TheCommonSenseShow.com
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
When I discovered that my beloved Chriistian brother, Steve Quayle, has arrived at the belief that humanity was indeed entering the Tribulation complete with the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse, I thought it was critical that I share Steve’s beliefs with my audience.
In the present time, we are so buried in fear, as exemplified by our obsession with collecting toilet paper, that I feel that many people are forsaking their spiritual lives and subsequently their relationship with Jesus. I have doubts about America’s future, but I know that the Lord will never forsake me. He will send his Holy Spirit to protect and sustain His believers. Therefore, I wanted to present Steve’s thoughts on this critical issue, which are becoming very apparent for all to see, with my audience. My loving advice is to humble yourself before the Lord and thank him for the warnings he has divinely offered us through Scripture and then ask for his complete guidance.
I do not know the hour of the day of Jesus’ return, but my eyes were further opened by Steve’s observations about the period we have entered and make no mistake about it, Satan is here and he will decieve as many as possible and he will physically and spiriutually destroy as many people, including Christians, as possible. My beloved friends, we have entered a New Age and those that come to recognize this new reality and ask for the Lord’s guidance, will survive.
Steve Quayle and Gensix was originally going to offer a wonderfully informative in-person conference at Branson, MO., in July. However, Steve did not need to be told by public officials that this could be dangerous and perhaps not even legal by that time. In an attempt to protect everyone, including the wonderful town of Branson, the Gensix conference will be held as a streaming event and participants will also have access to last year’s streamed events. I have been a participant in the last two Branson events, one as a member of the media and the last one as a member of the media and a panel participant along with Steve Quayle and Pastor Paul Begley, and I can honestly state that the two events were paradigm-altering events. I am certain that the Lord will bless this event, particularily given the severity of the times. For the moment, the streaming event is still listed as the original dates in July. That will soon be corrected. The dates of the live streaming have been changed to May 12-14, 2020.
The Rest…HERE


revolutionradio--2020-03-18--Merkel Warns Germany Faces “Biggest Challenge Since WWII” As Government Warns 10 Million May Be Infe

Merkel Warns Germany Faces “Biggest Challenge Since WWII” As Government Warns 10 Million May Be Infected: Live Updates

US deaths hit 114 Senate to vote on 2nd economic rescue bill Iran reports another 147 deaths Hong Kong reported 14 new confirmed cases France case total nears 2,000 , death toll passes 250 WHO declares virus “ enemy of humanity ” State Department suspends visa services Germany sees 1k new cases as total nears 10k Kudlow says stimulus package should be $ 1.3 trillion Merkel warns country facing biggest challenge since WWII European Union seals borders PM Johnson prepares ‘ London Lockdown ’ plan Trump says China hasn ’ t asked the US to suspend tariffs UAW succeeds in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ UK reportedly about to close schools as Boris scrambles to catch up with policy U-turn ECB holding emergency call over virus response Facebook launches coronavirus website information center France follows Germany by eliminating bank capital buffers HUD suspends evictions Cuomo bars NY companies from having more than 50 % Wal-Mart shares hit record high US , Canada agree to close border Cuomo says state “ looking into ” reports of Covid-19 cluster in Borough Park White House now pushing to send 2 $ 1,000 checks to every American Spanish Olympic Committee head says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ * Update ( 1540ET ) : With Larry Kudlow has taken to Fox Business to try and jawbone the market higher as the Senate begins its vote on the ‘ Part 2 ’ economic stimulus package for small businesses , which we suspect will pass following last night ’ s meeting with Mnuchin .
During the interview , Kudlow said the total value of the third economic stimulus package should be $ 1.3 trillion , and if it takes more than $ 1.3 trillion worth of stimulus for ‘ Phase 3 ’ , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” .
Yesterday , Mnuchin said the stimulus would include $ 1 trillion in direct aid to Americans ( checks in mailboxes ) , and another $ 300 billion in tax relief for small businesses .
As one twitter wit pointed out… A word of advice , guys : the stimulus conversation is starting to sound a little desperate .
The market wanted this done last week .
The longer it takes from here on out , the further we will fall .
Update ( 1530ET ) : A State Department spokeswoman just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ services in most countries worldwide as the world turns inward to combat the coronavirus .
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire revealed an aid package on Wednesday , following in the footsteps of Germany by allowing French banks to ignore capital buffers to tap an additional €8 billion in capital .
He also called on the ECB to follow up with a “ massive ” intervention , as the ECB governing council is reportedly holding an “ emergency call ” on virus response .
The US military is reportedly flying in test kits @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sign for the banks , JPM just reported that it will be closing 1,000 Chase branches out of the more than 5,100 across the US .
This comes just one day after Treasury Secretary Mnuchin insisted that no banks were considering closures .
Facebook denied a WaPo report claiming the company was working with the government to build an app to help track the spread of coronavirus by exploiting sensitive personal data .
Instead , the company announced a new website to help provide coroanvirus information – news , testing info , treatment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s 2 billion+ users .
This entry was posted on Wednesday , March 18th , 2020 at 3:56 pm and is filed under BioWeapon , God Help Us , Health , Pandemic , World Politics .
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by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Wed, 03/18/2020
Summary:
US deaths hit 114
Senate to vote on 2nd economic rescue bill
Iran reports another 147 deaths
Hong Kong reported 14 new confirmed cases
France case total nears 2,000, death toll passes 250
WHO declares virus “enemy of humanity”
State Department suspends visa services
Germany sees 1k new cases as total nears 10k
Kudlow says stimulus package should be $1.3 trillion
Merkel warns country facing biggest challenge since WWII
European Union seals borders
PM Johnson prepares ‘London Lockdown’ plan
Trump says China hasn’t asked the US to suspend tariffs
UAW succeeds in pushing Detroit automakers to shut down factories
UK reportedly about to close schools as Boris scrambles to catch up with policy U-turn
ECB holding emergency call over virus response
Facebook launches coronavirus website information center
France follows Germany by eliminating bank capital buffers
HUD suspends evictions
Cuomo bars NY companies from having more than 50%
Wal-Mart shares hit record high
US, Canada agree to close border
Cuomo says state “looking into” reports of Covid-19 cluster in Borough Park
White House now pushing to send 2 $1,000 checks to every American
Spanish Olympic Committee head says Tokyo Games should be postponed
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Update (1540ET): With Larry Kudlow has taken to Fox Business to try and jawbone the market higher as the Senate begins its vote on the ‘Part 2’ economic stimulus package for small businesses, which we suspect will pass following last night’s meeting with Mnuchin.
During the interview, Kudlow said the total value of the third economic stimulus package should be $1.3 trillion, and if it takes more than $1.3 trillion worth of stimulus for ‘Phase 3’, “we will do more than that”.
Yesterday, Mnuchin said the stimulus would include $1 trillion in direct aid to Americans (checks in mailboxes), and another $300 billion in tax relief for small businesses. As one twitter wit pointed out…
https://twitter.com/Yogi_Chan/status/1240362341780373504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1240362341780373504&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fcoronavirus-cases-near-200k-after-record-jump-confirmations-china-south-korea-report
A word of advice, guys: the stimulus conversation is starting to sound a little desperate. The market wanted this done last week. The longer it takes from here on out, the further we will fall.
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Update (1530ET): A State Department spokeswoman just said that the US is suspending visa services in most countries worldwide as the world turns inward to combat the coronavirus.
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire revealed an aid package on Wednesday, following in the footsteps of Germany by allowing French banks to ignore capital buffers to tap an additional €8 billion in capital. He also called on the ECB to follow up with a “massive” intervention, as the ECB governing council is reportedly holding an “emergency call” on virus response.
The US military is reportedly flying in test kits in from Italy.
In a worrying sign for the banks, JPM just reported that it will be closing 1,000 Chase branches out of the more than 5,100 across the US. This comes just one day after Treasury Secretary Mnuchin insisted that no banks were considering closures.
Facebook denied a WaPo report claiming the company was working with the government to build an app to help track the spread of coronavirus by exploiting sensitive personal data. Instead, the company announced a new website to help provide coroanvirus information – news, testing info, treatment, prevention – to all of FB’s 2 billion+ users.
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