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2020-03-15 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Coronavirus roundup: Trump tests negative, media devastated
From the Wall Street Journal, courtesy of KBK:
Trump Tests Negative, Media Devastated
Vice President Mike Pence said he would consult with the White House physician and get tested if necessary.

[DailyCaller]

President Trump Declares Coronavirus National Emergency at Friday Afternoon Press Conference



Trump to extend coronavirus travel ban to UK and Ireland


Mayor Bill de Blasio is urged by teacher's union to shut down New York City schools amid coronavirus panic as attendance plummets and 'terrified' NYPD cops are given expired hand sanitizer and just one mask each



America's hospitals will be overrun with coronavirus in just EIGHT DAYS: Obama's Medicare boss issues dire warning as doctors say as many as 500,000 are already infected and 10 MILLION will need care

Now MEXICO Worries About U.S. Border, Could Restrict Amid Coronavirus Fears
[THEGATEWAYPUNDIT] Mexico is mulling measures it may take with its northern border over fears that coronavirus
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
will spread from the U.S., health officials said on Friday.

The country has has confirmed 16 cases of coronavirus with no deaths, while there are more than 1,800 cases in the United States, where 41 people have died.

Mexico’s deputy health minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said contagion from the United States is a threat, Rooters reported.

"Mexico wouldn’t bring the virus to the United States, rather the United States would bring it here," he said at a news conference "The possible flow of coronavirus would come from the north to the south."

"If it were technically necessary, we would consider mechanisms of restriction or stronger surveillance," he said.

For his part, President Trump contends that the coronavirus only strengthens his argument that a wall is needed to secure the U.S. southern border.



Total number of coronavirus cases rises to 6 in Turkey
[DAILYSABAH] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor...
confirmed a sixth case of the coronavirus
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
after a Ottoman Turkish citizen who had returned from Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
within the past week tested positive, the health minister said on Saturday.

Minister Fahrettin Koca said the government was concerned about the new cases and urged citizens to administer self-quarantine for 14 days after returning from abroad. "Having passed health screening tests does not mean you don’t carry any risks," Koca said.

The new case is the first diagnosis that is not related to the five cases previously confirmed. Those were all family members of the Ottoman Turkish man who contracted the virus during his travel to Europe.

Koca said the government is working on launching a special coronavirus hotline, which will help citizens determine if they are infected with the virus known as COVID-19.

Tennessee man sitting on almost 18,000 bottles of hand sanitizer says he’s doing ‘a public service’
[MarketWatch] But Amazon and eBay have banned him and other resellers over price gouging on cleaning products and face masks.

Matt Colvin, a former Air Force technical sergeant, defended his actions as solving “inefficiencies in the marketplace,” in that hawking these products for profit online potentially sends them to areas of the country where it’s harder to get them. “There’s a crushing, overwhelming demand in certain cities right now,” he explained. “The Dollar General DG, +2.70% in the middle of nowhere outside of Lexington, Ky., doesn’t have that.”

From the Daily Caller, courtesy of Woodrow:
Leftist Michigan Governor Flirts with Invoking "Martial Law" using Virus as Excuse to Power Grab
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#1 Hoarding is against the law. Confiscate.
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#2 Bette Midler Coronavirus Conspiracy: ‘Why Should We Believe’ Trump Tested Negative
(sigh)
Posted by Anomalous Sources 2020-03-15 19:27||   2020-03-15 19:27|| Front Page Top

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