"An ecosystem as intricate and evolved as ours," argues Sonia Friedman, "is beyond price. It cannot be rebuilt from scratch."
"The World Health Organization, however, is unconvinced."
"Sunday worship and access to church buildings has been treated like a mere hobby or pastime rather than foundational to national and Christian life."
"A March 27, 2020 report from the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency concluded that it is possible that the new coronavirus emerged “accidentally” due to “unsafe laboratory practices.”"
"This frightening boost of capital to the surveillance state comes on top of $631 million in Centers for Disease Control funding for contact tracing tucked into the recently-passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Another $75 billion in proposed contact-tracing spending has been folded into in the House Democrats’ second stimulus bill, known as the HEROES Act."
"Adapt!"
"There is no need for questions to be answered or responsibility assumed. All that matters is that we have faith."
“The millions of casualties of a continued shutdown will be hiding in plain sight, but they will be called alcoholism, homelessness, suicide, heart attack, stroke, or kidney failure,” the letter goes on. “In youths it will be called financial instability, unemployment, despair, drug addiction, unplanned pregnancies, poverty, and abuse.”
"A seroepidemiological meanwhile has revealed that 17% of the population of London, and around 5% of the general population has already contracted the virus."
"We must also plan for longer-term reform to build a more stable and sustainable early childhood sector for all Australian children, which is less likely to need rescuing in the event of future shocks."
"... if you work but can’t work from home, you should speak to your employer about going back in."
"Four hundred and fifty-six people have died as a result of complications caused by the disease, with 86% of fatalities over the age of 50."
"... we’re opening our country. People want it open."
"Every time a new dollar is created, every existing dollar that you currently hold declines in value."
"With coronavirus now clouding the picture, governments around the world have neither payed attention, nor devoted enough resources to prevent a possible IS surge."
"Fox Business is reporting that Hertz is preparing to file for bankruptcy due to plunging car rental ridership."
"American slaughterhouses processed nearly a million fewer cattle, hogs and sheep in the past week than they did during the same time a year ago..."
"Some mines and metals will continue to perform well, while others may fall victim to the recession with mine closures, job losses and lost government revenues as a consequence."
"... for those with short memories there was a flood of it being spread on various web forums by what I believe was a army of paid disinformation agents."
"Nearly half of all New Yorkers say they know somebody who has died of coronavirus..."
"... where Chinese investors have been gradually but steadily acquiring Italian businesses, immigrant labourers from China make up the bulk of the workforce."
"What could possibly go wrong with “free money,” right?"
"Countries like Sweden never ordered lockdowns and are experiencing no higher rates of infection and death than nations that did. It’s the same with the seven states that never ordered lockdowns – Arkansas, North and South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska and Iowa."
"I don’t want to see this massive accumulation of debt destroy this great country."