"Or to put it more bluntly, these models were political documents, not scientific research. They, like all the global warming models (that by the way have never succeeded in predicting anything), were aimed not at illuminating our knowledge but in influencing political action, and in this case the destruction of free societies worldwide."It's almost as if a feature, not a bug.
Anthony Fauci Wrong About A Whole Lot
"So, the doctor knew back in mid-January that the WuFlu was bad, but he got incredible push back from the White House. Except that is not true at all. As the great investigative journalist Sara Carter reported, Facui said that Covid-19 was no big deal in January and February of 2020."Was Fauci wrong then, or is he wrong now?
Fauci Told NBC in February That Social Distancing Not Necessary
"In a Feb. 29 interview on NBC’s Today show, Dr. Fauci said, “there is no need to change anything that you are doing on a day-by-day basis.”The forked tongue of a political appointee.
The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said the risk “is still low” but warned that could change at any time."
Timeline: Dr. Anthony Fauci Repeatedly Downplayed Coronavirus Threat
Again, it's almost as if a feature, not a bug. But that's just crazy talk!
Why a study showing that covid-19 is everywhere is good news
"This sounds alarming, but should be reassuring. Covid-19 takes 20-25 days to kill victims. The paper reckons that 7m Americans were infected from March 8th to 14th, and official data show 7,000 deaths three weeks later. The resulting fatality rate is 0.1%, similar to that of flu. That is amazingly low, just a tenth of some other estimates. Perhaps it is just wrong, possibly because the death toll has been under-reported. Perhaps, though, New York’s hospitals are overflowing because the virus is so contagious that it has crammed the equivalent of a year’s worth of flu cases into one week."If millions of people were infected weeks ago without dying, the virus must be less deadly than official data suggest.
Wuhan Flu: The Supply Chain Is Not Ok (VIDEO)
Again and again, it's almost as if a feature, not a bug.
'Elbow to elbow:' North America meat plant workers fall ill, walk off jobs
"According to more than a dozen interviews with U.S and Canadian plant workers, union leaders and industry analysts, a lack of protective equipment and the nature of "elbow to elbow" work required to debone chickens, chop beef and slice hams are highlighting risks for employees and limiting output as some forego the low-paying work. Companies that added protections, such as enhanced cleaning or spacing out workers, say the moves are further slowing meat production.*Odd, how this article never mentioned that Smithfield Foods is a wholly owned subsidiary of WH Group of China.
Smithfield Foods*, the world's biggest pork processor, on Sunday said it is indefinitely shutting a pork plant that accounts for about 4% to 5% of U.S. production. It warned that plant shutdowns are pushing the United States "perilously close to the edge" in meat supplies for grocers.
Lockdowns that aim to stop the spread of the coronavirus have prevented farmers across the globe from delivering food products to consumers. Millions of laborers also cannot get to the fields for harvesting and planting, and there are too few truckers to keep goods moving.
The United States and Canada are among the world's biggest shippers of beef and pork. Food production has continued as governments try to ensure adequate supplies, even as they close broad swathes of the economy."
The Rise of Karen-ism Means This Lockdown Nonsense Needs To End Soon
"You look at half-wit pols dreamcasting that we’re going to sit in our houses like sheep for the next year awaiting their permission to live again, and you see vids of cops shamefully tackling unmasked people on buses and you know that we’ve turned a corner. These goofs have overstepped. Rampant Karenism is going to provoke a backlash, one that might include people disregarding legit medical precautions because YouTubes of Keystone Kops chasing lone joggers around empty beaches have nuked the authorities’ credibility. The clock is ticking on our patience. This needs to end."
Begun, it has: Furious Michigan Residents Preparing Wednesday Protest Against Whitmer’s Stay-At-Home Order
Five Quick Things: The Tyranny of the Karens
"Plus: What’s the point of the shutdowns? Why is PBS taxpayer-backed? Dr. Fauci: Time to retire. And more."
Attkisson: U.S. Army Immunology specialist answers questions about the coronavirus
Smithsonian Scientists Discover Six New Coronaviruses in Bats in
"Studying these bats, researchers from the Smithsonian’s Global Health Program discovered six new coronaviruses, the same family of viruses as the one that causes COVID-19, which has infected more than 1.5 million people globally, including more than 459,000 in the United States. They published their results Thursday in the journal PLOS ONE. While they do not suspect the new viruses are harmful to humans or closely related to COVID-19, the finding takes on new relevance as the world grapples with the ongoing pandemic.A good place to start is for all cultures who eat bats to stop eating bats!
“The goal is to prevent the virus from getting into the humans in the first place,” says Marc Valitutto, lead author of the study and a former wildlife veterinarian with the Global Health Program."
A Coronavirus Spread Through U.S. Pigs in 2013. Here’s How It Was Stopped
"The containment practices of outbreaks past could have lessons for modern epidemics"True, but only if you heed those lessons and prepare accordingly. Currently, it appears many chose... poorly.
Trump Says Decision To Reopen Economy ‘Will Be Made Shortly’
Faster, please.
H/t: small dead animals
