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Best of the Web: The total number of coronavirus deaths to date in the world still less than total number of flu deaths in the US this flu season

Jim Hoft
Gateway Pundit
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:01 UTC
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The governments around the world have shut down the world economy for two months due to the coronavirus. These efforts which may have economic ramifications for years to come are in response to the Wuhan coronavirus which hasn't yet killed as many people worldwide as the flu killed in America this year.

As we have reported several times now — the Director of the World Health Organization created an international panic when he miscalculated the coronavirus mortality rate at 3.4%.

The controversial Ethiopian politician and Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, claimed in a press conference in early March that the fatality rate for the coronavirus was many multiples that of the fatality rate of the common flu.

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Imperial College scientist who predicted 500K coronavirus deaths in UK adjusts to 20K or fewer

Andrew Mark Miller
Washington Examiner
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:59 UTC

Comment: The catch is that he's claiming this massive reduction will have been thanks to the global lockdown.

Fake news, fake science.


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A scientist who warned that the coronavirus would kill 500,000 people in the United Kingdom has presented evidence that if current measures work as expected the death toll would drop to roughly 20,000 people or fewer.

Scientist and Imperial College author Neil Ferguson said Wednesday the coronavirus death toll is unlikely to exceed 20,000 and could be much lower if lockdown measures continue, according to New Scientist. He added that he is "reasonably confident" that Britain's health system can handle the burden of treating coronavirus patients.

"There will be some areas that are extremely stressed, but we are reasonably confident — which is all we can be at the current time — that at the national level we will be within capacity," Ferguson said.

Comment: Alternate headline: 'Fear mongers walk back original fear mongering, but hold that results of fear mongering is what lead to less need for more fear mongering, continue to fear monger'.

What a shower of utter dimwits.

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SOTT Focus: 12 Experts Question The Need For a Global Coronavirus Lockdown


OffGuardian
Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:00 UTC
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Below is our list of twelve medical experts whose opinions on the Coronavirus outbreak contradict the official narratives of the MSM, and the memes so prevalent on social media.

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Dr Sucharit Bhakdi is a specialist in microbiology. He was a professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and head of the Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene and one of the most cited research scientists in German history.

Comment: A piece like this is solid gold hidden amongst the hysteria. The excerpts cited, along with the links provided, give an excellent overview to what is actually going on with this virus-panic. Unfortunately, no one is listening to the experts, they're listening to the politicians who are more interested in their public image for re-election, and the mainstream media, who are more interested in scaring people for clicks.

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Best of the Web: The War on Death

C.J. Hopkins
The Unz Review
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 08:41 UTC
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OK, I've got some good news and I've got some some bad news. The good news is mainly for authoritarians who missed all the fun during the War on Terror. The news is ... welcome to the War on Death!

Yes, that's right, global capitalism (a/k/a "the world") is now at war with Death ... which is great news for authoritarians! No more bothersome critical thinking. The time for questioning our leaders is over. It's time to shut up and follow orders. We're in a global state of emergency, folks! We're talking lockdowns, soldiers in the streets, abrogation of our constitutional rights, arbitrary arrests, indefinite detentions, round-the-clock media fear-propaganda ... the whole totalitarian megillah!

What, you're probably asking, is the War on Death? Well ... for those who remember the War on Terror, the War on Death is just like that, except this time the evil enemy is Death ... or, all right, maybe not exactly like that, but there are a number of striking similarities.

For one thing, just like the War on Terror, we didn't start it. Death attacked us! There we were, peacefully going about our global capitalist business, quelling a worldwide "populist" rebellion orchestrated by Russian-backed Nazis, when Death attacked us with a coronavirus ... more or less exactly the way that the terrorists attacked us in 2001.
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Hysteria rouser Dr. Anthony Fauci now concedes the coronavirus mortality rate may be much closer to a very bad flu

Jim Hoft
The Gateway Pundit
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 08:25 UTC
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Last week morning Governor's Gavin Newsom from California and Andrew Cuomo from New York announced complete lockdown on state residents due to the coronavirus pandemic.

There had been 16,067 cases of the coronavirus reported in the US at the time.
There had been 219 deaths in the US due to coronavirus at that time.

The following morning NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci told reporters during the daily White House press conference, "I strongly agree" with the New York and California governors for shutting down their state economies.

This was based on the highly flawed models on the coronavirus that were being peddled at that time.

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US overtakes China as country with highest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases and more corona-related news


RT
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 06:37 UTC
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© Reuters / Stefan JeremiahPeople wait in line to be tested for Covid-19 while wearing protective gear, outside Elmhurst Hospital Center in New York City
The US has topped the list of nations with the most coronavirus cases, as the number of those infected within the country crept past 85,000 cases, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

The grim milestone was achieved on Thursday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, which puts the US at 85,840 cases of the virus, surpassing Italy at 80,589 and China at 81,782.


Comment: It's not really a "grim milestone." The more people you test, the more that are likely to test positive.


With 150 new fatalities reported so far on Thursday alone, Covid-19 has killed a total of 1,177 Americans to date. Thursday also saw cases worldwide soar beyond half a million, with more than 525,000 infections reported around the globe.

Comment: Italy has rejected an EU proposal to help them deal with the economic fallout of the coronavirus, saying it "doesn't go far enough." Germany pathetically offered to take in a handful of coronavirus patients from Italy, a hollow gesture if there ever was one. In Florida, 2 poll workers tested positive. Authorities have recommended anyone who casted ballots in the primary to get tested. The IRGC chief called out Pompeo for spreading "misinformation" after the Sec. of State claimed they were helping Iran, saying "they [Americans] are entangled with the spread of this virus and their sanitary and health infrastructures are not able to protect its people in the face of this phenomenon."

Trump announced he would not let Boeing go out of business due to the massive drop in flights. The company has already seen a huge drop in its stock after they had to ground their 737 Max aircraft after 2 crashes last year and the discovery of many issues in the production of the airplane. The Iranian FM urged the world to ignore the US sanctions against the country, calling the need to help Iran a "moral imperative." Germany has seen a surge in new cases of over 5,000 in one day with 55 deaths.

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Best of the Web: Many are currently watching Contagion, a pandemic movie that more or less follows the script currently playing out

Yvonne Lorenzo
LewRockwell.com
Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:00 UTC
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The book National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood detailed the authors' "astonishing findings from trawling through thousands of new US military and intelligence documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

The documents reveal for the first time the vast scale of US government control in Hollywood, including the ability to manipulate scripts or even prevent films too critical of the Pentagon from being made — not to mention influencing some of the most popular film franchises in recent years."

I bring up that important book because of its relevance to one of the most popular movies being streamed now, during the COVID-19 "pandemic." I question whether this eleven year old film on a viral pandemic was itself a co-creation or influenced by direct government control; certainly the creators admit to working with government experts. That film is Contagion, and it is currently undergoing an online viewing resurgence in light of the COVID-19 pandemic as millions are "sheltering in place" at home, without work, confused and afraid.
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New Oxford study suggests millions of people may have already built up coronavirus immunity

Tim O'Donnell
Yahoo
Tue, 24 Mar 2020 02:56 UTC
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Herd immunity
A model predicting the progression of the novel coronavirus pandemic produced by researchers at Imperial College London set off alarms across the world and was a major factor in several governments' decisions to lock things down. But a new model from Oxford University is challenging its accuracy, the Financial Times reports.

The Oxford research suggests the pandemic is in a later stage than previously thought and estimates the virus has already infected at least millions of people worldwide. In the United Kingdom, which the study focuses on, half the population would have already been infected. If accurate, that would mean transmission began around mid-January and the vast majority of cases presented mild or no symptoms.
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Stanford doctors: Coronavirus fatality rate may be far lower than current models predict

Sophie Mann
Just The News
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 02:49 UTC
Stanford University
© Philip Pacheco / Getty ImagesStanford University
The true fatality rate of the novel coronavirus may be much lower than current projections imply, according to two professors of medicine at Stanford University.

Dr. Eran Bendavid and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya postulate, in The Wall Street Journal, that the high estimated fatality rate of the coronavirus of 2%-4% is "deeply flawed." They base their argument around the metrics of total individuals infected who die, rather than individuals with identified cases of the virus who have died.

"If the number of actual infections is much larger than the number of cases - orders of magnitude larger - than the true fatality rate is much lower as well," the doctors write.
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Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signs emergency order banning prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine for treatment of coronavirus

sundance
The Last Refuge
Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:55 UTC
Gov. Steve Sisolak
© Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via APGov. Steve Sisolak
This is almost unbelievable, if it wasn't for the fact the governor is a democrat. Hopefully voters are paying close attention to this stuff and will remember in November. All of these authoritarian tendencies are being triggered by the opportunity known as COVID-19.

The DEMOCRAT governor of Nevada has signed an executive order banning the use of hydroxychloroquine as a medical treatment for those suffering from the coronavirus.
LAS VEGAS — Nevada's governor has signed an emergency order barring the use of anti-malaria drugs for someone who has the coronavirus.

Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak's order Tuesday restricting chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine comes after President Donald Trump touted the medication as a treatment for the virus. (read more)
This level of severe Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) will immediately open a black-market for people to travel across state lines to obtain their medical needs. Great job idiot.
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