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Trump eyes grounding jets, halting stock trading, and ordering shelter in place
washington examiner ^ | 3/19/2020 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 03/19/2020 6:31:11 PM PDT by bitt

The Trump administration, moving quickly to halt the spread of the coronavirus, is seriously considering grounding all passenger air traffic for up to 30 days, temporarily halting stock trading on Wall Street, and imposing a shelter-in-place rule, according to officials.

Key officials have begun alerting industry leaders, Capitol Hill, and agencies that the “radical” plan could come early next week if the warlike efforts to stop the spread of the virus fail.

On Thursday, the administration began to prepare the nation for 9/11-style moves when the State Department issued a “Level Four” warning against traveling overseas. The warning is the most severe that the department has.

In a notice, the State Department said Americans traveling abroad may find their travel “severely disrupted” and “may be forced to remain outside of the United States for an indefinite time frame.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid19; fakenews; kungflu; moogoogaipandemic; trump; wuhansarscov2; wuhanvirus
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To: Trumpisourlastchance; chris37
It has been evident for 4+ weeks that this works. Europe & the US chose not to do this. That’s why the West is failing whereas the East succeeded.

it's not "Europe" -- you mean italy, France, Spain, Germany, the UK

Here in Poland our government put in the same draconian measures as Taiwan: no gatherings of > 50 people, all malls, cinemas, etc. shut for a fortnight including eat-in restaurants (you can take away). All schools closed for a month. Only groceries and pharmacies open. Everyone wearing a mask. Frequent testing.

The borders are closed to foreigners and any citizen/resident returning has a mandatory enforced quarantine (not a self-quarantine but a real quarantine)

Net result? We have as of today the 20th of March, just 355 cases and 5 deaths. In contrast Germany has 13,000 cases and 13 deaths. Switzerland has 3K case and 31 deaths

We don't have panic in the streets and the groceries are stocked

The draconian measures seem to work - we are able to cope with the cases we have. That's the whole point, flattening the curve so that the medical facilities can cope

201 posted on 03/19/2020 10:32:13 PM PDT by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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To: huckfillary

Wait until July and tell us then


202 posted on 03/19/2020 10:33:19 PM PDT by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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To: chris37

Bannon routinely has Steve Hatfield on his pandemic podcast- Hatfield being a retired Ft Detrick bioweapons expert. Hatfield hasn’t said anything along those lines so I’d be sceptical of it. It would be big news.

Covid is an RNA virus, they are very unstable, morph very easily.


203 posted on 03/19/2020 10:45:32 PM PDT by Pelham (RIP California, killed by massive immigration)
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To: sageburn

you are being very wise...someone quietly posted very early this week that he saw a preliminary National Command memo and this coming week an 8 week shut down would take place...would include limiting (not completely stopping) domestic travel.

My personal opinion is the governors have been briefed and are beginning the process to allow time for the people to try to come to terms with it.

I strongly believe we do not understand or know what every head of government has been told. You do not get every head of state to allow their economies to be blown to pieces without a DAMN GOOD REASON because let’s be honest they have an ego and want to be re-elected. This is something MUCH MUCH BIGGER and we don’t have a clue. And to those that say “well it is simply for the takover by elite or those behind the scenes”, I say maybe but there are good head of state guys here also that are closing shop lock stock and barrel- men who still believe in freedom. I think that is telling.


204 posted on 03/19/2020 11:22:08 PM PDT by terart
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To: Fury

Understood, but they did exempt themselves...saw the law myself and has been used as defense, so I wonder as to circumstances.


205 posted on 03/20/2020 12:05:40 AM PDT by Dave W
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To: catnipman

That is so stupid...essential workers such as truckers, folks who process food and make essential goods would be exempted.


206 posted on 03/20/2020 12:09:29 AM PDT by Dave W
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To: albie

Whatever.

I’ve been one of the few saying this won’t fall us but people like you search for a post to tear into someone.

It makes you feel better about yourself somehow.

And it’s small and sad.


207 posted on 03/20/2020 1:02:31 AM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals, racists my curseoint fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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To: terart

Thank you, I agree with you. Either this is just overblown media hype and hysteria, or there is something we are not being told.


208 posted on 03/20/2020 1:59:36 AM PDT by sageburn
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To: Crucial

I have heard the Washington Examiner has a lot of “Never Trumpers” and I did notice on twitter they were very negative toward Trump when he announced he was running for President.


209 posted on 03/20/2020 3:30:16 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: bitt

I kind of doubt it - he doesn’t want to impose some of the restrictions already there but the flames of panic have tied his hands.


210 posted on 03/20/2020 3:50:01 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: libh8er

Overwhelms the health care system.

Marco Rubio
17 hrs ·
We only have 3 months of information on #Covid_19

We have created the perception that younger people have nothing to worry about.

We now need to stop saying that.

In the U.S. 38% of those hospitalized are under 35.

In France half of those in the ICU are under 65.


211 posted on 03/20/2020 3:53:27 AM PDT by EBH (DNC=Party NON GRATA)
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To: sageburn
I dunno ...doesn't look like hysteria in the rest of the world. Yes, I do believe this is a bioweapon and not a typical virus breakout.
212 posted on 03/20/2020 5:08:02 AM PDT by EBH (DNC=Party NON GRATA)
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To: bitt

If he does these extreme measures, it’ll trigger more panic and we don’t need that. Yesterday’s briefing provided good, reliable, positive information and that’s going to do more to help the situation than more Henny Penny crap.


213 posted on 03/20/2020 5:10:09 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength" - Corrie ten Boom)
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To: bitt

If he does these extreme measures, it’ll trigger more panic and we don’t need that. Yesterday’s briefing provided good, reliable, positive information and that’s going to do more to help the situation than more Henny Penny crap.


214 posted on 03/20/2020 5:10:09 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength" - Corrie ten Boom)
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To: MayflowerMadam

We have Dominican employees who go to New York City every weekend to visit relatives. I wish Governor horses ass Worf would stop these buses from Hazleton going into Manhattan. I am nervous today. I have my office door shut.


215 posted on 03/20/2020 5:14:04 AM PDT by angcat (THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
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To: angcat

Maybe have Gov. Wolf make a deal with DiBlasio to keep them in NYC once they get there.


216 posted on 03/20/2020 5:19:33 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength" - Corrie ten Boom)
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To: eyedigress

I can’t begin to imagine the chaos if Biden were President.


217 posted on 03/20/2020 5:31:34 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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To: nwrep
It wouldn't be the first time a White House denied something which later became true.

Best to be prepared anyway, IMO.

218 posted on 03/20/2020 5:42:28 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: CincyRichieRich

I agree. ...This is BS and reads like something from the WAPO rather than the WA Examiner.

I think this hoax is another attempt to further destroy the US economy, making Trump look like the bad guy.


219 posted on 03/20/2020 5:55:12 AM PDT by octex
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To: Pelham

I HOPE you’re, Pelham, I really do. This thing needs to go away fast, or this world is going to become a very scary place to live in.


220 posted on 03/20/2020 6:01:14 AM PDT by chris37 (Despite my growing "Coronaphobia", I still feel at least mostly sane half of the time.)
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