Wuhan Coronavirus Tag

Trump to FDA: Cut the Red Tape to Deploy Drugs to Coronavirus Patients

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 19, 2020 29 Comments

President Donald Trump directed the FDA to cut the red tape to fast-track a few drugs proven around the world to treat the Wuhan coronavirus.

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U.S. Sanctions Chinese Companies Over Oil Trade With Iran

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on March 19, 2020 13 Comments

The United States has sanctioned several Chinese companies involved in shipping Iranian oil and financing terrorism, the State Department announced on Wednesday. The measures taken against seven interlinked companies include three mainland China-based firms, three Hong Kong-based, and one from South Africa.

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College Admissions Officers Begin Worrying About Enrollment Due to Coronavirus

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 19, 2020 6 Comments

"deeply worried about the potential impact of the coronavirus on enrollment, a new survey suggests"...

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Princeton Students Petition for Changing Grading System to Pass/Fail for Spring 2020

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 19, 2020 1 Comment

"The Daily Princetonian Editorial Board is leading the charge."...

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Report: China Destroyed Evidence of Wuhan Coronavirus in December

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 19, 2020 58 Comments

My daily update must start with the revelation by an independent, investigative journalism team at Caixin Global. The team discovered that Chinese scientists destroyed proof of research involving the novel coronavirus that is now spreading at pandemic levels.

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Ilhan Omar Praises Trump: ‘Incredible and the Right Response in This Critical Time’

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 19, 2020 49 Comments

If you only listened to the media and pundits with TDS you would think the Wuhan coronavirus ended President Donald Trump. Weird how they now ignore the praises from Democratic politicians. The latest praise came from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). Yes. Ilhan Omar.

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Protesters at Syracuse University Continuing Occupation Despite Campus Evacuation

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 19, 2020 8 Comments

“should not use its response to COVID-19 as a reason to ignore the movement’s demands”...

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China Blames America for China Kicking Out American Newspaper Journalists

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 18, 2020 24 Comments

The Communist Chinese government expelled journalists from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post on Tuesday to tighten its grip on the coronavirus story. The Communists blamed the U.S. for the decision while threatening to throw out more journalists.

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CNN’s Dana Bash Praises Trump’s Handling of Coronavirus: “Kind Of Leader That People Need”

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 18, 2020 45 Comments

CNN's Dana Bash did the unthinkable this week by praising Trump over his handling of the Coronavirus. Since Trump's election, bias in our media has been especially awful, notably so at CNN.

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Elizabeth Warren exploits coronavirus crisis to push unrelated corporate reforms

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2020 33 Comments

Rahm Emanuel once said:

You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that [is] it's an opportunity to do things that you think you could not before.

Elizabeth Warren is taking that to a new level, proposing to hold saving the airline and other industries hostage to corporate governance changes unrelated to the crisis.

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Trump, Trudeau Agree to Close Border to Slow Coronavirus

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 18, 2020 11 Comments

President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to shut down the border for non-essential travel to help slow the coronavirus.

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15 People at Duke University Test Positive for Coronavirus

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 18, 2020 9 Comments

"All members of this group were directed by Durham County Department of Public Health and Duke to undergo a self-quarantine at their homes"...

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Task Force focuses on 15-Day Plan, Economic Stimulus, and TeleHealth

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 18, 2020 7 Comments

Perhaps it is just me, but the press at the Tuesday Coronavirus Task Force seemed restrained and respectful.  I hope it is a trend that continues.

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Young America’s Foundation Cancels Programs Through April Due to Coronavirus

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 18, 2020 0 Comments

"At this critical time for our country, this was not the decision we wanted to make."...

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Op-Ed: Coronavirus Could Pop the Higher Education Bubble

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 18, 2020 14 Comments

"Once a large university proves it can provide a reasonable facsimile of its course offerings without the enormous expense, students may start to demand they do so"...

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Media Hoaxes: No, Trump did not “disband” WH pandemic office, cut CDC work from “49 to 10” countries, or refuse WHO “testing kits”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on March 18, 2020 19 Comments

It's absolutely stunning to see Democrats and the media (all the usual nods to repeating myself) continue to attack President Trump with a range of outright lies in the midst of a global pandemic.

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Liberal Media Melts Down After Trump Tweets ‘Chinese Virus’

Posted by Stacey Matthews on March 17, 2020 60 Comments

I wrote last week about how both the national press and Democrats seemed to be working in concert to shame Republicans into dropping "Wuhan" and "Chinese" when talking about the Wuhan Coronavirus, suggesting it was "racist" and "stigmatizing" to reference from where the virus originated continually.

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Infectious Disease, Then and Now

Posted by New Neo on March 17, 2020 40 Comments

I grew up in an era when nearly all children got a series of diseases that are now mostly distant memories. The vast majority of us survived, unlike in previous periods:

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