vdare--2020-03-29--Laura Wood Remembers Lawrence Auster, After Seven Years

See also : Remembering Lawrence Auster , After A Year [ Lawrence Auster , proprietor of the great immigration patriot blog View From The Right , died of pancreatic cancer seven years ago today , March 29 2013 .
The following is adapted from recent remarks that Laura Wood gave at a dinner to honor his memory , and to celebrate the posthumous publication of his magnum opus , Our Borders , Ourselves : America in the Age of Multiculturalism , which she edited .
Copies may be purchased here ] .
In October 1997 , Lawrence Auster spent a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ letter to the film critic who had recommended the movie followed soon after .
Auster was prone to excoriating criticism and he was very good at it .
It ’ s worth quoting his letter to reviewer Michael Medved at length : On a Saturday night a few weeks ago , a friend and I were looking for a movie to see .
She had noticed that you had given three and a half stars to “ In and Out , ” the comedy about a high school teacher who is “ outed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weren ’ t particularly eager to see a movie about homosexuality , but this movie , at least as the tv ads portrayed it , seemed to be about someone who is falsely thought to be homosexual ; it didn ’ t seem to be gay agitprop but a comedy that might take an unpredictable angle on the subject of people ’ s attitudes toward homosexuality .
That , combined with your strong recommendation of the film , and your reputation as an upholder of “ traditional values , ” persuaded us to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in for a surprise .
Not only was ‘ In and Out ’ an insultingly stupid , vulgar and dishonest movie in innumerable ways , it also turned out to be a blatant piece of homosexual propaganda… .
The subliminal message here is that anyone who has not signed on to the gay agenda is sexually fearful and repressed .
( In the same way , the sexual liberationists of the 1960s mocked as sexually inadequate anyone who defended traditional sexual norms—a most effective technique of intimidation and mind-control . )
As we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it occurred to us why you had recommended it .
As a movie critic , you are not a moral traditionalist in any serious way .
For you , traditionalism simply means that you like movies that are “ sweet ” and “ wholesome ” and “ family-oriented , ” that are not nasty and ugly and nihilistic .
On the basis of this litmus test , if a movie seems sweet and positive , you will approve of it , no matter what its actual content .
…By this standard , Mr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about , say , Middle American teenagers practicing vampirism ( which is actually happening today ) , and if the movie avoided the graphic reality of vampirism and presented the subject in a funny , wholesome way , then you would say : “ What distinguishes this movie isn ’ t its ‘ vampirism , ’ but its all-embracing , warm-hearted humanity.
” After more denunciation , the letter concluded : The writer and social critic who died of cancer seven years ago today and whose book , Our Borders , Ourselves : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was published by VDARE.com last fall , wrote many dozens of similar letters to editors , book reviewers , journalists , clergy , relatives and friends during his 64 years .
One can only imagine the dismay with which many of these people perused these painstakingly detailed critiques and their stricken silence in response .
Rich in eloquence , Auster believed cultural warfare was his duty .
By the standards of the world , he was a failure .
He had devoted readers at his blog View from the Right for the last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he died as he had lived , in poverty and unknown to the general public—with the disgrace of writing about the most shameful of all topics , race and immigration .
The roots of his motivation and perseverance despite few rewards can be found , I believe , in a formal recommendation by an assistant English professor at the University of Colorado where he had earned a bachelor of arts degree in his late twenties ( he dropped out of Columbia years before because , he said , he was too immature to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The professor wrote : Larry Auster is without doubt one of the finest students I have taught at this university—he partakes in none of the mediocrity that so many other students seem bogged down in .
I had him in an upper level-level American literature class , and the quality of his presence in that experience was simply remarkable .
It got to the point where I would each day look forward to hearing what Auster had to say—and what came from him was always articulate , and most frequently , right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is impressive— in three years of teaching there I have not had an undergraduate who could range around world literature like he can .
The recommendation continued with more praise , but it was never used for what it was intended : admission to a graduate program .
Auster was devoted to literature so much that he did not become an English professor , after considering it .
He said that to make that passion a career would destroy his independent , non-utilitarian attachment to it .
His great love of literature and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ why he became a critic of multiculturalism .
The conversation the great canon represents is rooted in national attachments and loyalties .
Auster strongly believed America was finished .
However , this was not cause for surrender .
There was no reason to stop loving this country or to give up hope for the ongoing conversation .
The crisis that is unfolding before us today with the COVID-19 virus ( covid means sheep in Latin ) would not surprise him .
But it also would not demoralize him .
Not only was Auster @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jotted down his observations of the cultural scene in notes .
On August 30 , 1999 , he wrote down some reflections on “ Seeing and Living the Truth about America.
” What he said is especially relevant , particularly to those who may be struggling with discouragement .
Around August 27 , 1999 , after another conversation in which we seemed to be so upset about the latest outrage , as though this had never happened before … , I said to [ my friend ] that we have to recognize that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and so not be upset or feel threatened by each new bad thing that occurs .
That we need to stand apart from America .
That we need to understand that our country , the land to which we owe our loyalty and our concern , is no longer America , but the Remnant .
That our concern in contemporary events is not to save America , because America is already lost , but rather to help preserve the Remnant from the evil force that America has become .
When [ my friend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s bad to see other people as evil , I wrote the following e-mail : It doesn ’ t mean hating people or regarding people as evil .
It means really trying to follow Jesus , who “ did not commit himself to them , because he himself knew what was in man.
” Jesus saw everyone ’ s true nature as being of God , so he didn ’ t feel himself separate or divided in hatred from anyone ; but he also saw with no illusions people ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their true Godlike nature in this life , and he only personally committed himself to people who were seeking God or were open to God .
Thus he saw people as they truly were .
Our attachment to America , our solicitude for the fate of America , our fear of the evil that is destroying America , is a film that distorts our vision of this truth .
It prevents us from being masters of our own consciousness , because we are constantly losing our equipoise , our true self , our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anguished about whatever evil is manifesting today and threatening America .
Auster ’ s friend replied that this would entail “ giving up the belief that America is good , uniquely good and special.
” He responded : I feel what you ’ re saying .
Maybe that part of myself has gone , so it ’ s not there to hold onto .
Maybe that part of ourselves .
Which seems so true , is not true but something that keeps us from truth .
There is a large element of idolatry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purpose of the rising evil all around us is to shock us out of that idolatry .
There is a fine line between idolatry and patriotism .
Auster can help us love our country without worshipping it or becoming unraveled by all that is happening Laura Wood ( email her ) is the Editor of The Thinking Housewife .

See also: Remembering Lawrence Auster, After A Year
[Lawrence Auster, proprietor of the great immigration patriot blog View From The Right, died of pancreatic cancer seven years ago today, March 29 2013. The following is adapted from recent remarks that Laura Wood gave at a dinner to honor his memory, and to celebrate the posthumous publication of his magnum opus, Our Borders, Ourselves: America in the Age of Multiculturalism, which she edited. Copies may be purchased here].
In October 1997, Lawrence Auster spent a night at the movies.
An excoriating letter to the film critic who had recommended the movie followed soon after. Auster was prone to excoriating criticism and he was very good at it. It’s worth quoting his letter to reviewer Michael Medved at length:
On a Saturday night a few weeks ago, a friend and I were looking for a movie to see. She had noticed that you had given three and a half stars to “In and Out,” the comedy about a high school teacher who is “outed” by a former student. We weren’t particularly eager to see a movie about homosexuality, but this movie, at least as the tv ads portrayed it, seemed to be about someone who is falsely thought to be homosexual; it didn’t seem to be gay agitprop but a comedy that might take an unpredictable angle on the subject of people’s attitudes toward homosexuality. That, combined with your strong recommendation of the film, and your reputation as an upholder of “traditional values,” persuaded us to see it. Well, we were in for a surprise. Not only was ‘In and Out’ an insultingly stupid, vulgar and dishonest movie in innumerable ways, it also turned out to be a blatant piece of homosexual propaganda…. The subliminal message here is that anyone who has not signed on to the gay agenda is sexually fearful and repressed. (In the same way, the sexual liberationists of the 1960s mocked as sexually inadequate anyone who defended traditional sexual norms—a most effective technique of intimidation and mind-control.) As we were talking about the movie afterwards, it occurred to us why you had recommended it. As a movie critic, you are not a moral traditionalist in any serious way. For you, traditionalism simply means that you like movies that are “sweet” and “wholesome” and “family-oriented,” that are not nasty and ugly and nihilistic. On the basis of this litmus test, if a movie seems sweet and positive, you will approve of it, no matter what its actual content. …By this standard, Mr. Medved, if Hollywood made a movie about, say, Middle American teenagers practicing vampirism (which is actually happening today), and if the movie avoided the graphic reality of vampirism and presented the subject in a funny, wholesome way, then you would say: “What distinguishes this movie isn’t its ‘vampirism,’ but its all-embracing, warm-hearted humanity.”
After more denunciation, the letter concluded:
Mr. Medved, I have written this letter because we are in the midst of a horrifying cultural devolution in this country, and it is occurring on the Right as well as the Left. Every day the utter collapse and fraudulence of conservatism, its increasingly nihilist culture, and its constant betrayals of the political principles and moral values it claims to stand for, is manifested in new ways. I hope you are not becoming a party to the betrayal. [ A Movie Review by Lawrence Auster May 31, 2014]
The writer and social critic who died of cancer seven years ago today and whose book, Our Borders, Ourselves: America in the Age of Multiculturalism, was published by VDARE.com last fall, wrote many dozens of similar letters to editors, book reviewers, journalists, clergy, relatives and friends during his 64 years. One can only imagine the dismay with which many of these people perused these painstakingly detailed critiques and their stricken silence in response.
Rich in eloquence, Auster believed cultural warfare was his duty.
By the standards of the world, he was a failure. He had devoted readers at his blog View from the Right for the last 11 years of his life, but he died as he had lived, in poverty and unknown to the general public—with the disgrace of writing about the most shameful of all topics, race and immigration.
The roots of his motivation and perseverance despite few rewards can be found, I believe, in a formal recommendation by an assistant English professor at the University of Colorado where he had earned a bachelor of arts degree in his late twenties (he dropped out of Columbia years before because, he said, he was too immature to understand the books he was reading). The professor wrote:
Larry Auster is without doubt one of the finest students I have taught at this university—he partakes in none of the mediocrity that so many other students seem bogged down in. I had him in an upper level-level American literature class, and the quality of his presence in that experience was simply remarkable. It got to the point where I would each day look forward to hearing what Auster had to say—and what came from him was always articulate, and most frequently, right on target. His range of knowledge is impressive— in three years of teaching there I have not had an undergraduate who could range around world literature like he can.
The recommendation continued with more praise, but it was never used for what it was intended: admission to a graduate program. Auster was devoted to literature so much that he did not become an English professor, after considering it. He said that to make that passion a career would destroy his independent, non-utilitarian attachment to it.
His great love of literature and Western art explains, I believe, why he became a critic of multiculturalism. The conversation the great canon represents is rooted in national attachments and loyalties.
Auster strongly believed America was finished. However, this was not cause for surrender. There was no reason to stop loving this country or to give up hope for the ongoing conversation. The crisis that is unfolding before us today with the COVID-19 virus would not surprise him. But it also would not demoralize him.
Not only was Auster an impassioned letter writer, he frequently jotted down his observations of the cultural scene in notes. On August 30, 1999, he wrote down some reflections on “Seeing and Living the Truth about America.” What he said is especially relevant, particularly to those who may be struggling with discouragement.
Around August 27, 1999, after another conversation in which we seemed to be so upset about the latest outrage, as though this had never happened before …, I said to [my friend] that we have to recognize that the Left has truly taken over, and so not be upset or feel threatened by each new bad thing that occurs. That we need to stand apart from America. That we need to understand that our country, the land to which we owe our loyalty and our concern, is no longer America, but the Remnant. That our concern in contemporary events is not to save America, because America is already lost, but rather to help preserve the Remnant from the evil force that America has become. When [my friend] said something to the effect that it’s bad to see other people as evil, I wrote the following e-mail: It doesn’t mean hating people or regarding people as evil. It means really trying to follow Jesus, who “did not commit himself to them, because he himself knew what was in man.” Jesus saw everyone’s true nature as being of God, so he didn’t feel himself separate or divided in hatred from anyone; but he also saw with no illusions people’s sinful or evil nature that covered up their true Godlike nature in this life, and he only personally committed himself to people who were seeking God or were open to God. Thus he saw people as they truly were. He continued: Our attachment to America, our solicitude for the fate of America, our fear of the evil that is destroying America, is a film that distorts our vision of this truth. It prevents us from being masters of our own consciousness, because we are constantly losing our equipoise, our true self, our true focus in God, by becoming anguished about whatever evil is manifesting today and threatening America. Auster’s friend replied that this would entail “giving up the belief that America is good, uniquely good and special.” He responded: I feel what you’re saying. Maybe that part of myself has gone, so it’s not there to hold onto. Maybe that part of ourselves. Which seems so true, is not true but something that keeps us from truth. There is a large element of idolatry in Americanness, and maybe the spiritual purpose of the rising evil all around us is to shock us out of that idolatry.
There is a fine line between idolatry and patriotism.
Auster can help us love our country without worshipping it or becoming unraveled by all that is happening
Laura Wood (email her) is the Editor of The Thinking Housewife.
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vdare--2020-03-29--U. of Washington: Worst Will be Mid-April Death Peak

Here ’ s a fairly optimistic forecast from Prof. Christopher J.L .
Murray of the University of Washington : that @ @ @ @ @ deaths will peak in mid-April and the worst will be over by June 1 , @ @ @ @ @ , with total deaths nationally under 100k ( at least in just the First Wave @ @ @ @ @ demand on hospital systems is predicated on the enactment of social distancing measures in all @ @ @ @ @ so already within the next week and maintenance of these measures throughout the epidemic , @ @ @ @ @ , enforcing , and maintaining these measures to mitigate hospital system overload and prevent deaths @

Here’s a fairly optimistic forecast from Prof. Christopher J.L. Murray of the University of Washington: that if the lockdown intensifies, deaths will peak in mid-April and the worst will be over by June 1, assuming we stick with it, with total deaths nationally under 100k (at least in just the First Wave).
The estimated excess demand on hospital systems is predicated on the enactment of social distancing measures in all states that have not done so already within the next week and maintenance of these measures throughout the epidemic, emphasizing the importance of implementing, enforcing, and maintaining these measures to mitigate hospital system overload and prevent deaths.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-03-29--Telluride Test First Wave: 643 Negative Out of 645

Earlier : Rich Skiers Step Up to Say : Let 's Get the Data—Pay To Test Entire County Around Telluride I mentioned a while ago that San Miguel County , Colorado ( home to the ski town of Telluride , where movie stars congregate each January for Robert Redford ’ s film festival ) is starting an antibody test that hopes to test the majority of the county ’ s 8,000 residents .
One optimistic theory is that millions of Americans have already had coronavirus so lots of people are ( hopefully ) immune and we ’ re that much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the testing shortage , there hasn ’ t been much in the way of random sampling yet .
Here are the results of the initial wave : Posted on : March 24 , 2020 First Set of Results for COVID-19 Blood Test ( March 24 , 2020 ) — San Miguel County , CO — San Miguel County Department of Public Health and Environment today received the results for the first group of those who had the COVID-19 ELISA blood test .
The group of 645 , first responders and their families , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a mild signal change , although not enough to change the negative test results .
In some cases , this can indicate early seroconversion .
Public Health has spoken directly to these two individuals .
“ Although the results did not come back as positive , we have asked them to self-quarantine for 14 days .
Additionally , we have requested them to take the PCR nasal swab to compare the two tests , ” Grace Franklin , Director of Public Health said .
It sounds like they should have done the PCR @ @ @ @ @ @ @ compare how they work .
Okay , so none of the 645 tested positive , two were in a gray area and 643 negative .
These first responders are townies rather than international jet setters .
Some other ski towns have had bad outbreaks , but there could be a fair amount of randomness in the results due to the small sample size of visitors .
Telluride is extremely remote at 9,000 feet at the end of a single road in the huge San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado .
One airline , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lots of its regulars arrive on private planes .
It could be that it just happened that virtually nobody with virus showed up this year .
Or … what ?
Pattern recognition has proven difficult in this epidemic .
For example , I ’ ve been pointing out the role of skiing in the spread .
But here ’ s a famous ski town with , apparently , very little .
Tyler Cowen asks , “ Where does all the heterogeneity come from ?
” and cites numerous seemingly contradictory numbers from around @ @ @

Earlier: Rich Skiers Step Up to Say: Let's Get the Data—Pay To Test Entire County Around Telluride
I mentioned a while ago that San Miguel County, Colorado (home to the ski town of Telluride, where movie stars congregate each January for Robert Redford’s film festival) is starting an antibody test that hopes to test the majority of the county’s 8,000 residents. One optimistic theory is that millions of Americans have already had coronavirus so lots of people are (hopefully) immune and we’re that much closer to herd immunity. Because of the testing shortage, there hasn’t been much in the way of random sampling yet.
Here are the results of the initial wave:
Posted on: March 24, 2020
First Set of Results for COVID-19 Blood Test (March 24, 2020) — San Miguel County, CO — San Miguel County Department of Public Health and Environment today received the results for the first group of those who had the COVID-19 ELISA blood test. The group of 645, first responders and their families, all tested negative. Two parties had a mild signal change, although not enough to change the negative test results. In some cases, this can indicate early seroconversion. Public Health has spoken directly to these two individuals. “Although the results did not come back as positive, we have asked them to self-quarantine for 14 days. Additionally, we have requested them to take the PCR nasal swab to compare the two tests,” Grace Franklin, Director of Public Health said.
It sounds like they should have done the PCR test along with the antibody test to compare how they work.
Negative blood test results indicate that a person has not had exposure to the virus and therefore remains susceptible to becoming infected. This test should be repeated after 14 days to detect any changes in immune status.
Okay, so none of the 645 tested positive, two were in a gray area and 643 negative.
These first responders are townies rather than international jet setters.
Some other ski towns have had bad outbreaks, but there could be a fair amount of randomness in the results due to the small sample size of visitors. Telluride is extremely remote at 9,000 feet at the end of a single road in the huge San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado. One airline, Boutique Air, serves it, but lots of its regulars arrive on private planes. It could be that it just happened that virtually nobody with virus showed up this year. Or … what?
Pattern recognition has proven difficult in this epidemic. For example, I’ve been pointing out the role of skiing in the spread. But here’s a famous ski town with, apparently, very little.
Tyler Cowen asks, “Where does all the heterogeneity come from?” and cites numerous seemingly contradictory numbers from around the world.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-03-29--Chinese Researchers: Strong and Short Stay-At-Home Policy Is Cheaper Than Loose and Long

Here is a new abstract from SSRN : When is the COVID-19 Pandemic Over ?
Evidence from the Stay-at-home Policy Execution in 106 Chinese Cities 17 Pages Posted : 27 Mar 2020 Jingyuan Wang Beihang University ( BUAA ) Abstract As more and more countries have employed stay-at-home policy to halt the spread of COVID-19 , the effectiveness of this policy has become an important question to both researchers and policymakers .
To answer this question , our paper empirically measures the effect of stay-at-home policy on the control of COVID-19 .
Using the city-level Baidu Mobility Index , measured @ @ @ @ @ @ @ per day divided by the resident population , we find that reducing the number of outings can effectively decrease the new-onset cases ; a 1 % decline in the outing number will reduce about 1 % of the new-onset-cases growth rate in 7 days ( one serial interval ) .
The critical level is a 50 % drop in mobility , in which case the number of new-onset cases is lower than it was 7 days before , and hence the epidemic will gradually disappear holding this policy long enough .
A strong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has a smaller economic cost than a loose execution with a long duration .
For example , the mobility in Wuhan is down 85 % after lockdown , in which case we estimate the number of new-onset cases is reduced by 50 % in only 12 days .

Here is a new abstract from SSRN:
When is the COVID-19 Pandemic Over? Evidence from the Stay-at-home Policy Execution in 106 Chinese Cities
17 Pages Posted: 27 Mar 2020
Jingyuan Wang
Beihang University (BUAA)
Ke Tang
Institute of Economics, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University
Kai Feng
Beihang University (BUAA)
Weifeng Lv
Beihang University
Date Written: March 26, 2020
Abstract
As more and more countries have employed stay-at-home policy to halt the spread of COVID-19, the effectiveness of this policy has become an important question to both researchers and policymakers. To answer this question, our paper empirically measures the effect of stay-at-home policy on the control of COVID-19. Using the city-level Baidu Mobility Index, measured by the total number of outside travels per day divided by the resident population, we find that reducing the number of outings can effectively decrease the new-onset cases; a 1% decline in the outing number will reduce about 1% of the new-onset-cases growth rate in 7 days (one serial interval). The critical level is a 50% drop in mobility, in which case the number of new-onset cases is lower than it was 7 days before, and hence the epidemic will gradually disappear holding this policy long enough. A strong stay-at-home policy execution with a short duration has a smaller economic cost than a loose execution with a long duration. For example, the mobility in Wuhan is down 85% after lockdown, in which case we estimate the number of new-onset cases is reduced by 50% in only 12 days.


vdare--2020-03-29--Human Rights Watch Slams Mexican President AMLO for Handling of Coronavirus in Mexico—AMLO Is Still

Human Rights Watch Slams Mexican President AMLO for Handling of Coronavirus in Mexico—AMLO Is Still Holding Rallies!

Human Rights Watch is an NGO critical of the Trump administration 's immigration policy , and of border control in general ( just look at the article titles in the group 's website Migrants section ) .
Regarding Mexico and COVID-19 , however , a March 26th article strongly criticizes the president of Mexico , Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ( AMLO ) , for his handling of the coronavirus in Mexico : It 's not that the Mexican government is n't doing anything , it is .
It 's that its Presidente does n't appear to take the virus seriously @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behavior in the face of the COVID-19 crisis is a profoundly dangerous example that threatens Mexicans ’ health , ” said José Miguel Vivanco , Americas director at Human Rights Watch .
“ He has shown outrageous unwillingness to provide accurate and evidence-based information about the risks of a virus that has already killed thousands of people worldwide .
He needs to take this issue seriously for the sake of the health and lives of the Mexican people.
” ... As recently as Monday [ March 23 ] , when many state and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public gathering places like bars , restaurants , and cinemas , and urging residents to remain at home when possible , President López Obrador tweeted a video encouraging Mexicans to go out to restaurants , saying “ If you have the means to do it , continue taking your family out to restaurants and diners .
That ’ s what will strengthen the economy.
” And AMLO gets defensive if questioned on the matter .
This is typical .
When criticized , AMLO blames `` conservatives '' and `` neoliberalism '' and previous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ might work for a while but the guy has been in office now for a year and nearly four months .
As time goes by , that argument is wearing out , especially when dealing with a new crisis .
Mexican nongovernmental organizations and activists have obtained three court rulings in the past week , finding that the government has failed to take basic action to detect or respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and ordering it to do so .
Only after these court rulings , and an announcement by the World Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ March 23 , did the López Obrador administration admit on Tuesday , March 24 , that the virus had begun spreading domestically in Mexico .
The WHO identifies individuals at highest risk to include those over 60 years of age and those with cardiovascular disease , diabetes , chronic respiratory disease , and cancer .
Individuals who are immune compromised and are obese are also thought to be at high risk .
Mexico has some of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in the world .
The Pan American Health Organization has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as 700,000 serious , potentially fatal , cases of Covid-19 in Mexico in which patients will require respiratory support .
The majority of Mexicans rely on the country ’ s public healthcare system , which has fewer than 2,500 intensive care beds and just over 5,500 ventilators , according to the latest figures provided by the government .
Migrants in detention and along the country ’ s northern and southern borders also face serious risks of infection , as do individuals in jails and prisons in Mexico .
Notice it mentions detained migrants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , etc .
Human Rights Watch would prefer they not be detained .
Something the article does n't mention , given the organization 's own bias , but which I have pointed out previously , is that AMLO wo n't tighten up the border for people arriving from the United States .
And this is despite the fact that the U.S. has more coronavirus cases than Mexico and the rest of Latin America put together !
AMLO just hates the idea of closing the border with the United States .
As of March @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 cases while Mexico was approaching 1000 ( although some think the Mexico total may be an undercount ) .
But even though the U.S. has many more than Mexico , there is no point in bringing more infected people into the United States .
The value of borders is that each country can manage the situation better with strong borders .

Human Rights Watch is an NGO critical of the Trump administration's immigration policy, and of border control in general (just look at the article titles in the group's website Migrants section).
Regarding Mexico and COVID-19, however, a March 26th article strongly criticizes the president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), for his handling of the coronavirus in Mexico:
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is putting the people of Mexico in grave danger with his reckless disregard for providing accurate information on the COVID-19 pandemic, Human Rights Watch said today [March 26]. Mexico: Mexicans Need Accurate COVID-19 Information, Human Rights Watch, March 26, 2020
Some excerpts:
...Despite the rapidly expanding spread of the virus in the country, President López Obrador refuses to follow public health advice and is failing to provide accurate information to the public about the severity of the problem. He has directly contradicted the recommendations of health authorities, encouraging Mexicans to continue going out in public while health officials ask Mexicans to stay at home. He has also continued to hold rallies and attend events across the country, hugging, kissing, and shaking hands with supporters despite recommendations to avoid crowds and close contact.
It's not that the Mexican government isn't doing anything, it is. It's that its Presidente doesn't appear to take the virus seriously.
And AMLO gets defensive if questioned on the matter.
...When questioned about his actions or about the concerns of doctors or other health workers, President López Obrador has lashed out defensively, saying that journalists are “taking advantage of the coronavirus” to “distort, alarm, and question the government” in support of the opposition and that “the conservatives would like us to get infected ... so that they could blame us for everything.”
This is typical. When criticized, AMLO blames "conservatives" and "neoliberalism" and previous administrations for problems in Mexico. That might work for a while but the guy has been in office now for a year and nearly four months. As time goes by, that argument is wearing out, especially when dealing with a new crisis.
Mexican nongovernmental organizations and activists have obtained three court rulings in the past week, finding that the government has failed to take basic action to detect or respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and ordering it to do so. Only after these court rulings, and an announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday, March 23, did the López Obrador administration admit on Tuesday, March 24, that the virus had begun spreading domestically in Mexico. The WHO identifies individuals at highest risk to include those over 60 years of age and those with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer. Individuals who are immune compromised and are obese are also thought to be at high risk. Mexico has some of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in the world. The Pan American Health Organization has predicted that there will be as many as 700,000 serious, potentially fatal, cases of Covid-19 in Mexico in which patients will require respiratory support. The majority of Mexicans rely on the country’s public healthcare system, which has fewer than 2,500 intensive care beds and just over 5,500 ventilators, according to the latest figures provided by the government. Migrants in detention and along the country’s northern and southern borders also face serious risks of infection, as do individuals in jails and prisons in Mexico.
Notice it mentions detained migrants in Mexico, i.e., Central Americans, etc. Human Rights Watch would prefer they not be detained.
“At a time of an unprecedented health pandemic such as COVID-19, leaders should faithfully meet their obligation to ensure people have access to accurate, evidence-based information essential to protecting their health” said Vivanco. “Failure to do so is not just a violation of the right to health, but will also lead to many preventable deaths”.
Something the article doesn't mention, given the organization's own bias, but which I have pointed out previously, is that AMLO won't tighten up the border for people arriving from the United States.
And this is despite the fact that the U.S. has more coronavirus cases than Mexico and the rest of Latin America put together! AMLO just hates the idea of closing the border with the United States.
As of March 29, the U.S. had over 140,000 COVID-19 cases while Mexico was approaching 1000 (although some think the Mexico total may be an undercount).
But even though the U.S. has many more than Mexico, there is no point in bringing more infected people into the United States. The value of borders is that each country can manage the situation better with strong borders.


vdare--2020-03-27--This Day In VDARE.com History, 2013: Suddenly, Federal Law Can Be Enforced By Local Law Enforcement—

This Day In VDARE.com History, 2013: Suddenly, Federal Law Can Be Enforced By Local Law Enforcement—No "Sanctuary" For Second Amendment

Originally published here on this day in 2013 It was not too long ago that the radical left was insistent that State law enforcement officers had no authority to enforce Federal law .
Of course , the only issue was that the radical left did not want State officers enforcing immigration law .
And it was not a matter of Constitutional principle , but mere political expediency .
The ends justifying the means , as all Marxists believe .
But all has changed .
Suddenly enforcing Federal law is now the primary responsibility of State and local law enforcement .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ states who so far have vowed to defy new state and federal gun control laws claim that legislation is starting to pop up around the nation to fire any state elected or appointed law enforcement official who does n't obey federal orders .
What 's more , it would remove any elected or appointed law enforcement officer for simply stating or signing any document stating that they will not obey federal orders .
A gun lobbyist told Secrets , `` Beware because once something like this is introduced in one state , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other states . ''
So , the State of Arizona ca n't enforce immigration law because of Federal primacy , but State law enforcement officers can be dragooned into serving at the orders of any Federal bureaucrat .
Essentially every local law enforcement officer would serve at the pleasure of the President .
So much for separation of powers or federalism .
It would be a unitary executive that leftists said they feared in Jorge Bush .
And to the Rainbow Confederates and gun nut MLK wannabees , Representative Davis is , of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her motivation .
She finds any push back against attacks on the Constitution and the rights held by Americans by white sheriffs and other law enforcement leaders to be disrespectful of Barack Hussein Obama and a defiance of Black Run America .
More evidence , as if it were needed , that only whites support the Constitution and the rights it protects .

Originally published here on this day in 2013
It was not too long ago that the radical left was insistent that State law enforcement officers had no authority to enforce Federal law. Of course, the only issue was that the radical left did not want State officers enforcing immigration law. And it was not a matter of Constitutional principle, but mere political expediency. The ends justifying the means, as all Marxists believe.
But all has changed. Suddenly enforcing Federal law is now the primary responsibility of State and local law enforcement.
Washington Times March 27, 2013 by Paul Bedard
Supporters of the 380 sheriffs in 15 states who so far have vowed to defy new state and federal gun control laws claim that legislation is starting to pop up around the nation to fire any state elected or appointed law enforcement official who doesn't obey federal orders.
The first effort emerged in Texas. Legislation proposed by Dallas Democratic Rep. Yvonne Davis would remove any sheriff or law enforcement officer who refuses to enforce state or federal laws.
What's more, it would remove any elected or appointed law enforcement officer for simply stating or signing any document stating that they will not obey federal orders. A gun lobbyist told Secrets, "Beware because once something like this is introduced in one state, it will be followed very quickly in several other states."
So, the State of Arizona can't enforce immigration law because of Federal primacy, but State law enforcement officers can be dragooned into serving at the orders of any Federal bureaucrat. Essentially every local law enforcement officer would serve at the pleasure of the President. So much for separation of powers or federalism. It would be a unitary executive that leftists said they feared in Jorge Bush.
And to the Rainbow Confederates and gun nut MLK wannabees, Representative Davis is, of course, black. We can see her motivation. She finds any push back against attacks on the Constitution and the rights held by Americans by white sheriffs and other law enforcement leaders to be disrespectful of Barack Hussein Obama and a defiance of Black Run America. More evidence, as if it were needed, that only whites support the Constitution and the rights it protects.


vdare--2020-03-28--Jews Fear They’re Prone To Coronavirus—But Race-Denying Ruling Class Suppresses The Facts

In the coronavirus pandemic , it is not only geographic areas that are under quarantine , but also information , if that information casts serious doubt on our Ruling Class dogma of Race Denialism .
That truth-quarantine is beginning to breakdown , however , under pressure from more and more observations pushing in the same direction : that there are race and ethnic differences in susceptibility to Covid-19—and that , properly understood , they point to a calmer , more humane and more efficient policy response .
The Kung Flu is particularly acute in New York City .
Dr Michael @ @ @ @ @ @ @ division at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in central Brooklyn , was recently quoted on the leftist website ProPublica as saying Of course Dr. Augenbraun is confirming what I have long argued , most recently here : that race and ethnicity may well be factors in susceptibility to Covid-19 .
• March 12 , 2020 : Coronavirus And Vitamin C : Is THIS Why Israel Closed Its Borders ?
• March 08 , 2020 : Chinese Scientists Find MORE Evidence That Coronavirus ( a.k.a .
COVID-19 ) Discriminates By Race • March 4 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese Scientists Find Genetic Explanation For Coronavirus Discriminating By Race • February 27 , 2020 : Coronavirus Still Discriminating—Reaches Italy , But Italians Also Vulnerable In 1918 Pandemic But New York City , unlike other large cities such as Los Angeles and Newark , is only making county-level infection data available , which makes the identification of impacted localities impossible .
The motive for this is nakedly political .
ProPublica continues : In other words , information that another doctor quoted by ProPublica says would “ allow everyone to target their efforts much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mayor Bill De Blasio thinks “ racism ” is a greater threat than the disease .
How much does New York City differ from Turkmenistan , whose dictator has banned all public discussion of the disease ?
Buried in the ProPublica article is probably the real reason De Blasio is scared of telling the truth : Denis Nash , a professor of epidemiology at CUNY School of Public Health , said he believed the city might be reluctant to release more data because of concern about stigma .
“ There has been a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ York state ; my guess is that if they released the data it might highlight something more that could create tension where people could be discriminated against , ” he said .
There was reportedly an early spike of positive cases in two Brooklyn neighborhoods with large Hasidic communities , Williamsburg and Borough Park .
[ Your Neighborhood Might Be a Coronavirus Hot Spot , but New York City Refuses to Release the Data , by Justin Elliott , Annie Waldman , Joshua Kaplan and Sean Campbell , ProPublica , March 25 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ original ] .
I have already shown that certain ethnic groups—such as the Chinese , Persians and Italians—were , seemingly , far more susceptible than poverty would predict to the Spanish Flu of 1918 and , likewise , appear to be acutely susceptible to Covid-19 .
Could this be true of Jewish people as well ?
Certainly , the Israelis ( who are acutely aware of genetics ) have reacted extraordinarily strongly to the possible spread of the virus into their territory .
In an earlier article , I pointed out that only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possibly Jews ) carry Hp-1 , the form of haptoglobin that facilitates the beneficial effects of vitamin C , and wondered if that was why they were quarantining all new arrivals despite that fact that at that point ( March 9 ) they had no Covid-19 deaths at all .
Subsequently , on March 25 , Israel went to a full lock-down and further tightening is threatened , although there are still only 12 deaths [ Coronavirus : Netanyahu to further tighten movement restrictions in Israel , By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman , The Jerusalem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A recent opinion piece in Israeli newspaper Haaretz has referred to Covid-19 as the worst crisis in the country ’ s history , while its Orthodox health minister has called for God to intervene to ensure that his people can celebrate Passover properly [ Israeli Health Minister 's Cure for COVID-19 ?
The Messiah , by Netta Ahituv , Haaretz , March 26 , 2020 ] .
Similarly , the Jewish Diaspora seems to be acutely distressed about their possible susceptibility to Covid-19 .
Because race-denying health authorities refuse to release the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it is hard to say how justified this fear is , although there are some disturbing signs : Jews make up 5 % of coronavirus deaths in the UK .
They are just 0.3 % of the population , by Cnaan Lipshiz , jta.org , March 25 , 2020 ; Why are ten times as many Jews Covid-19 victims ?
By Mark Duell , Mail Online , March 27 , 2020 ] .
( This may be partly because British Jews are heavily concentrated in London , which is relatively hard hit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is incessantly reported in the Jewish press , for example Grand rabbi of Satmar Hasidic dynasty tests positive for coronavirus [ by Aidan Pink , Forward , March 22 , 2020 ] .
… [ Grand Satmar Rabbi Aharon ] Teitelbaum had been reluctant to comply with Gov .
Andrew Cuomo ’ s social-distancing recommendations , including school closures .
“ They don ’ t understand what a Jewish family is , ” Teitelbaum said in a recorded speech decrying the fact that large numbers of children would be stuck at home if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s crowded at home , there ’ s barely any room , beds are placed wherever there ’ s room , there ’ s no gentile entertainment [ I. E. no TVs ] and if the kids are sent home there ’ s no room at home so they ’ ll wander around in the streets and people will gather together anyway , so nothing would be accomplished anyway.
” …A local doctor , Vladimir Zelenko , published a video on Thursday that was widely shared in the Orthodox world , claiming that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had administered in Kiryas Joel had come back positive .
He predicted , without explanation , that this would mean that 90 % of the town would eventually contract the disease .
[ More ] The vulnerability of Orthodox communities is a notable theme : Some Orthodox Jews argue they are susceptible to the disease for cultural reasons [ The real reasons coronavirus is spreading in my Hasidic community , by Meyer Labin ] .
Indeed , some secular Jews say the same thing about themselves [ Why American Jews are at greater @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Abrams , Forward , March 20 , 2020 ] .
One Israeli journalist helpfully suggests that American Jews should alleviate their sense of panic by emigrating to Israel [ Jewish and Panicked by Coronavirus ?
Come With Your Guilty Conscience to Israel , by Anshel Pfeffer , Haaretz , March 13 , 2020 ] .
Frankly , I ’ m not sure that panic is justified .
In my work on the Spanish Influenza Pandemic , I can find no evidence in the historical literature that Jews were especially susceptible to flu ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some studies have shown that Jews are more resistant to tuberculosis than white gentiles , which , in that flu and TB work in similar ways , might actually cause Jews to be more resistant to flu , not less [ The Ongoing Columbian Exchange , by Christopher Cumo , 2015 , p.317 ] .
Maybe Jews just worry more .
Ashkenazi Jews are 40 % more likely than ethnic Europeans to carry genes associated with schizophrenia and with bipolar disorder [ Genome-wide association study of schizophrenia in Ashkenazi Jews , by F. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Medical Genetics , 2015 ] .
Schizophrenia makes you paranoid about people and causes you see evidence agency and conspiracies everywhere .
Bipolar disorder causes you to perceive the world in a very negative way and fixate on the worst possible outcome .
In addition , Ashkenazi males , in particular , score higher on Neuroticism that do ethnically European males [ This paranoid stereotype is no joke , by J. Lipman , Jewish Chronicle , April 14 , 2016 ] .
Neuroticism means that you feel worry and anxiety , and also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such as to the possibility of disease [ Disgust Sensitivity as a Function of the Big Five and Gender , by Barry Druschel & Martin Sherman , Personality and Individual Differences , 1999 ] .
Due to their small gene pool , Jewish populations are plagued by a variety of rare genetic disorders that might be classified as the kind of “ underlying health conditions ” making them more susceptible to any pandemic .
So people who are prone to worry might convince themselves—not necessarily correctly—that they have a great deal to worry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know if this Jewish distress is justified until our Ruling Class deigns to release the truth .
I conclude , again , by drawing my now-traditional moral : • If Covid-19 is not an Equal Opportunity disease , that means our race-denying Ruling Class is frightening most people too much—and not warning some people enough .
This will not merely cause unnecessary chaos—it will cost lives .
Lance Welton [ email him ] is the pen name of a freelance journalist living in New York .

In the coronavirus pandemic, it is not only geographic areas that are under quarantine, but also information, if that information casts serious doubt on our Ruling Class dogma of Race Denialism. That truth-quarantine is beginning to breakdown, however, under pressure from more and more observations pushing in the same direction: that there are race and ethnic differences in susceptibility to Covid-19—and that, properly understood, they point to a calmer, more humane and more efficient policy response.
The Kung Flu is particularly acute in New York City. Dr Michael Augenbraun, director of the infectious diseases division at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in central Brooklyn, was recently quoted on the leftist website ProPublica as saying
There are many things that may correlate with the spread of infectious diseases. Race might be one, poverty might be another. [Emphasis added].
Of course Dr. Augenbraun is confirming what I have long argued, most recently here: that race and ethnicity may well be factors in susceptibility to Covid-19.
Five previous articles:
But New York City, unlike other large cities such as Los Angeles and Newark, is only making county-level infection data available, which makes the identification of impacted localities impossible. The motive for this is nakedly political. ProPublica continues:
But some of those same factors, particularly ethnicity and race, may account for the city’s reluctance to make public more localized data that could point to clusters in particular neighborhoods, among certain communities. Around the country, there have been disturbing reports of bias attacks against Asian Americans by assailants blaming Chinese communities for the spread of the virus. [Link in original]
In other words, information that another doctor quoted by ProPublica says would “allow everyone to target their efforts much more effectively” must be suppressed because Mayor Bill De Blasio thinks “racism” is a greater threat than the disease.
How much does New York City differ from Turkmenistan, whose dictator has banned all public discussion of the disease?
Buried in the ProPublica article is probably the real reason De Blasio is scared of telling the truth:
Denis Nash, a professor of epidemiology at CUNY School of Public Health, said he believed the city might be reluctant to release more data because of concern about stigma. “There has been a documented outbreak in Hasidic communities in New York state; my guess is that if they released the data it might highlight something more that could create tension where people could be discriminated against,” he said. There was reportedly an early spike of positive cases in two Brooklyn neighborhoods with large Hasidic communities, Williamsburg and Borough Park. [Your Neighborhood Might Be a Coronavirus Hot Spot, but New York City Refuses to Release the Data, by Justin Elliott, Annie Waldman, Joshua Kaplan and Sean Campbell, ProPublica, March 25, 2020. Emphasis added, link in original].
I have already shown that certain ethnic groups—such as the Chinese, Persians and Italians—were, seemingly, far more susceptible than poverty would predict to the Spanish Flu of 1918 and, likewise, appear to be acutely susceptible to Covid-19. Could this be true of Jewish people as well?
Certainly, the Israelis (who are acutely aware of genetics) have reacted extraordinarily strongly to the possible spread of the virus into their territory. In an earlier article, I pointed out that only 30% of Israelis (and thus possibly Jews) carry Hp-1, the form of haptoglobin that facilitates the beneficial effects of vitamin C, and wondered if that was why they were quarantining all new arrivals despite that fact that at that point (March 9) they had no Covid-19 deaths at all. Subsequently, on March 25, Israel went to a full lock-down and further tightening is threatened, although there are still only 12 deaths [Coronavirus: Netanyahu to further tighten movement restrictions in Israel, By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post, March 27, 2020].
A recent opinion piece in Israeli newspaper Haaretz has referred to Covid-19 as the worst crisis in the country’s history, while its Orthodox health minister has called for God to intervene to ensure that his people can celebrate Passover properly [Israeli Health Minister's Cure for COVID-19? The Messiah, by Netta Ahituv, Haaretz, March 26, 2020].
Similarly, the Jewish Diaspora seems to be acutely distressed about their possible susceptibility to Covid-19. Because race-denying health authorities refuse to release the racial and ethnic data they certainly possess, it is hard to say how justified this fear is, although there are some disturbing signs: Jews make up 5% of coronavirus deaths in the UK. They are just 0.3% of the population, by Cnaan Lipshiz, jta.org, March 25, 2020; Why are ten times as many Jews Covid-19 victims? By Mark Duell, Mail Online, March 27, 2020]. (This may be partly because British Jews are heavily concentrated in London, which is relatively hard hit.)
Anecdotal evidence, however, is incessantly reported in the Jewish press, for example Grand rabbi of Satmar Hasidic dynasty tests positive for coronavirus [by Aidan Pink, Forward, March 22, 2020].
…[Grand Satmar Rabbi Aharon] Teitelbaum had been reluctant to comply with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s social-distancing recommendations, including school closures. “They don’t understand what a Jewish family is,” Teitelbaum said in a recorded speech decrying the fact that large numbers of children would be stuck at home if schools were closed. “It’s crowded at home, there’s barely any room, beds are placed wherever there’s room, there’s no gentile entertainment [I. E. no TVs] and if the kids are sent home there’s no room at home so they’ll wander around in the streets and people will gather together anyway, so nothing would be accomplished anyway.” …A local doctor, Vladimir Zelenko, published a video on Thursday that was widely shared in the Orthodox world, claiming that nine of the 14 COVID-19 tests he had administered in Kiryas Joel had come back positive. He predicted, without explanation, that this would mean that 90% of the town would eventually contract the disease. [More]
The vulnerability of Orthodox communities is a notable theme:
The center of Orthodox Jewish life on Long Island, N.Y., — the Five Towns suburbs — now have 193 reported coronavirus cases, highlighting the growing spread of the virus outside the New York…The Five Towns — which include Woodmere, Inwood, Hewlett, Lawrence and Cedarhurst, just across the border from the New York City borough of Queens — are more than half Jewish. [Coronavirus cases jump in Jewish corner of Long Island, by Ari Feldman, Forward, March 25 2020].
Some Orthodox Jews argue they are susceptible to the disease for cultural reasons [The real reasons coronavirus is spreading in my Hasidic community, by Meyer Labin]. Indeed, some secular Jews say the same thing about themselves [Why American Jews are at greater risk for coronavirus, by Samuel J. Abrams, Forward, March 20, 2020].
One Israeli journalist helpfully suggests that American Jews should alleviate their sense of panic by emigrating to Israel [Jewish and Panicked by Coronavirus? Come With Your Guilty Conscience to Israel, by Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz, March 13, 2020].
Frankly, I’m not sure that panic is justified. In my work on the Spanish Influenza Pandemic, I can find no evidence in the historical literature that Jews were especially susceptible to flu (unlike Italians). In fact, some studies have shown that Jews are more resistant to tuberculosis than white gentiles, which, in that flu and TB work in similar ways, might actually cause Jews to be more resistant to flu, not less [The Ongoing Columbian Exchange, by Christopher Cumo, 2015, p.317].
Maybe Jews just worry more. Ashkenazi Jews are 40% more likely than ethnic Europeans to carry genes associated with schizophrenia and with bipolar disorder [Genome-wide association study of schizophrenia in Ashkenazi Jews, by F. Goes et al., American Journal of Medical Genetics, 2015]. Schizophrenia makes you paranoid about people and causes you see evidence agency and conspiracies everywhere. Bipolar disorder causes you to perceive the world in a very negative way and fixate on the worst possible outcome.
In addition, Ashkenazi males, in particular, score higher on Neuroticism that do ethnically European males [This paranoid stereotype is no joke, by J. Lipman, Jewish Chronicle, April 14, 2016]. Neuroticism means that you feel worry and anxiety, and also correlates with having a strong disgust-response, such as to the possibility of disease [Disgust Sensitivity as a Function of the Big Five and Gender, by Barry Druschel & Martin Sherman, Personality and Individual Differences, 1999]. Due to their small gene pool, Jewish populations are plagued by a variety of rare genetic disorders that might be classified as the kind of “underlying health conditions” making them more susceptible to any pandemic. So people who are prone to worry might convince themselves—not necessarily correctly—that they have a great deal to worry about.
But we won’t know if this Jewish distress is justified until our Ruling Class deigns to release the truth.
I conclude, again, by drawing my now-traditional moral:
If Covid-19 is not an Equal Opportunity disease, that means our race-denying Ruling Class is frightening most people too much—and not warning some people enough. This will not merely cause unnecessary chaos—it will cost lives.
Lance Welton [email him] is the pen name of a freelance journalist living in New York.


vdare--2020-03-28--ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK: Rich White Liberals Flock To Hamptons To Panic Buy, Locals Seek Travel Ban For

ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK: Rich White Liberals Flock To Hamptons To Panic Buy, Locals Seek Travel Ban For Coronavirus-Fleeing New Yorkers

PK Note : Stay safe and healthy out there , especially those on the verge of being quarantined in New York/New Jersey .
Need a good book to read , pick up a copy of the PK anthology Because We Live Here .
Stay safe and Godspeed .
It ’ s the end of the world as we know it , and I feel fine .
The Hamptons are so over-run with wealthy New Yorkers panic-buying food and stretching medical supplies that local leaders are now asking Gov .
Andrew Cuomo to issue a travel ban from the city .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , of the White House coronavirus response team , said at a press conference this week with President Donald Trump that cases of the virus were spreading from New York City with people trying to flee the epicenter of the virus .
Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell said , “ A new trend is taking place that puts our residents at further risk — people seeking refuge from the metropolitan areas .
It is simple math : the more people that come , the greater the spread and the greater the confirmed cases.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Hamptons stores and people lining up at 6 a.m. to grab basic supplies as deliveries arrive , he said , “ We have a limited number of stores trying to keep their shelves stocked and ration out supplies as best they can .
Local residents are finding it difficult to meet even their most basic needs .
Unnecessary hoarding and the recent , sudden expansion of the population by those who come are making it far worse.
” Russell told Page Six by phone on Friday that he and the East End @ @ @ @ @ @ @ big towns out East — were urging Cuomo to issue a travel ban on all non-urgent journeys to the East End .
And those who had recently arrived must quarantine inside for 14 days .
He said , “ We are not trying to tell those who have summer homes to stay away , this is about the people who really have no attachment to the community .
“ There ’ s an influx of people we ’ ve never seen before .
This is putting unnecessary stress on local resources and potentially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very well managed , but have a limited supply of equipment.
” Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman , who penned the letter to Cuomo on Friday , said he believes that already more than half of the summer homes — normally vacant this time of year — are occupied , doubling the local population .
He said , “ People out here are concerned that our hospitals and supermarkets will not be able to meet the needed demand if our population continues to surge .
We are all doing everything we can to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that is very challenging when new people are constantly entering the community from the NY Metropolitan area , an epicenter for the coronavirus.
” They acted after Dr. Birx said in a press conference with President Trump on Tuesday of New Yorkers fleeing the coronavirus epicenter , “ Everybody who was in New York [ City ] should be self-quarantining for the next 14 days to ensure the virus doesn ’ t spread to others , no matter where they have gone , whether it ’ s Florida , North Carolina , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Island .
We ’ re starting to see new cases across Long Island that suggest people have left the city .
This will be very critical.
” The Post had earlier reported how wealthy people who flocked to the Hamptons to escape the coronavirus have been ransacking grocery stores in epic shopping sprees that are costing thousands of dollars a pop .
Since COVID-19 hit Long Island ’ s tony beach towns last week , its residents have been lining up for groceries and other essentials as they prepare to hunker down at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the country , Hamptonites are dropping massive amounts of money as they clean up on high-end goods , like salmon , steaks and rare bottles of wine , sources said .
was a terrible movie , but the book by Max Brooks is a must read .
No , the world isn ’ t ending , but it ’ s changing quickly .
And smart people hoping to influence the politics of the post-coronavirus world , especially in America , should be paying to attention to what ’ s happening in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rhode Island Police to Hunt Down New Yorkers Seeking Refuge , Bloomberg.com , March 27 , 2020 Rhode Island police began stopping cars with New York plates Friday .
On Saturday , the National Guard will help them conduct house-to-house searches to find people who traveled from New York and demand 14 days of self-quarantine .
“ Right now we have a pinpointed risk , ” Governor Gina Raimondo said .
“ That risk is called New York City.
” New York is the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases .
Rhode Island has just over 200 , and it has begun an aggressive campaign to keep the virus out and New Yorkers contained , over objections from civil liberties advocates .
Raimondo , a Democrat , said she had consulted lawyers and said while she couldn ’ t close the border , she felt confident she could enforce a quarantine .
By the time you read this , President Trump may have ordered the quarantining of New York and New Jersey .
What happens is next is simple : We ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our strength and to what levels the federal government is willing to go to protect Americans from the Coronavirus outbreak largely centered in New York City and surrounding areas .
This exclusive , heavily white city , is overrun with New York City residents panic buying and fleeing the diversity of which all elected/appointed officials in the city are so proud to brag about .
With them , comes the coronavirus ( China Virus/COVID-19… whatever you want to call it ) .
As Enoch Powell said so long ago , we will soon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sane policy enacted by the state : “ the supreme function of statesmanship is to guard against preventable evils.
” Political correctness and anti-racism are perverse ideologies neutering logical and reasonable debate/decisions needed to protect the collective ahead of petty individual concerns .
It ’ s the end of the world as we know it , and I feel fine…

PK Note: Stay safe and healthy out there, especially those on the verge of being quarantined in New York/New Jersey. Need a good book to read, pick up a copy of the PK anthology Because We Live Here. Stay safe and Godspeed.
It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.
Hamptons seek travel ban on corona-fleeing New Yorkers, PageSix.com, March 27, 2020 The Hamptons are so over-run with wealthy New Yorkers panic-buying food and stretching medical supplies that local leaders are now asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo to issue a travel ban from the city. The move comes after Dr. Deborah Birx, of the White House coronavirus response team, said at a press conference this week with President Donald Trump that cases of the virus were spreading from New York City with people trying to flee the epicenter of the virus. Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell said, “A new trend is taking place that puts our residents at further risk — people seeking refuge from the metropolitan areas. It is simple math: the more people that come, the greater the spread and the greater the confirmed cases.” Amid alarming scenes of empty shelves in Hamptons stores and people lining up at 6 a.m. to grab basic supplies as deliveries arrive, he said, “We have a limited number of stores trying to keep their shelves stocked and ration out supplies as best they can. Local residents are finding it difficult to meet even their most basic needs. Unnecessary hoarding and the recent, sudden expansion of the population by those who come are making it far worse.” Russell told Page Six by phone on Friday that he and the East End Mayors and Supervisors Association — representing all big towns out East — were urging Cuomo to issue a travel ban on all non-urgent journeys to the East End. And those who had recently arrived must quarantine inside for 14 days. He said, “We are not trying to tell those who have summer homes to stay away, this is about the people who really have no attachment to the community. “There’s an influx of people we’ve never seen before. This is putting unnecessary stress on local resources and potentially on hospitals out East, which are very well managed, but have a limited supply of equipment.” Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman, who penned the letter to Cuomo on Friday, said he believes that already more than half of the summer homes — normally vacant this time of year — are occupied, doubling the local population. He said, “People out here are concerned that our hospitals and supermarkets will not be able to meet the needed demand if our population continues to surge. We are all doing everything we can to reduce new cases of Covid-19, but that is very challenging when new people are constantly entering the community from the NY Metropolitan area, an epicenter for the coronavirus.” They acted after Dr. Birx said in a press conference with President Trump on Tuesday of New Yorkers fleeing the coronavirus epicenter, “Everybody who was in New York [City] should be self-quarantining for the next 14 days to ensure the virus doesn’t spread to others, no matter where they have gone, whether it’s Florida, North Carolina, or out to the far reaches of Long Island. We’re starting to see new cases across Long Island that suggest people have left the city. This will be very critical.” The Post had earlier reported how wealthy people who flocked to the Hamptons to escape the coronavirus have been ransacking grocery stores in epic shopping sprees that are costing thousands of dollars a pop. Since COVID-19 hit Long Island’s tony beach towns last week, its residents have been lining up for groceries and other essentials as they prepare to hunker down at home. But unlike in other parts of the country, Hamptonites are dropping massive amounts of money as they clean up on high-end goods, like salmon, steaks and rare bottles of wine, sources said.
World War Z was a terrible movie, but the book by Max Brooks is a must read. No, the world isn’t ending, but it’s changing quickly. And smart people hoping to influence the politics of the post-coronavirus world, especially in America, should be paying to attention to what’s happening in the northeastern part of the United States.
Rhode Island Police to Hunt Down New Yorkers Seeking Refuge, Bloomberg.com, March 27, 2020 Rhode Island police began stopping cars with New York plates Friday. On Saturday, the National Guard will help them conduct house-to-house searches to find people who traveled from New York and demand 14 days of self-quarantine. “Right now we have a pinpointed risk,” Governor Gina Raimondo said. “That risk is called New York City.” New York is the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., on Friday reporting a total of 44,000 cases. Rhode Island has just over 200, and it has begun an aggressive campaign to keep the virus out and New Yorkers contained, over objections from civil liberties advocates. Raimondo, a Democrat, said she had consulted lawyers and said while she couldn’t close the border, she felt confident she could enforce a quarantine.
By the time you read this, President Trump may have ordered the quarantining of New York and New Jersey.
What happens is next is simple: We’ll find out if Diversity is REALLY our strength and to what levels the federal government is willing to go to protect Americans from the Coronavirus outbreak largely centered in New York City and surrounding areas.
This exclusive, heavily white city, is overrun with New York City residents panic buying and fleeing the diversity of which all elected/appointed officials in the city are so proud to brag about.
With them, comes the coronavirus (China Virus/COVID-19… whatever you want to call it).
As Enoch Powell said so long ago, we will soon understand must be the basis of all sane policy enacted by the state: “the supreme function of statesmanship is to guard against preventable evils.”
Political correctness and anti-racism are perverse ideologies neutering logical and reasonable debate/decisions needed to protect the collective ahead of petty individual concerns.
It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine…
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-03-28--Coronavirus Makes Borders Popular—Even in Mexico!

Earlier : MEMO FROM MEXICO : Mexico Worries About Catching WuFlu From US !
Borders A Good Idea After All ?
The coronavirus event that the media has made its top story certainly has people wound up .
Example numero uno from down south : Mexicans are demanding more border controls to keep out possibly infectious Americans—who could have imagined such a thing ?
It ’ s certainly true that the Mexican Presidente Lopez Obrador has maintained a strangely unconcerned attitude about the contagious illness , which can not be reassuring for his people .
This tweet shows some of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presidente out of his snoozing regarding public health : Here ’ s more about the new Mexican pro-borders viewpoint : Mexican protesters have shut a US southern border crossing amid fears that untested American travellers will spread coronavirus .
Residents in Sonora , south of the US state of Arizona , have promised to block traffic into Mexico for a second day after closing a checkpoint for hours on Wednesday .
They wore face masks and held signs telling Americans to “ stay at home ” .
Mexico has fewer than 500 confirmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The border is supposed to be closed to all except “ essential ” business , but protesters said there has been little enforcement and no testing by authorities .
The blockade was led by members of the group Sonorans for Health and Life , who called for medical testing to be done on anyone who crosses from the US into Mexico .
Jose Luis Hernandez , a group member , told the Arizona Republic : “ There are no health screenings by the federal government to deal with this pandemic .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Nogales .
We ’ ve taken this action to call on the Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to act now.
” ( Continues ) Meanwhile , some friends of American sovereignty fear an uptick in illegal border crossers if the coronavirus kicks up trouble in Mexico .
Borders— ( nearly ) everybody likes them now in the Age of Corona !
TUCKER CARLSON : So a lot of consequences maybe we haven ’ t thought through of this pandemic , and one of them is countries to our south could be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see a surge , a big surge of illegal immigration come up from Latin America .
If that does happen , and it absolutely could happen , are we prepared to deal with it ?
Mark Morgan is Acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection , and he joins us tonight .
Mr. Morgan , thanks very much for coming on .
This does not seem like a crazy possibility .
It ’ s very easy to imagine that a place like Mexico which doesn ’ t seem to be doing anything to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that they lock anyone down — that they could have massive problems with this .
What would that mean for us ?
MARK MORGAN : Well , Tucker , you ’ re spot on .
It ’ s not hyperbole to think about that , but what I want your listeners to know , this isn ’ t the first infectious disease crisis , right — SARS , H1N1 and what we do — CBP as well as other governmental agencies — look , we hope for the best , we plan for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exactly what we ’ re doing now .
So we know that that could be a possibility , so we ’ re taking aggressive containment and mitigation strategies now to help stem that if that should become a possibility .
And the president ’ s authority and his agreement with the CDC order last Friday is doing just that .
In six days Tucker , it ’ s amazing what we ’ ve accomplished : the overall people trying to enter our country illegally in six days because of the CDC ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dropped 50 percent , and another key stat if you don ’ t mind is is our vehicular traffic and our pedestrians ; actually both of the northern and southern border has dropped by over 65 percent .
That means the Mexican citizens and the Canadian citizens themselves are actually self-policing and doing what the medical experts say , and they ’ re staying home and that ’ s because of this president and the CDC ’ s order CARLSON : Right , I mean to be fair though , those are mostly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up from Mexico legally every day or in from Canada .
I wonder , are you seeing a drop in what we ’ ve heard for the last three years from Democrats which is it ’ s immoral to keep anybody out , to enforce borders : borders themselves are immoral because no one ’ s illegal .
Are people saying less of that kind of nonsense now the coronavirus is here ?
MORGAN : So it ’ s interesting , Tucker , because for a long time we ’ ve been saying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about that , we ’ ve been talking , hey drugs are pouring in this country killing 68,000 people last year .
We have bad guys — criminals , gang members — pouring in , but we ’ ve also been saying that that infectious disease coming across the border ’ s a real threat as well , but people are dismissing , and they weren ’ t listening , but they ’ re listening now .
It ’ s that really the third part of that stool , infectious disease — it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Secure borders matter .
CARLSON : As we just saw in a segment we did on New York , leaders in some places don ’ t care if you get sick ; they ’ re never going to protect you because it makes them feel guilty .
Unbelievable .
Mark Morgan , great to see you tonight .

Earlier: MEMO FROM MEXICO: Mexico Worries About Catching WuFlu From US! Borders A Good Idea After All?
The coronavirus event that the media has made its top story certainly has people wound up. Example numero uno from down south: Mexicans are demanding more border controls to keep out possibly infectious Americans—who could have imagined such a thing?
It’s certainly true that the Mexican Presidente Lopez Obrador has maintained a strangely unconcerned attitude about the contagious illness, which cannot be reassuring for his people.
This tweet shows some of the protesters who want to wake their presidente out of his snoozing regarding public health:
Here’s more about the new Mexican pro-borders viewpoint:
Coronavirus: Mexicans demand crackdown on Americans crossing the border, BBC, 26 March 2020 Mexican protesters have shut a US southern border crossing amid fears that untested American travellers will spread coronavirus. Residents in Sonora, south of the US state of Arizona, have promised to block traffic into Mexico for a second day after closing a checkpoint for hours on Wednesday. They wore face masks and held signs telling Americans to “stay at home”. Mexico has fewer than 500 confirmed Covid-19 cases and the US over 65,000. The border is supposed to be closed to all except “essential” business, but protesters said there has been little enforcement and no testing by authorities. The blockade was led by members of the group Sonorans for Health and Life, who called for medical testing to be done on anyone who crosses from the US into Mexico. Jose Luis Hernandez, a group member, told the Arizona Republic: “There are no health screenings by the federal government to deal with this pandemic. That’s why we’re here in Nogales. We’ve taken this action to call on the Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to act now.” (Continues)
Meanwhile, some friends of American sovereignty fear an uptick in illegal border crossers if the coronavirus kicks up trouble in Mexico.
Borders—(nearly) everybody likes them now in the Age of Corona!


vdare--2020-03-28--What Went Wrong with the British Plan To Build Up "Herd Immunity"

Scott Alexander sums up story behind the British Plan of a few weeks ago to build herd immunity : A @ @ @ @ @ Reddit wrote a great explanation of their recent about-face on coronavirus strategy .
They say @ @ @ @ @ years , Britain developed a cutting-edge new strategy for dealing with pandemics by building herd @ @ @ @ @ really novel and exciting and they were anxious to try it out .
When the @ @ @ @ @ government plugged its spread rate , death rate , etc into the strategy and got @ @ @ @ @ .
This is why he kept talking about how evidence-based it was and how top @ @ @ @ @ best way to do things .
But other pandemics don ’ t require ventilators nearly @ @ @ @ @ .
So the model , which was originally built around flu , didn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ shortages .
Once someone added that in , the herd immunity strategy went from clever @ @ @ @ @ and the UK had to perform a disastrous about-face .

Scott Alexander sums up story behind the British Plan of a few weeks ago to build herd immunity:
The British reversal
A UK critical care doctor on Reddit wrote a great explanation of their recent about-face on coronavirus strategy.
They say that over the past few years, Britain developed a cutting-edge new strategy for dealing with pandemics by building herd immunity. It was actually really novel and exciting and they were anxious to try it out. When the coronavirus came along, the government plugged its spread rate, death rate, etc into the strategy and got the plan Johnson originally announced. This is why he kept talking about how evidence-based it was and how top scientists said this was the best way to do things.
But other pandemics don’t require ventilators nearly as often as coronavirus does. So the model, which was originally built around flu, didn’t include a term for ventilator shortages. Once someone added that in, the herd immunity strategy went from clever idea to total disaster, and the UK had to perform a disastrous about-face.