thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-03-14--WEST ATTACKS THE WORLD; THE WORLD LEVITATES TOWARDS RUSSIA, CHINA

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Frankly and in summary : recently The United States of America has crossed several lines , committing atrocities , in many parts of the world .
In the past , no country could get away with this ; such situations would inevitably lead to war .
Presently , war is “ avoided ” only because the world is too frightened of Washington and its mafia-style deeds .
Countries on all continents are accepting the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allies ; bitterly , but accepting .
If ordered , many of them have been falling on their knees , begging for mercy .
If hit hard , they have lost the courage and strength to hit back .
There are no sanctions , no embargos imposed on the US , which is the biggest violator of international law .
There are no retaliatory actions taken against its bullying , attacks , covert and overt operations .
The U.N. has become a laughing stock , toothless and irrelevant , synonymous with Western interests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is scared .
It is petrified .
Just as a little creature is petrified and immobilized , when faced by a cobra .
It has gotten to this level .
To a primitive , never before witnessed level .
In the past , colonies fought back , aiming at independence .
Indochina fought against the Western Empire , losing millions , but fought .
Now , Washington and its allies commit crimes , and they laugh straight in the faces of victims : “ Now what ?
What are you going to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; I will burn your family members alive , break all your bones.
” You think I am exaggerating ?
Oh no , I am not ; not at all !
This is the level the West really has sank to .
And almost no one dares to talk about it !
Except… Well , of course , except Russia , China , Iran and few other brave nations .
But look at what has happened to Iran .
It is just an example of how thuggish , how insane Washington ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really call it a foreign policy ) : Iran has done nothing bad to anyone ; at least not in recent modern history .
In 1953 , the West arranged and implemented a horrific coup against the democratic , left-leaning Prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh .
Washington and London put on the throne a real monster – Shah Reza Pahlavi .
Millions of lives were ruined .
People were tortured , raped , and murdered .
Then , in 1980 , Iraq was armed and unleashed against Iran , again by the West .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ died .
But no , that was not enough !
Modern , socialist and internationalist Iran helped to defend the entire Middle East against terrorism which has been released by the West and its allies in the Gulf .
Teheran also joined forces with several left-wing countries in Latin America , including Venezuela , helping them , among other things , to build social housing , media outlets , and the oil industry .
Therefore , Iran became the target of the U.S. and Israel .
President Trump cancelled the Joint Comprehensive Plan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ win-win agreement .
For absolutely no reason , sanctions against Iran were re-introduced .
Iran ’ s allies in Iraq , Syria , Lebanon , Yemen and elsewhere , were attacked by Israeli drones and by war planes , and by relentless Saudi bombing .
Then , the United States murdered the most revered Iranian military figure , General Qasem Soleimani , and they did it on Iraqi soil .
This was a double act of war , against Iran and Iraq , which had officially invited General Soleimani in order to negotiate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Then , the real banditry of Washington got exposed : Iran , outraged and in mourning , has declared that it will retaliate ; avenge the murder of its heroic commander , as well as the others who were killed by the U.S. attack near Baghdad airport .
Trump and his entourage replied immediately , threatening Iran , declaring that if it dares to retaliate , it would face terrible re-retaliation .
Basically , the U.S. claims that it can kill your people anywhere it wants , and if you fight back , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The world has done nothing .
It is doing nothing .
The United Nations is taking zero concrete actions to stop the biggest bully .
On 4th January , 2020 , Donald Trump Tweeted in 3 separate messages , something that vaguely resembled the language of the German occupation forces during WWII : Outrageous lies , manipulations of a primitive businessman , elected by the American people to lead their country and the world .
A man of no culture ( one of the things that , perhaps , made him so popular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
What he is really saying is this : “ We overthrew your government , we unleash a war against you , we impose sanctions , prevent you from selling your own oil , and then we murder the second most important man in your country .
That is all fine .
But , if you defend yourself , if you dare retaliate , we will basically bomb your country back to the stone age , as we have bombed so many other countries to the stone age , including Laos , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because the United Sates and West in general believe that they mainly consist of chosen people .
That they are different .
That they are by definition correct .
And that is , my friends and comrades , the same ‘ philosophy ’ used by ISIS , and by al Qaida .
It is deep , extremist , religious fanaticism .
As the United States uses market fundamentalism in its trade wars , it also applies primitive fanaticism in the way it deals with the rest of the world .
In a way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ order imposed in Mosul under the ISIS occupation .
After the killing of General Soleimani , the planet has exploded in outrage , including some of Washington ’ s allies .
Even Israel has refused to back the U.S. in this particular case .
UNESCO ( which the United States left after it recognized Palestine and after it refused to follow Washington ’ s diktat ) , issued a statement , reported by RT : “ Meanwhile , UNESCO also told the US to stay away from Iran ’ s cultural heritage , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ treaties which explicitly prohibit the targeting of cultural sites during armed conflict.
” But that is not all .
It has not ended with Iran only .
Iraq , outraged that the murder of Iranian allies took place on its soil , and that some of its people were also killed in the attack , demanded the full withdrawal of U.S. military forces .
Now just think what has been happening : Iraq was starved and bombed , and hundreds of thousands have died as a result of the depleted uranium that was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.S. invasion of 2003 .
The country was thoroughly ruined .
Once proud Iraq , with a very high human development index ( UNDP ) virtually collapsed , became a beggar .
On top of that , terrorist groups were injected into its territory , as they were , into Syria .
And now the President of the occupying country is demanding that the victim , Iraq , actually pays for the military bases constructed on its territory ?
This is , of course , thoroughly sick , grotesque , but nobody @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is publicly throwing up .
And these mafia tactics have been paying off , until now .
Iraq which finally dared to stand up , shouting enough is enough , down with the occupation , began backing down .
Abdul Mahdi ’ s office issued a communique : “ The prime minister stressed the importance of mutual cooperation on implementing the withdrawal of foreign troops , in line with the Iraqi parliament ’ s resolution , and to set relations with the United States on a proper foundation.
” Of course , U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s territory , have been frightening too many people in Baghdad .
United States occupation forces have never brought anything good to their victims .
The best example is Afghanistan , the once proud socialist country , where women and men enjoyed equal rights .
Around two decades after the US/NATO occupation , the country is the poorest , and with the shortest life expectancy , on the Asian continent .
I worked there on several occasions and was shocked by the bestiality of the U.S. rule .
Burqa-clad women begging with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. military bases .
These bases are surrounded by poppy seeds , used for the cultivation and production of drugs , under U.S. and U.K. sponsorship .
And foreign contractors , as well as NATO soldiers , shared with me horrific stories of spite : how unused food is burned by the Americans , while people are starving .
How , when some old base is abandoned , it is dynamited and bulldozed down .
The logic is simple : “ There was nothing when we came , and there will be nothing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for occupation bases is something new ; a new concept by the empire .
Syria .
“ We want oil ” declared Trump , recently .
No niceties , no hide-and-seek .
The U.S. military is staying .
Turkish military , which has been supporting terrorists for years , is staying .
The U.S.– backed Uyghur terrorists are staying in Idlib area .
While , as recently as on February 24 , Israelis have been bombing the outskirts of Damascus .
And , all this is allowed to happen .
In a broad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ support , even promote torture .
Imperialists whom the BBC recently described as ‘ noninterventionists !
” In brief : U.S. regime .
In just the few latest months , Washington created and financed riots in Hong Kong , intimidating China , trying to trick the most populous nation into a crackdown against the treasonous cadres that are demanding the return of British colonialist rule , as well as a U.S. invasion .
China is also facing brutal Western propaganda attacks , related to coronavirus .
Washington overthrew the socialist , democratic multi-ethnic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ starving millions of people , while backing an illegitimate self-proclaimed right-wing puppet political figure in Venezuela .
The things the West does to China and Russia would lead to a war , if they were happening some 30 years ago .
The more diplomacy is used by Russia and China , the more aggressive the United States becomes , the more reassured of its own exceptionalism it gets .
It is time to re-think the entire concept of engagement with the United States .
It is because the United States and its allies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now holding the entire world hostage .
Perhaps what we are all experiencing now is not a war , at least not in the classic sense of the word , but it is an occupation – brutal and shameless .
Almost the entire planet used to be occupied by Europe , some 100 years ago .
Now it is occupied , directly and indirectly , by Europe ’ s offspring – the United States .
It is not always a military occupation , but occupation it is .
World is held hostage .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ t dare to speak , to dream , often even to think .
This is the most undemocratic global arrangement imaginable .
The world has fallen on its knees .
It has surrendered itself , as if in some extremist religious ritual .
It gets hit but does not hit back .
It gets looted , but doesn ’ t dare to protect itself and its people .
All this makes no sense : countries that got occupied , or where governments have been overthrown , are now living in absolute misery , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Afghanistan , Indonesia , Honduras , Brazil , to name just a few .
For how long will the entire world lick the boots of a country with only around 300 million inhabitants , which produces hardly anything , and governs over the world through brutality and fear ?
It only prints money .
It only insults human logic .
It vulgarizes everything on earth ; everything that used to be sacred to humanity .
I have to remind those who prefer not to notice : millions are dying , annually , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this “ arrangement of the world ” .
Surrender and submission do not save lives .
The empire never stops ; it never has enough .
And one more old wisdom : kneeling in front of terror never brought liberation , or progress !
In more and more countries that I am visiting , all over the world , people are admiring “ Russian way ” , and “ Chinese way ” .
You would never read this in Western mass media outlets , but precisely this is taking place : injured , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ levitate towards those great countries which are proudly standing and refusing to surrender to Western terror .
[ First published by NEO – New Eastern Outlook – a journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences ]

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Andre Vltchek
Frankly and in summary: recently The United States of America has crossed several lines, committing atrocities, in many parts of the world. In the past, no country could get away with this; such situations would inevitably lead to war.
Presently, war is “avoided” only because the world is too frightened of Washington and its mafia-style deeds. Countries on all continents are accepting the lawlessness and thuggery of Washington and the allies; bitterly, but accepting. If ordered, many of them have been falling on their knees, begging for mercy. If hit hard, they have lost the courage and strength to hit back.
There are no sanctions, no embargos imposed on the US, which is the biggest violator of international law. There are no retaliatory actions taken against its bullying, attacks, covert and overt operations. The U.N. has become a laughing stock, toothless and irrelevant, synonymous with Western interests.
The fact is – the world is scared. It is petrified. Just as a little creature is petrified and immobilized, when faced by a cobra.
It has gotten to this level. To a primitive, never before witnessed level. In the past, colonies fought back, aiming at independence. Indochina fought against the Western Empire, losing millions, but fought.
Now, Washington and its allies commit crimes, and they laugh straight in the faces of victims: “Now what? What are you going to do? Hit me back? Just try; I will burn your family members alive, break all your bones.”
You think I am exaggerating? Oh no, I am not; not at all! This is the level the West really has sank to. And almost no one dares to talk about it! Except… Well, of course, except Russia, China, Iran and few other brave nations.
*
But look at what has happened to Iran. It is just an example of how thuggish, how insane Washington’s foreign policy is (if one could really call it a foreign policy):
Iran has done nothing bad to anyone; at least not in recent modern history. In 1953, the West arranged and implemented a horrific coup against the democratic, left-leaning Prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. Washington and London put on the throne a real monster – Shah Reza Pahlavi. Millions of lives were ruined. People were tortured, raped, and murdered. Then, in 1980, Iraq was armed and unleashed against Iran, again by the West. Consequently, hundreds of thousands of people died.
But no, that was not enough! Modern, socialist and internationalist Iran helped to defend the entire Middle East against terrorism which has been released by the West and its allies in the Gulf. Teheran also joined forces with several left-wing countries in Latin America, including Venezuela, helping them, among other things, to build social housing, media outlets, and the oil industry.
Therefore, Iran became the target of the U.S. and Israel. President Trump cancelled the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a win-win agreement. For absolutely no reason, sanctions against Iran were re-introduced. Iran’s allies in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and elsewhere, were attacked by Israeli drones and by war planes, and by relentless Saudi bombing.
Then, the United States murdered the most revered Iranian military figure, General Qasem Soleimani, and they did it on Iraqi soil. This was a double act of war, against Iran and Iraq, which had officially invited General Soleimani in order to negotiate the peace process with the Saudis.
Then, the real banditry of Washington got exposed:
Iran, outraged and in mourning, has declared that it will retaliate; avenge the murder of its heroic commander, as well as the others who were killed by the U.S. attack near Baghdad airport. Trump and his entourage replied immediately, threatening Iran, declaring that if it dares to retaliate, it would face terrible re-retaliation.
Basically, the U.S. claims that it can kill your people anywhere it wants, and if you fight back, it reserves right to obliterate you.
The world has done nothing. It is doing nothing. The United Nations is taking zero concrete actions to stop the biggest bully.
On 4th January, 2020, Donald Trump Tweeted in 3 separate messages, something that vaguely resembled the language of the German occupation forces during WWII:
“Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime, including recently hundreds of Iranian protesters. He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years. Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!”
Outrageous lies, manipulations of a primitive businessman, elected by the American people to lead their country and the world. A man of no culture (one of the things that, perhaps, made him so popular among so many people in his country).
What he is really saying is this: “We overthrew your government, we unleash a war against you, we impose sanctions, prevent you from selling your own oil, and then we murder the second most important man in your country. That is all fine. But, if you defend yourself, if you dare retaliate, we will basically bomb your country back to the stone age, as we have bombed so many other countries to the stone age, including Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.” All this is because the United Sates and West in general believe that they mainly consist of chosen people. That they are different. That they are by definition correct.
And that is, my friends and comrades, the same ‘philosophy’ used by ISIS, and by al Qaida. It is deep, extremist, religious fanaticism. As the United States uses market fundamentalism in its trade wars, it also applies primitive fanaticism in the way it deals with the rest of the world.
In a way, the world order is now resembling order imposed in Mosul under the ISIS occupation.
*
After the killing of General Soleimani, the planet has exploded in outrage, including some of Washington’s allies. Even Israel has refused to back the U.S. in this particular case.
UNESCO (which the United States left after it recognized Palestine and after it refused to follow Washington’s diktat), issued a statement, reported by RT:
“Meanwhile, UNESCO also told the US to stay away from Iran’s cultural heritage, reminding Washington that it is party to treaties which explicitly prohibit the targeting of cultural sites during armed conflict.”
But that is not all. It has not ended with Iran only.
Iraq, outraged that the murder of Iranian allies took place on its soil, and that some of its people were also killed in the attack, demanded the full withdrawal of U.S. military forces.
The reply from Trump:
“If they do ask us to leave, if we don’t do it on a very friendly basis, we will charge them sanctions like they’ve never seen before, ever. We have a very extraordinarily expensive airbase that’s there. It cost billions of dollars to build. Long before my time. We’re not leaving unless they pay us back for it.”
Now just think what has been happening: Iraq was starved and bombed, and hundreds of thousands have died as a result of the depleted uranium that was used in U.S. warheads. Then came the U.S. invasion of 2003. The country was thoroughly ruined. Once proud Iraq, with a very high human development index (UNDP) virtually collapsed, became a beggar. On top of that, terrorist groups were injected into its territory, as they were, into Syria.
And now the President of the occupying country is demanding that the victim, Iraq, actually pays for the military bases constructed on its territory?
This is, of course, thoroughly sick, grotesque, but nobody is laughing, just as no one is publicly throwing up.
And these mafia tactics have been paying off, until now. Iraq which finally dared to stand up, shouting enough is enough, down with the occupation, began backing down. Abdul Mahdi’s office issued a communique:
“The prime minister stressed the importance of mutual cooperation on implementing the withdrawal of foreign troops, in line with the Iraqi parliament’s resolution, and to set relations with the United States on a proper foundation.”
Of course, U.S. threats and U.S. armor on the Iraq’s territory, have been frightening too many people in Baghdad.
United States occupation forces have never brought anything good to their victims.
The best example is Afghanistan, the once proud socialist country, where women and men enjoyed equal rights. Around two decades after the US/NATO occupation, the country is the poorest, and with the shortest life expectancy, on the Asian continent.
I worked there on several occasions and was shocked by the bestiality of the U.S. rule. Burqa-clad women begging with their infants, sitting on speed-bumps near U.S. military bases. These bases are surrounded by poppy seeds, used for the cultivation and production of drugs, under U.S. and U.K. sponsorship. And foreign contractors, as well as NATO soldiers, shared with me horrific stories of spite: how unused food is burned by the Americans, while people are starving. How, when some old base is abandoned, it is dynamited and bulldozed down. The logic is simple: “There was nothing when we came, and there will be nothing after we leave!”
But paying for occupation bases is something new; a new concept by the empire.
Syria. “We want oil” declared Trump, recently. No niceties, no hide-and-seek. The U.S. military is staying. Turkish military, which has been supporting terrorists for years, is staying. The U.S.– backed Uyghur terrorists are staying in Idlib area. While, as recently as on February 24, Israelis have been bombing the outskirts of Damascus.
And, all this is allowed to happen. In a broad daylight. Committed by people who openly support, even promote torture. Imperialists whom the BBC recently described as ‘noninterventionists!” In brief: U.S. regime.
*
In just the few latest months, Washington created and financed riots in Hong Kong, intimidating China, trying to trick the most populous nation into a crackdown against the treasonous cadres that are demanding the return of British colonialist rule, as well as a U.S. invasion.
China is also facing brutal Western propaganda attacks, related to coronavirus.
Washington overthrew the socialist, democratic multi-ethnic government in Bolivia, and it is starving millions of people, while backing an illegitimate self-proclaimed right-wing puppet political figure in Venezuela.
*
The things the West does to China and Russia would lead to a war, if they were happening some 30 years ago.
The more diplomacy is used by Russia and China, the more aggressive the United States becomes, the more reassured of its own exceptionalism it gets.
It is time to re-think the entire concept of engagement with the United States.
It is because the United States and its allies have already crossed all lines and are now holding the entire world hostage.
Perhaps what we are all experiencing now is not a war, at least not in the classic sense of the word, but it is an occupation – brutal and shameless. Almost the entire planet used to be occupied by Europe, some 100 years ago. Now it is occupied, directly and indirectly, by Europe’s offspring – the United States. It is not always a military occupation, but occupation it is. World is held hostage. It is petrified. It doesn’t dare to speak, to dream, often even to think.
This is the most undemocratic global arrangement imaginable.
The world has fallen on its knees. It has surrendered itself, as if in some extremist religious ritual.
It gets hit but does not hit back. It gets looted, but doesn’t dare to protect itself and its people.
All this makes no sense: countries that got occupied, or where governments have been overthrown, are now living in absolute misery, even in agony: Iraq and Libya, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Honduras, Brazil, to name just a few.
For how long will the entire world lick the boots of a country with only around 300 million inhabitants, which produces hardly anything, and governs over the world through brutality and fear? It only prints money. It only insults human logic. It vulgarizes everything on earth; everything that used to be sacred to humanity.
I have to remind those who prefer not to notice: millions are dying, annually, all over the world, because of this “arrangement of the world”. Surrender and submission do not save lives. The empire never stops; it never has enough.
And one more old wisdom: kneeling in front of terror never brought liberation, or progress!
In more and more countries that I am visiting, all over the world, people are admiring “Russian way”, and “Chinese way”. You would never read this in Western mass media outlets, but precisely this is taking place: injured, brutalized and humiliated countries are beginning to levitate towards those great countries which are proudly standing and refusing to surrender to Western terror.
*
[First published by NEO – New Eastern Outlook – a journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences]


thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-03-14--Letter from “Locked Down” Lombardy

Letter from “Locked Down” Lombardy

A man sitting on a bench grumbled : “ Why is everything closed ?
” “ Do you know anyone who is ill ?
” Three passersby shook their heads .
As we stood ( one metre from each other ) , we agreed that we don ’ t know anyone who is ill , nor does anyone we know know anyone who is ill with Covid-19 ( the disease ) or who ’ s tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 ( the pathogen ) .
Of course , this charming vignette is no longer possible .
Now I can only go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , work ( although all non-essential consumer-facing businesses are shut ) …or cigarettes .
Before I can go out , I have to download a form , copy it out ( because I am not a prepper who stockpiled printer toner ) , provide proof etc .
Just finished listening to a long legal audio explaining what to do if stopped by police .
But Italian police are generally friendly .
I digress .
Wait !
Wasn ’ t it China who ’ s authoritarian ?
I ’ ve been stuck at home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dizzying speed and getting more draconian by the minute and red zones ( now “ security zones ” ) extending from 11 tiny towns nobody had heard of , to Lombardy and Veneto , to the whole country .
So what is the problem ?
Why is Italy shut down ?
March 11 , 2020 : Italy : 827 deaths ; 12,462 positive cases .
75 % of deaths are in Lombardy , one of the richest regions in the world , with one of the best healthcare systems in the world : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regionally ; in Lombardy by the right wing Lega government led by Attilio Fontana .
Lombardy has 16 % of Italy ’ s population .
The deaths and intensive cases are concentrated ( for now ) , not in Milan but in a handful of hospitals in the provinces of Lodi and Bergamo .
Sadly , among the hospitals which have the most intensive care beds in all of Italy .
On March 8 , only Lombardy and Veneto were shut down , but by March 12 all of Italy was shut down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happen if the epidemics broke out in less well equipped Southern regions .
In his 2am press conference of March 9 , 2020 , Italy ’ s exhausted PM Giuseppe Conte explained the harsh measures by reminding Italians the constitution guarantees the right to healthcare for anyone on the territory .
So that ’ s why a whole country has been shut down ( at a minimum cost of €25,000,000,000 minus interest ) to limit social contact among people outside hospitals so people don ’ t end up inside hospitals .
But !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ brought Italy to crisis point : The average age of the deceased was 81 , the average number of pathologies observed in this population was 3.4 ( median 3 , standard deviation 2.1 ) .
The most common comorbidities for these patients included hypertension , diabetes , etc .
[ 2 ] Doctors have emphasized in media interviews that while the deceased tested positive for the coronavirus before or after death ; it can not always be ascertained they died because of it .
Where did all these elderly ill patients in Italy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , human-to-human transmission of the COVID-19 virus is largely occurring in families .
The Joint Mission received detailed information from the investigation of clusters and some household transmission studies , which are ongoing in a number of Provinces .
Among 344 clusters involving 1308 cases ( of a total of 1836 cases reported ) in Guangdong Province and Sichuan Province , most clusters ( 78 % -85 % ) have occurred in families , ” says WHO .
[ 3 ] Wait !
Didn ’ t Fontana say that he ’ s tracing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ diabetes been out enjoying the nightlife ?
Did they catch the virus from their Filippina caretakers ( in Milan , “ Filippina ” is an occupation , not a nationality ) or from family members ?
Interestingly , l ’ Istituto Superiore di Sanità ( ISS ) appears clueless .
After making a vague statement about a person from Iran who is not connected to anything , the Institute claims ( in translation ) : currently it is not possible to reconstruct for all patients the chain of transmission for all patients .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ have an epidemiological connection to the clusters observed in Lombardy , Veneto and Emilia Romagna ( i.e .
they are not connected epidemiologically to the first three cases treated in Rome involving persons who had travelled to China .
OK .
But is it rocket science to exclude the closest contacts of the deceased who were elderly and/or deceased ?
Surely they must have been tested ?
Where do elderly , ill people spend a lot of time ?
When Fontana gave his interview to the New York Times , it had been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was announced on January 23 .
We saw the frightening images splashed by corporate media throughout the world .
The media tell me : China lies .
Ok .
But do we remember what happened in 2009 with H1N1 ?
By the time a virus is identified , the cat ’ s out of the bag .
It ’ s not about open or closed borders .
Venice was a global trading centre long before Columbus “ discovered ” the Americas .
WHO declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ testing guidelines on January 27 , 2020 : “ A patient with severe acute respiratory infection ( fever and at least one sign/symptom of respiratory disease ( e.g.
, cough , shortness breath ) AND requiring hospitalization AND with no other etiology that fully explains the clinical presentation.
” So what emergency procedures did Lega prepare for Lombardy since the end of January ?
Attilio Fontana forgets to mention this minor detail to the New York Times .
( Yes , I know already said this ) .
The initially ( but no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presented himself at a hospital in Codogno in mid-February for fever and respiratory issues .
He ’ s a 38 year old soccer playing , marathon runner who can ’ t battle what seems like a regular flu .
But with headlines screaming about coronavirus , not only is he not tested , he is put into an ICU…tragic events followed .
Conte wanted to investigate the hospital , Fontana refused and the overworked doctors and nurses in the field got infected , the crisis exploded .
But not only in Codogno .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 28 [ 5 ] that oops , doctors had been noticing anomalous pneumonia cases since the middle of January 2020 , the same sad story was now replicating in Bergamo in tragic and epic proportions with large numbers of medical operatives among the infected .
[ 6 ] Since January , the Lega ’ s Matteo Salvini has been one of the most vocal critics of China even going so far as to link African migrants to the virus .
But the “ China connection ” proved to be a wild goose chase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A paper published by Rome ’ s Spallanzani Institute tested 126 patients primarily those with connections to “ Asia ” and suspicion of a viral aetiology .
[ 7 ] Only three were confirmed to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 while 53.2 % of the patients resulted positive for other respiratory pathogen ( s ) .
Let ’ s recheck our timeline : Dec 26 , 2019 , Jixian Zhang notices a cluster of 4 anomalous cases of pneumonia , 3 within the same family and reports them to the local CDC the next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ WHO reports this to the world .
By January 7 China had identified the virus , by January 12 the first 2019-nCov ( later renamed to SARS-CoV-2 ) and by January 13 , the first test kits were available .
But screaming media headlines didn ’ t mention any of this , and for doctors in Lodi and Bergamo didn ’ t do anything special about the strange cases they had noticed since the middle of January .
To be clear : I am not blaming overworked medical staff on the ground ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the regional health authority of Lombardy , especially since medical staff have tested positive for the virus because they have been working without proper equipment ” While the Italian media snickered ( with a touch of envy ) at China ’ s temporary “ hospitals ” built in 10 days , Wuhan implemented this system : you go to special testing clinics ; wait 4 hours for results .
If positive you either go a ) hospitals for people over 65 and/or with other complications ; or b ) to these temp isolation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those who live alone but need hot soup brought to them and for those who don ’ t want to infect their families .
They were built in 10 days because they were intended to be destroyed afterwards .
Today ’ s Corriere reports that Italy is following the “ Wuhan Model ” in its famous trade centre , Milan ’ s Fiera .
Which , presumably is not going to be destroyed afterwards .
While the national government has been firefighting a serious health crisis non-stop , Lega has been ferociously witch-hunting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from China and wasting resources on hunting down “ patient -1 ” a non-existent hypothetical figure with connections to China who infected our marathon man in Codogno .
It ’ s not a crime if an epidemic broke out in hospitals with overworked staff .
It is a crime to refuse an investigation .
To try and distract attention from the epidemics inside the hospitals by demanding that effectively , martial law be declared in Lombardy and parts of Veneto , Lega ’ s dream of Padania .
By relentlessly attacking Conte ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unfolds in Lombardy .
The New York Times noted , “ Mr .
Fontana is a leading member of the League party , led by the nationalist Matteo Salvini , who has not been shy about leveraging the crisis to pursue his aim of bringing down Mr. Conte ’ s government.
” While discussions were ongoing on March 7 on how to create a delineated zone to limit social contacts without imposing on civil liberties , CNN published a leaked draft of a decree stating it came from Fontana ’ s office .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Woohoo , a choice between believing CNN or the League / Lega .
While the Lega was busy creating panic and chaos in Lombardy , Salvini was running around giving international interviews to the likes of El Pais to complain about the Italian government .
When this is all over , it will be Conte ’ s signature on all the decrees and there will billion dollar debts to be repaid .
The finger pointing and blame game will start in earnest .
But every cloud has a silver lining .
The ever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Luigi di Maio of the Five Star Movement has been quietly working diplomatic channels in the background even as Matteo Salvini slams China in the global media .
Last night , a team of medics arrived from China with 31 tons of medical equipment .
Ultimately it is China , with its gift of 1,000 respirators to Italy which will allow the residents of Padana to breathe .
Literally .
The irony .
But then again , doesn ’ t Venice have an airport named after Marco Polo who is connected to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one species , our most dangerous enemies , apart from diseases and pollution , are those who live amongst us and would exploit a crisis while we battle a common threat .
The Lega Nord got their Padania for one day on March 8 , 2020 and it was an absolute disaster .

[dropcap]A[/dropcap] few days ago, I walked down the street to the supermarket to buy food past glittering skyscrapers, the seat of Lombardy’s regional government. According to an interview in the New York Times [1] with the region’s President Attilio Fontana, on the sixth floor, “two dozen epidemiologists and public health experts form the nerve center of the effort to contain a coronavirus outbreak in Italy…They track those whom infected people might have had contact with.” Really? A telephone prevents illness? Of course, contract tracing is extremely important. But once you find infected people, what preparations have you made to deal with them? Fontana forgets to mention this minor detail to the NYT.
A man sitting on a bench grumbled: “Why is everything closed?” “Do you know anyone who is ill?” Three passersby shook their heads. As we stood (one metre from each other), we agreed that we don’t know anyone who is ill, nor does anyone we know know anyone who is ill with Covid-19 (the disease) or who’s tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 (the pathogen). Of course, this charming vignette is no longer possible. Now I can only go out for necessities: food, medicines, work (although all non-essential consumer-facing businesses are shut)…or cigarettes. Before I can go out, I have to download a form, copy it out (because I am not a prepper who stockpiled printer toner), provide proof etc. Just finished listening to a long legal audio explaining what to do if stopped by police. But Italian police are generally friendly. I digress.
Wait! Wasn’t it China who’s authoritarian? I’ve been stuck at home since Feb 23 with rules changing at dizzying speed and getting more draconian by the minute and red zones (now “security zones”) extending from 11 tiny towns nobody had heard of, to Lombardy and Veneto, to the whole country.
So what is the problem? Why is Italy shut down?
March 11, 2020: Italy: 827 deaths; 12,462 positive cases. 75% of deaths are in Lombardy, one of the richest regions in the world, with one of the best healthcare systems in the world: Italy’s healthcare systems are managed regionally; in Lombardy by the right wing Lega government led by Attilio Fontana. Lombardy has 16% of Italy’s population. The deaths and intensive cases are concentrated (for now), not in Milan but in a handful of hospitals in the provinces of Lodi and Bergamo. Sadly, among the hospitals which have the most intensive care beds in all of Italy. On March 8, only Lombardy and Veneto were shut down, but by March 12 all of Italy was shut down based on the fear of what could happen if the epidemics broke out in less well equipped Southern regions.
In his 2am press conference of March 9, 2020, Italy’s exhausted PM Giuseppe Conte explained the harsh measures by reminding Italians the constitution guarantees the right to healthcare for anyone on the territory. So that’s why a whole country has been shut down (at a minimum cost of €25,000,000,000 minus interest) to limit social contact among people outside hospitals so people don’t end up inside hospitals.
But! Let’s look at deaths which brought Italy to crisis point: The average age of the deceased was 81, the average number of pathologies observed in this population was 3.4 (median 3, standard deviation 2.1). The most common comorbidities for these patients included hypertension, diabetes, etc. [2] Doctors have emphasized in media interviews that while the deceased tested positive for the coronavirus before or after death; it cannot always be ascertained they died because of it.
Where did all these elderly ill patients in Italy catch the coronavirus?
“In China, human-to-human transmission of the COVID-19 virus is largely occurring in families. The Joint Mission received detailed information from the investigation of clusters and some household transmission studies, which are ongoing in a number of Provinces. Among 344 clusters involving 1308 cases (of a total of 1836 cases reported) in Guangdong Province and Sichuan Province, most clusters (78%-85%) have occurred in families,” says WHO.[3]
Wait! Didn’t Fontana say that he’s tracing contacts? Have these elderly patients with diabetes been out enjoying the nightlife? Did they catch the virus from their Filippina caretakers (in Milan, “Filippina” is an occupation, not a nationality) or from family members? Interestingly, l’Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) appears clueless. After making a vague statement about a person from Iran who is not connected to anything, the Institute claims (in translation): currently it is not possible to reconstruct for all patients the chain of transmission for all patients. The majority of the cases in Italy have an epidemiological connection to the clusters observed in Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia Romagna (i.e. they are not connected epidemiologically to the first three cases treated in Rome involving persons who had travelled to China.
OK. But is it rocket science to exclude the closest contacts of the deceased who were elderly and/or deceased? Surely they must have been tested? Where do elderly, ill people spend a lot of time?
When Fontana gave his interview to the New York Times, it had been over a month since the Wuhan lockdown was announced on January 23. We saw the frightening images splashed by corporate media throughout the world. The media tell me: China lies. Ok. But do we remember what happened in 2009 with H1N1? By the time a virus is identified, the cat’s out of the bag. It’s not about open or closed borders. Venice was a global trading centre long before Columbus “discovered” the Americas.
WHO declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020, having issued testing guidelines on January 27, 2020: “A patient with severe acute respiratory infection (fever and at least one sign/symptom of respiratory disease (e.g., cough, shortness breath) AND requiring hospitalization AND with no other etiology that fully explains the clinical presentation.”
So what emergency procedures did Lega prepare for Lombardy since the end of January? Attilio Fontana forgets to mention this minor detail to the New York Times. (Yes, I know already said this).
The initially (but no longer) presumed “patient zero” presented himself at a hospital in Codogno in mid-February for fever and respiratory issues. He’s a 38 year old soccer playing, marathon runner who can’t battle what seems like a regular flu. But with headlines screaming about coronavirus, not only is he not tested, he is put into an ICU…tragic events followed. Conte wanted to investigate the hospital, Fontana refused and the overworked doctors and nurses in the field got infected, the crisis exploded.
But not only in Codogno. Even as La Repubblica reported on February 28 [5] that oops, doctors had been noticing anomalous pneumonia cases since the middle of January 2020, the same sad story was now replicating in Bergamo in tragic and epic proportions with large numbers of medical operatives among the infected. [6]
Since January, the Lega’s Matteo Salvini has been one of the most vocal critics of China even going so far as to link African migrants to the virus. But the “China connection” proved to be a wild goose chase that allowed the virus to spread. A paper published by Rome’s Spallanzani Institute tested 126 patients primarily those with connections to “Asia” and suspicion of a viral aetiology.[7] Only three were confirmed to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 while 53.2% of the patients resulted positive for other respiratory pathogen(s).
Let’s recheck our timeline: Dec 26, 2019, Jixian Zhang notices a cluster of 4 anomalous cases of pneumonia, 3 within the same family and reports them to the local CDC the next day. By December 31, 2019 WHO reports this to the world. By January 7 China had identified the virus, by January 12 the first 2019-nCov (later renamed to SARS-CoV-2) and by January 13, the first test kits were available.
But screaming media headlines didn’t mention any of this, and for doctors in Lodi and Bergamo didn’t do anything special about the strange cases they had noticed since the middle of January. To be clear: I am not blaming overworked medical staff on the ground; I am talking about the preparedness of the regional health authority of Lombardy, especially since medical staff have tested positive for the virus because they have been working without proper equipment”
While the Italian media snickered (with a touch of envy) at China’s temporary “hospitals” built in 10 days, Wuhan implemented this system: you go to special testing clinics; wait 4 hours for results. If positive you either go a) hospitals for people over 65 and/or with other complications; or b) to these temp isolation structures intended as a caring space for those who live alone but need hot soup brought to them and for those who don’t want to infect their families. They were built in 10 days because they were intended to be destroyed afterwards. Today’s Corriere reports that Italy is following the “Wuhan Model” in its famous trade centre, Milan’s Fiera. Which, presumably is not going to be destroyed afterwards.
While the national government has been firefighting a serious health crisis non-stop, Lega has been ferociously witch-hunting: demanding the quarantine of schoolchildren returning from China and wasting resources on hunting down “patient -1” a non-existent hypothetical figure with connections to China who infected our marathon man in Codogno.
It’s not a crime if an epidemic broke out in hospitals with overworked staff. It is a crime to refuse an investigation. To try and distract attention from the epidemics inside the hospitals by demanding that effectively, martial law be declared in Lombardy and parts of Veneto, Lega’s dream of Padania. By relentlessly attacking Conte’s government every day while the tragedy unfolds in Lombardy.
The New York Times noted, “Mr. Fontana is a leading member of the League party, led by the nationalist Matteo Salvini, who has not been shy about leveraging the crisis to pursue his aim of bringing down Mr. Conte’s government.” While discussions were ongoing on March 7 on how to create a delineated zone to limit social contacts without imposing on civil liberties, CNN published a leaked draft of a decree stating it came from Fontana’s office. The Region of Lombardy denied it.
Woohoo, a choice between believing CNN or the League / Lega. While the Lega was busy creating panic and chaos in Lombardy, Salvini was running around giving international interviews to the likes of El Pais to complain about the Italian government.
When this is all over, it will be Conte’s signature on all the decrees and there will billion dollar debts to be repaid. The finger pointing and blame game will start in earnest. But every cloud has a silver lining. The ever calm and rational Foreign Minister of Italy, Luigi di Maio of the Five Star Movement has been quietly working diplomatic channels in the background even as Matteo Salvini slams China in the global media. Last night, a team of medics arrived from China with 31 tons of medical equipment. Ultimately it is China, with its gift of 1,000 respirators to Italy which will allow the residents of Padana to breathe. Literally. The irony. But then again, doesn’t Venice have an airport named after Marco Polo who is connected to some Chinese noodle stories?
We are one species, our most dangerous enemies, apart from diseases and pollution, are those who live amongst us and would exploit a crisis while we battle a common threat.
The Lega Nord got their Padania for one day on March 8, 2020 and it was an absolute disaster.
References:
[1] “Italy, Mired in Politics Over Virus, Asks How Much Testing Is Too Much”, Jason Horowitz, February, 2020, New York Times.[2] https://www.iss.it/en/comunicati-stampa/-/asset_publisher/fjTKmjJgSgdK/content/id/5286166 [3] https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf [4] https://www.epicentro.iss.it/coronavirus/bollettino/Bollettino-sorveglianza-integrata-COVID-19_09-marzo-2020.pdf [5] https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2020/02/28/news/_polmoniti_anomale_a_meta_gennaio_cosi_e_nato_il_focolaio_di_codogno_-249759796/?refresh_ce [6] https://bergamo.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/20_marzo_12/coronavirus-focolaio-bergamo-camere-mortuarie-strapiene-sottovalutato-contagio-val-seriana-ora-ci-sono-142-morti-550a66fe-6454-11ea-90f7-c3419f46e6a5.shtml [7] Differential diagnosis of illness in patients under investigation for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), Italy, February 2020, Licia Bordi¹ , Emanuele Nicastri¹ , Laura Scorzolini¹ , Antonino Di Caro¹ , Maria Rosaria Capobianchi¹ , Concetta Castilletti¹ Eleonora Lalle¹ , on behalf of INMI COVID-19 study group and Collaborating Centers2 1. National Institute for Infectious Diseases ‘Lazzaro Spallanzani’ IRCCS, Rome, Italy and 2. The participating members of INMI COVID-19 study group and Collaborating Centers


thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-03-14--COVID-19: Further Evidence that the Virus Originated in the US

It would be useful to read this prior article for background : China ’ s Coronavirus : A Shocking Update .
Did The Virus Originate in the US ?
( Or see Appendix ) As readers will recall from the earlier article ( above ) , Japanese and Taiwanese epidemiologists and pharmacologists have determined that the new coronavirus almost certainly originated in the US since that country is the only one known to have all five types – from which all others must have descended .
Wuhan in China has only one of those types , rendering it in analogy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which can not exist by itself but must have grown from a “ tree ” .
The Taiwanese physician noted that in August of 2019 the US had a flurry of lung pneumonias or similar , which the Americans blamed on ‘ vaping ’ from e-cigarettes , but which , according to the scientist , the symptoms and conditions could not be explained by e-cigarettes .
He said he wrote to the US officials telling them he suspected those deaths were likely due to the coronavirus .
He claims his warnings were ignored @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CDC totally shut down the US Military ’ s main bio-lab at Fort Detrick , Maryland , due to an absence of safeguards against pathogen leakages , issuing a complete “ cease and desist ” order to the military .
It was immediately after this event that the ‘ e-cigarette ’ epidemic arose .
Screenshot from The New York Times August 08 , 2019 We also had the Japanese citizens infected in September of 2019 , in Hawaii , people who had never been to China , these infections occurring on US soil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only shortly after the locking down of Fort Detrick .
Then , on Chinese social media , another article appeared , aware of the above but presenting further details .
It stated in part that five “ foreign ” athletes or other personnel visiting Wuhan for the World Military Games ( October 18-27 , 2019 ) were hospitalised in Wuhan for an undetermined infection .
The article explains more clearly that the Wuhan version of the virus could have come only from the US because it is what they call a “ branch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first because it would have no ‘ seed ’ .
It would have to have been a new variety spun off the original ‘ trunk ’ , and that trunk exists only in the US .
( 1 ) There has been much public speculation that the coronavirus had been deliberately transmitted to China but , according to the Chinese article , a less sinister alternative is possible .
If some members of the US team at the World Military Games ( 18-27 October ) had become infected by the virus from an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possible that , with a long initial incubation period , their symptoms might have been minor , and those individuals could easily have ‘ toured ’ the city of Wuhan during their stay , infecting potentially thousands of local residents in various locations , many of whom would later travel to the seafood market from which the virus would spread like wildfire ( as it did ) .
That would account also for the practical impossibility of locating the legendary “ patient zero ” – which in this case has never been found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them .
Next , Daniel Lucey , an infectious disease expert at Georgetown University in Washington , said in an article in Science magazine that the first human infection has been confirmed as occurring in November 2019 , ( not in Wuhan ) , suggesting the virus originated elsewhere and then spread to the seafood markets .
“ One group put the origin of the outbreak as early as 18 September 2019.
” ( 2 ) ( 3 ) Wuhan seafood market may not be source of novel virus spreading globally .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Chinese researchers from several institutions , offers details about the first 41 hospitalized patients who had confirmed infections with what has been dubbed 2019 novel coronavirus ( 2019-nCoV ) .
In the earliest case , the patient became ill on 1 December 2019 and had no reported link to the seafood market , the authors report .
“ No epidemiological link was found between the first patient and later cases ” , they state .
Their data also show that , in total , 13 of the 41 cases had no link @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s a big number , 13 , with no link ” , says Daniel Lucey .
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( 6 ) Earlier reports from Chinese health authorities and the World Health Organization had said the first patient had onset of symptoms on 8 December 2019 – and those reports simply said “ most ” cases had links to the seafood market , which was closed on 1 January .
( 7 ) “ Lucey says if the new data are accurate , the first human infections must have occurred in November 2019 – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an incubation time between infection and symptoms surfacing .
If so , the virus possibly spread silently between people in Wuhan – and perhaps elsewhere – before the cluster of cases from the city ’ s now-infamous Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market was discovered in late December .
“ The virus came into that marketplace before it came out of that marketplace ” , Lucey asserts .
“ China must have realized the epidemic did not originate in that Wuhan Huanan seafood market ” , Lucey told Science Insider .
( 8 ) Kristian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Scripps Research Institute who has analyzed sequences of 2019-nCoV to try to clarify its origin .
He said the scenario was “ entirely plausible ” of infected persons bringing the virus into the seafood market from somewhere outside .
According to the Science article , It was interesting that Lucey also noted that MERS was originally believed to have come from a patient in Saudi Arabia in June of 2012 , but later and more thorough studies traced it back to an earlier hospital outbreak of unexplained pneumonia in Jordan in April of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stored samples from people who died in Jordan , medical authorities confirmed they had been infected with the MERS virus .
( 10 ) This would provide impetus for caution among the public in accepting the “ official standard narrative ” that the Western media are always so eager to provide – as they did with SARS , MERS , and ZIKA , all of which ‘ official narratives ’ were later proven to have been entirely wrong .
In this case , the Western media flooded their pages for months about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ market , caused by people eating bats and wild animals .
All of this has been proven wrong .
Not only did the virus not originate at the seafood market , it did not originate in Wuhan at all , and it has now been proven that it did not originate in China but was brought to China from another country .
Part of the proof of this assertion is that the genome varieties of the virus in Iran and Italy have been sequenced and declared to have no part of the variety @ @ @ @ @ @ @ definition , have originated elsewhere .
It would seem the only possibility for origination is the US because only that country has the “ tree trunk ” of all the varieties .
And it may therefore be true that the original source of the COVID-19 virus was the US military bio-warfare lab at Fort Detrick .
This would not be a surprise , given that the CDC completely shut down Fort Detrick , but also because , as I related in an earlier article , between 2005 and 2012 the US had experienced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stolen or escaped from American bio-labs during the prior ten years – an average of one every three days .
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China’s Coronavirus: A Shocking Update. Did The Virus Originate in the US? (Or see Appendix)
By Larry Romanoff, March 04, 2020
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As readers will recall from the earlier article (above), Japanese and Taiwanese epidemiologists and pharmacologists have determined that the new coronavirus almost certainly originated in the US since that country is the only one known to have all five types – from which all others must have descended. Wuhan in China has only one of those types, rendering it in analogy as a kind of “branch” which cannot exist by itself but must have grown from a “tree”.
The Taiwanese physician noted that in August of 2019 the US had a flurry of lung pneumonias or similar, which the Americans blamed on ‘vaping’ from e-cigarettes, but which, according to the scientist, the symptoms and conditions could not be explained by e-cigarettes. He said he wrote to the US officials telling them he suspected those deaths were likely due to the coronavirus. He claims his warnings were ignored.
Immediately prior to that, the CDC totally shut down the US Military’s main bio-lab at Fort Detrick, Maryland, due to an absence of safeguards against pathogen leakages, issuing a complete “cease and desist” order to the military. It was immediately after this event that the ‘e-cigarette’ epidemic arose.
Screenshot from The New York Times August 08, 2019
We also had the Japanese citizens infected in September of 2019, in Hawaii, people who had never been to China, these infections occurring on US soil long before the outbreak in Wuhan but only shortly after the locking down of Fort Detrick.
Then, on Chinese social media, another article appeared, aware of the above but presenting further details. It stated in part that five “foreign” athletes or other personnel visiting Wuhan for the World Military Games (October 18-27, 2019) were hospitalised in Wuhan for an undetermined infection.
The article explains more clearly that the Wuhan version of the virus could have come only from the US because it is what they call a “branch” which could not have been created first because it would have no ‘seed’. It would have to have been a new variety spun off the original ‘trunk’, and that trunk exists only in the US. (1)
There has been much public speculation that the coronavirus had been deliberately transmitted to China but, according to the Chinese article, a less sinister alternative is possible.
If some members of the US team at the World Military Games (18-27 October) had become infected by the virus from an accidental outbreak at Fort Detrick it is possible that, with a long initial incubation period, their symptoms might have been minor, and those individuals could easily have ‘toured’ the city of Wuhan during their stay, infecting potentially thousands of local residents in various locations, many of whom would later travel to the seafood market from which the virus would spread like wildfire (as it did).
That would account also for the practical impossibility of locating the legendary “patient zero” – which in this case has never been found since there would have been many of them.
Next, Daniel Lucey, an infectious disease expert at Georgetown University in Washington, said in an article in Science magazine that the first human infection has been confirmed as occurring in November 2019, (not in Wuhan), suggesting the virus originated elsewhere and then spread to the seafood markets. “One group put the origin of the outbreak as early as 18 September 2019.” (2) (3)
Wuhan seafood market may not be source of novel virus spreading globally.
Description of earliest cases suggests outbreak began elsewhere.
The article states:
“As confirmed cases of a novel virus surge around the world with worrisome speed, all eyes have so far focused on a seafood market in Wuhan, China, as the origin of the outbreak. But a description of the first clinical cases published in The Lancet on Friday challenges that hypothesis.” (4) (5)
The paper, written by a large group of Chinese researchers from several institutions, offers details about the first 41 hospitalized patients who had confirmed infections with what has been dubbed 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
In the earliest case, the patient became ill on 1 December 2019 and had no reported link to the seafood market, the authors report. “No epidemiological link was found between the first patient and later cases”, they state. Their data also show that, in total, 13 of the 41 cases had no link to the marketplace. “That’s a big number, 13, with no link”, says Daniel Lucey . . . (6)
Earlier reports from Chinese health authorities and the World Health Organization had said the first patient had onset of symptoms on 8 December 2019 – and those reports simply said “most” cases had links to the seafood market, which was closed on 1 January. (7)
“Lucey says if the new data are accurate, the first human infections must have occurred in November 2019 – if not earlier – because there is an incubation time between infection and symptoms surfacing. If so, the virus possibly spread silently between people in Wuhan – and perhaps elsewhere – before the cluster of cases from the city’s now-infamous Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market was discovered in late December. “The virus came into that marketplace before it came out of that marketplace”, Lucey asserts.
“China must have realized the epidemic did not originate in that Wuhan Huanan seafood market”, Lucey told Science Insider. (8)
Kristian Andersen is an evolutionary biologist at the Scripps Research Institute who has analyzed sequences of 2019-nCoV to try to clarify its origin. He said the scenario was “entirely plausible” of infected persons bringing the virus into the seafood market from somewhere outside. According to the Science article,
“Andersen posted his analysis of 27 available genomes of 2019-nCoV on 25 January on a virology research website. It suggests they had a “most recent common ancestor” – meaning a common source – as early as 1 October 2019.” (9)
It was interesting that Lucey also noted that MERS was originally believed to have come from a patient in Saudi Arabia in June of 2012, but later and more thorough studies traced it back to an earlier hospital outbreak of unexplained pneumonia in Jordan in April of that year. Lucey said that from stored samples from people who died in Jordan, medical authorities confirmed they had been infected with the MERS virus. (10)
This would provide impetus for caution among the public in accepting the “official standard narrative” that the Western media are always so eager to provide – as they did with SARS, MERS, and ZIKA, all of which ‘official narratives’ were later proven to have been entirely wrong.
In this case, the Western media flooded their pages for months about the COVID-19 virus originating in the Wuhan seafood market, caused by people eating bats and wild animals. All of this has been proven wrong.
Not only did the virus not originate at the seafood market, it did not originate in Wuhan at all, and it has now been proven that it did not originate in China but was brought to China from another country. Part of the proof of this assertion is that the genome varieties of the virus in Iran and Italy have been sequenced and declared to have no part of the variety that infected China and must, by definition, have originated elsewhere.
It would seem the only possibility for origination is the US because only that country has the “tree trunk” of all the varieties. And it may therefore be true that the original source of the COVID-19 virus was the US military bio-warfare lab at Fort Detrick. This would not be a surprise, given that the CDC completely shut down Fort Detrick, but also because, as I related in an earlier article, between 2005 and 2012 the US had experienced 1,059 events where pathogens had been either stolen or escaped from American bio-labs during the prior ten years – an average of one every three days.
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(1) https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/CjGWaaDSKTyjWRMyQyGXUA
(2) https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6477/492.full
(3) Science; Jon Cohen; Jan. 26, 2020
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/wuhan-seafood-market-may-not-be-source-novel-virus-spreading-globally
(4) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext
(5) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext
(6) http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011109036
(7) http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011509040
(8) https://sciencespeaksblog.org/2020/01/25/wuhan-coronavirus-2019-ncov-qa-6-an-evidence-based-hypothesis/
(9) http://virological.org/t/clock-and-tmrca-based-on-27-genomes/347
(10) http://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/v19/Supp1/EMHJ_2013_19_Supp1_S12_S18.pdf
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thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-03-14--UK’s alleged ‘herd immunity’ strategy against virus could cause many deaths：expert

ather than widespread diagnosis , quarantining infected individuals and their close contacts under medical observation , steps similar to those in China and Italy , the UK is reportedly adopting an appeasement strategy to allow more than a half of its population to contract COVID-19 so it can build up a “ herd immunity , ” which Chinese experts believe will imperil some people ’ s health or even life .
The country ’ s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance told BBC on Friday the government wants around 60 percent of the UK ’ s 66.4 million population to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ create “ herd immunity ” to prevent the virus from becoming an annual crisis , the UK media reported on Friday .
“ Herd immunity ” in this case , in the absence of a coronavirus vaccine , refers to a significant proportion of people in a community , particularly younger individuals resistant to serious illness , contracting the virus , recovering , and becoming immune to the infection , making it more difficult for the disease to spread among susceptible individuals , Yang Zhanqiu , deputy director of the Pathogen Biology Department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Global Times on Saturday .
Patrick Vallance ’ s speech was viewed as a defense to the UK government ’ s decision to delay enforcement of draconian measures , such as school closures and city lockdown .
Jeremy Hunt , the country ’ s former health secretary criticized the government ’ s negative actions against the infection spread as “ surprising and concerning , ” after they decided not to cancel large gatherings for the time being .
Swarms of British netizens expressed their worries and rage on Twitter about the “ herd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the herd immunity approach is that we , as a civilized society have agreed that the weak , the old , the infirmed , as well as random healthy people die .
Leaving those that have been infected and survive .
How did we come to this ?
” a netizen tweeted on Saturday , whose sentiments resonated with the views of several other commentators .
Another netizen slammed the strategy as fundamentally about economics .
“ Personally , I think it ’ s irresponsible to claim it ’ s based on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese student at the University of Cambridge told the Global Times on Saturday he has decided to fly back to China next week , as he feels very insecure in the UK .
The UK government is “ gambling with the lives of the whole nation ” for “ political reasons , ” the student lamented .
“ The government doesn ’ t have the power to make such an ethical decision that will cost some people ’ s lives , ” the student said .
“ Whoever has no right to murder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A British resident based in Leeds , who requested anonymity , had different views .
“ As a last resort , it could be the only solution .
It is known that people with health condition and/or over 60 are most vulnerable , so if we build a resistance in the younger people , it could prevent the spread to older and vulnerable people , ” he told the Global Times Saturday .
The strategy , by risking residents ’ health and even life , is totally unadvisable and reflects irresponsibility of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ specific data distinguished the mortality of the youth , the elderly , and the children caused by the disease , which means leaving the youth exposed to the virus could lead to many deaths as the virus is new to humans and its devastating power remains unknown , Yang noted .
Also , the strategy needs significantly strong medical resources to contain the spread of the disease , Yang said .
“ Will the infected patients surge and overwhelm the health system , causing mass deaths ?
” he questioned .
As of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time ) , the confirmed cases of coronavirus reached a total of 798 in the UK , with 11 deaths , data showed .
The country has announced to move from containment to a delay policy , which comes after the World Health Organization ( WHO ) declared Europe as the epicenter of the pandemic , and said about 5,000 people have died globally , according to a press release on the UK government ’ s official website on Thursday .

[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ather than widespread diagnosis, quarantining infected individuals and their close contacts under medical observation, steps similar to those in China and Italy, the UK is reportedly adopting an appeasement strategy to allow more than a half of its population to contract COVID-19 so it can build up a “herd immunity,” which Chinese experts believe will imperil some people’s health or even life.
The country’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance told BBC on Friday the government wants around 60 percent of the UK's 66.4 million population to contract the novel coronavirus to try and create “herd immunity” to prevent the virus from becoming an annual crisis, the UK media reported on Friday.
“Herd immunity” in this case, in the absence of a coronavirus vaccine, refers to a significant proportion of people in a community, particularly younger individuals resistant to serious illness, contracting the virus, recovering, and becoming immune to the infection, making it more difficult for the disease to spread among susceptible individuals, Yang Zhanqiu, deputy director of the Pathogen Biology Department at the Wuhan University, told the Global Times on Saturday.
Patrick Vallance’s speech was viewed as a defense to the UK government’s decision to delay enforcement of draconian measures, such as school closures and city lockdown.
However, UK’s alleged appeasement policy has sparked a massive public backlash.
Jeremy Hunt, the country’s former health secretary criticized the government’s negative actions against the infection spread as “surprising and concerning,” after they decided not to cancel large gatherings for the time being.
Swarms of British netizens expressed their worries and rage on Twitter about the “herd immunity” strategy.
“Without vaccinations, the herd immunity approach is that we, as a civilized society have agreed that the weak, the old, the infirmed, as well as random healthy people die. Leaving those that have been infected and survive. How did we come to this?” a netizen tweeted on Saturday, whose sentiments resonated with the views of several other commentators.
Another netizen slammed the strategy as fundamentally about economics. “Personally, I think it's irresponsible to claim it's based on science...The judgement is ultimately political..."
A Chinese student at the University of Cambridge told the Global Times on Saturday he has decided to fly back to China next week, as he feels very insecure in the UK.
The UK government is “gambling with the lives of the whole nation” for “political reasons,” the student lamented. "The government doesn't have the power to make such an ethical decision that will cost some people's lives," the student said. “Whoever has no right to murder a human being,” he complained.
A British resident based in Leeds, who requested anonymity, had different views. “As a last resort, it could be the only solution. It is known that people with health condition and/or over 60 are most vulnerable, so if we build a resistance in the younger people, it could prevent the spread to older and vulnerable people,” he told the Global Times Saturday.
The strategy, by risking residents’ health and even life, is totally unadvisable and reflects irresponsibility of the government, Yang said.
No specific data distinguished the mortality of the youth, the elderly, and the children caused by the disease, which means leaving the youth exposed to the virus could lead to many deaths as the virus is new to humans and its devastating power remains unknown, Yang noted.
Also, the strategy needs significantly strong medical resources to contain the spread of the disease, Yang said. “Will the infected patients surge and overwhelm the health system, causing mass deaths?” he questioned.
As of March 13, 9:00 am (London time) , the confirmed cases of coronavirus reached a total of 798 in the UK, with 11 deaths, data showed.
The country has announced to move from containment to a delay policy, which comes after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Europe as the epicenter of the pandemic, and said about 5,000 people have died globally, according to a press release on the UK government’s official website on Thursday.


thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-03-15--Yellow Vests DEFY Covid-19, lockdown & TEAR GAS to protest Macron government (VIDEOS)

^5000The mainstream imperialist media lie CONSTANTLY .
Literally 24/7 .
And it 's getting worse .
All of them do @ @ @ @ @ , the newspapers , the movies .
The internet .
No exceptions .
The corporate @ @ @ @ @ totalitarian .
CBS does it .
NBC does it .
ABC does it .
CNN @ @ @ @ @ it .
NPR does it .
And of course the NYTimes and WaPo do it @ @ @ @ @ '' voices telling you the same lies .
Enough to convince anyone .

Up to You.
^3000US citizens have no real political representation.
We don't live in a democracy. And our freedom is disappearing fast.
I don't want to be ruled by hypocrites, whores, and war criminals.
What about you? Time to push back against the corporate oligarchy.
And its multitude of minions and lackeys.


thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-03-15--Cuba has medicines for thousands of possible cases of COVID-19

Martínez explained this Friday at a press conference that 22 drugs produced in Cuba are part of the protocol envisaged on the island to deal with the coronavirus outbreak , of which , he said , “ we have for the treatment of thousands of people and we are preparing to significantly increase the production of those with less coverage.
” The executive assured OnCuba that “ the vast majority of products that appear in the Cuban protocol are domestically manufactured ” ―although some imported ones are also included― and among them he highlighted the antiviral recombinant Interferon alfa 2B @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been used successfully in China to cope with the disease .
This is the flagship product of the set of Cuban medicines , which is manufactured both on the island and in a joint venture in Asian production centers , and is highly recommended by medical specialists for its ability to fight the virus .
“ All the capabilities ” exist to supply the national health system and even [ meet ] other nations ’ needs , according to Martínez .
“ We think that we are capable of satisfying not only the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ requests that we are getting from other countries , and that are increasing day by day , ” said Pimentel , who said that so far around 15 nations from different continents have already requested this and other Cuban medicines or have shown interest in them .

Martínez explained this Friday at a press conference that 22 drugs produced in Cuba are part of the protocol envisaged on the island to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, of which, he said, “we have for the treatment of thousands of people and we are preparing to significantly increase the production of those with less coverage.”
The executive assured OnCuba that “the vast majority of products that appear in the Cuban protocol are domestically manufactured” ―although some imported ones are also included― and among them he highlighted the antiviral recombinant Interferon alfa 2B (IFNrec), which already has been used successfully in China to cope with the disease.
This is the flagship product of the set of Cuban medicines, which is manufactured both on the island and in a joint venture in Asian production centers, and is highly recommended by medical specialists for its ability to fight the virus. “All the capabilities” exist to supply the national health system and even [meet] other nations' needs, according to Martínez.
“We think that we are capable of satisfying not only the possible demand in Cuba but also the requests that we are getting from other countries, and that are increasing day by day,” said Pimentel, who said that so far around 15 nations from different continents have already requested this and other Cuban medicines or have shown interest in them.


thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-03-15--Hollywood movie peasants like me are the real victims as coronavirus time bomb ticks off film after

Hollywood movie peasants like me are the real victims as coronavirus time bomb ticks off film after film

ear of Covid-19 is wreaking havoc on Hollywood ’ s economy , and it is the working class of the entertainment industry who will pay the price .
Let me start off by saying that I have no idea if the fears around coronavirus are justified or hyped , but I do know they are having a devastating effect upon the film industry .
Hollywood is facing a potential $ 5 billion loss due to coronavirus .
As a worker in the movie business , the news around the pandemic feels like the old narrative device of the ticking time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is another tick .
Mission Impossible 7 shuts down production because of an outbreak in Venice …tick… the new James Bond movie No Time To Die reschedules its opening from April to November …tick… the film/music festival South by Southwest ( SXSW ) is cancelled because of health concerns …tick .
ALSO ON RT.COMBored in coronavirus quarantine ?
Here are the best epidemic movies to crank up your panic !
Most people think of the movie business in the abstract , as a sort of detached phenomenon known as ‘ Hollywood ’ .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is more an idea… and Los Angeles the place that brings that idea to life .
Los Angeles isn ’ t the glitz and glamour of the Tinseltown movie star myth , rather it is a blue collar , industry town .
The vast majority of people in L.A. are working stiffs who are among the thousands of people who work on each film or TV show as artists , crew members or laborers , be it in the production office or the camera and lighting , sound or arts departments , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drivers , extras or in other capacities .
These folks scratch out a living as freelancers in this massive and perpetually temporary gig economy known as the entertainment business .
These Hollywood peasants , and as a writer and acting coach I count myself among them , are hustlers who work their backsides off as they scramble to survive by eating the crumbs off of corporate Hollywood ’ s overstuffed table .
Now , with as much as 70 percent of a blockbuster ’ s revenue coming from overseas markets , the Covid-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Japan , and Italy are already leading to major shockwaves in corporate Hollywood .
The Mission Impossible 7 , No Time to Die and SXSW postponements/cancellations may seem trivial to casual movie-goers , but to the thousands and thousands of Hollywood hoi polloi who work in production , marketing or staffing of films and festivals who count on that income for the basics , missing out on these paychecks isn ’ t just an inconvenience , it is an outright catastrophe .
Another example is Pearl Jam postponing two concerts scheduled for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Covid-19 .
For lead singer Eddie Vedder , postponing those shows is no big deal , but for the hundreds of minimum wage vendors , parking lot attendants , ticket takers and security guards who depend on that income to survive , it is a massive deal .
They may make that money back eventually , but that won ’ t help them pay the rent next month .
ALSO ON RT.COMCouncil on Foreign Relations cancels coronavirus-themed conference in NYC because of…coronavirus The reality is that people working in the entertainment industry ecosystem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rest of Americans , 40 percent of whom do not have the savings to afford a $ 400 emergency .
While Tom Cruise has a $ 100 million rainy day fund , Hollywood ’ s plebeians do not get sick days , rarely if ever get unemployment , and are perpetually saddled with financial and employment insecurity .
They are also burdened not only by exorbitant L.A. housing costs but also by overpriced and under-performing health insurance when they are lucky enough to have any insurance at all .
Coronavirus slowing down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a cataclysm for Hollywood ’ s proletarian backbone .
The desperation here is already palpable as the stark reality for those living paycheck-to-paycheck is starting to sink in .
The 60,000 homeless people already living in filth on the streets of L.A. are a constant and stark reminder of how quickly things can go bad .
The corona-inspired economic insecurity and health concerns will inevitably lead L.A. ’ s wealthy inhabitants to stay home and stop spending money at restaurants , bars and clubs , which will further spiral the economy downward , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ employees the most .
ALSO ON RT.COMDraconian response to coronavirus may be worse for global economy than epidemic itself And remember that while the rest of us are at home in self-quarantine enjoying streaming services and indulging in my listof best pandemic movies , the workers at movie theaters will be laid off from their minimum wage jobs by their corporate overlords .
It is easy to laugh at ‘ Hollywood ’ for its much publicized excess , extremes , absurdity and depravity ( I do it all the time ) , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the normal , everyday , working class people of Los Angeles who will bear the economic and health burdens , not obnoxious celebrities and over-paid movie stars .
Sadly , James Bond and Tom Cruise are incapable of defusing the coronavirus bomb… and regardless of whether that bomb actually detonates or is a dud , the damage done will most likely leave Hollywood ’ s economy a smoldering crater… and as always , the rank and file of La La Land will be the most severe casualties .
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[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ear of Covid-19 is wreaking havoc on Hollywood’s economy, and it is the working class of the entertainment industry who will pay the price.
Let me start off by saying that I have no idea if the fears around coronavirus are justified or hyped, but I do know they are having a devastating effect upon the film industry.
Hollywood is facing a potential $5 billion loss due to coronavirus. As a worker in the movie business, the news around the pandemic feels like the old narrative device of the ticking time bomb, each story that comes out is another tick.
Mission Impossible 7 shuts down production because of an outbreak in Venice …tick… the new James Bond movie No Time To Die reschedules its opening from April to November …tick… the film/music festival South by Southwest (SXSW) is cancelled because of health concerns …tick.
ALSO ON RT.COMBored in coronavirus quarantine? Here are the best epidemic movies to crank up your panic!
Hollywood is off-screen people
Most people think of the movie business in the abstract, as a sort of detached phenomenon known as ‘Hollywood’. The reality is that ‘Hollywood’ is more an idea… and Los Angeles the place that brings that idea to life.
Los Angeles isn’t the glitz and glamour of the Tinseltown movie star myth, rather it is a blue collar, industry town. The vast majority of people in L.A. are working stiffs who are among the thousands of people who work on each film or TV show as artists, crew members or laborers, be it in the production office or the camera and lighting, sound or arts departments, or as carpenters, caterers, electricians, drivers, extras or in other capacities.
These folks scratch out a living as freelancers in this massive and perpetually temporary gig economy known as the entertainment business. These Hollywood peasants, and as a writer and acting coach I count myself among them, are hustlers who work their backsides off as they scramble to survive by eating the crumbs off of corporate Hollywood’s overstuffed table.
Now, with as much as 70 percent of a blockbuster’s revenue coming from overseas markets, the Covid-19 fueled restrictions in China, South Korea, Japan, and Italy are already leading to major shockwaves in corporate Hollywood.
The Mission Impossible 7, No Time to Die and SXSW postponements/cancellations may seem trivial to casual movie-goers, but to the thousands and thousands of Hollywood hoi polloi who work in production, marketing or staffing of films and festivals who count on that income for the basics, missing out on these paychecks isn’t just an inconvenience, it is an outright catastrophe.
Another example is Pearl Jam postponing two concerts scheduled for April at the L.A. Forum due to Covid-19.
For lead singer Eddie Vedder, postponing those shows is no big deal, but for the hundreds of minimum wage vendors, parking lot attendants, ticket takers and security guards who depend on that income to survive, it is a massive deal. They may make that money back eventually, but that won’t help them pay the rent next month.
ALSO ON RT.COMCouncil on Foreign Relations cancels coronavirus-themed conference in NYC because of…coronavirus
Los Angeles homeless are a constant reminder
The reality is that people working in the entertainment industry ecosystem are just as poorly situated financially as the rest of Americans, 40 percent of whom do not have the savings to afford a $400 emergency.
While Tom Cruise has a $100 million rainy day fund, Hollywood’s plebeians do not get sick days, rarely if ever get unemployment, and are perpetually saddled with financial and employment insecurity.
They are also burdened not only by exorbitant L.A. housing costs but also by overpriced and under-performing health insurance when they are lucky enough to have any insurance at all.
Coronavirus slowing down or stopping film and TV production is a cataclysm for Hollywood’s proletarian backbone. The desperation here is already palpable as the stark reality for those living paycheck-to-paycheck is starting to sink in. The 60,000 homeless people already living in filth on the streets of L.A. are a constant and stark reminder of how quickly things can go bad.
The corona-inspired economic insecurity and health concerns will inevitably lead L.A.’s wealthy inhabitants to stay home and stop spending money at restaurants, bars and clubs, which will further spiral the economy downward, impacting small business owners and service economy employees the most.
ALSO ON RT.COMDraconian response to coronavirus may be worse for global economy than epidemic itself
And remember that while the rest of us are at home in self-quarantine enjoying streaming services and indulging in my listof best pandemic movies, the workers at movie theaters will be laid off from their minimum wage jobs by their corporate overlords.
It is easy to laugh at ‘Hollywood’ for its much publicized excess, extremes, absurdity and depravity (I do it all the time), but know that with coronavirus, it is the normal, everyday, working class people of Los Angeles who will bear the economic and health burdens, not obnoxious celebrities and over-paid movie stars.
Sadly, James Bond and Tom Cruise are incapable of defusing the coronavirus bomb… and regardless of whether that bomb actually detonates or is a dud, the damage done will most likely leave Hollywood’s economy a smoldering crater… and as always, the rank and file of La La Land will be the most severe casualties.
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