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This presents a different issue than yesterday’s ban by China on entry by foreigners, even those who have resident and long-term visas. That ban might well intend to prevent re-seeding of coronavirus from new hotspots around the world, especially western Europe and the US. Today, Beijing abruptly reversed itself on reopening cinemas that would attract its own citizens, ordering them closed until further notice after granting permission to hundreds to reopen.The Hollywood Reporter hears it won’t be a short break, either: Over 600 movie theaters across China were given the green light to reopen their doors over the past...

For instance, there’s the issue of copper fixtures, such as cups and pipes, which were used by ancients across the world. As Fast Company’s Mark Wilson recently pointed out, copper has distinct anti-microbial properties—the metal does, after all, have that distinct taste to it. As one expert, Bill Keevil, professor of environmental health care at the University of Southampton, told the magazine, copper could and should be used much more: “We’ve seen viruses just blow apart. They land on copper and it just degrades them.” And in fact, in 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of various...

This afternoon I came across this excellent timeline highlighting the ways in which China has used it’s propaganda resources to reframe the story of the coronavirus outbreak. The entire thing is quite long and can’t be easily summarized, but I think a few highlights help to point out the way in which China has been operating: January 9CCP TV calls it ‘Wuhan virus.’ China Central TV reports that a strain of the coronavirus that CCTV calls “Wuhan virus” has broken out in the city of Wuhan.[…]January 16Wuhan officials say health crisis is over, and encourage large public gatherings. Wuhan...

Jimmy "The Toy Cannon" Wynn, a legendary Houston Astros outfielder known for having tremendous power at just 160 pounds, died Thursday. He was 78. The 5-foot-9 slugger hit 20 homers five times and 30 homers twice during his time with the Astros.

It’s official.  FOX Business Network fired Trish Regan for defending President Trump.  Trish Regan accused Democrats and their media of using coronavirus to impeach the president.  Trish Regan: This is just another attempt to impeach the president. And sadly they seem to care very little for any of the destruction they are leaving in their wake. Losses in the stock market, all of this unfortunately just part of the political casualties.” Of course, Trish was right.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXhLdP5KtdE&feature=emb_titleTrish was right.What a huge loss for the channel and for the American public.Mediaite reported: Fox Business Network’s Trish Regan is leaving the network.In a statement provided to Mediaite...

President Trump said Friday that he had directed Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to require General Motors to begin making ventilators under the Defense Production Act to combat the coronavirus pandemic after negotiations with the automaker had stalled. "Our negotiations with GM regarding its ability to supply ventilators have been productive, but out fight against the virus is too great to allow the give-and-take of the contracting process to continue to run its normal course," Trump said in a statement, adding: "GM was wasting time." Experts say the U.S. is hundreds of thousands of breathing machines short of...

Gov. Roy Cooper has ordered North Carolina residents statewide to stay at home starting at 5 p.m. Monday. North Carolina’s 10 million residents will join about half of the United States who are or soon will be under stay-at-home orders from their governors in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

President Donald Trump invoked the rarely used Defense Production Act on Friday to order the Department of Health and Human Services to compel General Motors to manufacturer ventilators hours after he sharply criticized the company for slow-walking production. "Our negotiations with GM regarding its ability to supply ventilators have been productive, but our fight against the virus is too urgent to allow the give-and-take of the contracting process to continue to run its normal course," Trump said in a statement. "GM was wasting time. Today’s action will help ensure the quick production of ventilators that will save American lives." Trump,...

Ohio says religious gatherings are ‘essential business,’ bishops cancel Mass anyway COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 27, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – During the COVID-19 pandemic, churches in the state of Ohio are considered an essential business and allowed to stay open. “Religious facilities, entities and groups and religious gatherings, including weddings and funerals,” are listed by the state as “essential businesses and operations” which may stay open. The order of the Ohio Department of Health was issued on March 22, taking effect on March 24, and scheduled to last until April 6. The bishops within the state of Ohio, organized as the Catholic...

Four passengers have died on board the MS Zaandam, a cruise ship currently off the coast of Panama with dozens of guests suffering from influenza-like symptoms, at least two of whom have coronavirus, the vessel’s operator said on Friday.

Haley Stevens has epic, unhinged meltdown

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez complains about the stimulus bill put forward by the American government. She appears to be throwing a tantrum, and that's just putting it lightly.

Students at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts want some of their tuition money back because they say virtual classes aren't what they paid for — but instead of addressing the situation, the school's dean sent them a video of herself dancing to REM's "Losing My Religion." Following several communications between students and the school administration, Dean Allyson Green earlier this week attached her dance video to an email to students in which she explained that she doesn't have the authority to refund tuition and that it's "challenging" for the school to give students their money back...

Trish officially fired for speaking the truth about Democrats weaponizing the the Corona Virus against PDT

..“[A] complete recreational fishing closure in the state of Washington, in my opinion, is completely, completely ridiculous,” Tom Nelson from The Outdoor Line told KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson Show.

Late Thursday night, the Milwaukee County medical examiner reported a 69-year-old Milwaukee man died after contracting Coronavirus, marking the eighth death in the county. Officials said the man, just like each of the other seven people who died, was black.

Old movies show us how mad The West has become. https://freedom-demokrasi-and-civilised-humanity.com/2018/12/25/the-philadelphia-story-and-our-changing-presumptions-of-innocence. We are crippled by fear of everything. Germs. Ourselves. We are bombarded with images of sex and then the inevitable male arousal is criminalised.

...Pew Research Center’s latest survey finds that of all the precautions taken by federal and state governments, about 95 percent of Americans said “restricting international travel to the U.S.” is the most necessary action to stopping the spread of the coronavirus. This includes about 96 percent of Republican voters and 94 percent of Democrat voters who said travel bans are vital to fighting coronavirus — making it the most popular policy initiative among Americans overall...

Festivals are canceling and postponing all over the world because of the coronavirus pandemic. For Summerfest in Milwaukee, the show will go on — in September. Officials with parent company Milwaukee World Festival Inc. announced that the annual 11-day festival — originally set this year for June 24 to 28 and June 30 to July 5 — will now run nine days in 2020, taking place on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays across the first three weeks in September. The new dates: Sept. 3 to 5, Sept. 10 to 12 and Sept. 17 to 19. Festival officials Monday did not reveal...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO) - Attorney General Daniel Cameron released the following statement on Friday regarding Kentucky’s abortion providers continuing to perform abortions during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Today, I’m calling on CHFS Acting Secretary Eric Friedlander to certify, pursuant to KRS 15.241, that Kentucky’s abortion providers are violating his ban on elective medical procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic by continuing to perform abortions. Kentucky’s current ban on elective medical procedures exists to further the mandated policy of social distancing and to help conserve medical resources for use in fighting COVID-19. Acting Secretary Friedlander is on the front lines of fighting the...