investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--Our Press Is A Bunch Of Middle-School Mean Girls

“ If your opponent is of choleric temper , seek to irritate him .
Pretend to be weak , that he may grow arrogant.
” — Sun Tzu , The Art of War The American media are the enemy of the American president and the American people , and they have indeed grown arrogant .
“ The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself , ” Sun Tzu wrote .
Those of us who have been watching President Trump ’ s daily press briefings on the COVID-19 virus have not been surprised at the appalling disrespect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have behaved this way since Trump became a candidate for the office of the presidency .
As the world now grapples with this pandemic , each day , the president and his team patiently explain to these people everything they know to date , and then he takes questions .
Nearly every question is an attempt at a gotcha moment .
They read part of a statement the president made , often an edited statement , then challenge him to defend that which needs no defense .
He has defeated them , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Our not intrepid press corps nearly operates on the premise that the president came late to the crisis when in fact he was on it from moment one , as soon as the truth of it emerged from China too late .
The WHO , NIH , and CDC were each wholly unprepared , having spent their billions on social justice projects and studying drunk monkeys .
Not one of those three agencies saw the virus as a potential pandemic — not in December or January .
Trump did .
It is those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who bear the blame for the shortages of medical equipment and supplies , Gov .
Cuomo in particular .

“If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.” — Sun Tzu, The Art of War
The American media are the enemy of the American president and the American people, and they have indeed grown arrogant. “The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself,” Sun Tzu wrote. Those of us who have been watching President Trump’s daily press briefings on the COVID-19 virus have not been surprised at the appalling disrespect the reporters show the man. They have behaved this way since Trump became a candidate for the office of the presidency.
As the world now grapples with this pandemic, each day, the president and his team patiently explain to these people everything they know to date, and then he takes questions. Nearly every question is an attempt at a gotcha moment. They read part of a statement the president made, often an edited statement, then challenge him to defend that which needs no defense. He has defeated them, but they have yet to realize it.
Our not intrepid press corps nearly operates on the premise that the president came late to the crisis when in fact he was on it from moment one, as soon as the truth of it emerged from China too late. The WHO, NIH, and CDC were each wholly unprepared, having spent their billions on social justice projects and studying drunk monkeys. Not one of those three agencies saw the virus as a potential pandemic — not in December or January. Trump did. It is those institutions and the irresponsibility of previous administrations who bear the blame for the shortages of medical equipment and supplies, Gov. Cuomo in particular.


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--CoronaVirus Is Confirmed As Airborne

CoronaVirus Is Confirmed As Airborne

“ Disease spread through both direct ( droplet and person-to-person ) as well as indirect contact ( contaminated objects and airborne transmission ) are indicated , supporting the use of airborne isolation precautions ” This Explains it all the Government ’ s reaction , heavy Quarantine , Disinfecting air and streets in China , it ’ s virulent nature , this really is unlike any other Influenza and “ Common Cold ” type virus outbreak ever seen in human history !
This means if you open a door where someone was who is a asymptomatic and shedding the air can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outside and potentially inside , without needing to be attached to airborne water droplets like normal colds and flu !
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Now one of the Lead Authors is imho very interesting for many reasons , and if he has put his name on this , then the Military , white house etc .
all know already and did before this was released and puts REAL gravitas behind the findings .
Here he is : Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases , James Lawler , M.D.
, M.P.H at Nebraska University His history is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Military , Ebola , Infectious disease , White House and Homeland Security , Biodefence and such like , and knows his stuff to say the least in this Field : “ Executive director of international programs and innovation at the Global Center for Health Security and director of clinical and biodefence research at the National Strategic Research Institute.
” “ Dr .
Lawler came to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2018 following a military career in which he served as a Navy Commander , and was chief of clinical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Center , Fort Detrick , Maryland .
He was an attending physician at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and served White House assignments as Homeland Security Council and National Security Council staff , where he worked on biodefence , pandemic response and health preparedness .
Dr. Lawler has field experience treating Ebola patients in sub-Saharan Africa , and served as a subject-matter expert in the training of Department of Defence medical personnel to work with infectious-diseases patients.
” www.unmc.edu/intmed/divisions/id/faculty/lawler.html He was with others checking for this , before publication Homeland White House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also they knew probably from their own research and 5 eyes etc .
from Chinese in January .
Wow Just Wow terrifying and Life will never be the same for the planet , Nothings Shut Up !
The Following explains it all and WHY NONE OF THE WORKERS HAVE GOT SICK Unlike every other health setting fighting this in the world .
Notice the way the corridoors are set up .
This practice and results that no further spread of the virus to any doctors or Nurses helping them , is anecdotal evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Unfortunately there is no way all hospitals can be set up like this as the THIS BELOW confirms the report as all other places of care even with good PPE and careful infectious disease control measures are resulting in sick Nurses and Doctors and quite a lot are dying , as evidenced a long time ago it seems now , by the original whistelblower Doctor from China :

It’s Airborne Guys
“Disease spread through both direct (droplet and person-to-person) as well as indirect contact (contaminated objects and airborne transmission) are indicated, supporting the use of airborne isolation precautions”
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.23.20039446v2.full.pdf
This Explains it all the Government’s reaction, heavy Quarantine, Disinfecting air and streets in China, it’s virulent nature, this really is unlike any other Influenza and “Common Cold” type virus outbreak ever seen in human history!
This means if you open a door where someone was who is a asymptomatic and shedding the air can waft it to another room, or outside and potentially inside, without needing to be attached to airborne water droplets like normal colds and flu !!!
Now one of the Lead Authors is imho very interesting for many reasons, and if he has put his name on this, then the Military, white house etc. all know already and did before this was released and puts REAL gravitas behind the findings.
Here he is:
Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases, James Lawler, M.D., M.P.H at Nebraska University
His history is VERY TELLING!
Who is heavily linked to the Military, Ebola, Infectious disease, White House and Homeland Security, Biodefence and such like, and knows his stuff to say the least in this Field:
“Executive director of international programs and innovation at the Global Center for Health Security and director of clinical and biodefence research at the National Strategic Research Institute.”
Also
“Dr. Lawler came to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2018 following a military career in which he served as a Navy Commander, and was chief of clinical biodefence research at the Naval Medical Research Center, Fort Detrick, Maryland. He was an attending physician at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and served White House assignments as Homeland Security Council and National Security Council staff, where he worked on biodefence, pandemic response and health preparedness. Dr. Lawler has field experience treating Ebola patients in sub-Saharan Africa, and served as a subject-matter expert in the training of Department of Defence medical personnel to work with infectious-diseases patients.”
www.unmc.edu/intmed/divisions/id/faculty/lawler.html
He was with others checking for this, before publication Homeland White House Military etc. knew the results, also they knew probably from their own research and 5 eyes etc. from Chinese in January.
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Wow Just Wow terrifying and Life will never be the same for the planet, Nothings Shut Up!
The Following explains it all and WHY NONE OF THE WORKERS HAVE GOT SICK
Unlike every other health setting fighting this in the world.
Notice the way the corridoors are set up.
This practice and results that no further spread of the virus to any doctors or Nurses helping them, is anecdotal evidence of what the Study has proven.
Unfortunately there is no way all hospitals can be set up like this as the
Equiptment
Staffing Levels
Expertise
Infrastructure
THIS BELOW confirms the report as all other places of care even with good PPE and careful infectious disease control measures are resulting in sick Nurses and Doctors and quite a lot are dying, as evidenced a long time ago it seems now, by the original whistelblower Doctor from China:
GodBless


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--UK Prime Minister says China must face “a reckoning” once the coronavirus is under control. What wil

UK Prime Minister says China must face “a reckoning” once the coronavirus is under control. What will the rest of the World do to Chi*na once this virus is behind us?

China has cost the world $ 5trillion to date .
It ’ s likely to double or triple .
The @ @ @ @ @ can not let this pass without striking back at China .
China has damaged the @ @ @ @ @ the Second World War .
Will our reckoning be overt , covert or both .
@ @ @ @ @ started ?
See link to this story spectator.org/china-and-the-coronavirus-a-reckoning/ Yet China doesn ’ t miss a @ @ @ @ @ cripples the world , China expands control over South China Sea www.google.co.uk/url ?
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by Fckyousantorum
China has cost the world $5trillion to date. It’s likely to double or triple. The world’s major economies cannot let this pass without striking back at China. China has damaged the West greater than anything since the Second World War.
Will our reckoning be overt, covert or both. Perhaps it’s already started?
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See link to this story spectator.org/china-and-the-coronavirus-a-reckoning/
Yet China doesn’t miss a trick. As Wuhan Flu cripples the world, China expands control over South China Sea www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=15&ved=2ahUKEwizwZXGzcXoAhWuQEEAHaStBnQ4ChAWMAR6BAgFEAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmoderndiplomacy.eu%2F2020%2F03%2F27%2Fchinas-aggressive-moves-in-south-china-sea%2F&usg=AOvVaw1X_T2JMDPNuwfZJw331Jw3


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--Bill DeBlasio March 10: “We want to encourage” New Yorkers going out… “If you’re under 50 & you’re h

Bill DeBlasio March 10 : “ We want to encourage ” New Yorkers going out… “ If you ’ re @ @ @ @ @ re healthy , which is most New Yorkers , there ’ s very little threat @ @ @ @ @ even if you were to get it , basically acts like a common cold or @ @ @

Bill DeBlasio March 10: “We want to encourage” New Yorkers going out…
“If you’re under 50 & you’re healthy, which is most New Yorkers, there’s very little threat here. This disease, even if you were to get it, basically acts like a common cold or flu.”pic.twitter.com/azfGg0dnyK
— CHIZ 🇺🇸 (@CHIZMAGA) March 30, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--WITH SEATTLE OVERRUN BY CRIME AND DISEASE, THIS IS A PRIORITY?

Seattle Police Chief Tells People To Call 911 If They Hear ‘ Racist Name-Calling.
’ Seattle ’ s top cop may want to get her priorities straightened out .
In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic , Police Chief Carmen Best used her most recent “ chief ’ s brief ” update on the coronavirus crisis to urge residents to dial 911 if they are the victims of racist name-calling .
It ’ s a time-wasting imperative—and one that ’ s at odds with the First Amendment .
In her briefing , Best called upon the expertise of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Hate crimes have no place in our community , ” said Matsukawa .
“ We are all trying to deal with the COVID-19 public health crisis together .
If you are a victim of a hate crime or hate-based harassment , please call 911.
” “ We will document and investigate every reported hate crime , ” Best continued .
“ Even racist name-calling should be reported to police .
If you aren ’ t sure if a hate crime occurred , call 911 .
We are here to help.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ completely different things .
A hate crime takes place when a person , motivated by animus , engages in criminal activity against a protected class .
Importantly , the underlying action has to be criminal in nature : vandalism , assault , etc .
Mere speech is not generally criminal , except in a few special cases ( true threats of violence , for instance ) .
Racist speech could be an element of a hate crime conviction , but engaging in racist speech is not itself a criminal action .
In fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the First Amendment , according to Supreme Court precedent .

Seattle Police Chief Tells People To Call 911 If They Hear ‘Racist Name-Calling.’
Seattle’s top cop may want to get her priorities straightened out. In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Police Chief Carmen Best used her most recent “chief’s brief” update on the coronavirus crisis to urge residents to dial 911 if they are the victims of racist name-calling.
It’s a time-wasting imperative—and one that’s at odds with the First Amendment.
In her briefing, Best called upon the expertise of a former local news anchor, Lori Matsukawa.
“Hate crimes have no place in our community,” said Matsukawa. “We are all trying to deal with the COVID-19 public health crisis together. If you are a victim of a hate crime or hate-based harassment, please call 911.”
“We will document and investigate every reported hate crime,” Best continued. “Even racist name-calling should be reported to police. If you aren’t sure if a hate crime occurred, call 911. We are here to help.”
Washington State is no place for hate. In a show of solidarity, @LoriMatsukawa joined me to remind everyone that hate has no place in our community. Report hate, including racist name calling, to 911. We are here to help, and will respond to investigate. #WeGotThisSeattle pic.twitter.com/cFGkYopbVW — Chief Carmen Best (@carmenbest) March 31, 2020
This is unhelpful guidance that conflates two completely different things. A hate crime takes place when a person, motivated by animus, engages in criminal activity against a protected class. Importantly, the underlying action has to be criminal in nature: vandalism, assault, etc. Mere speech is not generally criminal, except in a few special cases (true threats of violence, for instance). Racist speech could be an element of a hate crime conviction, but engaging in racist speech is not itself a criminal action. In fact, hateful speech is clearly protected under the First Amendment, according to Supreme Court precedent.


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--GOV. CHARLIE BAKER EXTENDS MASSACHUSETTS STAY-AT-HOME ADVISORY, CLOSURE OF NONESSENTIAL BUSINESS TO

GOV. CHARLIE BAKER EXTENDS MASSACHUSETTS STAY-AT-HOME ADVISORY, CLOSURE OF NONESSENTIAL BUSINESS TO MAY 4 AMID CORONAVIRUS CRISIS.

Gov .
Charlie Baker is extending his orders to keep non-essential businesses closed and have people stay at home through May 4 , bracing for what he said will be “ perhaps the most difficult period of this virus.
” “ I know this is difficult to hear , ” Baker said during his daily update at the State House Tuesday , “ but we need everyone to continue to go without being around many of your family and most of your friends for your own health and safety and for the health and safety of your family , your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Baker requested and received approval from federal officials to deploy a 250 bed facility at the DCU Center in Worcester to treat lower acuity coronavirus patients who need monitoring .
UMass Memorial Medical Center will lead day-to-day operations of the facility once it ’ s up Wednesday with support from state and local partners .
Baker said he is “ actively ” pursuing two other locations and partnerships .
Baker also announced new restrictions on the short-term rental industry , requiring hotels , motels , inns , beds and breakfasts and Airbnbs to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use to fighting COVID-19 , including housing front line health workers or Massachusetts residents who have been displaced .
“ People should really be using common sense on this one and should not be going on vacation right now , ” Baker said .
Baker extended orders that would have expired on April 7 to keep non-essential business closed , state employees working from home , social distancing guidelines and 10-person limit of social gatherings in place through May 4 .
An updated list of essential businesses is posted on the state ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supply chain for essential businesses , including health care providers like chiropractors and optometrists and expanding the types of workers providing disinfectant and sanitation services .
The next couple of weeks are going to be “ critical in this battle , ” Baker said , adding that everyone needs to play their part by keeping their distance and staying home as much as possible to prevent the spread of the coronavirus .
“ It will make a huge difference in this fight , ” he said .

Gov. Charlie Baker is extending his orders to keep non-essential businesses closed and have people stay at home through May 4, bracing for what he said will be “perhaps the most difficult period of this virus.”
“I know this is difficult to hear,” Baker said during his daily update at the State House Tuesday, “but we need everyone to continue to go without being around many of your family and most of your friends for your own health and safety and for the health and safety of your family, your friends and others.”
In addition, Baker requested and received approval from federal officials to deploy a 250 bed facility at the DCU Center in Worcester to treat lower acuity coronavirus patients who need monitoring. UMass Memorial Medical Center will lead day-to-day operations of the facility once it’s up Wednesday with support from state and local partners. Baker said he is “actively” pursuing two other locations and partnerships.
Baker also announced new restrictions on the short-term rental industry, requiring hotels, motels, inns, beds and breakfasts and Airbnbs to stop booking for leisure, limiting their use to fighting COVID-19, including housing front line health workers or Massachusetts residents who have been displaced.
“People should really be using common sense on this one and should not be going on vacation right now,” Baker said.
Baker extended orders that would have expired on April 7 to keep non-essential business closed, state employees working from home, social distancing guidelines and 10-person limit of social gatherings in place through May 4. An updated list of essential businesses is posted on the state’s website, adding clarity around the supply chain for essential businesses, including health care providers like chiropractors and optometrists and expanding the types of workers providing disinfectant and sanitation services.
The next couple of weeks are going to be “critical in this battle,” Baker said, adding that everyone needs to play their part by keeping their distance and staying home as much as possible to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
“It will make a huge difference in this fight,” he said.


investmentwatchblog--2020-03-31--Coronavirus: Americans abroad must return to US ‘immediately’, Pompeo says

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Americans abroad who still wish to return to the United States to do so @ @ @ @ @ commercial and government-chartered flights could soon cease amid the coronavirus outbreak .
“ We don @ @ @ @ @ commercial flights will … operate , ” Mr Pompeo said Tuesday , adding it is @ @ @ @ @ flights being chartered by the US government specifically for Americans to return home due to @ @ @ @ @ in some countries .
Donald Trump ’ s top diplomat urged any Americans abroad who @ @ @ @ @ US soil to contact the American embassy in the country where they currently are to @ @ @ @ @ ” to get a flight back to the States .

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Americans abroad who still wish to return to the United States to do so “immediately,” saying commercial and government-chartered flights could soon cease amid the coronavirus outbreak.
“We don’t know how long commercial flights will … operate,” Mr Pompeo said Tuesday, adding it is not a sure thing that flights being chartered by the US government specifically for Americans to return home due to COVID-19 fears will be available in some countries.
Donald Trump’s top diplomat urged any Americans abroad who want to get back to US soil to contact the American embassy in the country where they currently are to begin making plans “immediately” to get a flight back to the States.


investmentwatchblog--2020-03-31--The economy of China is not seeing a V-Shaped recovery

This morning has seen a does of economic news from the epicentre of the current pandemic and hence crisis which is China .
This is keenly awaited as we see how the economy responds to the pandemic .
Sadly we seem already to be charging into what might be described as Fake News so let us take a look .
Okay now first we need to remind ourselves that this is a sentiment indicator not an actual output number although tucked away we do get some clearer guidance .
Below we seem some sectors which we would expect to pick-up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Let ’ s face it demand for some protective equipment may never have been as high as this .
The twitter feed of Xinhua News also continues with the line that things are in some cases back to normal .
I am sure some of you have already spotted the difference between “ basically contained ” and contained already .
But the theme is of an economic recovery .
This has been reported as being quite a rebound as the two tweet below highlight .
The second tweet is from the editor of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recovery means that you are very quickly back to where you started .
This was what was promised for Greece back in the day which is of course a troubling harbinger .
After all the Greek economy promptly collapsed .
It published an explainer which tells a rather different story .
There was more .
This gets reinforced here .
So as you can see the situation is likely to be as follows the reading of 52 is an improvement on the 35.7 of February .
so for example might be 38 or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sort of absolute moniker in this .
Accordingly there has been an improvement but V-shaped ?
The mire sanguine view I have expressed is much more in line with this from the South China Morning Post today .
What is behind his thinking ?
We also get a clue as to what “ barely contained ” in terms of the Corona Virus means .
We have looked at Hong Kong before because it had its economic troubles before this pandemic struck .
However in terms of today ’ s subject it does give @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is happening in China and if so today ’ s Retail Sales numbers speak for themselves .
It is not to say that some areas have not seen a boost .
The first part is no surprise but unless people were fleeing the place ( or perhaps preparing to ) I am unsure about the second part .
For the other areas of retail sales it was basically the tale of woe you might expect .
These are highly charged times both in terms of the pandemic and the subsequent economic outlook .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ China bouncing back are in fact beyond optimistic .
Indeed even Xhinua News made the point .
So today ’ s song lyrics come from Brian Ferry ( although originally written by Bob Dylan ) .

by Shaun Richards
This morning has seen a does of economic news from the epicentre of the current pandemic and hence crisis which is China. This is keenly awaited as we see how the economy responds to the pandemic. Sadly we seem already to be charging into what might be described as Fake News so let us take a look.
BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) — The purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for China’s manufacturing sector firmed up to 52 in March from 35.7 in February, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Tuesday.
A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while a reading below reflects contraction.
The rebound came as the country’s arduous efforts in coordinating epidemic control and economic and social development have generally filtered through, NBS senior statistician Zhao Qinghe said.
Okay now first we need to remind ourselves that this is a sentiment indicator not an actual output number although tucked away we do get some clearer guidance.
With positive changes taking place in domestic epidemic control and prevention, 96.6 percent of China’s large and medium-sized enterprises have resumed production, up 17.7 percentage points from one month ago, NBS survey showed.
A sub-index for production, rallied 26.3 points from one month earlier to 54.1, hinting at reviving production activities.
Below we seem some sectors which we would expect to pick-up and in fact are probably flat-out. Let’s face it demand for some protective equipment may never have been as high as this.
Meanwhile, the PMI for high-tech manufacturing, equipment manufacturing and consumer goods all stood in expansion zone, signaling quickened restoration in the sectors, according to Zhao.
The twitter feed of Xinhua News also continues with the line that things are in some cases back to normal.
As the outbreak of the novel #coronavirus has been basically contained in China, the construction of Xiongan, often billed as China’s “city of the future,” has resumed in an orderly manner.
I am sure some of you have already spotted the difference between “basically contained” and contained already. But the theme is of an economic recovery.
China’s March composite PMI rose significantly to 53, up 24.1 points from February.
This has been reported as being quite a rebound as the two tweet below highlight.
Wow! Impressive V-shape recovery in #China’s Manufacturing #PMI. Up to 52 from 35.7. ( @jsblokland) So far, data seems to support China’s prospects of a V-shaped economic recovery…. Strong PMI rebound.
The second tweet is from the editor of The Spectator Fraser Nelson.
A V-shaped recovery means that you are very quickly back to where you started. This was what was promised for Greece back in the day which is of course a troubling harbinger. After all the Greek economy promptly collapsed.
The National Bureau of Statistics
It published an explainer which tells a rather different story.
The purchasing manager index is a chain index, which reflects the economic changes in this month compared with the previous month. The magnitude of the change has a great relationship with the base of the previous month.
There was more.
the manufacturing PMI, non-manufacturing business activity index, and the comprehensive PMI output index fell sharply in February, and the base rose from the previous month. These data indicate that the production and operation status of enterprises in March has significantly changed from February.
This gets reinforced here.
Taking the production index as an example, according to the answer of the enterprise purchasing manager to the question “The production volume of the main products of this month has changed from last month”,
So as you can see the situation is likely to be as follows the reading of 52 is an improvement on the 35.7 of February. so for example might be 38 or 39 if we try to impose some sort of absolute moniker in this. Accordingly there has been an improvement but V-shaped?
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The mire sanguine view I have expressed is much more in line with this from the South China Morning Post today.
China’s economic situation could get worse before it gets better, amid a second wave of demand shock that is set to hit both domestic and foreign trade, a Chinese government official has warned.Addressing a press conference in Beijing on Monday, the day after President Xi Jinping toured businesses in Zhejiang province, vice-minister of industry and information technology Xin Guobin delivered a candid and downbeat assessment of the economy, in a subtle break from recent optimistic rhetoric about economic recovery.
What is behind his thinking?
“With the further spread of the international epidemic, China’s foreign trade situation may further deteriorate,” Xin said. “Overseas and domestic demand are both slumping, having a significant impact on some export-oriented companies. These companies might face a struggle to survive.”
We also get a clue as to what “barely contained” in terms of the Corona Virus means.
After bringing the domestic epidemic under control, China gave the green light earlier this month for over 600 cinemas, thousands of tourism attractions and half the country’s restaurants to reopen. But in sudden U-turn last Friday, the National Film Bureau ordered all cinemas to shut down again, without explaining why or when they might hope to reopen. Shanghai municipal authorities also ordered a number of famous tourist attractions to close over the weekend, including the Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Ocean Aquarium.
Is it back?
Hong Kong
We have looked at Hong Kong before because it had its economic troubles before this pandemic struck. However in terms of today’s subject it does give us something of a clue to what is happening in China and if so today’s Retail Sales numbers speak for themselves.
After netting out the effect of price changes over the same period, the provisional estimate of the volume of total retail sales in February 2020 decreased by 46.7% compared with a year earlier. The revised estimate of the volume of total retail sales in January 2020 decreased by 23.1% compared with a year earlier. For the first two months of 2020 taken together, the provisional estimate of the total retail sales decreased by 33.9% in volume compared with the same period in 2019.
It is not to say that some areas have not seen a boost.
On the other hand, the value of sales of commodities in supermarkets increased by 11.1% in the first two months of 2020 over the same period a year earlier. This was followed by sales of fuels (+6.5% in value).
The first part is no surprise but unless people were fleeing the place ( or perhaps preparing to) I am unsure about the second part.
For the other areas of retail sales it was basically the tale of woe you might expect.
Analysed by broad type of retail outlet in descending order of the provisional estimate of the value of sales and comparing the combined total sales for January and February 2020 with the same period a year earlier, the value of sales of food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco decreased by 9.3%. This was followed by sales of jewellery, watches and clocks, and valuable gifts (-58.6% in value); other consumer goods, not elsewhere classified (-21.9%); electrical goods and other consumer durable goods, not elsewhere classified (-25.1%); medicines and cosmetics (-42.7%); commodities in department stores (-41.4%); wearing apparel (-49.9%); motor vehicles and parts (-24.2%); footwear, allied products and other clothing accessories (-43.1%); furniture and fixtures (-19.6%); Chinese drugs and herbs (-23.7%); books, newspapers, stationery and gifts (-35.0%); and optical shops (-28.6%).
Comment
These are highly charged times both in terms of the pandemic and the subsequent economic outlook. As you can see the reports of China bouncing back are in fact beyond optimistic. Indeed even Xhinua News made the point.
However, Zhao said the single-month rise does not necessarily mean the production has been back to pre-outbreak levels, noting that more data should be observed. The upturn of economy, Zhao said, only comes when the PMI moves up for at least three consecutive months.
So today’s song lyrics come from Brian Ferry ( although originally written by Bob Dylan).
It’s a hard and it’s a hard and it’s a hard and it’s a hard
And it’s a hard rain’s a gonna fall


investmentwatchblog--2020-03-31--Coronavirus Can Travel 27 Feet And Stay In The Air For Hours

Social-distancing guidelines to stay 6 feet from others may be woefully inadequate , one scientist warns — saying the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ linger for hours .
MIT associate professor Lydia Bourouiba , who has researched the dynamics @ @ @ @ @ years , warns in newly published research that the current guidelines are based on outdated @ @ @ @ @ Rather than the assumed safety of 6 feet , Bourouiba warns that “ pathogen-bearing droplets @ @ @ @ @ 23 to 27 feet .
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Social-distancing guidelines to stay 6 feet from others may be woefully inadequate, one scientist warns — saying the coronavirus can travel 27 feet and linger for hours.
MIT associate professor Lydia Bourouiba, who has researched the dynamics of coughs and sneezes for years, warns in newly published research that the current guidelines are based on outdated models from the 1930s.
Rather than the assumed safety of 6 feet, Bourouiba warns that “pathogen-bearing droplets of all sizes can travel 23 to 27 feet.”
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3D Video Shows Extensive Damage To Lungs Caused By Chinese Virus
h/t BFD


investmentwatchblog--2020-03-31--PERSPECTIVE: CDC Statistical Estimates for the 2019-2020 U.S. Flu Season

The current flu season is now winding down .
These are the Preliminary Burden Estimates for the 2019-2020 Flu Season @ @ @ @ @ that the figures for these four categories are only mid-line compared to the CDC estimate @ @ @ @ @ U.S. COVID-19 stats as of March 31 , 2020 :

The current flu season is now winding down. These are the Preliminary Burden Estimates for the 2019-2020 Flu Season from the CDC.
Note that the figures for these four categories are only mid-line compared to the CDC estimate ranges.
Influenza-Related from October 1, 2019 to March 14, 2020:
TOTAL ILLNESSES: 46,000,000
MEDICAL VISITS: 22,000,000
HOSPITALIZATIONS: 565,000
DEATHS: 43,000 (including 100 children)
www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm
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Here are the U.S. COVID-19 stats as of March 31, 2020:
TOTAL ILLNESSES: 175,669
HOSPITALIZATIONS: 22,000
DEATHS: 3,424
www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
h/t DS


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--1 in 5 hospitalizations in NYC under age 44. This isn’t just a boomer virus.

Older patients remain most at risk , but hospitals are being hit with more and more younger cases Younger adults in New York City are being hospitalized with Covid-19 infections at surprisingly high rates , said doctors and other health-care workers treating them , undermining earlier assumptions about who ’ s most at risk from the new coronavirus .
New York has more confirmed cases than anywhere else in the U.S. , and about 1 in 5 hospitalizations are occurring in people under age 44 , according to data released by the city ’ s health department .
Globally , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 15 % of adults under age 50 , according to the World Health Organization .
On Friday at Manhattan ’ s Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital , a previously healthy 32-year-old male patient turned to doctor Kaedrea Jackson and asked : “ Am I going to die ?
The young man , who had no underlying medical conditions , was short of breath with a fever , and his oxygen levels were dropping rapidly .
He ’ d come to the hospital ’ s emergency department four days earlier but was told to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tylenol and self-isolate .
Now he was back and his condition was deteriorating .
“ The level of fear in his eyes stood out to me , ” Jackson , an emergency medicine physician , recalled in an interview Tuesday .
“ He was extremely scared .
And he was so young .
”

Older patients remain most at risk, but hospitals are being hit with more and more younger cases
Younger adults in New York City are being hospitalized with Covid-19 infections at surprisingly high rates, said doctors and other health-care workers treating them, undermining earlier assumptions about who’s most at risk from the new coronavirus.
New York has more confirmed cases than anywhere else in the U.S., and about 1 in 5 hospitalizations are occurring in people under age 44, according to data released by the city’s health department. Globally, moderate-to-severe cases have occurred in 10% to 15% of adults under age 50, according to the World Health Organization.
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On Friday at Manhattan’s Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, a previously healthy 32-year-old male patient turned to doctor Kaedrea Jackson and asked: “Am I going to die?
The young man, who had no underlying medical conditions, was short of breath with a fever, and his oxygen levels were dropping rapidly. He’d come to the hospital’s emergency department four days earlier but was told to go home, drink water, take Tylenol and self-isolate. Now he was back and his condition was deteriorating. “The level of fear in his eyes stood out to me,” Jackson, an emergency medicine physician, recalled in an interview Tuesday. “He was extremely scared. And he was so young.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-01/coronavirus-in-young-people-ny-patients-skew-younger-some-die


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--It was officially a bull trap

It was officially a bull trap

If you look at the Fibonacci Retracement on the S & P 500 , it tried to break the 38.2 @ @ @ @ @ failed all 3 times .
With the US beer virus cases getting worse and a @ @ @ @ @ of deaths it seems like the markets might just not have priced in the worst @ @ @ @ @ happens when you listen to Trump ) so its 🐻🐻🐻 all the way from here @ @ @ @ @ ’ t break below at least 210 , I will go bald .
Disclaimer : @ @ @ @ @ educational purposes .
Do not make any investment decisions based on the information in this @ @ @ @ @ due diligence .

by nk7gaming
If you look at the Fibonacci Retracement on the S&P 500, it tried to break the 38.2% level 3 times and failed all 3 times. With the US beer virus cases getting worse and a growing estimate on the number of deaths it seems like the markets might just not have priced in the worst of this (thats what happens when you listen to Trump) so its 🐻🐻🐻 all the way from here. If the spy doesn’t break below at least 210, I will go bald.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--It’s Only a Matter of Time Until COVID-19 Lockdowns Lead to Civil Unrest and Violent Crime

( March 31 , 2020 ) The United States of America is basically closed for business , leaving citizens jobless , broke , and without options .
We ’ re facing restrictions on movement the likes of which our nation has never seen .
The stores that are open have never fully restocked after the “ panic buying ” of previous weeks , leading to shelves barren of things like meat , flour , toilet paper , and rice .
It ’ s only a matter of time before these issues combine to become the flashpoint that leads to an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Unemployment skyrocketed , with 3.3 million claims last week , and the Fed estimates that number to climb to a whopping 47 million due to the virus .
Many of these jobs may not come back after the Covid-19 virus has run its course through the nation – businesses small and large are going to be defaulting on their April rent payments , and many simply won ’ t be able to catch up later .
So far , a lot of people in the area where I ’ m staying seem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like a surprise staycation .
It ’ s nice to see families out walking together , playing games , and spending time with the people they love .
But this happiness may be shortlived .
Despite generous government-mandated disaster pay , unemployment , and stimulus checks , the money may not arrive in time for former employees , self-employed people , and gig workers to pay their personal bills .
And when the money does arrive , for many folks it isn ’ t going to be the same amount they were earning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t have emergency funds , so things will be dire in short order .
Of course , this affects landlord , mortgage companies , utility companies , retail businesses…the list could go on and on .
A lot of people are blaming “ hoarders ” and preppers for the shortages seen in stores .
Of course , it ’ s nonsense to blame preppers because we ’ ve been buying our things over a course of years .
And honestly , if it was only “ panic buyers ” causing problems , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by now ?
After all , people have hardly been able to shop for two weeks in many states due to social distancing measures .
In reality , there are major issues with the supply chain , a problem many folks aren ’ t seeing because they ’ re not at the store .
Distribution systems are breaking down .
A source at a Walmart Superstore recently confided that the trucks were only delivering a fraction of the items needed to restock shelves .
Imports aren ’ t arriving in California ports , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ degree they were before .
And because more people are eating at home than ever before , the demand on grocery stores has increased dramatically .
This also comes at a time after farmers have been driven out of business by the trade war .
( source ) We have actual shortages here , and it isn ’ t just due to “ panic buying.
” That only exposed the dangers of the Just In Time delivery philosophy used by retailers .
Some folks are reporting that the shelves in their areas are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the exact opposite .
The third worrisome factor is extreme restrictions on movement .
Never in my lifetime have I witnessed such a thing in the United States as we ’ re seeing now .
Texas and Florida have checkpoints where they ’ re testing travelers for health problems , escorting them to quarantine , or turning them away .
Rhode Island police went so far as to go door-to-door with the National Guard , searching for “ New Yorkers ” who had fled the virus in their home state .
Most states @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the foreseeable future .
Local authorities are beginning to crack down on groups of people and innocent Americans risk being questioned when they leave their homes to walk the dog or go to the store .
Last week , thousands of Americans considered essential workers were given “ travel papers ” to show the authorities if they ’ re stopped when they are going to work .
Travel papers .
In the United States of America .
If you can ’ t satisfy the requirements laid out by your state or local government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ misdemeanor charges for breaking stay-at-home orders .
Add to all of the above , police officers are getting sick .
Hundreds of NYPD and Detroit police officers have tested positive for Covid-19 .
Some places , like Cincinnati , are limiting in-person police responses to crimes “ to reduce unnecessary contact between officers and the public to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
” How long before officers just stop coming in to work and instead , stay home to take care of their families ?
And , can you blame them if they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unrest .
The Covid-19 lockdowns are resulting in violence in other countries .
Italy has begun to see chaos .
People are running out of food , money , and patience .
Videos are appearing on social media of people struggling to cope with the effects of the lockdown .
In Palermo , Sicily , police have been forced to head to supermarkets after reports of people stealing food to feed themselves , and groups have appeared in recent days looking to organise raids on supermarkets .
A video has been widely shared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ young daughter , who is eating a solitary slice of bread , telling the Italian primer minister Giuseppe Conte “ We ’ ve already been inside for 15 to 20 days and we are at our limit .
Just like my daughter , other children in a few days won ’ t be able to eat this slice of bread .
Rest assured you will regret this , because we are going to have a revolution ” .
( source ) It isn ’ t just an Italian problem .
As soon as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ citizens began to riot , beating police with their own shields and overturning police cars .
This could be the perfect storm .
It ’ s only a matter of time before the factors above combine to create the “ perfect ” conditions for widespread civil unrest and crime .
When Cat Ellis wrote her book about surviving this pandemic , there ’ s a reason she included detailed information about securing your property and preparing for potential assaults on your home or retreat .
You ’ ve got your supplies .
Now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And if you think that is far-fetched , then why are retailers across the country boarding up their windows ?
Zero Hedge reports : I suspect it isn ’ t just luxury stores that need to get prepared .
The rest of us need to be ready , too .
Many people in the preparedness community have noticed with discomfort the increasing number of people saying , “ I ’ ll just come to your house ” or “ It ’ s not fair that selfish preppers have all this stuff and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Many of us have been asked by friends , neighbors , and family members if we can spare some toilet paper or hand sanitizer .
The people who suspect you may have food will show up at your door one of these days when they run out of food .
First , they ’ ll come asking for it .
Then they ’ ll come demanding it .
And not just from you but also from local businesses .
The ensuing theft and violence will lead to harsher crackdowns from law enforcement and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defend their homes and businesses .
And if you think the Constitution is being trampled now , hold on to your halo .
Eventually , this will lead straight to martial law and totalitarianism the likes of which we ’ ve never seen in our country .
Don ’ t think for a second that it won ’ t happen here .
Virus or no virus , people are not just going to quietly stay home and watch as their families starve to death .
What happens when people start running out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lockdowns ?
What happens when overloaded unemployment offices are unable to get people ’ s payments to them in a timely fashion ?
What happens when the stimulus checks haven ’ t arrived yet and there ’ s no money in people ’ s wallets for groceries ?
What happens when stores aren ’ t able to replenish enough to keep people fed ?
I think anyone who has been in the preparedness world knows exactly what happens .
Sort of like every Black Friday except this time , people won ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They ’ ll want food to keep their families from starving to death .
And they ’ ll be willing to take down anyone who gets in their way .
Whether that ’ s a parent defending the supply they ’ ve carefully acquired to take care of their own children or a store security guard , it won ’ t matter to those who have not prepared for this .
Every year , I show video clips in the Black Friday Hall of Shame .
And every year , I write @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like this over home linens , what happens when those same people are hungry ?
” This may be the year that we find out what happens .
Daisy Luther writes about current events , preparedness , frugality , voluntaryism , and the pursuit of liberty on her website , The Organic Prepper .
She is widely republished across alternative media and she curates all the most important news links on her aggregate site , PreppersDailyNews.com .
Daisy is the best-selling author of 4 books and runs a small digital publishing company .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pinterest , and Twitter .

by Daisy Luther
(March 31, 2020) The United States of America is basically closed for business, leaving citizens jobless, broke, and without options. We’re facing restrictions on movement the likes of which our nation has never seen. The stores that are open have never fully restocked after the “panic buying” of previous weeks, leading to shelves barren of things like meat, flour, toilet paper, and rice.
It’s only a matter of time before these issues combine to become the flashpoint that leads to an explosion of civil unrest and violent crime.
The financial situation
Unemployment skyrocketed, with 3.3 million claims last week, and the Fed estimates that number to climb to a whopping 47 million due to the virus. Many of these jobs may not come back after the Covid-19 virus has run its course through the nation – businesses small and large are going to be defaulting on their April rent payments, and many simply won’t be able to catch up later.
So far, a lot of people in the area where I’m staying seem to be treating this break of business like a surprise staycation. It’s nice to see families out walking together, playing games, and spending time with the people they love.
But this happiness may be shortlived. Despite generous government-mandated disaster pay, unemployment, and stimulus checks, the money may not arrive in time for former employees, self-employed people, and gig workers to pay their personal bills. And when the money does arrive, for many folks it isn’t going to be the same amount they were earning before the shutdowns. Most people don’t have emergency funds, so things will be dire in short order.
Of course, this affects landlord, mortgage companies, utility companies, retail businesses…the list could go on and on.
The supply situation
A lot of people are blaming “hoarders” and preppers for the shortages seen in stores. Of course, it’s nonsense to blame preppers because we’ve been buying our things over a course of years. And honestly, if it was only “panic buyers” causing problems, wouldn’t the stores be replenished by now? After all, people have hardly been able to shop for two weeks in many states due to social distancing measures.
In reality, there are major issues with the supply chain, a problem many folks aren’t seeing because they’re not at the store. Distribution systems are breaking down.
A source at a Walmart Superstore recently confided that the trucks were only delivering a fraction of the items needed to restock shelves. Imports aren’t arriving in California ports, at least not anywhere close to the degree they were before.
And because more people are eating at home than ever before, the demand on grocery stores has increased dramatically. This also comes at a time after farmers have been driven out of business by the trade war. (source) We have actual shortages here, and it isn’t just due to “panic buying.” That only exposed the dangers of the Just In Time delivery philosophy used by retailers.
Some folks are reporting that the shelves in their areas are full, but many others are reporting the exact opposite.
Restrictions on movement
The third worrisome factor is extreme restrictions on movement. Never in my lifetime have I witnessed such a thing in the United States as we’re seeing now.
Texas and Florida have checkpoints where they’re testing travelers for health problems, escorting them to quarantine, or turning them away. Rhode Island police went so far as to go door-to-door with the National Guard, searching for “New Yorkers” who had fled the virus in their home state.
Most states have closed non-essential businesses and schools for the foreseeable future. Local authorities are beginning to crack down on groups of people and innocent Americans risk being questioned when they leave their homes to walk the dog or go to the store. Last week, thousands of Americans considered essential workers were given “travel papers” to show the authorities if they’re stopped when they are going to work. Travel papers. In the United States of America.
If you can’t satisfy the requirements laid out by your state or local government, you could face fines and even misdemeanor charges for breaking stay-at-home orders.
Don’t count on 911
Add to all of the above, police officers are getting sick. Hundreds of NYPD and Detroit police officers have tested positive for Covid-19.
Some places, like Cincinnati, are limiting in-person police responses to crimes “to reduce unnecessary contact between officers and the public to reduce the spread of COVID-19.”
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During the coronavirus outbreak and beginning Tuesday morning, Cincinnati police officers will no longer respond in person to the following reports: criminal damaging, dog bites, lost property, lost or stolen license plates, phone harassment, property damage or found property. Police will no longer respond to assault reports, unless a suspect is still present or the victim requires medical attention, breaking and entering reports unless a suspect is still present, menacing reports “unless suspect is expected or threatens to return or is part of the elements of domestic violence” or theft reports “where there is no possibility of immediate apprehension.” (source)
How long before officers just stop coming in to work and instead, stay home to take care of their families? And, can you blame them if they do?
Other countries are seeing civil unrest.
The Covid-19 lockdowns are resulting in violence in other countries.
Italy has begun to see chaos. People are running out of food, money, and patience.
Videos are appearing on social media of people struggling to cope with the effects of the lockdown. In Palermo, Sicily, police have been forced to head to supermarkets after reports of people stealing food to feed themselves, and groups have appeared in recent days looking to organise raids on supermarkets. A video has been widely shared around Italy showing a father beside his young daughter, who is eating a solitary slice of bread, telling the Italian primer minister Giuseppe Conte “We’ve already been inside for 15 to 20 days and we are at our limit. Just like my daughter, other children in a few days won’t be able to eat this slice of bread. Rest assured you will regret this, because we are going to have a revolution”. (source)
It isn’t just an Italian problem. As soon as restrictions were partially lifted in China, citizens began to riot, beating police with their own shields and overturning police cars.
This could be the perfect storm.
It’s only a matter of time before the factors above combine to create the “perfect” conditions for widespread civil unrest and crime. When Cat Ellis wrote her book about surviving this pandemic, there’s a reason she included detailed information about securing your property and preparing for potential assaults on your home or retreat. You’ve got your supplies. Now you need to focus on defensive planning.
And if you think that is far-fetched, then why are retailers across the country boarding up their windows? Zero Hedge reports:
In Beverly Hills, the Pottery Barn and West Elm stores near Rodeo Drive were spotted with boards across the windows according to TMZ… …Meanwhile, stores in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Paris, Vancouver and elsewhere were similarly boarded up. (source)
I suspect it isn’t just luxury stores that need to get prepared. The rest of us need to be ready, too. Many people in the preparedness community have noticed with discomfort the increasing number of people saying, “I’ll just come to your house” or “It’s not fair that selfish preppers have all this stuff and they’re refusing to share.” Many of us have been asked by friends, neighbors, and family members if we can spare some toilet paper or hand sanitizer.
The people who suspect you may have food will show up at your door one of these days when they run out of food. First, they’ll come asking for it. Then they’ll come demanding it. And not just from you but also from local businesses. The ensuing theft and violence will lead to harsher crackdowns from law enforcement and vigilante justices as people stand up to defend their homes and businesses. And if you think the Constitution is being trampled now, hold on to your halo. Eventually, this will lead straight to martial law and totalitarianism the likes of which we’ve never seen in our country.
Don’t think for a second that it won’t happen here.
Virus or no virus, people are not just going to quietly stay home and watch as their families starve to death.
What happens when people start running out of the food they hurriedly purchased before the lockdowns? What happens when overloaded unemployment offices are unable to get people’s payments to them in a timely fashion?What happens when the stimulus checks haven’t arrived yet and there’s no money in people’s wallets for groceries? What happens when stores aren’t able to replenish enough to keep people fed?
I think anyone who has been in the preparedness world knows exactly what happens.
Anger. Violence. Looting. Uncontrollable hordes of people storming stores.
Sort of like every Black Friday except this time, people won’t just want inexpensive bath towels and televisions. They’ll want food to keep their families from starving to death. And they’ll be willing to take down anyone who gets in their way. Whether that’s a parent defending the supply they’ve carefully acquired to take care of their own children or a store security guard, it won’t matter to those who have not prepared for this.
Every year, I show video clips in the Black Friday Hall of Shame. And every year, I write, “If they’ll act like this over home linens, what happens when those same people are hungry?”
This may be the year that we find out what happens.
About Daisy
Daisy Luther writes about current events, preparedness, frugality, voluntaryism, and the pursuit of liberty on her website, The Organic Prepper. She is widely republished across alternative media and she curates all the most important news links on her aggregate site, PreppersDailyNews.com. Daisy is the best-selling author of 4 books and runs a small digital publishing company. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter.


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--Nancy Pelosi: “If this Capitol crumbled to the ground, the one thing that would remain is our commit

Nancy Pelosi: “If this Capitol crumbled to the ground, the one thing that would remain is our commitment to our aid…and I don’t even call it aid…our cooperation with Israel. That’s fundamental to who we are”

This is what a real puppet looks like .
They ’ re not worried about controlling Trump .
All they @ @ @ @ @ all the politicians that were in office decades before him and will be there decades @ @

This is what a real puppet looks like. They’re not worried about controlling Trump. All they have to do is control all the politicians that were in office decades before him and will be there decades after.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--If you weren’t aware, the treasury now has the ability to print its own money and it can take certai

If you weren’t aware, the treasury now has the ability to print its own money and it can take certain actions that the Fed can’t. This is a step in the right direction of abolishing the Fed.

But it ’ s the alphabet soup of new programs that deserve special consideration , as they could have profound long-term consequences for the functioning of the Fed and the allocation of capital in financial markets .
Specifically , these are : CPFF ( Commercial Paper Funding Facility ) – buying commercial paper from the issuer .
PMCCF ( Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility ) – buying corporate bonds from the issuer .
TALF ( Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility ) – funding backstop for asset-backed securities .
SMCCF ( Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility ) – buying corporate bonds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
MSBLP ( Main Street Business Lending Program ) – Details are to come , but it will lend to eligible small and medium-size businesses , complementing efforts by the Small Business Association .
To put it bluntly , the Fed isn ’ t allowed to do any of this .
The central bank is only allowed to purchase or lend against securities that have government guarantee .
This includes Treasury securities , agency mortgage-backed securities and the debt issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac .
An argument can be made that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nothing in the laundry list above .
This scheme essentially merges the Fed and Treasury into one organization .
So , meet your new Fed chairman , Donald J. Trump .
In effect , the Fed is giving the Treasury access to its printing press .
This means that , in the extreme , the administration would be free to use its control , not the Fed ’ s control , of these SPVs to instruct the Fed to print more money so it could buy securities and hand out loans in an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the election .
Why stop there ?
Should Trump win re-election , he could try to use these SPVs to get those 10,000 Dow Jones points he feels the Fed has denied everyone .

by Facts-Over-Opinion
finance.yahoo.com/news/feds-cure-risks-being-worse-110052807.html
But it’s the alphabet soup of new programs that deserve special consideration, as they could have profound long-term consequences for the functioning of the Fed and the allocation of capital in financial markets. Specifically, these are:
CPFF (Commercial Paper Funding Facility) – buying commercial paper from the issuer. PMCCF (Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility) – buying corporate bonds from the issuer. TALF (Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility) – funding backstop for asset-backed securities. SMCCF (Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility) – buying corporate bonds and bond ETFs in the secondary market. MSBLP (Main Street Business Lending Program) – Details are to come, but it will lend to eligible small and medium-size businesses, complementing efforts by the Small Business Association.
To put it bluntly, the Fed isn’t allowed to do any of this. The central bank is only allowed to purchase or lend against securities that have government guarantee. This includes Treasury securities, agency mortgage-backed securities and the debt issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. An argument can be made that can also include municipal securities, but nothing in the laundry list above.
This scheme essentially merges the Fed and Treasury into one organization. So, meet your new Fed chairman, Donald J. Trump.
In effect, the Fed is giving the Treasury access to its printing press. This means that, in the extreme, the administration would be free to use its control, not the Fed’s control, of these SPVs to instruct the Fed to print more money so it could buy securities and hand out loans in an effort to ramp financial markets higher going into the election. Why stop there? Should Trump win re-election, he could try to use these SPVs to get those 10,000 Dow Jones points he feels the Fed has denied everyone.


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--Look Where Border Patrol Agents are Stationed Now Due to Health Crisis

Twitchy reports , The Hallandale Beach police department in Broward County , FL shared photos from over the weekend of @ @ @ @ @ with keeping the beach safe and closed ” .

Twitchy reports, The Hallandale Beach police department in Broward County, FL shared photos from over the weekend of Border Patrol agents “assisting with keeping the beach safe and closed”.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--Cuomo: People are stealing medical supplies from hospitals. Trump: People are stealing medical suppl

Cuomo: People are stealing medical supplies from hospitals. Trump: People are stealing medical supplies from hospitals. Cuomo: I have no idea what Trump is talking about

The MSM is chock full of liars .
Pushing fake narratives all the live long day .
Article Titled : @ @ @ @ @ and other medical equipment from hospitals , New York Gov .
Cuomo says ”

Cuomo: People are stealing medical supplies from hospitals
Trump: People are stealing medical supplies from hospitals
Cuomo: I have no idea what Trump is talking about t.co/waOdg1zIqa — Dan Bongino (@dbongino) March 31, 2020
The MSM is chock full of liars. Pushing fake narratives all the live long day.
Article Titled: “People are stealing masks and other medical equipment from hospitals, New York Gov. Cuomo says”
PUBLISHED FRI, MAR 6 2020
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investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--While the entire world is laser focused on a virus, DOJ releases report that the FBI systematically

While the entire world is laser focused on a virus, DOJ releases report that the FBI systematically illegally spies on people using top secret FISA courts.

New findings by the Justice Department inspector general that the FBI has repeatedly violated surveillance rules stood in stark contrast to the years of assurances from top Democrats and media commentators that bureau scrupulously handled Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ( FISA ) warrants — and prompted Republican lawmakers to caution that the FBI seemingly believes it has “ carte blanche to routinely erode the liberties of Americans without proper justification.
” The DOJ watchdog identified critical errors in every FBI wiretap application that it audited as part of the fallout from the bureau ’ s heavily flawed investigation into former @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surveilled in part because of a largely discredited dossier funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee ( DNC ) .
An FBI lawyer in that case even falsified a CIA email submitted to the FISA court in order to make Page ’ s communications with Russians appear nefarious , the DOJ inspector general found ; and the DOJ has concluded that the Page warrant was legally improper .
But , the DOJ ’ s new assessment indicated that FISA problems were systemic at the bureau and extended beyond the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 29 cases the DOJ inspector general reviewed , the FBI did not have any so-called “ Woods files ” at all , referring to documentation demonstrating that it had independently corroborated key facts in its surveillance warrant applications .
In three of those applications , the FBI couldn ’ t confirm that Woods documentation ever existed .

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New findings by the Justice Department inspector general that the FBI has repeatedly violated surveillance rules stood in stark contrast to the years of assurances from top Democrats and media commentators that bureau scrupulously handled Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants — and prompted Republican lawmakers to caution that the FBI seemingly believes it has “carte blanche to routinely erode the liberties of Americans without proper justification.”
The DOJ watchdog identified critical errors in every FBI wiretap application that it audited as part of the fallout from the bureau’s heavily flawed investigation into former Trump advisor Carter Page, who was surveilled in part because of a largely discredited dossier funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). An FBI lawyer in that case even falsified a CIA email submitted to the FISA court in order to make Page’s communications with Russians appear nefarious, the DOJ inspector general found; and the DOJ has concluded that the Page warrant was legally improper.
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But, the DOJ’s new assessment indicated that FISA problems were systemic at the bureau and extended beyond the Page probe. In four of the 29 cases the DOJ inspector general reviewed, the FBI did not have any so-called “Woods files” at all, referring to documentation demonstrating that it had independently corroborated key facts in its surveillance warrant applications. In three of those applications, the FBI couldn’t confirm that Woods documentation ever existed.
www.foxnews.com/politics/dojs-fisa-report-contradicts-claims-by-dems-media-experts-that-surveillance-rules-were-strictly-observed


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--Did you hear about the Chinese Billionaire who bought all these Australian hospitals and now threate

Did you hear about the Chinese Billionaire who bought all these Australian hospitals and now threatening to close them?

A billionaire Chinese national , Liu Dian Bo , bought 34 Australian hospitals in 2015 for $ 900 million .
They have 8000 beds .
Now that the country needs them most , the billionaire is shutting them down .
His company wants more money from the government .
t.co/q9yJS0vSwl Frantic negotiations are underway to save more hospitals from closing and ensure tens of thousands of beds could be used to treat coronavirus patients .
Private hospital company Healthe Care has already stood down 800 staff and is putting in doubt 8000 beds at 34 private hospitals across Australia after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ response to the COVID-19 spread .
In a letter to staff , a copy seen by 9News , Healthe Care stated that the availability of private hospitals is at risk .
It is now putting the pressure on state and federal governments for financial help .
Chinese billionaire Liu Dian Bo bought Healthe Care for $ 900 million in 2015 .
Now , the company , which 9News understands was already facing financial pressure , is putting the heat on federal and state government for help .
“ We have received no firm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ letter to staff said .
“ Regrettably , this has driven us to these immediate actions .
”

A billionaire Chinese national, Liu Dian Bo, bought 34 Australian hospitals in 2015 for $900 million. They have 8000 beds. Now that the country needs them most, the billionaire is shutting them down. His company wants more money from the government. t.co/q9yJS0vSwl
Frantic negotiations are underway to save more hospitals from closing and ensure tens of thousands of beds could be used to treat coronavirus patients.
Private hospital company Healthe Care has already stood down 800 staff and is putting in doubt 8000 beds at 34 private hospitals across Australia after the federal government cancelled elective surgeries in response to the COVID-19 spread.
In a letter to staff, a copy seen by 9News, Healthe Care stated that the availability of private hospitals is at risk. It is now putting the pressure on state and federal governments for financial help.
Chinese billionaire Liu Dian Bo bought Healthe Care for $900 million in 2015. Now, the company, which 9News understands was already facing financial pressure, is putting the heat on federal and state government for help.
“We have received no firm proposals,” the company’s letter to staff said.


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--Someone Needs To Explain To Him That He Had His Turn And It’s Over:

On Tuesday , former President Barack Obama ripped into President Donald Trump ’ s decision to loosen environmental standards , comparing “ climate denial ” to the original skepticism officials expressed at reports of the coronavirus pandemic .
Yes , in the midst of a pandemic that is choking the economic life out of this country , Obama focused on climate change .
Obama shared an article from The Los Angeles Times entitled , “ Trump rolls back biggest U.S. effort to combat climate change.
” The article details Trump ’ s move to loosen fuel efficiency standards as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ low prices amid an oil price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia .
This oil war has hit companies particularly hard during the coronavirus crisis .
Obama instituted the higher standards in 2012 and he likely sees this move as a blow to his legacy .
Yet rather than just complaining about Trump undermining his legacy , Obama used the tensions of the coronavirus crisis to spread fears about climate change .
“ We ’ ve seen all too terribly the consequences of those who denied warnings of a pandemic , ” the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t afford any more consequences of climate denial .
All of us , especially young people , have to demand better of our government at every level and vote this fall .
”

Chicken Little Obama Frets About Trump’s ‘Climate Denial’ Amid Coronavirus Pandemic.
On Tuesday, former President Barack Obama ripped into President Donald Trump’s decision to loosen environmental standards, comparing “climate denial” to the original skepticism officials expressed at reports of the coronavirus pandemic. Yes, in the midst of a pandemic that is choking the economic life out of this country, Obama focused on climate change.
Obama shared an article from The Los Angeles Times entitled, “Trump rolls back biggest U.S. effort to combat climate change.” The article details Trump’s move to loosen fuel efficiency standards as the oil and gas industry struggles with extremely low prices amid an oil price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia. This oil war has hit companies particularly hard during the coronavirus crisis. Obama instituted the higher standards in 2012 and he likely sees this move as a blow to his legacy.
Yet rather than just complaining about Trump undermining his legacy, Obama used the tensions of the coronavirus crisis to spread fears about climate change.
“We’ve seen all too terribly the consequences of those who denied warnings of a pandemic,” the former president began. “We can’t afford any more consequences of climate denial. All of us, especially young people, have to demand better of our government at every level and vote this fall.”


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--Never Forget what the Media has done, and is continuing to do.

This is why most of us are still confused as to what to believe .
Some people are saying this @ @ @ @ @ others are saying the world is ending .
Some people are posting pictures and videos @ @ @ @ @ , while other ’ s are posting videos of empty hospitals .
Then you have @ @ @ @ @ a frenzy to the point where people are panic buying and we actually have lines @ @ @ @

by Drew45
This is why most of us are still confused as to what to believe.
Some people are saying this isnt a big deal while others are saying the world is ending.
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Some people are posting pictures and videos of the shit going on, while other’s are posting videos of empty hospitals.
Then you have our media throwing everyone into a frenzy to the point where people are panic buying and we actually have lines at grocery stores.


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--It would be a shame if everyone saw this…

This is the side of President Trump that the media does n't want anyone to see .
It would be @ @ @ @ @ it .
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This is the side of President Trump that the media doesn't want anyone to see.
THEY HATE IT WHEN THEIR PLANS BACKFIRE: Media Feverish About Trump’s Covid-19 Briefings.
ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE: The Media’s Hatred Of Trump Is Endangering Lives: The news media’s disdain for Trump has always led to reporting that is misleading, but during a pandemic it can also be deadly.
From the beginning of the Wuhan virus outbreak many in the media have been playing a dangerous game in which their objective has been to make President Trump look as bad as possible. What else is new? If something bad is happening, its Trump’s fault. Stub your toe? Forget your keys? Woman turned you down for a date? Look hard enough and you can find how Trump caused it. CNN’s Jim Acosta might even ask him about it.
Remember when Trump mentioning the promise of hydroxychloroquine as potential treatment was treated as him selling snake oil to the American people? Now the New York Times reports it helped victims in a study. Remember when a man died because he and his wife ate fish tank cleaner because Trump told them to? Now it turns out she’s a big donor to Democrats.
When the President and Vice President began holding daily briefings to inform the American people of what was going on, the media spent most of its energy focused on minor rhetorical differences in how Trump and Drs. Anthony Faucci and Deborah Birx described what was going on instead of the vital information the briefings provided.
When the American people saw through the pundits like a poorly made piece of two-way glass, the President’s approval numbers spiked. So what was the reaction of the heroes in much in the news media? To make fabulous and fabricated claims that Trump’s briefings were to dangerous to be shown live because the President of the United States cannot be trusted.


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--Dr. Fauci: 200 Million Americans Will Be Infected

Earlier today in the March 30 Automatic Earth Debt Rattle aggregator I promised to come back to this .
I wrote : Dr. Fauci , Trump ’ s main medical/epidemic advisor , said yesterday that 200,000 Americans could die from COVID19 .
The same Fauci , as I quoted two days ago , recently changed his case fatality rate prediction from 1 % to 0.1 % .
I had to let that sink in for a while , because if those 200,000 people represent that 0.1 % , he now apparently believes that 200 million Americans could be infected with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infected Americans right now according to Worldometer is 142,735 .
The official death number is 2,489 .
On top of that , Trump said , undoubtedly after conferring with Fauci among others , that the coronavirus peak in the USA is expected to take place in two weeks ( Easter ) .
You get where I ’ m going with this : how on earth are the numbers supposed to add up ?
In proven Trumpian fashion , Fauci did cover himself : “ We ’ re going to have millions of cases.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t want to be held to that ” because the pandemic is “ such a moving target.
“ We ’ re going to have millions of cases , but don ’ t hold me to that… ” I think most people see these numbers flash by without realizing what they mean .
I found that remarkable not only because of the 200 million number implied , But also because Dr. Fauci had said a number of different , varying things off late .
Here I am from the March 28 Debt Rattle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 1.0 % CFR to 0.1 % in 2 weeks , Neil Ferguson takes just 10 days to move from 500,000 [ UK ] deaths to under 20,000 .
Oh , and Deborah Brix claims the US have “ ..enough data now of the real experience with the coronavirus on the ground.. ” and , well , after all : “ Models are [ just ] models ” .
Now , she of course in fact merely has new models based on new data ( so why diss models ? )
, and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re : testing .
What Fauci and Ferguson hope to accomplish in risking their credibility with their sudden “ moodswings ” is unclear , but they ’ re not sufficiently supported by new data either .
Not in that amount of time .
Political pressure perhaps ?
Dr. Fauci mentioned the 0.1 % case fatality rate here on March 24 : Dr. Anthony Fauci , a key member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force , co-authored an article published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine predicting the fatality rate for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like that of a “ severe seasonal influenza.
” In an exceptionally bad flu season , the case fatality rate is about one-tenth of 1 percent , the authors write .
Regarding the current coronavirus pandemic , they said : “ If one assumes that the number of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases is several times as high as the number of reported cases , the case fatality rate may be considerably less than 1 % .
” While the reference to Dr. Fauci talking about a 1 % case fatality rate comes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 4 ( a view he didn ’ t correct until the March 24 piece above ) : Fauci Says It ’ s Too Early To Determine US Death Rates From Coronavirus Dr. Anthony Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , told the House Appropriations subcommittee in Congress on Wednesday [ March 4 ] that it remains difficult to determine accurate mortality rates of the new coronavirus outbreak , given that we simply do not know yet how many have been infected with the disease .
[ .. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ representatives took the opportunity to grill Fauci on the latest developments .
“ We don ’ t know the denominator , ” Rep. Andy Harris , R-Md.
, noted to Fauci when asking whether mortality rates are reliable .
“ You said it , sir , ” Fauci responded [ .. ] “ If you look at the cases that have come to the attention of the medical authorities , in China , and you just do the math — the math is about 2 % .
If you look at certain age @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fatality is much higher.
” [ .. ] Amid continuing questions around the numbers , Harris asked Fauci about the accuracy numbers published by the WHO on Tuesday stating the death rate is 3.4 % globally .
[ .. ] In the U.S. , the administration is still working to ascertain the full number of Americans infected by the disease .
The administration has been hamstrung by a slow rollout of testing , making it difficult to track .
“ I ’ m torn , ” Fauci said .
“ If we get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ numerator ] it ’ s gon na be bad news for us.
” “ You know as well as anybody that the mortality for seasonal flu is .1 % , ” he added .
“ So even if it goes down to 1 % , it ’ s still 10 times more fatal.
” And then yesterday , the good doctor says the following : Dr. Fauci Says 200,000 Americans Could Die From The Coronavirus The coronavirus outbreak could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans , the U.S. government ’ s top infectious-disease expert @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in nursing homes and a growing list of stricken cities heightened the sense of dread across the country .
Dr. Anthony Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , made the dire prediction of fatalities on CNN , adding that millions in the U.S. could become infected .
“ I would say between 100,000 and 200,000 cases , ” he said , correcting himself to say he meant deaths .
“ We ’ re going to have millions of cases.
” But he added “ I don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” because the pandemic is “ such a moving target.
” What I find remarkable is that I haven ’ t seen a single reporter , TV , newspaper , add that up to the “ 200 million Americans infected ” number .
It ’ s a simple 2+2=4 .
If 200,000 people die with an 0.1 % infection rate , total infections are 200 million .
Unless Dr. Fauci would now claim that either the 0.1 % OR the 200,000 deaths claims or wrong .
And I obviously know he also said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moving target ” ’ , But he should know he ’ s in the public eye , and adjust his claims to that fact .
Besides , he just changed his claims .
Granted , I also wrote this morning : : “ Wonder if he ’ s included the effects of a health care system collapse .
Ironically , that might make his numbers more realistic.
” , but that wouldn ’ t negate his claims .
And then of course you get the following , given that Dr. Fauci is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump , or at least the most visible -with Dr. Deborah Brix : Trump : Keeping US COVID-19 Deaths To 100,000 Would Be A ‘ Very Good Job ’ It ’ s easy to slam Trump for these things , and part of that will be justified and well deserved , but Trump relies on his medical staff to a large extent , even if he deviates from what they say from time to time .
If only because as you now know , his medical team change their opinions quite a bit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the economy would reopen by Easter , he merely said he hoped it would .
Moreover , in this case he ’ s right : if Dr. Fauci predicts 200,000 fatalities , limiting it to half that number would be a good thing .
But more importantly , as Trump predicts a peak by Easter , after talking to Dr. Fauci , but we ’ re still 200,000 deaths minus 2,600 removed from Dr. Fauci ’ s “ goal ” , and 200 million cases minus 144,000 , why don ’ t we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ closely ahead of us in the press ?
Perhaps you don ’ t have to be halfway at the peak , but you certainly must be quite a ways there .
What would that mean for the next two week though ?
Dr. ?
And I know , Dr. Fauci said between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths , but given the gap between today and either of those numbers , it hardly even seems to matter .
15 days to Easter to -only ?
!
- get to 100,000 deaths means 6,667 deaths a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Because otherwise you can ’ t credibly claim a peak .
Your homework for the day : Color the pictures and finish the story .

by Raúl Ilargi Meijer
Hasui Kawase Mimhae Pavilion, Kyongju, Korea 1940
Earlier today in the March 30 Automatic Earth Debt Rattle aggregator I promised to come back to this. I wrote:
Dr. Fauci, Trump’s main medical/epidemic advisor, said yesterday that 200,000 Americans could die from COVID19. The same Fauci, as I quoted two days ago, recently changed his case fatality rate prediction from 1% to 0.1%. I had to let that sink in for a while, because if those 200,000 people represent that 0.1%, he now apparently believes that 200 million Americans could be infected with the coronavirus. The official number of infected Americans right now according to Worldometer is 142,735. The official death number is 2,489. On top of that, Trump said, undoubtedly after conferring with Fauci among others, that the coronavirus peak in the USA is expected to take place in two weeks (Easter). You get where I’m going with this: how on earth are the numbers supposed to add up? In proven Trumpian fashion, Fauci did cover himself: “We’re going to have millions of cases.” But he added “I don’t want to be held to that” because the pandemic is “such a moving target.“ We’re going to have millions of cases, but don’t hold me to that…”
I think most people see these numbers flash by without realizing what they mean.
I found that remarkable not only because of the 200 million number implied, But also because Dr. Fauci had said a number of different, varying things off late. Here I am from the March 28 Debt Rattle:
Weird turnarounds: Fauci goes from a 1.0% CFR to 0.1% in 2 weeks, Neil Ferguson takes just 10 days to move from 500,000 [UK] deaths to under 20,000. Oh, and Deborah Brix claims the US have “..enough data now of the real experience with the coronavirus on the ground..” and, well, after all: “Models are [just] models”.
Now, she of course in fact merely has new models based on new data (so why diss models?), and it’s not nearly enough; re: testing. What Fauci and Ferguson hope to accomplish in risking their credibility with their sudden “moodswings” is unclear, but they’re not sufficiently supported by new data either. Not in that amount of time. Political pressure perhaps?
Dr. Fauci mentioned the 0.1% case fatality rate here on March 24:
Dr. Fauci: Coronavirus Death Rate Like Very Bad Flu
Dr. Anthony Fauci, a key member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, co-authored an article published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine predicting the fatality rate for the coronavirus will turn out to be like that of a “severe seasonal influenza.” In an exceptionally bad flu season, the case fatality rate is about one-tenth of 1 percent, the authors write. Regarding the current coronavirus pandemic, they said: “If one assumes that the number of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases is several times as high as the number of reported cases, the case fatality rate may be considerably less than 1%.”
While the reference to Dr. Fauci talking about a 1% case fatality rate comes for instance from this, on March 4 (a view he didn’t correct until the March 24 piece above):
Fauci Says It’s Too Early To Determine US Death Rates From Coronavirus
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told the House Appropriations subcommittee in Congress on Wednesday [March 4] that it remains difficult to determine accurate mortality rates of the new coronavirus outbreak, given that we simply do not know yet how many have been infected with the disease. [..] amid the coronavirus outbreak, many representatives took the opportunity to grill Fauci on the latest developments. “We don’t know the denominator,” Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., noted to Fauci when asking whether mortality rates are reliable. “You said it, sir,” Fauci responded [..] “If you look at the cases that have come to the attention of the medical authorities, in China, and you just do the math — the math is about 2%. If you look at certain age groups, certain risk groups, the fatality is much higher.”
[..] Amid continuing questions around the numbers, Harris asked Fauci about the accuracy numbers published by the WHO on Tuesday stating the death rate is 3.4% globally. [..] In the U.S., the administration is still working to ascertain the full number of Americans infected by the disease. The administration has been hamstrung by a slow rollout of testing, making it difficult to track. “I’m torn,” Fauci said. “If we get enough data to have a big [numerator] it’s gonna be bad news for us.” “You know as well as anybody that the mortality for seasonal flu is .1%,” he added. “So even if it goes down to 1%, it’s still 10 times more fatal.”
And then yesterday, the good doctor says the following:
Dr. Fauci Says 200,000 Americans Could Die From The Coronavirus
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The coronavirus outbreak could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, the U.S. government’s top infectious-disease expert warned on Sunday as smoldering hot spots in nursing homes and a growing list of stricken cities heightened the sense of dread across the country. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, made the dire prediction of fatalities on CNN, adding that millions in the U.S. could become infected. “I would say between 100,000 and 200,000 cases,” he said, correcting himself to say he meant deaths. “We’re going to have millions of cases.” But he added “I don’t want to be held to that” because the pandemic is “such a moving target.”
Graph by Mike Shedlock based on data from Covid Tracking Project. (Mind the scale)
What I find remarkable is that I haven’t seen a single reporter, TV, newspaper, add that up to the “200 million Americans infected” number. It’s a simple 2+2=4. If 200,000 people die with an 0.1% infection rate, total infections are 200 million.
Unless Dr. Fauci would now claim that either the 0.1% OR the 200,000 deaths claims or wrong. And I obviously know he also said ‘the pandemic is “such a moving target”’, But he should know he’s in the public eye, and adjust his claims to that fact. Besides, he just changed his claims.
Granted, I also wrote this morning:: “Wonder if he’s included the effects of a health care system collapse. Ironically, that might make his numbers more realistic.”, but that wouldn’t negate his claims.
And then of course you get the following, given that Dr. Fauci is the no. 1 medical/epidemic advisor to President Trump, or at least the most visible -with Dr. Deborah Brix:
Trump: Keeping US COVID-19 Deaths To 100,000 Would Be A ‘Very Good Job’
Donald Trump has extended America’s national shutdown for a month, bowing to public health experts, and scientific reality, and warning that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to come. Speaking in the White House Rose Garden, the US president claimed that, if his administration keeps the death toll to 100,000, it will have done “a very good job” – a startling shift from his optimistic predictions of a few days ago when he said he hoped to restart the economy by Easter.
It’s easy to slam Trump for these things, and part of that will be justified and well deserved, but Trump relies on his medical staff to a large extent, even if he deviates from what they say from time to time. If only because as you now know, his medical team change their opinions quite a bit. And he never “predicted” the economy would reopen by Easter, he merely said he hoped it would.
Moreover, in this case he’s right: if Dr. Fauci predicts 200,000 fatalities, limiting it to half that number would be a good thing. But more importantly, as Trump predicts a peak by Easter, after talking to Dr. Fauci, but we’re still 200,000 deaths minus 2,600 removed from Dr. Fauci’s “goal”, and 200 million cases minus 144,000, why don’t we read and hear about the gigantic numbers closely ahead of us in the press?
Perhaps you don’t have to be halfway at the peak, but you certainly must be quite a ways there. What would that mean for the next two week though? Dr.? And I know, Dr. Fauci said between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths, but given the gap between today and either of those numbers, it hardly even seems to matter.
15 days to Easter to -only?!- get to 100,000 deaths means 6,667 deaths a day, or maybe a little less. Because otherwise you can’t credibly claim a peak. Your homework for the day: Color the pictures and finish the story.


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--China needs to be held accountable for what it did: Retired Army General

yes , there will be beautiful and tremendous tariffs on China ’ s goods

yes, there will be beautiful and tremendous tariffs on China’s goods
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investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP MUST IMMEDIATELY BAN CHINA’S “THOUSAND TALENT PROGRAM”

This was supposed to dropped yesterday but when the news hit about Hydroxychloroquine getting the green light I had to @ @ @ @ @ China in and of itself is a Biological weapon .
There number one goal is @ @ @ @ @ segment we explore the recent arrests on Chinese Nationals and a treasonous Harvard Professor .

This was supposed to dropped yesterday but when the news hit about Hydroxychloroquine getting the green light I had to drop segment 2 first. China in and of itself is a Biological weapon. There number one goal is world domination. In this segment we explore the recent arrests on Chinese Nationals and a treasonous Harvard Professor.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--Trump Gives Harry & Meghan BRUTAL Reality Check Before They Even Asked for this Money

Amanda Prestagiacomo from The Daily Wire reports , Over the weekend , The Daily Mail ran a report concerning the @ @ @ @ @ Harry and Meghan , now that the couple has headed to Los Angeles from Canada @

Amanda Prestagiacomo from The Daily Wire reports, Over the weekend, The Daily Mail ran a report concerning the security fees of former royals Harry and Meghan, now that the couple has headed to Los Angeles from Canada.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-04-01--FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS: Coronavirus is killing the Biden campaign — and making him look like a fool

FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS: Coronavirus is killing the Biden campaign — and making him look like a fool.

It is hard for anybody to compete with the president of the United States — regardless of what party he or she is in .
That ’ s why the responses to the State of the Union addresses usually fall flat .
So Biden and his campaign were admittedly fighting an uphill battle going up against Trump .
Compounding this challenge is the need for sensitivity — it is important for Biden to criticize the president , but he can ’ t seem petty , small or overly political in a moment when the people crave real leadership .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Winston Churchill or Franklin Roosevelt .
For Biden , it turned out to be impossible .
His public statements this week have been unfocused , error-ridden , full of awkward gaffes .
They ran directly contrary to the message that his campaign is trying to convey : that he is battle-tested and ready to handle any crisis .
Unsurprisingly , the Biden campaign canceled a major address .
Biden is clearly not working for the Biden campaign .
So what is his team going to do ?
Probably very little for now .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the time .
If Biden doesn ’ t have anything productive to add to that conversation , he isn ’ t going to be involved in it .

via NYPOST:
It is hard for anybody to compete with the president of the United States — regardless of what party he or she is in. That’s why the responses to the State of the Union addresses usually fall flat. So Biden and his campaign were admittedly fighting an uphill battle going up against Trump. Compounding this challenge is the need for sensitivity — it is important for Biden to criticize the president, but he can’t seem petty, small or overly political in a moment when the people crave real leadership.
This would be a major challenge for a Winston Churchill or Franklin Roosevelt. For Biden, it turned out to be impossible. His public statements this week have been unfocused, error-ridden, full of awkward gaffes. They ran directly contrary to the message that his campaign is trying to convey: that he is battle-tested and ready to handle any crisis. Unsurprisingly, the Biden campaign canceled a major address.
Biden is clearly not working for the Biden campaign.
So what is his team going to do? Probably very little for now. The news is all coronavirus, all the time. If Biden doesn’t have anything productive to add to that conversation, he isn’t going to be involved in it.