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They don’t want this thing cured too early. – Thursday evening, a spokesman for Stanford University Medical Center appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News program to tout a long-used prescription drug called hydroxycholoroquine (HC) as a safe and effective cure for the coronavirus: Michael Coudrey ✔ @MichaelCoudrey NEW DATA: A French study has demonstrated evidence that the combination of Hydroxychloroquine & Azithromycin are highly effective in treating Covid-19. The patients enrolled in the study showed complete viral eradication around the 5th day of treatment. https://twitter.com/michaelcoudrey/status/1240143162510893058 … View image on Twitter Michael Coudrey ✔ @MichaelCoudrey BREAKING: There is an anti-malaria drug...

VIDEO So WHERE is Joe Biden? He seems to have disappeared. That is because the Democrats needed to put him on ice so he wouldn't be able to make more public appearances for the time being. But don't worry. Joe will be back. The DNC plans to unseal his hibernation chamber on November 4 as per his instructions so he can be well rested for the election campaign.

David Lat is in critical condition and has been has been put on a ventilator at NYU Langone Hospital in Manhattan, where his fight with the coronavirus has taken a turn for the worse In a phone interview on Saturday evening, Shemtob said that at some point late Friday night or early Saturday morning, Lat, founder of the legal blog Above the Law and now a widely recognized legal recruiter, was put on a ventilator after “his oxygen levels dropped.”

Being a columnist and talk show host, you’re always on the lookout for things to write/talk about. Some weeks there are a lot, some you’re at a loss and resort to big picture topics or random thoughts you think are worthy of exploring. Now, in this time, there’s no lack of things that meet all of those criteria. The problem is the opposite – there’s too much to write about, so much to say. Rather than pick a lane, from time to time I’ve decided to hog the road while we all travel through this tunnel. Parts of it won’t...

It started as a way to get toilet paper into the hands of his employees who were struggling to find the once-common commodity in local stores.

Las Vegas is off for next month’s NFL draft. No celebrations along the Strip. No boats navigating players across the Bellagio Hotel fountain to the stage. All that was scuttled in reaction to the coronavirus outbreak. But the event is still scheduled for April 23-25, and the league has gone back to the drawing board to determine how best to stage it. The NFL is not commenting publicly about what’s in the works, but according to two individuals with knowledge of the discussions, the current plans call for some type of studio setting with cut-ins from the headquarters of the...

The Talk Shows March 22nd, 2020 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Governor Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich; Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin; Dr. Tom Frieden, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Panel: Karl Rove, Donna Brazile and Marty Makary. “Power Player of the Week” segment (rerun): Lisa Marie Riggins (substitute anchor: Fox News’ John Roberts).MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor; Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md.; former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. Panel: David French, Jeh Johnson, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Kristen Welker.FACE THE NATION...

An adviser to Italy's minister of health, Professor Walter Ricciardi, said the coronavirus death rate in Italy may be higher than in other countries not only because of demographics -- Italy has the second oldest population in the world -- but also because of the way Italy records deaths of those who have tested positive for the coronavirus. "The way in which we code deaths in our country is very generous in the sense that all the people who die in hospitals with the coronavirus are deemed to be dying of the coronavirus," Prof. Riccardi told The Telegraph. "On re-evaluation...

Today’s CG was from Friday's Arkansas Gazette. The key to unlocking this puppy is deciphering the 5th word, then it's "Mush on the last leg of the Iditarod!" Under 2 minutes is a good score, under 1 minute is very possible today, Folks. SWR CRLVXPQSMX GQMSW MY SWQS RURPJ WTLQA HRMAZ HVPA MY HVPA SV OMUR OMNR Q ZRASORLQA VG ORMYTPR. —W.L. NQOORA

Right before Christmas, Rev. Al Sharpton trashed conservative evangelicals who are backing President Trump. He said "they would take this shameless con man over the principles that they’re preaching. In the holy season as we celebrate Jesus, they would sell Jesus out if they felt they could get something from it." So it was shocking when Al Sharpton opened his MSNBC show this evening by announcing that, in response to his "moral appeal" to the White House, President Trump, "to my surprise," had called him to discuss the compassionate treatment of the homeless and incarcerated in light of the coronavirus...

Kansas City and its surrounding counties will be subject to a stay-at-home order effective Tuesday morning in an effort to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, Mayor Quinton Lucas announced Saturday. The order, which will go into effect 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, requires residents of Kansas City and Johnson, Jackson and Wyandotte counties to remain at home except for activities “essential to the health and safety” of themselves, family members or friends. After 30 days, the jurisdictions will consider whether to extend the order. Trips to essential businesses such as grocery stores, pharmacies, hardware stores, doctors’ offices, dry cleaners, laundromats,...

WASHINGTON - An inmate at a federal jail in New York City has tested positive for coronavirus, marking the first confirmed case in the federal prison system. The inmate, who is housed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, complained of chest pains on Thursday, a few days after he arrived at the facility, the federal Bureau of Prisons told The Associated Press. He was taken to a local hospital and was tested for COVID-19, officials said. The inmate was discharged from the hospital on Friday and returned to the jail, where he was immediately placed in isolation, the agency...

The only welcome victim of coronavirus will be the myth of the 'entitled millennial.' Let us hear no more accusations of individualism, selfishness and over-avocado-eating from older generations. Many baby boomers now owe their lives to the selflessness of the young. The civic restrictions introduced across Europe in recent days are intended to slow the spread of COVID-19, and keep hospital beds and respirators available for critical cases. But this lock-down will also rob a generation of education and income. Yet in the midst of these bewildering times, there are signs of hope for the post-corona future. Humans have once...

Despite being among the countries hardest hit by the pandemic, Germany has recorded an astonishingly low number of deaths in comparison to its European neighbors. The latest official figures published by the disease control agency Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Thursday showed 10,999 confirmed infections, 20 of whom had died. That is a mortality rate of just 0.18 percent, significantly lower than that of China (4 percent), Britain (3.9 percent), France (2.9 percent) and Italy (8.3 percent).

Beijing (AFP) - The head of the World Health Organization believes China's battle with the coronavirus offers a beacon of hope, but others question whether Beijing's strategy can be followed by other countries -- particularly Western democracies. China has reported only one new local infection over the past four days, a seemingly remarkable turnaround given the chaos that surrounded the initial outbreak in the city of Wuhan. While some experts caution against accepting Beijing's figures at face value, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted China's success "provides hope for the rest of the world". But China is a particular case...

Once a twice-daily chore that drew a chorus of complaints, walking the dog has become an enviable get-out-of-jail card in lockdown Spain with some wily punters even offering their hounds out for hire. Unlike in Italy, where people can go out to stretch their legs despite a national lockdown, Spain has banned all such sorties under its state of emergency. But they can go out if they have a four-legged friend -- for a brief walk and only to carry out the bare necessities. "You go out more often but for less time," says Luis Fe, a 49-year-old teacher walking...

Due to the Coronavirus, all organized Coronado sports have been put on hold. However, there are highlights happening in backyards all over Coronado. By the way, we dig the “bat flip” celebration!

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I heard on Hannity, by some doctor he interviewed that nitrile gloves were more important when out and about in the community than N95 masks.

Israeli medical doctor Gai Peleg told Israeli television that in northern Italy the orders are not to allow those over 60 access to respiratory machines