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UPDATE: All 90 Catholic schools close in SF, Marin and San Mateo counties after a student tested positive for the #coronavirus.https://t.co/weguv17ojS
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) March 10, 2020
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House has ordered federal health officials to treat top-level coronavirus meetings as classified, an unusual step that has restricted information and hampered the U.S. government’s response to the contagion, according to four Trump administration officials.
The officials said that dozens of classified discussions about such topics as the scope of infections, quarantines and travel restrictions have been held since mid-January in a high-security meeting room at the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), a key player in the fight against the coronavirus. Continue reading “White House told federal health agency to classify coronavirus deliberations – sources”
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is launching an emergency leave policy for its 1.4 million hourly U.S. workers that includes allowing its employees to not be penalized for taking time off if they feel uncomfortable working because of fear of the spreading new virus.
The nation’s largest private employer also said Tuesday that hourly workers who work in a store, club, office or distribution center will receive up to two weeks pay if they’re required to quarantine by the government or by the retailer. Workers who have a confirmed case of the new virus will also receive two weeks of pay. If they are not able to return to work after that time, additional pay may be provided for up to 26 weeks for both full-time and part-time hourly workers. Continue reading “Walmart sets emergency leave policy for 1.4M hourly workers”
New York (CNN Business)Dick’s Sporting Goods will stop selling guns at 440 additional stores this year, escalating the company’s methodical elimination of firearms from its stores.
The move follows a series of decisions at Dick’s to scale back gun sales. A few days after the Parkland, Florida, school shooting in February 2018, the company announced it would stop selling semi-automatic weapons like the one used in the event. Continue reading “Dick’s Sporting Goods will stop selling guns at 440 more stores”
If you had one shot, one opportunity to help someone, would you capture it or would you let them die of thirst?
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti… Continue reading “Detroit Figures Out How to Charge Poor People for the Right to Not Die From Coronavirus”
Detroit — Joe Biden had a heated exchange with a construction worker who accused him of trying to take Americans’ guns away during a campaign stop in Michigan, one of six states holding primaries on Tuesday.
The former vice president was touring an assembly plant under construction for Fiat Chrysler, shaking hands with and praising the electrical workers union members who are building the plant. As Biden was working the room, one man confronted him about his stance on gun ownership. Continue reading “Joe Biden, accused of wanting to end 2nd Amendment, responds: “You’re full of sh**””
New York Post – by Bernadette Hogan
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is deploying the National Guard to enforce a mile-radius coronavirus “containment area” in a Westchester County community dubbed perhaps the “largest cluster” of cases in America. Continue reading “National Guard deployed to NY community with nation’s ‘largest cluster’ of coronavirus”
Global Research – by Middle East Monitor
Israeli occupation forces have confiscated the only vehicle available to a medical team serving the needs of some 1,500 Palestinians in an isolated region of the southern West Bank, reported Haaretz.
According to the paper, this is the second time that the vehicle – which serves the residents of Masafer Yatta in the south Hebron hills – has been seized within a year, “cutting off healthcare to an isolated and impoverished population” living inside an Israeli military firing zone. Continue reading “Israel Confiscates Sole Medical Vehicle Serving 1,500 Palestinians”
A pro-Israel Democratic super PAC has endorsed Joe Biden for president, underscoring growing antagonism towards Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders among Israel’s advocates in the United States.
The endorsement by the Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI) – which is linked to AIPAC – comes a day ahead of a crucial round of primaries, after Biden took the lead in what has become a two-candidate race for the Democratic nomination. Continue reading “Pro-Israel Super PAC endorses Joe Biden for president”
Payments on mortgages are to be suspended in Italy due to the coronavirus outbreak, the country’s government has announced.
More than 9,000 people have been infected by Covid-19 in Italy, where the total number of reported deaths jumped to 463 on Monday – an increase of over 25 per cent compared to the day before. Continue reading “Coronavirus: Italy suspends mortgage payments amid lockdown”
President Trump and his coronavirus tax force of medical experts held a press conference on Monday night.
This was following the 2,000 crash in the US stock market.
As of Monday evening there have been 624 cases reported of the coronavirus. Continue reading “President Trump Announces Payroll Tax Cut Relief – Paid Sick Leave – in Response to Coronavirus Panic”
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Director of the Columbia University Integrative Medicine Center, joined Lou Dobbs on Monday night to discuss the ongoing coronavirus panic.
As of Monday evening there have been 624 cases reported of the coronavirus. Continue reading “Dr. Oz Argues Coronavirus Numbers from Korea Show Lower Death Rate – May Be No Worse than Common Flu”
NEW YORK – Despite the spread of coronavirus, state and local officials are not shutting down mass transit in the city and state, at least not yet. An estimated 4.3 million people ride the New York City subway system a day.
MTA Interim Chairperson Sarah Feinberg told FOX 5 NY morning program ‘Good Day New York‘ and echoed statements from NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio a day earlier, that they are not ruling out the possibility. Continue reading “Officials not ruling out shutting down mass transit in wake of coronavirus”
Testing for the novel coronavirus in the Seattle area will get a huge boost in the coming weeks as a project funded by Bill Gates and his foundation begins offering home-testing kits that will allow people who fear they may be infected to swab their noses and send the samples back for analysis. Continue reading “Gates-funded program will soon offer home-testing kits for new coronavirus”
As fears over the coronavirus grew, so did the opportunity for homeowners to lock in lower mortgage rates. The number of mortgage refinance applications jumped 26% during the last week of February week versus the previous one, according to a weekly index from the Mortgage Bankers Association, and was more than triple the volume — up 224% — compared with a year ago. Continue reading “Coronavirus fears are creating a mortgage refinancing boom”
Democrats might prefer that their presidential hopeful front-runner be hidden away somewhere until the general election, given that the more he talks the more it’s impossible to ignore what’s clearly not just the usual gaffes and Bidenisms, but which actually raise questions of cognitive capacities and potential senility. Continue reading “Confused Biden Calls Himself “Obiden Bama” & Says “We Can Only Re-Elect Donald Trump””
Italian PM Giuseppe Conte has signed an emergency decree, virtually locking down the Lombardy region and 14 other provinces until April 3, to curb the spread of coronavirus that killed at least 233 across the country so far.
While the central government stopped short of enforcing a mandatory quarantine and introducing a complete travel ban, calling it a “reduced mobility” regime, the bill virtually banned citizens from entering or leaving the “red zones” unless for an emergency or “essential work reason.” Continue reading “Italy ‘QUARANTINES’ 16 MILLION people in Lombardy & 14 other provinces in attempt to stop coronavirus outbreak”
The number of people who have died from seasonal influenza so far has now reached 20,000, including 136 influenza-associated deaths in children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported as of February 29.
This is up from 18,000 just a week ago. Continue reading “Influenza Deaths Now Total 20,000, Including Elevated Number of 136 Children”
Ammunition sales are surging amid fears of pandemic-induced lawlessness and disorder as the coronavirus threatens the United States.
PR Newswire reports online ammunition retailer Ammo.com has seen a 410 percent increased in .40 caliber handgun ammo sales since February 23, 2020. They have seen a 194 percent increase in .223 (AR-15 ammo) sales, 101 percent increase in 9mm ammo sales, and a 95 percent increase in the sale of 12 gauge shells. Continue reading “Ammo Sales Surge amid Fears of Pandemic-Induced Chaos”