Category: Wuhan Flu

A Glimmer of Civility in California

With hoarding stories like this one in America and this one in Canada, it’s easy to lose faith in humanity. But yesterday at a Costco in suburban San Francisco, I witnessed civility and patience as people who wanted toilet paper, paper towels, and bottled water had to line up in a long line that started near the entrance and ended up in the far corner of the store. There was a limit of one large package of toilet paper, one large package of paper towels, and two cases of water. The few a$$holes who took more than this had them removed from their carts when they tried to checkout.


     

Italy, Hold Our Beer

This has the makings of a disaster. There’s no other way to say it.

More scenes from #O’Hare

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Update.


@ereguly — Another terrifying surge in #COVIDー19 cases in #Italy Total cases Saturday up almost 3,500 to 21,157, fatalities up 175 to 1,441. More than 1,500 patients in serious or critical condition. Big jumps too in Spain, Germany and UK. #Spain cd be the next Italy. #CoronaOutbreak

UghIn Guangdong, officials responsible for the coronavirus response announced Feb. 25 that 14% of declared recoveries in the province had later retested positive. (h/t Jolene)

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Rachel Maddow gets schooled.

Related links.

So much for the European “Union” Germany blocks exports of medical supplies to Rome. When Italy asked for urgent medical supplies under a special European crisis mechanism no EU country responded.

Philippines: Duterte’s lockdown of Manila is ‘a mockery’, as millions of commuters to be allowed in

In the UK: The govt strategy on #Coronavirus is more refined than those used in other countries and potentially very effective. But it is also riskier and based on a number of assumptions.

Why aren’t there more cases in Africa?

MSM gonna MSM: So weird how after being obsessed by the stock market for two days @CNN is suddenly bored by the 2,000 point gain during Trump’s press conference. Maybe @brianstelter can explain it.

Agents of Influence.

And Canada.

We don’t need travel bans, but we should avoid all non-essential travel.
 
We can’t stop the coronavirus at the border, but the Trudeau government is now talking about limiting flights and increasing screening at airports.
 
To say the government is sending out mixed messages is an understatement.
 
Now, after a major spike in cases, the federal government is moving to deal with issues at the border.

Well, that’s not entirely fair. They have been dealing with some certain “issues”.

From the comments;

Somewhat anecdotal but I was at the local Rona buying paint earlier this evening… I got to talking with the guy behind the counter and he told me that employees of Coastal Health were in the store earlier in the day buying up paper products, wipes, towels and TP… apparently the local Hospital is being over run by the foreign born ( mainly middle eastern ) coming to Canada for the “free health care”… they get off a plane from the middle east and head straight to a Hospital… I drove by the local Hospital and the Emergency area does look overly busy… like I said this story is somewhat anecdotal but I’ve never seen the Hospital that busy ever. Are people who are already sick in another country jumping on a plane and heading to Turdholeland where there are no travel restrictions and no screening in an attempt to take advantage of the Liberals open borders policy and the “free health care” ? Most likely.

Kids Leftists Say the Darndest Things

Here are some thing I’ve personally been told by Democrat voters in the past few days:

  1. The 30-day flight ban from Europe is xenophobic.
  2. The only reason the UK wasn’t included is because Trump owns golf courses there.
  3. Within the next 2 weeks, all American cities will be locked down by the military and police.
  4. Don’t venture anywhere outside of the country because you won’t be allowed back in.

Feel free to share any other conspiracy theories or predictions you’ve heard.

How The COVID-19 Shock Is Different

At Zerohedge.

The COVID-19 crisis has struck the economic ‘machine’ in several places at the same time, as Figure 1 illustrates schematically.

Figure 1 COVID-19’s multiple strikes in the circular flow of income diagram

The figure displays a version of the well-known circular money flow diagram (e.g. Mankiw 2010). In simplified form, households own capital and labour, which they sell to businesses, who use it to make things that households then buy with the money businesses gave them, thereby completing the circuit and keeping the economy ticking over.

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I haven’t posted anything new, because I don’t think I need to.

Now listening to Trudeau announcement/presser, just as it interrupted the rising sound of cognitive dissonance in John Gormley’s voice as he prattles “but the flu”.

You had the information you needed weeks ago. Some of you took it. Now we watch as Canadians who relied on sources outside the “blogs and twitter” catch up.

We stocked up on three months of essentials three weeks ago.

Trudeau Self Isolating As Sophie Awaits COVID Results

I sincerely wish them well. Trudeau self-isolating as wife Sophie awaits result of COVID-19 test

Related morning updates will follow.

Juno Awards cancelled in Saskatoon.

MSM gonna MSM: They Are Rewriting the History of Coronavirus in Real Time

Viking and Princess cruises dock for two months.

@profamymcgovern — Coronavirus burial pits in Iran so vast that they’re visible from space (WaPo paywalled). Photo here.

Two days after Iran declared its first cases of the novel coronavirus — in what would become one of the largest outbreaks of the illness outside of China — evidence of unusual activity appeared at a cemetery near where the infections emerged.
 
At the Behesht-e Masoumeh complex in Qom, about 80 miles south of Tehran, the excavation of a new section of the graveyard began as early as Feb. 21, satellite images show, and then rapidly expanded as the virus spread. By the end of the month, two large trenches — their lengths totaling 100 yards — were visible at the site from space.
 
According to expert analysis, video testimony and official statements, the graves were dug to accommodate the rising number of virus victims in Qom

Glenn Reynolds has been posting daily updates, I’ll just include it in my updates instead of duplicating efforts.

Canadian cases over the first 48 days.

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