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Author: Leslie Eastman

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Leslie Eastman

I am an Environmental Health and Safety Professional, as well as a science/technical writer for a variety of news and professional publications. I have been a citizen activist since 2009, and am one of the co-founders of the San Diego-based group, Southern California Tax Revolt Coalition.

An internal memo has now been revealed showing that Chinese officials warned the nation's leadership about the likely pandemic of a SARS-like virus on January 14, 2020, the Associated Press reports. President Xi JingPing and the other leading members of the Chinese Communist Party delayed an official annoucement warning the public until Janaury 20.

There has been a troubling report published in The South China Morning Post with findings from researchers studying the Wuhan Coronavirus. A team of researchers from Shanghai and New York claims that COVID-19 could kill the immune cells that regularly kill the viruses, similar to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV infection leads to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

I would like to start today's post with some good news from my day job: My consulting firm is now going forward with the preparation of recommissioning businesses in anticipation of the restart of the economy. Meanwhile, the head of the World Health Organization responded to President Donald Trump, who slammed the agency during a recent Coronavirus Task Force briefing.