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(WHO)(Bloomberg)(Covid 19) - WHO Issues a Rare Public Scolding, Saying Countries Wasting Time - 'World isn’t ready for a pandemic, emergencies chief Ryan says' - 4 years ago
'While such strict regimes impose harsh social and economic costs, “the last thing any country needs is to reopen schools and businesses only to close them again because of a resurgence in cases,” Tedros said. .. ..“Protecting our health-care workers must be the top priority.” ' 'Governments should stop wasting precious time needed to fight the coronavirus after squanderinby ProjectC - Project C
(Covid 19)('..Trump .. catastrophic failure.')('Situation in NYC with Covid 19 is unbearable') - The United States faces a catastrophe if it doesn't learn from the New York disaster happening now - 4 years ago
'2 worrisome stories.. Without enough ventilators, NYC doctors now calling next of kin to EXTUBATE (remove breathing tube) of low probability survivors to help save high chance survivors. Oh and begging to transfer patients out of state. #COVID19' - Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding (Source, March 25, 2020) 'Situation in NYC with #COVID19 #COVID is unbearable; need every kind of supporby ProjectC - Project C
(Humanity needs to make a choice) - 'Another requirement is reaching a global agreement on travel.' - 4 years ago
'..A self-motivated and well-informed population is usually far more powerful and effective than a policed, ignorant population. .. We might consider a similar global effort to pool medical personnel. Countries currently less affected could send medical staff to the worst-hit regions of the world, both in order to help them in their hour of need, and in order to gain valuable experienby ProjectC - Project C
(Global)(Martial Law)(Covid 19) - '..if leaders want people to do more, they must make it "mandatory," says Chater -- before it's too late.' - 4 years ago
'While Europe has now taken over from China as the epicenter of the outbreak, many Western countries do not appear to have learned from Italy's example.' 'But hundreds of thousands of Italians have since been given police citations for flouting the ban, and a Chinese Red Cross official last week said Italy's measures -- among the strictest in Europe -- weren't strby ProjectC - Project C
(Global Curfews)(National Gaurd, only in an emergency martial law)(New York Times) - Here’s What Calling in the National Guard Means - 4 years ago
'Asked specifically if they could be used to enforce curfews, General Lengyel did not rule it out, saying governors are able to use their Guard members as they see fit.' 'The coronavirus outbreak has prompted dozens of governors to activate the National Guard. The sight of troops has stoked fears of a military-enforced quarantine, but the orders have been more mundane. ..by ProjectC - Project C
(Bloomberg) - '..Bullard predicted .. an unprecedented 50% drop in gross domestic product.' - 4 years ago
'Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard predicted the U.S. unemployment rate may hit 30% in the second quarter because of shutdowns to combat the coronavirus, with an unprecedented 50% drop in gross domestic product.' - Bloomberg, U.S. Jobless Rate May Soar to 30%, Fed’s Bullard Says, March 22, 2020 Context (Banking Reform) - 'History’s greatest Bubbby ProjectC - Project C
(Banking Reform) - 'History’s greatest Bubble is nearing the end of the line..' - 4 years ago
'For Fisher, fractional reserve banking is “a very risky affair,” and “It is obvious that such a top-heavy system is dangerous.” .. the 100% plan is “incomparably the best proposal ever offered for speedily and permanently solving the problem of depressions.” ' - (Banking Reform) - '..For Saravia de la Calle, those who engage in fractional reserve banking commit a mortal sin..&#by ProjectC - Project C
(Banking Reform)(Global Depression) - '..We must prepare for a much longer recession / depression now.' - Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding - 4 years ago
'DOWNGRADE: 24% contraction — thats another downgrade of economic outlook because of #COVID19. We must prepare for a much longer recession / depression now. <blockquote>'Goldman Sachs is now projecting a massive U.S. economic contraction in the second quarter of the year. The bank is forecasting a 24% decline in economic activity next quarter, compared to their previous forecaby ProjectC - Project C
((Global) Lockdown) - 'Contact your local leaders and tell them lockdowns and containment measures can help stop the epidemic!' - Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding - 4 years ago
'LOCKDOWN STARTING TO WORK? look at how the exponential line (Y-axis is log) is now bending towards sub-exponential once lockdown goes into place. Contact your local leaders and tell them lockdowns and containment measures can help stop the epidemic! #COVID19' - Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, Source, March 15, 2020 Context (The Guardian)(Global Lockdown 2020 - (2021?)) - UK coronavirby ProjectC - Project C
(The Guardian)(Global Lockdown 2020 - (2021?)) - UK coronavirus crisis 'to last until spring 2021 and could see 7.9m hospitalised' - 4 years ago
'Secret UK briefing- “epidemic last until next spring and could lead to 7.9 million hospitalised, a secret briefing for senior NHS officials. health chiefs are braced for up to 80% of Britons becoming infected with coronavirus over that time.” #COVID19' - Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, Source, March 15, 2020 'Why should we all care & deeply worry about New South Wales, Australiby ProjectC - Project C
(Global Lockdown 2020 (- 2021?))(Covid 19) - 'We need to brace for longer lockdown' - Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding - 4 years ago
'We need to brace for longer lockdowns: “Americans should be prepared that they are going to have to hunker down significantly more than we as a country are doing” says longtime NIAID director Dr Fauci. He is one of the few voices in US govt that I absolutely trust on #COVID19' - Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, Source, March 15, 2020 'Why should we all care & deeply worry aboutby ProjectC - Project C
Coronavirus Will Change How We Shop, Travel and Work for Years - '..the risks of relying on one source..' - 4 years ago
'Traces of such habits will endure long after the virus lockdowns ease, acting as a brake on demand. On the supply side, international manufacturers are being forced to rethink where to buy and produce their goods -- accelerating a shift after the U.S.-China trade war exposed the risks of relying on one source for components.' 'Every economic shock leaves a legacy. The deadly coby ProjectC - Project C
(The Hill) - 'President Trump on Friday declared a national emergency over the coronavirus..' - 4 years ago
'The president urged states to set up emergency operation centers and hospitals to active emergency preparedness plans, as well as a partnership with private companies to increase testing capabilities. He also said that the administration was working to set up drive-thru test sites. The administration has faced intense criticism over the slow rollout and availability of tests.' &#by ProjectC - Project C
(CNN) - The coronavirus has officials running the world from home - 4 years ago
'(CNN) - More and more of the world is working from home as the novel coronavirus spreads -- and so is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canada's leader is currently trying to run his country in self-isolation after his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, tested positive for coronavirus.' - CNN, The coronavirus has officials running the world from home, March 13, 2020 Contextby ProjectC - Project C
(UK) - 'This is a serious plea.' - Richard Norton (editor in chief of the Lancet) - 4 years ago
'UK is about to become Lombardy (Italy) says editor in chief of the Lancet. And HCW will absorb the brunt of UK govt complacency, he says. <blockquote>The UK is on the edge of an avoidable calamity. In addition to deaths preventable by more aggressive government action, it will be health workers who absorb the brunt of government complacency. In Lombardy, 20% of health workers have beby ProjectC - Project C
(Trump total incompetence)(Vox) - America’s shamefully slow coronavirus testing threatens all of us - 'The US lags just about every developed country on testing for Covid-19 disease.' - 4 years ago
'Trump is going to try to spin this, but what he's going to find...is that you can't spin death.' - Dr. Dena Grayson (Source, March 12, 2020) 'SHAMEFUL - America has done 23 tests per million people - Korea 3692 tests per million people. US is 160x behind! Japan is very behind too. Same with UK, Netherlands, and Italy- but much better than US.' - Dr. Eriby ProjectC - Project C
(Trump Is Clueless About the Coronavirus) - Trump address sparks chaos as coronavirus crisis deepens - '[Trump hampering] U.S. government’s response to the contagion..' - 4 years ago
'Trump clearly has no plan. Closing the borders and restricting travel doesn’t matter, because experts think that the coronavirus had been in the United States for weeks before the first case was detected.' - Trump Embarrasses Himself In Clueless Coronavirus Briefing, March 9, 2020 'Local officials in some hard-hit areas are meanwhile warning that failures in the federalby ProjectC - Project C
Trump's coronavirus response is worse than incompetent - '..Trump .. he [is] obviously incapable of handling the problem..' - 4 years ago
'Thanks to the quarantine, St. Louis’ death rate in 1918 was lowest among major U.S. cities. In Philadelphia, where bodies piled up on sidewalks when the morgues overflowed, the death rate was nearly twice as high.' - Context: (BBC) Coronavirus confirmed as pandemic by World Health Organization - 'He said he was "deeply concerned" by "alarming levels of inaction&qby ProjectC - Project C
(China, Europe, US mismanagement) - Coronavirus: Wuhan doctor speaks out against authorities - 4 years ago
'“Yet in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, Chinese officials were busy arresting and punishing citizens for ‘spreading rumors’ about the disease, while online censors controlled the flow of information. Despite growing evidence of China’s mishandling of the outbreak and rising domestic Chinese outrage over the government’s censorship, Tedros remains unmoved. On February 20 at the Munichby ProjectC - Project C
(BBC) Coronavirus confirmed as pandemic by World Health Organization - 'He said he was "deeply concerned" by "alarming levels of inaction" over the virus.' - 'The case of the Netherlands..' - 4 years ago
'Thanks to the quarantine, St. Louis’ death rate in 1918 was lowest among major U.S. cities. In Philadelphia, where bodies piled up on sidewalks when the morgues overflowed, the death rate was nearly twice as high.' 'In early October, city health commissioner Dr. Max C. Starkloff ordered the closure of schools, movie theaters, saloons, sporting events and other public gatheringby ProjectC - Project C
(Banking Reform) - 'I have serious doubts contemporary finance will pass this test .. for centuries, post-Bubble post-mortem would invariably fault the instability of “fractional reserve banking.”..' - 4 years ago
'For Fisher, fractional reserve banking is “a very risky affair,” and “It is obvious that such a top-heavy system is dangerous.” .. the 100% plan is “incomparably the best proposal ever offered for speedily and permanently solving the problem of depressions.” ' - (Banking Reform) - '..For Saravia de la Calle, those who engage in fractional reserve banking commit a mortal sin..&#by ProjectC - Project C
(Banking Reform) - 'The Fed blew three economic bubbles in succession. A deflationary bust has started.' - 4 years ago
'..I am blaming the Fed for its erroneous inflationary tactics that blew three of the biggest economic bubble in succession: 2000, 2007, 2020. Bubbles are inherently deflationary. It’s asset asset bubble deflation that is damaging, not routine price deflation. When asset bubbles burst, debt deflation results. Here we go again.' 'The Fed blew three economic bubbles inby ProjectC - Project C
(CNN, Covid-19) - '..This is a time for pulling out all the stops..' - WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - 4 years ago
'This is not a drill. This is not the time to give up. This is not a time for excuses. This is a time for pulling out all the stops. Countries have been planning for scenarios like this for decades. Now is the time to act on those plans," Tedros said. "This epidemic can be pushed back, but only with a collective, coordinated and comprehensive approach that engages entire machineryby ProjectC - Project C
A Global Outbreak Is Fueling the Backlash to Globalization - '..seeking alternatives to making goods in China..' - 4 years ago
' “In North America and Europe, there is a recalibration, a wanting to engage on a more selective basis,” said. ' 'The coronavirus that has seeped out of China, insinuating itself into at least 76 countries while killing more than 3,200 people, has effectively accelerated and intensified the pushback to global connection. It has sown chaos in the global supply chain that linby ProjectC - Project C
'..the perils that China is inviting by turning away from substantive economic and political reform..' - 4 years ago
'It was “in the name of ‘stability maintenance,’” Xu Zhiyong’s essay charges, that “the Public Security Bureau of Wuhan threatened and denigrated doctors who tried to reveal the truth about the coronavirus.” The state-controlled China Central Television in Beijing, he adds, “offered support by condemning rumormongers and decried the doctors’ legitimate freedom to express their views. The covby ProjectC - Project C
(Global Healing 2020 - 2050)(Fusion Energy) - Total Transformation - '..the elimination of want.' - 4 years ago
'Fusion energy can make possible a fundamental global transformation to the next stage of human history. The first part of that transformation would be the elimination of want. Today, the majority of humanity lacks decent housing, good quality healthcare, clean air, clean water, and healthy food..' The Fusion Transformation By Eric Lerner March 1, 2020 Source As our latestby ProjectC - Project C
'In 1965, CEOs in the US earned 20 times more than the average worker but by 2015 it had risen to 300 times..' - 4 years ago
'In 1965, CEOs in the US earned 20 times more than the average worker but by 2015 it had risen to 300 times (in the UK, the bosses of FTSE 100 companies now earn 117 times the salary of their average worker).' 'In 2015, the boss of a card payments company in Seattle introduced a $70,000 minimum salary for all of his 120 staff - and personally took a pay cut of $1m. Five years laby ProjectC - Project C
(WHO, Covid-19) - Emergencies Program Director Michael Ryan called the situation 'a reality check for every government on the planet.' - 4 years ago
'Reluctance to tell the public the truth for fear of causing panic has plagued responses to other disease emergencies..' - New Scientist, Covid-19: Why won't the WHO officially declare a coronavirus pandemic? February 26, 2020 'After the WHO raised its alert level, the agency’s Emergencies Program Director Michael Ryan called the situation “a reality check for everyby ProjectC - Project C
(Focus Fusion) - How We Will Get to Net...Energy - 4 years ago
'People have asked us—how can we expect to go rapidly from where we are to net energy—when we get more energy out of the device than we put in. So we are going to show you the math. Here’s our plan.' - Eric J. Lerner, How We Will Get to Net...Energy, February 25, 2020 Context Greater New York Mensa, as part of our public lecture series, presents: "Could the Green Newby ProjectC - Project C
(New York Times) - Russia Strikes Turkish Forces in Syria, Turkey Says - '..our alliance is with Turkey, it is not with Russia..' - 4 years ago
' “This is a big development,” Ms. Hutchison said, “and our alliance is with Turkey, it is not with Russia.” She added, “We want Turkey to understand that we are the ones that they’ve been allied with.” .. The escalation came as Western members of the United Nations Security Council in New York implored Russia and Syria to decree a humanitarian cease-fire in the Idlib region. ..by ProjectC - Project C