Posted on 05/17/2020 4:21:50 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
May 17th, 2020
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Former director of the Centers for Disease Control Dr. Tom Frieden; Mohamed El-Erian, former chair of Obama's Global Development Council; Gov. Jared Polis (D-Colo.); Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR. Panel: Karl Rove; Kristen Soltis Anderson; Juan Williams.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Dr. Tom Inglesby, Johns Hopkins University; Peter Navarro, Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy; Author Clint Watts (“Messing with the Enemy”). Panel: Peter Alexander; Yamiche Alcindor; Anna Palmer, Politico.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar; House Speaker Nanzi Pelosi (D-San Francisco); Gary Cohn, former chief economic advisor to President Donald Trump; Former Trump Administration FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb; Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, author, Feeding America. Panel:
THIS WEEK (ABC): Peter Navarro, Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy. Panel: Chris Christie, Rahm Emanuel, Yvette Simpson and Sara Fagen.
STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Hassett; Gov. J.B. Pritzker, D- Ill.; Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta; Dr. Leonard Schleifer, CEO of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES (FNC): Mayor Bill De Blasio-Wilhelm (D-N.Y.); Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.); Rep. Doug Colllins (R-Ga.). NASCAR racer Jeff Gordon. Unconfirmed: President Donald J. Trump.
This is the take away statement:
“One reason that a large chunk of the population may be able to deal with the virus is that we may have some small residual immunity from our exposure to common cold viruses”.
My opinion is when you add co-morbidity issues like obesity, diabetes, hypertension et all, this immunity is lessened.
Yes, and the Chines, according to the Left wing nuts who complain about how the planet is overpopulated, may be looking to address this Left wing nuttery
And to sum up Azar....”Americans are too old and too fat.”
Then he spent the rest of the interview denying it.
It’ll be in news somewhere tomorrow .
China still has a massive industrial plant and the second largest economy in the world. They can try to replace or supplant the US market by flooding the world with cheap goods and using monopolistic tactics to kill off competitors. The US consumer will pay higher prices depending on how the supply chains sort themselves out.
The entire global economy is in recession. The Chinese are back at work while most of the world, including us, are struggling to restart our economies. Fortunately, the US economy is not as dependent upon exports as say a Germany, which is now in a recession. Still, our travel and hospitality industry is in tatters. How can we get the consumer to start spending again? Fauci and Birx aided and abetted by the MSM and the Dems have frightened the public to the point that many are afraid to step out of their houses.
Trump needs to start a huge PR campaign to convince the public that the virus is not the boogeyman we once thought it was. Only a small percentage of our people are vulnerable in terms of it being fatal. Getting infected is not a death sentence. Our healthcare system was not overwhelmed. Therapeutics and a vaccine will go a long way to ease fears.
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In the long run, China is going to morph into a real enemy, militarily and otherwise. Will our allies share that perception like they did the Soviet Union? The jury is still out. Certainly how the Chinese handled the virus should convince them that China is a bad actor and should suffer consequences for their actions.
I can see the Dems being supportive of China as they were apologists for the Soviets during the Cold War. Biden will blame Trump for the deterioration of our relations with China. As the virus fades, there will be calls for a reset in our relations with China. Hollywood, the NBA, the Chamber of Commerce, etc. will push back on any restrictions against China. It will be the globalists against the economic nationalists.
What worries me about China is the silk road initiative. The chicoms are trying to rape pillage and plunder under the guise of helping countries that need help no matter who they are.They get countries indebted to them and when the time is right they lower the hammer for whatever resources the country may have. Chicoms are basically a huge criminal organization living off the capitalism of the country and fear of death the rest of the country has of them
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Those are strongly valid concerns. The good news is remember that unlike the previous president, President Trump does not telegraph or tell our enemy what he is doing. I trust that he has many things going on in the background. When you start reading Carlos Oswedas Twitter feed and definitely read several of the previous ones about China and about Weaponry, there are many things that we are doing that are way more advanced than what the Chinese have. I believe a lot of what we are doing with the Chinese probably forced the hand of them to act as desperation and go along with the CIA and the Rothschilds and Bill Gates’s group to do the virus now instead of in the future. I am quite certain said Bill Gates was not planning on stepping down as a board member virus being released now probably accelerated that plan.
Forget the debt, about $1 trillion. We don’t make antibiotics in this country. We get most of them from China along with a host of other drugs. My lisonopril and statin drugs come from China. Car parts, machinery, clothing, electronic goods, rare earths (used for computer chips), etc. we consume over $500 billion a year of China’s exports.
We can decouple and start new supply chains, but that takes time.
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I cannot disagree with any of your points. And as of medications of yours are impacted that hits very close to home for you. The good news is we have President Trump and power and not somebody else. We have to trust a lot of not seeing what is going on in the background but no that’s very very qualified People are making very good decisions on our behalf. And the people doing them actually care about us and our country unlike the previous regimes.
Nice summary Cousin Mike.
I think you are exactly right.
We need a real leaderr.
PrayPresident Trump can do it.
I think he can.
I need my country back.
Have good week Cousin Mike
Jake Tapper is as bad as Chuck Todd re Gotcha politics.
I think POTUS will have to defend Azur’s comments tomorrow because Azur was so unprepared in his answers.
Unfortunately, Pelosi is thwarting what Trump is trying to do. Trump can’t rule by fiat. Congress has to pass the needed laws to change course. And the MSM is reporting fake news.
Cheers, stay safe.
Gotcha thanks very much,(I gotta lose weight)
Great post im gonna check that guy out.
I agree, they’ll go after what they can get while they’re still somewhat strong.
With lots of devalued entities around, they’ve made moves to buy more. As kabar mentioned, we’re still on our heels.
Have a good week AB! I will be hanging around.
I have just about every one of the co-morbidity issues plus more.
To that end, every day, I am taking 1000 MG Vitamin C, 10000 Units Vitamin D3, 600 MG NAC, 22 MG Zinc, and and spending several hours a day puttering around outside on my property doing chores, gardening, etc. I’ve been losing weight.
Because of my conditions, I do wear a mask and gloves when I go out, and limit my time out as well.
Damn! Is Epoch Times Chinese?
I’ll guess I’ll have to drop them as a source, and tell my son. I told him they were reliable!
It was the Lowlife Clinton and the Democrats, who removed that immunity. So then the Drug Companies moved the manufacturing offshore to subsidiaries, to counter act that and to protect themselves.
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