PPE emergency.

Do these American WWII gas mask block viruses?

Seriously.

I can't believe it necessary to post this idea.

I have no idea if these canister masks can prevent inhalation of viruses. They prevent inhalation of gas. I think gas is more liquid than virus, no?

They used to be found all over the country in Army-Navy stores.

All this is a matter of ETHICS!

Boycott any online business with states not observing efforts to flatten the curve, but, adding to it Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Missouri, Mississippi, Idaho, and Wyoming.

If anyone listens to Fox News for the truth regarding the virus they don't respect their own lives.

FOX wants to PICK A MEDIA FIGHT over the words Trump used, "It is a Chinese virus." FOX REALLY WANTS THIS FIGHT. It is a racist comment and should not be repeated.

Engel is correct. It is a bat virus that bats do not die from. But, when the wildlife food markets reopened in Wuhan the virus crossed species line to infect people.

...NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel (click here) seemed to reject President Trump's repeated attempts to tie coronavirus to China -- where the virus originated, declaring on Wednesday that "this is a bat virus, not a China virus."

During a White House press briefing, Trump was repeatedly asked about his reference to the pandemic as the "Chinese virus," which he defended by stating that the virus came from China; he dismissed claims that his label was racist.

Engel took it a step further, insisting the blame belongs to the animal the illness came from -- not the country the illness originated in....

If you value your life IGNORE FOX NEWS! 

IT IS VERY WRONG TO POLITICIZE COVID-19 AND THAT IS WHAT FOX IS ACTIVELY DOING.

Really. 

They are both 63 years old?

They have been released from the hospital and feel well. They are still self-isolating in a hotel in Australia.

I am quite sure they are recognized.

The prediction of the trajectory of the USA in regard to COVID-19 is that of Italy. If the USA is to have that same trajectory Americans should be grateful to be home, not to just flatten the curve, but, it might just be the way to survive.

STAY AS HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE.

Really.

Warren Buffet was worth $73.3 billion before all this mess started.

Of Warren Buffet, it has been my observation that his investments are rock-solid infrastructure. He isn't the most exciting investor, but, he tends to be a safe investor.

The billions Trump wants to give to the airlines? It is a bailout for the MAX (click here). The MAX failure occurred because CEOs were allowed to self regulate. Just that simple. Gee, Federal Regulations are actually good for industry, huh?

Regulations are necessary because the private sector and its business practices are directly in opposition to "being a human being."

My favorite Warren Buffet observation was when he said, "Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked." It is so Warren.

March 18, 2020
By Andy Serwer

Warren Buffett’s (click here) Expensive Bet: Coronavirus Impact on Airlines Will Be Temporary

If you’re wondering what ultra-low (click here) or even negative interest rates will do to the financial markets, you are not alone. Warren Buffett is wondering too. To be clear though, he’s not particularly freaked out. Vexed, but not freaked.

As yields on U.S. Treasury securities fall to record lows — the 10-year Treasury yield (^TNX) dropped to 0.398% at one point this week — many worry that negative interest rates, already prevalent in Japan and Europe, will soon arrive on our shores. If that were to be the case, what the heck would it mean?

I asked Warren Buffett about negative rates last week during an interview at Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) headquarters in Omaha.

First, Buffett conceded that in general the bond market with its super low rates, and wildly swinging yield curve, “is really crazy.” But then he made it clear that neither he nor his partner Charlie Munger have any expertise or any interest in predicting where interest rates are headed.

“Charlie and I focus on what's knowable and important,” he said. “Now, interest rates are important, but we don't think they're knowable.”...

Hosptial beds were reduced when the health care went from community hospitals to "health care systems." I remember New York was livid at the closings of hospitals after mergers were being carried out. There were a lot of beds closed at that time in NY.

The statistics to the left overlap somewhat.

Number of all hospital beds in the U.S. from 1975 to 2017 (click here)




It has been my very strong opinion for some time as a person with experience with the health care system, that
alloying hospitals to merge 
with CEOs taking charge of 
the USA "health care systems" is completely wrong.

It has always been my opinion that the Hill-Burton Grant Act (click here) was the greatest legislation that believed in the health of Americans. It was a HUGE mistake to allow hospitals to deteriorate over time while handing them to "so called" business principles.

HEALTH CARE IS NOT EFFICIENT. 

OBVIOUSLY!

March 18, 2020
By Ed Carson

Dow Jones futures rallied (click here)solidly late Wednesday, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, after the European Central Bank announced its own big quantitative easing program, joining the Federal Reserve. On Wednesday, the coronavirus stock market crash tumbled to new lows. Covid-19 cases continue to soar in the U.S. and worldwide. Major automakers — but not Tesla (TSLA) — closed down their North American plants, as coronavirus recession fears intensify....

I think the financial markets are going to be fine. They might have to shop Walmart for shirts, but, I am NOT worried about them.

Dallas has extended its emergency declaration to April 29. The current timeline is two weeks nationally. At that point, the outbreak will have a better definition in the USA. I think two weeks is reasonable to reassess. Actually, the reassessment is occurring every day nationally so in two weeks it will be easy to know where the USA is headed.

March 18, 2020
By Eric Johnson

That is the top question (click here) my office has received after I issued emergency regulations that limited community gatherings and service in restaurants and temporarily shut down bars, gyms, theaters, nightclubs, entertainment venues and other types of businesses.

What I say in response is that these steps were necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of our people. But, of course, Dallas residents, businesses and workers alike are wondering when this will all be over.

Unfortunately, I don’t know the answer yet....

Missouri reported its first death. Wow, Washington State is reeling in reality faster than it ever expected.

March 18, 2020
By Josephine Peterson

The state Department of Health (click here) reported 175 new cases of coronavirus and 15 additional fatalities attributed to the disease it causes Wednesday.

The total number of cases reported by the Department of Health statewide now is 1,187 with 66 deaths. That number did not include Pierce County’s first reported death, that of a woman in her 50s with underlying health issues.

Pierce County has a total of 56 reported cases, which is the third highest in the state....

March 18, 2020
By James Drew

Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday (click here) announced a statewide moratorium on evictions of residential tenants for the next 30 days, along with several other measures to help businesses, workers, and residents who are facing the loss of income during the COVID-19 outbreak.

“These are unprecedented times. We must do everything we can to support the resiliency of Washington workers and employers,” the governor said.

Under Inslee’s order, law enforcement may not enforce eviction orders based solely on non-payment of rent. The step will protect state residents from losing their homes during the pandemic, said Attorney General Bob Ferguson.

In regard to PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), someone needs to investigate the sales trend of PPE and Medical Asceptic Supplies for hospitals. I am astounded at this point in the national emergency the medical sector is so short on supplies. Did HHS loosen regulations regarding insolation in the hospital and the supplies needed FOR MEDICAL STAFF? I am wondering if the PPE was shifted from the hospital's responsibility to the hospital personal's responsibility? Does the staff have to provide their own PPE? Ask the unions. All this doesn't make sense to me. There are millions of gloves used every day in the USA. Where did they go?

The other side of this mess is mismanagement by HOSPITAL SYSTEMS. One of the reasons the mergers of hospitals happened some time ago into hospital systems was that several hospitals in close proximity could SAVE MONEY by stockpiling supplies together. WHAT CAUSED THIS SHORTAGE? Whatever caused this shortage has to be ended. There are not SO MANY PATIENTS YET THAT THIS SHORTAGE SHOULD EXIST. I have great sympathy for New York and I am happy the USA Hospital ship is headed for that city, but, there are not so many patients yet that these supplies should be so short. There is something very wrong here and it has to do with profits.

I appreciate the media screaming about PPE, but, there has to be some underlying issue that has to be done away with. Denying this emergency nationally was a huge mistake, but, what happened with supplies? It doesn't make sense to me. I supposed there is a lot that doesn't make sense to me, but, then a lot of what Trump considers important doesn't make sense to me.

To be honest, trying to understand Trump is a waste of time for me and I was tuning him out. The last two days have been the best days of his presidency. He is finally making sense.

March 18, 2020

Reported cases of COVID-19 (click here) in Clark County have increased by 27, from 42 to 69, the Southern Nevada Health District announced on Wednesday.

It provided no information about the new cases, which bring the total in the state to 83.

There has been one death in Nevada attributed to the disease, that of an unidentified man in his 60s.

This is a study about SARS and it was viable up to 72 hours on cardboard.

SARS-CoV-2 (click here) was more stable on plastic and stainless steel than on copper and cardboard, and viable virus was detected up to 72 hours after application to these surfaces (Figure 1A), although the virus titer was greatly reduced (from 103.7 to 100.6 TCID50 per milliliter of medium after 72 hours on plastic and from 103.7 to 100.6 TCID50 per milliliter after 48 hours on stainless steel). The stability kinetics of SARS-CoV-1 were similar (from 103.4 to 100.7 TCID50 per milliliter after 72 hours on plastic and from 103.6 to 100.6 TCID50 per milliliter after 48 hours on stainless steel). On copper, no viable SARS-CoV-2 was measured after 4 hours and no viable SARS-CoV-1 was measured after 8 hours. On cardboard, no viable SARS-CoV-2 was measured after 24 hours and no viable SARS-CoV-1 was measured after 8 hours (Figure 1A).

A study performed on COVID-19 shows shorter times. That bothers me. I believe there needs to be peer review of the outcomes with COVID-19 when it comes to transmission and viability on fomite. If there are several labs stating the same results that would be best.

These are both coronavirus and their characteristics are the same, however, when it comes to the viability of the virus there needs to be replicated outcomes for COVID-19.

One thing to remember is that MATERIALS are different today. I would like to know the tests are on current materials as well as the standard materials.

Thank you.

I am also not used to reading about this in "Wired" either. I am glad the information is in publication to the public, but, it worries me when the actual study is difficult to find. Don't get me wrong, I like the public having this information, but, I rather the original study(ies) were linked to it. Thank you.

Potentially several hours, (click here) or even days, according to a preprint published this week by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, Princeton, and the University of California, Los Angeles. The researchers exposed various materials to the virus in the lab. They found that it remained virulent on surfaces for a lengthy period: from up to 24 hours on cardboard to up to two or three days on plastic and stainless steel. It also remained viable in aerosols—attached to particles that stay aloft in the air—for up to three hours. That’s all basically in line with the stability of SARS, the coronavirus that caused an outbreak in the early 2000s, the researchers note.

The good news coming out of local economies is incredible.

A couple that tested positive were treated was released to home in Chicago.

Acts of kindness and really smart social distancing are numerous, too.
       Virtual counseling for students, parents and others are being provided to help with the adjustment.
        People are donating blood, hopefully with full precautions.

“TechDirt” is a 3D printing company that manufactured a vital part to a ventilator in Italy. Smart thinking by Italy. The ventilator is manufactured by Bescia and the manufacturer could not supply the $11,000 part. Now, Bescia is suing the 3D manufacturer of the vital ventilator part. Such lawsuits has to be suppressed. “TechDirt” is a hero company.

I have necessary errands for the nest 30 minutes. Then I plan to sit at the laptop for about two weeks. 

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is sending mask and test kits all over the world. That is fantastic, but, I hope this is from standing inventory and not new production. They can be contaminated with virus.

I am surprised though because China has a mask shortage. There are masks currently in use in China known to be effective against bacteria and not necessarily COVID-19. China must resolve its problems with this virus. The report regarding the mask shortage in China and the use of bacterial masks was from “China Daily.”

Trump loves writing checks with taxpayer money.

If jobs aren’t necessary because of economic failure the people involved need to first seek unemployment. During the recovery of 2009 President Obama helped support state unemployment programs. Additionally, the food stamp program needs to expanded. Any state direct payment programs need to be expanded, the work requirements removed and along with expanded Medicaid supported by federal government WHERE needed.

COVID-19 timeline is currently June or July of this year. Reasonable short term changes will suffice. Medicaid should already be expanded to ALL victims of COVID-19 immediately upon diagnosis. It is important people do not delay their diagnosis and receive treatment to FLATTEN the curve.

Of URGENT need is support of all medical professionals, especially, those providing bedside care and all those directly involved with diagnosis. They IMMEDIATELY need personal protection equipment to prevent shutdown of hospitals.

Any monies spent must be prioritized to first support hospitals and then support Americans through an obvious failure of the economy. If the national emergency goes beyond July then the status of available work needs to be assessed as state unemployment programs will be coming to an end of benefits. State programs will have to be expanded to at least 28 weeks. The work requirements will have to be loosened because CONTACT between people has to be safe. But, safe jobs., where they exist, should be filled.

All Americans will not need assistance. 

The global economy will look different after COVID-19 is contained in the USA.

This is not a surplus to be spent it is a time of national need. One time payments will not accomplish economic stability for a three month economic crash. Government programs may needed in the long term if the USA economy has permanently shed jobs, but, there is no indication of that. Brick and mortar  are still standing. This is a NATIONAL lay-off and nothing more.

In January 2017 the financial markets were given enormous amounts of money by a generous tax cut bill that should help them through, along with recent programs of the Federal Reserve.

Orbits

Thinking about the anxiety people may feel as this national emergency unfolds, I find the idea of having a strategy can be fun. Personally, I think of chores in shopping as orbits. Not planetary orbits, but, the stops I am going to make and the items I will be purchasing. I got into that habit some time ago when saving fuel for a vehicle. The shorter the distance the less fuel is used. I just kept that habit.

So what I am trying to say is that the number of DIFFERENT people I come in contact with are somewhat limited. I shop at a Non-GMO and know most of the employees. Not personally but by recognition. Then there is the pharmacy, clothes cleaners, fuel stop and at times library, bookstore, etc. 

It is a matter of planning. I see the same people and frequent the same stores and have the same orbit most of the time when doing chores. Life is about to get real simple for many people so any orbits will be predictable. I think when people have predictability they feel and are safe. 

Know the neighborhood, simplify life and remain aware of social distance. If masks are available, use them. This will get easy and routine. It is interesting how many people one actually has contact with.

Amazon and others need to label products from China. It is not an issue of hate. It is about being safe from infection.

University of Michigan cancelled non-emergency appointments to minimize the exposure of people to each other. They are taking the virus seriously.

I was suppose to have a dental appointment on Thursday at a local dentist. The town has one positive test. That person is in isolation and in treatment at the local hospital. I was surprised but my dentist cancelled all appointments. There were phone numbers provided for any dental emergency.

All the medical professionals I know are taking this very seriously. 

Hospitals do have overflow plans and they may have to institute them to help other hospitals if their census reaches maximum levels. We still need to flatten the curve and carry out the directives of the national health emergency. 

We can over come this terrible emergency. Kindly think about being safe. Accidents complicate the picture for hospitals. Please take really good care of yourselves. Everyone is important. Everyone matters.

I have a suggestion. Please avoid exchanging money for items as much as possible. Using debit and/or credit cards will eliminate person to person transmission. The “chip” cards are best because they don’t change hands. Whenever handling money or cards between people, washing hands or using hand sanitizer will minimize any transmission.

Thank you.

I thank the president for the news conference. It is beginning to sound like the government. 

Timeline seems to be of concern. I would suggest the CDC director has the clearest picture through experience, knowledge and being connected to the network of organizational medicine.

But, if I may?

Think first about the emotional and psychological adjustment everyone is experiencing today. As a result of that ADJUSTMENT there are going to be more cases. Denial is a terrible part of this.

Today, there were people being infected. Their symptoms won’t start immediately. Today, they lengthened the timeline. The timeline depends a great deal on social distancing and a strong conscience for Americans. Americans have to act quickly if they believe they are infected. The best example I can think of is Tom Hanks and gracious wife. As soon as they suspected an infection with very mild symptoms they immediately sought medical attention and were tested. That is the DUE DILIGENCE every American has to apply to themselves. No guessing, no waiting, as soon as symptoms begin go to a physician immediately. 

This is doable but Americans have to accept the reality of social distancing, symptoms, immediacy in medical attention and ultimately embracing wellness and body awareness. Some Americans will fall ill through no fault of their own. The blame is irrelevant and seeking a source may not continue to be practical. I know the great American media is up to this. We can do this with minimal disease and death. We are a great people.  

The patrons at Oryana were observing six feet separation without prompting.

March 16, 2020
By Bernadetta Hogan

Businesses across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut (click here) will be shuttered to stem the coronavirus contagion in an unheard-of accord among the three states, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced in a joint press call Monday.

Gyms, movie theaters and casinos will also be closed at 8 p.m. Monday.

All bars and restaurants will be open for takeout and delivery only, officials said.

“We have agreed to a common set of rules that will pertain in all of our states, so don’t even think about going to a neighboring state,” said Cuomo....

I went to Oryana to get groceries. There was no worrying about social distancing. We all got it and everyone was observing their distance and shopping. It was great. I really appreciate my neighborhood and it's grocery.

I am sorry, but, BANNING is an opportunistic political agenda and serves no real purpose except victimizing in a different way. Conservatives like to blame video games for gun violence. This is a political ban that is definitely overreaching. I think closings on the short term is prudent and necessary, but, banning is completely wrong.

March 16, 2020
By Kavahn Mansouri

State officials are shutting down video (click here) in Illinois for the remainder of March to help limit exposure to COVID-19.

The Illinois Gaming board ordered the suspension of all video gaming Monday, banning establishments from operating the machines until March 30. The ban went into effect at 9 a.m.

“The public health of patrons, video gaming industry employees, Gaming Board staff, and all others is of paramount importance,” Board Administrator Marcus Fruchter said in a press release....

It is an attempted cover-up. By obtaining the vaccine's research, Trump can maintain his posture. 

In reality, a German firm finding a vaccine is just as good as an American firm finding a vaccine. This is another political expendature by Trump with federal government monies. The USA federal budget funds research all the time. If the USA has not yet perfected a vaccine it is probably because funding was cut.

March 15, 2020
By Katrin Bennhold and David E. Sanger

The Trump administration (click here) attempted to persuade a German firm developing a possible vaccine for coronavirus to move its research work to the United States, German officials said, raising fears in Berlin that President Trump was trying to assure that any inoculation would be available first, and perhaps exclusively, in the United States.

The offer arose from a March 2 meeting at the White House that included the chief executive of the German firm CureVac, Daniel Menichella. President Trump briefly attended the meeting and Vice President Mike Pence, who heads the White House coronavirus task force, was also there....

Who hacked HHS, domestic or foreign?

March 16, 2020
By Dalvin Brown

The U.S Health and Human Services Department (click here) was reportedly targeted in a cyberattack over the weekend as the agency grapples with the coronavirus crisis, which has killed 69 people in the country as of Monday.

Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Jacobs tweeted the news Monday saying, "The attack appears to have been intended to slow the agency’s systems down."

USA TODAY reached out to HHS for confirmation that the attack happened.

The supposed cyber intrusion didn't affect systems in any meaningful way, and hackers weren't able to retrieve information, the Bloomberg report said, citing people familiar with the situation.

However, the event prompted the National Security Council to tweet about the spread of disinformation on Sunday, Bloomberg reports.... 

The Federal Government is very weak in not issuing schools until it is known to be safe.

Is Liberty University so backward that it doesn't have online access? A lot of schools are going cyber to maintain class schedules. This is pure laziness of Liberty University.

March 16, 2020

By Sky Palma

As most schools around the country shutter operations (click here) in response to the coronavirus outbreak and move their classes online, Liberty University will continue as usual, and the decision by the evangelical college has some students angry, according to a report from WDBJ.

Speaking to WDBJ, freshman Alexis Valle thinks the decision is a bad idea.

“I’m from the area and I have a lot of family that have cancer or lung problems in general,” she said. “I don’t want to risk taking it home and spreading it to my family because with the cancer they have, that could potentially really hurt them and potentially even result in death.”...

The number of cases has increased as has the number of deaths in the USA and will increase even while Americans are working to flatten the curve.


March 16, 2020

The latest on the pandemic (click here)

- The U.S. death toll has climbed to more than 60. Dr. Anthony Fauci says Americans will "have to hunker down significantly more."

- According to Johns Hopkins University data, COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have surpassed 3,000 and there are more than 6,000 deaths worldwide.

- A number of U.S. states and cities have announced the closures of bars and restaurants for dine-in service, allowing only takeout and delivery to avoid crowds. The Center for Disease Control recommended no gatherings of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks....

The circumstances at the Today Show is very worrisome. I think Roker and Melvin are correct in staying at home.

March 16, 2020
By Yohana Desta

The novel coronavirus has hit the Today show. (click here) On Monday, anchor Savannah Guthrie announced that a staffer on the third hour of the morning show had contracted the disease, prompting anchors Al Roker and Craig Melvin to take the day off and trace their contacts. Both, Guthrie added, are not ill, but rather taking all necessary precautions in this period of uncertainty....

The virus is highly contagious. That means of the staffer was in and working before diagnosed that area is contaminated and requires intense cleaning and preferably by professionals. Roker and Melvin are absolutely correct in being precautious.

The commercial passenger airlines should be shut down immediately.

March 12, 2020
By Dawn Gilbertson

An American Airlines pilot (click here) based in Dallas has tested positive for coronavirus.

American spokesman Curtis Blessing said the airline's chief medical officer and leaders in its pilots' office are in touch with the the pilot, who is based at the airline's hub at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

There have not been other publicized cases of U.S. airline pilots testing positive, though there have been reports of others in the travel industry testing positive, including airport medical screeners and TSA officers.

"We are in close contact with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health officials and are coordinating with them on all required health and safety measures,'' Blessing said....

Everyone in the airline industry needs to go home and all fleets sanitized for when the flights begin again.

The pilots, flight attendants, ground crew and baggage handlers should all be on leave until this crisis is over.

Airplanes/Jets can be breeding grounds for COVID-19. I read an article whereby all disembarking passengers were held in lines until they were tested. I don't know what good that is going to do, it isn't going stop anything. This test is not an INSTANT STREP (click here). It is a false sense of safety. It is simpleton logic.

Commercial airliners have pressurized cabins. Those cabins are closed to outside air. In other words, while the air in the plane seems fine and healthy it may contain serious contagions. The longer a person is exposed to contaminated air or surfaces the more chance they have in contracting an illness. THEREFORE. Taking planes for lengthy flights is hideous. And to hold people in lines at the airports is stupid. It only prolongs exposure of the same population of people in the plane.

The tests being required of people entering the country won't be known to positive or negative until 48 hours later.

...Later that evening, (click here) a nurse took two specimens from me—a throat swap and a nasal swab, the latter shoved so far up my nose it felt like I had just snorted wasabi. She informed me they would send the two specimens to Maryland’s public health department for COVID-19 testing, which could take as much as 48 hours. I was then told to go home and await the results. Back at home, I noticed the paperwork did not supply me with a way to track my testing, nor did it provide me with a point of contact for my results—just the usual boilerplate text on how to telephone the ER if I had any general questions....

The idea behind flattening the curve is to keep people moving at a distance from others. An airport does not allow for social distancing. As a matter of fact airports will increase the odds of contracting the virus.

It is best for everyone if they wear face masks in airports. The testing can occur at the time of reservation demanding results at the time of check-in or as the passenger enters the plane and handed a face mask in order to fly. Do away with food and water telling passengers as they make their reservations to bring their own. The bottle size restriction must be observed so the containers from home have to meet current regulations.

The federal government is very weak. It has lost it's expertise and opened the country up to a very dangerous virus. Below is a story from Reddit of stupidity and a perfect example of simpleton logic from. This is also a very small population of people, even below that of the restriction of a 50 person gathering.

March 16, 2020

South Korean church sprayed (click here) salt water inside followers' mouths, believing it would prevent coronavirus. 46 people got infected because they used the same nozzle

Currently, the Roman Catholic Church has the strictest rules of any organization. I spoke with 85 year old mother yesterday, even though she is basically housebound, she is fine, happy and catching up on reading. She is a cornerstone of her church. They have stopped masses and meetings regardless of the number of people attending. The priests are on call as always for attending to the sick and the dead.

My mother was in church yesterday when the priest was providing all the changes the congregation will experience as issued by the Pope when another priest walked into the sanctuary and onto the alter. He showed a paper to the priest carrying out the mass and suddenly the scene changed. The papers stated the church would be closed and the congregation was to go home and stay home as much as possible. They clearly got the message this was a very bad virus and they weren't to take chances.

Flattening the curve through social distancing will work, but, not if its principles aren't carried out well.

While the Democratic candidates are bringing the world together to end COVID-19, Iran was seen in a satellite pictures digging cemetery trenches to bury the people dying everyday. Something needs to be done to assist Iran. They can’t stop it and it is a danger to the region.

I have been championing the Climate Crisis for more than two decades. Opportunistic viruses, fungus, mold, and bacteria are all part of it.

Additionally, I have never been so interrupted in blogging my 'standard' blog as I have with this idiot in the White House.

The guy does nothing but soak up attention like a sponge to maintain his standing with voters he considers loyal. We have an Attorney General that is not only sick, but, violates the law and judges orders. Trump's cabinet dismantles centuries of precedent and produces more and more victims to their whims. He has exploited every aspect of power to dismantle the federal authority and counts on anarchy to make it permanent. He is a criminal and now he has made the country sick while crashing the financial markets. We recovered the markets after Bush and now it has to be done all over again because of gross negligence of the USA by this president. 

This has to stop.

This national emergency will cause me to abandon once again the "standard" practice of this blog. It is about the morality of the face of this blog. There is nothing people can count on anymore except one emergency after another and the USA Debit is skyrocketing.

This must stop.