The Coronavirus Outbreak Takes an Ugly New Turn
"Out of 18 cremators at a crematorium, 3 were burned out due to overuse. Other 15 in operation 24/7. Many families died out."
24 February 2020 - 10:48
Michael Snyder: Most Americans Are Not Taking This Coronavirus Outbreak Seriously, and That Is Potentially Very Dangerous
"Scientists that have studied the virus are telling us that it “could be 20 times more lethal than the flu”, and it binds to human cell receptors much more easily than the SARS virus did."
21 February 2020 - 22:48
Bill Blain: They’d None of Them Be Missed!
"A No Sh*t Sherlock award is winging its way to Goldman for spotting the market is underestimating the economic effects of the Coronavirus and something of a speculative bubble in stocks has developed."
21 February 2020 - 16:47
Hubei Provincial Government Promises Assistance as Foreign Students Run Out of Food and Essential Supplies
Ghanaian students in Hubei Province are appealing to be evacuated "because they have run out of essential supplies, including nose masks, food and water...".
20 February 2020 - 10:48
Michael Snyder: Ten Important Questions the Media Should Be Asking about this Coronavirus Outbreak
"Pankaj R. Patel, chairman of Zydus Cadila, said prices of medicine in India have exponentially jumped in the last several weeks, thanks to much of the medicine is sourced from China."
19 February 2020 - 10:48
Trump Does Not Trust the Coronavirus Numbers that Are Coming out of China
"According to the recruitment issued on Feb. 12, the funeral home needs 20 workers to pick up bodies from midnight to 4 a.m. Listed among the requirements for the job candidates are “16 to 50 years old…being physically strong and brave.”"
17 February 2020 - 10:48
Patrick Hill: Will the Coronavirus Trigger a Recession?
"Manufacturing operations require workers to be at the factory to produce products. Thus, manufacturing is much more acutely affected by quarantines, shutdowns, transportation disruption, and other government actions."
15 February 2020 - 18:48
Michael Snyder: World Economy Projected to Shrink for the First Time since 2009 as Coronavirus Plays Havoc with Global Supply Chains
"So here we are on the verge of the worst economic downturn in more than a decade, and even if this outbreak miraculously ended tomorrow it would still take quite an extended period of time for global supply chains to return to normal."
15 February 2020 - 10:48
Five Hundred Medical Workers in Wuhan Have Been Infected and Experts Are Warning of an Exponential Rise in Coronavirus Cases
"The test kits are a joke, producing 50% – 70% false negatives, which means people who have the coronavirus are falsely confirmed to be virus-free. .. Now, the CDC is admitting that its own test kits which were widely distributed to hospitals and clinics across all 50 U.S. states, are also failing."
14 February 2020 - 16:48
Salvatore Babones: Australia’s Coronavirus Shock
"...the epidemic exposes the poor planning of Australian universities, which aggressively chased Chinese student numbers without taking proper account of the risks. The coronavirus epidemic has brought those risks into sharp focus."
14 February 2020 - 01:28
An Executive Order Has Initiated the US Department Of Defense’s ‘Global Campaign Plan For Pandemic Influenza And Infectious Diseases 3551-13’
"Many in the mainstream media continue to try to convince us that this virus is not much more dangerous than the common flu, but if that is true then why is our military taking such a dramatic step?"
13 February 2020 - 22:48
Bill Blain: COVID-19 and the Markets
"Interesting on the train this morning – someone started coughing and the whole carriage went quiet. People started moving further down the train."
13 February 2020 - 19:48
The Number of Coronavirus Cases Has Just Exploded, and Many Fear that the Worst Is Yet to Come
"At this point, this virus is spreading very rapidly ... among the police and the military…"
13 February 2020 - 10:48
Michael Snyder: This Coronavirus Outbreak Is Really Starting to Take a Very Serious Toll on the Global Economy
"In fact, the Baltic Dry Index has fallen more than 80 percent since September and is rapidly headed toward an all-time low…"
12 February 2020 - 22:48
The Majority of Coronavirus Victims Are Men, and the Virus Is Hitting Adults Far Harder than It Is Hitting Children
"...in one study, 54 percent were men. Another earlier study of hospitalized patients was made up of 68 percent men..."
12 February 2020 - 10:48
Bill Blain: Markets, the Coronavirus and Ireland
"What are the implications for the UK and Ireland of Sinn Fein’s gains in the Irish elections?"
11 February 2020 - 16:48
Scientists Discover Coronavirus Has an Incubation Period of up to Twenty-Four Days and Can Survive for Nine Days on a Smooth Surface
"Analysis found that the average incubation period was three days – shorter than 5.2 days suggested in a previous paper – but the range of the a patient’s incubation period could extend from zero to 24 days."
11 February 2020 - 13:48
Keep Your Humanity, However Bad the Outbreak Gets!
"If the pandemic strikes, your "true colours" will show through. Panic marks a lack of perspective and inner peace."
10 February 2020 - 19:48
China Is Literally Dragging People out of Their Homes and Sending them to “Mass Quarantine Camps”
"China’s central government has ordered Wuhan to round up all suspected coronavirus patients as well as their close contacts in mass quarantine camps."
10 February 2020 - 11:17
Jane Graham Reed: Could Black Elderberry Offer Protection from the Novel Coronavirus?
"We have to weigh up the risks for ourselves, including understanding, at present, we have no certain protection from the coronavirus."
8 February 2020 - 17:35
Michael Snyder: The Coronavirus Outbreak Shows “No Signs of Slowing” as Crematoria Burn Bodies Twenty-Four Hours a Day
"The World Health Organization says that there are “no effective remedies” for this virus, and the number of cases continues to escalate."
6 February 2020 - 16:48