Wuhan Coronavirus Tag

Wuhan Virus Watch: Surgeon General Attacked By The Perpetually Offended

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 11, 2020 66 Comments

Good Friday's Coronavirus Task Force briefing created a fair amount of controversy, and none of it involved the virus.

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Michigan’s Attorney General Makes Coronavirus A Race Issue

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on April 10, 2020 49 Comments

You know what this global pandemic was missing? A heaping dose of race baiting.

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Government Gone Wild: Wuhan Coronavirus has Led to Massive Overreach

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 10, 2020 46 Comments

You give the government an inch they will go 500 miles. Then they'll go 500 more. The Wuhan coronavirus is just the latest example that proves this point. Your resident libertarian is here to showcase a few instances of government overreach in the name of the common good.

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U. Chicago Student Petition Calls for 50 Percent Tuition Reduction Due to Coronavirus

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 10, 2020 1 Comment

"won’t pay their tuition unless the administration slashes it in half"...

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Poll Finds Democratic Students Blame Trump More Than the Chinese Government for Coronavirus

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 10, 2020 2 Comments

"27 percent of Democratic college students blame President Trump more versus 15 percent who blame the Chinese government more"...

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Stanford Medicine Investigating Possible California Herd Immunity to COVID-19

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 10, 2020 29 Comments

Stanford Medicine began an investigation to discover herd immunity to the Wuhan coronavirus.

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Even a Small Reduction in Enrollment Due to Coronavirus Will Devastate Some Schools

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 10, 2020 1 Comment

"One in 10 high school seniors who had planned to go to a four-year college prior to the coronavirus is likely to change their direction as a result of the outbreak"...

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Trump To Block Iran’s $5 Billion IMF Loan Request

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on April 10, 2020 13 Comments

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to block Iran's bid for a $5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), news reports say. The international funding organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., is currently considering an Iranian request for "emergency funding," citing the outbreak of Wuhan Coronavirus in the country.

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Investigation: How Anti-Israel Activists Are Hijacking The Coronavirus Crisis And Turning It Against Israel

Posted by Samantha Mandeles on April 09, 2020 5 Comments

We have written a lot about how anti-Israel activists routinely hijack causes, events, and crises unrelated to Israel, using "intersectional" theory to turn those issues against the Jewish state. That phenomenon is playing out again with the coronavirus pandemic, providing the 'usual suspects' with yet another issue to exploit.

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Pentagon rejects ABC News claim of November 2019 report warning of Wuhan coronavirus pandemic

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2020 27 Comments

It's amazing how much mainstream media political coverage of the Wuhan caronavirus pandemic resembles Russia-collusion reporting. With Russia-collusion reporting, there were serial media bombshells of collusion based on anonymous sources how were "familiar" with a document or heard something from someone.

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Democrat Senators Push for Local Journalism Bailout as Part of Coronavirus Relief

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on April 09, 2020 41 Comments

The country is at a standstill. Ad revenue is drying up. Local media outlets, already struggling, are suffering as a result. Nineteen Democrat Senators are pushing for a bailout of "local journalism and media" in any upcoming Coronavirus relief legislation.

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Released from Intensive Care

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on April 09, 2020 13 Comments

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was removed from intensive care Thursday evening after being admitted with COVID-19 on Monday. Johnson will remain in the hospital for monitoring.

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Infection Model Criticisms Painted as ‘Conspiracy Theories’

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 09, 2020 70 Comments

I have a "conspiracy theory" about recent "conspiracy theories."

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Yale Adopting Universal Pass/Fail Grading System for Spring 2020 Semester

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 09, 2020 4 Comments

"will forgo letter grades and, instead, students will receive a 'pass' or 'fail' on their transcripts"...

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Loss of Tuition from Foreign Students is Hitting Universities Hard

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 09, 2020 5 Comments

“NYU is home to the largest number of international students, so this outbreak does put us in an interesting position”...

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Democrats block expansion of Paycheck Protection Plan, demand more unrelated spending

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2020 14 Comments

Yesterday I reported that Pelosi/Schumer may stymie Paycheck Protection Program expansion over unrelated new spending demands. The PPP provides forgivable loans to small businesses on the condition that the funds be used for paying workers, with a portion permitted to be paid for certain fixed costs like rent.

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Wuhan Virus Watch: WHO Director Threatens Trump With ‘More Body Bags’ After POTUS Targets Agency’s Funding

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 09, 2020 29 Comments

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.

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Unemployment Claims Hit 6.6 Million Last Week Due to Wuhan Coronavirus Pandemic

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 09, 2020 11 Comments

The Labor Department reported that 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment between March 28 and April 4.

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