Panic Buying

Just read trends on twitter. #panicbuying was one trend. the hoarding of goods to "weather" the plague. I thought it quite odd.Buying up TP instead of papertowels? Is just an alarmist point of view. How about the guys garage that is full of hand-sanitizer? Seems he doesnt have a place to park his car. At least it will not go bad. The neighborhood seems quiet tonight because at least "social distancing" is working.

Seems to me that social distancing would work better than panic buying. The current coronavirus situation is very much like the five-stages of grief. No one in Europe took the virus seriously until Italy came up with a huge jump in coronavirus cases. The current situation in Italy is at worldometer. So how do we look at the "Virus", like a joke or take it seriously? The 1918 Flu epidemic was the same with soldiers coming home from the War. The flu was H1N1 and no one really understands how it spread so much (50 million deaths worldwide; 675 thousand deaths inside the United States). The biggest threat was the latency... the time it took to catch the full blown flu compared to just having the flu. Sounds familiar to this flu virus, doesnt it. People buying up all the TP in a store compared to running out is wise yet foolish.

A pandemic,rampant and rife, is only what you make of it.

UPDATE: 24 March 2020 - Panic buying has virtually stopped in the U.S. I think it was because of the media stigmatizing buyers.

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Turkey - A Rock and A Hardplace

Begun on 13 March 2020

The new Sultan of Turkey, Teccip Edrogen, is playing a dangerous game. He keeps trying to "have his cake and eat it too". Instead of stopping the illegal immigration of Moosleems at his borders he is allowing them in as a bargaining chip to hold over the heads of the E.U. (Afghans, etc.) and apparently it wont work.The Greeks are fighting back. And he is picking a fight with the Russians in Syria although.The new demarcation of the M-4 highway running through the center of Idlib Province is the place.

Wondering how the "game" of cat and mouse if working for the new Sultan. There are 3.7 million illegal migrants inside Turkey from Syria at the moment, and the government says it can no longer care for them (the E.U. has paid billions). In additon, 36 Turkish troops were killed by Syria on February 27. Turkey downed two Syrian jets in response. and Turkish drones have killed well over 2000 SAA fighters (Pakistani, Afghani, and other nations)as well. According to Axios the Turkish government is being backhanded because the E.U. has paid billions to Turkey to care for the refugees.

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Ukrainain malfaescence. Again?

Ukrainian Malfaescence. Again?

Soros and U.S. taxpayer money.

Rudolph Giuliani issued an appeal on YouTube that this does not get swept under the rug by the "NO STATE" and that the Democratic Party members (hold overs from Obama) are held accountable to the American public (taxpayers). Not to mention Soros!! Giuliani issued a plea that the people involved with the theft of money be invesitigated. Therefore, I am writing a blog post.

The video opens with the mention of the old time theme of common sense espoused by Thomas Paine, his book, Common Sense, opened the eyes of the average American about the British monarchists who bamboozled the politics of that era. Then, it breaks away to the "rationality".

Which leads me into a discussion of the "No State" and how they are hiding $3 billion. All in the name of A.I.D.S. epidemic and how the moral of its victims (both of the disease and the support ancillary) is being targeted or ignored.

Three billion Missing - Where did it go?

The Obama Administration and the U.S. Embassy has or had 3 billion in missing U.S. aid to the Ukraine (2015-2017). The charges against the N.G.O. NABU are from 2016. No investigation. No Visas. "Any information" was blocked by the Embassy, and any information regarding the misappropriation of U.S. money and information leading to the finding of the taxpayer dollars was suppressed by the "Embassy". The interim Charge de Affairs is a Trump appointee because the charge was made that it was an "official document." It seems that a Soros owned N.G.O. and some Ukrainian theft of money to go to people with Hiv/Aids moral boost. Where is the money? The fat slob Soros and his cronies? Or Democratic "No State" holdovers from the Obama Administration? With the impeachment procedings leveled against President Trump recently, I felt it was my duty as an American taxpayer to ask, "Where is the money?" Should be mentioned that the foreign aid given before the Trump Administration is just going to forgotten about; "No State" politics again.

I am just sitting here with five dollars to my name. And am just thinking that this is a shame.

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Globalization and Disease

Globalization

Globalization: the free dictionary (Commerce) the emergence since the 1980s of a single world market dominated by multinational companies, leading to a diminishing capacity for national governments to control their economies (Commerce) the process by which a company, etc, expands to operate internationally.

The interconnectivity of economic endeavors or simply put as "international trade" has made the spread of deadly pathogens with ease. Without the constant vigilance of government "centers for disease control" we would have wiped out ourselves years ago. This is only too apparent with the recent outbreak of the "novel coronavirus" outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei. It is incumbant that each and every nation is honest and forthcoming about new disease and their efforts to combat the spread of disease among humans (and animals). With the advent or invention of faster ways to travel internationally, EACH nation is responsible for the health of the world! Instead of infantile policies of secrecy and keeping thing private! We should be helping each other, as nations, to build a sense of trust and harmony with one another. Is not the time for childish games of foreign policy over, and finished; given the new abilities of travel and interconnectivity past. Am not too fond or happy with commie chinese or their policies, but look at how much the lack of compassion the Chinese Government has cost the world in terms of money. trust, and gppd-faith.

Etiology: the modern branch of science that deals with the causes of infectious disease, recognizes five major modes of disease transmission: airborne, waterborne, bloodborne, by direct contact, and through vector (insects or other creatures that carry germs from one species to another).This definition makes the censorship and control moot.the free dictionary discusion of globalization and disease and how it is interconnected teaches us that the hypothesis is correct. It is not supernatural mumbo-jumbo any longer.

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Covering Up Coronavirus

The Chinese cover up of the coronavirus was detrimental to even one person; is a crime. Now, there is a back and forth betwwen China and the U.S. on "who" covered up the errors. The cover up cost us two months of time. Axios has printed a report that the "INITIAL" silencing of the doctors, which so far has claimed four lives of the said doctors, because the protocol wasnt put into place in time. There are ways which doctors seperate chemical compounds (diseases) so that the general population does not get infected. Doctors with the skill to segregate infectious diseases from infectious diseases; that know the difference between indentifiable disease and novel disease. In order to protect the Socialist (Sanders) ideal from the detached and West. Already putting some spin on the narrative, saying that the response time was timely. And that according to Axios the Western press cannot state whether the virus came from the fish market in Wuhan or somewhere else. The fact remains the it is named the Wuhan coronavirus and that it originated in theFish market of Wuhan. The simple fact is that the Chinese did not follow "best medical practices" when trying to contain the initial outbreak of the pnuemonia-like virus. According to Foreign Policy the Chinese were "timely" in the response to the virus.

UPDATE: 16 March 2020 - There is a trend on FB. Calling the virus Trump's compared to China's virus. Have to look at the name of corona virus - 19 and why it is called Wuhan in the first place. There is a laboratory in Wuhan that grew the virus and the head of epidemiology in Wuhan, Hubei died from the virus.

tToday's count: 22 march 20 - 340,408 have the virus and there are 14,573 deaths worldwide.

UPDATE: 24 March 2020 - There is talk of unconfirmed people error in the articles onine. No major cover ups like the beginning of this article boasted. Italy is the major (Lombardy region) European epicenter of the disease. China has reported no new cases for three days and lockdowns have eased. Iran has reported that the virus is in its population centers and the virus is not a "Yanque conspiracy."Europe is in lockdown with 19 of 29 countries on nation-wide quarantine; the U.K. is enforcing not more than two people at a time as part of the social distancing policy.

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Sunrise

Went out and there was an illustrious sunrise. Deep and rich orange. Wanted to show you to give an idea of the sunrise here in Vegas.

This photo is from my backyard over my loud neighbors front yard.

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Coronavirus

Coronavirus ID19

As of today, 22 February 2020, there are 75,465 confirmed cases of confirmed COVID-19 in China with 2236 deaths according to the AP. Coronavirus is a family of viruses with cases devoloping into SARS and MERS. Almost all of the viruses are located around Wuhan,Hubei.By the sounds of the head doctor ,there is not enough equipment to perform tests, 60 million people live in Wuhan, and cannot tell how to measure or tabulate COVID-19 cases. "Now that we have labratory capacity, we can adjust the case definition again."The biggest danger that is apparent is that the "fear" of the virus is spreading faster than the virus itself.

Am reading an article about the MERS and SARS virus and how the CDC is labelling CVIp-19 as SARS CoV_o2 in response. It appears that SARS is related to coronavirus. This virus has me worried because it is so close to SARS. My wife feels that it was released from a laboratory. This would be a concerning to me because the laboratories are supposedly allowed to operate to protect us.

The Who recommends that if we wash our hands with soap and water, or use a alcohol based hand sanitizer. If we have sneezes to cover out mouth. If we blow our nose of bring up flim use a clean fresh tissue and discard the tissue after use in a covered waste hamper. If the patient has a "fever, cough, or difficulty breathing" seek medical care immediately. Maintain a social distance if you are coughing or someone else is coughing because of droplets of fluid spread disease as well. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth because our hands can pick up germs.

UPDATE: 1 March 2020-there are 88,339 cases with 3001 deaths reported. Guessing that China is just about shut down because of the virus. A lot of European countries are limiting or cancelling public gatherings.World O Meter has a nice breakdown of statistics and graphs to give someone a better idea of how the worldwide breakdown of cases develop. The (World Health Organisation) Who is patterning their response to a flu-like breakout. When people exhibit a fever, cough, or sore throat the person should self quarentine, that is stay indoors and limit contact with other people. The CDC coronavirus homepage has 'novel' coronavirus, MERS (Middle-Eastern Respiritory Syndrome), SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), and 'common' coronavirus listed. With 97 countries worldwide it is actually a pandemic!

China, Italy, Iran and South Korea have the most deaths, with at least 97 other countries dealing with an outbreak of some nature. Is it a pandemic or an outbreak? Depends on whom is asked and how many people have contracted the disease. South Korea and Iran have reported more than 1000 cases, as of 4 March 2020. There is under reporting: we could be dealing with multiple cases of undetected cases worldwide and chains of human to human transmission worldwide. So we shall listen to what news has to say for now, and decide for our selves.

The Hill reports that 40-70% of the population will come into contact with the coronavuris, which is 2.5-3 people for every one person infected.The Hill also reports that a Harvard scientist has called the contagion a pandemic.

UPDATE: 6 March 2010 - there are over 100,000 cases with over 3400 deaths reported. The U.S. has 14 deaths reported. The ratio of infected who have died is 3.4% worldwide.

UPDATE: As of 11 March 2020 - there are 125,054 cases of coronavirus worldwide with 4,616 deaths. The U.S. is reporting 38 deaths. The virus has been upgraded to a pandemic (Epidemic over a wide geographic area and affecting a large proportion of the population) as of 11 March 2020.

UPDATE: As of 13 March 2020 - there are 145.816 cases of coronavirus worldwide with 5438 deaths. The U.S. is reporting 50 deaths with 2329 cases. Dang.

UPDATE: as of 15 March - there are 169,610cases of confirmed corona virus world wide with 6,518 deaths. What an uptick! The U.S. is reporting 3782 cases with 69 deaths. It seems to me that the numbers went way up compared to last week at worldometers.info.

There was a huge jump in cases.182,726 cases worldwide with 7,174 deaths. China seems to be slowing the virus. Iran and Italy seem to have the virus running rampant with the U.S. reporting 4,727 cases with 93 total deaths.

There 219.265 cases worldwide and are 8,968 fatalities reported.

There are UPDATE: 24 March 2020 - 392,286 cases worldwide and 17,147 deaths reported.in the U.S. there are 46,146 cases with 582 deaths. The number of confirmed cases will reach 400.000 by days end.

UPDATE: 27 March 2020 - there are 594,687 cases worldwide and 27,255 deaths. In the U.S. there are 102,464 cases and 1604 deaths reported.

UPDATE: 4 April 2020 - Worldwide there are 1,188,487 cases, and 64,103 deaths reported. In the U.S. there are 302,919 cases reported with 8,243 deaths.

UPDATE: 12 April 2020 - there are 1,790,564 cases reported worldwide and 109,654 deaths. Inside the U.S. there are 533,115 cases and 20,580 deaths reported.

UPDATE: 19 April 2020 - there are 2,332,471 people infected with coronavirus worldwide and 160, 780 deaths reported. In the U.S. there are 738,923 cases with 39,015 deaths reported.

UPDATE: 25 April 2020 - There are 2,846,246 deaths are reported worldide and 197,859 reported deaths. The U.S. is reporting 925,758 cases with 52,217 deaths

UPDATE: 27 April 2020 - There are 3,022,788 cases of corona virus worldwide and 208,862 deaths reported. The U.S. is reporting 991,071 cases with 55,879 deaths.

16 June 2020 - there are 8,256,725 cases reported world wide with 445,958 deaths. In the U. S. there are 2,208,400 cases with 119,132 deaths reported.

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