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This would be fantastic news if true, although I’m having trouble squaring the observed reality here and in the UK with the thesis.Remember this study, from Britain’s Imperial College? That’s the one that convinced Boris Johnson to abandon his plan to ask older people to stay home while letting younger, healthier people essentially go about their business and infect each other. Johnson’s hope was that, because younger adults are better able to weather infection without hospitalization, Britain’s health-care system wouldn’t be overtaxed as they got sick. Then, once more than half of the healthy population had been infected and...

Tsunami watch issued for Hawaii following large quake near Kuril Islands The large quake struck about 5 p.m. Hawaii time. (Source: Pacific Tsunami Warning Center) By HNN Staff | March 24, 2020 at 5:07 PM HST - Updated March 24 at 5:50 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The National Weather Service has issued a tsunami watch for Hawaii following a large earthquake off the Kuril Islands in the Pacific. The watch was issued about 5 p.m. The National Weather Service said tsunami waves may have been generated by the temblor. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at a...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP/VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE and AMERICA: Government, Family, Military, Business, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

Californians should expect social distancing measures to last at least through April as the state fights coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday. Californians have been under stay at home orders since Thursday to slow the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. It’s a tactic designed to space new cases over time so the hospital system isn’t overwhelmed, what’s become known as flattening or bending the curve. “We’re trying to bend that curve, but we haven’t bent it,” Newsom said. “April for California would be sooner than any of the experts I talked to would believe is possible.” Newsom’s comments...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Las Vegas authorities are out around Clark County to enforce Gov. Steve's Sisolak's order for nonessential businesses to close their doors in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Las Vegas police have visited 113 businesses with their compliance team, and 7 business licenses were suspended for stores or businesses that did not voluntarily close.

The bulletin notes there is "no information" yet on specific plots. A Department of Homeland Security memo sent to law enforcement officials around the country warns that violent extremists could seek to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic by carrying out attacks against the U.S. "Violent extremists probably are seeking to exploit public fears associated with the spread of COVID-19 to incite violence, intimidate targets and promote their ideologies, and we assess these efforts will intensify in the coming months," according to the intelligence bulletin, compiled by the agency's Counterterrorism Mission Center and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. At...

Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Iowa and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing.The President’s action makes Federal funding available to State, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations for emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, for all areas in the State of Iowa impacted by COVID-19.Pete Gaynor, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, named Paul Taylor as the Federal...

Our great American experiment was inspired by the ideas about liberty, self-government, and the rule of law that traced their roots to ancient Greece. On Greek Independence Day, we commemorate the rich history shared between the United States and Greece, which is fortified by our love of freedom and commitment to democratic institutions. We join the Greek people in celebrating another year of independence and unity.The great thinkers of ancient Greece stoked the American quest for freedom and a republic founded on the fundamental truth that people have rights that cannot be denied. Decades later, the same values that catalyzed...

Rose Garden12:55 P.M. EDTQ    In the next hour, joining us to talk about all of that, President Trump.  And still with us, Vice President Mike Pence; the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, Dr. Deborah Birx; and the Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams.  And welcome and thank you for being here.THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, Bill.Q    Unusual circumstances, where you’re trying to communicate with the American people and we’re trying to maybe bring the American people a little closer to you and get some answers.THE PRESIDENT:  Well, that’s true.Q    To you, Mr. President, when was the moment that you thought, “We...

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 5:43 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much.  Been a very busy day.  I want to thank the American people for the incredible sacrifices that they’re making on behalf of our nation.  And I want to encourage everyone to keep following our guidelines on social distancing: avoiding large gatherings and hand washing, and all of the other things that everybody knows they’re supposed to be doing.Ultimately, the goal is to ease the guidelines and open things up to very large sections of our country as we near the end of our historic...

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Nevada’s Governor Steve Sisolak (D) on Tuesday issued an emergency order barring the use of anti-malaria drugs such as chloroquine for Coronavirus patients. Last week Sisolak shut down casinos and only kept open essential businesses like grocery stores and health care facilities. In addition to barring the use of chloroquine for Coronavirus patients on Tuesday, Nevada’s governor also banned social gatherings of more than 10 people. The Associated Press reported (emphasis our own): LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s governor on Tuesday night issued an emergency order banning gatherings of more than 10 people in the state indoors or outdoors, a...

The European Union has become obsolete. LINK

The mayor went on to announce the “business ambassadors program” — an effort to get nonessential businesses to close. “This behavior is irresponsible and selfish,” he said of those that remain open. He said the Department of Water and Power will shut off water and power for the businesses that don’t comply with the “safer at home” ordinance. Neighborhood prosecutors will implement safety measures and will contact the businesses before issuing further action, according to Garcetti. “The easiest way to avoid a visit is to follow the rules,” he said.

Twitter confirmed the company locked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's daughter out of her account for a short period of time due to a tweet she sent about Republican Sen. Rand Paul that it said amounted to an endorsement of violence. "The account owner was temporarily locked out for violating the Twitter rules against glorification of violence," a Twitter spokesperson told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday. Christine Pelosi tweeted Sunday that the man who allegedly attacked the Kentucky senator in 2018 was "right" for doing so. Pelosi was reacting to news that Paul had been in contact with members of Congress...

Joe Biden's campaign is low on cash. Trump is in good shape, and he has a free bully pulpit with presidency and the ChiCom Flu. Biden has to resort to ill planned and executed shadow briefings for messaging. Unemployment is exploding. Money is tight for those Americans. Granted, the rich can afford to donate to campaigns, poor economy or not. Businesses, no so much. What effect does this have on the election? On campaign ground operations? On get out the vote efforts?

Like many Americans, I am astonished and outraged at what the Democrat Party has attempted to do with the Coronavirus Relief Bill. I am not a fan of bailouts, but this situation is unprecedented, and I am inclined to go along with a bill to help people and businesses affected by this. And there are many. When I heard the list of things that had been inserted in this bill by Nancy Pelosi and her ilk, it made my blood boil. Then, when I began looking closer, the range of things seemed bizarrely disconnected, as if they had taken their...

Add the state of Maryland to the list of states saying abortion centers must close down their abortion businesses under an order that all medical centers stop performing elective, non-essential surgeries to conservative medical resources for the coronavirus battle. Other governors have issued similar orders limiting non-essential medical procedures. Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Ohio included abortion facilities in their bans on non-essential surgeries and procedures. However, Ohio abortion facilities are refusing to comply while abortion centers in Louisiana have compiled with the order and closed. The status of abortion businesses in Texas and Mississippi is unknown. In a letter to...

During the gulf war, reporters were broadcasting from undisclosed locations from somewhere in the Mediterranean. Tonight this will be a brief update, and I am also on the front line tonight I will apply the preamble from the previous three threads, you are welcome to read it to understand my methodology and where I am generating my sources. Today has been an interesting day from the data. Yesterday, there were multiple bad reports from Europe, however that has reversed today. One has to wonder if there was a weekend backlog because of the rise in numbers. However what is very...