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On March 9, Dr. Anthony Fauci told the country it was perfectly safe for healthy Americans to take a cruise and to hold campaign rallies. Speaking at a White House briefing on March 9, Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, told the world - on March 9! - that “if you are a healthy young person, there is no reason if you want to go on a cruise ship, to not go on a cruise ship.” He went on to say that “if you have … an individual who has an underlying condition, particularly an...

The political world would be a much better place if all public officials knew how to apologize for mistakes the way Louisiana Lt. Gov. Bill Nungesser did on Easter Day. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer was interviewing Nungesser about Louisiana’s unusually high incidence of the coronavirus, part of which probably was exacerbated by Mardi Gras celebrations in February. Nungesser was saying there was only one known case in the whole state by the time of Mardi Gras, but that had federal or medical guidance come sooner, officials certainly would have considered canceling Mardi Gras.

Perhaps the best thing that could come out of this entire debacle and turning America into a police state — where people are arrested for going somewhere in their cars and never leaving their cars — should be a total disdain for and disbelief in computer models. The Imperial College of London model that terrified our largely scientifically illiterate politicos and therefore killed the world economy, like every other model that tries to model human behavior, assumed a spherical cow of uniform density in a frictionless vacuum. Computer modeling can be incredibly useful, particularly when you’re modeling physics: an object...

"On January 21st, right in the middle of when the New York Times says that Trump was asleep at the wheel, Dr. Fauci said, "Coronavirus is not a major threat for the people in the United States, and this is not something the citizens should be worried about." Five days later on The Cats Roundtable hosted by John Catsimatidis, Dr. Fauci said, "The American people should not be worried or frightened by this. It’s a very, very low risk to the United States."

Every single one in this photo will get what is coming to them," read the ominous Instagram message sent to several students of color at the University of La Verne, east of Los Angeles, in March 2019. The accompanying black-and-white photo was of a group of outspoken students who were well-known on campus for organizing anti-racism protests. Seen in the photo: Anayeli Dominguez Peña, a Mexican-American graduate student and vocal social-justice campaigner. She had been instrumental in organizing numerous protests in the Decolonize ULV group she co-led. "That wet back bitch Anayeli and that n---r Jasmine need to SHUT THEIR...

RUSH: Dr. Fauci can’t guarantee the physical vote in November will be safe. Dr. Fauci said in an interview on Sunday, that he can’t guarantee that it will be safe to physically vote at the polls in November due to coronavirus. (summarized) “I hope so, Jake. I really hope so, but I can’t really guarantee…” When did we turn to the National Institutes of Health to guarantee that the election’s gonna be safe or that November will be safe? No, I’m… No. This is not nitpicking. It’s quite the opposite of nitpicking. The United States media is turning to the...

Today, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced an agreement on a shared vision for reopening their economies and controlling COVID-19 into the future. Joint statement from the governors: COVID-19 has preyed upon our interconnectedness. In the coming weeks, the West Coast will flip the script on COVID-19 – with our states acting in close coordination and collaboration to ensure the virus can never spread wildly in our communities. We are announcing that California, Oregon and Washington have agreed to work together on a shared approach for reopening our economies – one that...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks at City Hall on April 8, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic.(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order will extend into May, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot predicted Monday. Lightfoot was asked at an unrelated news conference whether April 30 looks like the last day of the stay-at-home order in Chicago. “I think that’s going to be difficult for us to say, April 30, everything comes up, I don’t expect that to happen,” Lightfoot said. “I think it will extend beyond that.

Cruise lines started 2020 expecting a banner year. Demand for cruises in the Caribbean, Alaska, and around the world was huge; fares were high. COVID-19 has, of course, changed all that, and cruise companies have been battered by an unprecedented drop in demand, sparked in part by CDC and U.S. Department of State warnings against travel by ship. Now, the whole industry is on pause. Summer seasons in Alaska and Europe are questionable, according to industry analysts and cruise insiders. Entire countries — including Australia, Canada, Italy, and Mexico — are closed to cruise ship traffic. All of which raises...

CHICAGO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - At a Wayne Farms chicken processing plant in Alabama, workers recently had to pay the company 10 cents a day to buy masks to protect themselves from the new coronavirus, according to a meat inspector. In Colorado, nearly a third of the workers at a JBS USA beef plant stayed home amid safety concerns for the last two weeks as a 30-year employee of the facility died following complications from the virus. And since an Olymel pork plant in Quebec shut on March 29, the number of workers who tested positive for the coronavirus quintupled to...

There is nothing out there about COVID-19 like this. You need to take a few minutes to watch, your jaw will drop, I promise.

As late as February 29, Dr. Anthony Fauci was telling America it was safe to go to the mall, the movies, and the gym. During a Saturday, February 29 appearance on the NBC’s far-left Today Show, Fauci was asked point blank if Americans should stop enjoying their daily routines. Fauci answered point blank, “No.” Here’s a transcript of the pertinent part: TODAY SHOW: So Dr. Fauci, it’s Saturday morning in America, people are waking up right now with real concerns about this; they want to go to malls, and movies, maybe the gym, as well. Should we be changing our...

Hello, lost generation. The Millennials entered the workforce during the worst downturn since the Great Depression. Saddled with debt, unable to accumulate wealth, and stuck in low-benefit, dead-end jobs, they never gained the financial security that their parents, grandparents, or even older siblings enjoyed. They are now entering their peak earning years in the midst of an economic cataclysm more severe than the Great Recession, near guaranteeing that they will be the first generation in modern American history to end up poorer than their parents.

I read Texas is loosening Covid restrictions (while much of the rest of the country is doing more). I'm wondering what are the results of this so far. Are people going out more?

RUSH: And greetings to you, music lovers, thrill-seekers, and conversationalists all across the fruited plain, the shut-down fruited plain. I have to tell you something, folks. I’m really happy to see more and more people talking about opening up now. I mean, I was out there all alone, as I usually am ’cause that’s what being on the cutting edge of societal evolution means. But all kinds of people are coming up with great ideas. And we’re gonna throw some of our own into the mix today. I must say, this is gonna be a bit of an organizational challenge....

Osceola residents leaving their homes will be required to cover their nose and mouth with a mask or cloth. Osceola County leaders said Friday all residents will be required to cover their noses and mouths with a mask or cloth while out in public. County chairwoman Viviana Janer announced the new rule at a Friday press conference in response to the increasing number of coronavirus cases in the county just south of Orlando. “It’s not something we take lightly,” said Janer, stating the requirement is meant to protect the public from asymptomatic carriers. “The concern was preventing the spread from...

Chief of staff Mark Meadows' council will also include Mnuchin, Kudlow, Lighthizer and Ross; John Roberts reports.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IQYuGfvbrU&feature=emb_title 

Well, this may explain why the World Health Organization has been so hostile to Taiwan during the Wuhan virus pandemic, with the Director-General even accusing the tiny nation of racism last week. Apparently, Taiwan sent an email in December to the WHO warning them about the occurrence of a new disease in China and asking for more information. That information being investigated that early in the game could have saved tens of thousands of lives. Instead, Taiwan was ignored.

Monday's WH Press Conference and Coronavirus update - scheduled to start at 5 pm eastern.

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic was the deadliest in human history. But the virus was a part of the historical events of the time. The History Guy recalls the forgotten history of how the events of 1918 shaped, and were shaped by, the pandemic. It is history that deserves to be remembered.