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.
Sunday, April 12, 2020
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.
Saturday, April 11, 2020
The USA is not the only country providing cash benefits to their citizens.
April 10, 2020
By Beatrice Britneff
Any person (click here) who applies for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) (click here) will be automatically approved for COVID-19 financial relief, regardless of whether they qualify for the funding or not, the federal employment minister confirmed on Friday.
As first reported by the Toronto Star, the government isn’t asking people to provide documents proving their income as part of the claims process but it will review the applications’ veracity down the road, Carla Qualtrough said during a daily news conference with federal officials.
“We will, whether it be in the upcoming weeks or at tax time next year, reconcile accounts and make sure people didn’t game the system,” Qualtrough said....
The Canadian government does not pass judgment on it's citizens in need due to COVID-19. Canada TRUSTS it's citizens to make an honest claim. Canada is not diverting monies to the financial sector with any of the funding specifically set aside for the citizens of Canada.
Who is eligible?
The benefit will be available to workers:
-Residing in Canada, who are at least 15 years old;
-Who have stopped working because of COVID-19 and have not voluntarily quit their job or are eligible for EI regular or sickness benefits;
-Who had income of at least $5,000 in 2019 or in the 12 months prior to the date of their application; and
-Who are or expect to be without employment or self-employment income for at least 14 consecutive days in the initial four-week period. For subsequent benefit periods, they expect to have no employment or self-employment income.
Changing the subject. This is a video by a nurse in Australia. He praises Tesla for it's ventilator design and makes helpful comments that he hopes Tesla will listen to which it can include in it's manufacture FREE OF CHARGE to hospitals. I really like the way he talks about lungs, lung processors and the application to a ventilator made primarily from car parts.
By Beatrice Britneff
Any person (click here) who applies for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) (click here) will be automatically approved for COVID-19 financial relief, regardless of whether they qualify for the funding or not, the federal employment minister confirmed on Friday.
As first reported by the Toronto Star, the government isn’t asking people to provide documents proving their income as part of the claims process but it will review the applications’ veracity down the road, Carla Qualtrough said during a daily news conference with federal officials.
“We will, whether it be in the upcoming weeks or at tax time next year, reconcile accounts and make sure people didn’t game the system,” Qualtrough said....
The Canadian government does not pass judgment on it's citizens in need due to COVID-19. Canada TRUSTS it's citizens to make an honest claim. Canada is not diverting monies to the financial sector with any of the funding specifically set aside for the citizens of Canada.
Who is eligible?
The benefit will be available to workers:
-Residing in Canada, who are at least 15 years old;
-Who have stopped working because of COVID-19 and have not voluntarily quit their job or are eligible for EI regular or sickness benefits;
-Who had income of at least $5,000 in 2019 or in the 12 months prior to the date of their application; and
-Who are or expect to be without employment or self-employment income for at least 14 consecutive days in the initial four-week period. For subsequent benefit periods, they expect to have no employment or self-employment income.
Changing the subject. This is a video by a nurse in Australia. He praises Tesla for it's ventilator design and makes helpful comments that he hopes Tesla will listen to which it can include in it's manufacture FREE OF CHARGE to hospitals. I really like the way he talks about lungs, lung processors and the application to a ventilator made primarily from car parts.
The real "back to work" is determinant by the hospitals.
The reason Americans are home and practicing social distancing is that if everyone became ill at the same time the hospitals would be overwhelmed and vast amounts of people would die.
When it comes to the end of the stay at home orders, or better said, gradually rescinded aspects of the stay at home orders; the real MEASURE of success will be realized in understanding the capacity, staffing and PPE stocked for at least a week's use in local hospitals. The PPE stocked at hospitals has to be restocked daily to maintain functional status.
This level of awareness of hospitals' capacity to care for people infected with COVID-19 is NEW and can be viewed as intrusive. But, local health officers can easily ask for daily accounting of all aspects required to protect lives. A hospital management employee could collect information about OPEN BEDS (both general floors, and unit beds), the number of patients infected with COVID-19, staff-patient ratio and the stock of PPE on hand. This information can be published daily to the community through a website and in newspapers. It would provide an understanding of the success of the roll-out when lifting of stay at home orders. At no point should Americans be in danger of death. Illness should not guarantee a poor outcome, but, one well handled by the local hospital.
Of course, the real safety is in testing, but, if testing isn't forthcoming there needs to be plenty of information so Americans can decide their path forward. While that is a horrible idea, people will risk their lives to provide for their families. If testing isn't going to happen then information about the hospitals' ability to take care of them is vital.
A color code of preparedness issued daily by hospitals can be a good visual to allow Americans to know the status of DANGER to their health because of a stressed health care system.
The color code could resemble the color code used for terrorist threats.
When it comes to the end of the stay at home orders, or better said, gradually rescinded aspects of the stay at home orders; the real MEASURE of success will be realized in understanding the capacity, staffing and PPE stocked for at least a week's use in local hospitals. The PPE stocked at hospitals has to be restocked daily to maintain functional status.
This level of awareness of hospitals' capacity to care for people infected with COVID-19 is NEW and can be viewed as intrusive. But, local health officers can easily ask for daily accounting of all aspects required to protect lives. A hospital management employee could collect information about OPEN BEDS (both general floors, and unit beds), the number of patients infected with COVID-19, staff-patient ratio and the stock of PPE on hand. This information can be published daily to the community through a website and in newspapers. It would provide an understanding of the success of the roll-out when lifting of stay at home orders. At no point should Americans be in danger of death. Illness should not guarantee a poor outcome, but, one well handled by the local hospital.
Of course, the real safety is in testing, but, if testing isn't forthcoming there needs to be plenty of information so Americans can decide their path forward. While that is a horrible idea, people will risk their lives to provide for their families. If testing isn't going to happen then information about the hospitals' ability to take care of them is vital.A color code of preparedness issued daily by hospitals can be a good visual to allow Americans to know the status of DANGER to their health because of a stressed health care system.
The color code could resemble the color code used for terrorist threats.
Don't make it illegal to shop when the merchant has done everything to prevent transmission of the virus.
Shop online and pick-up at the curbside.
People are going to need what appears to be frivolous items, such as batteries and plugs for their phones. Most everything today is done with data. Even getting government announcements about the virus to people is done with data. I find guidance by the state government to merchants can facilitate such needs.
Currently, "Best Buy" is taking orders online and fulfilling those orders at the nearby store with staff positioned at the front door curbside. The driver provides a name for the order and the staff brings it to the curbside on a trolley whereby the driver can place it in the vehicle. The staff then returns the trolley into the store for the next customer. The staff is keeping safe six feet distance from each other and customers. The trolley, of course, has to be wiped with a sanitizing wipe for any place customers may have touched, like the handle.
Merchants like Best Buy can report any failure OF THE METHOD in providing this service, but, it appears to be working. Many merchants can use that model including home improvement supplies such as Home Depot. I think that governors and their staff can provide that guidance to merchants in this regard.
People are going to need what appears to be frivolous items, such as batteries and plugs for their phones. Most everything today is done with data. Even getting government announcements about the virus to people is done with data. I find guidance by the state government to merchants can facilitate such needs.
Currently, "Best Buy" is taking orders online and fulfilling those orders at the nearby store with staff positioned at the front door curbside. The driver provides a name for the order and the staff brings it to the curbside on a trolley whereby the driver can place it in the vehicle. The staff then returns the trolley into the store for the next customer. The staff is keeping safe six feet distance from each other and customers. The trolley, of course, has to be wiped with a sanitizing wipe for any place customers may have touched, like the handle.
Merchants like Best Buy can report any failure OF THE METHOD in providing this service, but, it appears to be working. Many merchants can use that model including home improvement supplies such as Home Depot. I think that governors and their staff can provide that guidance to merchants in this regard.
Contact tracing isn't that difficult if people simply turn on their Facebook page.
April 10, 2020
By Lena H. Sun, William Wan and Yasmeen Abutaleb
A national plan to fight the coronavirus pandemic (click here) in the United States and return Americans to jobs and classrooms is emerging — but not from the White House.
Instead, a collection of governors, former government officials, disease specialists and nonprofits are pursuing a strategy that relies on the three pillars of disease control: Ramp up testing to identify people who are infected. Find everyone they interact with by deploying contact tracing on a scale America has never attempted before. And focus restrictions more narrowly on the infected and their contacts so the rest of society doesn’t have to stay in permanent lockdown.
But there is no evidence yet the White House will pursue such a strategy.
Instead, the president and his top advisers have fixated almost exclusively on plans to reopen the U.S. economy by the end of the month, though they haven’t detailed how they will do so without triggering another outbreak. President Trump has been especially focused on creating a second coronavirus task force aimed at combating the economic ramifications of the virus....
It is an invasion of privacy, but, if Americans really want to stop this virus in it's tracks, then having a record of where one traveled is important. For anyone with a smartphone, just leave the tracking settings on and the phone can record exactly where the owner traveled within a timeline that is important to test others for COVID-19.
It would be really great if there was a free app designed specifically for this purpose. The app could be appropriately named and it would remain confidential on a continuous record without necessarily posting it to the owner's Facebook page.
Hospitals would have to have the ability to connect with a person's phone to download travels within a time frame most appropriate in diagnosing potential carriers and/or exposure to the illness. The data would be invaluable.
January 8, 2020
By Geoffrey A. Fowler
The new ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ (click here) tool reminds us we’re living in a reality TV program where the cameras are always on. Here are the privacy settings to change right now.
Ever suspect the Facebook app is listening to you? What we now know is even creepier.
Facebook is giving us a new way to glimpse just how much it knows about us: On Tuesday, the social network made a long-delayed “Off-Facebook Activity” tracker available to its 2 billion members. It shows Facebook and sister apps Instagram and Messenger don’t need a microphone to target you with those eerily specific ads and posts — they’re all up in your business countless other ways.
Even with Facebook closed on my phone, the social network gets notified when I use the Peet’s Coffee app. It knows when I read the website of presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg or view articles from The Atlantic. Facebook knows when I click on my Home Depot shopping cart and when I open the Ring app to answer my video doorbell. It uses all this information from my not-on-Facebook, real-world life to shape the messages I see from businesses and politicians alike....
By Lena H. Sun, William Wan and Yasmeen Abutaleb
A national plan to fight the coronavirus pandemic (click here) in the United States and return Americans to jobs and classrooms is emerging — but not from the White House.
Instead, a collection of governors, former government officials, disease specialists and nonprofits are pursuing a strategy that relies on the three pillars of disease control: Ramp up testing to identify people who are infected. Find everyone they interact with by deploying contact tracing on a scale America has never attempted before. And focus restrictions more narrowly on the infected and their contacts so the rest of society doesn’t have to stay in permanent lockdown.
But there is no evidence yet the White House will pursue such a strategy.
Instead, the president and his top advisers have fixated almost exclusively on plans to reopen the U.S. economy by the end of the month, though they haven’t detailed how they will do so without triggering another outbreak. President Trump has been especially focused on creating a second coronavirus task force aimed at combating the economic ramifications of the virus....
It is an invasion of privacy, but, if Americans really want to stop this virus in it's tracks, then having a record of where one traveled is important. For anyone with a smartphone, just leave the tracking settings on and the phone can record exactly where the owner traveled within a timeline that is important to test others for COVID-19.
It would be really great if there was a free app designed specifically for this purpose. The app could be appropriately named and it would remain confidential on a continuous record without necessarily posting it to the owner's Facebook page.
Hospitals would have to have the ability to connect with a person's phone to download travels within a time frame most appropriate in diagnosing potential carriers and/or exposure to the illness. The data would be invaluable.
January 8, 2020
By Geoffrey A. Fowler
The new ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ (click here) tool reminds us we’re living in a reality TV program where the cameras are always on. Here are the privacy settings to change right now.
Ever suspect the Facebook app is listening to you? What we now know is even creepier.
Facebook is giving us a new way to glimpse just how much it knows about us: On Tuesday, the social network made a long-delayed “Off-Facebook Activity” tracker available to its 2 billion members. It shows Facebook and sister apps Instagram and Messenger don’t need a microphone to target you with those eerily specific ads and posts — they’re all up in your business countless other ways.
Even with Facebook closed on my phone, the social network gets notified when I use the Peet’s Coffee app. It knows when I read the website of presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg or view articles from The Atlantic. Facebook knows when I click on my Home Depot shopping cart and when I open the Ring app to answer my video doorbell. It uses all this information from my not-on-Facebook, real-world life to shape the messages I see from businesses and politicians alike....
Friday, April 10, 2020
Interesting enough there are credible sources looking at political differences in protecting people from COVID-19.
I think these studies are interesting, but, does anyone learn from that reality The last thing that should occur in this pandemic is a greater divide in the USA. Everyone knows the time lag in the USA and the poor leadership occurring with no real answers. The investigation into the lag is important and should go forward, but, "it is what it is" and Americans are good people and know how to act as communities.
I believe the way forward has to set politics aside and listen to the experts.
Dr. Fauci is probably the one person we can trust and look toward to provide guidance as to how the USA in its entirety can move back to a NORMALIZED life. The people need to look to Dr. Fauci for the way forward.
I stress the word NORMALIZED because of the beginning return to life as it was before the virus will be cautious. It will take some time, months and not weeks, to eliminate COVID-19 from society. The "Unemployment PLUS 600" or businesses maintaining their payrolls is significant in the "CARES" legislation. There is every reason to "be sure" the path forward is safe.
A vaccine is important. There are two vaccines in trials today. That is astounding. The vaccines have moved quickly in the trials and it may be that a vaccine will be forthcoming sooner than the usual path. I am confident if the vaccine trials show real promise they will be fast-tracked into use in the country. But, until that occurs and it is a proven preventative Americans need to look to experts to find a path forward.
The reason the path forward is slower than many would like is because as soon as Americans begin to interact in a social realm they will contract the virus. That means there the stress within the hospital system will continue. There will still be danger to some of the most vulnerable in our country. So, the path forward has to include caution as well as enthusiasm for normalcy.
The most realistic aspect of our society moving back to normalcy is acknowledging children will not return to classes until the next school year beginning in late August or early September depending on the communities. That measure of time is probably the best point of view for the way forward. There is no hurry to make the USA "perform" to a previous standard. There is plenty of reason to MEASURE a return to normalcy by understanding the capacity of hospitals to care for the American people. That is why the "Stay at Home Order" was enacted in the first place. It is the hospitals' capacity to care for Americans that must be the focus of the path forward.
From the Financial Times:
April 3, 2020
...Beyond defeating the disease, (click here) the great test all countries will soon face is whether current feelings of common purpose will shape society after the crisis. As western leaders learnt in the Great Depression, and after the second world war, to demand collective sacrifice you must offer a social contract that benefits everyone....
The other "control" in social behavior has to expect less participation by those most vulnerable. The demographics of the deaths in the USA during this pandemic will be collected, studied and investigated to understand who is most vulnerable and how their behavior has to be modified on a continuous basis. Governing has to focus on the most vulnerable in the path forward as well. "The Americans with Disability Act" has to be modified to include vulnerable Americans to this virus. No one is to be a sacrificial lamb to COVID-19.
The best way forward is testing, but, the USA has not tasked industry to mass-produce tests. The American people are going to have to contain the damage to their lives themselves when the country opens up again by declaration of the experts.
Do not demonize the experts in political fodder. They are vital to our lives.
From "The Economist"
April 2, 2020
Much has been made (click here) of President Donald Trump’s delayed response to the covid-19 pandemic. After initially dismissing concerns about the virus, Mr Trump promised, and then failed to deliver, millions of testing kits; in recent days he has taken to quarrelling with Democrats over deliveries of life-saving medical equipment. Yet the president is not an outlier. Apart from the federal government, many state and local governments have also dragged their feet....
28 March 2020
The Study (click here)
...An event history (click here) analysis of five social distancing policies across all fifty states reveals the most important predictors are political: all else equal, Republican governors and governors from states with more Trump supporters were slower to adopt social distancing policies. These delays are likely to produce significant, on-going harm to public health....
Yahoo money:
Coronavirus hits Democratic communities harder than Republican counterparts (click here)
March 20, 2020
By Kristin Myers
I believe the way forward has to set politics aside and listen to the experts.
Dr. Fauci is probably the one person we can trust and look toward to provide guidance as to how the USA in its entirety can move back to a NORMALIZED life. The people need to look to Dr. Fauci for the way forward.
I stress the word NORMALIZED because of the beginning return to life as it was before the virus will be cautious. It will take some time, months and not weeks, to eliminate COVID-19 from society. The "Unemployment PLUS 600" or businesses maintaining their payrolls is significant in the "CARES" legislation. There is every reason to "be sure" the path forward is safe.
A vaccine is important. There are two vaccines in trials today. That is astounding. The vaccines have moved quickly in the trials and it may be that a vaccine will be forthcoming sooner than the usual path. I am confident if the vaccine trials show real promise they will be fast-tracked into use in the country. But, until that occurs and it is a proven preventative Americans need to look to experts to find a path forward.
The reason the path forward is slower than many would like is because as soon as Americans begin to interact in a social realm they will contract the virus. That means there the stress within the hospital system will continue. There will still be danger to some of the most vulnerable in our country. So, the path forward has to include caution as well as enthusiasm for normalcy.
The most realistic aspect of our society moving back to normalcy is acknowledging children will not return to classes until the next school year beginning in late August or early September depending on the communities. That measure of time is probably the best point of view for the way forward. There is no hurry to make the USA "perform" to a previous standard. There is plenty of reason to MEASURE a return to normalcy by understanding the capacity of hospitals to care for the American people. That is why the "Stay at Home Order" was enacted in the first place. It is the hospitals' capacity to care for Americans that must be the focus of the path forward.
From the Financial Times:
April 3, 2020
...Beyond defeating the disease, (click here) the great test all countries will soon face is whether current feelings of common purpose will shape society after the crisis. As western leaders learnt in the Great Depression, and after the second world war, to demand collective sacrifice you must offer a social contract that benefits everyone....
The other "control" in social behavior has to expect less participation by those most vulnerable. The demographics of the deaths in the USA during this pandemic will be collected, studied and investigated to understand who is most vulnerable and how their behavior has to be modified on a continuous basis. Governing has to focus on the most vulnerable in the path forward as well. "The Americans with Disability Act" has to be modified to include vulnerable Americans to this virus. No one is to be a sacrificial lamb to COVID-19.
The best way forward is testing, but, the USA has not tasked industry to mass-produce tests. The American people are going to have to contain the damage to their lives themselves when the country opens up again by declaration of the experts.
Do not demonize the experts in political fodder. They are vital to our lives.
From "The Economist"
April 2, 2020Much has been made (click here) of President Donald Trump’s delayed response to the covid-19 pandemic. After initially dismissing concerns about the virus, Mr Trump promised, and then failed to deliver, millions of testing kits; in recent days he has taken to quarrelling with Democrats over deliveries of life-saving medical equipment. Yet the president is not an outlier. Apart from the federal government, many state and local governments have also dragged their feet....
28 March 2020
The Study (click here)
...An event history (click here) analysis of five social distancing policies across all fifty states reveals the most important predictors are political: all else equal, Republican governors and governors from states with more Trump supporters were slower to adopt social distancing policies. These delays are likely to produce significant, on-going harm to public health....
Yahoo money:
Coronavirus hits Democratic communities harder than Republican counterparts (click here)
March 20, 2020
By Kristin Myers
As the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the country, (click here) large urban cities and academic institutions — which typically vote Democratic — have been among the hardest hit.
According to the CDC, every state in the country has reported cases of COVID-19, as does Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. New York, Washington, California, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Florida, and Georgia have been some of the hardest states, with New York and Washington reporting well over 1,000 cases each.
To be certain, COVID-19 is hammering the entire U.S., regardless of geographic location or political affiliation. And the coming economic calamity is expected to leave no industry or region unscathed.
Yet as the virus brings activity on both coasts — which overwhelmingly voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 — to a grinding halt, the demographics underscore how Democratic areas are being more heavily impacted than Republican ones.
And while low-wage workers of all stripes will likely bear the brunt of the economic hardships caused by the spread of the virus, it is black and Hispanic workers — and black women especially — that stand to be negatively impacted the most....
Thursday, April 09, 2020
It is supposed to be the gold standard.
"The Nursing Home Reform Act" (click here)
The original reform act was passed in 1989. There hasn't been much more enacted since them.
Amendment of Subsection (d)(1) (click here)
The Joint Commission (click here) on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations or JCAHO is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that accredits over 20,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the country. The JCAHO commonly is referred to as the Joint Commission in the healthcare industry and among governmental industry regulators on the federal and state levels. The Joint Commission is the successor of an organization established in 1951.
Is your organization (click here) ready to implement the standards? You can assess your readiness in a variety of ways, including:
- Conduct mock surveys. Walk through your facility and see how well you meet the requirements.
- Identify gaps in compliance. Document areas where improvement is needed. This will help target your efforts and prioritize where resources need to be allocated.
- Develop timetable for compliance. Once you've identified areas for improvement, assign completion dates for each gap identified. This will help you formulate a readiness date for your on-site survey.
Regardless of the name of the nursing home, it is probably owned by a corporate company.
"Facts about long term care accreditation" (click here)
The Joint Commission’s Long Term Care Accreditation Program was launched in 1966. Today, nearly 1,000 organizations offering long term care services are accredited. Organizations eligible for long term care accreditation include those with:
Beds licensed by the state as nursing home beds, excluding intermediate care facilities specializing in care for individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities.
Beds designated as long term care beds under a hospital license, excluding beds belonging to a long term acute care hospital and hospital swing beds.
Beds, units or facilities certified by Medicare or Medicaid as skilled nursing facility beds.
Beds, units or facilities designated as long term care by a governmental entity, such as the Department of Veterans’ Affairs or a state authority....
The original reform act was passed in 1989. There hasn't been much more enacted since them.
Amendment of Subsection (d)(1) (click here)
The Joint Commission (click here) on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations or JCAHO is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that accredits over 20,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the country. The JCAHO commonly is referred to as the Joint Commission in the healthcare industry and among governmental industry regulators on the federal and state levels. The Joint Commission is the successor of an organization established in 1951.Is your organization (click here) ready to implement the standards? You can assess your readiness in a variety of ways, including:
- Conduct mock surveys. Walk through your facility and see how well you meet the requirements.
- Identify gaps in compliance. Document areas where improvement is needed. This will help target your efforts and prioritize where resources need to be allocated.
- Develop timetable for compliance. Once you've identified areas for improvement, assign completion dates for each gap identified. This will help you formulate a readiness date for your on-site survey.
Regardless of the name of the nursing home, it is probably owned by a corporate company.
"Facts about long term care accreditation" (click here)
The Joint Commission’s Long Term Care Accreditation Program was launched in 1966. Today, nearly 1,000 organizations offering long term care services are accredited. Organizations eligible for long term care accreditation include those with:
Beds licensed by the state as nursing home beds, excluding intermediate care facilities specializing in care for individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities.
Beds designated as long term care beds under a hospital license, excluding beds belonging to a long term acute care hospital and hospital swing beds.
Beds, units or facilities certified by Medicare or Medicaid as skilled nursing facility beds.
Beds, units or facilities designated as long term care by a governmental entity, such as the Department of Veterans’ Affairs or a state authority....
The Republicans don't care about the people of this country.
US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has many names for very valid reasons, including sidling up to Russia and the money of an oligarch, therefore, "Moscow Mitch." But, one of his identities that he proudly touts is "The Grime Reaper." The picture below shows why "Moscow" Mitch enjoys the title of being the Grim Reaper. But, the issue that occurred with Wisconsin and exposing Americans to a known killer virus is an astounding development.
April 9, 2020
By Linda Greenhouse
The Supreme Court (click here) just met its first test of the coronavirus era. It failed, spectacularly.
I was hoping not to have to write those sentences. All day Monday, I kept refreshing my computer’s link to the court’s website.
I was anxious to see how the justices would respond to the urgent request from the Republican National Committee and Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature to stop the state from counting absentee ballots postmarked not by Tuesday’s election but during the following few days.
A federal district judge, noting that Wisconsin’s election apparatus was overwhelmed by the “avalanche of absentee ballots” sought by voters afraid to show up at crowded polling places, had ordered the extra time last Thursday, with the full support of the state’s election officials. Was I the only one left in suspense on Monday, holding out hope that the five Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices would put partisanship aside and let the District Court order stand?
In early evening, the answer landed with a thud. No, they would not.
In more than four decades of studying and writing about the Supreme Court, I’ve seen a lot (and yes, I’m thinking of Bush v. Gore). But I’ve rarely seen a development as disheartening as this one: a squirrelly, intellectually dishonest lecture in the form of an unsigned majority opinion, addressed to the four dissenting justices (Need I name them? Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan), about how “this court has repeatedly emphasized that lower federal courts should ordinarily not alter the election rules on the eve of an election.”
Yes, the Supreme Court was absolutely myopic with their heads in the academic clouds by five of the conservative judges; but; don't' lose sight of the sincere evil within the Republican Party.
April 8, 2020
By Garrett Eps
...In Wisconsin, (click here) the Democratic governor called a special session to consider a delay; the Republican legislative majority refused even to convene. They calculated that a lower turnout would be good for them, and walked away from their duty to the voters. Applications for absentee ballots surged—an understandable response to the looming danger at the polls—until the numbers overwhelmed state officials.
As of last week, thousands had not yet received their ballot, and so could not mail it to be received by Election Day, April 7. To vote, they would have to risk infection and journey to the polls. A federal district judge found this to be a burden on the right to vote, and ordered the state to accept ballots that arrived by April 13. A federal appeals court approved the order...
This was planned and the Republican Party would not be budged. They were the people that refused to attend to the needs of the people of the State of Wisconsin.
In Congress today, the Republican Party wants to go forward with more funding when they aren't even interested in having an oversight committee in place to monitor the $2.2 trillion for the "CARES" law.
Congress is out of session until Monday. How can McConnell actually expect reasonable people to trust him with more money when the people aren't even sure how the first law was carried out by the Republican executive branch?
The politics in the country are hideous and ridiculous and lack the truth. The people are supposed to be the focus of government, including the Supreme Court, and part of that is the reassurance that their government is working as it is expected.
After this episode of Republican disregard of the people, I have to believe when McConnell embraces the identity of "The Grim Reaper," he really means it.
The people of this country are not at the center of the Republicans currently in government. Wisconsin is proof. And the complete disregard of reality that Americans are facing on election day by the Supreme Court's ruling, allows the declaration of "Robert's Politically Activist Court."
Never in my wildest imagination would I expect a political party to completely disregard the safety of the lives of the American people and their future.
The next spending bill cannot be passed until the oversight is in place and certainly not without making provisions to allow elections to go forward with safety built into the elections of this country when facing dangers to Americans' health.
April 9, 2020
By Linda Greenhouse
The Supreme Court (click here) just met its first test of the coronavirus era. It failed, spectacularly.
I was hoping not to have to write those sentences. All day Monday, I kept refreshing my computer’s link to the court’s website.
I was anxious to see how the justices would respond to the urgent request from the Republican National Committee and Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature to stop the state from counting absentee ballots postmarked not by Tuesday’s election but during the following few days.
A federal district judge, noting that Wisconsin’s election apparatus was overwhelmed by the “avalanche of absentee ballots” sought by voters afraid to show up at crowded polling places, had ordered the extra time last Thursday, with the full support of the state’s election officials. Was I the only one left in suspense on Monday, holding out hope that the five Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices would put partisanship aside and let the District Court order stand?
In early evening, the answer landed with a thud. No, they would not.
In more than four decades of studying and writing about the Supreme Court, I’ve seen a lot (and yes, I’m thinking of Bush v. Gore). But I’ve rarely seen a development as disheartening as this one: a squirrelly, intellectually dishonest lecture in the form of an unsigned majority opinion, addressed to the four dissenting justices (Need I name them? Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan), about how “this court has repeatedly emphasized that lower federal courts should ordinarily not alter the election rules on the eve of an election.”
Yes, the Supreme Court was absolutely myopic with their heads in the academic clouds by five of the conservative judges; but; don't' lose sight of the sincere evil within the Republican Party.
By Garrett Eps
...In Wisconsin, (click here) the Democratic governor called a special session to consider a delay; the Republican legislative majority refused even to convene. They calculated that a lower turnout would be good for them, and walked away from their duty to the voters. Applications for absentee ballots surged—an understandable response to the looming danger at the polls—until the numbers overwhelmed state officials.
As of last week, thousands had not yet received their ballot, and so could not mail it to be received by Election Day, April 7. To vote, they would have to risk infection and journey to the polls. A federal district judge found this to be a burden on the right to vote, and ordered the state to accept ballots that arrived by April 13. A federal appeals court approved the order...
This was planned and the Republican Party would not be budged. They were the people that refused to attend to the needs of the people of the State of Wisconsin.
In Congress today, the Republican Party wants to go forward with more funding when they aren't even interested in having an oversight committee in place to monitor the $2.2 trillion for the "CARES" law.
Congress is out of session until Monday. How can McConnell actually expect reasonable people to trust him with more money when the people aren't even sure how the first law was carried out by the Republican executive branch?
The politics in the country are hideous and ridiculous and lack the truth. The people are supposed to be the focus of government, including the Supreme Court, and part of that is the reassurance that their government is working as it is expected.
After this episode of Republican disregard of the people, I have to believe when McConnell embraces the identity of "The Grim Reaper," he really means it.
The people of this country are not at the center of the Republicans currently in government. Wisconsin is proof. And the complete disregard of reality that Americans are facing on election day by the Supreme Court's ruling, allows the declaration of "Robert's Politically Activist Court."
Never in my wildest imagination would I expect a political party to completely disregard the safety of the lives of the American people and their future.
The next spending bill cannot be passed until the oversight is in place and certainly not without making provisions to allow elections to go forward with safety built into the elections of this country when facing dangers to Americans' health.
Advice post recovery from COVID-19.
Shortness of breath is a common complaint about this terrible virus. Shortness of breath requires treatment.
My sincerest advice to anyone recovering from COVID-19 is to also make an appointment with a pulmonologist as a follow-up. It is not unusual to have EPISODIC shortness of breath with illnesses that involved the lungs.
ie: Stepping into a shower with mist in the air, shortness of breath sets in and the person feels the need to set down to recover from that moment.
ALBUTEROL is considered a rescue inhaler. It works quickly as opposed to others that are taken long term inhalers that have to be taken once or twice a day, every day. Such a rescue inhaler is also used as a prophylactic. Instead of risking shortness of breath and feeling poorly; BEFORE getting in the shower take a rescue inhaler like albuterol with two puffs.
It takes a little skill that has to be acquired to properly use a rescue inhaler. But, in using it think of it as a PRE-shortness of breath medication as well. Usually, albuterol is taken as two puffs at a time and ordered by an MD up to 6 times a day for rescue breathing. Albuterol is always good to start the day and be the last inhaler at bedtime.
Please see a pulmonologist as an outpatient if recovered or recovering from COVID-19. Don't simply think about suffering quietly as if there is nothing that can help. It is not okay to feel poorly. Always seek help and there is usually something that will help with a simple prescription by a qualified doctor.
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This medication was mentioned in an update from the White House. It is still in trials. No one should be getting their hopes up. The trials are not over.
Remdesivir is an investigational antiviral compound (click here) undergoing clinical trials in China, the United States, and the United Kingdom as a potential treatment for COVID-19.
My sincerest advice to anyone recovering from COVID-19 is to also make an appointment with a pulmonologist as a follow-up. It is not unusual to have EPISODIC shortness of breath with illnesses that involved the lungs.
ie: Stepping into a shower with mist in the air, shortness of breath sets in and the person feels the need to set down to recover from that moment.
ALBUTEROL is considered a rescue inhaler. It works quickly as opposed to others that are taken long term inhalers that have to be taken once or twice a day, every day. Such a rescue inhaler is also used as a prophylactic. Instead of risking shortness of breath and feeling poorly; BEFORE getting in the shower take a rescue inhaler like albuterol with two puffs.
It takes a little skill that has to be acquired to properly use a rescue inhaler. But, in using it think of it as a PRE-shortness of breath medication as well. Usually, albuterol is taken as two puffs at a time and ordered by an MD up to 6 times a day for rescue breathing. Albuterol is always good to start the day and be the last inhaler at bedtime.
Please see a pulmonologist as an outpatient if recovered or recovering from COVID-19. Don't simply think about suffering quietly as if there is nothing that can help. It is not okay to feel poorly. Always seek help and there is usually something that will help with a simple prescription by a qualified doctor.
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This medication was mentioned in an update from the White House. It is still in trials. No one should be getting their hopes up. The trials are not over.
Remdesivir is an investigational antiviral compound (click here) undergoing clinical trials in China, the United States, and the United Kingdom as a potential treatment for COVID-19.
- Remdesivir is not yet licensed or approved anywhere globally and has not been demonstrated to be safe or effective for any use.
- Remdesivir has demonstrated in vitro and in vivo activity in animal models against the viral pathogens that cause MERS and SARS, which are coronaviruses structurally similar to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
- Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was first identified in the city of Wuhan, in China's Hubei province, in December 2019. On February 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) renamed the disease caused by the virus as COVID-19
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April 6, 2020
Dubai/London/Moscow (Reuters) - Major oil producers (click here) including Saudi Arabia and Russia are likely to agree to cut production at a Thursday meeting but only if the United States joins the effort, aimed at coping with the disastrous effect of the coronavirus on fuel demand, three OPEC+ sources told Reuters on Monday....
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This page will be updated daily at noon. Numbers close out at 4 p.m. the day before reporting.
CDC is responding to an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus. The outbreak first started in Wuhan, China, but cases have been identified in a growing number of other locations internationally, including the United States....
Wednesday, April 08, 2020
The numbers
Global cases of COVID-19 is 1,518,719 (click here)
USA 435,128 which is 28.7 percent of all cases globally.
The number of deaths globally is 88,502.
USA 14,795 which is 16.7 percent of all the deaths globally.
New cases TODAY globally are 759.
USA TODAY 201 which is 26.5 percent of all the new cases.
No other country is reporting those levels of percentages. I have been in five states in the past week and the further south I traveled the more cars on the road and people milling about in public areas. Everything north of the Virginia southern border was desolate. The majority of vehicles north of Virginia's southern border were trucks and below Virginia's southern border passenger vehicles.
People in the states where governors were lax in instituting social distancing orders aren't at all concerned about contracting the virus or protecting from it's spread. They believe they are not going to see the problem other areas of the country have experienced. This isn't over.
USA 435,128 which is 28.7 percent of all cases globally.
The number of deaths globally is 88,502.
USA 14,795 which is 16.7 percent of all the deaths globally.
New cases TODAY globally are 759.
USA TODAY 201 which is 26.5 percent of all the new cases.
No other country is reporting those levels of percentages. I have been in five states in the past week and the further south I traveled the more cars on the road and people milling about in public areas. Everything north of the Virginia southern border was desolate. The majority of vehicles north of Virginia's southern border were trucks and below Virginia's southern border passenger vehicles.
People in the states where governors were lax in instituting social distancing orders aren't at all concerned about contracting the virus or protecting from it's spread. They believe they are not going to see the problem other areas of the country have experienced. This isn't over.
Mass exodus.
This surprised me. But, perhaps the people are simply looking to visit family and friends and perhaps they had travel plans before the lockdown. The 55 thousand is about 0.5 percent of Wuhan which had a population of 11,080,000 people before the virus.
It is obvious China expects a second round of virus cases by limiting the travel and preventing travel to Beijing.
The reports coming out of China by people speaking English and living in China during this time is that the Chinese government was indeed extremely careful in monitoring the movement of people. Officials would come to the homes of people that tested positive to discover their movements while positive. There was no backlash to the person involved, simply an interview that traced the movements of those carrying the virus.
China probably knows what to expect in the second round of cases in understanding how people are moving through the country and possibly taking the virus with them.
April 8, 2020
By Emily Feng
China has ended its lockdown of Wuhan, (click here) the city where the coronavirus first emerged. After being closed off for more than 10 weeks, millions are expected to leave the area....
...FENG: There is definitely excitement in the air. This is the first time that I've been in the city since the outbreak began. And so it was really heartening for me to see people starting to feel hope again. We woke up at dawn to visit some of Wuhan's transport hubs. And for the first time in more than two months, there were taxis on the road. Taxi services had been canceled until now. Travelers with suitcases were lining up, ready to get their temperatures taken and their health history examined so that they could get on a train or a plane and leave.
The city here says that 55,000 people bought train tickets to leave. And tens of thousands of more left today by car and plane. Though, I should add that no planes have been cleared to fly to Beijing, which is not under lockdown but has very, very strict travel rules now. That's still about half the normal pre-outbreak number of trains and planes that are running today. And transport officials say they're only allowing three-fourth capacity on planes and putting train passengers one seat apart from one another. But people were still really excited to leave.
GREENE: Yeah, I can imagine. I think I speak for so many people around the world who want to get to a point where we're seeing things move in that direction. I mean, how are people feeling? How are they reacting to this moment and the relief?...
This isn't the common cold or the flu, it has very deadly outcomes for more people than the annual flu.
April 2, 2020
By Jason Gale
65 percent of the cases in April displayed no typical signs of COVID-19
Spread of the virus before symptoms pose challenge for control.
Two out of three people (click here) who tested positive for coronavirus in China this month had no typical signs of Covid-19, highlighting the challenge of identifying infections and stopping its spread.
Of 181 new infections detected, 115 -- or 64% -- didn’t have a fever, cough or other symptoms used to identify probable cases, according to China’s National Health Commission. The testing was conducted in the 48 hours through midnight Thursday. The agency has 1,027 so-called asymptomatic people under medical observation, 221 of whom have traveled from other countries, it said Friday.
With the pandemic-causing virus infecting more than 1 million people across the world, scientists are finding a wider range of manifestations than previously recognized. These include an abrupt loss of smell and taste, to unusual neurological symptoms in a small number of cases, said Mady Hornig, a physician-scientist at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York.
“We’re trying to fit all these pieces together to know what is Covid-19?” she said in a phone interview. “When you first have an outbreak or any disease, and if it hasn’t been identified before, you have a process of creating a case definition.”...
To date, the federal government has no specific plan to test people or any plan for returning to normal activities in the USA. That is dangerous and irresponsible.
It is obvious China expects a second round of virus cases by limiting the travel and preventing travel to Beijing.
The reports coming out of China by people speaking English and living in China during this time is that the Chinese government was indeed extremely careful in monitoring the movement of people. Officials would come to the homes of people that tested positive to discover their movements while positive. There was no backlash to the person involved, simply an interview that traced the movements of those carrying the virus.
China probably knows what to expect in the second round of cases in understanding how people are moving through the country and possibly taking the virus with them.
April 8, 2020
By Emily Feng
China has ended its lockdown of Wuhan, (click here) the city where the coronavirus first emerged. After being closed off for more than 10 weeks, millions are expected to leave the area....
...FENG: There is definitely excitement in the air. This is the first time that I've been in the city since the outbreak began. And so it was really heartening for me to see people starting to feel hope again. We woke up at dawn to visit some of Wuhan's transport hubs. And for the first time in more than two months, there were taxis on the road. Taxi services had been canceled until now. Travelers with suitcases were lining up, ready to get their temperatures taken and their health history examined so that they could get on a train or a plane and leave.
The city here says that 55,000 people bought train tickets to leave. And tens of thousands of more left today by car and plane. Though, I should add that no planes have been cleared to fly to Beijing, which is not under lockdown but has very, very strict travel rules now. That's still about half the normal pre-outbreak number of trains and planes that are running today. And transport officials say they're only allowing three-fourth capacity on planes and putting train passengers one seat apart from one another. But people were still really excited to leave.
GREENE: Yeah, I can imagine. I think I speak for so many people around the world who want to get to a point where we're seeing things move in that direction. I mean, how are people feeling? How are they reacting to this moment and the relief?...
This isn't the common cold or the flu, it has very deadly outcomes for more people than the annual flu.
April 2, 2020
By Jason Gale
65 percent of the cases in April displayed no typical signs of COVID-19
Spread of the virus before symptoms pose challenge for control.
Two out of three people (click here) who tested positive for coronavirus in China this month had no typical signs of Covid-19, highlighting the challenge of identifying infections and stopping its spread.
Of 181 new infections detected, 115 -- or 64% -- didn’t have a fever, cough or other symptoms used to identify probable cases, according to China’s National Health Commission. The testing was conducted in the 48 hours through midnight Thursday. The agency has 1,027 so-called asymptomatic people under medical observation, 221 of whom have traveled from other countries, it said Friday.
With the pandemic-causing virus infecting more than 1 million people across the world, scientists are finding a wider range of manifestations than previously recognized. These include an abrupt loss of smell and taste, to unusual neurological symptoms in a small number of cases, said Mady Hornig, a physician-scientist at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York.
“We’re trying to fit all these pieces together to know what is Covid-19?” she said in a phone interview. “When you first have an outbreak or any disease, and if it hasn’t been identified before, you have a process of creating a case definition.”...
To date, the federal government has no specific plan to test people or any plan for returning to normal activities in the USA. That is dangerous and irresponsible.
Bernie Sander's voice is an important voice. It is a disappointment to many that he is suspending his campaign. We expect the movement Senator Sanders has begun long ago to sustain the future. The Sanders Movement is a moral and just organization. It carries the much needed change that touches the lives of so many Americans' lives. Thank you, Senator Sanders, for the strong moral movement.
Tuesday, April 07, 2020
Ingredients
Corporate infrastructure in the State of New Jersey is disappointing to say the least. Every pharmaceutical company has at least a corporate headquarters in New Jersey. Johnson & Johnson has major manufacturing plants in that state.
In Newark, there are magnificent Level I hospitals.
Level I Trauma Center is a comprehensive regional resource that is a tertiary care facility central to the trauma system. A Level I Trauma Center is capable of providing total care for every aspect of injury – from prevention through rehabilitation.
Elements of Level I Trauma Centers Include:
- 24-hour in-house coverage by general surgeons, and prompt availability of care in specialties such as orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, radiology, internal medicine, plastic surgery, oral and maxillofacial, pediatric and critical care.
- Referral resource for communities in nearby regions.
- Provides leadership in prevention, public education to surrounding communities.
- Provides continuing education of the trauma team members.
- Incorporates a comprehensive quality assessment program.
- Operates an organized teaching and research effort to help direct new innovations in trauma care.
- Program for substance abuse screening and patient intervention.
- Meets minimum requirement for annual volume of severely injured patients.
Ortho Diagnostics should be tasked to manufacture as many of their tests as possible, now. There is no reason why Ortho has a shortage of monies, Goldman-Sachs purchased that branch of J&J years ago. Goldman needs to pour financing into the potential of Ortho to solve this issue.
Aiding in the detection of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 (click here) that can be used to detect immune response to the virus and support epidemiological research to help better understand the spread of the disease.
The Ortho plant in Raritan is enormous and has significant potential. Where are the people that can do the job?
Manufacturing Operator 3, Reagent Prep (click here)
Squibb Laboratories (click here)
Lawrenceville, New Jersey - Princeton Pike
FUNCTION(S): COMMERCIAL, GLOBAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & SUPPLY, R&D, ENABLING FUNCTIONS
The 650,000-square foot facility opened in November 2016.
The Princeton Pike site houses employees from the Commercial teams, their commercialization and late-stage development partners from Research & Development and Global Product Development & Supply, and their enabling function support teams.
Squibb already has global relationships. Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey have PhD that can be tasked to assist.
Hopewell, New Jersey
The 433-acre campus offers almost one million square feet of laboratories, office space and computing facilities.
The Hopewell location is a Research & Development facility focused on our key therapeutic areas.
The pharmaceutical industry in New Jersey is endless. (click here) There is no reason for shortages of medicines. They should be meeting with the Governor through conference calls to find common ground for the solution and expediting MEDICAL SUPPLIES, including medicines.
I don't know if the old agricultural labs of American Cyanamid is still empty and standing on Quakerbridge Road. The buildings, if standing and safe can be converted into hospital rooms. The Army Corp. could conduct assessments that can move this space to be reutilized. There are labs and greenhouses to produce raw materials if that is a better use of the space.
The capacity of New Jersey to mobilize in response to this novel virus should never be in question. There are vast resources in that state as well as it being the most densely populated state which will facilitate the spread of the virus. Stay at home is extremely important in NJ.
The population of Camden, NJ is 48.5% Hispanic or Latino, 41% Black or African American Alone, and 5.92% White Alone.
The population of Newark, NJ is 47% Black or African American Alone, 39.2% Hispanic or Latino, and 8.88% White Alone. N/A% of the people in Newark, NJ speak a non-English language, and 82.1% are U.S. citizens.
Newark has a large minority population as well, however, Camden has far less infrastructure to address any COVID-19 outbreak. Facilities and staff and plenty of medical supplies need to be targeted for Camden. It is easier to work with Philadelphia in attracting help and building facilities that can potentially care for both city populations if the outbreak is large and beds are needed.
The New Jersey beach counties are experiencing COVID-19 deaths. I don't recall major hospitals in those counties. Atlantic and Cape May counties may need to address any anticipated spike with personnel and facilities if the hospitals in those counties are lacking enough capacity. Businesses of the beach counties are basically closed. It is a perfect paradigm for stay at home.
Port Elizabeth (click here) is APM Terminals' largest terminal on the east coast of North America, and offers the largest reefer capacity in the port of New York and New Jersey. The terminals four ZPMC ship-to-shore super post-panamax cranes are capable of handling the largest container vessels on the water today, up to 23 containers wide on-deck.
FOOD. Perishable goods. Port Elizabeth is an extremely important shipping port with established trucking companies use to moving perishable goods along the entire east coast.
The little known secret (click here) is New Jersey's agricultural community including historic dairies. Besides milking cows, there are field crops such as soybeans and winter wheat on the land in New Jersey. But, New Jersey's best agricultural effort is "Truck Farming." PRODUCE. Veggies and fruits, especially berries. New Jersey had a climate that could grow intense cropping with rich land. I can only speculate how much of that rich farmland still exists. New Jersey had a program to preserve farmland for 99 years. I believe the state is still in that 99-year window and ensures plenty of capable farmers.
New Jersey has the potential of providing many ingredients to the American effort. It has large minority communities that are going to need help if there is a significant uptick to COVID-19. That is a challenge New Jersey has to rise to but it will need help in doing so.
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