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<p>WUHAN—In an alarming turn of events, workers at a Wuhan research lab were seen adjusting a sign that read “92 Days Since Accidentally Releasing a Virus,” taking down the 92 and replacing it with a zero.</p> <p>“Everything is still great here,” said President Xi Jinping to selected members of the press. “Nothing alarming has happened here... and certainly not for a second time.” Xi was wearing a hazmat suit, but he claimed that was because it was laundry day and that was the only thing he had left that was clean. The American press felt no need to ask any follow-up questions.</p>

Briarcliff Skilled Nursing has updated its COVID-19 numbers. They are now up to 12 residents and eight staff who have tested positive for the virus.

A new rule issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Agriculture Department (USDA) allows H-2A foreign visa workers to remain in the United States for longer than three years.Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf announced on Wednesday that the agency, in coordination with USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue, will allow American farms to hire H-2A foreign visa workers who are already in the U.S. — bypassing existing rules that require them to hire incoming H-2A foreign visa workers.The H-2A program allows American farms to import a limitless number of foreign workers and pay them below-average U.S. wages. American farms...

The debate about “reopening the economy” is a phony debate. It’s phony because “the economy” isn’t shut down. Far from it. Walmart is still open. Dollar General is open. Amazon is open. Alibaba is open. It just so happens that the big-box mass merchandisers and online retailers responsible for flooding our country with crap from Communist China are open. Meanwhile, other, very specific parts of the country are shut down. Family-owned shops and workshops, the backbone of America, are closed. Fast-food franchises remain open—drive-through windows are operating at full tilt—but independently owned restaurants are shuttered or trying to survive at...

During this period of uncertainty and massive change in the normal cycle of our daily routines, the Illustra Media staff, board of directors, and our distributor (RPI) want to offer encouragement and hope through the films we have produced during the past 20 years.For the next 60 days, we will make streaming of our full length documentaries available free of charge. Click on any of the titles below to access the English versions. To stream international translations click here. You may bookmark this page for future reference. Please feel free to share it with your friends, family, and social media...

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Liz Wheeler. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Liz Wheeler is the host of “Tipping Point with Liz Wheeler” on One America News Network, and is one of the most prominent conservatives under 30 in the country. All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent spoilers.To solve the puzzle: Enter the letters in the top half (letter columns) of...

The Communist Democrats, NWO freaks, and the media are trying to kill us. On Wednesday March 25, 2020 I was supposed to have dinner with First Lady Melania Trump and a number of fellow women fundraisers, at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida. On that morning I awoke in Washington, DC with flu symptoms. This is the story of that journey – and I promise you – a truthful report of what is really going on out there with this pandemic and how politics is responsible for the damage to the U.S. economy and for the unnecessary deaths of Americans. Day 2:...

Almost everything we thought we knew about the first outbreak of Covid-19 could be wrong, if a team of scientists led by the University of Cambridge turns out to be correct

African countries desperately need ventilators, personal protective equipment and basic medical supplies as the coronavirus spreads there. On Thursday, Sweden responded to their need with a $2 million aid plan. But the money will not be used for Africa’s biggest medical needs. Instead, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) plans to use the funds to send abortion kits and contraception to Africa. The agency claimed abortions are important health care, but they are being neglected because of the focus on the coronavirus crisis. “Our program is especially important for vulnerable women and girls in the region. We need to...

Friday, April 17, 2020 Home News Reports Tablighi Jamaat members attack female doctor at LNJP Hospital in Delhi, doctors hide as... Updated: 15 April, 2020 Tablighi Jamaat members attack female doctor at LNJP Hospital in Delhi, doctors hide as mob tries to break open the door At a time when frontline workers are risking their lives to limit the spread of the Chinese epidemic, there have been concerted attacks against them by many Tablighi Jamaat members who refuse to cooperate in the treatment. AIIMS' RDA write to Amit Shah, demand implementation of bill prohibiting violence against health personnel: Here are...

Iran paraded a device this week which it claims can detect coronavirus cases from 100 yards away - but the contraption looks remarkably similar to a fake bomb detection gadget once flogged by a British fraudster. Iranian Revolutionary Guard chief Hossein Salami boasted that 'local scientists' had invented the 'state-of-the-art' device to detect virus cases 'remotely' without the need for a blood test. How this would work is unclear, but Iranian media claimed the device had an '80 per cent accuracy' rate and could eventually be adapted to 'detect all kinds of viruses'.

A group of lawmakers and business leaders advising Gov. Kay Ivey issued a report today recommending that restaurants and retail stores reopen immediately under special social distancing guidelines.

If SARS-Cov-2 is already endemic in the population, there is nothing we can do to stop it — but no great reason to try to stop it, either Another day, and yet more evidence has appeared that could indicate the number of people who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, might be vastly higher than official figures suggest. This time a Californian study suggests the figure in one county could be more than 50 times the number who knew they had had the virus. A team from Stanford University and other colleges recruited volunteers in Santa...

I decided to dive into the available data. What I discovered is that not only can people be infected and experience no symptoms or very mild symptoms for the first few days, but this coincides with when the so-called viral load — the amount of virus being emitted from an infected person’s cells — may be the highest. That makes the virus a truly formidable opponent in our densely packed, globally connected world. We’re going to have to be smarter than this virus to stay on top of it. What does asymptomatic really mean? Let’s start with the basics. Dr....

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden said Thursday that he has started assembling a presidential transition team and is considering whether to elevate an official tasked with addressing pandemics to his Cabinet. Speaking at a virtual fundraiser, Biden said the process has been underway for several weeks. The former vice president effectively clinched the nomination just last week, when Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suspended his campaign.

Carnival Cruises helped fuel the coronavirus pandemic by still sailing its fleet of ships even when the company's executive knew it was risky, according to a CDC epidemiologist. Cindy Friedman, the epidemiologist who is leading the CDC's coronavirus cruise ship task force, told Bloomberg Businessweek in an explosive interview that the actions of Carnival Cruises amid the pandemic has put a 'huge strain' on the United States.

It's reasonable to assume that the vast majority of Americans process news and data, and calculate that self-quarantining, wearing masks and social distancing make sense for themselves, their families and the country. Free people act out of self-preservation, but they shouldn't be coerced to act through the authoritarian whims of the state. Yet this is exactly what's happening. There has been lots of pounding of keyboards over the power grabs of authoritarians in Central and Eastern Europe. Rightly so. Yet right here, politicians act as if a health crisis gives them license to lord over the most private activities of...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was absent during a celebration marking the anniversary of the birthday of his grandfather, the nation’s founder,Kim Il Sung – sparking questions about the despot’s health, according to reports. During the national holiday known as the Day of the Sun on Wednesday, senior officials paid tribute to the former leader’s embalmed body in the Kumsusan Palace of Sun, according to state media KCNA.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — A group of Marylanders plan to protest in Annapolis Saturday to reopen the state after Gov. Larry Hogan put the state under “stay at home” order on March 30 due to the coronavirus. The group, known as Reopen Maryland, plans to protest downtown around noon. They want the governor to reopen Maryland by May 1. “We are the strongest country on the planet and have put a man on the moon, there is no compelling reason why we can’t protect the sick and vulnerable and get our economy back to work,” a Facebook event says. The...

Learn about Shi Zhengli and Wuhan Institute of Virology She is a Chinese virologist who came to international prominence as "bat woman" during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic for her work on bat viruses. Shi is a researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Shi and colleague Cui Jie found the SARS virus originated in bats. Shi is a member of the Virology Committee of the Chinese Society for Microbiology. Statement that "In 2015 a Team of Scientists from the Wuhan Virology Lab Engineered a Hybrid Virus, Combining a Bat Corona Virus and...