It is could be about money. These nursing homes receive payments every month from SSI and Medicare. But, it is more likely about being overwhelmed by COVID-19. What is the span of time the deaths occurred? If the bodies were only in the TEMPORARY morgue for a short period of time, the nursing home was overwhelmed in moving these bodies.
The USA's Congress needs to legislate standards for handling nursing home deaths. Often morticians are called to take a person to a funeral home, COVID-19 PERMANENTLY changes the handling of bodies.
Nursing homes frequently receive admissions to their facilities from hospitals. Every person being admitted to a nursing home MUST be tested for COVID-19. Current residents MUST be tested to determine their status. The infection in SMALL COMMON RESIDENCE facilities, including group homes of any kind, must have their residents tested for the virus. If a person living in close contact facilities are proven to be positive (preferably two negative tests) they must be moved from the common areas into a quarantine room and treated until they test negative. But, the real preventative is having two negative tests before they are admitted to the facility.
In this case, the problem may be the AVAILABLE space for the dead. In other words, when a death occurs in nursing homes the body is removed by a mortician for a funeral. That is a single death over a period of time that "the system" can handle. But, if a large number of deaths are occurring all at once the system simply could not handle the transportation of the bodies to other facilities. Kindly remember the staff is not immune to having feelings about long term residents. They care for them and no doubt a whistleblower manifested at the horror of bodies being stored. I am not defending this, but, the circumstances surrounding this discovery lends itself to mishandling to attempt to isolate infection from other residents.
The corporation needs to be contacted and asked to what extent there are ill and dying residents. The corporation also needs to have a plan in place to handle this emergency otherwise the staff is simply carrying out care according to Pre-COVID 19 standards. That is not acceptable and their nursing Vice President/Director should have written standards in the face of this national emergency.
Once again these horrors are happening because there is no leadership from the federal government in how to isolate and handle this disease. Nursing home corporations are going to find themselves at a loss for new standards and procedures, especially if the facility is understaffed which can be common.
There is no excuse for this lack of leadership in DC. If the Trump Administration is lacking to lead, consultants that are qualified can be hired to shore up the poorly performing administration. The Executive Branch frequently hires “czars” to handle special circumstances. That would require spending money.
April 16, 2020
By Vincent Barone
Police reportedly discovered 17 corpses (click here) stuffed inside a small morgue at one of New Jersey’s largest nursing homes.
Officers at the Andover Township Police Department found the bodies at the Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center after pursuing an anonymous tip about the improper storage of corpses during the coronavirus pandemic, the New York Times reported.
The bodies were placed in a morgue built for just four as the nursing home grappled with mounting deaths....
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Trump continues to corrupt the Executive Branch of the USA government with his nominees.
November 23, 2019
By Susan Crabtree
...Risch’s failure to schedule a vote (click here) comes as the USAGM has faced a series of embarrassing management failures and internal turmoil and currently lacks a leader. Meanwhile, conservative activists are ratcheting up the pressure on the Senate to move the long-stalled nomination. Several knowledgeable sources tell RCP that the White House wants Republicans to swiftly schedule votes and move the nomination.
John Lansing, who began serving as USAGM CEO and director in 2015, left that post in late September to head National Public Radio, and a federal judge on Friday sentenced one of his hand-selected top officials at USAGM to three months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing more than $40,000 from the agency.
Haroon Ullah, who served as Lansing’s chief strategic adviser, admitted to falsifying hotel invoices, taxi receipts and double-billing third party sponsors, as well as billing USASGM for personal trips to promote his book or for weekend getaways with little to no agency business....
To be specific, besides breaking the law, Trump's nominees are a conflict of interest to the media.
September 20, 2019
By Brian Schwartz
President Donald Trump’s nominee (click here) to lead a federal media organization has been funding his own private film company with donations from a nonprofit that he runs.
Michael Pack, a conservative filmmaker with ties to Steve Bannon, has seen at least $1.6 million in donations from his nonprofit sent into the coffers of his independent production company, according to disclosure forms.
The details about Pack’s business dealings are revealed as senators review his nomination and Democrats begin to scrutinize him....
By Susan Crabtree
...Risch’s failure to schedule a vote (click here) comes as the USAGM has faced a series of embarrassing management failures and internal turmoil and currently lacks a leader. Meanwhile, conservative activists are ratcheting up the pressure on the Senate to move the long-stalled nomination. Several knowledgeable sources tell RCP that the White House wants Republicans to swiftly schedule votes and move the nomination.
John Lansing, who began serving as USAGM CEO and director in 2015, left that post in late September to head National Public Radio, and a federal judge on Friday sentenced one of his hand-selected top officials at USAGM to three months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing more than $40,000 from the agency.
Haroon Ullah, who served as Lansing’s chief strategic adviser, admitted to falsifying hotel invoices, taxi receipts and double-billing third party sponsors, as well as billing USASGM for personal trips to promote his book or for weekend getaways with little to no agency business....
To be specific, besides breaking the law, Trump's nominees are a conflict of interest to the media.
September 20, 2019
By Brian Schwartz
President Donald Trump’s nominee (click here) to lead a federal media organization has been funding his own private film company with donations from a nonprofit that he runs.
Michael Pack, a conservative filmmaker with ties to Steve Bannon, has seen at least $1.6 million in donations from his nonprofit sent into the coffers of his independent production company, according to disclosure forms.
The details about Pack’s business dealings are revealed as senators review his nomination and Democrats begin to scrutinize him....
Why are monies in the CARE Act not available to the US Post Office?
By Alan Wessman
This graph (click here) shows the break down of the $2.2 trillion CARE act. There is half a trillion dollars for large corporations. The US Post Office is vital to the USA's integrity during a time when communication is through media and mail.
Recent focus on the financial troubles of the U.S. Postal Service (click here) has led to calls for its rescue by Congress. Yet this threatens to become a partisan tug-of-war. It doesn’t need to be that way.
The Postal Service began under Benjamin Franklin. It has been a great benefit to our country. We still depend on it, especially rural areas that might not be profitable for commercial delivery businesses to serve.
And in Utah, we have a wonderful, convenient vote-by-mail system that depends on the efficiency and reliability of the Postal Service.
The financial woes of the Postal Service are not due to mismanagement, but to a 2006 law that required the service, alone among government agencies, to prepay billions of dollars into a health care fund for retirees, 75 years ahead. No other agency has that burden....
The loss of the US Post Office means the loss of over 600,000 jobs. This is very different than the mass lay off of workers due to the pandemic. The loss of over 600,000 jobs with the US Post Office will effect the economy and cause considerable damage to the USA infrastructure. The US Post Office must be able to tap the half a trillion in federal funding for large corporations.
The Postal Service employs more than 600,000 workers nationwide, making it among the largest employers in some states. More than 63,000 postal service employees work in California, while another 40,000 are stationed in Texas, for example.
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
The USA Congress needs to mandate "contact tracing."
This needs to be a function of the federal government with Congressional oversight and frequent reporting to determine how COVID-19 is being CONTAINED.
By Nicole Wetman
During an infectious disease outbreak, (click here) one of the best tools public health experts have is old-school detective work: finding each sick person and then figuring out who they recently interacted with. The technique, called contact tracing, helps get outbreaks of diseases like COVID-19 under control.
In order to lift social distancing measures like school closures and “stay home” orders, public health agencies will have to start aggressively contact tracing and at a much higher level than they were a few months ago.
That will keep new cases of the virus from growing into new outbreaks. The US can only relax stay-at-home orders and social distancing policies if it’s doing enough contact tracing to catch new outbreaks before they explode.
Contact tracing is based on an obvious idea: people in close contact with someone who has COVID-19 are at risk of getting sick. The process isn’t easy. When a person gets sick, they are then interviewed by public health officials and asked who has been exposed to them. Then they take that list and fan out to ask those people either to pay close attention to how they’re feeling or to quarantine. If a person who was exposed is infected, their recent contacts will be tracked down, too. The process continues until everyone who’s been exposed is out of circulation. That stops virus transmission....
Trump complains constantly with the Democrats. The problem with the COVID response belongs to the White House. Why should Congress approve more monies to this effort if there is no oversight?
The nominee for the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture was only made in March 2020.
Brandon Lipps, of Texas, (click here) to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.
The nominee for the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture was only made in March 2020.
Brandon Lipps, of Texas, (click here) to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.
Latest Action
- 01/06/2020 - Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Date Received from President
- 01/06/2020
Committee
- Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Trump needs to take responsibility for his poor response to the COVID-19 national health crisis. Every other country in the world has had a response better than the USA.
No one forgot the Midwest when it comes to the internet.
Any problem with students having access to their lessons on the internet is owned by their parents. If they don't have internet, which can be very expensive into the home, they might have a phone that can serve as a "hot spot" and allow any screen to be a teaching screen.
In the country where parents do not have internet access of a phone that can be used as a "hot spot", the schools have packed up the lessons and books into large envelopes with the student's name on the envelope. Then the student and family can come one at a time in a lobby to pick up the lessons FOR THE WEEK.
Honestly. There was a large sale of broadband that the federal government-owned during the Obama years.
Joe Biden is proving to be the de facto nominee of the Democratic Party. It is obvious that Trump intends to use every second of time in front of the public to carry out destructive politics, including during the pandemic. Every policy that President Obama championed with the Congress will be ridiculed by Trump politiccs.
March 9, 2016
Delivering on the Promise of Broadband & Access to Technology for All Americans (click here)
Connectivity is a path to greater opportunity. In today’s world, broadband and fluency with technology fuel economic growth, provide access to the world’s knowledge, promote skill development, and build stronger and more connected communities.
During President Obama’s seven years in office, we’ve seen unprecedented gains in wiring our nation for the future, including a tripling of the average home Internet speed, covering 98 percent of Americans with fast 4G/LTE mobile broadband, and doubling the number of schools connected to high-speed Internet. As a result, we’ve seen a technology sector that spans coast to coast, the creation of millions of high-paying jobs, and a revolution in the way students learn in the classroom.
To further our efforts, and to ensure that low-income Americans can seize the opportunities of the digital age, President Obama is unveiling ConnectALL, an initiative to help Americans from across the country, at every income level, get online and have the tools to take full advantage of the Internet. Today, the Administration is submitting its recommendation that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reform a $1.5 billion per year Reagan-era phone subsidy program to turn it into a 21st Century national broadband subsidy to help low-income Americans get online. Alongside this FCC filing, the Administration is releasing a new study on the economic importance of broadband and calling for nonprofits, businesses, technology experts, and Government to join a national effort to reach the ConnectALL goal of connecting 20 million more Americans to broadband by 2020....
In the country where parents do not have internet access of a phone that can be used as a "hot spot", the schools have packed up the lessons and books into large envelopes with the student's name on the envelope. Then the student and family can come one at a time in a lobby to pick up the lessons FOR THE WEEK.
Honestly. There was a large sale of broadband that the federal government-owned during the Obama years.
Joe Biden is proving to be the de facto nominee of the Democratic Party. It is obvious that Trump intends to use every second of time in front of the public to carry out destructive politics, including during the pandemic. Every policy that President Obama championed with the Congress will be ridiculed by Trump politiccs.
March 9, 2016
Delivering on the Promise of Broadband & Access to Technology for All Americans (click here)
Connectivity is a path to greater opportunity. In today’s world, broadband and fluency with technology fuel economic growth, provide access to the world’s knowledge, promote skill development, and build stronger and more connected communities.
During President Obama’s seven years in office, we’ve seen unprecedented gains in wiring our nation for the future, including a tripling of the average home Internet speed, covering 98 percent of Americans with fast 4G/LTE mobile broadband, and doubling the number of schools connected to high-speed Internet. As a result, we’ve seen a technology sector that spans coast to coast, the creation of millions of high-paying jobs, and a revolution in the way students learn in the classroom.
To further our efforts, and to ensure that low-income Americans can seize the opportunities of the digital age, President Obama is unveiling ConnectALL, an initiative to help Americans from across the country, at every income level, get online and have the tools to take full advantage of the Internet. Today, the Administration is submitting its recommendation that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reform a $1.5 billion per year Reagan-era phone subsidy program to turn it into a 21st Century national broadband subsidy to help low-income Americans get online. Alongside this FCC filing, the Administration is releasing a new study on the economic importance of broadband and calling for nonprofits, businesses, technology experts, and Government to join a national effort to reach the ConnectALL goal of connecting 20 million more Americans to broadband by 2020....
The States are not responsible for research for tests nor the production of them in sufficient amounts to test the country.
The funding for developing and producing tests is in the treasury of the USA government. All those funds were noT distributed to the states. I chose the website of Congressman Panetta because it clearly highlights the first bill passed by Congress.
The first bill ever passed by Congress to address the health emergency in the country clearly has SEPARATE funding for federal and state efforts.
More than $3 billion for research and development of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics;
The bill clearly states there is a SEPARATE funding for states and the federal government. The $950 million assigned to the states is to support the agencies hardest hit by this national health emergency. But, those $950 million have no designation in the bill that the states are to find their own testing solution and manufacture it. If that was the case then what the heck is Trump doing with the $2.2 billion SPECIFICALLY assigned to prevention, preparedness and response and the $3 billion for R&D of vaccines, therapeutics, and DIAGNOSTICS?
$2.2 billion in public health funding for prevention, preparedness, and response, $950 million of which is to support state & local health agencies;
The federal government is responsible for developing a test for SARS-CoV-2. The federal government is responsible for manufacturing the tests (preparedness) and the federal government is responsible for the distribution of the tests (response). The states have limited funds to respond to this national emergency and there is no responsibility of the states to conduct R&D. That would be counter-productive. The states would have to establish labs and pay staff to carry out that responsibility. EVERY STATE. There would be 50 state labs, 50 staff, and 50 outcomes. And at no time is any ONE successful state responsible for the federal distribution of a test.
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March 4, 2020
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) (click here) voted for an emergency supplemental appropriations bill to address the coronavirus outbreak. The bill includes funding for testing, vaccine development, treatments, and support for state and local preparedness. The legislation passed on a 415-2 vote.
Among its provisions, the emergency supplemental includes:
The first bill ever passed by Congress to address the health emergency in the country clearly has SEPARATE funding for federal and state efforts.
More than $3 billion for research and development of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics;
The bill clearly states there is a SEPARATE funding for states and the federal government. The $950 million assigned to the states is to support the agencies hardest hit by this national health emergency. But, those $950 million have no designation in the bill that the states are to find their own testing solution and manufacture it. If that was the case then what the heck is Trump doing with the $2.2 billion SPECIFICALLY assigned to prevention, preparedness and response and the $3 billion for R&D of vaccines, therapeutics, and DIAGNOSTICS?
$2.2 billion in public health funding for prevention, preparedness, and response, $950 million of which is to support state & local health agencies;
The federal government is responsible for developing a test for SARS-CoV-2. The federal government is responsible for manufacturing the tests (preparedness) and the federal government is responsible for the distribution of the tests (response). The states have limited funds to respond to this national emergency and there is no responsibility of the states to conduct R&D. That would be counter-productive. The states would have to establish labs and pay staff to carry out that responsibility. EVERY STATE. There would be 50 state labs, 50 staff, and 50 outcomes. And at no time is any ONE successful state responsible for the federal distribution of a test.
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March 4, 2020
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) (click here) voted for an emergency supplemental appropriations bill to address the coronavirus outbreak. The bill includes funding for testing, vaccine development, treatments, and support for state and local preparedness. The legislation passed on a 415-2 vote.
Among its provisions, the emergency supplemental includes:
- More than $3 billion for research and development of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics;
- $2.2 billion in public health funding for prevention, preparedness, and response, $950 million of which is to support state & local health agencies;
- Nearly $1 billion for procurement of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, to support healthcare preparedness and Community Health Centers, and to improve medical surge capacity;
- $435 million to support health systems overseas to prevent, prepare, and respond to the coronavirus;
- $300 million to respond to humanitarian needs;
- $61 million to facilitate the development and review of medical countermeasures, devices, therapies, and vaccines, and to help mitigate potential supply chain interruptions; and
- Allows for an estimated $7 billion in low-interest loans to affected small businesses.
The emergency supplemental also contains other strong provisions to ensure a full response and keep Americans safe. The bill:
- Requires that funds are only used to fight the coronavirus and other infectious diseases;
- Allows seniors to access telemedicine services for coronavirus treatment;
- Helps ensure that vaccines and treatments for coronavirus are affordable; and
- Ensures that state and local governments are reimbursed for costs incurred while assisting the federal response.
The Executive Branch of the federal government ANSWERS to all the states when it comes to testing, producing them and distributing them.
Governor Whitmer is in a very tough position in anything she tries to do for Michigan because the state has a Republican majority in the House and Senate. They want to protect Snyder and return a Republican governor to Michigan. It is unfortunate Michigan does not have a House and Senate with Democratic majorities because Whitmer is a great governor.
I think it is fine to make observations to the governor in what someone believes might be short-sighted, but, whatever happened to the fact the state executive knows more than the legislature?
No one wants a successful economy more than Governor Whitmer. She knows all to well the effects of the migration of jobs out of Michigan to places like Mexico. She also knows the Michigan economy. She knows how much tourism (click here) is vital to Michigan. But, realizing all that she is still seeing a tight control of citizen movement to prevent further cases of COVID-19.
If the economy opens this summer, by June or the 4th of July, Michigan has to have control of the virus. People won't travel if they feel threatened by reports of the virus still lingering. So, I believe Governor Whitmer knows what she is doing and no one really has the responsibility she has today or tomorrow.
April 14, 2020
By Kaathleen Achtenberg
LANSING, Mich. – New economic assistance for small businesses, (click here) early stage tech companies and communities around Michigan negatively impacted by the COVID-19 virus gained approval from the Michigan Strategic Fund, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced today.
“We are committed to leveraging every resource available to us as effectively as we can to support small businesses, entrepreneurs, communities and workers across the state being negatively affected by this unprecedented outbreak,” said MEDC CEO Mark A. Burton. “The initiatives approved today by the Michigan Strategic Fund will provide much-needed resources for small businesses and early stage tech companies facing challenges with cash flow and communities working to support and protect their residents.”...
I think it is fine to make observations to the governor in what someone believes might be short-sighted, but, whatever happened to the fact the state executive knows more than the legislature?
No one wants a successful economy more than Governor Whitmer. She knows all to well the effects of the migration of jobs out of Michigan to places like Mexico. She also knows the Michigan economy. She knows how much tourism (click here) is vital to Michigan. But, realizing all that she is still seeing a tight control of citizen movement to prevent further cases of COVID-19.
If the economy opens this summer, by June or the 4th of July, Michigan has to have control of the virus. People won't travel if they feel threatened by reports of the virus still lingering. So, I believe Governor Whitmer knows what she is doing and no one really has the responsibility she has today or tomorrow.
April 14, 2020
By Kaathleen Achtenberg
LANSING, Mich. – New economic assistance for small businesses, (click here) early stage tech companies and communities around Michigan negatively impacted by the COVID-19 virus gained approval from the Michigan Strategic Fund, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced today.
“We are committed to leveraging every resource available to us as effectively as we can to support small businesses, entrepreneurs, communities and workers across the state being negatively affected by this unprecedented outbreak,” said MEDC CEO Mark A. Burton. “The initiatives approved today by the Michigan Strategic Fund will provide much-needed resources for small businesses and early stage tech companies facing challenges with cash flow and communities working to support and protect their residents.”...
DNA?
Mouth swabs are used for paternity tests. I haven't found the science behind the test, but, it is most probably patented. Congratulations, Rutgers! It is a really great state university on multiple campuses.
April 15, 2020
By Lisette Voytko
The first U.S. coronavirus saliva testing (click here) site opens Wednesday in New Jersey after the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization for the method, which healthcare experts say is quicker, more scalable and safer to administer as the virus continues to spread across the country....
...The saliva test developed by Rutgers is available in New Jersey’s RWJBarnabas healthcare system and a number of hospitals. The drive-thru testing site is located in Edison, New Jersey, at a local DMV inspection bay. As of Wednesday morning, Fanning said his firm could supply one million saliva tests per month, and could scale up to 5 million in the near future....
April 15, 2020
By Lisette Voytko
The first U.S. coronavirus saliva testing (click here) site opens Wednesday in New Jersey after the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization for the method, which healthcare experts say is quicker, more scalable and safer to administer as the virus continues to spread across the country....
...The saliva test developed by Rutgers is available in New Jersey’s RWJBarnabas healthcare system and a number of hospitals. The drive-thru testing site is located in Edison, New Jersey, at a local DMV inspection bay. As of Wednesday morning, Fanning said his firm could supply one million saliva tests per month, and could scale up to 5 million in the near future....
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
China is moving forward to end SARS-CoV-2 in their society.
China knows these viruses don't go away by themselves. They take measures to protect the people. They don't mind spending the money to protect its citizens.
27 March 2020
By Zaria Gorvett
A bus is disinfected using UVC in Shanghai, China
...There is also a third type:f (click here) UVC. This relatively obscure part of the spectrum consists of a shorter, more energetic wavelength of light. It is particularly good at destroying genetic material – whether in humans or viral particles. Luckily, most of us are unlikely to have ever encountered any. That’s because it’s filtered out by ozone in the atmosphere long before it reaches our fragile skin.
27 March 2020By Zaria Gorvett
A bus is disinfected using UVC in Shanghai, China
...There is also a third type:f (click here) UVC. This relatively obscure part of the spectrum consists of a shorter, more energetic wavelength of light. It is particularly good at destroying genetic material – whether in humans or viral particles. Luckily, most of us are unlikely to have ever encountered any. That’s because it’s filtered out by ozone in the atmosphere long before it reaches our fragile skin.
Or that was the case, at least, until scientists discovered that they could harness UVC to kill microorganisms. Since the finding in 1878, artificially produced UVC has become a staple method of sterilisation – one used in hospitals, airplanes, offices, and factories every day. Crucially, it’s also fundamental to the process of sanitising drinking water; some parasites are resistant to chemical disinfectants such as chlorine, so it provides a failsafe.
Though there hasn’t been any research looking at how UVC affects Covid-19 specifically, studies have shown that it can be used against other coronaviruses, such as Sars. The radiation warps the structure of their genetic material and prevents the viral particles from making more copies of themselves.
As a result, a concentrated form of UVC is now on the front line in the fight against Covid-19. In China, whole buses are being lit up by the ghostly blue light each night, while squat, UVC-emitting robots have been cleaning floors in hospitals. Banks have even been using the light to disinfect their money....
Known effects on SARS-CoV
Transfusion. 2006 Oct;46(10):1770-7.
Evaluation of inactivation methods for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus in noncellular blood products.
Darnell ME, Taylor DR.
...Viral inactivation by heat treatment (click here) at 60 degrees C required 15 to 30 minutes to inactivate the SARS-CoV. UVC efficiently inactivated SARS-CoV in 40 minutes, whereas UVA required the addition of psoralen to enhance inactivation of the virus. The presence of bovine serum albumin limited the ability of UVC and UVA to inactivate SARS-CoV and octanoic acid treatment does not reduce the infectivity of SARS-CoV-spiked protein solutions. S/D treatment required 2, 4, and up to 24 hours for Triton X-100, Tween 80, and sodium cholate inactivation, respectively.
CONCLUSION: Heat, UVC irradiation, and S/D treatments effectively inactivate SARS-CoV, whereas octanoic acid treatment is insufficient for inactivation of the virus.
Known effects on SARS-CoV
Transfusion. 2006 Oct;46(10):1770-7.
Evaluation of inactivation methods for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus in noncellular blood products.
Darnell ME, Taylor DR.
CONCLUSION: Heat, UVC irradiation, and S/D treatments effectively inactivate SARS-CoV, whereas octanoic acid treatment is insufficient for inactivation of the virus.
Trump creates victims out of competent people.
Trump has no right to complain about Governors, he never lead this national emergency. The 40,000 ventilator request came from New York and at the peak of the virus New York has 15,000 and was looking to put two patients on one ventilator hence having the capacity of 30,000. Additionally, New York was using C-PAP pressure support.
Why does he lie like this?
WHO Timeline (click here)
31 Dec 2019
China reported a cluster of cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei Province. A novel coronavirus was eventually identified.
13 March 2020
By Josephine Ma
The first case of someone in China (click here) suffering from Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, can be traced back to November 17, according to government data seen by the South China Morning Post.
Chinese authorities have so far identified at least 266 people who were infected last year, all of whom came under medical surveillance at some point....
1 January 2020
WHO had set up the IMST (Incident Management Support Team) across the three levels of the organization: headquarters, regional headquarters and country level, putting the organization on an emergency footing for dealing with the outbreak.
4 January 2020
WHO reported on social media that there was a cluster of pneumonia cases – with no deaths – in Wuhan, Hubei province.
5 January 2020
WHO published our first Disease Outbreak News on the new virus. This is a flagship technical publication to the scientific and public health community as well as global media. It contained a risk assessment and advice, and reported on what China had told the organization about the status of patients and the public health response on the cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan.
10 January 2020
WHO issued a comprehensive package of technical guidance online with advice to all countries on how to detect, test and manage potential cases, based on what was known about the virus at the time. This guidance was shared with WHO's regional emergency directors to share with WHO representatives in countries.
Based on experience with SARS and MERS and known modes of transmission of respiratory viruses, infection and prevention control guidance were published to protect health workers recommending droplet and contact precautions when caring for patients, and airborne precautions for aerosol generating procedures conducted by health workers.
12 January 2020
China publicly shared the genetic sequence of COVID-19.
13 January 2020
Officials confirm a case of COVID-19 in Thailand, the first recorded case outside of China.
14 January 2020
WHO's technical lead for the response noted in a press briefing there may have been limited human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus (in the 41 confirmed cases), mainly through family members, and that there was a risk of a possible wider outbreak. The lead also said that human-to-human transmission would not be surprising given our experience with SARS, MERS and other respiratory pathogens.
20-21 January 2020
WHO experts from its China and Western Pacific regional offices conducted a brief field visit to Wuhan.
22 January 2020
WHO mission to China issued a statement saying that there was evidence of human-to-human transmission in Wuhan but more investigation was needed to understand the full extent of transmission.
22- 23 January 2020
The WHO Director- General convened an Emergency Committee (EC) under the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) to assess whether the outbreak constituted a public health emergency of international concern. The independent members from around the world could not reach a consensus based on the evidence available at the time. They asked to be reconvened within 10 days after receiving more information.
28 January 2020
A senior WHO delegation led by the Director-General travelled to Beijing to meet China’s leadership, learn more about China’s response, and to offer any technical assistance.
While in Beijing, Dr. Tedros agreed with Chinese government leaders that an international team of leading scientists would travel to China on a mission to better understand the context, the overall response, and exchange information and experience....
March 6, 2020
By Jon Cohen
Clifford Lane
On 13 February, Clifford Lane went to a Washington, D.C.(click here) –area airport to catch a flight to Japan, where he would help launch a study of an experimental drug, remdesivir, against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Lane is a deputy director at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a right-hand man to Anthony Fauci, head of NIAID and the top research scientist in the country advising the White House on the outbreak of the virus. As Lane waited to board his plane, he was told that his final destination had changed. “I get an email, ‘You need to go to China.’ It’s like, are you kidding?”
Lane had been selected as one of two U.S. scientists to join a World Health Organization team of 13 international researchers who would tour five different cities with 12 Chinese colleagues to get a firsthand look at the coronavirus epidemic there. The joint mission, which ran from 16–23 February led to a report that offered more details about the clinical course of COVID-19 and the epidemiology in China than had appeared anywhere before.
Lane is a clinician who has been on the front line of HIV/AIDS research and led studies of vaccines and treatments in Liberia during the West African Ebola epidemic in 2014–16. On 4 March, Lane, still under quarantine in his Maryland home, spoke with ScienceInsider about the China trip and his view of the situation in the United States....
March 25, 2020
By Marisa Taylor
Washington - The Trump administration cut staff (click here) by more than two-thirds at a key U.S. public health agency operating inside China, as part of a larger rollback of U.S.-funded health and science experts on the ground there leading up to the coronavirus outbreak, Reuters has learned.
Most of the reductions were made at the Beijing office of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and occurred over the past two years, according to public CDC documents viewed by Reuters and interviews with four people familiar with the drawdown.
The Atlanta-based CDC, America’s preeminent disease fighting agency, provides public health assistance to nations around the world and works with them to help stop outbreaks of contagious diseases from spreading globally. It has worked in China for 30 years.
The CDC’s China headcount has shrunk to around 14 staffers, down from approximately 47 people since President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, the documents show. The four people, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the losses included epidemiologists and other health professionals....
Why does he lie like this?
WHO Timeline (click here)
31 Dec 2019
China reported a cluster of cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei Province. A novel coronavirus was eventually identified.
13 March 2020
By Josephine Ma
The first case of someone in China (click here) suffering from Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, can be traced back to November 17, according to government data seen by the South China Morning Post.
Chinese authorities have so far identified at least 266 people who were infected last year, all of whom came under medical surveillance at some point....
1 January 2020
WHO had set up the IMST (Incident Management Support Team) across the three levels of the organization: headquarters, regional headquarters and country level, putting the organization on an emergency footing for dealing with the outbreak.
4 January 2020
WHO reported on social media that there was a cluster of pneumonia cases – with no deaths – in Wuhan, Hubei province.
5 January 2020
WHO published our first Disease Outbreak News on the new virus. This is a flagship technical publication to the scientific and public health community as well as global media. It contained a risk assessment and advice, and reported on what China had told the organization about the status of patients and the public health response on the cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan.
10 January 2020
WHO issued a comprehensive package of technical guidance online with advice to all countries on how to detect, test and manage potential cases, based on what was known about the virus at the time. This guidance was shared with WHO's regional emergency directors to share with WHO representatives in countries.
Based on experience with SARS and MERS and known modes of transmission of respiratory viruses, infection and prevention control guidance were published to protect health workers recommending droplet and contact precautions when caring for patients, and airborne precautions for aerosol generating procedures conducted by health workers.
12 January 2020
China publicly shared the genetic sequence of COVID-19.
13 January 2020
Officials confirm a case of COVID-19 in Thailand, the first recorded case outside of China.
14 January 2020
WHO's technical lead for the response noted in a press briefing there may have been limited human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus (in the 41 confirmed cases), mainly through family members, and that there was a risk of a possible wider outbreak. The lead also said that human-to-human transmission would not be surprising given our experience with SARS, MERS and other respiratory pathogens.
20-21 January 2020
WHO experts from its China and Western Pacific regional offices conducted a brief field visit to Wuhan.
22 January 2020
WHO mission to China issued a statement saying that there was evidence of human-to-human transmission in Wuhan but more investigation was needed to understand the full extent of transmission.
22- 23 January 2020
The WHO Director- General convened an Emergency Committee (EC) under the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) to assess whether the outbreak constituted a public health emergency of international concern. The independent members from around the world could not reach a consensus based on the evidence available at the time. They asked to be reconvened within 10 days after receiving more information.
28 January 2020
A senior WHO delegation led by the Director-General travelled to Beijing to meet China’s leadership, learn more about China’s response, and to offer any technical assistance.
While in Beijing, Dr. Tedros agreed with Chinese government leaders that an international team of leading scientists would travel to China on a mission to better understand the context, the overall response, and exchange information and experience....
March 6, 2020By Jon Cohen
Clifford Lane
On 13 February, Clifford Lane went to a Washington, D.C.(click here) –area airport to catch a flight to Japan, where he would help launch a study of an experimental drug, remdesivir, against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Lane is a deputy director at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a right-hand man to Anthony Fauci, head of NIAID and the top research scientist in the country advising the White House on the outbreak of the virus. As Lane waited to board his plane, he was told that his final destination had changed. “I get an email, ‘You need to go to China.’ It’s like, are you kidding?”
Lane had been selected as one of two U.S. scientists to join a World Health Organization team of 13 international researchers who would tour five different cities with 12 Chinese colleagues to get a firsthand look at the coronavirus epidemic there. The joint mission, which ran from 16–23 February led to a report that offered more details about the clinical course of COVID-19 and the epidemiology in China than had appeared anywhere before.
Lane is a clinician who has been on the front line of HIV/AIDS research and led studies of vaccines and treatments in Liberia during the West African Ebola epidemic in 2014–16. On 4 March, Lane, still under quarantine in his Maryland home, spoke with ScienceInsider about the China trip and his view of the situation in the United States....
March 25, 2020
By Marisa Taylor
Washington - The Trump administration cut staff (click here) by more than two-thirds at a key U.S. public health agency operating inside China, as part of a larger rollback of U.S.-funded health and science experts on the ground there leading up to the coronavirus outbreak, Reuters has learned.
Most of the reductions were made at the Beijing office of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and occurred over the past two years, according to public CDC documents viewed by Reuters and interviews with four people familiar with the drawdown.
The Atlanta-based CDC, America’s preeminent disease fighting agency, provides public health assistance to nations around the world and works with them to help stop outbreaks of contagious diseases from spreading globally. It has worked in China for 30 years.
The CDC’s China headcount has shrunk to around 14 staffers, down from approximately 47 people since President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, the documents show. The four people, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the losses included epidemiologists and other health professionals....
I lost five family members due to the Avian Flu virus of 1918.
This is from my family's diary. It is about my Grandfather John Daniel Barrett. He died on February 3,1973 from Black Lung after losing one of his lungs to surgery years earlier.
This was authored by a dear Aunt.
"...His father, Edward Barrett, was an Irish immigrant coal miner. Edward was the father of eleven children, John was the fourth child born on November 30, 1900...His childhood was lost to him when he entered the dark, damp inners of that mountain (of coal) at the age of nine...But, John was not alone, there were many other young boys joining him (at work)...
...the next time we visit his life he is 17 years of age, still entering the mine day in and day out with his father Edward, at his side.
Then came the day his father told John he would be going to work alone. "I'm not feeling well today, John, you'll be going to work without me....He was unable to think of a day his father hadn't left home with him on their way to work. But today was going to be a day to remember for so many reasons.
(The day was October 19, 1918, in northeast Pennsylvania.)
...finishing the day with the sound of work ending whistle, only to arrive home to the most devastating news of his young life. As he got closer to his home, he was very aware of the somber glances and soft whispering of his neighbors. He attributed this sad atmosphere to the fact that so many of his friends and neighbors were effected by the loss of life due to the flu epidemic.
But John would realize upon entering his family home that there was more to it today. His sister, Mae, who was nineteen at this time, would meet him at the door to tell him of the untimely death and burial of his father. Edward Barrett was 46 years old. Also, John was told his mother's condition had worsened throughout the day.
...In fact, graves were dug in advance of someone's death, in an effort to head off the epidemic.
Later that evening, Mae and John were summoned to their mother's bed, Mariah Lynott Barrett, age 41, had a very urgent message for her third and fourth born. She would entrust them with the raising of their seven younger siblings. Since the elder two brothers were in the armed forces or married, the burden of rearing the younger seven children would fall on their young shoulders. Mariah Lynott Barrett would die that night and be buried in one of the readied graves.
He for the second time seventeen-year-old John Barrett entered the mine without his father to support his siblings...Francis nearly 16, Bessie age 14, Margaret age 12, Vincent age 10, Anna age 8, Tilly age 4 and Clare age 2.
The tragedy did not end with his parents, some of the children were ill with the flu as well. Some of the children died of long term complications of the flu. Tilly died in 1919, Claire in 1921, Francis died in 1923....
...The remaining siblings grew in age, grace and most importantly good health. Anna would marry but later died in childbirth at the age of 30. Bessie became a nurse and worked in the profession until she retired. She married once at an older age but would lose her husband Joe. John would eventually marry Gladys Lucille Dougher at the age of 25. He eventually would enter training to become a pipefitter and the years of entering a coal mine ended. Eventually, he ended his home in Pennsylvania and took five of his own children to Michigan....
Needless to say, there is more to my Grandfather's diary than these paragraphs, but, these viruses are horrible entities in the world that destroy lives, reassign others and causes history to bend to it's will.
COVID-19 is a deadly serious problem in the USA. Going forward we must be careful in returning to a vibrant economy. It is not worth it to simply "get back to normal." It won't happen that way and the scared lives and deaths will be a very sad legacy to the USA.
This was authored by a dear Aunt.
"...His father, Edward Barrett, was an Irish immigrant coal miner. Edward was the father of eleven children, John was the fourth child born on November 30, 1900...His childhood was lost to him when he entered the dark, damp inners of that mountain (of coal) at the age of nine...But, John was not alone, there were many other young boys joining him (at work)...
...the next time we visit his life he is 17 years of age, still entering the mine day in and day out with his father Edward, at his side.
Then came the day his father told John he would be going to work alone. "I'm not feeling well today, John, you'll be going to work without me....He was unable to think of a day his father hadn't left home with him on their way to work. But today was going to be a day to remember for so many reasons.
(The day was October 19, 1918, in northeast Pennsylvania.)
...finishing the day with the sound of work ending whistle, only to arrive home to the most devastating news of his young life. As he got closer to his home, he was very aware of the somber glances and soft whispering of his neighbors. He attributed this sad atmosphere to the fact that so many of his friends and neighbors were effected by the loss of life due to the flu epidemic.
But John would realize upon entering his family home that there was more to it today. His sister, Mae, who was nineteen at this time, would meet him at the door to tell him of the untimely death and burial of his father. Edward Barrett was 46 years old. Also, John was told his mother's condition had worsened throughout the day.
...In fact, graves were dug in advance of someone's death, in an effort to head off the epidemic.
Later that evening, Mae and John were summoned to their mother's bed, Mariah Lynott Barrett, age 41, had a very urgent message for her third and fourth born. She would entrust them with the raising of their seven younger siblings. Since the elder two brothers were in the armed forces or married, the burden of rearing the younger seven children would fall on their young shoulders. Mariah Lynott Barrett would die that night and be buried in one of the readied graves.
He for the second time seventeen-year-old John Barrett entered the mine without his father to support his siblings...Francis nearly 16, Bessie age 14, Margaret age 12, Vincent age 10, Anna age 8, Tilly age 4 and Clare age 2.
The tragedy did not end with his parents, some of the children were ill with the flu as well. Some of the children died of long term complications of the flu. Tilly died in 1919, Claire in 1921, Francis died in 1923....
...The remaining siblings grew in age, grace and most importantly good health. Anna would marry but later died in childbirth at the age of 30. Bessie became a nurse and worked in the profession until she retired. She married once at an older age but would lose her husband Joe. John would eventually marry Gladys Lucille Dougher at the age of 25. He eventually would enter training to become a pipefitter and the years of entering a coal mine ended. Eventually, he ended his home in Pennsylvania and took five of his own children to Michigan....
Needless to say, there is more to my Grandfather's diary than these paragraphs, but, these viruses are horrible entities in the world that destroy lives, reassign others and causes history to bend to it's will.
COVID-19 is a deadly serious problem in the USA. Going forward we must be careful in returning to a vibrant economy. It is not worth it to simply "get back to normal." It won't happen that way and the scared lives and deaths will be a very sad legacy to the USA.
Trump is touting a return to work by Americans on May 1st because he wants to be blameless for any impact on the economy if the "Stay At Home" orders of the states remain after his demands otherwise.
Trump wants to blame the "Democratic Governors" for any pain Americans are feeling.
Trump's statements can be traced to his political standing and priorities. He isn't interested in the well being of the American people, so much as winning an election.
We already know from the examples of other countries that returning people to a "normal" life only results in a return of the country to a second "Stay At Home" order. I think it will be more difficult to achieve a second stay at home order and will be more painful than continuing the current paradigm. The healthcare systems will be stressed all over again. A return To Stay At Home would occur closer to the November election and will delay the national election for the chaos and Trump's concern for re-election.
It is my opinion that if governors are acting in the best interest of the people they will succeed in their favor. The payments to people currently Laid Off will serve to increase the movement of the economy within the USA and far less economic pain that people may be experiencing now. Once the payments are working to help the people, they will defer a return to work to the best judgment of governors that have kept them safe so far.
Trump wants to blame the "Democratic Governors" for any pain Americans are feeling.
Trump's statements can be traced to his political standing and priorities. He isn't interested in the well being of the American people, so much as winning an election.
We already know from the examples of other countries that returning people to a "normal" life only results in a return of the country to a second "Stay At Home" order. I think it will be more difficult to achieve a second stay at home order and will be more painful than continuing the current paradigm. The healthcare systems will be stressed all over again. A return To Stay At Home would occur closer to the November election and will delay the national election for the chaos and Trump's concern for re-election.
It is my opinion that if governors are acting in the best interest of the people they will succeed in their favor. The payments to people currently Laid Off will serve to increase the movement of the economy within the USA and far less economic pain that people may be experiencing now. Once the payments are working to help the people, they will defer a return to work to the best judgment of governors that have kept them safe so far.
Monday, April 13, 2020
Trump has no right to declare Marshall Law.
The last time Marshall Law was instated was 1941 in Hawaii after Pearl Harbor was attacked.
(SARS-CoV). SARS was first reported in Asia in February 2003
May 7, 2003
By Robert Roos
May 7, 2003 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) (click here) today estimated the overall fatality rate for SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) patients at 14% to 15%, significantly higher than previous estimates. The agency estimated the rate for people older than 64 years to be more than 50%.
The revised WHO estimates, based on data from four countries, came on the heels of a Lancet article in which researchers studied case records from Hong Kong and calculated a case-fatality ratio as high as 55% for patients aged 60 and older.
In the early stages of the SARS epidemic, health officials estimated the mortality rate at less than 4%. More recently, officials have cited rates in the 6% to 7% range. Today's SARS figures from the WHO—6,903 cumulative cases and 495 deaths—point to a case-fatality ratio of 7.2%. But WHO officials note that this calculation underestimates the rate, since some currently ill patients will die of the disease.
The WHO based its estimates on an analysis of the latest data from Canada, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam. "On the basis of more detailed and complete data, and more reliable methods, WHO now estimates that the case fatality ratio of SARS ranges from 0% to 50%, depending on the age group affected, with an overall estimate of case fatality of 14% to 15%," the agency's announcement said.
The fatality ratio is less than 1% for people younger than 25, 6% for those aged 25 to 44, 15% for those aged 45 to 64, and more than 50% for people 65 or older, officials said.....
During November 1, 2002--June 11, 2003, (click here) a total of 8,435 probable SARS cases were reported to WHO from 29 countries, including 70 from the United States;...
There is an enormous difference in the relationship between China and the USA when the first SARS virus came to call. Trump is arrogant and negligent!
(SARS-CoV). SARS was first reported in Asia in February 2003
May 7, 2003
By Robert Roos
May 7, 2003 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) (click here) today estimated the overall fatality rate for SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) patients at 14% to 15%, significantly higher than previous estimates. The agency estimated the rate for people older than 64 years to be more than 50%.
The revised WHO estimates, based on data from four countries, came on the heels of a Lancet article in which researchers studied case records from Hong Kong and calculated a case-fatality ratio as high as 55% for patients aged 60 and older.
In the early stages of the SARS epidemic, health officials estimated the mortality rate at less than 4%. More recently, officials have cited rates in the 6% to 7% range. Today's SARS figures from the WHO—6,903 cumulative cases and 495 deaths—point to a case-fatality ratio of 7.2%. But WHO officials note that this calculation underestimates the rate, since some currently ill patients will die of the disease.
The WHO based its estimates on an analysis of the latest data from Canada, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam. "On the basis of more detailed and complete data, and more reliable methods, WHO now estimates that the case fatality ratio of SARS ranges from 0% to 50%, depending on the age group affected, with an overall estimate of case fatality of 14% to 15%," the agency's announcement said.
The fatality ratio is less than 1% for people younger than 25, 6% for those aged 25 to 44, 15% for those aged 45 to 64, and more than 50% for people 65 or older, officials said.....
During November 1, 2002--June 11, 2003, (click here) a total of 8,435 probable SARS cases were reported to WHO from 29 countries, including 70 from the United States;...
There is an enormous difference in the relationship between China and the USA when the first SARS virus came to call. Trump is arrogant and negligent!
Sunday, April 12, 2020
The WHO carries out it’s responsibility well in seeking information about the health circumstances within all countries. Donald John Trump pulled American scientists out of posts all over the world. When that occurred information was not forthcoming as before. Trump can point fingers at the WHO, but when American support ended the infrastructure wasn’t in place to continue its work the same as before. Does anyone expect a Third World country to carry the same expertise as First World countries?
So, now the manipulated truth by Trump exists rather than the real truth that the WHO had some of its best reporting ended with the cessation of USA scientists in countries that spawn disease.
So, now the manipulated truth by Trump exists rather than the real truth that the WHO had some of its best reporting ended with the cessation of USA scientists in countries that spawn disease.
Today, Pope Francis, in his Easter address, stated conditions in Northeast Mozambique are desperate.
Depending on the source it is stated this conflict is a civil war (click here). Other sources state is is Al Shabab.
Amnesty International African assessment (click here)
"Conflict Zones" are unable to address COVID-19 including the need for ventilators.
April 4, 2020
By Danielle Paquette, Susannah George and Sudarsan Raghavan
...The Islamic State (click here) is calling on loyalists everywhere to capitalize on the chaos, according to its media channels. The Taliban is launching major attacks in Afghanistan while handing out masks, gloves and soap....
17 March 2020
By Joseph Hanlon
It appears (click here) that insurgents are trying to maintain control over the corridor and road through Bilibiza, Cabo Delgado, which was attacked and heavily damaged 29-30 January.. On 9 March there was an attack on the road from Bilibiza toward Quissanga on the coast. And Moz24h (10 Mar) says the insurgents have closed the road going inland from Bilibiza, blocking the road with trees and have put headless bodies on the road. Moz24h says local people report heavy fighting, with ambushes of government armoured cars. (The map in the pdf version of this bulletin shows the roads in the area.) Bilibiza is 50 km north west of Pemba as the crow flies or 120 km by road, and is the farthest south the war has spread
The other focus of the war is very close to Mocimboa da Praia. On 8 March at 05.00, gunmen ambushed a heavy truck belonging to Bangladeshi traders who have been working in Mocimboa da Praia district for the past four years. At about 14.00, a pick-up sent to fetch the owners of the truck and assess the damage was fired on. In the two ambushes four people were injured. (AIM 10 Mar)
The villages of Ulo and Anga, close to Mocimboa da Praia town, were attacked and burned on 12 March. On 5 March Naikidunga was attacked and on 6 March Nabage. Local people report a number of villages in the area have been recently attacked and local people report many dead, some kidnapped, and houses burned. (Moz24h 13, 6 Mar)
Elsewhere, on 4 March insurgents killed four people and burnt down 30 houses in an attack against the village of Nkonda, Nangade district. (AIM 10 Mar) Insurgents attacked soldiers in Chomba, 30 km northwest of Mueda town, but the date is not known.
The World Food Programme has produced a good set of district maps for Cabo Delgado.
Amnesty International African assessment (click here)
"Conflict Zones" are unable to address COVID-19 including the need for ventilators.
April 4, 2020
By Danielle Paquette, Susannah George and Sudarsan Raghavan
...The Islamic State (click here) is calling on loyalists everywhere to capitalize on the chaos, according to its media channels. The Taliban is launching major attacks in Afghanistan while handing out masks, gloves and soap....
17 March 2020By Joseph Hanlon
It appears (click here) that insurgents are trying to maintain control over the corridor and road through Bilibiza, Cabo Delgado, which was attacked and heavily damaged 29-30 January.. On 9 March there was an attack on the road from Bilibiza toward Quissanga on the coast. And Moz24h (10 Mar) says the insurgents have closed the road going inland from Bilibiza, blocking the road with trees and have put headless bodies on the road. Moz24h says local people report heavy fighting, with ambushes of government armoured cars. (The map in the pdf version of this bulletin shows the roads in the area.) Bilibiza is 50 km north west of Pemba as the crow flies or 120 km by road, and is the farthest south the war has spread
The other focus of the war is very close to Mocimboa da Praia. On 8 March at 05.00, gunmen ambushed a heavy truck belonging to Bangladeshi traders who have been working in Mocimboa da Praia district for the past four years. At about 14.00, a pick-up sent to fetch the owners of the truck and assess the damage was fired on. In the two ambushes four people were injured. (AIM 10 Mar)
The villages of Ulo and Anga, close to Mocimboa da Praia town, were attacked and burned on 12 March. On 5 March Naikidunga was attacked and on 6 March Nabage. Local people report a number of villages in the area have been recently attacked and local people report many dead, some kidnapped, and houses burned. (Moz24h 13, 6 Mar)
Elsewhere, on 4 March insurgents killed four people and burnt down 30 houses in an attack against the village of Nkonda, Nangade district. (AIM 10 Mar) Insurgents attacked soldiers in Chomba, 30 km northwest of Mueda town, but the date is not known.
The World Food Programme has produced a good set of district maps for Cabo Delgado.
Package Bankruptcy - "...those are the rules of the game...."
The tax bailout of 2017 was squandered. In 2008 when the government bailed out GM, Ford didn't need it. Why? Because the company took loans when there was zero interest rate. Ford was flush with money because it planned for the future. There are financial instruments that already exist that can address companies floundering now. Bailing them out is not the answer. The American people are hurting because of a global pandemic AND THAT IS WHERE THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY LIES.
The financial markets have investors and they take a risk. If they didn't plan for this pandemic as a probability within that risk assessment after PRESIDENT OBAMA openly addressed this PROBABILITY, not a possibility, in a speech, then they need to look to the financial instruments that already exist to decide the path of their OWN RISK.
Since the Wright Brothers invented flight, there is not a president that hasn't bailed out an airline. This may be a difficult time for airlines, but, there exist financial instruments to address the corporate structure. It is the employees that need to be supported. When employee incomes are maintained the markets will grow again. Until the employees are receiving income, the markets will be lackluster. This is a pandemic, not a global economic collapse. It only looks that way because the "ready cash" was there to be grabbed in pensions and 401Ks. Who is going to make them whole again? Nobody because Wall Street saw an opportunity to take what is not theirs. THAT is the real immorality and Americans know it.
By the way, the “Wet Markets” in China where wildlife is sold as food are still operating because of a trade war that removed American agricultural goods from the bellies of the poorest of the Chinese people.
The financial markets have investors and they take a risk. If they didn't plan for this pandemic as a probability within that risk assessment after PRESIDENT OBAMA openly addressed this PROBABILITY, not a possibility, in a speech, then they need to look to the financial instruments that already exist to decide the path of their OWN RISK.
Since the Wright Brothers invented flight, there is not a president that hasn't bailed out an airline. This may be a difficult time for airlines, but, there exist financial instruments to address the corporate structure. It is the employees that need to be supported. When employee incomes are maintained the markets will grow again. Until the employees are receiving income, the markets will be lackluster. This is a pandemic, not a global economic collapse. It only looks that way because the "ready cash" was there to be grabbed in pensions and 401Ks. Who is going to make them whole again? Nobody because Wall Street saw an opportunity to take what is not theirs. THAT is the real immorality and Americans know it.
By the way, the “Wet Markets” in China where wildlife is sold as food are still operating because of a trade war that removed American agricultural goods from the bellies of the poorest of the Chinese people.
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