Cheap TVS, Expensive Flu

According to the dire estimates of the Imperial College of London -- whose assessment we are following -- excepting those with underlying medical conditions, the new coronavirus is far less deadly than the seasonal flu to anyone under 60 years old. It’s no worse than the 2017-18 flu season for those in their 60s.But it's five to 10 times more deadly than the regular flu for those in their 70s and 80s, respectively.

 Ann Coulter  "Here's a thought: While self-quarantining with their families in multimillion-dollar Manhattan co-ops, Wall Street wives ought to have a chat with their Master of the Universe husbands about China, globalism and political correctness. Those are the vectors of their robber-baron wealth.
"Thanks to “globalism” -- i.e., cheap goods from China -- we’ve gotten many wondrous things, for example:

-- Toothpaste on American shelves made with a poison found in antifreeze.
-- Toxic Chinese drywall installed in about 100,000 U.S. homes, emitting noxious fumes that destroyed electrical wiring and metal fixtures and sickened homeowners. Replacement of the drywall, pipes and wiring cost Americans billions of dollars.
-- Hundreds, possibly thousands, of American dogs killed by melamine-laced Chinese dog food in 2007.
-- The loss of about 200,000 beautiful maple trees lining the streets of small New England towns, eaten by Asian long-horned beetles that arrived on Chinese cargo ships in 1996. The U.S. taxpayer spends hundreds of millions of dollars to eradicate the repeated outbreaks that continue to this day, despite promises from the Chinese to do better.
-- Viral pandemics -- H1N1 (from China), bird flu (from China), SARS (from China) and now the Wuhan virus (from China).

"Is it really worth paying $3 for a T-shirt at Walmart, rather than $9? The precise reason Chinese goods are so cheap is that they skip the crucial quality-control step.

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The media’s reaction to this latest pandemic out of China is to say ...
"LET’S GET ONE THING STRAIGHT: THE CHINESE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS!
"Well, like most animal-to-human viruses, this one did originate in China and then spread across the globe when Chinese tourists infected people in other countries.
"As described by Melinda Liu in Smithsonian Magazine, the Chinese wet markets, “often poorly ventilated, with multiple species jammed together -- create ideal conditions for spreading disease through shared water utensils or airborne droplets of blood and other secretions.”
"This 2017 article was titled: “Is China Ground Zero for a Future Pandemic?”
"When the pandemic arrived, at least the World Health Organization leapt to action. First step: Find a cure? Develop a vaccine? Demand protections for the elderly?
"NO!
"WHO officials got together and worked on coming up with a new name for the “Wuhan virus” that sounded less Asian." . . .

Trump Responds To Reporter Who Asked If ‘Chinese Virus’ Is Racist: ‘No, It Comes From China’   

MSNBC’s Richard Engel Insane Explanation For Why You Shouldn’t Call It ‘Chinese Virus’

Biden Adviser Praises Communist China’s Response To Coronavirus…

CNN’s Axelrod Warns: Trump Leading in Virus Crisis Will Help in Election

Nicholas Fondacaro

"While most of the liberal media were sniping at President Trump by trying to suggest he didn’t take the coronavirus seriously or that he should face murder charges, CNN senior political commentator and former Obama adviser David Axelrod took time out of their Democratic primary night coverage to warn his colleagues not sleep on how the President was handling the situation, because he could ride it to victory in November.

"Despite his big Super Tuesday wins that evening, Axelrod seemed concerned for former Vice President Joe Biden’s chances against a President constantly on TV, leading the nation through the storm.

"Shifting away from discussing how Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) needed to drop out of the race so that people weren’t compelled to go to the polls and possibly contract the virus, Axelrod agreed with a previous point that the outbreak took away Trump’s ability to hold large rallies.

“ 'But he has one big platform right now. We saw it today. He's the president of the United States in the midst of a crisis,” Axelrod warned. “It took him a long time to acknowledge the depth of that crisis, but if he consistently appears to be wrestling with that crisis, this is a country that likes to rally behind the leader.' ”. . .

FDR at Yalta, and why Joe Biden's mental acuity matters

Washington Examiner

. . . "With the assistance of a compliant media that was overwhelmingly sympathetic to FDR, the issue of Roosevelt’s ability to serve four more years never materialized as a serious campaign issue.

"Seventy-six years later, history is repeating itself. Any neutral observer can see that Joe Biden’s mental acuity is a serious question mark. Biden's public appeareances repeatedly provide evidence of cognitive decline. He is easily confused, he stumbles over his words, and at times he seems not to even know where he is. Now that Biden will almost certainly be the Democratic nominee, questions about his health should be front and center. But instead, the liberal media is circling the wagons and trying to create a narrative that it is immoral or conspiracy-mongering even to raise the issue.

"The actual conspiracy is the one by the media to dismiss any inquiries into Biden’s capacity to serve as president. The same thing happened in 1944. Refusal to confront Roosevelt’s diminished capacity would later have serious and dire consequences. In February 1945, a dangerously ill Roosevelt traveled to Yalta to meet with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin to discuss the future of post-war Europe. At Yalta, FDR effectively surrendered Poland and most of Eastern Europe to the Soviets. During the conference, Roosevelt lacked the stamina to keep up Stalin, and the agreements they reached reflected the poor state of FDR’s health.

"Yalta should serve as a warning to what can happen when a president is materially unfit, physically or mentally, to serve in office. Biden’s health should and must be an issue, if not the key issue during the campaign. We mustn’t let history repeat itself." . . .

Related:  The Manchurian Media

Glenn Reynolds of PJM’s sister site Instapundit coined the phrase, “Think of the media as Democratic Party operatives with bylines, and it all makes sense,” to explain their bias to the left, and quadrennial open boosterism for a Democratic presidential candidate:

. . . "And the DNC-MSM is apparently happy to play along, to simultaneously fill column inches, and bash the Bad Orange Man: “CNN Plays the ‘That’s Racist’ Card on Virus, Forgets Own History,” Jeffrey Lord writes at NewsBusters: . . ."

Again: Joe Biden, the Manchurian Virus Candidate

But don’t think it’s a stretch to say that, lucid or senile, Biden is for certain the Manchurian virus candidate. There’s a reason why Forbes wrote last summer that “Joe Biden Is The Only Man Who Can Save China In 2020” and why the “announcement of his campaign alone was enough to encourage Beijing suddenly to take a harder line on trade negotiations with the Trump administration,” as Senator Tom Cotton recently wrote at National Review. It’s that unlike “many other Democrats, he takes its side, reliably,” writes Cotton. (Certain other Democrats take China’s side only unreliably.)

SERIOUS CHEAT SHEET: Identifying the Symptoms of #WuhanVirus

Doug Ross Journal

Via some hopeful news from our Aussie brothers and sisters.

CNN's Dana Bash Praises President Trump's Response - and Doubles Down After Backlash

Townhall  "I know April Fool's is only a couple weeks away, but I promise I'm not jumping the gun. CNN's Dana Bash really did have some wonderful things to say about President Trump and how he's handled the COVID-19 outbreak. Not only that, but she did it in front of her critical colleagues and she doubled down." . . .

. . . "Liberal pundits shamed her for sharing that opinion and suggested she had lowered her standards. But she refused to play that partisan game." . . .
Responding to criticism like we used to get in grade school when we stuck up for the class "goat":

As I said in the clip you posted below, this is a moment to be non-partisan, American and human - & the TONE the president set at today & yesterday's PRESSERS were remarkably different and welcomed. That's a fact. Let's all take a breath and remember we are all in this together.

. . .
Pigs were seen flying in New York. Wait! It was a CNN anchor praising Trump.  

"Outside of Fox News, which isn’t always so fond of Trump either, the left-leaning mainstream media have been unified in their hatred for Trump. The media outlets that are vying for first place when it comes to Trump-hatred are CNN and MSNBC. It’s gotten to the point where it seems that the only thing that constitutes news at those outlets is material that can be weaponized against Trump. Coronavirus, therefore, has been manna from Heaven for America’s media." . . .

CNN’s Dana Bash Gets Backlash After Praising Trump’s Wuhan Virus Briefing, But She Sticks to Her Guns  . . . "Good for Bash and good for sticking by her guns in being honest about Trump’s response, especially when so many Democrats and folks in media are not being honest and are trying to politicize it. Good for her for also implicitly making that point to Fernandez as he continues to do that very thing.

"rump has been doing everything he can to provide information and leadership. He has been since January.

"It’s nice to finally see it being noticed, if even a little bit, by CNN."

Also  here

It’s hard to believe that Trump is afraid of Biden

Bookworm Room
"A leftist opinion writer, who believes every lie about Trump, uses a strawman version of Trump to make the wacky argument that Trump fears Biden’s strength."

"Before five minutes ago or so, I’d never heard of Windsor Mann. According to his Twitter bio, he’s a “Member of @USATODAY’s Board of Contributors, contributor to @TheWeek, editor of The Quotable Hitchens, are you bored yet?” Well, I’m only a little bored. If that was all there was to Mann, he would be a big “Whatever” (as the teens say).

"What Mann’s bio doesn’t include is a statement that he doesn’t like President Trump. No, that’s too anodyne. He despises President Trump.

"His hatred for Trump has led Mann to write an unintentionally funny essay at The Week entitled, “Why Trump fears Biden.” It is the political essay version of Mary McCarthy’s famous slam about Lillian Hellman, “I can’t stand her. I think every word she writes is false, including ‘and’ and ‘but.’”

"When it comes to Donald Trump, Mann credulously believes every lie uttered about him. He probably still believes in Santa, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy too. This is a guy whose brain has never evolved beyond believing what other people tell him without any analysis or suspicion. Reagan said, “Trust but verify.” Mann says, “If it’s mean about Trump, it must be true.”

"I thought it would be fun to fisk Mann’s essay because, really, what else can you do when a pundit says that one of the most effective American presidents ever fears a doddering career politician who is showing every sign of dementia? (I really don’t like The Intercept for the reasons Daniel Greenfield identifies, but Glenn Greenwald does a good job discussing Democrats concerns about Biden’s declining cognitive abilities.)

"So, here goes. I’ll first quote Mann, and then I’ll explain where he gets it wrong: . . ."    Read more...

Read also:  Coronavirus and the pernicious effect of the media’s lies about Donald Trump

The media’s lies about Trump and coronavirus are destructive, even as Trump does his best to slow the disease, allowing time for cures to be developed.

Here’s something to think about: Even as the Democrats constantly criticize Trump, they’re still pushing for open borders. In other words, either they don’t take the virus as seriously as they claim to (which is hypocritical) or they want the disease as a means to get rid of Trump and implement full-bore socialism in America (which is evil). 

Get Away From Me With That Coronavirus ****!

Infidel Bloggers

"A Twitchy Tirade:

1/As a San Francisco resident and business owner, I'm wondering--can I trust the health judgments of leaders who let thousands live on the streets in their filth? And if we are now getting homeless into shelter, why couldn't that have happened earlier? Doesn’t their health count? 

2/ All of a sudden we are supposed to accept 24-hour curfews "for your own safety" from people who order the police to stand down when Antifa & friends beat the hell out of taxpayers; people who refuse to enforce laws they don't like (death penalty, bail, property crimes) .../ 

3/ City leaders who literally give wanted alien criminals a public heads up when ICE is about to conduct raids are now telling me what's best, declaring a death penalty for businesses, no hearings or due process?! Forgive me if I don't fall right into line with the fascism .../ 

4/ which seems awfully situational. The Governor's suggestions yesterday that older and vulnerable people take extra care and stay inside seemed reasonable. Liberal city leaders decided to seize the opportunity and throw the whole economy into a tailspin as collateral damage .../ 

5/ but don't worry -- we'll soon have a government sponsored bailout for favored groups soon, funded with a tax increase crammed down the throats of the dwindling number of taxpayers. Homeless go back to the streets, illegal alien criminals get sanctuary, car break-one continue... 

6/ Criminals continue to be released from jail or not arrested at all, and we all become more habituated, like sheep, to the loss of liberty yet again, "for our safety." I'm not buying it. I don't buy it with FISA renewal, with gun grabbing, or with this sweeping lack of process./ 

7 SF Mayor London is tied to a corruption investigation of a federally indicted city bureaucrat she dated. San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo mocked Trump supporters assaulted by criminals while police stood down. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff tips off wanted violent illegal aliens ... // 

8 .... these are the Bay Area rulers telling 7.1 million+ citizens -- more than the population of many US states -- to stay indoors, shut down businesses? Great judgment, all of them.

A possible COVID-19 treatment

Other companies also are working on treatments. The timeline for developing the drug is long, which is why people hope some company can 'take something off the shelf to treat it.

Don Surber  "Gilead Sciences, a biotech company, developed Remdesivir to treat Ebolae and the Marburg virus infection. It had some success against MERS and SARS. The company hopes this can work against COVID-19.
"Josh Bloom at the American Council on Science and Health reviewed it and said keep your fingers crossed.
"He wrote, "Remdesivir is a fairly potent inhibitor of corona virus replication with no obvious toxicity. It may or may not work as a pill but this is irrelevant at this time since it will probably be given IV. In another study in rhesus monkeys, data indicated that a significant concentration of the drug will be found in the blood and that an adequate quantity of the drug should be delivered to the sites where it is needed.
""Given the properties of Remdesivir as well as the desperate need for a corona virus therapy, I would estimate that the drug has at least a 50% chance of becoming the first drug to treat the virus."
"Repurposing drugs is not uncommon. Viagra was not developed for the purpose what now is its most common use.
"Andrew Joseph at STAT News explained how it works." . . .

A possible COVID-19 treatment

"Gilead Sciences, a biotech company, developed Remdesivir to treat Ebolae and the Marburg virus infection. It had some success against MERS and SARS. The company hopes this can work against COVID-19.
"Josh Bloom at the American Council on Science and Health reviewed it and said keep your fingers crossed.
"He wrote, "Remdesivir is a fairly potent inhibitor of corona virus replication with no obvious toxicity. It may or may not work as a pill but this is irrelevant at this time since it will probably be given IV. In another study in rhesus monkeys, data indicated that a significant concentration of the drug will be found in the blood and that an adequate quantity of the drug should be delivered to the sites where it is needed.
" 'Given the properties of Remdesivir as well as the desperate need for a corona virus therapy, I would estimate that the drug has at least a 50% chance of becoming the first drug to treat the virus.' " . . .

Suffering during this coronavirus mess?

Once someone was said to be asked what is an applicable saying that is good in all things, good or bad, on every occasion?
The answer:
"This too shall pass."

You know you can't keep lettin' it get you down

And you can't keep draggin' that dead weight around

If there ain't all that much to lug around

Better run like hell when you hit the ground

When the morning comes

When the morning comes

You can't stop these kids from dancin'

Why would you want to?

Especially when you're already gettin' yours

'Cause if your mind don't move and your knees don't bend

Well don't go blamin' the kids again

When the morning comes
When the morning comes . . .

CNN Caught ‘Maliciously and Intentionally’ Lying to America About Trump Coronavirus Comments

The Mental Recession  "For a full 7-minute segment hosted by CNN’s Ana Cabrera this past weekend, CNN repeatedly featured a total lie on screen, pushing the repeatedly debunked false claim that President Trump called the coronavirus a “hoax.”

"This is a shocking, inexcusable, deliberate effort by CNN to mislead Americans and spread misinformation about President Trump’s efforts to combat the coronavirus." . . .

"At least 6 entities have debunked the false claim CNN is still spreading:

• The Washington Post: “The full quote shows Trump is criticizing Democratic talking points and the media’s coverage of his administration’s response to coronavirus. He never says that the virus itself is a hoax[.]” (03/13/2020)
• FactCheck.org: “Trump said that when he used the word ‘hoax,’ he was referring to Democrats finding fault with his administration’s response to coronavirus, not the virus itself. Even after Trump explained his remarks, some Democrats … continued to wrongly accuse Trump of describing the coronavirus as a ‘hoax.'” (03/03/2020)
• CBS News’ Scott Pelley: “[Trump] said that the Democrats making so much of it is a Democratic hoax, not that the virus was a hoax.” (03/01/2020)
• Snopes: “Trump did not call the coronavirus itself a hoax.” (03/02/2020)
• Slate’s Will Saletan: “He was saying the hoax is that he’s handled it badly. Not the virus itself.” (02/28/2020)
• Check Your Fact: “He did not refer to the coronavirus itself as a hoax. … At no point in the rally does Trump directly call the novel coronavirus outbreak a ‘hoax’ or ‘conspiracy.’ In fact, he refers to the respiratory virus as a ‘public health threat’ and reiterates ‘we have to take it very, very seriously. That’s what we’re doing. We are preparing for the worst.'” (02/29/2020)

"What CNN did is not sloppiness or poor journalism – it is intentional malice and deception, and simply more evidence that the “news” channel is the propaganda arm of the Democrat Party." . . .

I am coronaed out

Tony Branco

Lloyd Marcus "After watching “Family Feud,” Mary and I usually flip to Tucker Carlson on Fox News, followed by Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham. For the past few days, we have not tuned into Fox.
"Folks, I have had my fill of corona-mania. Also, I am sick of people accusing me of being irresponsible and insensitive for not surrendering to the absurd Democrat and fake news media narrative that says Trump is handling the virus wrong and we're all going to die.
"Mary is a member of a keto diet Facebook group. Someone posted, “Does anyone have a recipe how to make toilet paper with cauliflower?” We both laughed out loud.
"Two guys are running for sheriff in our small town. One candidate hosted a meet-and-greet which Mary and I attended. The other guy canceled his meet-and-greet because of the coronavirus. We're voting for the candidate we met at his meet-and-greet.

"Incredibly, events in our town which usually only draw a handful of people are canceling because of corona. I tip my hat to the pastor of a local church who did not cancel his annual Wild Game Feast. Folks, you have not lived until you have eaten deer sausage and deer bologna.
"According to the CDC during the 2018-2019 flu season, an estimated 16.5 million people got sick and 34,000 died in the U.S. No businesses closed or events were canceled. Under 100, mostly elderly, people have died from corona and everything is closing, devastating our economy.
"I realize everyone has to do whatever they deem necessary to protect themselves and their family. All I am saying is I ain't playin'. I am coronaed out.
"Amid corona-madness, President Trump declared this past Sunday a National Day of Prayer. His Deplorable Choir sings, “Praise the Lord.' ” 

This Viral Coronavirus Rant From a Tennessee Nurse Will Make Your Day (VIDEO)
. . . Emily Annette made the video after going to the grocery store and encountering a hysterical woman who was yelling at a grocery store clerk who just happened to touch his own face while he was ringing up groceries.
"The fraudstream media has caused mass hysteria over the Coronavirus and Americans are panic buying and fighting each other for rolls of toilet paper and hand sanitizer.
"Americans are being bombarded with orders to wash their hands frequently and to avoid touching their faces.
"People have lost their minds and this woman’s rant was just the perfect comic relief we needed during this stressful time.
“ 'Ya’ll, there are so many stupid people in this world,” she said referring to low IQ people freaking out over the Coronavirus." . . . Make sure to watch the video until the end!

Dr. Ronny Jackson says Trump prevented American coronavirus pandemic on level of Italy, Iran

"...The president stopped it quickly and it’s going to save countless American lives."  — Dr. Ronny Jackson

Fox News  "Former White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson praised President Trump Monday night after he announced a list of guidelines that he and the White House coronavirus task force hoped will slow the spread of the pandemic within 15 days.
" 'The president has done everything he needed to do in this case," Jackson told "Hannity". "He’s acted quickly and decisively. He did what he always has done ... he went with his instincts."
" 'He put together a top-notch team and he was criticized.... despite that, he carried on and did what he needed to do for our country. He put the [China] travel ban in place," he added.
"Jackson said he does not expect the virus to spread at the rate that it has in places like Italy and Iran due to the president's "quick and decisive actions," notably his decision to restrict travel into the U.S. from China in late January.
"  'What’s going on in Italy and Iran is not going to happen here I think, because of the president's quick and decisive actions. I think we are going to be more in line with what’s going on in South Korea and things of that nature," Jackson said." . . .

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"I saw Reince Priebus on a Fox show recently and he said since PDJT came to office, he had been meeting with pharmaceuticals, medical, manufacturing - don't know all the groups but he was making contacts. When this virus thing happened, he got in touch with those people and the result is the private-government solution to getting things done much quicker than if it was only the government. We know what a boondoogle that is. Posted by: 3XALADY