NSR: Coronavirus: A global Pandemic.

The G7 includes more than the US.

 

Reading that Mnuchin will have oversight in doling out billions in govt. cheese. This can't be good.

 

And he has the balls to call it Ginese Virus while simultaneously saying he's upset that Asians are being abused by his Trumpanzees.

 

Hope the oversight committee does its job.

 

Yep. If you see a photo of prayer leaders, he is the really tall bastard.

PS...man you're old.

 

I've heard of a few reports of one woman in Japan but, AFAIK, it's a lot more likely that someone who'd been was tested and found to be clear with it being a false 'negative'. They were then tested again and the result that time was accurate so came back they were still infected but they weren't 'reinfected'... they were never NOT infected.

If someone has any more information I'd be interested to see it but I'd suggest that if people COULD be reinfected I'd I have thought it would be more obvious as at least some of the 100,000+ people shown as 'recovered' here would have become ill again.

But there's another point...

Well, I'm getting different stories on this when I check the media.

The BBC said last night that the virus was very stable and, thinking about it, that would make sense as otherwise a vaccine becomes a LOT more complicated.

There's also these stories...

https://thehill.com/policy/healthca...avirus-is-not-mutating-and-might-respond-to-a
https://www.washingtonpost.com/heal...6522d6-6dfd-11ea-b148-e4ce3fbd85b5_story.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...accine-mutation-covid-19-latest-a9423301.html
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/202...mutations-mean-hope-for-a-single-vaccine.html

 

I recall reading that this is not unlike other corona viruses in that your immune system will protect your for quite a while after kicking the virus, but that is basically for the season. If/when this comes around next season, everyone would be fair game again. Wish I remember the source of that, but it sounded reasonable to me. I was also reading about "herd" immunity, but don't remember details. I think that when enough people are out there that are riding the protection of their own immune system, the virus has a much harder time penetrating a population.

 

Close up of President @realDonaldTrump notes is seen where he crossed out "Corona" and replaced it with "Chinese" Virus as he speaks with his coronavirus task force today at the White House. #trump #trumpnotes pic.twitter.com/kVw9yrPPeJ

— Jabin Botsford (@jabinbotsford) March 19, 2020

could it be that Trump's 'Chinese' virus terminology is a response to the Chinese Communists trying to shift the 'blame' for the virus away from their secrecy and incompetence to the US?

2/2 CDC was caught on the spot. When did patient zero begin in US? How many people are infected? What are the names of the hospitals? It might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan. Be transparent! Make public your data! US owe us an explanation! pic.twitter.com/vYNZRFPWo3

— Lijian Zhao 赵立坚 (@zlj517) March 12, 2020

 

Maybe. But Chinese officials are no role models. Besides, they look like fools doing that.

 

From what I can tell Allegiant Air, which seems to function as Florida snowbird budget transport for people from an assortment of random small cities, uses it as a budget airline alternative for folks from Quebec. Their website actually lists it as "Montreal/Plattsburg."

 

Coming soon to a mental WH presser "I now call it the Soccer Virus. My son whats-his-name loves the sport...he's the best player in the DC area by the way. Not many people know that. But soccer caused the spread in Europe, folks"

It was the biggest soccer game in Atalanta’s history and a third of Bergamo’s population made the short trip to Milan’s famed San Siro Stadium.

Nearly 2,500 fans of visiting Spanish club Valencia also traveled to that Champions League match.

More than a month later, experts are pointing to the Feb. 19 game as one of the biggest reasons why Bergamo has become one of the epicenters of the coronavirus pandemic — a “biological bomb” was the way one respiratory specialist put it — and why 35% of Valencia’s team became infected.

https://www.si.com/soccer/2020/03/2...navirus-champions-league-san-siro-milan-italy

 

It could be, as that would be a really stupid response. It has far more impact on Americans, and most notably, Asian Americans, then it ever would on the Communist Party in China. In addition, good or bad, China is in a position to actually help us with our outbreak, since they have just been through it themselves and as they have masks, respirators, etc. So, a stupid name-calling battle with them while he is a "war time President" is really pretty stupid.

 

MN going to do shelter at home for the next two weeks.

 

Hey! I’ve just received a Dear Scouse Card from Donny Littlehands.

Its a set of guidelines on how to handle yourself during a pandemic For Dummies!

There’s a Yuge problem though. If Donny wrote this for me, then I am totally confused. There Is nothing on this card remotely similar to the shite he’s been pushing over Fauci on Telly!!!
In fact it’s totally 180 degrees off.

 

I wish people will stop calling the Chinese government Communist. There is very little, if any, communism about it. It is a dictatorial/authoritarian gov that uses the name communist to justify its rule so that the ruling class can benefit in a capitalist system.

 

The nursing home my buddy Terry is in has been designated the epicenter of the virus in NW WA State. With 19 positives, some serious and one death.
Attributed to one unsuspecting aid worker who travelled between several homes.

Tried to call him but it went to message. I hope he’s at lunch.

 

Cancelling college hoops, etc., looks like a pretty damn good idea now.

 

Wish him well.

 

Today's chart.



Our curve leaves me hopeful, but I don't know for what. Spain looks apocalyptic.

Also, Tom Cotton is going around demanding that China pay a price for unleashing this pandemic on the world.

You might think he's going to start a movement to force China to close its wet markets, which have spawned (I think I have this right) 2 serious epidemics in this century. I would applaud such a movement; yeah, nice tradition China, but join the new millennium and close that shit.

But he wants them to pay a manufacturing price

 

Spain, oh my god.

I'd love to see graphs like this for each state.