Beijing's chief medical advisor Dr Zhong (pictured on February 27) said he worried about what would happen in America, adding 'the problem of the US will be the problem of the world'
Daily Mail: China's top coronavirus expert warns of 'a disaster of the whole world' if the US fails to contain the spread of the bug
* 'The problem of the US will be the problem of the world', said Dr Zhong Nanshan
* He warned of a looming global disaster if the bug continues to spread so quickly
* Comes amid a tit-for-tat row between the two countries over the global outbreak
* More than a million people have contracted the virus and over 53,000 have died
Beijing's chief medical advisor on the novel coronavirus has questioned the US governments' abilities to fight the pandemic amid a tit-for-tat row between the two nations over the global emergency.
Epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan claimed he worried about what would happen in America, adding 'the problem of the US will be the problem of the world', according to reports.
He warned of a looming global disaster if the killer bug continues to spread at the current rate. He urged the US authorities to enforce stricter lockdown measures.
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ReplyDeleteWhy Severe Social Distancing Might Actually Result In More Coronavirus Deaths
What the media and policymakers are not telling us is that the longer we delay the development of herd immunity, the more elderly or high-risk people will become infected and die.
An articulated, voluntary lockdown is much, much better.
"An articulated voluntary lockdown is much better." Perhaps but it never was tried. We were presented with only two choices, both of them bad. 1.) Persue a draconian shutdown of the economy. Any reasonable person would know this would be bad. On the other hand, there's no guarantee such draconian policies will actually work. It's a shot in the dark. 2.) Do nothing and just let the virus run its course. This would be bad as well. Between 161K to 2M deaths from this is bad if we assume worse case scenarios.
ReplyDeleteWe really need another option. POTUS was right when he said "the cure cannot be worse than the disease."
There's really nothing "novel" about the coronavirus. New variations of pathogens show up all the time. The only thing "novel" here is the government's response to this.
Ultimately if this thing does run it's course it'll do what pathogens do and the human immune system will do what it does and humanity will survive. It's known that hugging boosts immunity. By enforcing social distancing and subjecting people to the extreme stress of the government's reaction to this immunity is weakened making people more susceptible to infections.
ReplyDelete“You can’t really rely upon models.” - doctor-fuck-shit-up Fauci
ReplyDeleteFLASHBACK: Dr. Fauci Downplayed Hydroxychloroquine 2 Weeks Ago -- Now Considered "Most Effective Therapy" for COVID-19 by Global Survey of Doctors
ReplyDeleteExtra Bad Shit
Below from Gateway Pundit
** In January Dr. Anthony Fauci told Newsmax TV that the United States did not have to worry about the coronavirus.
Now, three months later, he wants to shut down every state!
** Dr. Fauci warned of an apocalyptic pandemic and later compared the coronavirus to a bad flu.
** Dr. Fauci based all of his predictions on models and then told reporters this past week, “You can’t really rely on models.”
Maybe Trump should have prioritized his firings and fired
Doctor Fuck-Shit-Up Fauci before the Ukrainian IG Hoaxster?
January 21, 2020
ReplyDeleteUS coronavirus diagnoses: 1
Dow Jones Industrial Average at close: 29,196.04
The first coronavirus case in the United States is identified in Washington state.
The next day, when asked by CNBC whether he was worried about a pandemics, Trump says: "We have it totally under control. It's one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It's -- going to be just fine."
January 30, 2020
US coronavirus diagnoses: 5
Dow Jones Industrial Average at close: 28,859.44
Trump suggests that the impact in the US is low, tweeting: "Only 5 people in U.S., all in good recovery."
February 10, 2020
US coronavirus diagnoses: 12
Dow Jones Industrial Average at close: 29,276.82
At a rally in New Hampshire, Trump suggests that warmer weather will cause the coronavirus to die off.
"Looks like by April, you know in theory when it gets a little warmer it miraculously goes away. I hope that's true," Trump tells his supporters.
He also signals that while dealing with the virus is "rough stuff," adding: "I think it's going to work out good. We only have 11 cases and they're all getting better."
February 24, 2020
US coronavirus diagnoses: 35
Dow Jones Industrial Average at close: 27,960.80
"The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA," Trump tweets, trying to relay that both the virus and the state of the stock market are under control. "Stock Market starting to look very good to me!"
February 26, 2020
ReplyDeleteUS coronavirus diagnoses: 56
Dow Jones Industrial Average at close: 26,957.59
President maintains that "the risk to the American people remains very low" and the US is prepared for more cases.
"We're very, very ready for this. Whether it's going to be a breakout of larger proportions or whether or not we're at that very low level," he says during a news conference.
The President also tweets blame to cable news networks MSNBC and CNN for "doing everything possible to make the Caronavirus look as bad as possible, including panicking markets, if possible." In the same tweet, he says, "(T)heir incompetent Do Nothing Democrat comrades are all talk, no action. USA in great shape!"
March 2, 2020
US coronavirus diagnoses: 90
Dow Jones Industrial Average at close: 26,703.32
The President mistakenly suggests a coronavirus vaccine could be fully developed and deployed in the US within a matter of months. He's immediately corrected by his top infectious disease expert.
March 5, 2020
US coronavirus diagnoses: 161
Dow Jones Industrial Average at close: 26,121.28
Trump maintains that he'll shake hands and hug people, despite the possibility of increased transmission.
The President also touts the government's high approval ratings and criticizes Democrats on Twitter.
"Gallup just gave us the highest rating ever for the way we are handling the CoronaVirus situation," he tweets. "The April 2009-10 Swine Flu, where nearly 13,000 people died in the U.S., was poorly handled. Ask MSDNC & lightweight Washington failure @RonaldKlain, who the President was then?"
March 9, 2020
US coronavirus diagnoses: 565
Dow Jones Industrial Average at close: 23,851.02
The President says life and the economy will "go on" and compares Covid-19 cases to influenza.
"So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!" Trump tweets.
March 11, 2020
ReplyDeleteUS coronavirus diagnoses: 1,000
Dow Jones Industrial Average at close: 23,553.22
The World Health Organization declares Covid-19's spread a pandemic.
Trump holds an evening Oval Office address where he announces new travel restrictions on most of Europe.
"We have seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus in the United States than are now present in Europe," Trump said as he read from a teleprompter behind the Resolute Desk. "The European Union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from China and other hot spots. As a result, a large number of new clusters in the United States were seeded by travelers from Europe."
Earlier in the day, Trump downplays a potential economic stimulus package, saying during a Cabinet Room meeting: "If we get rid of the problem quickly, everything solves itself, we don't need stimulus."
March 13, 2020
US coronavirus diagnoses: 1,666
Dow Jones Industrial Average at close: 23,185.62
"Through a very collective action and shared sacrifice, national determination, we will overcome the threat of the virus," Trump says in the Rose Garden.
March 15, 2020
US coronavirus diagnoses: 2,885
Dow Jones Industrial Average at close: Sunday, no trading
"We are doing very precise Medical Screenings at our airports. Pardon the interruptions and delays, we are moving as quickly as possible, but it is very important that we be vigilant and careful," Trump tweets. "We must get it right. Safety first!"
March 17, 2020
US coronavirus diagnoses: 4,477
Dow Jones Industrial Average at close: 21,237.38
The Trump administration proposes a $1 trillion economic response package to Congress.
"It's going to be big and it's going to be bold," Trump says of the legislative proposal, which potentially includes $1,000 checks to Americans.
"I think we're going to do something that gets money to them as quickly as possible. That may not be an accurate way of doing it because obviously some people shouldn't be getting checks for $1,000. But we'll have a pretty good idea by the end of the day what we're going to be doing," Trump said.
March 18, 2020
US coronavirus diagnoses: 6,138
Dow Jones Industrial Average at close: 19,898.92
Trump authorizes the deployment of military hospital ships to assist states heavily impacted by the coronavirus and invokes the Defense Procurement Act to produce and distribute more medical supplies.
"We must sacrifice together, because we are all in this together, and we'll come through together. It's the invisible enemy that's always the toughest enemy, the invisible enemy, but we're going to defeat the invisible enemy," Trump says during a press briefing.
ReplyDeleteRepublican senator Kelly Loeffler offloaded $46k in travel stock hours before Trump announced his Europe travel ban
Kelly Loeffler unloaded $46,000 in travel stock on March 10 and March 11
On March 11, at the close of trading, President Trump announced he was restricting travel to and from Europe
The Georgia senator originally bought the stock on March 6
It was the same day she traveled with Trump to the CDC's Atlanta headquarters
She has already come under scrutiny for trades that followed a Jan. 24 Senate briefing on coronavirus - selling $18.7m in International Exchange stock, of which her husband is CEO
She also sold stock in stores th
ReplyDeleteBy the time Donald Trump proclaimed himself a wartime president — and the coronavirus the enemy — the United States was already on course to see more of its people die than in the wars of Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq combined.
The country has adopted an array of wartime measures never employed collectively in U.S. history — banning incoming travelers from two continents, bringing commerce to a near-halt, enlisting industry to make emergency medical gear, and confining 230 million Americans to their homes in a desperate bid to survive an attack by an unseen adversary.
Despite these and other extreme steps, the United States will likely go down as the country that was supposedly best prepared to fight a pandemic but ended up catastrophically overmatched by the novel coronavirus, sustaining heavier casualties than any other nation.
It did not have to happen this way. Though not perfectly prepared, the United States had more expertise, resources, plans and epidemiological experience than dozens of countries that ultimately fared far better in fending off the virus.
The failure has echoes of the period leading up to 9/11: Warnings were sounded, including at the highest levels of government, but the president was deaf to them until the enemy had already struck.
I see the squid is back squirting ink looking so erudite.
ReplyDeletePresident Trump is very much a war time president. The Democrat Party leadershit has declared war on the American economy and by extension the American people.
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Gasp, you don't mean THE Fighting Typewriter Fred Lapides? The only known cross between a squirrel and a parrot?
DeleteThe government's reaction has definitely hurt the economy. If we can open up most of the country by 4/30 and combine it with steep regulatory and tax cuts we should be able to get our economy back relatively quickly. Regulatory reforms are especially important.
DeleteSo far the highest estinate for a number for casualties from someone actually in government if we did nothing is 2.2 million dead. Were these government actions worth it? If largely discontinued by 4/30, maybe they were worth it.
As our editor likes to say, "here is an easy prediction." If these policies are continued much beyond this, the extreme stress caused by these policies will weaken the immune system and cause and exacerbate any number of ailments leading to far more deaths in the coming years that are die direct result of the policies causing the ultimately death toll to far exceed the 2.2 million deaths that would have resulted had we done nothing. Additionally many of the ailments that result from the extreme stress of these policies will remain to some extent after the stressor is removed. This will place extreme stress on the healthcare system for decades.
In this situation, Dr. Fauci and the CDC have acquired extreme power and can likely use the US Treasury as their own private slush fund. They are unlikely to relinquish this power voluntarily. I've noticed Dr. Fauci has beefed up his security detail. He's likely thinking ahead. Other interests are starting to speak out and the models used to justify his policies are probably flawed. The riff raff must be kept in line, he wants his power expanded, and God forbid those people his policies have hurt should interrupt his five star steak dinners!!
Please note the Bill and Melinda Gstes Foundation's projected casualties of 10 million. This a non government entity seeking money and using fear mongering to do it. I do NOT take them or their projection seriously. Even IF they are right and doing nothing leads to 10 million casualties, the current actions whereby the government has crippled entire industries without any debate has severely undermined, if not utterly destroyed our constitution.