Wuhan Coronavirus Tag

Hong Kong: Hundreds Arrested As Pro-Democracy Movement Returns After Coronavirus Outbreak

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on May 13, 2020 6 Comments

Pro-democracy demonstrations have returned to Hong Kong as coronavirus lockdown phases out. A big anti-government protest took place at a popular shopping mall on Sunday, where hundreds of riot police showed up to clamp down the protest. The police arrested more than 250 protesters over the weekend, the Hong Kong-based newspaper South China Morning Post reported.

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Democrats Present New $3 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package, Including $1 Trillion for the States

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 12, 2020 31 Comments

I blogged this morning about Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wanting to push through the next Wuhan coronavirus bill without many conversations. Pelosi dropped the $3 trillion package this afternoon, which includes another round of payments to Americans and $1 trillion for the states.

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Fake News: 60 Minutes Segment Claimed Mike Pompeo Said Wuhan Virus Was ‘Man-Made’

Posted by Stacey Matthews on May 12, 2020 16 Comments

As it turns out, Meet the Press host Chuck Todd was not the only journalist who peddled fake news about high-ranking Trump administration officials on Sunday using a deceptively edited video.

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Rand Paul to Dr. Fauci: History of pandemic science advice is “wrong prediction after wrong prediction after wrong prediction”

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on May 12, 2020 58 Comments

Tuesday, members of the White House Task Force on Coronavirus testified before the Senate Health Committee. Specifically, their advise on the response and re-opening was questioned.

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Pelosi Views ‘Everything as an Opportunity’ and Wants Democrats to Push Through Relief Bill ‘Without Too Much Conversation’

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 12, 2020 40 Comments

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi never lets a crisis go to waste to grab more power even as people suffer from the lockdown due to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. On MSNBC, Pelosi made it known that she views "everything as an opportunity." She also made it known she doesn't care about working with Republicans because it's important for the Democrats to present their relief bill "without too much conversation."

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Over Half of All U.S. Deaths Have Occurred in Just Five States

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 12, 2020 40 Comments

Today's update will start with a review of where the Wuhan Coronavirus deaths have occurred in this country.

Over half of all documented coronavirus deaths have occurred in just five states, following the trend seen in other nations that show heavily concentrated and very localize outbreaks.

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The center did not hold under prolonged and arbitrary lockdowns, as predicted

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 11, 2020 94 Comments

Just under two months ago, when the nation was under its first "15-days to flatten the curve," I wrote that the situation could not hold, that shutting down the economy was not a sustainable long-term plan. My estimation was that the inflection point would come sometime in May, June at the very latest. I was right. The inflection point has arrived.

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Andrew Cuomo rewrites history, calls virus that started in Wuhan, China, the “European virus”

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on May 11, 2020 48 Comments

In Monday's press conference, Cuomo repeatedly referred to COVID-19, which originated in China, as a "European virus," which is a talking point straight out of the Chinese Communist Party.

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German Intelligence Service Confirms China’s President Xi Pressured WHO to Delay Coronavirus Warnings

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 11, 2020 22 Comments

Based on information from German intelligence agencies, reports indicate that Chinese Leader Xi Jinping personally asked the World Health Organization to delay the release of critical information regarding its coronavirus outbreak.

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San Antonio City Council Declares ‘Chinese Virus,’ ‘Kung Flu Virus’ as Hate Speech

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 11, 2020 70 Comments

The San Antonio City Council passed a resolution that designated the terms "Chinese Virus" and "Kung Fu Virus" as hate speech in response to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.

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Model Predicts Up to a Third of Private Four-Year Colleges Are Now at High Risk Financially

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 11, 2020 3 Comments

"model predicts that effects from the pandemic would reduce the life span of the average college by 22 years"...

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Carnival Cruise Bookings Reportedly Surge 600% After Announcing August Relaunch

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 11, 2020 28 Comments

Perhaps this is another sign of disdain for pandemic-phobia.

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EU Plans to Restart Tourism Sector as Coronavirus Fears Recede

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on May 10, 2020 17 Comments

The European Union wants to restart its tourism sector as the spread of coronavirus recedes, a newly released policy document shows. A strategy document compiled by the European Commission, EU's executive arm, titled “Europe needs a break” recommends gradual lifting of border restrictions between member states to promote inner-European travel, the news agency Reuters reported.

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Colleges and Universities in New Jersey Hit Hard by Coronavirus Crisis

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 10, 2020 1 Comment

"scores of sectors that receive public funding -- including higher education -- are playing a waiting game"...

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Tesla prepared to move out of California amid fight over lockdown

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 10, 2020 33 Comments

Today's update will start with an intriguing development related to California's continuing pandemic work restrictions. Unhappy with the shuttering of his plant, Tesla CEO Elon Musk indicates that the company is preparing to file a lawsuit against Alameda County and will move its headquarters and future operations out of California.

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University of California May Not ‘Fully’ Reopen in the Fall

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 10, 2020 2 Comments

"The keys to this will be the availability of widespread testing"...

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Compare and Contrast: Media Coverage of Andrew Cuomo’s Coronavirus Failure vs. Ron DeSantis’ Success

Posted by Stacey Matthews on May 09, 2020 17 Comments

As both a media critic and a follower of all things political, it has been both fascinating and maddening at the same time to compare the media's coverage of NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of the Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak in his state to their coverage of FL Gov. Ron DeSantis's handling of the outbreak in his state.

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Iran-Linked Hackers Target U.S. Manufacturer of Coronavirus Therapeutic

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on May 09, 2020 25 Comments

Hackers with links to Iran have targeted a U.S. drugmaker working on a potential coronavirus treatment, Reuters news agency reported on Friday. The US drugmaker Gilead Sciences, whose antiviral drug remdesivir has shown promising results in treating coronavirus patients, came repeatedly under cyber attack from servers based in Iran in recent weeks, media reports reveal.

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