Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Coronavirus: Global Lockdown Underway Without Reliable Data
March 20th, 2020Via: Stat News: The data collected so far on how many people are infected and how the epidemic is evolving are utterly unreliable. Given the limited testing to date, some deaths and probably the vast majority of infections due to SARS-CoV-2 are being missed. We don’t know if we are failing to capture infections by […]
99% of Those Who Died From Virus Had Other Illness, Italy Says
March 20th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: More than 99% of Italy’s coronavirus fatalities were people who suffered from previous medical conditions, according to a study by the country’s national health authority. … The Rome-based institute has examined medical records of about 18% of the country’s coronavirus fatalities, finding that just three victims, or 0.8% of the total, had no […]
California Issues ‘Stay at Home’ Order
March 19th, 2020It’s definitely getting interesting out there. I see people I knew back in high school on Facebook, the social butterflies, the ones with the big smiles on their faces in the yearbooks, the last ones you would ever guess would prep for anything (other than maybe a cocktail party), showing pictures of themselves buying lots […]
FBI: 300% Spike in Gun Buy Checks, Huge Backlogs, Shutdown Threatened
March 18th, 2020Via: Washington Examiner: Fears of a crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an historic spike in gun purchase background checks, leading to long delays in approval, according to the FBI and gun industry experts. What’s more, there is a potential that offices in charge of conducting the background checks could shut down, […]
GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobilization
March 18th, 2020Mmm hmm. GM’s other WWII mobilization: Hitler’s Carmaker: The Inside Story of How General Motors Helped Mobilize the Third Reich Via: Bloomberg: General Motors Co.’s Mary Barra offered to manufacture hospital ventilators in auto factories shuttered by the coronavirus outbreak, an effort that would echo Detroit’s contribution to Allied powers during World War II.
Trump Invokes Wartime Authority of Defense Production Act
March 18th, 2020Via: USA Today: President Trump on Tuesday invoked the Defense Production Act, a wartime authority that allows him to direct industry to produce critical equipment, to confront the spiraling crisis over coronavirus pandemic. The act was established in 1950 during the Korean War following war powers legislation used during World War II to direct private […]
Logistical and Technical Exploration Into the Origins of the Wuhan Strain of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
March 18th, 2020Via: Harvard to the Big House: This report is the product of a collaboration between a retired professional scientist with dozens of peer-reviewed publications and 30 years of experience in genomic sequencing and analysis, who worked at the Theoretical Biology Division of the Los Alamos National Laboratory and later helped design several ubiquitous bioinformatic software […]
All Nevada Casinos Ordered To Shut Down For 30 Days
March 18th, 2020Via: New York Post: For the first time in nearly six decades, Las Vegas casinos will go dark — shutting down for at least 30 days in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus. Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak announced a statewide order late Tuesday mandating all “non-essential” businesses such as bars, movies theaters and […]
Cypress, California: Line to Get Into Costco
March 18th, 2020Via: Orange County Register: Research Credit: Jb
Super Rich Stranded as Private Jet Operators Say No to Travel
March 18th, 2020Then, to the submarines! Via: Bloomberg: Private jet operators are turning away wealthy clients as coronavirus-related travel bans restrict their ability to operate, despite a surge in requests from people willing to shell out as much as US$150,000 to secure a spot on their planes. Inquiries for international flights on private jets have shot up […]
