As reported by the Epoch Times, a Harris Poll that was released on Wednesday showed that a whopping 77 percent of Americans are ready to point the finger at China for the situation the globe currently finds itself in, regardless of party:
A survey from Harris Poll on Wednesday shows that 77 percent of Americans nationally blame the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the spread of the virus.
The belief was echoed across the political spectrum (pdf), with 67 percent of Democrats, 75 percent of independents, and 90 percent of Republicans attributing the CCP virus to the Chinese regime.
What’s more, it would appear that an overwhelming majority believe it’s time to pull our industry from China and get tougher on trade:
Another 71 percent said Americans companies should pull back from manufacturing their products in China, 69 percent said they believe President Donald Trump should persist in his tough trade stance against the regime, and 54 percent said the CCP needs to pay reparations to other countries due to the pandemic.
Expect to see more of this. //
on Wednesday evening following the publication of this report, the Defense Department provided a statement from Col. R. Shane Day, Director of the NCMI.” The statement read:
As a matter of practice the National Center for Medical Intelligence does not comment publicly on specific intelligence matters. However, in the interest of transparency during this current public health crisis, we can confirm that media reporting about the existence/release of a National Center for Medical Intelligence Coronavirus-related product/assessment in November of 2019 is not correct. No such NCMI product exists. //
I agree 100% that leaders must react quickly in the face of a threat. But I have a question for all of the:? What possible motive would President Trump or any other administration officials have to cover this up? They know that Trump is not afraid to confront China. He has done so numerous times. Why would he try to cover up something he had nothing to do with? There is no conceivable reason. Of course they would have acted if they had knowledge in November or even in December that a “cataclysmic event” was coming.
President Trump is not afraid to act. Go ask Qassem Soleimani if you need any proof. //
Streiff also provides a timeline of the crisis. It starts on December 10, when Wei Guixian, one of the earliest known coronavirus patients, starts feeling ill. Additionally, he includes a timeline of the Trump Administration’s response. I highly recommend it.
Social distancing is impossible in much of Africa, and its economic consequences may lead to a famine that is worse than the pandemic. Prevention measures must consider the African context. //
Right now we are facing a choice between more or less drastic measures to slow the spread of COVID-19, a virus which, at time of writing, has yet to claim a life under 10, and claims very few lives under 30, with the risk rising exponentially with age. We are putting in place measures that will lead to malnutrition and starvation for millions of people, and for these horrors, children and especially infants are the most at risk. And very many of those infants are born, and will die, in Africa.
Yet there is little discussion of the consequences for human health of the measures we are taking. Nor is there discussion of how the major differences between Africa and America, Europe and Asia might matter. The World Health Organisation (WHO) website contains no technical guidance on how African governments should approach their considerably different contexts. The advice is the same globally, but the context is not.
Failure to recognise that one size does not fit all could have lethal consequences in this region, maybe even more lethal than those of the virus itself. //
the major components of the recommended public health measures – social distancing and hygiene – are extremely difficult to implement effectively in much of Africa. The net effect of measures that seek to enforce social distancing may thus be to prevent people from working, without actually achieving the distancing that would slow the spread of the virus. If that is true, then we must consider whether we would be better off without them. //
In Africa, it’s questionable whether leaders have a political choice, given intense pressure from an international community that isn’t thinking about the differences of the African context, and a WHO offering no region-specific technical advice.
Leaders need to be given the space to say shocking things, to be upfront about what might go wrong, to change their minds in the face of new evidence, and to pick the lesser of two evils.
As a one-time thing, it’s fine. But the governor is in a serious position right now. The stakes are high. The media should be scrutinizing him with heightened intensity, not giving him airtime to be interviewed frequently by his own brother, whose biases are impossible to erase. (And for good reason. They love each other.)
"This is what we trained for...and I can't imagine fading into the background." //
I’ve been an ER doctor for 45 years…I have lots of experience. To abandon ship in the middle of the greatest public health crisis of our lifetimes is inconceivable to me. I can’t imagine doing that.
This is what we’ve trained for. This is the big show. And I can’t imagine fading into the background.
Dr. Bill Fisher
@DrBillFisher
A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.
The electrically-charged fog coats aircraft surfaces to disinfect aircraft interiors to ensure that lingering germs and pathogens are eradicated. //
Delta Air Lines first began fogging its aircraft in February when concerns about the spread of the coronavirus outside of China were growing, focusing on those coming from the Asia-Pacific region. //
Delta announced that its fogging measures will be expanded to nightly for every aircraft on April 1 and later in May to before every flight. //
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines have each announced the method will be deployed in their standard cleaning routine.
It’s no surprise that there are currently fewer planes in the skies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. //
Data gathered by FlightAware shows that there were 98,163 flights across the globe on April 2nd, 2019. However, on the same date a year later, there were only 26,884 services in the air. In comparison, this year kicked with five percent more traffic than New Year’s Day 2019. There were 88,309 flights on January 1st, 2020, ahead of the 84,045 services on the same day the year before.
Wuhan Virus, Reliable U.S. Numbers
A consumer behavior researcher explains why toilet paper shelves are bare.
The answer is sadly disturbing. //
It’s a dark day in news media when once-giants in their field — who had remained giants as outlets around them folded to political bias — begin to bow to Chinese interests over the interests of the American people. But the good news, per Benson’s Twitter post above, is it looks like the American people are noticing.
Ever wonder what the apocalypse would look like?
now we’re seeing that very thing, and there’s no sleight of hand required.
As noted by The Daily Wire, astounding photos of New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago are popping up on social media.
And it certainly looks as if there must be zombies on the lurk.
Whoever thought NYC could look so clean:
One photographer really put it in perspective — “Population of New York City = 8.623 million (2017).”
Yet:
“Subway population at rush hour = two people and a cat.”It is time to think outside the box and seriously consider a somewhat unconventional approach to COVID-19: controlled voluntary infection.