vdare--2020-03-26--Dr. Norm Matloff On Covid-19, Silicon Valley, And The Chinese Connection To Coronavirus Infection

Dr .
Norm Matloff , who we 've frequently cited on immigrant displacement of American tech workers , writes on his own blog Upon Closer Inspection today about the Chinese Connection to coronavirus infection : Here is something you won ’ t read elsewhere : Silicon Valley leads the SF Bay Area in Covid-19 cases — leads by FAR .
As of today , Santa Clara County has had 459 confirmed cases , and 17 deaths .
That case total is more than triple the next-highest , 143 in San Mateo County , which adjoins Santa Clara County is also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tech , e.g .
Oracle .
( SM County has only one death so far . )
Silicon Valley , of course , is home to very large numbers of immigrant engineers from China , who have the means to make frequent trips to China to visit family , especially during Chinese New Year , when the virus started to spread like mad within China and started to do so in the US .
Many also frequently travel to China on business , e.g .
to confer on manufacturing operations for US products @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say , San Francisco County , which has a large Chinese-American population but who travel much less to China .
Mind you , the current crisis has had harmful fallout to many Chinese- and other East-Asian Americans , who are experiencing abuse ranging from mere suspicious looks to outright attacks .
These started BEFORE Trump started using the term “ Chinese virus , ” but he certainly isn ’ t helping matters with his language .
Trump wrote a tweet the other day in support of Asian-Americans , and I hope that means @ @ @ @ @ @ @ term from now on .
Nevertheless , the “ Chinese connection ” is there and is clear as day .
The Manhattan KS GOP official who got into trouble for claiming the city doesn ’ t have a pandemic problem because there aren ’ t many Chinese people there may have been underestimating the power of the virus but his statement did , as the Chinese say 有道理 , i.e .
have some truth to it .
To be sure , there is a REASON why I like living in the Bay Area @ @ @ @ @ @ @ State University , so conceivably I could move there ) .
I treasure living in a region with a large Chinese population and other types of diversity .
But globalization is not free of problems .

Dr. Norm Matloff, who we've frequently cited on immigrant displacement of American tech workers, writes on his own blog Upon Closer Inspection today about the Chinese Connection to coronavirus infection:
Here is something you won’t read elsewhere: Silicon Valley leads the SF Bay Area in Covid-19 cases — leads by FAR. As of today, Santa Clara County has had 459 confirmed cases, and 17 deaths. That case total is more than triple the next-highest, 143 in San Mateo County, which adjoins Santa Clara County is also is the home to lots of high tech, e.g. Oracle. (SM County has only one death so far.)
Silicon Valley, of course, is home to very large numbers of immigrant engineers from China, who have the means to make frequent trips to China to visit family, especially during Chinese New Year, when the virus started to spread like mad within China and started to do so in the US. Many also frequently travel to China on business, e.g. to confer on manufacturing operations for US products. This is in contrast to, say, San Francisco County, which has a large Chinese-American population but who travel much less to China.
Mind you, the current crisis has had harmful fallout to many Chinese- and other East-Asian Americans, who are experiencing abuse ranging from mere suspicious looks to outright attacks. These started BEFORE Trump started using the term “Chinese virus,” but he certainly isn’t helping matters with his language. Trump wrote a tweet the other day in support of Asian-Americans, and I hope that means he’ll use a more judicious term from now on.
Nevertheless, the “Chinese connection” is there and is clear as day. The Manhattan KS GOP official who got into trouble for claiming the city doesn’t have a pandemic problem because there aren’t many Chinese people there may have been underestimating the power of the virus but his statement did, as the Chinese say 有道理, i.e. have some truth to it.
To be sure, there is a REASON why I like living in the Bay Area rather than Manhattan KS. (Kansas State University, so conceivably I could move there). I treasure living in a region with a large Chinese population and other types of diversity. But globalization is not free of problems.


vdare--2020-03-26--China Virus Unleashes Anarchy Across America: Black Cincinnati Police Chief Suspends In-Person Respo

China Virus Unleashes Anarchy Across America: Black Cincinnati Police Chief Suspends In-Person Responses To Numerous Violent Crimes

Earlier by Paul Kersey : Coronavirus Plan : Black Female Philadelphia Police Commissioner Says Delay Arrests For `` All Narcotics Offenses , Thefts , Burglary , Vandalism , Prostitution , Stolen Cars ... '' “ Law-abiding people , ” Dubois had told us , “ hardly dared go into a public park at night .
To do so was to risk attack by wolf packs of children , armed with chains , knives , home-made guns , bludgeons … to be hurt at least , robbed most certainly , injured for life probably — or even killed .
This went @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the war between the Russo-Anglo-American Alliance and the Chinese Hegemony .
Murder , drug addiction , larceny , assault , and vandalism were commonplace .
Nor were parks the only places — these things happened also on the streets in daylight , on school grounds , even inside school buildings .
But parks were so notoriously unsafe that honest people stayed clear of them after dark.
” – from Starship Troopers , a description of American life just prior to the collapse of Western Democracy .
Robert Heinlein wrote these words in 1959 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to test this theory , promulgated with the upmost zeal and enthusiasm by our elite in corporate America , the media , public sector , academia and the entertainment industry .
The first black female police commissioner of Philadelphia has instructed police to stop making certain arrests as the China Virus spreads through the city , a precursor to lawlessness , anarchy , and chaos .
The same mentality has spread to Cincinnati , a city where almost all violent crime—according to police arrest records—is committed by blacks .
The black police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in-person responses from police to a shocking number of violent crimes against law-abiding citizens and property owners .
Cincinnati police are temporarily suspending in-person responses to certain 911 calls for service starting on Tuesday in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19 .
Isaac said he reviewed the department ’ s essentials functions and modified the response plan “ to reduce unnecessary contact between officers and the public to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
” “ I want to also assure everyone that if there ’ s an emergency situation , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
During the coronavirus outbreak and beginning Tuesday morning , Cincinnati police officers will no longer respond in person to the following reports : criminal damaging , dog bites , lost property , lost or stolen license plates , phone harassment , property damage or found property .
Police will no longer respond to assault reports , unless a suspect is still present or the victim requires medical attention , breaking and entering reports unless a suspect is still present , menacing reports “ unless suspect is expected or threatens to return or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violence ” or theft reports “ where there is no possibility of immediate apprehension.
” Police are asking victims to report those crimes through the online or telephone reporting system .
Isaac said the announced calls for service do not require dispatch or a physical police response and will be referred for online reporting or telephone reporting when applicable .
Issac issued a statement along with the response plan : “ I want all of the residents and visitors to Cincinnati to understand that the Cincinnati Police Department is ready and able to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public .
Our recently implemented Differential Response Plan is intended to limit the exposure of our officers and the public to the Coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) and our desire is to continue to provide the highest level of police service , while maximizing our efficiency and effectiveness .
To be clear , all of the calls for service listed in Differential Response Plan will be policed adequately and dealt with to remove/resolve the illegal acts .
None of those illegal acts are condoned and all will be suppressed/resolved .
In addition , assaults @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to property will be responded to in person when requested .
Whenever someone is in physical danger the police will respond in person .
All other listed calls for service will also be responded to , and sufficiently addressed , but may or may not involve in person contact with the complainant .
For example , if a noise complaint is resolved , an officer will not be required to discuss with the original complainant in person , but someone will talk to the complainant by phone , and the noise complaint will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ men and women of the Cincinnati Police Department are here to serve you and we will be there for you when you need us .
We are grateful for the support and encouragement our Department has received from citizens at this challenging time and we appreciate the cooperation and compliance we have received as well ” said Chief Eliot K. Isaac .
A three-word sentence easily describing the true health of a civilization or , if ( the state ) it refuses to implement these tried and true rules governing civic virtue , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s hard to watch all this unfold , knowing there ’ s nothing we can do but be bystanders to the demise of a once great civilization .
As the China Virus spread across America , we are watching the state refuse to protect the innocent and law-abiding in some of our largest cities .
What ’ s the point of paying taxes if in the face of a plague , lawlessness is allowed to spread ?
Anarchy is set loose , if only momentarily , in the face of a plague @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a callous disregard to our borders and the health of our nation by our elites ( both Republican and Democrats ) .
Civilization is a fragile , precarious idea , the work of countless individuals over a long period of time sacrificing their present for the idea their posterity will inherit a world greater than the one they knew .
All of this is instantly upended by the folly of those dedicated to principles of wokeness .

Earlier by Paul Kersey: Coronavirus Plan: Black Female Philadelphia Police Commissioner Says Delay Arrests For "All Narcotics Offenses, Thefts, Burglary, Vandalism, Prostitution, Stolen Cars..."
“Law-abiding people,” Dubois had told us, “hardly dared go into a public park at night. To do so was to risk attack by wolf packs of children, armed with chains, knives, home-made guns, bludgeons … to be hurt at least, robbed most certainly, injured for life probably — or even killed. This went on for years, right up to the war between the Russo-Anglo-American Alliance and the Chinese Hegemony. Murder, drug addiction, larceny, assault, and vandalism were commonplace. Nor were parks the only places — these things happened also on the streets in daylight, on school grounds, even inside school buildings. But parks were so notoriously unsafe that honest people stayed clear of them after dark.” – from Starship Troopers, a description of American life just prior to the collapse of Western Democracy. Robert Heinlein wrote these words in 1959.
“Diversity is our greatest strength.”
Right?
Well, the China Virus is going to test this theory, promulgated with the upmost zeal and enthusiasm by our elite in corporate America, the media, public sector, academia and the entertainment industry.
The first black female police commissioner of Philadelphia has instructed police to stop making certain arrests as the China Virus spreads through the city, a precursor to lawlessness, anarchy, and chaos.
The same mentality has spread to Cincinnati, a city where almost all violent crime—according to police arrest records—is committed by blacks. The black police chief has announced the city is suspending in-person responses from police to a shocking number of violent crimes against law-abiding citizens and property owners.
Cincinnati police temporarily suspending in-person response to certain 911 calls, WLWT.com, March 24, 2020 Cincinnati police are temporarily suspending in-person responses to certain 911 calls for service starting on Tuesday in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. Isaac said he reviewed the department’s essentials functions and modified the response plan “to reduce unnecessary contact between officers and the public to reduce the spread of COVID-19.” “I want to also assure everyone that if there’s an emergency situation, we will be there,” Isaac said. During the coronavirus outbreak and beginning Tuesday morning, Cincinnati police officers will no longer respond in person to the following reports: criminal damaging, dog bites, lost property, lost or stolen license plates, phone harassment, property damage or found property. Police will no longer respond to assault reports, unless a suspect is still present or the victim requires medical attention, breaking and entering reports unless a suspect is still present, menacing reports “unless suspect is expected or threatens to return or is part of the elements of domestic violence” or theft reports “where there is no possibility of immediate apprehension.” Police are asking victims to report those crimes through the online or telephone reporting system. Isaac said the announced calls for service do not require dispatch or a physical police response and will be referred for online reporting or telephone reporting when applicable. Issac issued a statement along with the response plan: “I want all of the residents and visitors to Cincinnati to understand that the Cincinnati Police Department is ready and able to respond to any emergency call from the public. Our recently implemented Differential Response Plan is intended to limit the exposure of our officers and the public to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and our desire is to continue to provide the highest level of police service, while maximizing our efficiency and effectiveness. To be clear, all of the calls for service listed in Differential Response Plan will be policed adequately and dealt with to remove/resolve the illegal acts. None of those illegal acts are condoned and all will be suppressed/resolved. In addition, assaults and all physical harm and immediate threats to property will be responded to in person when requested. Whenever someone is in physical danger the police will respond in person. All other listed calls for service will also be responded to, and sufficiently addressed, but may or may not involve in person contact with the complainant. For example, if a noise complaint is resolved, an officer will not be required to discuss with the original complainant in person, but someone will talk to the complainant by phone, and the noise complaint will be addressed. Please know that the men and women of the Cincinnati Police Department are here to serve you and we will be there for you when you need us. We are grateful for the support and encouragement our Department has received from citizens at this challenging time and we appreciate the cooperation and compliance we have received as well” said Chief Eliot K. Isaac.
Law and order.
A three-word sentence easily describing the true health of a civilization or, if (the state) it refuses to implement these tried and true rules governing civic virtue, its complete and utter demise.
It’s hard to watch all this unfold, knowing there’s nothing we can do but be bystanders to the demise of a once great civilization.
As the China Virus spread across America, we are watching the state refuse to protect the innocent and law-abiding in some of our largest cities. What’s the point of paying taxes if in the face of a plague, lawlessness is allowed to spread?
Anarchy is set loose, if only momentarily, in the face of a plague brought to our shores from China and a callous disregard to our borders and the health of our nation by our elites (both Republican and Democrats).
Civilization is a fragile, precarious idea, the work of countless individuals over a long period of time sacrificing their present for the idea their posterity will inherit a world greater than the one they knew. All of this is instantly upended by the folly of those dedicated to principles of wokeness.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-03-26--Rep. Gaetz  Has A Bill To Protect America’s Corona Relief Funds From China

Matt Gaetz , the Florida congressman , appeared recently with Tucker Carlson to explain his new legislation , aimed at blocking Red China from grabbing any of the coronavirus funding from the Congress aimed at propping up the American economy during the shutdown .
Called the “ No Chinese Handouts In National Assistance Act , ” or “ No CHINA Act ” for short , the bill ’ s aim is simple enough : To restrict the use of funds made available in appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2020 for the benefit of any United States or foreign person subject @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Republic of China .
It ’ s good news that the China threat is becoming more widely understood in Washington .
Too bad it took a worldwide pandemic to get the message across .
TUCKER CARLSON : Chinese business has penetrated big parts of the US economy ; they control much of it , and many American companies now have Chinese ownership .
Congressman Matt Gaetz represents Florida .
He ’ s worried that a bailout will wind up enriching the Chinese and helping the Chinese government .
He joins us tonight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concern is and how you plan to address it .
CONGRESSMAN MATT GAETZ : Radisson hotels , AMC movie theaters , even the Waldorf Astoria New York are controlled by China in essence , and I think we ought to restore every American worker and American small business before borrowing money from China so that we can then give it to China to then pay China back with interest after the Chinese virus .
That seems like a foolish thing that a great nation would never do .
I ’ ve introduced legislation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ controlled by China .
It ’ s so obvious I can ’ t even believe it ’ s not the law already .
CARLSON : They unleash a pandemic on the world .
We wind up sending them tax dollars — why would that be a controversial thing to propose ?
GAETZ : China has a lot of influence , and the companies that seek Chinese investment also have that influence , but this is a time that we can actually put America first — the needs of our people and our businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the world to ensure that we are making reinvestment in the American economy and that we are not the world ’ s fools by borrowing money from a country in the bond market , recycling it back to them and then charging the next generation of Americans interest on that money .
We can not do that .
Congress should include my No China Act in the ultimate relief package .
CARLSON : It seems very obvious .
One quick thing before you go according to Bloomberg reporter Steven Dennis , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Senate ’ s coronavirus bill .
Democrats want Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics to get bailout dollars ; obviously they already received Medicaid funding they ’ re not at risk of going over going under .
Is this real for one thing ?
GAETZ : There ’ s a never-ending list of these virtue-signaling items that the left is trying to tuck into this bill .
Jim Clyburn who is a leader in the Democratic House said we ought to use the coronavirus as an opportunity to see through our vision @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a moment take a pause in trying to socially engineer America and actually get resources in the hands of desperate Americans who are worried about how to buy food and clothing for their children ?
CARLSON : Last question , 15 seconds — Senator Richard Burr hid what he knew about coronavirus in the country , lied about it and saved his own portfolio instead .
Is he gon na stay in the Senate , do you think ?
GAETZ : Richard Burr is a disgrace .
He should be removed as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this conduct , and as Republicans in the Trump era we have an obligation to say that we do not want corrupt acts to be associated with our tribe , and Republicans need to start stepping up and speaking out because what Richard Burr did in the Senate stock sell-off is not something that we want our brand associated with .
CARLSON : God bless you for saying that .
I wish more people had the clarity and the bravery to say that .
Matt Gaetz , great to see tonight .

Matt Gaetz, the Florida congressman, appeared recently with Tucker Carlson to explain his new legislation, aimed at blocking Red China from grabbing any of the coronavirus funding from the Congress aimed at propping up the American economy during the shutdown.
Called the “No Chinese Handouts In National Assistance Act,” or “No CHINA Act” for short, the bill’s aim is simple enough:
To restrict the use of funds made available in appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2020 for the benefit of any United States or foreign person subject to the control of the People’s Republic of China.
It’s good news that the China threat is becoming more widely understood in Washington. Too bad it took a worldwide pandemic to get the message across.
TUCKER CARLSON: Chinese business has penetrated big parts of the US economy; they control much of it, and many American companies now have Chinese ownership. Congressman Matt Gaetz represents Florida. He’s worried that a bailout will wind up enriching the Chinese and helping the Chinese government.
He joins us tonight. Congressman, tell us what your concern is and how you plan to address it.
CONGRESSMAN MATT GAETZ: Radisson hotels, AMC movie theaters, even the Waldorf Astoria New York are controlled by China in essence, and I think we ought to restore every American worker and American small business before borrowing money from China so that we can then give it to China to then pay China back with interest after the Chinese virus.
That seems like a foolish thing that a great nation would never do. I’ve introduced legislation to block bailouts to corporations that are controlled by China. It’s so obvious I can’t even believe it’s not the law already.
CARLSON: They unleash a pandemic on the world. We wind up sending them tax dollars — why would that be a controversial thing to propose?
GAETZ: China has a lot of influence, and the companies that seek Chinese investment also have that influence, but this is a time that we can actually put America first — the needs of our people and our businesses.
This should be the easiest time in the world to ensure that we are making reinvestment in the American economy and that we are not the world’s fools by borrowing money from a country in the bond market, recycling it back to them and then charging the next generation of Americans interest on that money. We cannot do that. Congress should include my No China Act in the ultimate relief package.
CARLSON: It seems very obvious. One quick thing before you go according to Bloomberg reporter Steven Dennis, there’s a major roadblock to finishing the Senate’s coronavirus bill. Democrats want Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics to get bailout dollars; obviously they already received Medicaid funding they’re not at risk of going over going under. Is this real for one thing?
GAETZ: There’s a never-ending list of these virtue-signaling items that the left is trying to tuck into this bill. Jim Clyburn who is a leader in the Democratic House said we ought to use the coronavirus as an opportunity to see through our vision for the country. Can we just for a moment take a pause in trying to socially engineer America and actually get resources in the hands of desperate Americans who are worried about how to buy food and clothing for their children?
CARLSON: Last question, 15 seconds — Senator Richard Burr hid what he knew about coronavirus in the country, lied about it and saved his own portfolio instead. Is he gonna stay in the Senate, do you think?
GAETZ: Richard Burr is a disgrace. He should be removed as the intelligence chairman immediately as a result of this conduct, and as Republicans in the Trump era we have an obligation to say that we do not want corrupt acts to be associated with our tribe, and Republicans need to start stepping up and speaking out because what Richard Burr did in the Senate stock sell-off is not something that we want our brand associated with.
CARLSON: God bless you for saying that. I wish more people had the clarity and the bravery to say that. Matt Gaetz, great to see tonight.


vdare--2020-03-26--How Long to Shut Down? Let's Procrastinate on Making That Decision

When should we shut down ?
As soon as possible .
When should we decide when to open up again ?
As late as possible .
Let ’ s procrastinate in making that decision to reopen .
It might turn out to be a good idea to reopen on Easter ( April 12 ) .
( It probably won ’ t , but it might . )
When would be the right time to make that decision ?
Oh , about 11:59 PM on Holy Saturday .
If we have really turned the corner by Easter , well , ring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ victory over the foe .
But if the battle is still ongoing , let ’ s postpone declaring victory until it 's for real .
Right now we are flying fairly blind .
But each day , the human race is learning more and more about our adversary .
Probably more new knowledge about one subject is being uncovered daily than at any other point in human history .
So let ’ s not short-circuit the learning process by deciding now when lockdown will be over .
Let ’ s make the decision @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the last possible moment when we will know vastly more than we do right now .

When should we shut down? As soon as possible.
When should we decide when to open up again? As late as possible.
Let’s procrastinate in making that decision to reopen.
It might turn out to be a good idea to reopen on Easter (April 12). (It probably won’t, but it might.) When would be the right time to make that decision? Oh, about 11:59 PM on Holy Saturday. If we have really turned the corner by Easter, well, ring out the church bells to announce our victory over the foe. But if the battle is still ongoing, let’s postpone declaring victory until it's for real.
Right now we are flying fairly blind. But each day, the human race is learning more and more about our adversary. Probably more new knowledge about one subject is being uncovered daily than at any other point in human history. So let’s not short-circuit the learning process by deciding now when lockdown will be over. Let’s make the decision not 2.5 weeks before Easter, but at the last possible moment when we will know vastly more than we do right now.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-03-30--Patrick J. Buchanan: Is the Pandemic Killing Biden's Bid?

`` This is the question that is going to dominate the election : How did you perform in the great crisis ? ''
So says GOP Congressman Tom Cole of Oklahoma in today 's New York Times .
GOP National Committeeman Henry Barbour of Mississippi calls the crisis `` a defining moment ...
The more ( Trump ) reassures Americans , gives them the facts and delivers results , the harder it will be for Joe Biden . ''
Indeed , it is not a stretch to say Trump 's presidency will stand or fall on the resolution of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as having led us in that battle .
Recent polls appear to confirm that .
Though daily baited by a hostile media for being late to recognize the severity of the crisis , in one Gallup poll a week ago , Trump was at 49 % approval , the apogee of his presidency , with 60 % of the nation awarding him high marks for his handling of the pandemic .
What was the public 's assessment of how Trump 's antagonists in the media have performed in America 's great medical crisis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first , at 88 % approval , the media came in dead last , the only institution whose disapproval , at 55 % , exceeded the number of Americans with a favorable opinion of their performance .
The media are paying a price in lost reputation with the nation they claim to represent by reassuming the role of `` adversary press '' in a social crisis where , whatever one 's view of Donald Trump , the country wants the president to succeed .
If Biden begins to mimic a hostile media , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out conflicts in his views , Joe will invite the same fate the media seem to have brought upon themselves .
Since that Gallup poll , Trump has been seen daily by millions in the role of commander in chief .
He speaks from the podium in the White House briefing room or the Rose Garden just outside the Oval Office .
He is invariably flanked by respected leaders in medicine , science , business and economics .
All appear as Trump allies , and Trump treats them as his field commanders in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Joe Biden ?
He pops up infrequently in interviews out of the basement of his Delaware home where , sheltering in place , he reads short scripted speeches from a teleprompter .
And Biden 's presence has been wholly eclipsed by daily televised appearances of Gov .
Andrew Cuomo , who is at the epicenter of the crisis in New York .
Cuomo is taking on the aspect of both rival and partner to Trump .
What Trump is doing calls to mind Richard Nixon 's `` Rose Garden strategy '' in 1972 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nixon avoided attacking his opponent , George McGovern , and declined to engage him on issues .
Instead , Nixon used the Rose Garden to highlight popular initiatives .
Candidate Nixon 's campaign strategy in 1972 was not to campaign .
But if Biden can not gather crowds to hear him in a time of social distancing , how does he get his message out ?
How does he attack Trump without appearing to undermine the president in his role as a wartime commander in chief , where America wants Trump to succeed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Trump in the Oval Office , Cabinet Room , East Room and Rose Garden ?
Whom does Biden call upon to rival Trump 's instant access to respected leaders eager to come and stand beside the president in the most serious crisis since World War II ?
How does Biden recapture the spotlight of Super Tuesday ?
Sen. Bernie Sanders wants Biden to come out and debate .
But that seems a no-win proposition .
Moreover , when Biden appears on camera , he often seems confused and forgetful , loses his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what he came to say .
The sense that Biden is losing it is taking hold , and not only on the Republican right .
Democrats have to be looking closely at Cuomo 's success , as they wonder how Biden will stand up in the debates with Trump six months from now .
And what lies ahead for Democrats when spring turns into summer ?
The Tokyo Olympics , scheduled to begin July 24 , have been postponed until 2021 .
The Democratic National Convention , scheduled for Milwaukee even earlier in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But if Tokyo recognizes it would be a terrible risk to the health of athletes and spectators to have people come from all over the world to Japan this summer , would it not also be an intolerable risk to have Americans from all 50 states and U.S. territories arrive for a week of mingling in midsummer in Milwaukee ?
For Biden to win this election , Trump must lose it .
And the one way Trump can lose it is the perception on the part of a majority of Americans that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America 's worst pandemic since the Spanish flu of 1918 .
If Trump is seen as the victor over the virus , Biden is toast .
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers ; his books State of Emergency : The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America , and Suicide of a Superpower : Will America Survive to 2025 ?
are available from Amazon.com .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “ The Greatest Comeback : How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority .
His @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , is “ Nixon ’ s White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.
” See Peter Brimelow ’ s review : “ Wheel And Fight ” —Pat Buchanan ’ s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump .

"This is the question that is going to dominate the election: How did you perform in the great crisis?"
So says GOP Congressman Tom Cole of Oklahoma in today's New York Times.
GOP National Committeeman Henry Barbour of Mississippi calls the crisis "a defining moment... The more (Trump) reassures Americans, gives them the facts and delivers results, the harder it will be for Joe Biden."
Indeed, it is not a stretch to say Trump's presidency will stand or fall on the resolution of the coronavirus crisis and how Trump is perceived as having led us in that battle. Recent polls appear to confirm that.
Though daily baited by a hostile media for being late to recognize the severity of the crisis, in one Gallup poll a week ago, Trump was at 49% approval, the apogee of his presidency, with 60% of the nation awarding him high marks for his handling of the pandemic.
What was the public's assessment of how Trump's antagonists in the media have performed in America's great medical crisis?
Of 10 institutions, with hospitals first, at 88% approval, the media came in dead last, the only institution whose disapproval, at 55%, exceeded the number of Americans with a favorable opinion of their performance.
The media are paying a price in lost reputation with the nation they claim to represent by reassuming the role of "adversary press" in a social crisis where, whatever one's view of Donald Trump, the country wants the president to succeed.
If Biden begins to mimic a hostile media, baiting Trump at every turn, pointing out conflicts in his views, Joe will invite the same fate the media seem to have brought upon themselves.
Since that Gallup poll, Trump has been seen daily by millions in the role of commander in chief. He speaks from the podium in the White House briefing room or the Rose Garden just outside the Oval Office. He is invariably flanked by respected leaders in medicine, science, business and economics. All appear as Trump allies, and Trump treats them as his field commanders in the war on the virus.
And Joe Biden? He pops up infrequently in interviews out of the basement of his Delaware home where, sheltering in place, he reads short scripted speeches from a teleprompter.
And Biden's presence has been wholly eclipsed by daily televised appearances of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is at the epicenter of the crisis in New York. Cuomo is taking on the aspect of both rival and partner to Trump.
What Trump is doing calls to mind Richard Nixon's "Rose Garden strategy" in 1972. Though goaded by the press, Nixon avoided attacking his opponent, George McGovern, and declined to engage him on issues. Instead, Nixon used the Rose Garden to highlight popular initiatives.
Candidate Nixon's campaign strategy in 1972 was not to campaign.
But if Biden cannot gather crowds to hear him in a time of social distancing, how does he get his message out? How does he attack Trump without appearing to undermine the president in his role as a wartime commander in chief, where America wants Trump to succeed?
How does a basement-bound Biden compete with Trump in the Oval Office, Cabinet Room, East Room and Rose Garden?
Whom does Biden call upon to rival Trump's instant access to respected leaders eager to come and stand beside the president in the most serious crisis since World War II?
How does Biden recapture the spotlight of Super Tuesday?
Sen. Bernie Sanders wants Biden to come out and debate. But that seems a no-win proposition.
Moreover, when Biden appears on camera, he often seems confused and forgetful, loses his train of thought and doesn't remember what he came to say. The sense that Biden is losing it is taking hold, and not only on the Republican right.
Democrats have to be looking closely at Cuomo's success, as they wonder how Biden will stand up in the debates with Trump six months from now.
And what lies ahead for Democrats when spring turns into summer?
The Tokyo Olympics, scheduled to begin July 24, have been postponed until 2021. The Democratic National Convention, scheduled for Milwaukee even earlier in July, has yet to be postponed.
But if Tokyo recognizes it would be a terrible risk to the health of athletes and spectators to have people come from all over the world to Japan this summer, would it not also be an intolerable risk to have Americans from all 50 states and U.S. territories arrive for a week of mingling in midsummer in Milwaukee?
For Biden to win this election, Trump must lose it.
And the one way Trump can lose it is the perception on the part of a majority of Americans that he has proven an ineffectual president in America's worst pandemic since the Spanish flu of 1918.
If Trump is seen as the victor over the virus, Biden is toast.
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vdare--2020-03-30--In 2021, We Should #CrushTheCurve on MSM Use of Virulent Hate Terms Like "Racist"

During The Great Awokening of the last 7 years or so , the use of virulent hate jargon like “ racist ” and “ racism ” grew exponentially in the Prestige Press .
Our next project after the current health crisis is over to restore our culture to health ought to be to # FlattenTheCurve on the exponential growth of intellectually debilitating terms like “ racism.
” We must radically lower the R0 in the Mainstream Media on the use of tendentious hate words like “ racist ” so these infections of angry jargon begin to die out .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anti-male viral jargon has already been getting flattened in the last couple of weeks as the surfeit of Real News has been pushing traditional Fake News , such as Hate Hoaxes , out of the news media ?
Superspreaders like Ta-Nehisi Coates , Amy Harmon , Ibram X. Kendi , Angela Saini , Roxane Gay , and Robin DiAngelo should be strongly encouraged to intellectually self-isolate until they stop displaying symptoms of hate and stupidity .
If you find yourself in close contact with a New York Times oped about how the real @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of color ’ s hair , back away quickly and then self-apply a sizable squirt of brain sanitizer .

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During The Great Awokening of the last 7 years or so, the use of virulent hate jargon like “racist” and “racism” grew exponentially in the Prestige Press.
Our next project after the current health crisis is over to restore our culture to health ought to be to #FlattenTheCurve on the exponential growth of intellectually debilitating terms like “racism.” We must radically lower the R0 in the Mainstream Media on the use of tendentious hate words like “racist” so these infections of angry jargon begin to die out.
I wonder if the curve on anti-white and anti-male viral jargon has already been getting flattened in the last couple of weeks as the surfeit of Real News has been pushing traditional Fake News, such as Hate Hoaxes, out of the news media?
Superspreaders like Ta-Nehisi Coates, Amy Harmon, Ibram X. Kendi, Angela Saini, Roxane Gay, and Robin DiAngelo should be strongly encouraged to intellectually self-isolate until they stop displaying symptoms of hate and stupidity.
If you find yourself in close contact with a New York Times oped about how the real victim of the coronavirus crisis is women of color’s hair, back away quickly and then self-apply a sizable squirt of brain sanitizer.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-03-30--Big Brother Thermometer That Snitches on Your Temperature Shows Promising Trends

A company called Kinsa sells “ smart thermometers ” that snitch on your degrees of fever to their central website HealthWeather.US .
They get about 160,000 readings per day from across the country .
Lately , after a bad spell in mid-March , feverishness has been falling .
Of course , some of that is due to non-COVID infections falling as Americans socially distance .
The blue striped line attempts to estimate the normal decline in run of the mill fever infections .
From the New York Times : A database of daily fever readings shows that the numbers declined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the new data offer evidence , in real time , that tight social-distancing restrictions may be working , potentially reducing hospital overcrowding and lowering death rates , experts said .
The company , Kinsa Health , which produces internet-connected thermometers , first created a national map of fever levels on March 22 and was able to spot the trend within a day .
Since then , data from the health departments of New York State and Washington State have buttressed the finding , making it clear that social distancing is saving lives .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Sunday , President Trump extended until the end of April his recommendation that Americans stay in lockdown .
Mr. Trump had hoped to lift restrictions by Easter and send Americans back to work .
… The company normally uses that data to track the spread of influenza .
Since 2018 , when it had more than 500,000 thermometers distributed , its predictions have routinely been two to three weeks ahead of those of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , which gathers flu data on patient symptoms from doctors ’ offices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus infections , Kinsa recently adapted its software to detect spikes of “ atypical fever ” that do not correlate with historical flu patterns and are likely attributable to the coronavirus .
As of noon Wednesday , the company ’ s live map showed fevers holding steady or dropping almost universally across the country , with two prominent exceptions .
Also looks like the Great Plains and Mississippi are not doing as well in terms of trend as the rest of the country , probably because they weren ’ t visited by too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are only now getting whacked for the first time .
The Greater New York area still has problems as well , although the trend is in the right direction , just not enough .
The second was in a ring of Louisiana parishes surrounding New Orleans , but 100 to 150 miles away from it .
That presumably was caused by the outward local spread of the explosion of infections in New Orleans , which officials believe was set off by crowding during Mardi Gras .
By Friday morning , fevers in every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ downward trend , depicted in four shades of blue on the map .
Fevers were dropping especially rapidly in the West , from Utah to California and from Washington down to Arizona ; in many Western counties , the numbers of people reporting high fevers fell by almost 20 percent .
The numbers were also declining rapidly in Maine .
The parts of New Mexico and Colorado that had been slightly “ warm ” on Wednesday were in light blue , indicating that they were cooling .
So were the Louisiana counties .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ three-quarters of the country was deep blue .
A separate display of the collective national fever trend , which had spiked upward to a peak on March 17 , had fallen so far that it was actually below the band showing historical flu fever trends — which meant that the lockdown has cut not only Covid-19 transmission but flu transmission , too… .
For some hard-hit cities , Kinsa also sent The New York Times fever data plotted on a timeline of restrictions enacted by mayors or governors .
Those graphs , Dr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a state of emergency or limiting the size of public gatherings did not affect the number of people reporting fevers .
But closing restaurants and bars and asking people to stay in their homes produced dramatic results in all three cities .
For example , in Manhattan , reports of fevers steadily rose during early March , despite a declaration of emergency on March 7 and an order on March 12 that public gatherings be restricted to less than 500 people .
The turning point began on March 16 , the day schools @ @ @ @ @ @ @ closed the next day , and a stay-at-home order took effect on March 20 .
By March 23 , new fevers in Manhattan were below their March 1 levels .
Last Friday , New York State ’ s own data showed the same trend that Kinsa ’ s fever readings had spotted five days earlier .
The state tracks hospitalization rates , not fevers .
So many patients were being admitted to New York City hospitals , Gov .
Andrew M. Cuomo said , that until March 20 , hospitalization rates were doubling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the hospitalization rate took four days to double .
This is roughly what the fever readings predicted , said Nita Nehru , a company spokeswoman .
Hospitalizations occur several days after symptoms like fever appear .
“ The cases being counted now had fevers five to 10 days ago , ” she said .
… On Friday , the University of California , San Francisco , said its hospitals were not facing a huge surge of patients and gave the credit to the strict shelter-in-place orders imposed by Mayor London Breed on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keep going up for days , because people do not always go for a Covid-19 test the same day they feel feverish .
Besides , many states are doing more tests every day .

A company called Kinsa sells “smart thermometers” that snitch on your degrees of fever to their central website HealthWeather.US. They get about 160,000 readings per day from across the country. Lately, after a bad spell in mid-March, feverishness has been falling.
Of course, some of that is due to non-COVID infections falling as Americans socially distance. The blue striped line attempts to estimate the normal decline in run of the mill fever infections.
From the New York Times:
Restrictions Are Slowing Coronavirus Infections, New Data Suggest A database of daily fever readings shows that the numbers declined as people disappeared indoors. By Donald G. McNeil Jr.
March 30, 2020 Updated 6:52 p.m. ET … But the new data offer evidence, in real time, that tight social-distancing restrictions may be working, potentially reducing hospital overcrowding and lowering death rates, experts said. The company, Kinsa Health, which produces internet-connected thermometers, first created a national map of fever levels on March 22 and was able to spot the trend within a day. Since then, data from the health departments of New York State and Washington State have buttressed the finding, making it clear that social distancing is saving lives. The trend has become so obvious that on Sunday, President Trump extended until the end of April his recommendation that Americans stay in lockdown. Mr. Trump had hoped to lift restrictions by Easter and send Americans back to work. … The company normally uses that data to track the spread of influenza. Since 2018, when it had more than 500,000 thermometers distributed, its predictions have routinely been two to three weeks ahead of those of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which gathers flu data on patient symptoms from doctors’ offices and hospitals. To identify clusters of coronavirus infections, Kinsa recently adapted its software to detect spikes of “atypical fever” that do not correlate with historical flu patterns and are likely attributable to the coronavirus. As of noon Wednesday, the company’s live map showed fevers holding steady or dropping almost universally across the country, with two prominent exceptions.
One was in a broad swath of New Mexico, where the governor had issued stay-at-home orders only the day before, and in adjacent counties in Southern Colorado.
Also looks like the Great Plains and Mississippi are not doing as well in terms of trend as the rest of the country, probably because they weren’t visited by too many Milanese fashionistas in February, so are only now getting whacked for the first time. The Greater New York area still has problems as well, although the trend is in the right direction, just not enough.
The second was in a ring of Louisiana parishes surrounding New Orleans, but 100 to 150 miles away from it. That presumably was caused by the outward local spread of the explosion of infections in New Orleans, which officials believe was set off by crowding during Mardi Gras. By Friday morning, fevers in every county in the country were on a downward trend, depicted in four shades of blue on the map. Fevers were dropping especially rapidly in the West, from Utah to California and from Washington down to Arizona; in many Western counties, the numbers of people reporting high fevers fell by almost 20 percent. The numbers were also declining rapidly in Maine. The parts of New Mexico and Colorado that had been slightly “warm” on Wednesday were in light blue, indicating that they were cooling. So were the Louisiana counties. As of Monday morning, more than three-quarters of the country was deep blue. A separate display of the collective national fever trend, which had spiked upward to a peak on March 17, had fallen so far that it was actually below the band showing historical flu fever trends — which meant that the lockdown has cut not only Covid-19 transmission but flu transmission, too…. For some hard-hit cities, Kinsa also sent The New York Times fever data plotted on a timeline of restrictions enacted by mayors or governors. Those graphs, Dr. Schaffner noted, showed that simply declaring a state of emergency or limiting the size of public gatherings did not affect the number of people reporting fevers. But closing restaurants and bars and asking people to stay in their homes produced dramatic results in all three cities. For example, in Manhattan, reports of fevers steadily rose during early March, despite a declaration of emergency on March 7 and an order on March 12 that public gatherings be restricted to less than 500 people. The turning point began on March 16, the day schools were closed. Bars and restaurants were closed the next day, and a stay-at-home order took effect on March 20. By March 23, new fevers in Manhattan were below their March 1 levels. Last Friday, New York State’s own data showed the same trend that Kinsa’s fever readings had spotted five days earlier. The state tracks hospitalization rates, not fevers. So many patients were being admitted to New York City hospitals, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said, that until March 20, hospitalization rates were doubling roughly every two days. By Tuesday, the hospitalization rate took four days to double. This is roughly what the fever readings predicted, said Nita Nehru, a company spokeswoman. Hospitalizations occur several days after symptoms like fever appear. “The cases being counted now had fevers five to 10 days ago,” she said. … On Friday, the University of California, San Francisco, said its hospitals were not facing a huge surge of patients and gave the credit to the strict shelter-in-place orders imposed by Mayor London Breed on March 16. … Confirmed cases will keep going up for days, because people do not always go for a Covid-19 test the same day they feel feverish. Besides, many states are doing more tests every day.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-03-30--This Day In VDARE.com History, 2009:  Bloody Mass Murder Stems From Mass Immigration

Originally published here on VDARE.com on this day in 2009 .
This would n't have happened in the US except for mass immigration : A mass murder in a small North Carolina town turned into a modern morality play as facts emerged this week .
Authorities have determined that drug trafficking was behind the slaughter of four members of a Conover family March 12 .
The tragedy shows that delving into a dirty , illegal business can have unintended , deadly consequences .
While Brian Tzeo has not been charged with any crime , the Catawba County Sheriff 's Office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drug-smuggling ring , receiving opium mailed from Thailand .
Tzeo was n't home when authorities say an associate , Chiew Chan Saevang , went to his house to steal opium and killed Tzeo 's wife and three children .
Events took another bizarre turn Wednesday .
Saevang and his girlfriend , Yer Yang , also an alleged member of the drug ring , crashed their car in Utah during a pursuit and died by murder-suicide , the Washington County , Utah , Sheriff 's Office said .
Theirs were the fifth and sixth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Tzeo family and members of the area 's Southeast Asian immigrant communities expressed shock , both at the crime itself and at the alleged drug connection .
Tzeo and his wife came to the United States from Laos in the 1980s .
`` I just do n't understand , '' said Tong Yang , [ Email him ] a leader in Catawba County 's Hmong community .
`` Why would someone do something that would jeopardize his family ? ''

Originally published here on VDARE.com on this day in 2009.
This wouldn't have happened in the US except for mass immigration:
A mass murder in a small North Carolina town turned into a modern morality play as facts emerged this week.
Authorities have determined that drug trafficking was behind the slaughter of four members of a Conover family March 12.
The tragedy shows that delving into a dirty, illegal business can have unintended, deadly consequences.
While Brian Tzeo has not been charged with any crime, the Catawba County Sheriff's Office says he admitted his role in a drug-smuggling ring, receiving opium mailed from Thailand. Tzeo wasn't home when authorities say an associate, Chiew Chan Saevang, went to his house to steal opium and killed Tzeo's wife and three children.
Events took another bizarre turn Wednesday. Saevang and his girlfriend, Yer Yang, also an alleged member of the drug ring, crashed their car in Utah during a pursuit and died by murder-suicide, the Washington County, Utah, Sheriff's Office said.
Theirs were the fifth and sixth deaths in this horrific affair.
Neighbors of the Tzeo family and members of the area's Southeast Asian immigrant communities expressed shock, both at the crime itself and at the alleged drug connection. Tzeo and his wife came to the United States from Laos in the 1980s.
"I just don't understand," said Tong Yang,[Email him] a leader in Catawba County's Hmong community. "Why would someone do something that would jeopardize his family?"


vdare--2020-03-30--SAID IN SPANISH: AMLO Still Resists Closing Borders; Mexican States Take The Lead; Coronavirus A Dis

SAID IN SPANISH: AMLO Still Resists Closing Borders; Mexican States Take The Lead; Coronavirus A Disease Of The Wealthy?; Are Mexicans Racially Resistant?; Politically Incorrect Pinatas [5 ITEMS]

AMLO Still Resists Closing Border With U.S .
The Chinese Virus continues its march through Mexico .
As of Monday March 30 , the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Map reported 993 cases , with 35 recovered and 20 deaths .
That ’ s nearly five times the number I reported here nine days ago .
Unsurprisingly , Mexico ’ s pandemic point man Hugo Lopez-Gatell Ramirez , Undersecretary for Disease Protection and Health , has announced that the contagion had moved into Phase 2 [ Declaran la fase 2 de la emergencia por el Covid-19 ( “ Phase 2 of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , March 25 , 2020 ] .
Meetings of 100 persons or more and jobs that require a lot of movement are suspended .
As well , nonessential government activities are suspended [ Gobierno federal suspenderá actividades por coronavirus ( “ Federal Government to Suspect Activities for Coronavirus ” ) , by Blanca Valadez , Milenio , March 25 , 2020 ] .
Though President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ( AMLO ) has been accused of not taking the China Virus seriously , he is working the issue his own way .
Recently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States shouldn ’ t travel to Mexico [ Versión estenográfica de la conferencia de prensa matutina ( “ Stenographic Version of the Morning Press Conference , Thursday March 26 , 2020 ” ) , Gob.mx , March 26 , 2020 ] .
Still , despite the much-hyped closing of “ nonessential travel ” across the border , the president is resisting further restrictions , even though U.S. cases are 145 times greater than Mexico ’ s .
Indeed , when AMLO participated in the G20 Conference Summit on March 26 , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ close borders [ AMLO pide a líderes de G20 no cerrar fronteras ni especular con precio de petróleo ( “ AMLO Asks G20 Leaders Not to Close Borders nor to Speculate with the Price of Petroleum ” ) , by Pedro Dominguez , Milenio , March 26 , 2020 ] .
AMLO seems to be slowly coming around , though .
He released a video on March 27 telling Mexicans to stay home unless they had to leave their houses unless they really have to [ Stay at home , urges López Obrador @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mexico News Daily , March 28 , 2020 ] AMLO might not be determined not to close borders , but some Mexicans are .
On March 25 , protesters shut down traffic into Mexico , from Nogales , Arizona to Nogales , Mexico , for a few hours .
The protesters called themselves Sonorans for Health and Life after the border state of Sonora in which Nogales lies .
“ There are no health screenings by the federal government to deal with this pandemic , ” spokesman Jose Luis Hernandez was quoted as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ re here in Nogales .
We ’ ve taken this action to call on the Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to act now.
” The group demands “ a temporary ban on visits for tourism and minor medical procedures in Mexico for both U.S. citizens as well as Mexicans living in the U.S .
The group is asking for Mexican health officials to step up screenings of everybody crossing the border for symptoms of COVID-19.
” Meanwhile , Sonora ’ s blonde governor Claudia Pavlovich Arellano , right , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ side , moved way ahead of AMLO and declared a state of emergency [ Declaran emergencia sanitaria en Sonora por el Covid-19 ( “ Health Emergency Declared in Sonora for Covid-19 ” ) , by Daniel Sanchez , Excelsior , March 25 , 2020 ] .
• keeping utilities , food supplies , and medical services up and running ; • getting food to the vulnerable and others who need it ; • a special fund to support businesses after the state of emergency .
The governors of all three Mexican states bordering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for entries from the United States .
[ México : Gobernadores de estados fronterizos con Texas piden al gobierno de AMLO que imponga más medidas para evitar contagio de coronavirus ( `` Mexico : Governors of Border States with Texas Ask AMLO Government to Impose More Measures to Avoid Coronavirus Contagion , '' ) by Alfredo Corchado , Dallas Morning News in Spanish , March 29 , 2020 ] Gov .
Luis Miguel Barbosa Huerta of the east-central Mexican state of Puebla attracted attention for what he said , not what he did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ governor is poor , and it ’ s certainly not true that the poor are “ immune.
” But Barbosa is not totally off-base , at least as far as the early stage of the virus in Mexico .
The first wave of Mexicans stricken with the China Virus were people with money who were returned from Europe and Vail , Colorado .
Given the close relationship between race and social class in Mexico , that leads to another question few wish to discuss : Are some racial groups more prone to catching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ severely affected when they do ?
VDARE ’ s Lance Welton has been exploring this question in several recent offerings : • Chinese Scientists Find MORE Evidence That Coronavirus ( a.k.a .
COVID-19 ) Discriminates By Race • IT ’ S OFFICIAL : Chinese Scientists Find Genetic Explanation For Coronavirus Discriminating By Race Though not identical to the Lance Welton theories , a prediction based in part on race was reportedly presented in the Mexican cabinet .
Salvador Garcia Soto , a columnist for El Universal , says the cabinet discussed Mexico ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a recent meeting [ Esperan hasta 2 mil muertes por Covid-19 en México ( “ Up to 2,000 Deaths from Covid-19 Expected in Mexico ” ) , March 23 , 2020 ] .
( Garcia must have a secret source on the cabinet ! )
In said cabinet meeting , Lopez-Gatell ’ s Chinese Virus team and some other officials presented an estimate of how many Mexicans they expect to die from coronavirus : as low as 400 and high as 2,000 .
In other words , they do n't think more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and given the circumstances , they see this as an optimistic prediction .
As Garcia reports , In that report , the cabinet health specialists commented to the president that “ genetically , the Mexican race has greater resistance to this type of virus than other races such as the European ” and they argued that it has to do with the Mexican genome and with mestizaje [ the mixture of Europeans and Indians which produced Mexico ’ s mestizo majority ] .
That ’ s why they expected that that would influence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have among the Mexican population .
Is this correct ?
I do n't know .
But after the virus has run its course , somebody ought to study it , comparing the severity of the virus among mestizo Mexicans , white Mexicans and Indian Mexicans .
And if possible , among mestizos of varying proportions of race mixture .
The results could be valuable for the future good health of each Mexican racial group .
Speaking of race , remember all the hysteria about calling coronavirus the Chinese Virus ?
Guess what a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the border from Hidalgo , Texas , is producing and selling for 600 pesos ?
The business is retailing a virus-themed pinata ( see photo at top of article or at the following link ) .
The pinata includes the familiar spiked-virus , bats and an old-fashioned , stereotypical Chinese face [ Realizan piñatas de coronavirus ( “ Coronavirus Pinatas Made ” ) , by Viviana Cervantes , El Manaña , March 12 , 2020 ] .
“ We ’ ve been following the news that has been circulating in all the world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was quoted as saying .
“ When we found out that it had arrived in Mexico we wanted to give it this touch of grace that characterizes us.
” “ What we tried to do was represent this virus .
We chose the face with slanted eyes and the bats because they say that this animal [ the bat ] caused it .
… We don ’ t intend to offend anybody .
It ’ s just a way to see the problems that exist with grace.
” Jose Diaz-Briseno , a Reforma @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not amused : “ Trump ’ s ‘ foreign virus ’ speech & this racist Mexican coronavirus piñata have more things in common than one could imagine , ” he tweeted .
I guess Diaz-Briseno won ’ t buy one .
But this is not the first time ordinary Mexicans have proved indifferent to American-style Political Correctness .
In 2005 , there were complaints in America when Mexico issued a set of stamps commemorating Memin Pinguin , a stereotypically black comic book character dating back to the 1940s , but still selling 80,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ century .
And note the price box on the left side of the cover .
The Memin Pinguin comic has been sold in the United States !

AMLO Still Resists Closing Border With U.S.
The Chinese Virus continues its march through Mexico. As of Monday March 30, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Map reported 993 cases, with 35 recovered and 20 deaths. That’s nearly five times the number I reported here nine days ago.
Unsurprisingly, Mexico’s pandemic point man Hugo Lopez-Gatell Ramirez, Undersecretary for Disease Protection and Health, has announced that the contagion had moved into Phase 2 [Declaran la fase 2 de la emergencia por el Covid-19 (“Phase 2 of the Covid-19 Emergency Declared”), Excelsior, March 25, 2020].
Meetings of 100 persons or more and jobs that require a lot of movement are suspended. As well, nonessential government activities are suspended [Gobierno federal suspenderá actividades por coronavirus (“Federal Government to Suspect Activities for Coronavirus”), by Blanca Valadez, Milenio, March 25, 2020].
Though President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has been accused of not taking the China Virus seriously, he is working the issue his own way.
Recently, he said that Mexicans in the United States shouldn’t travel to Mexico [Versión estenográfica de la conferencia de prensa matutina (“Stenographic Version of the Morning Press Conference, Thursday March 26, 2020”), Gob.mx, March 26, 2020].
Still, despite the much-hyped closing of “nonessential travel” across the border, the president is resisting further restrictions, even though U.S. cases are 145 times greater than Mexico’s.
Indeed, when AMLO participated in the G20 Conference Summit on March 26, he called on fellow G20 leaders not to close borders [AMLO pide a líderes de G20 no cerrar fronteras ni especular con precio de petróleo (“AMLO Asks G20 Leaders Not to Close Borders nor to Speculate with the Price of Petroleum”), by Pedro Dominguez, Milenio, March 26, 2020].
AMLO seems to be slowly coming around, though. He released a video on March 27 telling Mexicans to stay home unless they had to leave their houses unless they really have to [Stay at home, urges López Obrador as Covid-19 cases surge to 717, Mexico News Daily, March 28, 2020]
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Mexican States Take The Lead
AMLO might not be determined not to close borders, but some Mexicans are.
On March 25, protesters shut down traffic into Mexico from Nogales, U.S.A. to Nogales, Mexico, for a few hours.
The protesters demanded greater controls and screenings on southbound traffic at the U.S.-Mexico border out of concern that travelers from the U.S. could import new cases of the coronavirus into Mexico. … Some of the signs asked U.S. residents to “stay at home.” Others called on Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to step up controls and restrictions along the U.S.-Mexico border to contain the spread of COVID-19. [Protesters in Mexico block lanes at Arizona border crossing to demand stricter coronavirus screenings, by Rafael Carranza, USA Today, March 25, 2020]
The protesters call themselves Sonorans for Health and Life after the border state of Sonora in which Nogales lies.
“There are no health screenings by the federal government to deal with this pandemic,” spokesman Jose Luis Hernandez was quoted as saying. “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.”
The group demands “a temporary ban on visits for tourism and minor medical procedures in Mexico for both U.S. citizens as well as Mexicans living in the U.S. The group is asking for Mexican health officials to step up screenings of everybody crossing the border for symptoms of COVID-19.”
Meanwhile, Sonora’s blonde governor Claudia Pavlovich Arellano, right, who has Montenegrin ancestry, by the way, moved way ahead of AMLO and declared a state of emergency [Declaran emergencia sanitaria en Sonora por el Covid-19 (“Health Emergency Declared in Sonora for Covid-19”), by Daniel Sanchez, Excelsior, March 25, 2020].
Governor Pavlovich’s measures include the following:
hunkering down at home;
keeping utilities, food supplies, and medical services up and running;
getting food to the vulnerable and others who need it;
continuing essential government services; and,
a special fund to support businesses after the state of emergency.
The governors of all three Mexican states bordering Texas have called for a tighter border for entries from the United States. [México: Gobernadores de estados fronterizos con Texas piden al gobierno de AMLO que imponga más medidas para evitar contagio de coronavirus ("Mexico: Governors of Border States with Texas Ask AMLO Government to Impose More Measures to Avoid Coronavirus Contagion,") by Alfredo Corchado, Dallas Morning News in Spanish, March 29, 2020]
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Coronavirus And Mexico’s Rich And Poor
Gov. Luis Miguel Barbosa Huerta of the east-central Mexican state of Puebla attracted attention for what he said, not what he did:
Who are the infected ones now? … The majority are well-off people. … If you are rich, you have the risk (of being infected). If you are poor, you don’t. We poor are immune. [Covid-19 le da a ricos; ‘los pobres estamos inmunes’: Barbosa (“Barbosa: Covid-19 Infects the Rich, ‘the Poor are Immune’”), by Fernando Perez Corona, Excelsior, March 26, 2020].
I highly doubt that any Mexican governor is poor, and it’s certainly not true that the poor are “immune.”
But Barbosa is not completely off-base, at least as far as the early stage of the virus in Mexico has gone. The first wave of Mexicans stricken with the China Virus were people with money who were returned from Europe and Vail, Colorado.
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Coronovirus And The Mexican Race
That truth raises another questions few wish to discuss: Are some racial groups more prone to catching the Chinese pathogen—and are some races more severely affected when they do?
VDARE’s Lance Welton has been exploring this question in several recent offerings:
Though not identical to the Lance Welton theories, that espoused by the Mexican medical cabinet does look at race as part of the equation.
Salvador Garcia Soto, a columnist for El Universal, says the cabinet discussed Mexico’s racial identity relative to the virus in a recent meeting [Esperan hasta 2 mil muertes por Covid-19 en México (“Up to 2,000 Deaths from Covid-19 Expected in Mexico”), March 23, 2020]. That must mean Garcia has a secret source within the cabinet.
Lopez-Gatell’s Chinese Virus team and some other officials presented an estimate of how many Mexicans they expect to die from coronavirus: as low as 400 and high as 2,000. They see that as an optimistic scenario, a maximum of 2,000 deaths.
According to Garcia:
In that report, the cabinet health specialists commented to the president that “genetically, the Mexican race has greater resistance to this type of virus than other races such as the European” and they argued that it has to do with the Mexican genome and with mestizaje [the mixture of Spaniards and Indians which produced Mexico’s mestizo majority]. That’s why they expected that that would influence the impact that the new coronavirus would have among the Mexican population.
Is that analysis correct? I don't know, but it's something to watch for. Maybe when the virus has run its course we'll have an idea.
Why not compare coronavirus stats on three Mexican groups: the mestizo majority, Mexican Indians and white Mexicans? The data gleaned from such a study would be good for the future of all three groups.
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Politically Incorrect Pinatas
Speaking of race, remember all the hysteria about calling coronavirus the Chinese Virus?
Guess what a Mexican pinata business in Reynosa, across the border from Hidalgo, Texas, is producing and selling for 600 pesos?
The business is selling coronavirus pinatas. Each pinata is in the familiar form of the virus with spikes, illustrated with bats and an old-fashioned, stereotypical Chinese face [Realizan piñatas de coronavirus (“Coronavirus Pinatas Made”), by Viviana Cervantes, El Manaña, March 12, 2020].
“We’ve been following the news that has been circulating in all the world of this disease,” the artist was quoted as saying. “When we found out that it had arrived in Mexico we wanted to give it this touch of grace that characterizes us.”
Customers like it:
“What we tried to do was represent this virus. We chose the face with slanted eyes and the bats because they say that this animal [the bat] caused it. … We don’t intend to offend anybody. It’s just a way to see the problems that exist with grace.”
Jose Diaz-Briseno, a Reforma correspondent and Columbia University graduate, is not amused:
“Trump’s ‘foreign virus’ speech & this racist Mexican coronavirus piñata have more things in common than one could imagine,” he tweeted.
Trump’s “foreign virus” speech & this racist Mexican coronavirus piñata have more things in common than one could imagine pic.twitter.com/xAk2IbbafC — José Díaz Briseño (@diazbriseno) March 13, 2020
I guess Diaz-Briseno won’t buy one. But this is not the first time ordinary Mexicans have proved indifferent to American-style Political Correctness.
In 2005, there were complaints in America when Mexico issued a set of stamps commemorating Memin Pinguin, a stereotypically black comic book character dating back to the 1940s, but still selling 80,000 copies a week well into the 21st century.
This is Memin Pinguin with a young Chinese friend:
And notice the price box on the left side. These comics have been sold in the United States!
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American citizen Allan Wall (email him) moved back to the U.S.A. in 2008 after many years residing in Mexico. Allan's wife is Mexican, and their two sons are bilingual. In 2005, Allan served a tour of duty in Iraq with the Texas Army National Guard. His VDARE.COM articles are archived here; his Mexidata.info articles are archived here; his News With Views columns are archived here; and his website is here.


vdare--2020-03-31--This Day In VDARE.com History, 2006: Diana West on Brimelow on 1965 Immigration Act

Diana West , in a powerful Washington Times column this morning ( `` Mexico North '' , March 31 2006 @ @ @ @ @ and amazing transformation that has come over Los Angeles since she was a litle girl @ @ @ @ @ 1960s .
I am naturally disposed to approve of this column because of her kind @ @ @ @ @ But what really impresses me is that this reference is in the context of the @ @ @ @ @ the 1965 Immigration Act , the point at which the U.S. government began to abolish @ @ @ @ @ another .
Needless to say , this insight is wholly absent from the typically disingenuous @ @ @ @ @ allegedly anti-statist Wall Street Journal , also today .
The very real illegal immigration crisis @ @ @ @ @ immigration debate moving again .
But it 's good to remember that legal immigration policy @ @ @ @ @

Diana West, in a powerful Washington Times column this morning ("Mexico North", March 31 2006), sketches the utter and amazing transformation that has come over Los Angeles since she was a litle girl there, just in the 1960s. I am naturally disposed to approve of this column because of her kind reference to Alien Nation. But what really impresses me is that this reference is in the context of the decisive and disastrous role of the 1965 Immigration Act, the point at which the U.S. government began to abolish the American people and elect another. Needless to say, this insight is wholly absent from the typically disingenuous propaganda piece appearing in the allegedly anti-statist Wall Street Journal, also today.
The very real illegal immigration crisis is what has gotten the immigration debate moving again. But it's good to remember that legal immigration policy is the ultimate problem.


vdare--2020-03-31--N95 FDA-Approved Surgical Masks vs. KN95 Street Masks: Wearing ANY Mask Is Better Than None

I don ’ t know anything about medical care , masks , viruses , or buying from China , but , that said … From Buzzfeed : Coronavirus Cases Have Surged , But The US Is Refusing To Take The World ’ s Most Available Masks The KN95 mask is a Chinese alternative to the scarce N95 mask , but the FDA refuses to allow it into the country .
Ken Bensinger BuzzFeed News Reporter Posted on March 29 , 2020 , at 10:50 p.m .
ET As hospitals around the country desperately seek N95 respirator masks to protect health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ federal government has blocked imports of what might be the world ’ s most abundant alternative .
That mask is designed to filter out at least 95 % of particles that are 0.3 microns or larger in size — the same measure used for the scarce N95 mask .
Like the N95 , it fits closely around the nose and mouth , creating a seal that decreases the risk of infection .
And the Centers for Disease Control has said it ’ s as effective as N95 , which is certified under US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of mask , called the KN95 , complies with slightly different norms and is made in factories that have not been certified by the US government .
By law , masks , along with most medical devices , can ’ t be imported or sold in the United States without the Food and Drug Administration ’ s say-so .
Last week , to ease the national shortfall of protective gear , the FDA issued an emergency authorization for non-N95 respirators that had been certified by five foreign countries as well as the European @ @ @ @ @ @ @ masks out of the emergency authorization .
The omission was all the more startling because in late February the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that KN95 masks were one of numerous “ suitable alternatives ” to N95 masks “ when supplies are short.
” The FDA did not respond to multiple requests for comment .
A significant majority of all respirator masks , including both the N95 and KN95 , are manufactured in China .
During the height of that country ’ s outbreak , China restricted exports of virtually all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use .
As that country ’ s infection numbers have slowed it has eased those restrictions , but now the US must compete with dozens of other countries desperate to acquire masks .
… Yet without the FDA ’ s seal of approval , importers are hesitant to order KN95 masks because they worry they ’ ll get held up at customs .
Many hospitals are refusing to accept them , even as free donations , because they fear legal liability should a health care worker get ill while using a nonpermitted device @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — which are certified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health — are abundant , available at hardware stores and pharmacies for around $ 1 apiece and for as little as 35 cents apiece wholesale .
But in just two months , the coronavirus pandemic has depleted the world ’ s supply , creating a gray market that has driven prices for a single mask as high as $ 12 or more… .
According to 3M , the world ’ s largest mask manufacturer , the KN95 is “ equivalent ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very similar ” to the N95 mask .
That opinion was echoed on Feb. 29 by the CDC , which said the KN95 is one of seven foreign-certified respirators “ expected to provide protection to workers.
” …

I don’t know anything about medical care, masks, viruses, or buying from China, but, that said … From Buzzfeed:
Coronavirus Cases Have Surged, But The US Is Refusing To Take The World’s Most Available Masks
The KN95 mask is a Chinese alternative to the scarce N95 mask, but the FDA refuses to allow it into the country.
Ken Bensinger
BuzzFeed News Reporter
Posted on March 29, 2020, at 10:50 p.m. ET
As hospitals around the country desperately seek N95 respirator masks to protect health care workers treating COVID-19 patients, the federal government has blocked imports of what might be the world’s most abundant alternative.
That mask is designed to filter out at least 95% of particles that are 0.3 microns or larger in size — the same measure used for the scarce N95 mask. Like the N95, it fits closely around the nose and mouth, creating a seal that decreases the risk of infection. And the Centers for Disease Control has said it’s as effective as N95, which is certified under US testing standards. But this second type of mask, called the KN95, complies with slightly different norms and is made in factories that have not been certified by the US government.
By law, masks, along with most medical devices, can’t be imported or sold in the United States without the Food and Drug Administration’s say-so. Last week, to ease the national shortfall of protective gear, the FDA issued an emergency authorization for non-N95 respirators that had been certified by five foreign countries as well as the European Union. It conspicuously left the KN95 masks out of the emergency authorization.
The omission was all the more startling because in late February the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that KN95 masks were one of numerous “suitable alternatives” to N95 masks “when supplies are short.”
The FDA did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
A significant majority of all respirator masks, including both the N95 and KN95, are manufactured in China. During the height of that country’s outbreak, China restricted exports of virtually all respirator masks, keeping them for domestic use. As that country’s infection numbers have slowed it has eased those restrictions, but now the US must compete with dozens of other countries desperate to acquire masks. …
Yet without the FDA’s seal of approval, importers are hesitant to order KN95 masks because they worry they’ll get held up at customs. Many hospitals are refusing to accept them, even as free donations, because they fear legal liability should a health care worker get ill while using a nonpermitted device.
Under ordinary circumstances, N95 masks — which are certified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health — are abundant, available at hardware stores and pharmacies for around $1 apiece and for as little as 35 cents apiece wholesale. But in just two months, the coronavirus pandemic has depleted the world’s supply, creating a gray market that has driven prices for a single mask as high as $12 or more….
According to 3M, the world’s largest mask manufacturer, the KN95 is “equivalent” and “can be expected to function very similar” to the N95 mask. That opinion was echoed on Feb. 29 by the CDC, which said the KN95 is one of seven foreign-certified respirators “expected to provide protection to workers.” …


vdare--2020-03-31--Are Homemade Masks Working in Prague?

Are Homemade Masks Working in Prague?

Usage of Masks “ Flattened ” Growth of Coronavirus Cases in Czech Republic Prague Morning BY PRAGUE MORNING MARCH 29 @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus cases has “ flattened ” in the Czech Republic ever since the country ’ @ @ @ @ @ compulsory , claimed data scientist Jeremy Howard .
… This occurred after the government announced @ @ @ @ @ something covering a part of your mouth and nose when leaving your residences – such @ @ @ @ @ a scarf on March 18 .
… In just 10 days , the country went @ @ @ @ @ nearly 100 percent usage , with nearly all the masks made at home with easily @ @ @ @ @ t-shirts .

From Prague Morning:
Usage of Masks “Flattened” Growth of Coronavirus Cases in Czech Republic
Prague Morning
BY PRAGUE MORNING
MARCH 29, 2020
The growth of coronavirus cases has “flattened” in the Czech Republic ever since the country’s government has made masks compulsory, claimed data scientist Jeremy Howard. … This occurred after the government announced it was compulsory to wear something covering a part of your mouth and nose when leaving your residences – such as a home-made mask or a scarf on March 18.
… In just 10 days, the country went from no mask usage to nearly 100 percent usage, with nearly all the masks made at home with easily accessible materials, like old t-shirts.


vdare--2020-03-31--John Derbyshire: ChiComs Whipping Up Anti-Americanism

Mrs. Derbyshire is on WeChat , the ChiCom-approved ( and -monitored ) social medium used by most mainland Chinese .
A current strong theme on We-Chat is crowing about how America , having unleashed COVID-19 on the world ( that is the official ChiCom government line ) , is now suffering deaths from the blowback .
A great many Chinese people are delighted by this .
Many more are n't , but they are thinly represented on WeChat .
Personal friends of mine over there who post pretty regularly on WeChat , and who are smart enough to doubt the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Whether they are being diplomatically silent or their posts are being canceled , I do n't know .
For sure anti-Americanism is running strong over there .
Here is a WeChat post suggesting that a factory making those hand-held forehead thermometers for export to the U.S.A. should deliberately mis-calibrate them , to make money and harm Americans .
I have no idea whether the thing was actually done , but the post is getting gleeful support from other posters .
We are dismayed to see how , after all these decades of lying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ murder , so many Chinese people still fall for the Communist Party line .
Perhaps when we get around to resetting our trading relations with Communist China , a good first move would be a mass boycott of Chinese goods .
Most stuff marked MADE IN CHINA is garbage anyway , as Paul Midler has amply documented .

Mrs. Derbyshire is on WeChat, the ChiCom-approved (and -monitored) social medium used by most mainland Chinese. A current strong theme on We-Chat is crowing about how America, having unleashed COVID-19 on the world (that is the official ChiCom government line), is now suffering deaths from the blowback. A great many Chinese people are delighted by this.
Many more aren't, but they are thinly represented on WeChat. Personal friends of mine over there who post pretty regularly on WeChat, and who are smart enough to doubt the ChiCom line, are mostly silent. Whether they are being diplomatically silent or their posts are being canceled, I don't know.
For sure anti-Americanism is running strong over there. Here is a WeChat post suggesting that a factory making those hand-held forehead thermometers for export to the U.S.A. should deliberately mis-calibrate them, to make money and harm Americans. I have no idea whether the thing was actually done, but the post is getting gleeful support from other posters.
We are dismayed to see how, after all these decades of lying, brutality, corruption, and mass murder, so many Chinese people still fall for the Communist Party line.
Perhaps when we get around to resetting our trading relations with Communist China, a good first move would be a mass boycott of Chinese goods. Most stuff marked MADE IN CHINA is garbage anyway, as Paul Midler has amply documented.


vdare--2020-03-31--John Derbyshire Says: All Is Forgiven, Ramesh

During my fifteen years hanging out at National Review there were inevitably some staffers I liked a lot , some @ @ @ @ @ , some I did n't much care for … And then there was Ramesh Ponnuru @ @ @ @ @ of mine here at VDARE.com : I must say , though , that this tweet @ @ @ @ @ completely in my eyes .

During my fifteen years hanging out at National Review there were inevitably some staffers I liked a lot, some I had no feelings about, some I didn't much care for … And then there was Ramesh Ponnuru.
From a 2015 post of mine here at VDARE.com:
One of the first to unsheath his stiletto in the April 2012 business, for example, was senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru, in whom high intelligence, ready wit, and a wonkish mastery of political detail are combined with a feline talent for intrigue and a patience in revenge that would have elevated him to the highest levels in the court of an Oriental despot.
I must say, though, that this tweet from yesterday has redeemed Ramesh completely in my eyes.
It's so hard not seeing other people, I can only imagine how hard it is for people who actually like other people. — Ramesh Ponnuru (@RameshPonnuru) March 31, 2020
I'm still laughing.
Bygones, Ramesh, bygones.


vdare--2020-03-31--Public Health Officials, Media Need To Report Coronavirus Deaths By Race

Earlier : Black Councilman In Baltimore Says `` Implicit Bias '' Of White Doctors Greater Threat To Black Community Than Coronavirus As reported below by Paul Kersey , black councilman Nick Mosby is a black racist who hates white people and blames them for what 's wrong in the black community .
However , he 's right to ask for public health authorities to report the race of the victims : When asked about racial details of coronavirus victims the deputy state health secretary said they were n't even asking .
Asked during a Monday news conference whether the state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state health secretary Fran Phillips said , “ I ’ m not aware that we have looked into that.
” A spokesman for Republican Gov .
Larry Hogan , Mike Ricci , said Monday he didn ’ t have an update on Mosby ’ s request .
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not yet made data available by race , either , although high-profile Democratic lawmakers are pushing for more public information .
In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar , U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demographic data on people who are tested or treated for the virus that causes COVID-19 is not available .
“ This lack of information will exacerbate existing health disparities and result in the loss of lives in vulnerable communities , ” the Massachusetts lawmakers wrote Friday .
Healthy equity advocates say detailed data is an important tool in the fight against the virus .
U.S. cities with large black and brown populations , such as Chicago , Detroit , Milwaukee and New Orleans , have emerged as hot spots of the coronavirus outbreak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Maryland ’ s public coronavirus data , seek to spot disparities early , by Talia Richman , Baltimore Sun , March 30 , 2020 It 's possible that `` black and brown '' communities will be `` hardest hit '' by coronavirus because of their own bad public health habits .
See Social Distancing Has n't Caught on Yet in South-Central L.A. and A New York State Legal Professional Says He Does n't Expect To See DeBlasio 's Police Suppressing Public Gatherings Of `` Youths '' .
The real question is how much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese and Chinese-Americans , who have their own public health challenges , in Chinatowns across the country .
It 's also important to know survival rates by race , because doctors need to know this for prognosis and triage .
Lance Welton has been covering this for months : • March 12 , 2020 : Coronavirus And Vitamin C : Is THIS Why Israel Closed Its Borders ?
• March 8 , 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 It would be nice if instead of black politicians asking for this , white politicians would , or doctors of any race .
It would also be good if the media would report what the race of people who were dying was , so the public would know .
The protocol of `` not reporting '' race is wildly inappropriate in a pandemic that 's @ @ @ @ @ @

Earlier: Black Councilman In Baltimore Says "Implicit Bias" Of White Doctors Greater Threat To Black Community Than Coronavirus
As reported below by Paul Kersey, black councilman Nick Mosby is a black racist who hates white people and blames them for what's wrong in the black community.
However, he's right to ask for public health authorities to report the race of the victims:
1. I have had a challenge securing the number of #COVID19 cases and deaths by race. Racial health disparities and discrimination have always had adverse outcomes on poorer communities of color. — Nick J. Mosby (@Nick_Mosby) March 30, 2020
When asked about racial details of coronavirus victims the deputy state health secretary said they weren't even asking.
Asked during a Monday news conference whether the state could report cases by race, deputy state health secretary Fran Phillips said, “I’m not aware that we have looked into that.” A spokesman for Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, Mike Ricci, said Monday he didn’t have an update on Mosby’s request. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not yet made data available by race, either, although high-profile Democratic lawmakers are pushing for more public information. In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley said comprehensive demographic data on people who are tested or treated for the virus that causes COVID-19 is not available. “This lack of information will exacerbate existing health disparities and result in the loss of lives in vulnerable communities,” the Massachusetts lawmakers wrote Friday. Healthy equity advocates say detailed data is an important tool in the fight against the virus. U.S. cities with large black and brown populations, such as Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee and New Orleans, have emerged as hot spots of the coronavirus outbreak. Lawmakers push for racial breakdown in Maryland’s public coronavirus data, seek to spot disparities early, by Talia Richman, Baltimore Sun, March 30, 2020
It's possible that "black and brown" communities will be "hardest hit" by coronavirus because of their own bad public health habits. See Social Distancing Hasn't Caught on Yet in South-Central L.A. and A New York State Legal Professional Says He Doesn't Expect To See DeBlasio's Police Suppressing Public Gatherings Of "Youths".
The real question is how much the disease is affecting and carried by Chinese and Chinese-Americans, who have their own public health challenges, in Chinatowns across the country.
It's also important to know survival rates by race, because doctors need to know this for prognosis and triage.
Lance Welton has been covering this for months:
It would be nice if instead of black politicians asking for this, white politicians would, or doctors of any race. It would also be good if the media would report what the race of people who were dying was, so the public would know. The protocol of "not reporting" race is wildly inappropriate in a pandemic that's shutting down the whole country.