Guest Post by Ann Coulter
If, as the evidence suggests, the Chinese virus is enormously dangerous to people with certain medical conditions and those over 70 years old, but a much smaller danger to those under 70, then shutting down the entire country indefinitely is probably a bad idea.
But even when the time is right — by Easter, June or the fall — there will be no one to stop the quarantine because the media will continue to hype every coronavirus death, as if these are the only deaths that count and the only deaths that were preventable.
What mayor, governor or president will be willing to take the blame for causing a coronavirus death?
We’ll get no BREAKING NEWS alerts for the regular flu deaths (so far this season, more than 23,000, compared to 533 from the coronavirus).
Nor for the more than 3,000 people who die every day of heart disease or cancer. No alerts for the hundreds who die each day from car accidents, illegal aliens and suicide.
Only coronavirus deaths are considered newsworthy.
We’re told by the “Quarantine Everybody” crowd: Listen to the scientists! Unfortunately, most of the “scientists” they present to us are lawyers. (How did Robert Reich, Donna Shalala and Ron Klain become medical professionals?)
Also, the scientists disagree.
Just as, I assume, they did in 1976, when epidemiologists warned of another 1918 Spanish flu pandemic after a few young Army recruits died of swine flu at Fort Dix in New Jersey. Eight months later, the federal government launched a mandatory swine flu vaccination program.
About a quarter of the country was vaccinated before the program was abruptly shut down. No pandemic had materialized. The virus infected a few people, then vanished. But directly as a result of receiving the vaccine, dozens of Americans died and several hundred acquired Guillain-Barre syndrome.
The scientists also disagreed in the 1980s, when the media and government went into overdrive to scare us all about AIDS. (1985 Life magazine cover: “NOW, NO ONE IS SAFE FROM AIDS.”)
Surgeon General C. Everett Koop — as revered by the media then as Anthony Fauci is today — lied about the disease, insisting that “[h]eterosexual persons are increasingly at risk.”
Speaking of which, here’s liberal Fauci on AIDS back in 1983, when he was with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, but not yet its director: “As the months go by, we see more and more groups. AIDS is creeping out of well-defined epidemiological confines.” (It didn’t.)
In 1987, Fauci warned that French kissing might transmit the AIDS virus, saying, “Health officials have to presume that it is possible to transmit the virus by exchange of saliva in deep kissing. That presumption is made to be extra safe.”
By 1992, after a decade-long epidemic with more than a million infections, the Centers for Disease Control could find only 2,391 cases of AIDS transmission by white heterosexuals — and that included hemophiliacs and blood transfusion patients. (“White” because AIDS cases among Haitian and African immigrants had a variety of causes.)
But teenagers and sorority girls had to spend years being frightened of kissing lest they catch the AIDS virus, just as today they’re afraid of leaving their homes to avoid a virus that, in Italy, has killed no one under 30 years old and precious few under 50.
We have to be “extra safe.”
Both the No French Kissing rule and Quarantine Everybody rule are perfectly rational positions for an epidemiologist to take. That’s why we need to listen to people other than epidemiologists.
How about the doctors who keep pointing out that the coronavirus is mainly a problem for people over 70 and those with specific health problems? (See here, here, and here.)
The president should listen to experts in other fields, too. A country is more than an economy, but it’s also more than a virus.
If we listened only to emergency room doctors, we might come away convinced that we have to completely ban cars, alcohol and gummy bears. (Don’t ask.) While taking a torts class in law school, I was afraid to sit under a chandelier, order a flaming dessert or stand at a train stop.
Playwright Arthur Miller once told a story about a geologist who remarked that life was possible even in the vast American desert. All you needed was water, he said, and the largest reservoir on the globe was located right under the Rockies.
But how would he get it?
Simple — drop a couple of atomic bombs.
But what about the fallout?
“Oh,” said the geologist, “that’s not my field.”
Today, the epidemiologists are prepared to nuke the entire American economy to kill a virus.
What about the jobs, the suicides, the heart attacks, the lost careers, the destruction of America’s wealth?
Oh, that’s not my field.
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I keep telling ya all, the MSM is the biggest problem facing America.
Ranking right up there with government. We would be much better off without both groups.
I live in a very different world than the one I see portrayed on the Internet.
We all still go about our daily business, we meet whoever comes up to the farm with a smile, have fun, no one wears masks and there’s no shortage of anything. We had a great snowstorm the day before yesterday so everything looks beautiful right before Spring reclaims the land- as it always does- from the stillness of Winter. There are calves and piglets, the chickens do the walkaround circling the property over the course of their business day picking at all the unseen scraps that nestle in the crevices and cracks between boulders and trees. The air is alive all day with the sound of birds calling to one another or singing for no reason at all but for the beauty they can draw with their priceless breath. In the morning we still make our run for the pigs- the restaurants have long ago closed their doors and I would suspect that they will likely never reopen, at least under the same management and ownership, so we scaled back the swineherd and have taken to processing the hogs we aren’t going to breed into hundreds and hundreds of pounds of sausages and bacon, chops and ribs and then selling them to our neighbors and friends who drive up and share their stories, a 21st century Decameron.
We were made for times like these. Human beings who face no struggle, who drift aimlessly through life from one distraction to the next, addicted to pleasure and fancy, they wilt prematurely, become bitter and lonely. Life without resistance is pointless; what are we if we do not test our limits, get up after we have fallen, dust ourselves off and give it another throw?
We are in the midst of some transition that no one can perceive except in increments, a whirling gyre of societal impulses acting against ten million others in a primordial expression of cultural death and yes, of rebirth. The pontificating experts monkey humping each other onstage every night as they try to explain to the dullards and hysterics their magnanimous plans for the perfect future that will never be even as they pull out the foundations of our civilization from beneath us are less than meaningless in the bigger picture. No one seems to understand how something as simple as virus even operates, do not know that we live in a world so loaded with pathogens that no one would ever be released from an incubator at the hospital after birth if they had even a clue as to what swirls about them ceaselessly. All around us is a miasma of infections and bacteria, spores and germs constantly altering and adapting, coating us from head to toe, living inside of us in numbers so large they add pounds to our weight.
We are experiencing two separate realities, one based on the order of the Natural world and the other living inside the minds of men who wish to be God and who play with the lives of others like the gods of Olympus, for amusement and mastery. All of those plans, all the money ever created out of thin air, all of the confabs in Davos and Aspen populated by misshapen and malformed monsters in $20,000 suits amount to a bum’s spit on a filthy street. Pointless, cruel, vapid, dictatorial, empty and pathetic attempts to rewrite their own alienated past, all the insults they endured as children for their big ears and tattle-tales, all the women who passed them over for real men and all the women who were completely ignored by their crush have spent their lifetimes trying to ascend the ladder of societal acceptance by telling an endless stream of vapid lies and soothing platitudes when all they ever really want is to get even, to show everyone who’s boss now, to make them suffer for how they sat alone at the school lunch table or cried themselves to sleep for the love of a parent who wasn’t ceaselessly striving for something other than a family or a child. These creatures, these broken monsters have created a theater of their own and the rest of us are forced to watch this trainwreck from the safety and security of our own loving families, oblivious to the need for power and wealth at the expense of their humanity.
And then there is God, watching it all unfold, His loving eye on all of us, good and bad, the kind and the wicked, the strong and the dying, His love pouring out like warm syrup, sweet, clean, and good.
I saw something very different at a local hardscrabble farmer’s home. He cried out against the government for demanding the churches close. I filmed it and recorded it.
He is going to supply as many rabbits as his 30 rabbits can produce and I am going to be the liaison between he and the Farm and Ranch store owner.
Oh, and I traded a breeding pair of rabbits and an old cage to the Amish for a gallon of maple syrup. I enquired about bulk purchases and did you know a lot of people PRETEND to make their own but buy it from the Amish? Who knew?
Well, Amish boy Titus doesn’t care if Silver Doe tries to bite . The Amish don’t raise pretty rabbits there. A soon as she downloads the kits she’s carrying, she’s dead meat.
So, that little Amish boy will turn my rabbits into a productive food production system to feed a lot of people. All of this under the careful tutelage of the Hardscrabble Farmer that is his true Father. He’s got a loving eye too, along with a Judgmental one.
Hebrews 13:8 King James Version (KJV)
8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
James 1:17 King James Version (KJV)
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
King James Version (KJV)
Numbers 23:19 King James Version (KJV)
19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
“you have a good heart” means “you are a stupid hick, go away” in Misery Speak.
HsF: Not a bad read. I agree with most if not all that you are saying. The trouble is you can’t educate stupid. It is frustrating and pointless to try. It is now approaching the point of predator and prey. Folks are setting themselves up to choose. OT505
That should be a stand alone post.
“Life without resistance is pointless; what are we if we do not test our limits, get up after we have fallen, dust ourselves off and give it another throw?”
Boom
Exactly! Donkey.
SUPERB as usual Sir for all of us green with envy for not doing the same life style change when there was money and time. To late old and to late wise. Today’s quotation gift from Admin with a couple minor adds from me.
“Both religion and socialism thus glorify weakness and need. Both recoil from the world as it is: tough, unequal, harsh. Both flee to an imaginary future realm where they can feel safe. Both say to you, be a nice boy. Be a good little girl. Share. Feel sorry for the little people. Both desperately seek someone to look after them—whether it be God or the State.
A thriving upper class, (political elites since forever), accepts with a good conscience the sacrifice of untold human beings, who, for its sake, must be reduced and lowered to incomplete human beings, to slaves, to instruments, (Soldiers and civilians as useful idiots cannon fodder, in the forever wars for profit, death and destruction)… One cannot fail to see in all these noble races the beast of prey, the splendid blond beast, prowling about avidly in search of spoil and victory; this hidden core needs to erupt from time to time, the animal has to get out again and go back to the wilderness.” Friedrich Nietzsche
Very nice, HSF. I donned a mask today as I was finally able to get the mower out and everywhere I went, the cloud of yellow-green pollen dust rose with the grass clippings. We had mid-February temps a week ago and it hit 87 today. This is more like mid-May. Spring is in full bloom in the mid-south. We just need 3 or 4 dry, windy days so we can cultivate the gardens and get our seeds in.
“It’s all bullshit and it’s bad for ya”
George Carlin
SUCKERS!
Love George or hate George, I miss the man’s humor and documentary.
Ann is yet another New Yorker.
Since she can’t land a man and has no children, she must constantly seek attention.
Whether she is right or wrong doesn’t matter.
Who gives a flying fuck what this broad thinks?
I usually like her pieces, but this one is stupid. The number of deaths in the US from coronavirus has doubled since she wrote this. The number of flu deaths hasn’t. The concern about the virus is because of its seemingly fast and possibly inexorable growth. Spanish Flu even made it out to the Aleutian Islands. It might have killed as much as 6% of world population (100 mil out of 1.5 bil). So it can happen.
We should know more soon. It’ll probably be less virulent than thought, but the range of possibilities is wide. It could wither as summer approaches. Or not. It could peter out inexplicably. Or not. Hydroxychloroquine could be a wonder drug or could underperform the hype. Random antibody testing could validate the theory that a lot of people have already had it – meaning we’re close to the end of its run. Or random antibody testing could show no such luck – that there isn’t a vast pool of already immune people. The U.K. starts a big random antibody test today, with preliminary results next week.
The data will come out and people will be able to comprehend it. Neither the media nor the libs nor the Joos (I repeat myself) will be able to keep the fear level high if it’s provably not that lethal, on average. There’ll be plenty of impetus for people to drop their hand washing and social distancing, so I don’t need the Queen of Snark (and I say that with admiration) to weigh in on epidemiological issues.
The big problem with the virus is how it overruns medical systems, under prepared medical systems, how it kills and who it kills and, no, it isn’t merely old people affected.
This is from a Texas Aggie doctor in Louisiana, remember the Lousiana that did nothing to curb Mardi Gras? He’s writing to inform other doctors on how the disease presents and the best treatment protocols.
“Short form: This is not the flu. It is a horror show of death and disablement that is crowding out all other medical care including an immediate downgrade of life saving cardiac care. Only on in seven people put on ventalators in this hospital is surviving, and then only after 10-t0-12 days of ventalator support.
I am an ER MD in New Orleans. Class of 98. Every one of my colleagues have now seen several hundred Covid 19 patients and this is what I think I know.
Clinical course is predictable.
2-11 days after exposure (day 5 on average) flu like symptoms start. Common are fever, headache, dry cough, myalgias(back pain), nausea without vomiting, abdominal discomfort with some diarrhea, loss of smell, anorexia, fatigue.
Day 5 of symptoms- increased SOB, and bilateral viral pneumonia from direct viral damage to lung parenchyma.
Day 10- Cytokine storm leading to acute ARDS and multiorgan failure. You can literally watch it happen in a matter of hours.
81% mild symptoms, 14% severe symptoms requiring hospitalization, 5% critical.”
Read the rest here…..
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https://www.zerohedge.com/health/bahrain-belgium-report-covid-19-treatment-touted-trump-working-patients
Mygirl…Maybe: I have been giving this term medical system some thought. The way we are initially treated at the saw bones is more of a system of money mining and triage. Perhaps it is just my age and experience in this area of the rust belt. But, I see less health care and more money mining going on in this new system of ACA brought to us by the UNI-PARTY AND SCOTUS.
Well, I agree with you for many of the ‘doctors’ out there, but emergency room docs aren’t on the same scale as doctors with practices and a staff to pay. I have encountered several emergency room doctors and, most of them are pretty competent and good at what they do.
There are several problems at work here that no one really addresses. Primary issue is illegals who don’t pay and burden the medical system enormously. That is waay underreported. Then there is Obamacare and what it did to people, how it destroyed most people’s affordable health care and pandered to insurance companies. Add on the tons of medical materials that are woefully understocked for a highly infectious disease, compound it with the fact that China produces most of that along with drugs and you have the makings of the perfect storm.
“While you weren’t looking, our painfully gentle, meek-looking, politically-correct, athleisure-clad American Illuminati moved the entire American pharmaceutical industry to China — lock, stock, and the proverbial barrel of penicillin. They did this because Thomas Friedman’s book told them that the world was flat and that “China, in many ways, is closer to us than Mexico.” It never in a million years occurred to them that they were putting significant power into the hands of people who consider American “thought leaders” mere dung flies to be swatted away or cultivated in manure, depending on the mood of the moment.
Our Eloi are charmingly naive that way; they’re like the eight-year-old child who thinks he’s found a new way to cheat at Monopoly, not realizing that the adults around the table can predict his every move before it happens. Raised to operate in quarterly timeframes, they can’t imagine the thought processes of men (and it’s men, not womyn or furries or whatever) who might knowingly lose money on factories and industrial production for decades in a row in order to have the whip hand when it matters most.
Through their state media, China reminded the United States that they could easily choose to exercise, and I quote, “strategic control over medical products.” Such an exercise of control would turn this country into a bloody hellscape.
It’s not just the coronavirus victims: it’s every diabetic, every person with a thyroid disorder, everyone who needs blood thinner or any other constant supply of live-saving medicine. You’d be surprised just how many people around you need a daily or weekly dose of something in order to function. At the very least, it would be a death sentence for anyone who is fighting cancer, heart disease, or a dozen other maladies.”
https://jackbaruth.com/?p=17936
It would appear the people have been sold out again. There are lots of folks we can point fingers at for the selling out. The bottom line is we, as a country, have to get back to taking care of ourselves. The old saw about, “putting all your eggs in one basket”, is coming home to bit us in the ass. The fact that china, on a regular basis, lies, cheats and steals to keep their people in poverty so they can control the trading platform is no secret. If the world doesn’t want to be held hostage by china then don’t enable them. It would seem that GREED, ENVY, SLOTH, PRIDEFULNESS has nearly everyone by the throat.
Uhh. And the best time to start this is today, with a hard cut??
I think we can all agree this virus is being used for political gain and permanent societal change. But … that doesn’t change the fact that people are dying. My own opinion it that our OWNERS consider the death and suffering of those who contract this illness as ‘icing on the cake.’ Consequently to disregard the health consequences of this virus could very well be incredibly foolish.
Here’s a peek into covid-life in a rural Argentine community a bit west of the middle of nowhere. The village in which I live is a joining of two rural hamlets, total population maybe 2700. My hamlet is maybe 900 of the folk. Our village is an upscale tourist destination, especially for Easter Week. Not this year. The two entries to the village (n/s) are closed to non-residents and egress is strongly discouraged. Residents of one hamlet may not shop in the other, or so the published rules state.
I had two packages awaiting me in the nearby (16 miles) small (pop. 60k) city, packages that if not picked up by April 3rd will be returned to sender. P.O.opens at eight a.m., first two hours for us geezers(over 60). I head out at 0715, wanting to be the first geez in line and knowing I’d have to pass through check points. Not a car on the road, not a soul visible as I passed through the village and headed out. First checkpoint on the outskirts. Fine, I know one of the guys, show my package pick-up paper and on my way. No mask, no gloves, nobody cared. More zero traffic. Next check point, entering the city. Two cops in masks, but I know one of them. “Post office”, I say and they wave me on. Park in front of the p.o. after seeing no one anywhere. A car pulls up behind me but no one gets out. P.O. not opening until 0900 and it’s 0750. Walk along empty streets. What’s this? A little grocery shop open! Go in and get a few things. Back out after a pleasant chat with the owner and a cop is headed to the car behind me with a box in hand. Post office now open and it’s only 0850. Go in, no one there, get my packages, head out. Ah! Veggie stand open! Pick up some fresh veggies and head home,waving at check point people. Park in the plaza and go to the forbidden general store. Nearly no one there. Get a bunch of stuff. Go home.
I believe quarantine will go on longer here and indeed the prez announced it’s now until mid-April. That won’t be the end of it. Purchasing now goes into high gear for things lacking. Winter is coming down here, so home veggie production is limited, although I have a greenhouse. Buy canning supplies, 50 lb sack of coarse salt, fertilizer, etc. Home schooling has already begun for my grandchildren. I also hope to teach the adults a bit about autarchy and subsidiarity, because I believe that in a country like this one, that’s where we’re heading if we’re lucky.
Interesting times. Best of luck to those of you in the USA and far-flung locations everywhere!
Nuking the US (and world) economy is the whole point, because a) ORANGE MAN BAD! and b) it will allow the ushering in ofthe social and economic controls the leftist establishment has wanted for years. The leftist establishment trots Dr. Fauci up there to give an air of seriousness and legitimacy to it – after all, he’s a “expert,” and how dare you question his apolitical-ness and objectivity?
It’s not just the leftist establishent. The right wing is every bit as complicit, they just have slightly different ideas on how to run the NWO.
You are spot on Fleabaggs. The left and right united years ago to play the public like banjo.
There is no “right wing establishment.” The global establishment (i.e. “globalists’) are a priori leftist.
Kid.
In a year or so you’ll be wondering where the liberals went. They are extreme right when it comes to obeying orders. Tell me whats left about Chicago threatening to arrest anyone disobeying curfew. Do you consider Bibi a left winger. Stalin?
Didn’t Ann recently tweet a picture of herself on a flight wearing a mask? Did she change her mind now that it’s all just media hype?
According to the first vid the panic curve will flatten by itself soon…just before the eventual tidal wave.
THE HIDDEN AGENDA FOR THE WORLDWIDE SHUTDOWN-
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68td1kVzFaI&feature=youtu.be
Secret plans during lockdown? Calling all Ψhιstlε βlowers to do the right thing…
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