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This year in the USA we’ve had around 35 million cases of influenza with around 35,000 deaths, for a fatality rate of 0.1%. That’s a pretty typical year, although a couple of years ago we lost 80,000 people one flu season. That was considered to be a bad year, but it barely made the papers. After all, it’s influenza. It happens.

Meanwhile, we’ve had a grand total of 282 deaths from COVID-19 so far and not only has this made the papers, we’ve essentially shut down our society and our economy. This has struck me as odd from the beginning. I’ve had the feeling that I simply must be missing something. So I’ve spent the last few weeks reading all the data I could find on this topic from the World Health Organization, the CDC, and various other data sources. Today I read an outstanding article from Aaron Ginn. I know a lot more about COVID-19 now, but I’m still confused.

Me, too.

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WHAT IS IT WITH THE TOILET PAPER? People are going crazy.

IEEE: “It’s Too Late to Undo Climate Change”  But will they shut up about it? No, of course not.

‘DO BETTER’: Mark Ruffalo Blasts Trump for Saying ‘China Virus’

‘Bulls***’: CNN Anchor John King Snaps Over Trump Press Conference

Egomaniacs: Journalists Again Make Daily WH Coronavirus Briefing About Themselves

Tim Kaine Begs Trump To ‘Quit The Inflammatory China-Bashing’

New York Mag Punches Dana White Over Friendship With President Trump

‘View’ Lies: Don’t Forget, Trump Called Virus a ‘Hoax,’ Put ‘Lives at Stake’

Media Continues Corporate/Chinese Propaganda Push

Coronavirus keeps the spotlight on Trump and away from Joe Biden  Probably just as well.

Chuck Todd Hints Corona ‘Pressure Getting to’ Trump, Driving Him Crazy  Loserthink: Mind-reading.

‘Rot in Hell, Mr. President’: John Cusack Triggered Over Trump Spanking NBC

Why The Media Can’t Handle The Public’s Positive Response To Trump In Coronavirus ‘Wartime’

Politicizing Pandemic? Left-Wing Groups Target White House Response to Coronavirus

MSNBC Decries ‘Race-Baiting’ and ‘Xenophobia’ from White House   I guess they think the coronavirus came from Kansas.

Fact-Checking 5 Trump Administration Claims On The Coronavirus Pandemic  NPR. Apparently, bashing Trump is also ‘essential’.

A brutal new ad uses Trump’s own words against him  Washington Post. Viruses come and viruses go, but bashing Trump is forever.

Scarborough Decries ‘Strange Spectacle’ of Trump Condemning Reporters on Chinese Propaganda  I guess Joe doesn’t get out much.

DNC Responds To Carter Page Lawsuit, Claiming Steele Dossier Is ‘Substantially True’

Biden Comes Out Of Hibernation, Plans Regular Briefings From His Home Rebutting Trump’s Alleged Lies

Unfit To Print Episode 44: Liberal Media Takes China’s Side Amid Coronavirus Panic

Maddow: Trump’s ‘Fairy Tale’ Press Conferences Will ‘Cost Lives’, Wants Them Off TV  Rrachel Madow is living proof that highly intelligent people can still be fools.

The Media’s Communist China Problem

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‘Never let a crisis go to waste.’

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Even though experts say the elderly are the hardest hit by the virus, just 46% of the city’s COVID-19 patients are over 50 while 54% are 18-49. The remaining 2% of cases are people age 5 to 17.

And how many of them are homosexual? You won’t find out from the ‘mainstream media’.

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Whatever would we do without celebrities?

(I, for one, would be deeply ashamed to claim Sarah Silverman for a friend….)

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Apparently a big factor in the spread of coronavirus in Washington state is poorly-paid nursing home aides who (a) came in to work sick because they couldn’t afford not to work and (b) held multiple jobs at multiple homes because they needed the money.

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And we thought Gavin Newsome and Andrew Cuomo were  bad….

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Now that chloroquine is in the news everywhere, I thought it might be interesting to have a closer look at the compound. The first part of this post will be chemistry-heavy, further down we’ll get into the pharmacology and medical uses.

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The videos all appear to have something in common; The protagonists seems to be very “diverse,” which as we all know is definitely a strength.

Coming soon to a shopping center near you, especially in a Blue state metro area.

Steve Sailer peeks behind the curtain.

The U.S. media are trained when reporting on epidemics to be on the alert for any hint of the dreaded Stigmatization of the Marginalized. For example, the AIDS epidemic was largely spread by needle junkies and addicts devoted to anonymous sodomy, but practically nobody knows that anymore due to massive retconning.

Thus, back in winter the opinion pages started running cookie cutter opeds by young Asian women writers on the make about how they were being racistly stereotyped over the Wuhan virus.

Similarly, there seems to be some kind of embargo on data about race and ethnicity of people with the coronavirus. It’s easy to learn the sex and age of patients, but not race, whereas with most other topics (other than crime), race is widely trumpeted in the press. My guess is that decisions were made long ago to downplay race and nationality in collecting and publicizing epidemic numbers to avoid stereotyping the marginalized

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Audacious Epigone looks at the numbers.

Six days later, with the c onfirmed nationwide caseload approaching 20,000, the respective correlations have increased from .40 to .58 and from .09 to .16.

Correlation does not necessarily mean causation, of course. When increasing the sample size also increases the strength of the correlation, though, it suggests we’re onto something real.

It’s a schizophrenic world we live in, isn’t it? When members of a minority group are disproportionately the victims of crime or of poverty or of various negative health outcomes, America is indicted for not noticing the discrepancy. Yet for other negative health outcomes, like this one, the indictment comes on account of noticing the discrepancy rather than on account of not noticing it.

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Nature magazine has censored over 1,000 articles at the request of the Chinese government over the past several years. And it seems pretty clear that their recent article, “The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2” is just one more example of their influence.

China bought off the head of Harvard’s chemistry department, you don’t think they could buy off run-of-the-mill research scientists scrambling for tenure and funding and publication? It’s absolutely horrific that so many scientists and researchers are taking part in what’s really clearly a disinformation campaign orchestrated by the Chinese Communist Party, and willfully spreading a smokescreen about something that’s already killed thousands and is projected to kill millions more across the planet.

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As of now, that fuel is carbon monoxide, but the team’s goal is to produce methanol.

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Priorities, man, priorities.

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I am not making this up.

Babylon Bee.

Boy, that’s a tough one.

Babylon Bee.

NOW you can panic.

Babylon Bee.

What would we do without celebrities?

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Well, that’s what happens when Democrats run your state.

Trump melts down and the media fails the public. Again.  Washington Post.

Trump’s complete failure of imagination is costing America lives and treasure  CNN.

WashPost Fashionista Hits Trump for ‘Spitting Distance’ Human Backdrop

Kimmel Checks In From Home, Calls Trump a Racist and Tells Him to ‘Shut Up’

Nightline Blames Trump for ‘Hate Outbreak’ Against Asian Americans

Jon Meacham: I’m Not Partisan, But Your Lives Aren’t Safe With Trump!

Whoopi Goldberg Claims Americans Are Only ‘Stuck’ At Home Because Of Bad Leadership  And a fat ugly black woman comedian is the expert on leadership, of course.

‘You’re A Terrible Reporter’: Trump Flips Out At NBC Reporter’s Questions

Sea Levels Rising Faster than Expected  That’s why everyone is fleeing inland from the coast.

Climate Alarmist Naomi Klein Uses Pandemic to Whine Over ‘Coronavirus Capitalism’

The Conversation: “Coronavirus response proves the world can act on climate change”

Fact or Fiction: Addressing the Talking Points of Climate Activists

Polar bears prowling Newfoundland come on top of coronavirus fears  Guess they didn’t get the memo that they’re supposed to be dying out.

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A Democrat, of course. Democrats never met a Communist government they didn’t like.

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Democrats: Always trying to help, always screwing it up.

This is an example of why we don’t want the government running our health care system.

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As I predicted.

UPDATE: Vice: Most of You Are Concerrned About People Dying from the Chinese Flu, But Please Give a Thought to the Real Victims: Transgenders Who Are Having Their Elective Dick-Amputation Surgeries Delayed

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Police in Virginia are investigating an incident involving juveniles coughing and spitting on produce at a local grocery store while filming it.

Virginis is now officially a Blue State.

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I don’t know of any Republican who has died from coronavirus — do you?

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When the crisis unleashed by the Corona 19 China virus ends, America and the rest of the world must never forget who is responsible for it. I’m not of course talking about God or nature or the people of good will of China, but of course the Chinese communist party.

Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review cuck, punches right in support of his Establismnent paymasters.

‘Just give people money, don’t worry about whether they deserve it or not.’ If Biden cracks before the election, and they still can’t stomach Bernie, well, they know where to look.

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The broad-spectrum antiviral was developed by US drug firm Gilead for Ebola and was used to treat the Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey when she suffered a relapse 18 months after being cleared of the disease which she contracted while volunteering in Sierra Leone.

Currently remdesivir is being tested in five Covid-19 clinical trials including by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) on 13 patients hospitalised after contracting coronavirus on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan.

The first person to test positive with the virus in the US was also treated with drug and has since fully recovered.

The Other McCain.

In the world of fashion, the “Made in Italy” tag has a distinct value associated with luxury and status. Merchants can charge higher prices for clothing, shoes, handbags, and other fashion goods manufactured in Italy, and that value was coveted by certain Chinese entrepreneurs. During the past three decades, more and more Chinese investors bought into textile and leather-good factories in northern Italy, and they brought over Chinese laborers to work in those factories. By 2010, there were reportedly 60,000 Chinese in Prato, an industrial suburb of Florence. To accommodate Italy’s new foreign labor force, nonstop flights were established between China and Rome.

This reinforces my speculation that the Wuhan virus is especially nasty for Han Chinese.

But, of course, that would be waaaaaaacist.

The “Islam is Peace” Deception: Six Statements

US Moves Patriot Missiles To Iraq – Outraged Baghdad Says “Consequences” Coming After Airstrikes

America’s Opportunity to Quell Russian Meddling in Libya

Erdogan to Greece: “Let Them Go to Other Countries in Europe”

Solders of Allah

5 Injured in Another Attack on Iraq Base With US Troops They are obviously trying to the the U.S. to pull its personnel out of Iraq as they agreed to do in Afghanistan.

Another Wave Of Rockets Slam Into Camp Taji, Wounding 3 US Troops

Top Cleric On Iran’s Powerful Council Of Experts Dies Of Covid-19

US On Brink Of War In Iraq – “Self Defense” Strikes Against Iranian Proxies On Table: Pompeo

Revolting Migrants Use Children as Human Shields

State TV Issues Most Dire Prediction To Date: Virus Could Kill “Millions” Of Iranians

Watch: Hardliners Storm Popular Iran Shrine After It’s Belatedly Shuttered Amid Outbreak

Pompeo Says Russia Behind Airstrike That Killed 34 Turkish Troops In Idlib

The Ikhwan in Spain

A SWAT Team for the Revolting Migrants of Suhl

Revolting Migrants, French Version

US-Led Coalition Troops Pull Out of Base in Western Iraq  Why dont’ we just leave and let them kill each other?

The Ikhwan in Switzerland

50 New Infections Every Hour In Iran, One Death Per 10 Minutes: Health Ministry

Migrants Riot At German Refugee Camp, Display ISIS Flags Over COVID-19 Quarantine

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The long-anticipated appearance of South American “narco-subs” (drug smuggling submersible vessels) in Europe has finally been confirmed with the seizure of one off the Spanish coast in November 2019. This boat was having engine and ventilation problems made worse by rough seas. The three man crew was discovered by police as they were abandoning the sinking boat close to shore. Two of crew, both from Ecuador, were arrested while the third man got away but was captured a few days later and found to be Spanish, and the pilot of the sub. The sub was soon brought to the surface and taken to a port. The 21 meter (67 foot) submersible was carrying three tons of cocaine and had apparently made several voyages so far. This one had travelled farther than usual, to northwest Spain, near the border between Portugal and Galicia (Spain) to avoid more intense offshore patrols off the southwest Spanish coast. The use of these submersibles off the Spanish coast had been rumored since 2016. It was also known that some only went as far as Cape Verde Islands (570 kilometers off the northwest coast of Africa), the Canary Islands further north (100 kilometers off the Moroccan coast) or much farther north to the Azores (1,500 kilometers west of Portugal). Once near these island the subs offload their cargo to fishing or speedboats, take on fuel and return to their South American base to pick up another load. As the use of submersibles and subs in South America became more common it was suggested that these difficult to detect boats be used to move the cocaine to Spain.

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American military intelligence agencies are trying to figure out what is behind the recent arrest of ten Chinese who were caught brazenly entering restricted areas to take photographs of secret installations and operations. There may have been others who got in and out and were not caught. Most of those involved appear to be taking advantage of U.S. law, since anyone caught illegally entering a base and taking photos or videos can spend as little as a year in jail if they plead guilty, which a ten year sentence is more likely if they go to trial. The first such incident resulted in a one year sentence but the other eight are facing more scrutiny, even though four of these had diplomatic immunity and were expelled.

The first such Chinese student caught doing this, in late 2018, pled guilty and spent a year in jail for it. He finished that sentence in November 2019. That guilty plea was obtained by dropping several more serious charges. After this there were three more incidents of Chinese students doing the same thing at the same Key West naval base. Meanwhile two Chinese diplomats and their wives were caught after driving boldly though the security gate of a Virginia base. They and their wives had had diplomatic immunity and could only be expelled from the country. In March a Chinese woman was caught after illegally entering a Mar-a-Lago Florida resort owned by the American president and sometimes used for presidential meetings. In September another Chinese woman was caught trying the same thing. One of the Chinese woman was found to have connections with Chinese intelligence.

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My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.

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Much money is made in Washington D.C. just just by politicians but also staffers who get ‘inside information’ through government briefings and access to classified information.

Greenland lost a near-record 600 billion tons of ice last summer, raising sea levels  Washington Post. That’s why everyone is fleeing the coast into the interior. Oh, wait….

LA Times: California is Not Doing Enough about Climate Change  ’cause that’s the most important thing we’ve got to worry about right now.

Increasingly mobile sea ice risks polluting Arctic neighbors

Tone Deaf CBS Finds Environmental ‘Silver Lining’ to Pandemic Killing Thousands

Trump Calmly Explains to Accusing Reporter Why He Calls a Virus From China – a Virus From China

NBC & CBS Lecture ‘Racist’ Trump About ‘Chinese Virus’

An open letter to @GretaThunberg and other assorted climate wackadoodles

This is the biggest blunder in presidential history  Washington Post.

‘F**k You,’ ‘Wife Bot’: Drunk Chrissy Teigen Berates Melania Trump on Twitter

ABC, NBC Insist Trump Being ‘Racist’ While Pointing Blame at China for Virus

Robert Costa’s latest “drive by” assault on conservatives

Cuomo Scolds Trump on ‘Chinese Virus,’ ‘Could Have Come from Anywhere’  Yeah, but it didn’t, Fredo.

White House Press Corps Side With China Over US To Smear Trump

Vile: CNN, MSNBC Favorite Rick Wilson Wishes Melania Catches Coronavirus

Media Declare Coronavirus ‘Trump’s Katrina,’ ‘Trump’s Chernobyl’  They wish, they wish, they wish.

NY Times Gloats ‘Bring Back Big Government’ Over Coronavirus: All Reagan’s Fault?

Kellyanne Conway proves again she’s worth whatever Trump pays her

Brian Williams, Ian Bremmer Bash Trump ‘Blaming China’ for Coronavirus  It’s all they’ve got to bitch about.

Media Embarrassing Themselves Over Trump’s Use Of ‘Chinese Virus’

Trump Bashes NBC Reporter For Network Labeling Him ‘Racist’ Over Coronavirus China Travel Ban

On ‘Chinese Virus,’ NY Times Sucks Up to ‘Chinese Officials’ Over ‘Racist’ Trump  The media are just determined to pick a fight with Trump no matter what.

MSNBC’s Heilemann: ‘Nakedly Racist’ Trump Blaming Virus on ‘Nonwhite’ People

Chuck Todd Whines Over Trump’s ‘Grievances’ Against Media

Babylon Bee.

American ingenuity at its finest.

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“Like previous White House briefings, this one suffered from conflicting messages from the president and his advisers,” Bloomberg News reported today. “Trump, for example, said the malaria drug chloroquine had been approved and could be given to coronavirus patients with a prescription. But an FDA spokesperson clarified mid-press conference that the drug had not been approved for use with Covid-19 patients and FDA chief Stephen Hahn added it was only for use in trials at the moment.”

This is what we’re up against. Bureaucrats are putting people’s lives at risk.

If it’s an approved drug, that means it’s safe to use. If they’re getting good results, which is why we’re even hearing about it at all, then it ought to be put in operation wherever the need is greatest.

Stephen Han ought to be locked up where he can’t do any more damage, and to serve as an example to others that we don’t want any Deep State foot-dragging around here.

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In what he called a “game-changer or maybe not,” President Donald Trump on Thursday directed the Food and Drug Administration to clear regulatory hurdles and move toward expanding use of a malaria drug to battle the coronavirus.

The drug chloroquine has shown “very, very encouraging early results,” Trump said during the daily press conference on the coronavirus disease, which health officials call COVID-19. The drug has been used to treat malaria since 1944.

“If treatments … in Europe, Japan, or other nations are known to be safe against the virus, we’ll use that information to protect the health and safety of the American people,” Trump said….

Good. I doubt that we’d get this kind of cut-through-the-red-tape action out of one of the Deep State Usual Suspects like, oh, Mitt Romney or one of the Democrat Presidential candidates.

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With the Chinese coronavirus panic going on and all sorts of efforts being made to stop people from dying, the abortion lobby is worried about – what else – making sure they can keep killing preborn babies in a timely manner.

Next step: Making sure that ‘gender reassignment surgery’ is labelled ‘essential’.

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This is not chloroquine but something that the Japanese developed.

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It was only a matter of time before the general public had to suffer through this era’s version of the song “We Are the World.”

Celebrities: It’s All About Them.

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You heard it here first.

If we left it up to the bureaucrats at the FDA, of course, we wouldn’t have anything before ‘twelve to eighteen months’. Unbelievable.

UPDATE: Trump Waives FDA Regulations, Opening Door For Chloroquine And Other Drugs To Be Used For Coronavirus Therapy

We’re the little one way over on the right, although you wouldn’t know it by the way people are panicking.

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Something to do while you’re waiting for the proles to calm down.