Italian scientists investigate possible earlier emergence of Coronavirus-

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-timing/italian-scientists-investigate-possible-earlier-emergence-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN21D2IG

Italian researchers are looking at whether a higher than usual number of cases of severe pneumonia and flu in Lombardy in the last quarter of 2019 may be a signal that the new coronavirus might have spread beyond China earlier than previously thought.

He told Reuters he could not give exact figures but “hundreds” more people than usual had been taken to hospital in the last three months of 2019 in those areas – two of Lombardy’s worst hit cities – with pneumonia and flu-like symptoms, and some of those had died.

If this pans out, it would explain a lot of things and possibly that what we are seeing now is actually the second wave of C-19

C-19 not as bad as the models predicted-

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2238578-uk-has-enough-intensive-care-units-for-coronavirus-expert-predicts/

He said that expected increases in National Health Service capacity and ongoing restrictions to people’s movements make him “reasonably confident” the health service can cope when the predicted peak of the epidemic arrives in two or three weeks. UK deaths from the disease are now unlikely to exceed 20,000, he said, and could be much lower.”
His comments come as a team at the University of Oxford released provisional findings of a different model that they say shows that up to half the UK population could already have been infected. The model is based on different assumptions to those of Ferguson and others involved in advising the UK government.”

Gee, wonder if these guys did the climate modeling as well?

Prediction:

CNN: This just in, Trump over reacts to virus outbreak 

“Those who can should work from home”

Free humanity followed the leader for so long we got in the habit. In the process we rose to obtain enough personal prosperity that our presence really annoyed our elites (as represented by the angered trend-setter in this vignette.)

But we refused to be led off the cliff when we turned away the elites’ anointed one, Hillary. And we have now gotten in the habit of turning our backs on all those who see us as deplorables, same as she. We told them to kiss our butts!

The elites were incensed!
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Michael Snyder on why hundreds of CEO’s resigned shortly before the world went crazy-

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/why-did-hundreds-of-ceos-resign-just-before-the-world-started-going-absolutely-crazy

“In the months prior to the most ferocious stock market crash in history and the eruption of the biggest public health crisis of our generation, we witnessed the biggest exodus of corporate CEOs that we have ever seen.  And as you will see below, corporate insiders also sold off billions of dollars worth of shares in their own companies just before the stock market imploded.  In life, timing can be everything, and sometimes people simply get lucky.  But it does seem odd that so many among the corporate elite would be so exceedingly “lucky” all at the same time.  In this article I am not claiming to know the motivations of any of these individuals, but I am pointing out certain patterns that I believe are worth investigating.”

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From an interview with Mike Rowe-

https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/mike-rowe-coronavirus-crisis-compelling-case-capitalism-seen-lifetime

Rowe cited companies such as GM – which last week announced plans to ramp up production of ventilators — and 3M — which the financial website StreetInsider reported has doubled its production of respirators – as examples of capitalism responding.

“We have these big conversations about what direction the country is headed and what direction the country ought to be headed,” he said.

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“The people our loser elite look down on are saving our Bacon”

Town Hall -Kurt Schlichter

“Here are some people who are useless, especially now: Performance artists, diversity consultants, magic crystal healers, sociology TAs, members of the mainstream media, and gender-unspecified entities who brew kale kombucha.

Here are some people who matter, especially now: Soldiers, nurses, truckers, cops, the guy who stocks the shelves at Ralphs, farmers, and that dude rebuilding your roof.”

China Boomeranging-

National Review-

Call it paradox, irony, karma, or even tragedy, but China emerges from its deceit about the coronavirus outbreak in its weakest position since its Westernization began under Deng Xiaoping. And the U.S., after some rocky months ahead, if it stays calm, will likely reemerge in its strongest state in memory vis-à-vis its rivals.