Posted on 04/06/2020 7:54:38 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
I’m also beginning to rethink the “herd immunity” strategy.
Even if the country was opened back up tomorrow, it would take a long time to recover from the damage that our economy has already suffered. If, god forbid, a second wave came later this year, that could be a fatal blow.
I never thought I would agree with the Swedes, but their herd immunity policy may be the only option. And I don’t say this lightly; Just today, a lady from my hometown died from the virus. She worked as a nurse for a nursing home.
I also know two others from my hometown who had the virus but, luckily, they survived. One was also a nurse.
Luckily, the county where I now reside has reported only one case.
We should keep our eyes on Sweden to see if their policy is successful. It is simply not feasible to keep the US on lockdown, with another possible lockdown in the fall or winter. That would be national suicide.
There is one thing that I’m sure of: Dr. Doom and Dr. Scarf need to be ignored. Without a doubt, they are Deep State Globalist tools who are dangerous to the US and Trump.
There WERE changes to society in the wake of the Black Death. Labor rates went up due to the shortage of laborers. The demand for tapestries had grown because the wealthy had used them to block “deadly air” coming into their homes. And do in. But there is always change. You’re right that life settled down and eventually the plague was nothing more than a memory.
This guy is an absolute fool as far as I’m concerned at this point..
Book smart but a fool
“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer”.
“#FakeNews”
Yes. Stopped reading when I read this gem:
“The worst outbreak is in the U.S. where there are more than 362,000 cases and at least 10,781 deaths”
“We were focused on the threats from the Islamic World the past two decades only to get screwed by China.”
Agreed.
“That is one of the most profound statements I’ve ever read here. Excellent observation.”
Also agree. In many ways, we lost what could be called our national innocence that day.
People who are disturbed can drink some more snake oil and booze, then they’ll feel normal again. The society has become increasingly more abnormal in my opinion since 1968.
What is going on here?? (scroll down to middle/bottom of article - Fauci and Jonathan Karl):
The Global Fund: The Board of the Global Fund includes 20 voting members, with equal representation by implementers and donors, and an additional eight non-voting members
Board Member – Deborah L. Birx
U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator & U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy...
https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/board/members/
$3bn from Bill:
The Global Fund: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
A key partner of the Global Fund for financing, governance and advocacy
The Gates Foundation has contributed US$2.24 billion to the Global Fund to date, and pledged US$760 million for the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment, covering 2020-2022...
https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/private-ngo-partners/resource-mobilization/bill-melinda-gates-foundation/
Chelsea’s co-author, Sridhar, worked for IHME:
26 May 2027: IHME: New book highlights influence of global health financing on burden of disease
by Lara Westbrook, student assistant GET
In their new book, Governing Global Health: Who Runs the World and Why, Chelsea Clinton and Devi Sridhar use findings on global health spending from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) to better understand the different actors in the global health space and look at how well they are helping address the world’s health problems...
***Having previously served on IHME’s Financing Global Health Advisory Panel, Sridhar used IHME’s new report Financing Global Health 2016: Development Assistance, Public and Private Health Spending for the Pursuit of Universal Health Coverage to highlight the importance of tracking global health spending sources and channels to understand trends in global health...
Clinton cited IHME’s work in noting that health areas such as HIV/AIDS and malaria have significantly more dollars invested in them relative to their global burden of disease than do NCDs...
http://www.healthdata.org/acting-data/new-book-highlights-influence-global-health-financing-burden-disease
25 Feb: CNN: Under Trump, America is less prepared for a coronavirus outbreak
Opinion by Chelsea Clinton and Devi Sridhar
Editor’s Note: Chelsea Clinton is the Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation and teaches at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia. She completed her D.Phil in international relations at Oxford University, examining the first decade of the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. Devi Sridhar is a professor at the University of Edinburgh’s Medical School and holds the Chair in Global Public Health. Previously, she was associate professor in global health politics at Oxford University...
Columbia University has even tracked more than 400 cases of the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict or dismiss scientific research, education or discussion, or the publication or use of scientific information since 2016...
As the American people face what the World Health Organization has deemed a public health emergency, we need a strong leader who understands the importance of good governance, expertise and diverse perspectives in bringing outbreaks under control.
The next election provides an opportunity to safeguard the health of people both in the US and around the world. We hope the Democratic candidates will outline what they would do to respond to the current coronavirus crisis and how they would prevent future epidemics through investments in research, expertise and infrastructure.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/24/opinions/trump-us-coronavirus-prepared-clinton-sridhar/index.html
Wikipedia: Devi Sridhar serves on the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the Health Industry...
She regularly contributes to the BBC World Service, CNN and BBC Radio 4...
Really? I wasn't aware of this. Who is her husband and how are they connected to the Clinton Foundation?
Thanks for those links. My eyes are glazing over at the moment (I really should be in bed, lol), but I’ll do my best to read up on Birx tomorrow... er, later today in the daylight. :-)
We should have let MacArthur nuke China during the Korean War. He also wanted to spread a belt of radioactive cobalt along the border between China and Korea to prevent them from invading Korea for at least another 60 years. We’re going to have to have the guts to take serious action against China after this mess, or else we will just go through it again at some point, either accidentally or intentionally. If we don’t work to overthrow the Communist Chinese government, we will at best suffer through more pandemics like this, which will destroy civilizations and economies, or at worst we will end up in an all-out war with them. Given their arrogance, there is a 100% chance one or both of those scenarios will happen if we don’t stop them now.
See post #50 on this thread.
To finish what was started under Odinga, the fundamental transformation of America
It’s about time to get this guy out of the government and let him have his own show on CNN or MSNBC
He’s wrong. Over time, when people don’t see an immediate threat, the fear drops off pretty quickly. I can understand plenty of people who would like to lock themselves up for good, but plenty would at least want to walk outside and interact with more than just their family with more than just the internet or phones when they get the chance.
There’s also the real threat that nations south of the border will give us back the virus by their people crossing the border.
There will be a second wave, brought in from South of the border.
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