pamelagellerreport--2020-04-18--AGAIN: Top coronavirus model significantly lowers total estimates of US deaths in new projection

Revised down again – ‘ significantly ” .
When is reality going to inform actions ?
Remember these models were designed with social distancing .
BREAKING : Adjusted for population , U.S. COVID-19 deaths ( fatalities per million ) are lower than every Western European country — including Britain , Spain , Italy & France — except for Germany .
And USA 's testing rate per million is higher than Britain , Spain , France & Switzerland Top coronavirus model significantly lowers total estimates of US deaths in new projection Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ here .
A key coronavirus model has lowered its estimate of total U.S. deaths in its latest projection of how many will die due to the contagious virus .
The revision will likely fuel criticism from skeptics that initial projections were overblown , and one that government leaders may use to say that efforts to combat the spread are working .
The University of Washington ’ s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation ( IHME ) lowered its projection of total deaths from 68,841 ( with an estimate range of 30,188 to 175,965 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an estimate range of 34,063 to 140,381 ) in an update published Friday .
The institute said that change was partially driven by both higher estimates in states like New York and New Jersey , and lower projections in states like Massachusetts , Connecticut , Georgia and Florida .
“ By incorporating the trend in cases alongside COVID-19 deaths in our model , many locations are now predicted to have longer peaks and are taking longer to move down the epidemic curve to zero deaths , ” a statement from the institute said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have higher projections for cumulative COVID-19 deaths through the first wave.
” The projection is significantly lower than prior estimates from the IHME , which last month was predicting 84,000 deaths from the virus .
Those supportive of such modeling say that it is not a crystal ball , but a snapshot of a situation based on the data and facts available at the time .
As those facts change , so do the models .
Since those 84,000 estimates , more states have implemented sweeping social distancing and lockdown measures in an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Revising models show that those strategies are working , they say .
“ That is modeled on what America is doing .
That ’ s what ’ s happening , ” Dr. Deborah Birx told reporters last week when asked about the modeling .
“ It ’ s a little bit like forecasting the weather , ” Dr. Christopher Murray , who helps create the model from the University of Washington ’ s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation , told “ America ’ s Newsroom ” anchor Ed Henry on Friday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ account all the data that is coming in from all the states and so all of our numbers are going to be revised as we see progress faster or slower .
But , overall , we think that the general trend that we ’ ve seen since the beginning is a range between 40,000 to 150,000 deaths being where we ’ ll fallout for the country come June , ” he said .
Influential coronavirus model predicts US deaths may stop by summer

Revised down again – ‘significantly”. When is reality going to inform actions? Remember these models were designed with social distancing.
BREAKING: Adjusted for population, U.S. COVID-19 deaths (fatalities per million) are lower than every Western European country — including Britain, Spain, Italy & France — except for Germany. And USA's testing rate per million is higher than Britain, Spain, France & Switzerland
Top coronavirus model significantly lowers total estimates of US deaths in new projection
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A key coronavirus model has lowered its estimate of total U.S. deaths in its latest projection of how many will die due to the contagious virus.
The revision will likely fuel criticism from skeptics that initial projections were overblown, and one that government leaders may use to say that efforts to combat the spread are working.
The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) lowered its projection of total deaths from 68,841 (with an estimate range of 30,188 to 175,965) to just over 60,308 (with an estimate range of 34,063 to 140,381) in an update published Friday.
The institute said that change was partially driven by both higher estimates in states like New York and New Jersey, and lower projections in states like Massachusetts, Connecticut, Georgia and Florida.
“By incorporating the trend in cases alongside COVID-19 deaths in our model, many locations are now predicted to have longer peaks and are taking longer to move down the epidemic curve to zero deaths,” a statement from the institute said. “Subsequently, these places now have higher projections for cumulative COVID-19 deaths through the first wave.”
The projection is significantly lower than prior estimates from the IHME, which last month was predicting 84,000 deaths from the virus.
CROWDS FLOCK TO JACKSONVILLE BEACHES; MODEL SIGNIFICANTLY LOWERS FLORIDA’S EXPECTED CORONAVIRUS DEATH TOLL
Those supportive of such modeling say that it is not a crystal ball, but a snapshot of a situation based on the data and facts available at the time. As those facts change, so do the models. Since those 84,000 estimates, more states have implemented sweeping social distancing and lockdown measures in an effort to slow the spread of infections. Revising models show that those strategies are working, they say.
“That is modeled on what America is doing. That’s what’s happening,” Dr. Deborah Birx told reporters last week when asked about the modeling.
“It’s a little bit like forecasting the weather,” Dr. Christopher Murray, who helps create the model from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, told “America’s Newsroom” anchor Ed Henry on Friday.
“We try to take into account all the data that is coming in from all the states and so all of our numbers are going to be revised as we see progress faster or slower. But, overall, we think that the general trend that we’ve seen since the beginning is a range between 40,000 to 150,000 deaths being where we’ll fallout for the country come June,” he said.
Influential coronavirus model predicts US deaths may stop by summer


pamelagellerreport--2020-04-18--Facebook ‘fact checker’ worked at Wuhan lab

A contributor to a Facebook fact-checking organization that censored articles suggesting the coronavirus pandemic originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology collaborated with a scientist at the Chinese lab .
Danielle Anderson of Duke University ’ s NUS Medical School lab in Singapore published nine times with Dr. Peng Zhou , who is known for his research on bats , ZeroHedge reported Anderson contributes to Science Feedback , which Facebook has been using to put “ False Information ” labels on articles about the virus .
Facebook , in an annoucement , said its new policy will seek to eliminate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the platform .
Investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson pointed out Anderson ’ s relationship with the Wuhan lab in a Twitter message .
She noted Anderson has said it ’ s impossible that the virus would have leaked from the lab because it adheres to the highest standards of safety .
“ I have worked in this exact laboratory at various times for the past 2 years .
I can personally attest to the strict control and containment measures implemented while working there , ” Anderson wrote in a “ debunking ” of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ co-wrote an article in the medical journal The Lancet promoting the theory that the virus originated in a Chinese wet market .
However , the U.S. and British intelligence communities are investigating the possibility the virus accidentally leaked from the Wuhan lab .
Further , the U.S. Embassy in Beijing , after visiting the the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2018 , issued two official reports to the State Department warning of inadequate safety , the Washington Post reported .
China ’ s top expert on bat-borne viruses , Shi Zhengli , told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in late December if the coronavirus could have come from her Wuhan lab .
But she now vehemently denies that it did .

A contributor to a Facebook fact-checking organization that censored articles suggesting the coronavirus pandemic originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology collaborated with a scientist at the Chinese lab.
Danielle Anderson of Duke University’s NUS Medical School lab in Singapore published nine times with Dr. Peng Zhou, who is known for his research on bats, ZeroHedge reported
Anderson contributes to Science Feedback, which Facebook has been using to put “False Information” labels on articles about the virus.
Facebook, in an annoucement, said its new policy will seek to eliminate “harmful misinformation” regarding the outbreak from the platform.
Investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson pointed out Anderson’s relationship with the Wuhan lab in a Twitter message. She noted Anderson has said it’s impossible that the virus would have leaked from the lab because it adheres to the highest standards of safety.
“I have worked in this exact laboratory at various times for the past 2 years. I can personally attest to the strict control and containment measures implemented while working there,” Anderson wrote in a “debunking” of a New York Post article.
Anderson co-wrote an article in the medical journal The Lancet promoting the theory that the virus originated in a Chinese wet market.
However, the U.S. and British intelligence communities are investigating the possibility the virus accidentally leaked from the Wuhan lab.
Further, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, after visiting the the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2018, issued two official reports to the State Department warning of inadequate safety, the Washington Post reported.
China’s top expert on bat-borne viruses, Shi Zhengli, told the Scientific American in March she wondered in late December if the coronavirus could have come from her Wuhan lab. But she now vehemently denies that it did.


pamelagellerreport--2020-04-18--‘Total insanity’: Las Vegas mayor slams state’s stay-at-home order and business closures

Watch Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman plead to have Nevada reopen !
It ’ s is so sad .
Re-open America !
The mayor of Las Vegas lashed out against her state government ’ s coronavirus shutdown measures , saying they have reached the point of “ total insanity.
” “ This shutdown has become one of total insanity , ” Democratic Mayor Carolyn Goodman , adding the virus is not going to disappear anytime soon , and society needs to figure out a way to adapt .
“ It ’ s not going to be going away this month @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the flu and other viruses that have impacted populations around the world , this virus , or a derivative there of , will be part of what we work through going forward.
” “ We are a state of 3.2 million people , and we ’ ll soon find out how that changes as we go through our census shortly , ” she added .
“ 2.3 of us live down here in southern Nevada .
Tragically , we have already lost to this virus 128 individuals in Nevada .
Many with complications @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Let me assure you that our sympathies and condolences to those who have lost friends and loved ones .
But let me tell you — with a population of 3.2 million living in Nevada , those whom we lost represent less than a half of 1 % of our population , which has caused us to shut down the entire state and everything that makes Nevada unique.
” “ For heaven ’ s sake , for being closed is killing us already and killing Las Vegas , our industry , our convention @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worked so hard to build .
The longer we wait to do this , the more impossible it will become to recover , ” Goodman warned .
“ From my perspective , I am asking : Open the city .
Open Clark County .
Open the state , ” she implored and followed up with a plea for the public to “ remember the data.
” States across the country have been grappling with the decision of whether or not to reopen as the coronavirus spread appears to be softening in many places @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on random antibody sampling concluded the coronavirus is far more prevalent and less deadly than previously thought .
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Watch Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman plead to have Nevada reopen! It’s is so sad. Re-open America!
Mayor Goodman is at odds with Gov. Sisolak, calling the shutdown one of "total insanity" and calling for Nevada to reopen. "Being closed is killing us already," she says. https://t.co/g7IPZNCWp4 — KTNV Action News (@KTNV) April 15, 2020
‘Total insanity’: Las Vegas mayor slams state’s stay-at-home order and business closures By Washington Examiner, April 17, 2020: The mayor of Las Vegas lashed out against her state government’s coronavirus shutdown measures, saying they have reached the point of “total insanity.” “This shutdown has become one of total insanity,” Democratic Mayor Carolyn Goodman said , adding the virus is not going to disappear anytime soon, and society needs to figure out a way to adapt. “It’s not going to be going away this month, next month, and much like the flu and other viruses that have impacted populations around the world, this virus, or a derivative there of, will be part of what we work through going forward.” “We are a state of 3.2 million people, and we’ll soon find out how that changes as we go through our census shortly,” she added. “2.3 of us live down here in southern Nevada. Tragically, we have already lost to this virus 128 individuals in Nevada. Many with complications attributed, in part, to COVID-19. Let me assure you that our sympathies and condolences to those who have lost friends and loved ones. But let me tell you — with a population of 3.2 million living in Nevada, those whom we lost represent less than a half of 1% of our population, which has caused us to shut down the entire state and everything that makes Nevada unique.”
“For heaven’s sake, for being closed is killing us already and killing Las Vegas, our industry, our convention and tourism business that we have all worked so hard to build. The longer we wait to do this, the more impossible it will become to recover,” Goodman warned. “From my perspective, I am asking: Open the city. Open Clark County. Open the state,” she implored and followed up with a plea for the public to “remember the data.” States across the country have been grappling with the decision of whether or not to reopen as the coronavirus spread appears to be softening in many places. A Stanford University study published this week based on random antibody sampling concluded the coronavirus is far more prevalent and less deadly than previously thought.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-04-18--How Many Americans Already Have Coronavirus Antibodies?

Robert VerBruggen of The National Review , asks the key question , “ How Many People Already Have COVID-19 ?
” A much greater number than previously believed .
Locking ourselves in our rooms is not the answer .
One commenter best described it this way : “ In WWII we built a dozen different fighter planes in an effort to find one that could defeat a zero or an Me-109 , and none really could outperform them in combat situations .
( The P-51D was arguably the best fighter in the air over Europe .
But , not quite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s airframe wasn ’ t rugged enough for carrier based combat.
, etc .
Solution ?
Make all of them , and in large numbers , and understand that some pilots are going to die because we sent them into battle in an inferior aircraft .
But those brave men did it anyway .
We need that courage today .
Go into work if you are young and able , consume goods and services as if there were no virus .
Fight the enemy knowing you might become ill , might get innocent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But here immunity can not be achieved if it ’ s never allowed to happen by cowering in our bomb shelters.
” The 200 participants generally appeared healthy , but about half told the doctors they had had at least one symptom of COVID-19 in the past four weeks .
Sixty-four residents who had a finger pricked in Bellingham Square on Tuesday and Wednesday had antibodies that the immune system makes to fight off the coronavirus , according to Massachusetts General Hospital physicians who ran the pilot study .
Nearly one third @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drop of blood to researchers on the street this week tested positive for antibodies linked to COVID-19 , a startling indication of how widespread infections have been in the densely populated city .
Our sampling strategy selected for members of Santa Clara County with access to Facebook [ because that ’ s where they were recruited from ] and a car to attend drive-through testing sites .
This resulted in an overrepresentation of white women between the ages of 19 and 64 , and an under-representation of Hispanic and Asian populations , relative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ partly addressed by weighting our sample population by zip code , race , and sex to match the county .
We did not account for age imbalance in our sample , and could not ascertain representativeness of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in homeless populations .
Other biases , such as bias favoring individuals in good health capable of attending our testing sites , or bias favoring those with prior COVID-like illnesses seeking antibody confirmation are also possible .
The overall effect of such biases is hard to ascertain .
However , there are important limits @ @ @ @ @ @ @ county , of course , and the study ’ s participants were not a random sample of that jurisdiction ’ s residents : First , researchers at Stanford gave antibody tests — which detect whether someone had COVID in the past , not just whether they ’ re currently infected — to more than 3,000 people in Santa Clara County , Calif. ( also known as Silicon Valley ) .
Only about 3 to 4 percent had antibodies , but this suggests the county was undercounting cases by 50 to 85 times .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ nationwide , more than 10 percent of the country could already have had the illness and gained some immunity .
Nearly a third of 200 blood samples taken in Chelsea show exposure to coronavirus Mass .
General researcher says the results point to a ‘ raging epidemic , ’ but may also indicate the city is further along the disease curve than some other municipalities Nearly one third of 200 Chelsea residents who gave a drop of blood to researchers on the street this week tested positive for antibodies linked to COVID-19 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been in the densely populated city .
Sixty-four residents who had a finger pricked in Bellingham Square on Tuesday and Wednesday had antibodies that the immune system makes to fight off the coronavirus , according to Massachusetts General Hospital physicians who ran the pilot study .
The 200 participants generally appeared healthy , but about half told the doctors they had had at least one symptom of COVID-19 in the past four weeks .
Public health experts already knew Chelsea had the state ’ s highest rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
At least 39 residents have died from the virus , and 712 had tested positive as of Tuesday , a rate of about 1,900 cases per 100,000 residents , or almost 2 percent .
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But the Mass .
General researchers ― who excluded anyone who had tested positive for the virus in the standard nasal swab test ― found that 32 percent of participants have had COVID-19 , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ I think it ’ s both good news and bad news , ” said Dr. John Iafrate , vice chairman of MGH ’ s pathology department and the study ’ s principal investigator .
“ The bad news is that there ’ s a raging epidemic in Chelsea , and many people walking on the street don ’ t know that they ’ re carrying the virus and that they may be exposing uninfected individuals in their families.
” Related : Opinion | Chelsea , city of the working Latino immigrant , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the good-news side , it suggests that Chelsea has made its way through a good part of the epidemic , ” he said .
“ They ’ re probably further along than other towns.
” Scientists suspect that people who recover from COVID-19 may be at least temporarily immune from catching it again .
Several biotechs and academic laboratories , in fact , are seeking blood donations from people who have recovered , in the hopes that their antibodies can help create a treatment or vaccine .
Chelsea ’ s city manager , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ results of the pilot study Thursday in a conference call with the researchers .
He was dismayed , but not shocked .
Related : Chelsea city manager sounds urgent alarm , calls for residents to stay home 24 hours a day “ We ’ ve long thought that the reported numbers are vastly under-counting what the actual infection is , ” said Ambrosino , who has called his city the epicenter of the crisis in Massachusetts .
“ Those reported numbers are based on positive COVID-19 tests , and we ’ re all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percentage of people in Chelsea and everywhere are getting COVID-19 tests.
” “ Still , ” he added , “ it ’ s kind of sobering that 30 percent of a random group of 200 people that are showing no symptoms are , in fact , infected .
It ’ s all the more reason for everyone to be practicing physical distancing.
” Indeed , one of the doctors who tested volunteers in Bellingham Square said it ’ s possible that some of the people who had the antibodies are still contagious .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ doesn ’ t mean you ’ ve cleared the virus , ” said Dr. Vivek Naranbhai , a clinical fellow in hematology and oncology .
Researchers said the test results , which had yet to be shared with state officials late Friday , couldn ’ t necessarily be extrapolated for the city ’ s roughly 40,000 residents .
Still , the findings provided a valuable snapshot of a community that medical experts say is especially vulnerable to COVID-19 .
Chelsea covers only about two square miles , across the Mystic River from Boston @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new immigrants , and about 65 percent of its residents are Latino .
Many live in three-decker houses , Ambrosino said , where it ’ s hard for people to isolate themselves .
Many work in the hospitality industry and health-related fields , where exposure to the virus is greater .
And a lot of them must go to work during the pandemic .
Advertisement Related : What it ’ s like to be a Chelsea cop in the age of coronavirus To get Chelsea residents to participate in the study ― which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ English , Spanish , and Portuguese — investigators allowed them to remain anonymous .
But that meant none of the participants received the results of the blood tests .
The doctors used a diagnostic device made by BioMedomics , of Morrisville , N.C. , to analyze drops of blood .
It resembled an over-the-counter pregnancy test and generated results on the street in about 10 minutes .
Although the test hasn ’ t won the approval of the Food and Drug Administration , Iafrate , the principal investigator , said Mass .
General @ @ @ @ @ @ @ days , the physicians said , they hope to set up a medical tent outside the Mass .
General Chelsea Healthcare Center to perform more antibodies tests with the device .
The site will be located near a tent set up weeks ago to run standard PCR , or polymerase chain reaction , tests for people with active coronavirus symptoms .
The latter uses nasal swabs to detect whether the virus is present at the time ; the antibodies blood test reveals whether someone was infected in the past .
In addition to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want to expand the study to other Massachusetts cities and towns .
For all of those studies , Mass .
General doctors plan to obtain the identities of participants so physicians can provide the results .
But first the researchers need to come up with guidelines for what participants should do if they test positive for antibodies .
Dr. Dean Xerras , medical director of the Mass .
General Chelsea Healthcare Center and a co-investigator in the study , said it illustrates why it ’ s essential for Chelsea and other communities to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they detect antibodies or the virus itself .
“ Knowing how many people are infected is critical , ” said Xerras , a longtime member of the city ’ s board of health .
“ We need to get them isolated .
We need to get masks delivered to the city .
We need to launch more safe isolation sites .
We need to be able to identify cases and then give people the things they need to prevent perpetuation of the spread.
” Chelsea and Revere officials , with help from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency , secured almost 150 rooms at a Quality Inn in Revere this week for residents who are recovering from COVID-19 and unable to isolate themselves at home , according to Ambrosino .
So far , only a handful of those rooms are occupied .
Governor Charlie Baker on Thursday staunchly defended the state ’ s handling of the escalating outbreak in Chelsea , including asserting , without offering details , that city leaders have turned down help from his administration .
The governor ’ s claim surprised officials in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the state , and even health care providers , should have recognized the virus ’ s rapid spread through the city sooner .

Robert VerBruggen of The National Review, asks the key question, “How Many People Already Have COVID-19?” A much greater number than previously believed. Locking ourselves in our rooms is not the answer. One commenter best described it this way:
“In WWII we built a dozen different fighter planes in an effort to find one that could defeat a zero or an Me-109, and none really could outperform them in combat situations. (The P-51D was arguably the best fighter in the air over Europe. But, not quite useless in the pacific because it’s airframe wasn’t rugged enough for carrier based combat., etc. Solution? Make all of them, and in large numbers, and understand that some pilots are going to die because we sent them into battle in an inferior aircraft. But those brave men did it anyway. We need that courage today. Go into work if you are young and able, consume goods and services as if there were no virus. Fight the enemy knowing you might become ill, might get innocent non combatants infected in the cross fire. But here immunity cannot be achieved if it’s never allowed to happen by cowering in our bomb shelters.”
The 200 participants generally appeared healthy, but about half told the doctors they had had at least one symptom of COVID-19 in the past four weeks.
Sixty-four residents who had a finger pricked in Bellingham Square on Tuesday and Wednesday had antibodies that the immune system makes to fight off the coronavirus, according to Massachusetts General Hospital physicians who ran the pilot study.
Nearly one third of 200 Chelsea residents who gave a drop of blood to researchers on the street this week tested positive for antibodies linked to COVID-19, a startling indication of how widespread infections have been in the densely populated city.
Our sampling strategy selected for members of Santa Clara County with access to Facebook [because that’s where they were recruited from] and a car to attend drive-through testing sites. This resulted in an overrepresentation of white women between the ages of 19 and 64, and an under-representation of Hispanic and Asian populations, relative to our community. Those imbalances were partly addressed by weighting our sample population by zip code, race, and sex to match the county. We did not account for age imbalance in our sample, and could not ascertain representativeness of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in homeless populations. Other biases, such as bias favoring individuals in good health capable of attending our testing sites, or bias favoring those with prior COVID-like illnesses seeking antibody confirmation are also possible. The overall effect of such biases is hard to ascertain.
However, there are important limits here. It’s just one county, of course, and the study’s participants were not a random sample of that jurisdiction’s residents:
First, researchers at Stanford gave antibody tests — which detect whether someone had COVID in the past, not just whether they’re currently infected — to more than 3,000 people in Santa Clara County, Calif. (also known as Silicon Valley). Only about 3 to 4 percent had antibodies, but this suggests the county was undercounting cases by 50 to 85 times. If we’re undercounting that badly nationwide, more than 10 percent of the country could already have had the illness and gained some immunity.
Nearly a third of 200 blood samples taken in Chelsea show exposure to coronavirus
Mass. General researcher says the results point to a ‘raging epidemic,’ but may also indicate the city is further along the disease curve than some other municipalities
By Jonathan Saltzman, Boston Globe, April 17, 2020:
Nearly one third of 200 Chelsea residents who gave a drop of blood to researchers on the street this week tested positive for antibodies linked to COVID-19, a startling indication of how widespread infections have been in the densely populated city.
Sixty-four residents who had a finger pricked in Bellingham Square on Tuesday and Wednesday had antibodies that the immune system makes to fight off the coronavirus, according to Massachusetts General Hospital physicians who ran the pilot study.
The 200 participants generally appeared healthy, but about half told the doctors they had had at least one symptom of COVID-19 in the past four weeks.
Public health experts already knew Chelsea had the state’s highest rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases and that the actual rate was probably higher. At least 39 residents have died from the virus, and 712 had tested positive as of Tuesday, a rate of about 1,900 cases per 100,000 residents, or almost 2 percent.
Get Talking Points in your inboxAn afternoon recap of the day’s most important business news, delivered Monday through Friday.
But the Mass. General researchers ― who excluded anyone who had tested positive for the virus in the standard nasal swab test ― found that 32 percent of participants have had COVID-19, and many didn’t know it.
“I think it’s both good news and bad news,” said Dr. John Iafrate, vice chairman of MGH’s pathology department and the study’s principal investigator. “The bad news is that there’s a raging epidemic in Chelsea, and many people walking on the street don’t know that they’re carrying the virus and that they may be exposing uninfected individuals in their families.”
Related: Opinion | Chelsea, city of the working Latino immigrant, emerges as a COVID-19 hotspot
“On the good-news side, it suggests that Chelsea has made its way through a good part of the epidemic,” he said. “They’re probably further along than other towns.”
Scientists suspect that people who recover from COVID-19 may be at least temporarily immune from catching it again. Several biotechs and academic laboratories, in fact, are seeking blood donations from people who have recovered, in the hopes that their antibodies can help create a treatment or vaccine.
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Chelsea’s city manager, Thomas Ambrosino, said he learned the results of the pilot study Thursday in a conference call with the researchers. He was dismayed, but not shocked.
Related: Chelsea city manager sounds urgent alarm, calls for residents to stay home 24 hours a day
“We’ve long thought that the reported numbers are vastly under-counting what the actual infection is,” said Ambrosino, who has called his city the epicenter of the crisis in Massachusetts. “Those reported numbers are based on positive COVID-19 tests, and we’re all aware that a very, very small percentage of people in Chelsea and everywhere are getting COVID-19 tests.”
“Still,” he added, “it’s kind of sobering that 30 percent of a random group of 200 people that are showing no symptoms are, in fact, infected. It’s all the more reason for everyone to be practicing physical distancing.”
Indeed, one of the doctors who tested volunteers in Bellingham Square said it’s possible that some of the people who had the antibodies are still contagious.
“Just because you have the antibodies doesn’t mean you’ve cleared the virus,” said Dr. Vivek Naranbhai, a clinical fellow in hematology and oncology.
Researchers said the test results, which had yet to be shared with state officials late Friday, couldn’t necessarily be extrapolated for the city’s roughly 40,000 residents. Still, the findings provided a valuable snapshot of a community that medical experts say is especially vulnerable to COVID-19.
Chelsea covers only about two square miles, across the Mystic River from Boston. For generations, it has attracted new immigrants, and about 65 percent of its residents are Latino. Many live in three-decker houses, Ambrosino said, where it’s hard for people to isolate themselves. Many work in the hospitality industry and health-related fields, where exposure to the virus is greater. And a lot of them must go to work during the pandemic.
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Related: What it’s like to be a Chelsea cop in the age of coronavirus
To get Chelsea residents to participate in the study ― which included a questionnaire that was available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese — investigators allowed them to remain anonymous. But that meant none of the participants received the results of the blood tests.
The doctors used a diagnostic device made by BioMedomics, of Morrisville, N.C., to analyze drops of blood. It resembled an over-the-counter pregnancy test and generated results on the street in about 10 minutes. Although the test hasn’t won the approval of the Food and Drug Administration, Iafrate, the principal investigator, said Mass. General determined it’s reliable.
Within days, the physicians said, they hope to set up a medical tent outside the Mass. General Chelsea Healthcare Center to perform more antibodies tests with the device. The site will be located near a tent set up weeks ago to run standard PCR, or polymerase chain reaction, tests for people with active coronavirus symptoms. The latter uses nasal swabs to detect whether the virus is present at the time; the antibodies blood test reveals whether someone was infected in the past.
In addition to the new testing site, the researchers want to expand the study to other Massachusetts cities and towns. For all of those studies, Mass. General doctors plan to obtain the identities of participants so physicians can provide the results. But first the researchers need to come up with guidelines for what participants should do if they test positive for antibodies.
Dr. Dean Xerras, medical director of the Mass. General Chelsea Healthcare Center and a co-investigator in the study, said it illustrates why it’s essential for Chelsea and other communities to perform more tests, regardless of whether they detect antibodies or the virus itself.
“Knowing how many people are infected is critical,” said Xerras, a longtime member of the city’s board of health. “We need to get them isolated. We need to get masks delivered to the city. We need to launch more safe isolation sites. We need to be able to identify cases and then give people the things they need to prevent perpetuation of the spread.”
Chelsea and Revere officials, with help from the state Department of Public Health and the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, secured almost 150 rooms at a Quality Inn in Revere this week for residents who are recovering from COVID-19 and unable to isolate themselves at home, according to Ambrosino. So far, only a handful of those rooms are occupied.
Governor Charlie Baker on Thursday staunchly defended the state’s handling of the escalating outbreak in Chelsea, including asserting, without offering details, that city leaders have turned down help from his administration.
The governor’s claim surprised officials in Chelsea who told the Globe this week that the state, and even health care providers, should have recognized the virus’s rapid spread through the city sooner.


pamelagellerreport--2020-04-18--Obama’s NIH Bankrolled Wuhan Lab Where Coronavirus Started

Obama ’ s NIH Sent $ 3.7M to Wuhan Lab Where Coronavirus May Have Originated .
Trump ’ s Stopping It Back in 2015 , when Barack Obama was president , the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) sent a $ 3.7 million grant to the Wuhan Institute of Virology , a lab that grew coronaviruses and injected them into animals .
It is quite feasible that the novel coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 global pandemic leaked from that lab , and U.S. Intelligence sources have been saying that the virus came from a Level-4 lab in Wuhan .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , President Donald Trump pledged to stop the funding .
“ Why would the U.S. give a grant like that to China ?
” a reporter asked .
“ The Obama administration gave them a grant of $ 3.7 million , I ’ ve been hearing about that , and we ’ ve instructed that if any grant going to that area — we ’ re looking at it , literally , about an hour ago — and also early in the morning , we will end that grant very quickly , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ granted quite a while ago .
They were granted quite a substantial amount of money.
” He asked the reporter when the grant was given , and she said the NIH granted it in 2015. Who , indeed ?
Why none other than Barack Obama .
Last Friday , the conservative-leaning animal rights organization White Coat Waste Project alerted The Washington Examiner to the grant , and intelligence sources began to converge on the Wuhan lab earlier this week .
The Wuhan Institute of Virology , the most advanced laboratory of its kind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a mere twenty miles from the infamous wildlife market which was originally thought to be the location of the transfer of the virus from animals to humans .
The sequencing of the coronavirus genome has traced the virus back to bats found in Yunnan caves .
The Wuhan Institute was experimenting on bats from the area already known to be the source of COVID-19 .
Naturally , the revelation that American taxpayers bankrolled the lab that may be responsible for the virus caused no little consternation .
“ When I learned our government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s disgusting wet markets to buy and slaughter cats and dogs for cruel experiments , I helped lead the successful effort to stop it last year , ” said Rep. Matt Gaetz ( R-Fla. ) said in a statement .
“ I ’ m disgusted now to learn that , for years , the U.S. government has been funding dangerous and cruel animal experiments at the Wuhan Institute of Virology , which may have contributed to the global spread of coronavirus , and research at other labs in China that have virtually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s unnecessary and unacceptable for American taxpayers to fund these institutions , and it has to end now , ” Gaetz said .
The White Coat Waste Project praised Trump ’ s decision to cut the Wuhan lab funding .
“ We applaud President Donald Trump for taking swift and decisive action to ensure that American taxpayers are not forced to pay for wasteful and treacherous animal experiments at the Wuhan Institute of Virology , ” the project ’ s founder and president , Anthony Bellotti , said in a statement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ White Coat Waste Project released a blockbuster exposé , which revealed to the world how the National Institutes of Health had given China ’ s sloppy , state-run bio-agent laboratory part of a $ 3.7 million taxpayer-funded grant for dangerous animal experiments on coronavirus-infected bats—experiments that put human lives at risk.
” “ Thanks to the outstanding leadership of President Trump , Congressman Matt Gaetz , and Senator Martha McNally , this misuse of taxpayer dollars is over , ” Bellotti added .
Obama ’ s defenders consistently claim his administration had no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ try to deny that funding the Wuhan lab where the Chinese Wuhan coronavirus may have originated is a scandal .

Who’s surprised?
Nobody:
Obama’s NIH Sent $3.7M to Wuhan Lab Where Coronavirus May Have Originated. Trump’s Stopping It
By Tyler O’Neil, PJM, April 17, 2020
Back in 2015, when Barack Obama was president, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) sent a $3.7 million grant to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a lab that grew coronaviruses and injected them into animals. It is quite feasible that the novel coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 global pandemic leaked from that lab, and U.S. Intelligence sources have been saying that the virus came from a Level-4 lab in Wuhan. During his coronavirus press conference on Friday, President Donald Trump pledged to stop the funding.
“Why would the U.S. give a grant like that to China?” a reporter asked.
“The Obama administration gave them a grant of $3.7 million, I’ve been hearing about that, and we’ve instructed that if any grant going to that area — we’re looking at it, literally, about an hour ago — and also early in the morning, we will end that grant very quickly,” Trump said. “But it was granted quite a while ago. They were granted quite a substantial amount of money.”
He asked the reporter when the grant was given, and she said the NIH granted it in 2015.
“Who was president, then, I wonder?” Trump quipped.
Who, indeed? Why none other than Barack Obama.
Last Friday, the conservative-leaning animal rights organization White Coat Waste Project alerted The Washington Examiner to the grant, and intelligence sources began to converge on the Wuhan lab earlier this week.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology, the most advanced laboratory of its kind on the Chinese mainland, is based a mere twenty miles from the infamous wildlife market which was originally thought to be the location of the transfer of the virus from animals to humans. The sequencing of the coronavirus genome has traced the virus back to bats found in Yunnan caves. The Wuhan Institute was experimenting on bats from the area already known to be the source of COVID-19.
Naturally, the revelation that American taxpayers bankrolled the lab that may be responsible for the virus caused no little consternation.
“When I learned our government was spending taxpayers’ money at China’s disgusting wet markets to buy and slaughter cats and dogs for cruel experiments, I helped lead the successful effort to stop it last year,” said Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said in a statement. “I’m disgusted now to learn that, for years, the U.S. government has been funding dangerous and cruel animal experiments at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which may have contributed to the global spread of coronavirus, and research at other labs in China that have virtually no oversight from U.S. authorities.”
“It’s unnecessary and unacceptable for American taxpayers to fund these institutions, and it has to end now,” Gaetz said.
The White Coat Waste Project praised Trump’s decision to cut the Wuhan lab funding.
“We applaud President Donald Trump for taking swift and decisive action to ensure that American taxpayers are not forced to pay for wasteful and treacherous animal experiments at the Wuhan Institute of Virology,” the project’s founder and president, Anthony Bellotti, said in a statement. “Just one week ago, White Coat Waste Project released a blockbuster exposé, which revealed to the world how the National Institutes of Health had given China’s sloppy, state-run bio-agent laboratory part of a $3.7 million taxpayer-funded grant for dangerous animal experiments on coronavirus-infected bats—experiments that put human lives at risk.”
“Thanks to the outstanding leadership of President Trump, Congressman Matt Gaetz, and Senator Martha McNally, this misuse of taxpayer dollars is over,” Bellotti added.
Obama’s defenders consistently claim his administration had no scandals. Let’s see them try to deny that funding the Wuhan lab where the Chinese Wuhan coronavirus may have originated is a scandal.


pamelagellerreport--2020-04-18--Chinese Officials Applied for Remdesivir Patent In JANUARY,  After Coronavirus Spread in Hubei Provi

Chinese Officials Applied for Remdesivir Patent In JANUARY,  After Coronavirus Spread in Hubei Province, Knowing It Was Effective Against Wuhan Virue

They knew it would treat the virus back in January .
Bio-warfare .
Democrats stand with these destroyers .
Gilead Science ’ s experimental antiviral medicine remdesivir is reportedly showing promise for the treatment of people plagued with the novel coronavirus , with nearly all patients in a closely monitored clinical trial at a Chicago hospital discharged in just days , an early assessment of data released this week revealed .
Remdesivir works by thwarting the virus ’ s ability to replicate inside cells .
Adam Schiff Begs Trump to Stop Blaming China and the WHO for the Wuhan Coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese Officials Applied for Remdesivir Patent – They Knew Then It Would Treat Coronavirus – We Now Have Their Application The deadly China coronavirus that started in China sometime in late 2019 has now circled the globe .
Evidence suggests that the coronavirus was not from a wet market but came from a lab in Wuhan .
[ … ] In January of this year , weeks after the coronavirus was first reported in China , the Wuhan Institute of Virology applied for a patent on a US drug , Remdesivir , used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are able to provide a copy of China ’ s application : Note that the Chinese changed the drug name in their application and are calling it “ Redoxivir ” .
They also admit in their application that they illegally reverse engineered the Remdesivir without Gilead ’ s permission for ‘ humanitarian ’ reason due to the pending epidemic .Remdesivir is used for the treatment of Ebola and coronavirus infections .
The drug showed early success in Washington state treating the coronavirus outbreak near Seattle.Soros Fund Management invested in WuXi in 2011 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ s investments in WuXi AppTec a few weeks ago.After the coronavirus leaked out in the city of Wuhan in Hubei Province , the Chinese attempted to make money by applying for the patent on the drug remdesivir used to treat the deadly virus .
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They knew it would treat the virus back in January. Bio-warfare. Democrats stand with these destroyers.
Patients Reportedly Recovering Quickly After Taking Remdesivir
Gilead Science’s experimental antiviral medicine remdesivir is reportedly showing promise for the treatment of people plagued with the novel coronavirus, with nearly all patients in a closely monitored clinical trial at a Chicago hospital discharged in just days, an early assessment of data released this week revealed. Remdesivir works by thwarting the virus’s ability to replicate inside cells.
Adam Schiff Begs Trump to Stop Blaming China and the WHO for the Wuhan Coronavirus Pandemic
Gateway has the exclusive:
After Coronavirus Spread in Hubei Province Chinese Officials Applied for Remdesivir Patent – They Knew Then It Would Treat Coronavirus – We Now Have Their Application The deadly China coronavirus that started in China sometime in late 2019 has now circled the globe. Evidence suggests that the coronavirus was not from a wet market but came from a lab in Wuhan.[…] Chart via Yaacov Apelbaum In January of this year, weeks after the coronavirus was first reported in China, the Wuhan Institute of Virology applied for a patent on a US drug, Remdesivir, used to treat coronavirus infections. Today we are able to provide a copy of China’s application: Note that the Chinese changed the drug name in their application and are calling it “Redoxivir”. They also admit in their application that they illegally reverse engineered the Remdesivir without Gilead’s permission for ‘humanitarian’ reason due to the pending epidemic .Remdesivir is used for the treatment of Ebola and coronavirus infections. The drug showed early success in Washington state treating the coronavirus outbreak near Seattle.Soros Fund Management invested in WuXi in 2011. The Gateway Pundit reported on Soros’s investments in WuXi AppTec a few weeks ago.After the coronavirus leaked out in the city of Wuhan in Hubei Province, the Chinese attempted to make money by applying for the patent on the drug remdesivir used to treat the deadly virus.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-04-18--Wuhan Virus: Here is a LIST of WHO Director’s Long History of Cover-Ups

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Coronavirus : WHO Director Has a Long History of Cover-Ups Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , head of the World Health Organization , faces increased scrutiny over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic .
Tedros has a long history of covering up epidemics and human rights abuses in Ethiopia , where he served as the minister of health and minister of foreign affairs .
In that role , he oversaw a massive expansion of China ’ s role in Ethiopia .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ investor , largest trading partner and largest lender .
Pictured : Tedros ( left ) meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on January 28 , 2020 .
( Photo by Naohiko Hatta – Pool/Getty Images ) The director general of the World Health Organization ( WHO ) , Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , is facing increased scrutiny over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic , which has infected more than two million people around the world and killed at least 150,000 .
Adhanom , who goes by the name Tedros , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the help of China , began a five-year term as head of the WHO in July 2017 .
He has been accused of misrepresenting the severity and spread of the coronavirus in an attempt to pander to China .
The historical record shows that Tedros , the first African and the first non-physician to lead the WHO , has a long history of covering up epidemics and human rights abuses in Ethiopia , where he served as the minister of health and minister of foreign affairs .
In May 2017 , when Tedros @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three-way race to lead the WHO , the New York Times reported accusations that Tedros covered up three cholera epidemics in Ethiopia when he was the country ’ s health minister between 2005 and 2012 .
Tedros claimed that cholera outbreaks occurring in 2006 , 2009 and 2011 were only “ acute watery diarrhea ” — an infectious disease known in the rest of the world as cholera .
He said that the outbreaks were limited to remote areas of the country where laboratory testing was “ difficult ” and that international concerns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neighboring countries including Kenya , Somalia and Sudan .
The New York Times explained : “ WHO officials have complained privately that Ethiopian officials are not telling the truth about these outbreaks .
Testing for Vibrio cholerae bacteria , which cause cholera , is simple and takes less than two days .
“ During earlier outbreaks , various news organizations , including The Guardian and The Washington Post , reported that unnamed Ethiopian officials were pressuring aid agencies to avoid using the word ‘ cholera ’ and not to report the number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were found in stool samples tested by outside experts .
As soon as severe diarrhea began appearing in neighboring countries , the cause was identified as cholera .
“ United Nations officials said more aid could have been delivered to Ethiopia had the truth been told.
” The director of the O ’ Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University , Lawrence O. Gostin , said that he called attention to Ethiopia ’ s long history of denying cholera outbreaks because he believed the WHO “ might lose its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a representative of a country that itself covers up epidemics .
“ Dr .
Tedros is a compassionate and highly competent public health official , ” Gostin told the New York Times .
“ But he had a duty to speak truth to power and to honestly identify and report verified cholera outbreaks over an extended period.
” Tedros dismissed the accusations against him by playing the race card .
He said that criticism of him stemmed from a “ typical colonial mind-set aimed at… discrediting a candidate from a developing country.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been reluctant to acknowledge the cholera outbreaks “ for fear of damaging the economy.
” The Washington Post explained that Ethiopian authorities have a propensity for refusing to call bad news by its real name : In a similar manner , when international aid groups in 2016 sounded alarm bells over the lack of rain , Ethiopian authorities , including Tedros , were divided over whether they should call it a drought .
The Post reported : Similar allegations of cover-up were reported while Tedros was Ethiopia ’ s foreign minister between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , for instance , Tedros wrote in a blog post that he opposed efforts by Human Rights Watch to force Ethiopia to accept an international investigation into the way the government responded to anti-government protests .
The protests began in November 2015 due to public anger over the government ’ s heavy-handedness .
They escalated in October 2016 , when government security forces fired on a large crowd of festival-goers .
The protests , which eventually spread across the country , left hundreds of people dead and tens of thousands detained .
Tedros @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the director general of the WHO .
In September 2017 , a group of American physicians , in an open letter addressed to Tedros , accused him of failing to investigate outbreaks of cholera in Sudan : “ The mandate of the UN ’ s World Health Organization ( WHO ) could hardly be clearer ; in the words of the Organization : ‘ Our primary role is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations ’ system .
Our goal is to build a better , healthier future for people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ offices in more than 150 countries , WHO staff work side by side with governments and other partners to ensure the highest attainable level of health for all people.
’ “ And yet this impressive mandate is daily made a mockery of by WHO ’ s refusal to refer to the cholera epidemic raging in Sudan by name .
Neither your organization nor the UN ’ s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs will refer explicitly to the fact that what you continue to call “ Acute Watery Diarrhea ” is in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact established by laboratory tests in Sudan… .
“ To be sure , the Khartoum regime has made clear that it will punish Sudanese journalists and health officials who dare to use the word ‘ cholera , ’ and no doubt threats have been issued to WHO , demanding that you be complicit in silence about this terrible disease .
The regime ’ s motive is transparently a desire that the ‘ reputation ’ of Sudan not be compromised by associations the regime perceives would inhere in any accurate designation of a disease @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But the effect of WHO ’ s silence is to ensure that Sudan has not received international medical resources necessary to combat cholera — preeminently massive supplies of re-hydration equipment ; medical epidemiologists as well as specialists in treating cholera epidemics ; and water/sanitation equipment and engineers .
“ By yielding to the Khartoum ’ s regime ’ s threat , you are complicit in the failure to respond to a disease that currently threatens many hundreds of thousands of Sudanese civilians — and is currently active in twelve Sudanese states… .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ massive cholera epidemic in Sudan is reprehensible .
Your failure to transport stool samples from victims in Sudan to Geneva for official confirmation of cholera makes you fully complicit in the terrible suffering and dying that continues to spread , out of control , with daily new reports confirming that this is indeed a cholera epidemic .
“ The inevitable history that will be written of this epidemic will surely cast you in an unforgiving light.
” In October 2017 , Tedros appointed the late Robert Mugabe , the authoritarian leader of Zimbabwe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tedros had praised Zimbabwe as “ a country that places universal health coverage and health promotion at the center of its policies to provide health care to all.
” After global outrage , Tedros rescinded the appointment .
In July 2018 , China Global Television Network ( CGTN ) , a state-owned media outlet , reported that Tedros had met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing .
It was Tedros ’ s second visit to China since he took over as the director general of WHO .
CGTN stated : As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , an executive member of the Marxist-Leninist Tigray People ’ s Liberation Front ( TPLF ) , oversaw a massive expansion of China ’ s role in Ethiopia .
China is Ethiopia ’ s biggest foreign investor , its largest trading partner and also its largest lender .
Ethiopia is now ensnared in a debt trap that leaves the country vulnerable to pressure from Beijing .
On April 15 , U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced that he will withhold funding to the WHO while his administration reviews the group ’ s “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ related to the pandemic .
The United States is the WHO ’ s largest donor , providing approximately $ 900 million for the two-year budget cycle of 2018 and 2019 .
In a statement , the White House said that the WHO “ has longstanding structural issues that must be addressed before the organization can be trusted again.
” It added that the WHO was “ vulnerable to misinformation and political influence ” and that measures were needed to “ counter China ’ s outsized influence on the organization.
” That same day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the WHO provide information , records and documents regarding the origins of the coronavirus as part of a larger investigation into the global response to the pandemic .
In a letter to Tedros , Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson and other Republican Senators requested a sweeping list of materials regarding what they called “ WHO ’ s failed and delayed response to the Coronavirus.
” Meanwhile , an online petition calling for Tedros ’ s immediate resignation neared one million signatures .
The petition , posted on the Change.org website , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Adhanom Ghebreyesus is not fit for his role as WHO Director General.
” Timeline of WHO ’ s Efforts to Pander to China Several media outlets have published timelines of Chinese efforts to conceal the extent of the coronavirus from the rest of the world ( here , here , here and here ) .
Following is an abbreviated timeline of Tedros ’ s complicity with China : • December 30 .
Li Wenliang , a 34-year-old doctor , sounded the alarm about a new coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan , China .
Li @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other doctors warning that seven patients had been quarantined at Wuhan Central Hospital after coming down with a respiratory illness that seemed like the SARS coronavirus .
The police in Wuhan subsequently reprimanded and silenced Li , requiring him to sign a letter acknowledging that he was making “ false comments.
” • December 31 .
Taiwan contacted the WHO after seeing Li ’ s reports of human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus in Wuhan , but the WHO kept it from the public .
• January 1 .
An employee of a genomics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from an official at the Hubei Provincial Health Commission , ordering the company to stop testing samples from Wuhan related to the new disease and to destroy all existing samples .
• January 3 .
China ’ s National Health Commission ( NHC ) , the nation ’ s top health authority , ordered institutions not to publish any information related to the unknown disease , and ordered labs to transfer any samples they had to designated testing institutions , or to destroy them .
• January 9 .
China identified the new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disease in Wuhan .
• January 14. WHO tweeted : “ Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel # coronavirus.
” A day earlier , WHO had reported the first case outside of China — in Thailand .
• January 21 .
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the United States in the state of Washington .
The patient had recently returned from Wuhan .
• January 23 .
Wuhan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was placed in lockdown .
China closed all internal transit from Wuhan to other cities in China , but did nothing to stop international flights .
• January 30 .
Tedros visited China and praised the country ’ s leadership for “ setting a new standard for outbreak response.
” He also declared the coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern .
• January 31 .
The Trump Administration announced travel restrictions to and from China , effective February 2 .
• February 4 .
Tedros rebuked President Trump ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can have the effect of increasing fear and stigma , with little public health benefit.
” • February 7 .
Doctor Li Wenliang , the coronavirus whistleblower , died in Wuhan after being infected with the virus .
His death sparked an outpouring of grief and anger online in China .
• February 14 .
Tedros said that WHO was “ seeking clarity on how clinical diagnoses are being made so that other respiratory illnesses , including influenza , are not getting mixed into the COVID-19 data.
” He also warned against criticizing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for solidarity , not stigma.
” • February 28. WHO , in a 40-page report , praised China ’ s response to COVID-19 : “ China ’ s bold approach to contain the rapid spread of this new respiratory pathogen has changed the course of a rapidly escalating and deadly epidemic.
” • March 11 .
Tedros finally declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic : “ We expect to see the number of cases , the number of deaths , and the number of affected countries climb even higher.
” • March 18 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mike Ryan , criticized President Trump : “ We need to be careful of the language we use lest it lead to profiling .
The pandemic flu of 2009 started in North America , and we didn ’ t call it the North American flu .
This is a time to move forward and fight the virus together .
Viruses know no borders and they don ’ t care about your ethnicity , the color of your skin or how much money you have in the bank.
” • March 20 .
Tedros @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of coronavirus .
• March 29 .
Ai Fen , a Wuhan doctor who was among the first to alert other medics to the spread of coronavirus , disappeared amid concerns that she had been detained by Chinese authorities .
Her whereabouts are unknown .
• April 8 .
A day after U.S. President Donald Trump accused the WHO of being “ very China-centric , ” and threatened to cut funding to WHO , Tedros responded : “ Please quarantine politicizing COVID .
We will have many body bags in front of us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tedros also said that criticism of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic was motivated by racism .
• April 16 .
A second wave of Covid-19 erupted in the northern Chinese city of Harbin .

The Democrats remain staunchly behind this Communist Chinese puppet because any enemy of America is a friend of the Democrats.
Coronavirus: WHO Director Has a Long History of Cover-Ups
by Soeren Kern April 18, 2020:
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, faces increased scrutiny over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Tedros has a long history of covering up epidemics and human rights abuses in Ethiopia, where he served as the minister of health and minister of foreign affairs. In that role, he oversaw a massive expansion of China’s role in Ethiopia. China is Ethiopia’s biggest foreign investor, largest trading partner and largest lender. Pictured: Tedros (left) meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on January 28, 2020. (Photo by Naohiko Hatta – Pool/Getty Images)The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is facing increased scrutiny over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than two million people around the world and killed at least 150,000.
Adhanom, who goes by the name Tedros, is an Ethiopian microbiologist who, with the help of China, began a five-year term as head of the WHO in July 2017. He has been accused of misrepresenting the severity and spread of the coronavirus in an attempt to pander to China.
The historical record shows that Tedros, the first African and the first non-physician to lead the WHO, has a long history of covering up epidemics and human rights abuses in Ethiopia, where he served as the minister of health and minister of foreign affairs.
In May 2017, when Tedros emerged as the top candidate in a three-way race to lead the WHO, the New York Times reported accusations that Tedros covered up three cholera epidemics in Ethiopia when he was the country’s health minister between 2005 and 2012.
Tedros claimed that cholera outbreaks occurring in 2006, 2009 and 2011 were only “acute watery diarrhea” — an infectious disease known in the rest of the world as cholera. He said that the outbreaks were limited to remote areas of the country where laboratory testing was “difficult” and that international concerns were overblown. The epidemics eventually reached neighboring countries including Kenya, Somalia and Sudan. The New York Times explained:
“WHO officials have complained privately that Ethiopian officials are not telling the truth about these outbreaks. Testing for Vibrio cholerae bacteria, which cause cholera, is simple and takes less than two days. “During earlier outbreaks, various news organizations, including The Guardian and The Washington Post, reported that unnamed Ethiopian officials were pressuring aid agencies to avoid using the word ‘cholera’ and not to report the number of people affected. “But cholera bacteria were found in stool samples tested by outside experts. As soon as severe diarrhea began appearing in neighboring countries, the cause was identified as cholera. “United Nations officials said more aid could have been delivered to Ethiopia had the truth been told.”
The director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, Lawrence O. Gostin, said that he called attention to Ethiopia’s long history of denying cholera outbreaks because he believed the WHO “might lose its legitimacy” if it is run by a representative of a country that itself covers up epidemics.
“Dr. Tedros is a compassionate and highly competent public health official,” Gostin told the New York Times. “But he had a duty to speak truth to power and to honestly identify and report verified cholera outbreaks over an extended period.”
Tedros dismissed the accusations against him by playing the race card. He said that criticism of him stemmed from a “typical colonial mind-set aimed at… discrediting a candidate from a developing country.”
The Guardian reported that the Ethiopian government has been reluctant to acknowledge the cholera outbreaks “for fear of damaging the economy.” The Washington Post explained that Ethiopian authorities have a propensity for refusing to call bad news by its real name:
“Acute watery diarrhea [AWD] is a potentially fatal condition caused by water infected with the Vibrio cholera bacterium. Everywhere else in the world it is simply called cholera. “But not in Ethiopia, where international humanitarian organizations privately admit that they are only allowed to call it AWD and are not permitted to publish the number of people affected. “The government is apparently concerned about the international impact if news of a significant cholera outbreak were to get out, even though the disease is not unusual in East Africa. “This means that, hypothetically, when refugees from South Sudan with cholera flee across the border into Ethiopia, they suddenly have AWD instead.”
In a similar manner, when international aid groups in 2016 sounded alarm bells over the lack of rain, Ethiopian authorities, including Tedros, were divided over whether they should call it a drought. The Post reported:
“The narrative for Ethiopia in 2015 was a successful nation with double-digit growth, and the government did not want to bring back memories of the 1980s drought that killed hundreds of thousands and left the country forever associated with famine. “‘We don’t use the f-word,’ explained an aid worker… referring to famine.”
Similar allegations of cover-up were reported while Tedros was Ethiopia’s foreign minister between 2012 and 2016. In October 2016, for instance, Tedros wrote in a blog post that he opposed efforts by Human Rights Watch to force Ethiopia to accept an international investigation into the way the government responded to anti-government protests.
The protests began in November 2015 due to public anger over the government’s heavy-handedness. They escalated in October 2016, when government security forces fired on a large crowd of festival-goers. The protests, which eventually spread across the country, left hundreds of people dead and tens of thousands detained.
Tedros’s cover-ups continued after he became the director general of the WHO. In September 2017, a group of American physicians, in an open letter addressed to Tedros, accused him of failing to investigate outbreaks of cholera in Sudan:
“The mandate of the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) could hardly be clearer; in the words of the Organization: ‘Our primary role is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations’ system. Our goal is to build a better, healthier future for people all over the world. Working through offices in more than 150 countries, WHO staff work side by side with governments and other partners to ensure the highest attainable level of health for all people.’ “And yet this impressive mandate is daily made a mockery of by WHO’s refusal to refer to the cholera epidemic raging in Sudan by name. Neither your organization nor the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs will refer explicitly to the fact that what you continue to call “Acute Watery Diarrhea” is in fact cholera, Vibrio cholera — a fact established by laboratory tests in Sudan…. “To be sure, the Khartoum regime has made clear that it will punish Sudanese journalists and health officials who dare to use the word ‘cholera,’ and no doubt threats have been issued to WHO, demanding that you be complicit in silence about this terrible disease. The regime’s motive is transparently a desire that the ‘reputation’ of Sudan not be compromised by associations the regime perceives would inhere in any accurate designation of a disease that is clearly out of control. But the effect of WHO’s silence is to ensure that Sudan has not received international medical resources necessary to combat cholera — preeminently massive supplies of re-hydration equipment; medical epidemiologists as well as specialists in treating cholera epidemics; and water/sanitation equipment and engineers. “By yielding to the Khartoum’s regime’s threat, you are complicit in the failure to respond to a disease that currently threatens many hundreds of thousands of Sudanese civilians — and is currently active in twelve Sudanese states…. “Your silence about what is clearly a massive cholera epidemic in Sudan is reprehensible. Your failure to transport stool samples from victims in Sudan to Geneva for official confirmation of cholera makes you fully complicit in the terrible suffering and dying that continues to spread, out of control, with daily new reports confirming that this is indeed a cholera epidemic. “The inevitable history that will be written of this epidemic will surely cast you in an unforgiving light.”
In October 2017, Tedros appointed the late Robert Mugabe, the authoritarian leader of Zimbabwe, as a UN Goodwill Ambassador. Tedros had praised Zimbabwe as “a country that places universal health coverage and health promotion at the center of its policies to provide health care to all.” After global outrage, Tedros rescinded the appointment.
Writing for the Sunday Times, Rebecca Myers wrote:
“Diplomats said [Mugabe’s] appointment was a political payoff from Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus — the WHO’s first African director-general — to China, a long-time ally of Mugabe, and the 50 or so African states that helped to secure Tedros’s election earlier this year… “Chinese diplomats had campaigned hard for the Ethiopian, using Beijing’s financial clout and opaque aid budget to build support for him among developing countries.”
Columnist Frida Ghitis, writing for The Washington Post added:
“The WHO director’s decision to honor the dictator is a misjudgment of breathtaking proportions. The stain it has left on the WHO will not be easily cleansed. We must find out what was behind it. If an investigation proves that giving this prestigious appointment to a brutal human rights violator was the result of corruption, Tedros must leave. In fact, Tedros’s tenure should already be regarded as probationary, and his judgment in question…. “Some speculate that Tedros’s decision to appoint Mugabe was a pay-off to China, which worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help Tedros defeat the United Kingdom candidate for the WHO job, David Nabarro. Tedros’s victory was also a victory for Beijing, whose leader Xi Jinping has made public his goal of flexing China’s muscle in the world.”
In July 2018, China Global Television Network (CGTN), a state-owned media outlet, reported that Tedros had met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing. It was Tedros’s second visit to China since he took over as the director general of WHO. CGTN stated:
“The Chinese state councilor [Wang Yi] went on to say that healthcare was an important part of global governance and China’s national development strategy. He said Beijing was willing to deepen cooperation with the WHO under a number of initiatives, such as their joint ‘Health Silk Road’ project, various China-Africa health development plans, as well as the organization’s five-year action plan for health, employment and inclusive economic growth. “Dr. Tedros welcomed Wang’s comments, saying their enhanced cooperation would improve health standards in countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.”
As Ethiopia’s foreign minister, Tedros, an executive member of the Marxist-Leninist Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), oversaw a massive expansion of China’s role in Ethiopia. China is Ethiopia’s biggest foreign investor, its largest trading partner and also its largest lender.
Writing for Politico, Simon Marks explained:
“Over the course of the last decade, Ethiopia has become increasingly dependent on Chinese investment. “The Export-Import Bank of China put up $2.9 billion of the $3.4 billion railway project connecting Ethiopia to Djibouti, providing the landlocked country access to ports. Chinese funds were also instrumental in the construction of Ethiopia’s first six-lane highway — an $800 million project — the metro system, and several skyscrapers dotting Addis Ababa’s skyline. “Beijing also accounts for nearly half of Ethiopia’s external debt and has lent at least $13.7 billion to Ethiopia between 2000 and 2018, data compiled by John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies shows.”
Ethiopia is now ensnared in a debt trap that leaves the country vulnerable to pressure from Beijing.
On April 15, U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced that he will withhold funding to the WHO while his administration reviews the group’s “mismanagement, cover-ups, and failures” related to the pandemic. The United States is the WHO’s largest donor, providing approximately $900 million for the two-year budget cycle of 2018 and 2019.
In a statement, the White House said that the WHO “has longstanding structural issues that must be addressed before the organization can be trusted again.” It added that the WHO was “vulnerable to misinformation and political influence” and that measures were needed to “counter China’s outsized influence on the organization.”
That same day, members of the U.S. Senate demanded that the WHO provide information, records and documents regarding the origins of the coronavirus as part of a larger investigation into the global response to the pandemic.
In a letter to Tedros, Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson and other Republican Senators requested a sweeping list of materials regarding what they called “WHO’s failed and delayed response to the Coronavirus.”
Meanwhile, an online petition calling for Tedros’s immediate resignation neared one million signatures. The petition, posted on the Change.org website, states: “We strongly think Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is not fit for his role as WHO Director General.”
Timeline of WHO’s Efforts to Pander to China
Several media outlets have published timelines of Chinese efforts to conceal the extent of the coronavirus from the rest of the world (here, here, here and here). Following is an abbreviated timeline of Tedros’s complicity with China:


pamelagellerreport--2020-04-18--DEMOCRATS WRONG: Fauci says coronavirus testing isn’t everything when it comes to reopening states

Anyone checking on Cuomo ?
Testing is the new cop-out for Democrat governors paralyzed by their own ineptitude and drunk on the power of destroying the economy .
Fauci says coronavirus testing isn ’ t everything when it comes to reopening states White House coronavirus task force member Anthony Fauci says critics incorrectly believe that “ testing is everything ” as states prepare to reopen from the coronavirus pandemic .
Fauci , who enjoys broad respect among Democrats for his willingness to contradict President Trump , said testing concerns are over-hyped as Trump proposes that states pursue a phased reopening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ve been hearing is essentially ‘ testing is everything ’ and it isn ’ t , ” Fauci said Friday night at a White House press conference .
Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , spoke after Democrats spent Friday slamming Trump for pushing a reopening of states as reckless without broader testing .
Maine Sen. Angus King , an independent who caucuses with Democrats , told Vice President Mike Pence on a Friday call that a lack of testing capacity was a “ dereliction of duty.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ mad about a phone call in my life , ” King told Pence .
Gov .
Andrew Cuomo ( D-NY ) jeered Trump .
“ The president doesn ’ t want to help on testing , ” Cuomo said Friday .
“ I said 11 times , I said the one issue we need help with is testing .
He said , 11 times , ‘ I don ’ t want to get involved with testing , it ’ s too complicated , it ’ s too hard.
’ ” Fauci likened new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He said people don ’ t contract the virus without risky behavior .
For COVID-19 , Fauci said that risk mitigation such as social distancing reduces the likelihood of catching the virus .
“ It ’ s the kinds of things that we ’ ve been doing , the mitigation strategies that are an important part , ” Fauci said .
“ What we really needed for for Phase One is to be able to identify , isolate [ and ] contact trace , ” Fauci said .
“ A very important @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back gradually and slowly on the mitigation , and you have people who might be infected , you want to know they ’ re infected , you want to put them in care.
” Fauci said that with tests for infection for the virus , “ a test means you ’ re negative now , ” and does not guarantee a person would remain virus-free .
On Thursday , task force members announced that the federal government would have “ sentinel ” intelligence conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and at Native American reservations .
As of Thursday , there were about 3.8 million coronavirus tests performed , of whom nearly 700,000 people tested positive .
Fauci , an early critic of testing capacity , said Friday that problems were “ corrected ” with test processes .
CDC Director Robert Redfield displayed to reporters graphs showing spikes in respiratory illnesses over the past year , as indicated by long-standing surveillance at hospitals , with two influenza spikes and one for the coronavirus .
“ It ’ s not just taking a test @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Redfield told reporters at the White House press conference .
Right now , “ we ’ re really coming down to the baseline background in terms of our flu surveillance system from the overall coronavirus situation right now , ” Redfield said .
“ Just think of the weather radar , ” he said .
“ If the weather radar is clear , you ’ re not going to have a thunderstorm or tornado .
”

Anyone checking on Cuomo? Testing is the new cop-out for Democrat governors paralyzed by their own ineptitude and drunk on the power of destroying the economy.
Fauci says coronavirus testing isn’t everything when it comes to reopening states
White House coronavirus task force member Anthony Fauci says critics incorrectly believe that “testing is everything” as states prepare to reopen from the coronavirus pandemic.
By: Steven Nelson, NY Post, April 18, 202:
Fauci, who enjoys broad respect among Democrats for his willingness to contradict President Trump, said testing concerns are over-hyped as Trump proposes that states pursue a phased reopening.
“The emphasis that we’ve been hearing is essentially ‘testing is everything’ and it isn’t,” Fauci said Friday night at a White House press conference.
Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke after Democrats spent Friday slamming Trump for pushing a reopening of states as reckless without broader testing.
Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, told Vice President Mike Pence on a Friday call that a lack of testing capacity was a “dereliction of duty.”
“I have never been so mad about a phone call in my life,” King told Pence.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) jeered Trump. “The president doesn’t want to help on testing,” Cuomo said Friday. “I said 11 times, I said the one issue we need help with is testing. He said, 11 times, ‘I don’t want to get involved with testing, it’s too complicated, it’s too hard.’”
Fauci likened new coronavirus infections to his experience with HIV/AIDS. He said people don’t contract the virus without risky behavior. For COVID-19, Fauci said that risk mitigation such as social distancing reduces the likelihood of catching the virus.
“It’s the kinds of things that we’ve been doing, the mitigation strategies that are an important part,” Fauci said.
“What we really needed for for Phase One is to be able to identify, isolate [and] contact trace,” Fauci said. “A very important part of when you’re pulling back gradually and slowly on the mitigation, and you have people who might be infected, you want to know they’re infected, you want to put them in care.”
Fauci said that with tests for infection for the virus, “a test means you’re negative now,” and does not guarantee a person would remain virus-free.
On Thursday, task force members announced that the federal government would have “sentinel” intelligence conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at nursing homes, at inner-city clinics and at Native American reservations.
As of Thursday, there were about 3.8 million coronavirus tests performed, of whom nearly 700,000 people tested positive. Fauci, an early critic of testing capacity, said Friday that problems were “corrected” with test processes.
CDC Director Robert Redfield displayed to reporters graphs showing spikes in respiratory illnesses over the past year, as indicated by long-standing surveillance at hospitals, with two influenza spikes and one for the coronavirus.
“It’s not just taking a test. It’s monitoring these systems,” Redfield told reporters at the White House press conference.
Right now, “we’re really coming down to the baseline background in terms of our flu surveillance system from the overall coronavirus situation right now,” Redfield said.
US Public Health Service Adm. Brett Giroir likened surveillance mechanism to weather radar.
“Just think of the weather radar,” he said. “If the weather radar is clear, you’re not going to have a thunderstorm or tornado.”


pamelagellerreport--2020-04-18--Dem Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declares abortion a ‘life-sustaining’ service but  banned much-ne

Dem Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declares abortion a ‘life-sustaining’ service but  banned much-needed elective medical procedures.

Whitmer has been hit with protests and some lawsuits over her stay-at-home order , which some have said is too restrictive .
Protesters swarmed Michigan ’ s capital city , Lansing , on Wednesday to protest the policy .
Governor Gretchen Whitmer is a ghoul .
She is a dangerous ideologue who knows nothing about science and doesn ’ t care to learn .
Whitmer deems elective abortion “ essential ” because the abortion industry has funded her political career .
She ’ s encouraging liquor and lotto ticket sales because sin taxes levied on the poorest people in Michigan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ services because she knows who her political opponents are .
These aren ’ t decisions rooted in epidemiology .
They are partisan political decisions , every one .
And she ’ s not the only governor making them .
Governor Gretchen Whitmer is a ghoul .
She is a dangerous ideologue who knows nothing about science and doesn ’ t care to learn .
Whitmer deems elective abortion “ essential ” because the abortion industry has funded her political career .
She ’ s encouraging liquor and lotto ticket sales because sin taxes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fund her government .
She bans church services because she knows who her political opponents are .
These aren ’ t decisions rooted in epidemiology .
They are partisan political decisions , every one .
And she ’ s not the only governor making them .
Michigan Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer said abortion is a “ life-sustaining ” health care procedure that must remain available during the coronavirus pandemic .
The Democratic governor spoke about the importance of abortion services during David Axelrod ’ s “ The Axe Files ” podcast Wednesday .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Michigan , ” Ms. Whitmer responded .
“ Some people have tried to say that that type of a procedure is considered the same and that ’ s ridiculous , ” she added , referring to abortion .
“ A woman ’ s health care , her whole future , her ability to decide if and when she starts a family is not an election , it is fundamental to her life , ” she continued .
“ It is life sustaining and it ’ s something that government should not be getting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Axelrod asked Ms. Whitmer whether she thought conservatives were using the pandemic as a “ back door ” way to try to permanently ban abortions or if temporarily banning them during the crisis was a “ legitimate public policy decision.
” “ My gut is it ’ s the former , ” the governor replied .
“ I ’ m not in Texas , I don ’ t know all the individuals involved , but I do think there is a concerted effort to use every opportunity to take away women ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decisions .
”

Whitmer has been hit with protests and some lawsuits over her stay-at-home order, which some have said is too restrictive. Protesters swarmed Michigan’s capital city, Lansing, on Wednesday to protest the policy.
Gov. Whitmer: Abortions Are “Life-Sustaining” Governor Gretchen Whitmer is a ghoul. She is a dangerous ideologue who knows nothing about science and doesn’t care to learn. Whitmer deems elective abortion “essential” because the abortion industry has funded her political career. She’s encouraging liquor and lotto ticket sales because sin taxes levied on the poorest people in Michigan fund her government. She bans church services because she knows who her political opponents are. These aren’t decisions rooted in epidemiology. They are partisan political decisions, every one. And she’s not the only governor making them.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declares abortion a ‘life-sustaining’ service By Jessica Chasmar – The Washington Times – Friday, April 17, 2020 Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said abortion is a “life-sustaining” health care procedure that must remain available during the coronavirus pandemic. The Democratic governor spoke about the importance of abortion services during David Axelrod’s “The Axe Files” podcast Wednesday. “We stopped elective surgeries here in Michigan,” Ms. Whitmer responded. “Some people have tried to say that that type of a procedure is considered the same and that’s ridiculous,” she added, referring to abortion. “A woman’s health care, her whole future, her ability to decide if and when she starts a family is not an election, it is fundamental to her life,” she continued. “It is life sustaining and it’s something that government should not be getting in the middle of. “ Mr. Axelrod asked Ms. Whitmer whether she thought conservatives were using the pandemic as a “back door” way to try to permanently ban abortions or if temporarily banning them during the crisis was a “legitimate public policy decision.” “My gut is it’s the former,” the governor replied. “I’m not in Texas, I don’t know all the individuals involved, but I do think there is a concerted effort to use every opportunity to take away women’s ability to make our own health care decisions.”
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pamelagellerreport--2020-04-18--LOOK at the difference in rise in deaths from states with lockdown orders versus states with no lock

LOOK at the difference in rise in deaths from states with lockdown orders versus states with no lockdown orders

The original goal of these lockdowns was to ‘ flatten the curve.
” Remember that ?
Whiplash how quickly fascist , totalitarian take-downs took-over .
Amazing @ unherd interview with @ JohanGiesecke , one of the world ’ s top epidemiologists , who says lockdowns are wrong , the @ imperialcollege paper was lousy , and the # COVID death rate will wind up similar to a bad flu year – 1 in 1,000 .
Well worth watching .
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The original goal of these lockdowns was to ‘flatten the curve.” Remember that? Whiplash how quickly fascist, totalitarian take-downs took-over.
Rise in deaths from some states WITH stay-at-home orders in the past week: VA – 160%
RI – 149%
NJ – 110%
NC – 112%
MD – 181% Rise in deaths from states w no stay-at-home OK – 56%
AR – 83%
ND – 125%
IA – 96%
SD – 17% Fuck you people for spreading this lie. Fuck you. pic.twitter.com/EY2pUUBvVT — PoliMath (@politicalmath) April 17, 2020
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