Archive for the 'Health' Category
Dow Plunges 1,000 Points as Coronavirus Cases Outside China Jump
February 24th, 2020Oil down 4.9% at the moment. Via: USA Today: Global financial markets were jolted Monday after a significant rise in coronavirus cases outside of China revived concerns about a potential economic fallout from the outbreak. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 1,000 points, or 3.3%, erasing its gains for the year. The losses puts the […]
Costa Mesa Granted Temporary Restraining Order to Stop Feds from Using Local Facility to Quarantine People with Coronavirus
February 23rd, 2020Why would the government want to move people infected with this thing into a densely populated area? Hmm. Via: Los Angeles Times: A federal judge Friday night granted the city of Costa Mesa’s request for a temporary restraining order to stop a possible plan by state and federal agencies to use the Fairview Developmental Center […]
Coronavirus: The Pandemic Is Accelerating Worldwide
February 21st, 2020Via: Peak Prosperity:
CORONAVIRUS: 10 ITALIAN TOWNS IN LOCKDOWN
February 21st, 2020Via: AFP: Authorities in northern Italy on Friday ordered the closure of schools, bars and other public spaces in 10 towns following a flurry of new coronavirus cases. Five doctors and 10 other people tested positive for the virus in Lombardy, after apparently frequenting the same bar and group of friends, with two other cases […]
Aided by Machine Learning, Scientists Find a Novel Antibiotic Able to Kill Superbugs in Mice
February 21st, 2020Via: STAT: A study published Thursday in the journal Cell describes how researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used machine learning to identify a molecule that appears capable of countering some of the world’s most formidable pathogens. When tested in mice, the molecule, dubbed halicin, effectively treated the gastrointestinal bug Clostridium difficile (C. diff), […]
CHINA: 92% PERCENT DROP IN CAR SALES IN FIRST HALF OF FEBRUARY
February 21st, 2020Via: South China Morning Post: A 92 per cent drop in car sales in China in the first half of February provided the first real indicator of the economic impact of the coronavirus epidemic, with officials also warning of a sharp decline in Chinese exports and imports for the first two months of the year. […]
Coronavirus: China’s Manufacturing Supply Chain Pummelled from All Sides in Efforts to Restart
February 21st, 2020Let me know if you start to notice product shortages, or unusual events related to the coronavirus situation. Assuming anything major is going to happen outside of China, my guess is that a lot of mainstream media will go with censorship, diversion, and lies for as long as possible. The only obvious coronavirus related shortages […]
Coronavirus Infections Outside Of China Are Growing Exponentially
February 20th, 2020Via: Peak Prosperity:
Cruise Ship Is a Coronavirus Factory
February 19th, 2020Via: The Times: Japan’s incompetent quarantining of thousands of passengers on a British cruise ship created a “coronavirus machine” that risks further spreading the disease, one of the country’s leading experts has said. Kentaro Iwata, a professor of infectious disease, condemned the decision to release most of the passengers following two weeks of quarantine today […]
How China Is Working to Quarantine the Truth About the Coronavirus
February 19th, 2020“Censorship, diversion, and lying.” Google’s core principals? *I crack myself up* This piece is useful in understanding state behavior, in general, and their large, lapdog media and social networking organizations. Via: DefenseOne: In its battle to contain the coronavirus, the Chinese government has undertaken a wide range of measures, from shutting down cities to using […]
