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Senior White House Adviser Kellyanne Conway pressed CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang on Wednesday for details about a claim the reporter made earlier this week that has since generated media-driven controversy. Jiang, who is a self-described “Chinese born West Virginian,” tweeted on Tuesday, “This morning a White House official referred to #Coronavirus as the ‘Kung-Flu’ to my face. Makes me wonder what they’re calling it behind my back.”

In my earlier posts dealing with the Coronavirus outbreak, I highlighted The Best Little-Discussed Weapons to Fight Coronavirus (sleep, rest, prayer/meditation, food choices) and More Little-Discussed Weapons to Fight Coronavirus (fresh air, sun, exercise). These are natural, free or inexpensive weapons that serve to raise a person’s immunity to help fight any disease or ailment. Based on the mortality rates of Coronavirus, it’s clear that some experience little symptoms, while others die. The strength of one’s immune system is therefore paramount. Does Spring Offer Hope? With the start of Spring, more people will have the opportunity to breathe fresh air;...

My daily update must start with the revelation by an independent, investigative journalism team at Caixin Global. The team discovered that Chinese scientists destroyed proof of research involving the novel coronavirus that is now spreading at pandemic levels. An article published by the Times of London indicates that Chinese authorities have been deleting the stories from the internet. Chinese laboratories identified a mystery virus as a highly infectious new pathogen by late December last year, but they were ordered to stop tests, destroy samples and suppress the news, a Chinese media outlet has revealed.

Next Thursday’s look at weekly new jobless claims may show a tenfold spike to 2 million as the full force of the coronavirus halt in the U.S. economy slams the labor market, economist Ian Shepherdson told CNBC. Shepherdson’s comments came ahead of this Thursday’s release of the Labor Department’s weekly report on jobless claims. The report showed claims rose to 281,000 last week, a significant rise from last week’s 211,000.

The Federal Reserve will be buying $75 billion in Treasurys on Thursday and Friday as the central bank continues its efforts to keep markets flowing smoothly amid the coronavirus crisis. In the latest in a frenzied series of developments, the New York Fed laid out a schedule for buying it will undertake across a series of maturities. In all, the purchases will total $75 billion, an acceleration from the $40 billion total the Fed had originally set when it announced its latest operations to expand its balance sheet.

Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell said on Twitter that people who don’t take the coronavirus pandemic seriously shouldn’t apply to work for any of his companies. Dell was responding to a video on Twitter from CBS News, which showed a slew spring breakers who brushed off concerns of COVID-19 and traveled to Florida despite health officials urging people to stay home. “Anyone in this video, please don’t apply to work @DellTech @VMware,” Dell tweeted Thursday. “And also please don’t apply to @Secureworks @DellFdn @boomi or MSD Capital.”

On Tuesday (March 17, 2020), the North Carolina-based global Christian charity Samaritan's Purse airlifted an emergency field hospital to the Italian city of Milan to help a health care system overwhelmed by the coronavirus. As of Wednesday, Italy experienced 35,317 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, and 2,978 deaths. Amid this crisis, Samaritan's Purse airlifted a 68-bed emergency field hospital to Milan. The DC-8 aircraft carried approximately 20 tons of medical equipment, a respiratory care unit designed for this specific mission, and 32 disaster relief personnel, including doctors, nurses, and respiratory specialists. That medical team will...

Germany is calling up tens of thousands of reservists to help in the country’s battle against the coronavirus pandemic, Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said Thursday. The army began mobilizing its first batches of reserve troops over the weekend, said the minister, adding that it will next standby “other reservist troops in through very targeted calls, and through a general call”. They would be used to help treat patients, resolve transport bottlenecks and provide support to police and local authorities as the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus soar. Europe’s biggest economy has a pool of 75,000 reservists for whom the...

Whatever happens over the next few weeks with the Chinese virus, one thing is certain: nobody trusts the corporate press. Nobody. These people are the absolute bottom of the barrel in professional prestige, a collection of low-I.Q. wannabe-celebrities, con artists, and Joseph Goebbels clones. Parents should want their children to be free thinkers; no parent should have to suffer the pain and humiliation of watching his children grow up to pimp themselves on television for international conglomerates and hostile Chinese interests. Somewhere the parents of Lawrence O'Donnell and Brian Stelter and Joe Scarborough are wishing their sons would have had...

"We reached an agreement yesterday on a new legislative package that will provide strong support for American families and communities in dealing with the coronavirus."   President Donald J. Trump STRONG LEGISLATIVE ACTION: President Donald J. Trump is signing a legislative package that provides extensive assistance to Americans impacted by the coronavirus. Today, President Trump is signing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, ensuring that American families and businesses impacted by the virus receive the strong support they need.This legislation provides strong economic assistance to American businesses, workers, and families, alleviating financial burdens experienced by those affected by the virus.The...

One welcome byproduct of the COVID 19 crisis is that we are getting some blessed relief from the ministrations of St. Greta of Thunberg, which rather puts things in perspective: How can we possibly be navigating this crisis without the advice and counsel of Time magazine’s most recent Person of the Year? It’s almost as though when something serious comes along, as opposed to the climate change whim-wham, adults recognize that listening to a teenager is stupid.

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Dear Madam Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)In accordance with section 1706 of the Second Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act; the “Act”), I hereby designate as emergency requirements all funding so designated by the Congress in the Act pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as outlined in the enclosed list of accounts.The details of this action are set forth in the enclosed memorandum from the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget.Sincerely,DONALD J. TRUMP  

Today, I have signed into law H.R. 6201, the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” (the “Act”).  The Act makes emergency supplemental appropriations and other changes to law to help the Nation respond to the coronavirus outbreak.One provision of the bill (division B, section 2302(c)) purports to require the Secretary of Agriculture, upon certain events, to submit a report to the Congress that includes legislative recommendations.  My Administration, including the Secretary, will respectfully treat this provision in a manner consistent with Article II, section 3 of the Constitution, which provides the President the exclusive authority to “recommend” to the Congress...

If America is successful at fighting the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) within the next two weeks, the country could be through the "worst" part of the outbreak within six to eight weeks, Dr. Mehmet Oz said Wednesday. Appearing on "Fox & Friends" with hosts Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade, Oz said that he was pretty confident in Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams' prediction that within 15 days Americans could potentially be over the hump. "We've got 15 days of holding our breath," he said. "In two weeks we will know exactly how successful we are. We can begin...

A usually level-headed Christian conservative lashed out on Facebook, scolding everyone they thought was not taking the coronavirus seriously enough. Fake news media has successfully infected many with irrational fear. Hearing Gov. Larry Hogan on my car radio announcing his executive order to close bars, restaurants, gyms, and theaters sounded like the script of a 1950s horror movie. “We will stop the spread of this deadly disease!” dramatically proclaimed Hogan. Litle more than 100 have died in the U.S. and under 9,000 worldwide. According to the CDC, during the 2018-2019 flu season, an estimated 16.5 million people got sick and...

Matthew Sibson has put forward a theory that the story actually retold a great flood in the Middle East, where Egypt's high-rankers used the Great Pyramid of Giza to shield from disaster. Mr Sibson's theory is based on a bombshell discovery in 2016, he revealed on his YouTube Channel "Ancient Architects". He said last week: "The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by Bedouin shepherds more than 50 years ago in the Qumran Caves in the Judean Desert of the West Bank near the Dead Sea. "The find contained around 800 manuscripts, thought to be around 2,000 years old and contain...

Twitter on Thursday denied a request by President Trump’s campaign to put a “manipulated media” warning tag on content spread by Democrats under the social media giant’s new policy aimed at curbing the spread of misinformation. According to emails reviewed by The Hill, the Trump campaign flagged new content on Twitter that it said had been deceptively edited to make it seem like the president had called the coronavirus a “hoax.” At issue is a new video that has been viewed millions of times featuring audio of Trump saying: “The coronavirus, this is their new hoax.” The Washington Post’s fact...

On Thursday, the NBC and CBS morning shows kept pushing the narrative that President Trump’s use of the phrase “Chinese virus” was “racist” and endangering people. NBC even attempted to claim that China “helped” the rest of the world by “delaying” the spread of coronavirus. “The President yesterday referred to this as a ‘China virus,’ but the World Health Organization has really pushed back on this, saying that is absolutely not the appropriate description,” correspondent Tom Costello scolded on NBC’s Today show. He then lectured Trump: “They say that the virus knows no borders and there is no racial association...

CANTON, Mich. (WXYZ) — Canton police say a person was attempting to sell toilet tissue at $60 a case in a parking lot. The incident happened Wednesday morning in a Meijer's parking lot. This example of price gouging comes after Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an order for tougher restrictions on businesses trying to price gouge shoppers during the coronavirus outbreak. The man who capture video of the absorbently priced tissue sale said he posted the image to social media were it was shared over 1000 times. Mike Arcuragi, the man who took the photo, says it’s ridiculous people are...