climatedepot--2020-03-24--TRUMP: I ‘Would Love To Have The Country ‘Opened Up’ By Easter – ‘We’ve never closed down the countr

TRUMP: I ‘Would Love To Have The Country ‘Opened Up’ By Easter – ‘We’ve never closed down the country from the flu’

“ Our people want to return to work , ” Trump wrote Monday on Twitter .
“ They will practice Social Distancing and all else , and Seniors will be watched over protectively & lovingly .
We can do two things together .
THE CURE CAN NOT BE WORSE ( by far ) THAN THE PROBLEM !
Congress MUST ACT NOW .
We will come back strong !
” ... “ We lose thousands of people a year to the flu .
We never turn the country off , ” Trump said , echoing what he said Monday night at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lose much more than that to automobile accidents .
We didn ’ t call up the automobile companies and say , ‘ Stop making cars .
We don ’ t want any cars anymore.
’ We have to get back to work.
” “ We ’ ve never closed down the country from the flu.
” President Trump said Tuesday he would “ love to have the country opened up ” by Easter which is April 12 .
“ It ’ s such an important day for other reasons , but I will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : I would love to have the country opened up , and they are just raring to go , by Easter , ” the president said in a Fox News virtual town hall from the White House Rose Garden .
“ We ’ re opening up this incredible country .
Because we have to do that .
I would love to have it open by Easter.
” On March 16 , Trump laid out a 15-day plan for Americans to follow .
But in recent days , Trump has suggested that the timetable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Our people want to return to work , ” Trump wrote Monday on Twitter .
“ They will practice Social Distancing and all else , and Seniors will be watched over protectively & lovingly .
We can do two things together .
THE CURE CAN NOT BE WORSE ( by far ) THAN THE PROBLEM !
Congress MUST ACT NOW .
We will come back strong !
” In the Rose Garden , Trump said Americans are killed by all kinds of things and we don ’ t shut down the country .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ year to the flu .
We never turn the country off , ” Trump said , echoing what he said Monday night at a White House briefing .
“ We lose much more than that to automobile accidents .
We didn ’ t call up the automobile companies and say , ‘ Stop making cars .
We don ’ t want any cars anymore.
’ We have to get back to work.
” “ We ’ ve never closed down the country from the flu.
” Trump said when Americans return to work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ precautions .
“ We can socially distance ourselves and go to work , and you have to work a little bit harder .
And you can clean your hands five times more than you used to .
You don ’ t have to shake hands anymore , with people .
That might be something good coming out of this , ” Trump said .
In Monday ’ s briefing , Trump said tough decisions need to be made .
“ We have two very , very powerful alternatives that we have to take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Life is fragile and economies are fragile.
” “ If it were up to the doctors , they may say , ‘ Let ’ s keep it shut down .
Let ’ s shut down the entire world because again you ’ re up to 150 countries , ’ ” Trump said , when asked whether any doctors on the task force agreed with his suggestion that social distancing guidelines will pay off in weeks not months .
“ So , let ’ s shut down the entire world and when we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be wonderful , and let ’ s keep it shut for a couple of years .
We can ’ t do that , ” Trump said .
The president also lauded health care professionals who have been conducting tens of thousands of tests for the coronavirus .
“ We ’ ve done more tests in eight days than South Korea did in eight weeks , ” Trump said .
South Korea has been praised for its quick set-up for testing , but experts say that ’ s not the reason the Asian country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the infected .


climatedepot--2020-03-24--Latest Antarctic Meltdown Scare Debunked – We are not all going to drown

They claim that since 1979 , 250 billion tonnes of ice has been lost , equivalent to 0.5mm of sea-level rise .
In other words , 1.3mm/C , hardly cataclysmic .
They then go on to talk about a potential loss of 540 trillion tonnes , raising sea levels by 5 feet .
Yet at current rates , it would take 2160 years for this to occur !
As always with these sorts of studies , the authors refuse to say how long all this will take to happen .
In reality , the scientists who wrote this study do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Denman is anything new or not , or whether the deep ocean temperatures are any warmer than before 1979 .
Or whether what they are observing is just a natural process .
Paul Homewood : The point is admitted that it is actually warm water at a depth of about 300m which is undercutting the glacier .
But it is physically impossible for greenhouse gases to have any measurable effect at all on waters at such a depth ... From the “ We ’ re all going to drown department ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of major vulnerability in the Antarctic ice sheet , in a region that already appears to be changing as the climate warms and has the potential to raise sea levels by nearly five feet over the long term .
Denman glacier , in East Antarctica , is a 12-mile-wide stream of ice that flows over the deepest undersea canyon in the entire ice sheet before spilling out into the ocean .
That subsea trough is more than 2 miles deep , or double the average depth of the Grand Canyon .
While there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ocean , such as the Marianas Trench , in this case the extreme undersea topography lies right on the outer fringe of the Antarctic continent — making it the “ deepest continental point on Earth.
” That deep canyon is a potential pathway for the ocean to infiltrate deep into Antarctica ’ s center — posing a threat of significant sea level rise .
Denman glacier , which fills the submerged canyon with extremely thick ice , has begun to respond to climate change .
It is creeping backward down a slope that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ research finds , potentially igniting a feedback process that could ultimately unload trillions of tons of ice into the ocean “ The configuration of the bed of the glacier makes this one of the weakest spots in east Antarctica , ” said Virginia Brancato , a NASA scientist who was the lead author of the new study in Geophysical Research Letters .
“ If I have to look at East Antarctica as a whole , this is the most vulnerable spot in the area.
” … .
The study used satellite techniques to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Denman glacier has retreated inland more than 3 miles toward the center of Antarctica in the past 20 years .
The “ grounding line ” of a marine glacier , such as Denman , is the point deep beneath the sea surface where ocean , bedrock and ice all meet .
Farther outward from the grounding line , the ice is afloat and no longer touching bedrock .
Farther inland , the ice no longer has contact with the ocean .
If a grounding line is moving backward , more ice is floating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inland with the glacier in retreat .
That ’ s what ’ s happening at Denman , scientists say .
In this case , the grounding line has not only moved backward , but it has also moved down a steep slope into the two-mile-deep canyon atop which the glacier sits .
This means the ice front that the glacier presents to the ocean has gotten thicker .
It is more than a mile thick , but it has the potential to increase to two miles of thickness if the glacier backs fully @ @ @ @ @ @ @ type of glacier configuration as a “ retrograde slope ” and have determined it can lead to a runaway feedback process in which ice loss begets more and more ice loss .
The more the glacier ’ s grounding line backs down the slope , the thicker the ice becomes .
This means the ice can flow outward faster and also that more of it will be exposed to ocean waters capable of melting it .
“ In this configuration , it means that once the glacier starts retreating , it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said Eric Rignot of the University of California , Irvine , one of the study ’ s authors .
“ You sort of open the floodgates.
” Elephant seals fitted with sensors on their heads have been used to take measurements of the water temperatures off the coast of Denman glacier .
The resulting readings show temperatures more than sufficient to melt ice , around -1 degrees Celsius , in the ocean offshore at about 300 meters of depth .
If that water is making its way beneath the glacier ’ s floating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” and all the way to the grounding line , the melting potential would be high and explain why Denman already is in retreat .
“ We have the indirect signature of that warm water by the fact that the ice is melting from the bottom at relatively high rates compared to the rest of East Antarctica , ” said Rignot .
Denman already has lost over 250 billion tons of ice , researchers have calculated , equivalent to a little over half a millimeter of sea level rise .
But there are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if the glacier were to travel backward across the entire subterranean canyon — a distance of nearly 100 miles .
At this point , the melting could then reach a critical area of Antarctica called the Aurora Subglacial Basin .
Here , enormous volumes of ice rest on a bed well below sea level .
If the ocean gets into the Aurora Basin due to the loss of Denman glacier , there is the potential for nearly five feet of sea level rise .
It ’ s unclear how fast this dynamic could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a complex and little understood undersea topography , it ’ s unknown how much warm water is making it to the base of Denman , and that makes a huge difference , said Donald Blankenship , a glaciologist at the University of Texas at Austin who has conducted extensive research on East Antarctica .

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climatedepot--2020-03-24--Russian fashion model says if Covid-19 wipes out half of humanity, the planet will benefit – ‘The fa

Russian fashion model says if Covid-19 wipes out half of humanity, the planet will benefit – ‘The fact that half of humanity will die out is, to be honest, not so scary’

“ Mankind as a whole has become worse than a locust which eats everything in its path and does not leave a living thing !
Over the past 50 years , we have killed the planet in a way that no generation has in thousands of years .
Such a shake-up , in the form of the coronavirus , should be beneficial to us , ” she wrote .
Victoria Bonya said that coronavirus is actually needed by the Earth and will be a positive thing for the planet .
“ Because [ humanity ] simply devoured the planet , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be honest , for me , it ’ s much worse that the planet will die .
And the fact that half of humanity will die out is , to be honest , not so scary.
” A well-known Russian celebrity and glamour model has caused a stir online after suggesting that the death of a massive chunk of humanity would be no big deal , and that it would be good for the Earth as a whole .
Victoria Bonya , a former participant on the massively popular reality television show @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statement on Instagram , and the clip was shared widely on Russian social media .
In her video , Bonya said that coronavirus is actually needed by the Earth and will be a positive thing for the planet .
“ Because [ humanity ] simply devoured the planet , we destroyed the planet .
And , to be honest , for me , it ’ s much worse that the planet will die .
And the fact that half of humanity will die out is , to be honest , not so scary.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a written Instagram post .
“ Mankind as a whole has become worse than a locust which eats everything in its path and does not leave a living thing !
Over the past 50 years , we have killed the planet in a way that no generation has in thousands of years .
Such a shake-up , in the form of the coronavirus , should be beneficial to us , ” she wrote .
However , Bonya noted that she does not wish anyone evil , death , or illness .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crisis with COVID-19 will “ teach us to be aware , appreciate life , appreciate nature , water ( rivers , lakes , oceans , and seas ) , animals , clean air and everything that the planet gives us.
” Bonya said that the situation with coronavirus will give the planet some respite .
“ Material life has sucked us in , in such a way that we are destroying ourselves , but we don ’ t feel sorry for ourselves !
But the planet is sorry for the pain in our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the model received some positive feedback , the response was not entirely in her favor .
On Tuesday , Bonya posted that she had left for France , and was delighted with the response to her post .
What ’ s more , the Instagram environmentalist presumably flew there.One subscriber asked , “ Well , if your friends/relatives turn white , will you write the same thing ?
” Victoria retorted that she is ready to pay for “ human greed , ” and her mother agrees with her .
“ You just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you think through fear and fear for your life , ” she explained .


climatedepot--2020-03-24--Greta Thunberg says it’s ‘extremely likely’ she has coronavirus – — but has ‘basically recovered’

Greta Thunberg said Tuesday it ’ s “ extremely likely ” that she became infected with COVID-19 on a recent jaunt to Europe — but has “ basically recovered.
” The 17-year-old Swedish climate activist said both she and her father , who accompanied her on the Brussels leg of her journey , have experienced symptoms associated with coronavirus .
“ I was feeling tired , had shivers , a sore throat and coughed .
My dad experienced the same symptoms , but much more intense and with a fever , ” she wrote on Instagram .
Thunberg said she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ apartment away from her mother and sister since she also visited Germany , which at the time was one of the hardest-hit countries in Europe .
Despite her symptoms , which she developed about 10 days ago , Thunberg didn ’ t get a test since in Sweden they ’ re reserved for cases in need of emergency medical treatment .
“ But it ’ s extremely likely that I ’ ve had it , given the combined symptoms and circumstances , ” she wrote .
Thunberg said if weren ’ t for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assumed she was “ feeling unusually tired with a bit of a cough.
” “ My last cold was much worse than this !
” she wrote .
“ Had it not been for someone else having the virus simultaneously I might not even have suspected anything.
” Thunberg said that she ’ s now “ basically recovered ” and is warning others to be on high alert for symptoms of the virus .
“ Many ( especially young people ) might not notice any symptoms at all , or very mild symptoms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they don ’ t know they have the virus and can pass it on to people in risk groups .
”


climatedepot--2020-03-24--‘Trump Is Right About the Coronavirus. The WHO Is Wrong,’ Says Israeli Expert

Dr. Dan Yamin of Tel Aviv University ’ s industrial engineering department , has developed models for predicting the spread of infectious diseases , and helped curb the Ebola epidemic .
He says the coronavirus could take some 13,000 lives in Israel – but there 's cause for optimism “ The actual number of people who are sick with the virus in South Korea is at least double what ’ s being reported , so the chance of dying is at least twice as low , standing at about 0.45 percent – very far from the World Health Organization ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 3.4 percent .
And that ’ s already a reason for cautious optimism.
” “ The virus spreads in a geometric progression , ” Benjamin Netanyahu declared last week , going on to explain to the lay public what that means : “ One person infects two people .
Each of them infects two more .
The four infect eight , the eight infect 16 , the 16 infect 32 , the 32 infect 64 , the 64 infect 128 – and so on and so forth.
” According to the prime minister @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Israeli population will become carriers of the coronavirus within a short time .
On the other hand , according to that same logic , 100 percent of the population will also come into contact with each other within a short time .
Is this really the situation ?
“ We do not move about in space like particles , ” says Dan Yamin , of Tel Aviv University ’ s industrial engineering department .
“ Try to remember what you did yesterday .
Even without all the social distancing measures , you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you met today .
We move across networks of social contact .
So , from a certain stage , it will be difficult to infect even those who bear a potential for becoming infected , because the carriers don ’ t wander around looking for new people to infect.
” Dr. Yamin is an engineer , not a physician .
But in 2008 , when he was a graduate student at Ben-Gurion University in Be ’ er Sheva , a certain research study caught his eye .
“ It was an analysis of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ smallpox , ” Yamin , 38 , says .
“ The researchers used tools from game theory .
It was so interesting that I decided to conduct a similar study on influenza – which turned into a doctoral thesis on disease-spread models .
“ If , 40 or 50 years ago , epidemiology researchers came exclusively from the field of medicine , today we understand that in order to predict the spread of diseases , it ’ s also necessary to understand how humans behave as a collective , to be able to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ability to create models and perform mathematical simulations – and for that you need engineers.
” Yamin encountered his first real epidemiological crisis while doing postdoctoral work at the the Center of Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis at Yale University ’ s school of public health .
“ At Yale we worked for three weeks , with almost no sleep , to create models based on engineering tools for the spread of Ebola .
The dilemma of the Liberian health ministry regarded whom to prioritize , given a serious shortage of isolation facilities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make more sense to quarantine those who were ill with less serious symptoms , because the others could not be saved in any case .
“ We showed that it was precisely the patients with the most acute symptoms who are the most infectious , both because of the high viral load [ meaning , the amount of a virus in one ’ s body ] and also because of the increase in the number of encounters between people : The acute patients were dying , so everyone came to take their leave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ I was pleased that Liberia adopted our recommendations and isolated those who were seriously ill .
In retrospect , we know that that new policy helped curb the epidemic.
” Yamin currently heads the Laboratory for Epidemic Modeling and Analysis in TAU ’ s engineering faculty .
His primary field of work is development of models for the spread of infectious diseases , with an emphasis on viruses responsible for respiratory ailments , such as flu and RSV ( respiratory syncytial virus ) , which causes bronchitis .
He is actually somewhat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the spread of the coronavirus , which is also a respiratory disease .
“ The big , open question is what the chance is of dying from the virus , ” Yamin explains .
“ When you ask epidemiologists what the most important datum is concerning a virus , they will say it ’ s the rate of the basic reproductive ratio , or R0 [ often called “ R nought ” ] – the average number of people a sick person will infect .
That ’ s an interesting question , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ R0 of measles is 12 , meaning that each person who is ill with measles infects 12 people on average .
However , only 5 percent of the population can actually be infected , because most of us have been immunized or had measles in the past .
So that is the upper limit of its spread.
” But we know that the R0 of the coronavirus is 2 , and we still don ’ t know whether anyone is naturally immune to the disease .
Yamin : “ The overwhelming majority of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s not a common disease .
After all , there is no precedent for such an infectious and violent type of virus from the corona family , so it ’ s safe to assume that the majority has not been exposed to the virus before this and that they can be infected .
However , that ’ s not to say that the majority of the population will actually contract the disease .
“ The basic principle is that a virus with an R0 of 2 in a non-immune population can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the population .
After that the R0 will reach a value of 1 or less , and the disease will be contained .
By the way , it will recede in a converging exponential ; in other words , the coronavirus can be expected to disappear from this region with the same dizzying speed with which it entered our lives.
” But we don ’ t know for certain whether a person can be infected twice .
“ No , but with the majority of viruses , if you ’ re infected and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t be re-infected , because of immunological memory .
And if you are infected again , the symptoms will be less acute the second time .
The exception to the rule is influenza : Its mutation frequency is so high that you can be infected by it year after year .
Last year alone , the flu underwent 17 mutations .
Whereas the last time we heard about corona was 17 years ago , with SARS .
In other words , the coronavirus did not undergo mutations at the same frequency as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ themselves are a function of the number of infections : The more infections there are , the greater the likelihood that mutations will occur .
But in practice , the most rapid mutations occur in animals , and they only infect us then , and obviously it ’ s less probable that we will be infected again by a bat in the near future .


climatedepot--2020-03-24--Trump Lashes Out At Congress For Working ‘Ridiculous Green New Deal’ Into Phase 3 Coronavirus Stimul

Trump Lashes Out At Congress For Working ‘Ridiculous Green New Deal’ Into Phase 3 Coronavirus Stimulus

President Donald Trump tweeted his displeasure Tuesday with Congress ’ continued inability to reach a consensus and advance the Phase 3 coronavirus stimulus .
“ This is not about the ridiculous Green New Deal , ” Trump wrote .
“ It is about putting our great workers and companies BACK TO WORK !
” The president ’ s comments echoed those made by the Senate Majority Leader following Monday ’ s failed procedural vote , the second in as many days , on the Phase 3 bill .
“ Democrats won ’ t let us fund hospitals or save small @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Green New Deal , ” McConnell said on the Senate floor .
“ This has got to stop .
And today is the day it has to stop .
The country is out of time.
” ( RELATED : Mitch McConnell Restructures Campaign Into Meals Effort For Kentuckians Affected By Coronavirus ) Alabama Senator Doug Jones was the lone Democrat to vote with Republicans on Monday .
Meanwhile , House Speaker Nancy Pelosi entered her own version of the bill , which was criticized for including billions in spending on issues not-related @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Pelosi legislation included provisions for green energy tax credits and new fuel emissions regulations for airlines .
It will cost an estimated $ 2.5 trillion , roughly double of the Senate ’ s package .
Both the Senate and House bills contain direct payments to American workers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic , a major priority for the White House in recent days .
House Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats originally supported McConnell ’ s bill , but objected Sunday over a lack of language prohibiting companies from using bailout capital @ @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-03-24--‘Governments around the world are trigger-happily removing peoples social liberties, as well as univ

‘Governments around the world are trigger-happily removing peoples social liberties, as well as universally sabotaging the global economy’

To date , the GLOBAL death toll from COVID-19 stands at around 17,000 , with experts still unsure how many of those victims would have succumb to their ‘ underlying health conditions ’ anyway , even if they weren ’ t infected with the respiratory disease .
That number of 17,000 is of course going to rise , but even if we surpass figures of 250,000 or even 500,000 , the death toll still needs to be kept in perspective .
Governments around the world are trigger-happily removing peoples social liberties , as well as universally sabotaging the global economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the IMHE & Global Burden of Disease , the question on my lips is why… ?
Road Injuries killed 1.24 million globally in 2017 — so why hasn ’ t transport been restricted to ‘ essential journeys only ’ … ?
Why haven ’ t stricter testing measure been introduced… ?
Why aren ’ t drivers over the age of 80 having their licenses revoked–as they ’ re the group with the highest rates of driver deaths… ?
Homicides killed 405,000 people in 2017 — so why haven ’ t lockdowns/curfews been enforced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Alcohol killed some 185,000 — why haven ’ t bars been closed , and supermarkets banned from selling the stuff… ?
And the top spot , Cardiovascular Disease killed a staggering 18 million in 2017 — so why hasn ’ t obesity been tackled by shutting down fast-food restaurants , why hasn ’ t smoking been banned ( the top two contributors to the illness ) … ?
Of course , I ’ m in no way calling for the above draconian measures to be introduced , but I ’ m no fan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They appear wildly out of proportion given the risk the disease poses the “ average healthy ” member of the public–the latest data on that suggesting that only 1.3 % of those infected who are otherwise healthy individuals become moderately-to-seriously ill , with an even smaller percentage of them going on the require critical care , and fewer-still going on to die .
There is no doubt these “ social distancing ” measures are overblown , but , to me at least , they serve as two depressing indicators : 1 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wholly-unprepared for even a small influx of patients .
And 2 ) that these lock-downs are a show of power to an ever-rebellious and revolution-ready global population .
Saying that , there is understandable fear over the Coronavirus — it is still a relatively unknown disease .
But the more information we ’ re managing to gather –particularly as the infection spreads to the more transparent West– the less reason we have to fear it .
COVID-19 is proving far less deadly than past pandemics , and unlike the Spanish Flu , for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ individuals– this illness is currently only affecting those who are elderly and/or already sick .
Therefore , any defensive measures introduced by governments should hinge on protecting those two groups and those two groups alone , instead of the widespread draconian muscle flexing we ’ re witnessing .


climatedepot--2020-03-24--Climate activists prod Democrats to leverage coronavirus crisis

For climate-change activists , there ’ s an upside to the novel coronavirus outbreak .
As House Majority Whip James Clyburn , South Carolina Democrat , reportedly said last week , “ This is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision.
” Not only did China see its greenhouse-gas emissions drop as its economy shuttered , but Democrats held up Monday nearly $ 2 trillion in pandemic relief to squeeze in items from their climate wish list , including re-upping renewable-energy tax credits and tacking emissions mandates on the aviation and cruise industries .
Prodding the Democrats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ founder of 350.org , who urged Congress to take advantage of the unprecedented opportunity to address both the coronavirus and climate “ crises.
” “ Congress : don ’ t waste this chance , ” tweeted Mr. McKibben .
“ If you ’ re going to bail out corporations , in return demand that they take serious climate action .
We could actually work on both crises at once !
” Republicans erupted , accusing Democrats of putting their ideological wish list ahead of the national interest by delaying critical funds to hospitals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Green New Deal , ” as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put it .
James Taylor , senior fellow at the free-market Heartland Institute , called it “ unconscionable that Democrats are holding coronavirus relief for millions of Americans hostage to completely unrelated extremist climate demands.
” “ American lives and Americans ’ ability to feed themselves and make rent and mortgage payments are far more important than imposing climate restrictions on airplanes and giving more handouts to the wind and solar industries , ” said Mr. Taylor .
“ Politicians who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate activism and wind power have no moral justification holding office.
” JunkScience ’ s Steve Milloy , a member of the Trump EPA transition team , said that Democrats are “ more worried about not letting the coronavirus go to political waste than they are about protecting public health and rescuing the economy.
” The pandemic has threatened to throw the U.S. economy into an economic recession , if not depression , but for the climate movement , the upheaval offers a rare , possibly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to recalibrate societal priorities on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In a statement updated Monday , “ 5 Principles for Just COVID-19 Relief and Stimulus , ” hundreds of environmental groups , including 350.org , Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace , called for achieving the recovery while simultaneously meeting the goals of the Green New Deal .
They include public investments to “ rebuild our infrastructure , replace lead pipes , expand wind and solar power , build clean and affordable public transmit , weatherize our buildings … restore our wetlands and forests , expand public services that support climate resilience , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” In a Monday editorial , the Los Angeles Times declared , “ Climate change is just as real as COVID-19 .
Now ’ s the last best chance for our government to treat it that way.
” “ The main imperative for the government is to keep climate policy in mind as it devises a plan to rescue the economy , ” said the staff editorial , adding that “ maybe accepting the reality of COVID-19 will lead the administration to recognize the reality of climate change and work with Congress to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Such declarations have alarmed free-market advocates worried that the global and national response will pave the way for more government control over the private sector as future Democratic administrations draw parallels between the coronavirus and global warming .
“ The goals of the climate activists have advanced , given the coronavirus ’ total shutdown of society , ” said Climate Depot ’ s Marc Morano .
“ Climate activists know that if the U.S. government can shut down all aspects of society over a virus , it can and may someday under a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an alleged climate crisis.
” He pointed to the shutdown of airline travel , restaurants and entertainment , saying that “ many climate activists will welcome a global recession because they have been calling for ‘ degrowth ’ policies and ‘ planned recessions ’ to fight climate change.
” It ’ s true that the pandemic has come at a cost to the climate movement by curbing rallies , protests and other public events .
At the same time , the drop in manufacturing , travel and commuting has also led to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in China , the world ’ s largest emitter .
Satellite imaging from NASA and the European Space Agency shows a dramatic decline in nitrogen dioxide since Jan. 1 , although emissions are expected to rebound as the Chinese economy picks up again .
“ Well , that is , ironically , of course , the other side of this , right ?
It may be good for climate … because there is less trade , there ’ s less travel , there ’ s less commerce , ” said former U.N. climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interview with London ’ s Channel 4 .
If companies decide they can hold meetings via telecommuting instead of traveling , “ that would be a systemic contribution to climate change , ” she said .
“ What is not helpful is just a help that would be here for a few months but then we jump back to bad traditions , ” said Ms. Figueres .
Mr. McKibben agreed .
“ Our goal can ’ t be simply a return to the status-quo ante , because that old normal was driving a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bit as destructive as a pandemic , ” he said Friday in a New Yorker op-ed .
“ With just a little courage from Democratic legislators , we could actually be building a world that is safer on every front , ” he concluded .


climatedepot--2020-03-25--Analysis: ‘Virus War successful, but the Patient Died’

The Virus Slowdown was Successful – but the Depressed Patient Died in Poverty In their frantic attempts to delay the spread of the Wuhan virus , governments are sowing the seeds of economic depression and currency destruction , which will blight Australian lives for a generation .
They are adding financial stress to the medical stress .
The ordinary flu virus kills many people every winter despite vaccines .
And both viruses are more lethal for the old and the sick .
We do not close the whole country every flu season but this year ’ s crisis is being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whose slogan is “ never let a decent crisis go to waste ” .
Whole industries are being destroyed before our eyes – airlines , shipping , the whole tourism and entertainment industry , sport , small business , pubs and clubs , and most investment and retirement funds .
All sacrificed because governments fear that a sharp spike in illnesses will expose inadequacies in the government-managed hospital/health/welfare bureaucracy .
Next , they will exploit this economic crisis to promote digital currency , kill cash and get their sticky fingers on our superannuation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ celebrating as industry emissions fall and political power moves towards central governments and global organizations .
They will now abuse this economic crisis by pushing their climate agenda with stimulus packages that favor green energy .
As this government-created economic cyclone destroys industry and jobs , politicians are panicking and scattering cash like confetti at a wedding .
This encourages immediate consumption , but this “ stimulation ” stops dead when the money tap is turned off .
The debts will remain , somewhere .
We don ’ t want more sit-down-money from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home ordering takeaways – we want conditions that encourage investment and productive employment .
We need measures to encourage the creation of new businesses , industries and jobs .
For starters , immediate repeal of payroll taxes , stamp duty , capital gains tax , wage controls , a rates holiday and reduced income tax .
And the immediate and permanent repeal of all green barriers to new business and jobs .
We need Australians building new dams , railways , roads , real power stations , factories , farms , forests , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home fearing ration coupons and being drip-fed on some piddling new allowance .
Viv Forbes BScApp , FAusImm , FSIA Viv Forbes has studied financial analysis , business economics and politics , and he is one of the oldies more vulnerable to Wuhan .
Stimulus packages mark a critical moment for governments to “ shape policies ” in line with climate action : The Costs Are Mounting in this Government-Imposed Economic Collapse : https : //mises.org/wire/costs-are-mounting-government-imposed-economic-collapse ?
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climatedepot--2020-03-25--UN environment chief: ‘Nature is sending us a message’ with coronavirus & climate change

To prevent further outbreaks , the experts said , both global heating and the destruction of the natural world for farming , mining and housing have to end , as both drive wildlife into contact with people .
Andersen said humanity was placing too many pressures on the natural world with damaging consequences , and warned that failing to take care of the planet meant not taking care of ourselves .
Leading scientists also said the Covid-19 outbreak was a “ clear warning shot ” , given that far more deadly diseases existed in wildlife , and that today ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” .
They said it was almost always human behaviour that caused diseases to spill over into humans .
Nature is sending us a message with the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing climate crisis , according to the UN ’ s environment chief , Inger Andersen .
Destruction of wildlife and the climate crisis is hurting humanity , with Covid-19 a ‘ clear warning shot ’ , say experts ... Destruction of wildlife and the climate crisis is hurting humanity , with Covid-19 a ‘ clear warning shot ’ , say experts Nature @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing climate crisis , according to the UN ’ s environment chief , Inger Andersen .
Andersen said humanity was placing too many pressures on the natural world with damaging consequences , and warned that failing to take care of the planet meant not taking care of ourselves .
Leading scientists also said the Covid-19 outbreak was a “ clear warning shot ” , given that far more deadly diseases existed in wildlife , and that today ’ s civilisation was “ playing with fire ” .
They said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ caused diseases to spill over into humans .
To prevent further outbreaks , the experts said , both global heating and the destruction of the natural world for farming , mining and housing have to end , as both drive wildlife into contact with people .
They also urged authorities to put an end to live animal markets – which they called an “ ideal mixing bowl ” for disease – and the illegal global animal trade .
Andersen , executive director of the UN Environment Programme , said the immediate priority was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prevent its spread .
“ But our long-term response must tackle habitat and biodiversity loss , ” she added .
“ Never before have so many opportunities existed for pathogens to pass from wild and domestic animals to people , ” she told the Guardian , explaining that 75 % of all emerging infectious diseases come from wildlife .
“ Our continued erosion of wild spaces has brought us uncomfortably close to animals and plants that harbour diseases that can jump to humans.
” She also noted other environmental impacts , such as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the worst locust invasion in Kenya for 70 years .
“ At the end of the day , [ with ] all of these events , nature is sending us a message , ” Anderson said .
“ There are too many pressures at the same time on our natural systems and something has to give , ” she added .
“ We are intimately interconnected with nature , whether we like it or not .
If we don ’ t take care of nature , we can ’ t take care @ @ @ @ @ @ @ towards a population of 10 billion people on this planet , we need to go into this future armed with nature as our strongest ally .
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climatedepot--2020-03-25--Democrats Retreat On Using Coronavirus Relief Bill For Green New Deal

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi beat a retreat Tuesday from the massive coronavirus wish list of Green New Deal projects , @ @ @ @ @ changes she and fellow Democrats had proposed just hours earlier .
She signaled in several @ @ @ @ @ would likely accept the deal that will emerge from the Senate , while casting her @ @ @ @ @ a price tag of $ 2.5 trillion , as more of a marker for future @ @ @ @ @ American priorities on energy , the workforce , elections , and immigration .
“ The @ @ @ @ @ is for us to put aside some of our concerns for another day , and @ @ @ @ @ the California Democrat told CNBC .
GOP lawmakers were incensed at Mrs. Pelosi ’ s @ @ @ @ @ night , saying it threatened to undo the progress toward a deal with its focus @ @ @ @ @ the immediate coronavirus rescue effort .


climatedepot--2020-03-25--Meteorologist Joe Bastardi: Covid-19 and climate false equivalencies

First of all , this is in no way meant to minimize the threat from Covid-19 .
In fact the opposite .
It is meant to point out similarities in some of the messaging that goes on with climate and this virus .
I have written on this to some extent previously , but I wanted to sum up several parts here including some new observations .
Warning : This is a long boring story .
The best time to read is when you are going to sleep , I was going to market it as an audio presentation for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tacky .
Hows that for honesty.eh ?
But give it a try.. 1 ) The end result is unknown .
That means predictions have a wide variance and thinking you KNOW THE RESULT is arrogance on display .
Believing and KNOWING are 2 different things .
We see this in the climate change issue in the fight over CO2 effects .
Many on my side of the issue believe the introduction of CO2 to the atmosphere has the biggest effect and there is a diminishing return with more .
So the arguments range @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ to the ’ limited effect ’ ( 1.2C , of which , if true we have over the last hundred years have gotten pretty close to that and where I am and have been ) to the 4-5C warmer which is where many CO2 climate control knobbers find themselves .
Then to the tipping point of runaway warming with virtually no limit .
Now consider the ranges you are seeing here in this situation .
I do not need to review it because anyone paying attention knows we have ranges , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of mortality with age .
In fact I have heard it argued that people becoming more vigilant will mean an increase in the median age of death in the coming years .
As we all are going to die , it is just a question of when and what the cause .
Then to the kind of numbers that would rival major epidemics of previous times .
Lost in all , that is the fact we have far more people living in the world today which means mortality percentages are lower , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the effect on the quality of life is indeed devastating , In addition with more people on the planet , more are going to be exposed and perish .
That is a function of the median age rising and the explosion of population and prosperity .
So it is extremely serious .
2 ) The people arguing over this .
There are all sorts of cross motivations here .
There is the purely objective person with no interest except in the right answer .
They are on both sides of this issue .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ I have found is that a lot of doctors love the weather , so I have some close personal friends in the medical profession .
Until now I would talk to them about the weather , and they would advise me on health .
Fairtrade right ?
But in talking to them now , I find many of them are looking at this as yet another disease that comes along and we adapt to .
There are even a few who believe the response of , ” an ounce of prevention is worth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worth it even if this turns out to be a best-case scenario .
They realize until the unknowns are known , its wise to prepare .
However , there are things in the media that are downright scary and doomsday .
Additionally , any good news or potentially good news is either ridiculed or not reported .
So we morph into a situation where you have people of goodwill with an honest disagreement .
Then to a second level where people wish to push something in a direction to fit into a set @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agenda develops and once a person becomes invested in the result , the persons ’ vision can become clouded to anything beyond the result one forecasted .
Believe me , in what I do , that is a constant concern , that my forecasts some time hang on too long because I am so convinced I will be right .
So I am not trying to be critical , but more observant here of what I see as a common denominator .
When someone , for instance , is saying that the climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , that should raise red flags simply due to the time scales as Covid-19 can tear down much in a year .
In fact in the US , because of the mild winter , the economy likely did better than was thought before the winter , as we had record housing starts in January .
So right there the climate “ emergency ” had a result in the US that was positive while unless you are against progress for mankind , ( that is another issue , the wish to diminish man ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ great .
The point is that in both issues , there are very good people that disagree , but a whole cottage industry that is swung by agenda has sprung up .
So there are some dire messages here , but in the end , the facts show that warmer is better for life , very much opposite the possible fast result of COVID-19 .
One test I have devised is trying to detect tone .
For instance , the amount of cases in China matches almost exactly the total in India since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weeks ago , Why is that ?
An objective person wants to know .
However , someone jumping to conclusions or just looking at one side of the issue , for whatever reason will say , well they don ’ t know how to test or they are not reporting .
Then why is South Korea so leveled off ?
As far as the anti-malarial , the warnings of what can go wrong are no different than what you see on TV for the preventive drugs they advertise .
A whole list of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an outbreak of malaria in this country , would we not make those drugs available .
I have read the studies that are out there .
There are encouraging possibilities .
It ’ s not the Holy Grail or a magic bullet , but the TONE of people that are trying to throw cold water on it should have them trying to do the same for any common drug on the market today .
Just watch a TV ad for any common drug , I think “ Why would anyone take that ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ listed is death .
The idea that there is a reward without risk in anything is absurd .
Blasting the President for a false hope or actually trying to lead , especially when he says , “ We ’ ll see , ” is simply showing a closed-minded intolerant approach to all this .
So the objective person wants to know the why ’ s of this and most of the people working on this are doing that .
As another whole subset is working on a different agenda .
Another link to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how it is approached .
In additional , add Red Herrings into the equation , such as racist claims should raise red flags .
When we change the name of these diseases : Here are 17 other diseases named after populations or places : Named by European explorers for the Guinea coast of West Africa in the 1600s .
Named after the mountain range spreading across western North America first recognized first in 1896 in Idaho .
Named after a large outbreak of the disease occurred in Lyme and Old Lyme , Connecticut @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mosquito found to cause the disease in the Ross River of Queensland , Australia by the 1960s .
The first major outbreak occurred in 1928 .
Named after its 1940s discovery in Omsk , Russia .
Named in 1976 for the Ebola River in Zaire located in central Africa .
Also known as “ camel flu , ” MERS was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and all cases are linked to those who traveled to the Middle Eastern peninsula .
Valley Fever earned its nickname from a 1930s outbreak San Joaquin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case came from Argentina .
Named after Norwalk , Ohio after an outbreak in 1968 .
First discovered in 1947 and named after the Zika Forest in Uganda .
Named after its first case in Japan in 1871 .
Named after the German doctors who first described it in the 18th century .
The disease is also sometimes referred to as “ Rubella.
” While the true origins of the Spanish Flu remain unknown , the disease earned its name after Spain began to report deaths from the flu in its newspapers .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Nigeria in 1969 .
• Legionnaire ’ s Disease Named in 1976 following an outbreak of people contracting the lung infection after attending an American Legion convention in Philadelphia .
So all these must be “ erased ” if one wishes to distract from the seriousness of the actual situation with accusations of racism because the place of origin is used as labeling .
Just like if you wish to argue the current warm period is an emergency , you must erase periods even warmer than this .
That which were listed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Medieval Warm Period ( which was a climate optimum ) , arguing it was a regional effect .
Yet the point is-there is a common denominator here of the red herring , and to use that , known history must be rewritten .
What is ironic , if I may put it nicely , is that many of these people are on the same kind of doom and gloom train with “ climate change ” .
Here is an even bigger irony .
The young generation , which has been exposed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in grade school , and worries incessantly about that , up until now , appears to be quite unconcerned about this .
Yet how do you worry about something for unborn generations , when you have people that agree with you and are beating a drum for disaster now ?
Is not the demon today far more important than the ghost , real or imaginary , that you may face tomorrow ?
It is not just about the idea of being young and bulletproof , for if it was we would not have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on .
3 ) The wide variance in forecasts .
I touched on this above to some extent .
Forecasts of doomsday are as old as mankind itself .
But there is a link , This outstanding post several days ago on CFACT : showed how wrong forecasts were from the first earth day .
Many of those same forecasts are showing up now , but of course , the opposite reason from the first one .
Which as I have reviewed before , is opposite of what previous warmer times have produced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate optimums .
But only time will tell if the worst forecasts with either will come to pass .
In almost all cases , such forecasts have not come true which is why they are never brought up .
4 ) Showing the real value of the American Safety net .
This gets interesting also .
I believe in less government , but we do need an essential framework .
There is the argument in the man-made climate change community that we should have the same kind of response we have for COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if anything COVID-19 is showing , what happens when the business engine of the nation is shut down , it leads to misery .
One can not argue that before this hit , life on the planet had improved dramatically over the last 100 years .
This despite and aided in fact by warming .
Yet a threat like COVID-19 will be something to show that the government is essential in stepping in for threats like this .
Trying to portray a much more gradual event , arguably not hindering man ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a false equivalency .
One thing is for sure , you are seeing what taking a couple of trillion dollars out of the economy can do .
Imagine a 10 trillion dollar plan to fight “ climate change ” ?
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The Covid-19 event , like hurricanes , tornadoes , etc .
are showing why there has to be a safety net .
The question is the extent .
5 ) The attacking of ideas .
I have found that people I see are treating each other nicer .
However over social media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ viscousness in COVID-19 is mimicking the kind of things I see in climate .
I have been accused of minimizing the threat .
Since I am 64 years old , and the people I have known , loved and looked up to longest are right in the middle of the median age this disease is killing .
I am exactly opposite .
But if you are looking to destroy an idea , you do anything you can to do so .
I had a dear friend of mine say he wanted to make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
On a personal level , for me , its a test of my faith .
That it may not be for other people , does not upset me .
What is concerning in this matter , climate , etc , is the branding of people that offer different ideas , even people that you agree with on almost everything , get upset because they may think you don ’ t see things their way .
They will do anything to FORCE , keyword FORCE , another person to bend to their will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ censor ideas .
It is close-minded and intolerant .
If I had a nickel for every time in my life someone that disagreed with me , exposed me to something I learned , I would be a very rich man .
You don ’ t learn anything shutting out ideas .
I welcome discussion and if wrong it makes me stronger if I learned something I can use .
You don ’ t do that by trying to destroy people , and there seems to be some of that going on .
Obviously @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of my professors at Penn State used to say that Weather Watches for a common events such as snow can cause more disruption than the snow itself .
( For those in the south , how many times have you seen snow forecasted and the shelves laid bare ?
The storm comes and 2 days later all the snow is gone . )
There is that possibility here , but what it does show with no uncertainty , is what happens when our business engine shuts down .
So it is instructive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are going thru will be worth it , even if this fizzles out completely .
I can not say the same about using this as a strategy to develop a war footing on “ climate change ” and trying to portray COVID-19 as actually MINIMIZING the seriousness of the common foe in front of us now .
As someone who believes in linkage in events , similarities in patterns , I am noticing some here .
There are good people on both sides on all issues that truly are searching for the right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you can see the linkage I am talking about .
Perhaps not , but the call is yours , not mine .
The bottom line is that freedom is needed for the pursuit of any answer .
Those wishing to limit that by demonizing and destroying people who disagree with them are motivated by their desired outcome , no matter what the actual outcome may be .
( Examples : The call for the new dust bowl back in 2012 , when the exact opposite evolved the rest of the decade or the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2013 . )
Please stay safe and heed the cautions being advised .
I do not know or pretend to know the outcome of COVID-19 , though I may believe in a certain result .
Yet , like the weather , I can not let contrived notions cloud my vision pertaining to the challenge .
I do know open-mindedness and freedom should be used as keystones for the way to face challenges and if one looks at the prosperity of our nation , the results speak for themselves .


climatedepot--2020-03-25--‘Let’s not let this crisis go to waste’: Coronavirus offers ‘a chance to do capitalism differently’

‘Let’s not let this crisis go to waste’: Coronavirus offers ‘a chance to do capitalism differently’ – Government has the upper hand, ‘It must seize the moment’

The world is in a critical state .
The Covid-19 pandemic is rapidly spreading across countries , with a scale and severity not seen since the devastating Spanish flu in 1918 .
Unless coordinated global action is taken to contain it , the contagion will soon become an economic and financial one too .
The magnitude of the crisis requires governments to step in .
And they are .
States are injecting stimulus into the economy while desperately trying to slow the spread of the disease , to protect vulnerable populations , and to help create new therapies and vaccines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interventions reminiscent of a military conflict – this is a war against the spread of the virus and economic collapse .
And yet there is a problem .
The intervention needed requires a very different framing from the one that governments have chosen .
Since the 1980s , governments have been told to take a back seat and let business steer and create wealth , intervening only for the purpose of fixing problems when they arise .
The result is that governments are not always properly prepared and equipped to deal with crises @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
By assuming that governments have to wait until the occurrence of a huge systemic shock before they resolve to take action , insufficient preparations are made along the way .
In the process , critical institutions providing public services and public goods more widely – such as the NHS in the UK , where there have been cuts to public health totalling £1bn since 2015 – are left weakened .
The prominent role of business in public life has also led to a loss of confidence in what the government can achieve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many problematic public-private partnerships , which prioritise the interests of business over the public good .
For example , it has been well documented that public-private partnerships in research and development often favour “ blockbusters ” at the expense of less commercially appealing medicines that are hugely important to public health , including antibiotics and vaccines for a number of diseases with outbreak potential .
On top of this , there is a lack of a safety net and protection for working people in societies with rising inequality , especially for those working @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protection .
But we now have an opportunity to use this crisis as a way to understand how to do capitalism differently .
This requires a rethink of what governments are for : rather than simply fixing market failures when they arise , they should move towards actively shaping and creating markets that deliver sustainable and inclusive growth .
They should also ensure that partnerships with business involving government funds are driven by public interest , not profit .


climatedepot--2020-03-25--America faces a COVID-19/Economic crossroads

At this moment , the United States and the world are accumulating numbers of people contracting the COVID-19 coronavirus and numbers of people losing their jobs and businesses .
Both have an ominous multiplier effect .
The question faced by our elected officials , starting with the President and the nation ’ s fifty governors , is how much longer can they shut down the economy to fight this insidious virus , and is it prudent to continue this way ?
As of midday Tuesday there were more than 46,500 Americans who tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ having tripled in just five days .
The global figures are significantly higher , with a greater proportion of deaths to those diagnosed , as compared to the U.S .
Importantly , in the U.S. , of those diagnosed with COVID-19 , the percentage of deaths continues to dwindle .
While both figures are expected to rise , the death rate is now below 1.3 percent and heading to more familiar influenza territory of less than one-fifth of one percent .
On average , 8 percent of Americans annually contract the flu .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ number ranges between 3 and 11 percent of the population , according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control .
In 2017 , 55,672 Americans died from the flu or pneumonia , the eighth biggest killer that year .
This staggering figure yet amounts to a death rate between 0.1 and 0.2 percent of those who contract the illness , which is less than two hundredths of a percent ( < 0.02 % ) of Americans overall .
The death rate from COVID-19 may , in fact , be closer to the influenza @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans have not been tested , yet may already have suffered mild versions of the coronavirus .
The nearly 56,000 Americans who died from flu and pneumonia in 2017 was higher than a typical year and nearly the equivalent of the number of Americans who died in the Vietnam War over a dozen-year period .
Tragically , the number of annual flu deaths in America is in the five figures .
The closing of businesses and restrictions put on Americans by several state governors will have the effect of slowing the spread of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its spread , since this virus is more contagious than the typical flu virus .
But slowing its spread is vitally important to buy time for the weather to warm up and to “ flatten the curve ” of cases so as to ease the impact on the health care system over a short period .
Meanwhile , the closure of businesses and massive , growing unemployment also will take its toll if allowed to continue much longer .
For every restaurant , hotel or other business that closes , workers are laid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t get paid , and bankruptcies will multiply .
The longer we have governments imposing restrictions on congregating and traveling , the more severe will be this economic downturn .
If borrowers default on debts en masse , the commercial mortgage market will collapse absent extraordinary intervention by the government .
At this writing , Congress is deadlocked on legislation to cope with the downturn in the economy , which include cash payments to individuals and families , and loan programs and bailouts to businesses , among other provisions .
Some of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demanding a slew of non-germane proposals to this emergency bill , including tax credits for wind and solar projects , and increased fuel emission standards for the airlines .
Regardless of how one views these issues—which are highly dubious on their own—I doubt a small business owner shutting her doors , a laid off worker , or a COVID-19 victim on a ventilator is hoping that airplanes become more carbon efficient and additional wind turbines sprout .
Assuming imminent congressional agreement , how soon with the cash flow , how long can it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a backstop to this economic downward spiral ?
In a matter of days , federal and state governments may have to rethink their restrictions on activities of Americans in order to stave off what will be an economic depression .
At a minimum , restrictions will need to be more targeted to protect more vulnerable populations like the elderly , and the government must continue to provide needed supplies to front-line workers and equipment and capacity to health care facilities .
If the COVID-19 coronavirus proves to be little more dangerous than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against it should not turn into an economic calamity which has not been seen in this country in 80 years and will result in greater tragedy .


climatedepot--2020-03-25--Fight virus not carbon dioxide

Fight virus not carbon dioxide

The vast sums proposed to be spent under dubious national Green New Deals should be spent instead on health care , especially virus prevention and protection .
This is the gist of an “ Open Letter to World Leaders ” from the Climate Intelligence Foundation .
Here is what CLINTEL says up front : “ Your Excellencies , compared to COVID-19 climate change is a non-problem !
It is based on immature computer models and it looks into the distant future .
In the current health emergency , however , your attention to the peoples ’ needs is today !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ your zero carbon emission ambition in a time that the world is dealing with a deadly global crisis .
Yes , there is an emergency , but it is NOT climate.
” CLINTEL specifically speaks to the leaders of the UN and EU , saying “ People need an inspiring narrative that promises them a hopeful future .
Today , for instance , it is totally inappropriate that the billion-dollar Green New Deal focused on climate is still on the agenda of leaders such as Mr. Antonio Guterres of the UN and Mr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the EU ’ s case green funds could begin to flow to the virus crisis almost immediately .
There is a hundred billion euros of European Green Deal money that could be instantly reprogrammed .
Listen to this : “ The EU will also provide financial support and technical assistance to help people , businesses and regions that are most affected by the move towards the green economy .
This is called the Just Transition Mechanism and will help mobilise at least €100 billion over the period 2021-2027 in the most affected regions.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mechanism ‘ green economy ’ by ‘ corona crisis ’ .
All the EU has to do is abandon this mindless transition to a so-called “ green economy ” .
It would result in a very poor economy with very low returns .
Overall the European Green Plan ( EGP ) proposes spending a trillion euros on a foolish attempt to change the global climate .
CLINTEL says it would be far wiser to spend that money on greatly improving health care , with priority to virus protection .
In reality the EGP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as would the U.S. Green New Deal endorsed by the Democrat presidential candidates .
Candidate Bernie Sanders pegs his pet version at $ 11 trillion , which is still way low .
Estimates run to $ 91 trillion .
Some of that spending should go to upgrading the health care system , while the rest just goes way without harming the economy .
The Democrats should endorse CLINTEL ’ s call for action instead of the foolish Green New Deal .
More broadly , the UN pushes all of the nations in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , preferably as soon as the Glasgow climate summit in November .
Now it is clear that the UN has the very wrong focus , already for decades .
Instead the world needs to fix the present virus problem and prepare for the next .
Again , global warming is a non-problem .
The economic crisis due to the corona pandemic will hit all countries , including those with relatively small virus outbreaks .
With proper prevention and response systems in place there is no reason to have these economic disasters being escalated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world leaders is : “ To revive the global economy don ’ t further increase government debts .
Instead , apply the money intended for your costly Green New Deal to the present needs of people and society .
Call it the COVID-19 RECOVERY PLAN .
Be aware that in today ’ s crisis the conjectural policy of CO2 reduction is highly counterproductive !
” The letter ’ s eloquent summary statement says it all : “ The world is moving to an open global economy of ten billion people .
Top @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a global health system that makes any pandemic less catastrophic .
Considering COVID-19 , climate alarmists and climate critics should admit that global warming is a non-problem .
Therefore , stop fighting , step over your own shadow and work together against the deadly virus .
In this tough battle we need each other !
” The full letter is here : https : //clintel.org/message-clintel-fight-virus-not-carbon/ The health emergency is real ; the climate emergency is constructed .


climatedepot--2020-03-25--Will a coronavirus mirage of clean air, water inspire climate action — or make things worse?

OK , let ’ s be clear about one thing : Dolphins aren ’ t actually frolicking in the canals @ @ @ @ @ a city on lockdown like the rest of Italy because of the global pandemic .
@ @ @ @ @ the case — those misleading or faked viral tweets are an exaggerated version of something @ @ @ @ @ also compelling : The shutdown of scores of tourist-packed gondolas has cleaned the murky waters @ @ @ @ @ the point where fish are now visible .


climatedepot--2020-03-25--COVID 19 message to Bill Gates

COVID 19 message to Bill Gates

You know better than this : We need you now !
Is it Great Depression time in America ?
As we work together to combat COVID-19 , much of America is shuttered and our economy stopped .
We need to keep people safe , no doubt about it , but if we don ’ t keep the economy moving there ’ s a world of hurt in store for us all .
In the midst of crisis Bill Gates had this to say : “ There really is no middle ground , and it ’ s very tough to say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to restaurants , go buy new houses , ignore that pile of bodies over in the corner .
We want you to keep spending because there ’ s maybe a politician who thinks GDP growth is all that counts… ’ It ’ s very irresponsible for somebody to suggest that we can have the best of both worlds.
” Is that the best you ’ ve got ?
How 20th century of you , Bill !
Years ago we played close heed to Mr. Gates when he explained how the digital revolution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I remember Gates saying that he found it ridiculous that anyone would ever sit through an entire TV newscast again , if what they were waiting for was the weather .
The digital revolution would enable us to sort through information and target what we need with laser precision .
How right he was .
Now to hear him insist that the bulk of the economy remain shut down is very disappointing .
What we actually need to do is use the digital revolution to differentiate people , businesses and all human activities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the most protection , what needs to stay shut and what can safely reopen .
Facebook , Microsoft and others announced that they are going to team up with the World Health Organization and conduct a “ hackathon ” to create digital solutions to the COVID-19 challenge .
That ’ s more like it !
Check out these Microsoft guys , Mr. Gates , we hear they ’ ve got a deep pool of talent to draw on .
We need to “ hack ” the government .
One-size-fits-all , blanket solutions are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ innovation is not the bureaucracy ’ s forté .
Time for our best innovators to provide their expertise and lead .
We should use digital solutions to identify which parts of the economy can reopen safely , what geographic areas are safer than others , who ’ s least at risk , who needs the most protection , and what precautions need to be taken — and take action .
We challenge Bill Gates and the rest of the titans of tech to harness their resources and knowledge and bring them to bear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ option .
For nature and people too ,


climatedepot--2020-03-25--Analysis: Covid-19: A glimpse of the dystopia greens want us to live in – Shows us ‘what life would

Analysis: Covid-19: A glimpse of the dystopia greens want us to live in – Shows us ‘what life would be like if environmentalists got their way’

Greens just can ’ t help themselves .
As the rest of us do what we can to tackle or withstand the Covid-19 crisis , they treat it as a sign , a warning from nature , a telling-off to hubristic , destructive mankind .
The speed with which they have folded this pandemic into their misanthropic narrative about humanity being a pox on the planet has been shocking , but not surprising .
Right from the top of the UN , they have been promoting their backward belief that this virus is a reprimand from nature .
Inger Andersen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Programme , says ‘ nature is sending us a message ’ with this pandemic and other recent disasters , including bushfires in Australia and locust invasions in Kenya .
Of course nature is doing no such thing , because nature is not a sentient being , however much the new religion of environmentalism might fantasise that it is .
The Guardian reports that Andersen thinks humanity ’ s ‘ destruction of the natural world for farming , housing and mining ’ is making pandemics more likely .
In short , human growth , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its comeuppance .
We think we can farm and mine and , erm , build houses as we see fit , but here comes nature with her punishment : a terrible disease .
This is positively Biblical .
Gaia is God in this scenario , coming to punish us for our sins .
A group of scientists agrees with Andersen .
They describe Covid-19 as a ‘ clear warning shot ’ from nature , telling human civilisation that it is ‘ playing with fire ’ .
This is the political exploitation of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back human industry : what a low trick .
Britain ’ s chief bourgeois misanthrope , George Monbiot , was hot on the heels of the UN ’ s eco-medievalists .
He says Covid-19 has shattered humanity ’ s self-serving myth that it has achieved ‘ insulation from natural hazards ’ .
There is a grotesque glee in the way Monbiot describes what Covid-19 has unleashed – ‘ the membrane has ruptured ’ , he says , and ‘ we find ourselves naked and outraged , as the biology we appeared to have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Monbiot also views this pandemic as a lesson from nature .
The headline to his piece says : ‘ Covid-19 is nature ’ s wake-up call to our complacent civilisation.
’ And what is the content of nature ’ s violent lesson to disgusting mankind ?
It is to remind us that , for all our arrogance , we are actually ‘ governed by biology and physics ’ .
There is something profoundly ugly in this .
Monbiot and other greens seem to view Covid-19 as a disaster that will have an upside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ belief that humankind can exercise dominion over nature and remind us that actually we are at nature ’ s mercy .
They hope this disaster will restore nature ’ s power over the humanised world .
This is also why so many greens online have been sharing images of dolphins swimming near Venice or an absence of airplane trails over California .
Because to them , these are signs of a benefit from Covid-19 : the humbling of humankind , the reining in of our industrial and technological activity , and the reassertion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If you see a disease as a political statement , as an opportunity to pursue your pre-existing misanthropic agendas , there is something very wrong with you .
Even though all of this is morally perverse , it is not surprising .
For a long time , greens have viewed human beings as a pox , a virus in our own right , doing untold damage to the planet .
Green god David Attenborough has said humans are ‘ a plague on the planet ’ .
Even when greens don ’ t use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ promote a view of human production and development as toxic and destructive .
And they latch on to everything from bushfires to floods , from plagues of locusts to melting ice-caps , as signs from nature , lessons from a furious Gaia .
When religious crackpots blame floods on gay marriage , claiming God is punishing us for losing the moral plot , we rightly mock them .
Yet greens offer merely a secular version of such backward , apocalyptic claptrap .
The truth is that if the Covid-19 crisis has shown us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be to live in the kind of world greens dream about .
Right now , courtesy of a horrible new virus , our societies look not dissimilar to the kind of societies Greta Thunberg , Extinction Rebellion , green parties and others have long been agitating for .
Fewer flights , industry halted , huge infrastructure projects put on hold .
Less driving , less travelling , less human interaction .
Over the past few weeks , as a result of our response to Covid-19 , the ‘ human footprint ’ will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ awful world it has become : smaller , quieter , more atomised .
We are all happy to make some sacrifices during this crisis .
We are staying home , observing social distancing , and of course , most of us are not working or travelling .
But we can not wait to go back to a world in which factories crank back to life , airplanes scrawl their lines in the sky , and people can go anywhere and work , socialise , buy and eat to their heart ’ s content @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they talk about Covid-19 , because it won ’ t be long before more and more people realise that this unpleasant emergency we are living through is just like the warped dystopia greens want to build .
Brendan O ’ Neill is editor of spiked and host of the spiked podcast , The Brendan O ’ Neill Show .
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Extinction Rebellion tries to distance itself from stickers declaring: ‘Corona is the cure, humans are the disease’

Extinction Rebellion has distanced itself from stickers purporting to be from the campaign group which state : “ Corona is the cure , humans are the disease.
” A Twitter account with the name “ XREastMidlands ” shared photos of stickers featuring the message , alongside the Extinction Rebellion – also known as XR – branding .
In a further post , it added that coronavirus could be a “ natural response from the living Earth to the damage humanity has inflicted on it , for centuries ” .
However , a statement from the group ’ s central team @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : “ The Twitter account in question is not recognised by Extinction Rebellion East Midlands or Extinction Rebellion UK and we do not support in any way the positions expressed on that account.
” The group went on to suggest there was a broader campaign of misinformation targeting its work .
In a twitter post , Extinction Rebellion UK said information “ with messaging that is not in line with what XR believes or stands for ” was being shared by “ far right ” adversaries , adding : “ Please get in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anywhere .
Look after yourselves.
” The group apologised earlier in the coronavirus outbreak when activists were encouraged to self-isolate in tree houses to protest HS2 .
However , this was swiftly retracted and an apology issued .
Extinction Rebellion also cancelled a mass London gathering planned due to the virus .
The group rose to prominence last year with mass protests across London which brought swathes of the city to a standstill .


climatedepot--2020-03-25--Stanford University Professors of Medicine dissent: ‘Is the Coronavirus as Deadly as They Say?’ – ‘F

Stanford University Professors of Medicine dissent: ‘Is the Coronavirus as Deadly as They Say?’ – ‘Fatality rate may be too high by orders of magnitude’

`` If we ’ re right about the limited scale of the epidemic , then measures focused on older populations and hospitals are sensible ... And policy makers will need to focus on reducing risks for older adults and people with underlying medical conditions .
A universal quarantine may not be worth the costs it imposes on the economy , community and individual mental and physical health .
We should undertake immediate steps to evaluate the empirical basis of the current lockdowns . ''
`` A 20,000- or 40,000-death epidemic is a far less severe problem than one that kills @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of decisions around Covid-19 response , getting clear data to guide decisions now is critical . ''
... Dr. Bendavid and Dr. Bhattacharya are professors of medicine at Stanford : `` Fear of Covid-19 is based on its high estimated case fatality rate—2 % to 4 % of people with confirmed Covid-19 have died , according to the World Health Organization and others .
So if 100 million Americans ultimately get the disease , two million to four million could die .
We believe that estimate is deeply flawed .
The true fatality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who die , not the deaths from identified positive cases . ''
...
If it ’ s true that the novel coronavirus would kill millions without shelter-in-place orders and quarantines , then the extraordinary measures being carried out in cities and states around the country are surely justified .
But there ’ s little evidence to confirm that premise—and projections of the death toll could plausibly be orders of magnitude too high .
Fear of Covid-19 is based on its high estimated case fatality rate—2 % to 4 % of people with confirmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ World Health Organization and others .
So if 100 million Americans ultimately get the disease , two million to four million could die .
We believe that estimate is deeply flawed .
The true fatality rate is the portion of those infected who die , not the deaths from identified positive cases .
The latter rate is misleading because of selection bias in testing .
The degree of bias is uncertain because available data are limited .
But it could make the difference between an epidemic that kills 20,000 and one that kills @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actual infections is much larger than the number of cases—orders of magnitude larger—then the true fatality rate is much lower as well .
That ’ s not only plausible but likely based on what we know so far .
Population samples from China , Italy , Iceland and the U.S. provide relevant evidence .
On or around Jan. 31 , countries sent planes to evacuate citizens from Wuhan , China .
When those planes landed , the passengers were tested for Covid-19 and quarantined .
After 14 days , the percentage who tested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was the prevalence in the greater Wuhan area on Jan. 31 , then , with a population of about 20 million , greater Wuhan had 178,000 infections , about 30-fold more than the number of reported cases .
The fatality rate , then , would be at least 10-fold lower than estimates based on reported cases .
Next , the northeastern Italian town of Vò , near the provincial capital of Padua .
On March 6 , all 3,300 people of Vò were tested , and 90 were positive , a prevalence of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the whole province ( population 955,000 ) , which had 198 reported cases , suggests there were actually 26,000 infections at that time .
That ’ s more than 130-fold the number of actual reported cases .
Since Italy ’ s case fatality rate of 8 % is estimated using the confirmed cases , the real fatality rate could in fact be closer to 0.06 % .
In Iceland , deCode Genetics is working with the government to perform widespread testing .
In a sample of nearly 2,000 entirely asymptomatic people , researchers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % .
Iceland ’ s first case was reported on Feb. 28 , weeks behind the U.S.
It ’ s plausible that the proportion of the U.S. population that has been infected is double , triple or even 10 times as high as the estimates from Iceland .
That also implies a dramatically lower fatality rate .
The best ( albeit very weak ) evidence in the U.S. comes from the National Basketball Association .
Between March 11 and 19 , a substantial number of NBA players and teams received testing .
By @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rostered players were positive .
Since not everyone was tested , that represents a lower bound on the prevalence of 2.2 % .
The NBA isn ’ t a representative population , and contact among players might have facilitated transmission .
But if we extend that lower-bound assumption to cities with NBA teams ( population 45 million ) , we get at least 990,000 infections in the U.S .
The number of cases reported on March 19 in the U.S. was 13,677 , more than 72-fold lower .
These numbers imply a fatality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than it appears .
How can we reconcile these estimates with the epidemiological models ?
First , the test used to identify cases doesn ’ t catch people who were infected and recovered .
Second , testing rates were woefully low for a long time and typically reserved for the severely ill .
Together , these facts imply that the confirmed cases are likely orders of magnitude less than the true number of infections .
Epidemiological modelers haven ’ t adequately adapted their estimates to account for these factors .
The epidemic started @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The first confirmed U.S. cases included a person who traveled from Wuhan on Jan. 15 , and it is likely that the virus entered before that : Tens of thousands of people traveled from Wuhan to the U.S. in December .
Existing evidence suggests that the virus is highly transmissible and that the number of infections doubles roughly every three days .
An epidemic seed on Jan. 1 implies that by March 9 about six million people in the U.S. would have been infected .
As of March 23 , according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there were 499 Covid-19 deaths in the U.S .
If our surmise of six million cases is accurate , that ’ s a mortality rate of 0.01 % , assuming a two week lag between infection and death .
This is one-tenth of the flu mortality rate of 0.1 % .
Such a low death rate would be cause for optimism .
This does not make Covid-19 a nonissue .
The daily reports from Italy and across the U.S. show real struggles and overwhelmed health systems .
But a 20,000- or 40,000-death @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than one that kills two million .
Given the enormous consequences of decisions around Covid-19 response , getting clear data to guide decisions now is critical .
We don ’ t know the true infection rate in the U.S. Antibody testing of representative samples to measure disease prevalence ( including the recovered ) is crucial .
Nearly every day a new lab gets approval for antibody testing , so population testing using this technology is now feasible .
If we ’ re right about the limited scale of the epidemic , then measures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sensible .
Elective procedures will need to be rescheduled .
Hospital resources will need to be reallocated to care for critically ill patients .
Triage will need to improve .
And policy makers will need to focus on reducing risks for older adults and people with underlying medical conditions .
A universal quarantine may not be worth the costs it imposes on the economy , community and individual mental and physical health .
We should undertake immediate steps to evaluate the empirical basis of the current lockdowns .
Dr. Bendavid and Dr. Bhattacharya @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Neeraj Sood contributed to this article .


climatedepot--2020-03-25--12 Experts Questioning the Coronavirus Panic

Below is our list of twelve medical experts whose opinions on the Coronavirus outbreak contradict the official narratives of the MSM , and the memes so prevalent on social media .
Dr Sucharit Bhakdi is a specialist in microbiology .
He was a professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and head of the Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene and one of the most cited research scientists in German history .
What he says : We are afraid that 1 million infections with the new virus will lead to 30 deaths per day over the next 100 days @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 20 , 30 , 40 or 100 patients positive for normal coronaviruses are already dying every day .
[ The government ’ s anti-COVID19 measures ] are grotesque , absurd and very dangerous [ … ] The life expectancy of millions is being shortened .
The horrifying impact on the world economy threatens the existence of countless people .
The consequences on medical care are profound .
Already services to patients in need are reduced , operations cancelled , practices empty , hospital personnel dwindling .
All this will impact profoundly on our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leading to self-destruction and collective suicide based on nothing but a spook .
Dr Wolfgang Wodarg is a German physician specialising in Pulmonology , politician and former chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe .
In 2009 he called for an inquiry into alleged conflicts of interest surrounding the EU response to the Swine Flu pandemic .
What he says : Dr Joel Kettner s professor of Community Health Sciences and Surgery at Manitoba University , former Chief Public Health Officer for Manitoba province and Medical Director of the International @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says : I have never seen anything like this , anything anywhere near like this .
I ’ m not talking about the pandemic , because I ’ ve seen 30 of them , one every year .
It is called influenza .
And other respiratory illness viruses , we don ’ t always know what they are .
But I ’ ve never seen this reaction , and I ’ m trying to understand why .
I worry about the message to the public , about the fear of coming into contact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ space as people , shaking their hands , having meetings with people .
I worry about many , many consequences related to that .
In Hubei , in the province of Hubei , where there has been the most cases and deaths by far , the actual number of cases reported is 1 per 1000 people and the actual rate of deaths reported is 1 per 20,000 .
So maybe that would help to put things into perspective .
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Dr John Ioannidis Professor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Policy and of Biomedical Data Science , at Stanford University School of Medicine and a Professor of Statistics at Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences .
He is director of the Stanford Prevention Research Center , and co-director of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford ( METRICS ) .
He is also the editor-in-chief of the European Journal of Clinical Investigation .
He was chairman at the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology , University of Ioannina School of Medicine as well as adjunct professor at Tufts University School of Medicine .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has made contributions to evidence-based medicine , epidemiology , data science and clinical research .
In addition , he pioneered the field of meta-research .
He has shown that much of the published research does not meet good scientific standards of evidence .
What he says : Patients who have been tested for SARS-CoV-2 are disproportionately those with severe symptoms and bad outcomes .
As most health systems have limited testing capacity , selection bias may even worsen in the near future .
The one situation where an entire , closed population was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and its quarantine passengers .
The case fatality rate there was 1.0 % , but this was a largely elderly population , in which the death rate from Covid-19 is much higher .
Could the Covid-19 case fatality rate be that low ?
No , some say , pointing to the high rate in elderly people .
However , even some so-called mild or common-cold-type coronaviruses that have been known for decades can have case fatality rates as high as 8 % when they infect elderly people in nursing homes .
If we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out there , and had not checked individuals with PCR tests , the number of total deaths due to “ influenza-like illness ” would not seem unusual this year .
At most , we might have casually noted that flu this season seems to be a bit worse than average .
– “ A fiasco in the making ?
As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold , we are making decisions without reliable data ” , Stat News , 17th March 2020 Dr Yoram Lass is an Israeli physician , politician and former Director @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also worked as Associate Dean of the Tel Aviv University Medical School and during the 1980s presented the science-based television show Tatzpit .
What he says : Italy is known for its enormous morbidity in respiratory problems , more than three times any other European country .
In the US about 40,000 people die in a regular flu season and so far 40-50 people have died of the coronavirus , most of them in a nursing home in Kirkland , Washington .
In every country , more people die from regular flu compared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
…there is a very good example that we all forget : the swine flu in 2009 .
That was a virus that reached the world from Mexico and until today there is no vaccination against it .
But what ?
At that time there was no Facebook or there maybe was but it was still in its infancy .
The coronavirus , in contrast , is a virus with public relations .
Whoever thinks that governments end viruses is wrong .
Dr Pietro Vernazza is a Swiss physician specialising Infectious Diseases at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Health Policy .
What he says : We have reliable figures from Italy and a work by epidemiologists , which has been published in the renowned science journal ‹Science› , which examined the spread in China .
This makes it clear that around 85 percent of all infections have occurred without anyone noticing the infection .
90 percent of the deceased patients are verifiably over 70 years old , 50 percent over 80 years .
In Italy , one in ten people diagnosed die , according to the findings of the Science @ @ @ @ @ @ @ every 1,000 people infected .
Each individual case is tragic , but often – similar to the flu season – it affects people who are at the end of their lives .
If we close the schools , we will prevent the children from quickly becoming immune .
We should better integrate the scientific facts into the political decisions .
Frank Ulrich Montgomery is German radiologist , former President of the German Medical Association and Deputy Chairman of the World Medical Association .
What he says : Prof. Hendrik Streeck is a German @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He is professor of virology , and the director of the Institute of Virology and HIV Research , at Bonn University .
What he says : The new pathogen is not that dangerous , it is even less dangerous than Sars-1 .
The special thing is that Sars-CoV-2 replicates in the upper throat area and is therefore much more infectious because the virus jumps from throat to throat , so to speak .
But that is also an advantage : Because Sars-1 replicates in the deep lungs , it is not so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the lungs , which makes it more dangerous .
You also have to take into account that the Sars-CoV-2 deaths in Germany were exclusively old people .
In Heinsberg , for example , a 78-year-old man with previous illnesses died of heart failure , and that without Sars-2 lung involvement .
Since he was infected , he naturally appears in the Covid 19 statistics .
But the question is whether he would not have died anyway , even without Sars-2 .
Dr Yanis Roussel et .
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– A team of researchers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Marseille and the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement , Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille , conducting a peer-reviewed study on Coronavirus mortality for the government of France under the ‘ Investments for the Future ’ programme .
What they say : Dr. David Katz is an American physician and founding director of the Yale University Prevention Research Center What he says : Michael T. Osterholm is regents professor and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota .
What he says : Consider the effect of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ systems , restaurants , hotels , stores , theaters , concert halls , sporting events and other venues indefinitely and leaving all of their workers unemployed and on the public dole .
The likely result would be not just a depression but a complete economic breakdown , with countless permanently lost jobs , long before a vaccine is ready or natural immunity takes hold .
[ T ] he best alternative will probably entail letting those at low risk for serious disease continue to work , keep business and manufacturing operating , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same time advising higher-risk individuals to protect themselves through physical distancing and ramping up our health-care capacity as aggressively as possible .
With this battle plan , we could gradually build up immunity without destroying the financial structure on which our lives are based .
Dr Peter Goetzsche is Professor of Clinical Research Design and Analysis at the University of Copenhagen and founder of the Cochrane Medical Collaboration .
He has written several books on corruption in the field of medicine and the power of big pharmaceutical companies .
What he says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one will ever get in trouble for measures that are too draconian .
They will only get in trouble if they do too little .
So , our politicians and those working with public health do much more than they should do .
No such draconian measures were applied during the 2009 influenza pandemic , and they obviously can not be applied every winter , which is all year round , as it is always winter somewhere .
We can not close down the whole world permanently .
Should it turn out that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be a queue of people wanting to take credit for this .
And we can be damned sure draconian measures will be applied again next time .
But remember the joke about tigers .
“ Why do you blow the horn ?
” “ To keep the tigers away.
” “ But there are no tigers here.
” “ There you see !
” – “ Corona : an epidemic of mass panic ” , blog post on Deadly Medicines 21st March 2020 If you can find any other examples of noteworthy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ please post them below .
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climatedepot--2020-03-25--AOC & 500+ Warmist Groups Demand ‘People’s Bailout’ For Coronavirus Response – Urge ‘tackling the du

AOC & 500+ Warmist Groups Demand ‘People’s Bailout’ For Coronavirus Response – Urge ‘tackling the dual crises of COVID and climate change’

Seven congressional Democrats have joined over 500 progressive groups in demanding that federal lawmakers respond to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic with a “ People ’ s Bailout ” that prioritizes public health and economic relief for workers over corporations while taking steps to prevent future crises .
“ Our people were already struggling , and we refuse to die just to save Wall Street.
” —Kaniela Ing , People ’ s Action The call for a # PeoplesBailout , crafted by a dozen advocacy organizations and now endorsed by hundreds more , urges members of Congress to commit to five @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stimulus packages that contribute to a just recovery : 1 .
Health is the top priority , for all people , with no exceptions .
2 .
Economic relief must be provided directly to the people .
3 .
Rescue workers and communities , not corporate executives .
4 .
Make a downpayment on a regenerative economy while preventing future crises .
5 .
Protect our democratic process while protecting each other .
Those principles were detailed in a Dear Colleague letter sent out by Sen. Ed Markey ( D-Mass . )
and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said : The letter was also signed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( D-N.Y. ) , who introduced the Green New Deal resolution with Markey last year ; Rep. Barabara Lee ( D-Calif. ) ; Sen. Tammy Duckworth ( D-Ill. ) ; and Reps. Pramila Jayapal ( D-Wash. ) and Mark Pocan ( D-Wis. ) , the Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chairs .
The seven Democratic lawmakers ’ support for a People ’ s Bailout came as the Senate continued to debate a third coronavirus package pushed by the GOP , which is widely opposed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ too much to corporations while not enough to workers .
“ The COVID-19 pandemic demands swift and unprecedented action from the federal government , ” declares the People ’ s Bailout website .
“ This is a time to be decisive in saving lives , and bold in charting a path to a genuinely healthier and more equitable future through a just recovery.
” The initial groups behind the People ’ s Bailout were the Center for Popular Democracy , the Climate Justice Alliance , Greenpeace , Indigenous Environmental Network , Indivisible , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Action , Sierra Club , the Sunrise Movement , the U.S .
Climate Action Network , and the Working Families Party .
“ This is a pivotal moment for Congressional Democrats , and it ’ s a chance to show our party learned something from the 2008 financial crisis , ” Varshini Prakash , executive director and co-founder of the Sunrise Movement , said in a statement Tuesday .
“ Gambling trillions of tax dollars on stimulating the stock market can ’ t fix the shortage of hospital beds , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We have a choice to make : Will we let the Trump administration spend hundreds of billions bailing out just the financial industry and massive corporations , or will we put millions of people to work tackling the dual crises of COVID and climate change ?
” —Varshini Prakash , Sunrise Movement “ We have a choice to make , ” Prakash continued .
“ Will we let the Trump administration spend hundreds of billions bailing out just the financial industry and massive corporations , or will we put millions of people to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and climate change ?
” Sunrise political director Evan Weber highlighted congressional Republicans ’ efforts to give President Donald Trump “ a $ 500 billion blank check to bail out any corporation he wants and to spend $ 3 billion driving up the price of oil for consumers at the pump to protect oil companies ’ profits.
” “ Is it so ridiculous , ” Weber asked , “ to suggest that if the government is going to give money to a company right now that we should ensure the money is going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the second biggest global crisis : climate change ?
” People ’ s Action climate justice campaign director Kaniela Ing also expressed concerns about congressional efforts to use the coronavirus crisis “ to jam through massive giveaways to corporations instead of saving the people and communities hurt most by Trump ’ s failure to act.
” “ Our people were already struggling , and we refuse to die just to save Wall Street , ” Ing said in a statement .
“ Lawmakers must respond to this pandemic in a way that yanks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prevents future catastrophes.
” Warning that “ if we don ’ t act in a forward-thinking way , other crises are just over the horizon , ” Ing added that “ COIVD-19 is only a microcosm of what climate calamity will look like .
And this week demonstrated how unprepared we are.
” The People ’ s Bailout aligns with demands from other new campaigns along with experts and activists that policymakers worldwide learn from this pandemic and use it as an opportunity to tackle the climate emergency .
The public health crisis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enact a “ Green Stimulus ” and world leaders to pursue a global Green New Deal .