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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...l-coronavirus-death-toll-comparison-list.html

UK Government removes China from its official coronavirus death toll comparison list
By Chris Jewers For Mailonline 11:11 EDT 25 Apr 2020 , updated 15:20 EDT 25 Apr 2020

12hrs ago
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has removed from the list of other countries it uses to compare the spread of the coronavirus - in a snub to Beijing amid widespread anger at the nation's apparent cover-up of the seriousness of its coronavirus outbreak.

It is another diplomatic attack on China in the wake of Donald Trump's accusations that the World Health Organisation (WHO) colluded with Beijing to downplay its coronavirus outbreak, and global disbelief over China's claim to have only 4,636 dead from the virus.

The people of Wuhan believe the death toll in their city that was the epicentre of the outbreak is 42,000 - not the 3,182 claimed by China.

In America, the Trump administration is ramping up its attacks on Beijing - blaming President Xi's government for letting COVID-19 spread across the globe unchecked while the Communist regime saved face.

Trump is backed by large numbers of Republican politicians amid claims from the US intelligence community that the virus escaped from a lab near Wuhan in an accident involving an intern.

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In the graph shared on Friday (pictured), China had been removed from the graph that showed the number of deaths in different countries around the world from the coronavirus
Trump has suspended $500million in US funding for the WHO after claiming it had 'accelerated' the deadly contagion because chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus initially swallowed China's claims that coronavirus was not transmissible between humans.

There is also global outrage at Chinese officials for waiting six days to warn the public after becoming aware that a viral outbreak was causing a rash of deadly pneumonia cases in Wuhan.

While Beijing waited, residents in Wuhan hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people, and millions began traveling for Lunar New Year celebrations.

How China 'covered up' coronavirus outbreak
Lab Accident?

US intelligence sources have claimed to media that corona virus escaped from a lab in Wuhan. They say an intern at the lab was infected in an accident, which she then covered up before infecting her boyfriend.

Chinese officials were quick to blame bats sold at the wet market in Wuhan as the source of the outbreak.

Delay in admitting human-human transmission

Chinese officials for waiting six days to warn the public after becoming aware that a viral outbreak was causing a rash of deadly pneumonia cases in Wuhan in January.

Covering up death toll

China still only claims to 4,636 dead from virus.

The people of Wuhan believe the death toll in their city that was the epicentre of the outbreak is 42,000 - not the 3,182 claimed by China.

Silencing whistleblowers

Eight Wuhan medical workers who sounded the alarm on the virus at the end of December were accused of spreading fake news and reprimanded by police.

President Xi Jinping warned the public on the seventh day after top Communist Party leaders learned of the outbreak, January 20.

In the meantime, the Chinese government arrested or silenced doctors and citizens in Wuhan who tried to speak out about the disturbing new outbreak.

Even the mayor of Wuhan suggested in an interview with Chinese state television that Communist Party leadership prohibited him from warning the public until January 20.

By the time Xi issued the public warning, more than 3,000 people had been infected during almost a week of public silence, according to internal documents and expert estimates based on retrospective infection data.

The delay from January 14 to January 20 by the first country to face the new coronavirus came at a critical time - the beginning of the outbreak.

Until Thursday, ministers had been showing China on charts detailing cases and deaths in other countries in the government's daily press conference, comparing them to those in the UK. China's figures have since disappeared.
 
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Not worth my time! Trump cancels press conference and moans briefings are pointless if the media 'spreads lies' and asks 'hostile questions' after his angry walk-off and disinfectant debacle
  • An embattled Trump took to his favorite social media platform to slam 'fake news' and to cancel the White House press briefings
  • 'What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accurately,' he said
  • Trump added: 'They get record ratings, & the American people get nothing but Fake News. Not worth the time & effort!'
  • Trump earlier tweeted that 'Lamestream Media' incorrectly reported that he had been asking Dr Deborah Birx questions during Thursday's press conference
  • Footage proved that he did actually inquire about unorthodox coronavirus treatment
  • Multiple outlets shared video of the exchange between President Trump and Dr. Birx, including C-SPAN and AP
  • The White House has expressed concern that Trump's presence may be causing more harm than good as his approval ratings slide back down
  • Concerns for the impact of his presence grew after the president's dubious claims about injecting disinfectant into the body as a coronavirus cure
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-questions-disinfectant-conference-video.html
 
SlyPokerDog said:
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Not worth my time! Trump cancels press conference and moans briefings are pointless if the media 'spreads lies' and asks 'hostile questions' after his angry walk-off and disinfectant debacle
  • An embattled Trump took to his favorite social media platform to slam 'fake news' and to cancel the White House press briefings
  • 'What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accurately,' he said
  • Trump added: 'They get record ratings, & the American people get nothing but Fake News. Not worth the time & effort!'
  • Trump earlier tweeted that 'Lamestream Media' incorrectly reported that he had been asking Dr Deborah Birx questions during Thursday's press conference
  • Footage proved that he did actually inquire about unorthodox coronavirus treatment
  • Multiple outlets shared video of the exchange between President Trump and Dr. Birx, including C-SPAN and AP
  • The White House has expressed concern that Trump's presence may be causing more harm than good as his approval ratings slide back down
  • Concerns for the impact of his presence grew after the president's dubious claims about injecting disinfectant into the body as a coronavirus cure
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-questions-disinfectant-conference-video.html
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Why am I not surprised?...needless to say, this mofo is nuts.

"It looks like President Trump is going into hiding -- from the press, that is. Facing an avalanche of controversy over his bizarre comments on sunlight and dangerous comments regarding disinfectants, the President held a record short briefing Friday evening (sans Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx), abruptly ending it after 22 minutes of statements without taking any questions from the press.
On CNN, Wolf Blitzer called Trump "chicken" and said he was "probably afraid" of the grilling he was all but certain to face over the "flat lie" he told the day before regarding disinfectants. Later in the night, Anderson Cooper, who argued Trump was guilty of "Soviet"-like spin for pretending his comments were sarcastic during a bill signing, said he "cut and ran" because he knew he'd face hard questions."

The move comes after Trump even started receiving criticism from Fox. When he tried to claim that he was merely being sarcastic with his disinfectant remarks, anchors like Neil Cavuto and Bret Baier pushed back. "Wow, that is a little unsettling," said Cavuto. "Got to clarify this. The president was not joking in his remarks yesterday." And Baier said Trump "clearly stepped in it" and did not appear to be joking.
>> Worth noting: While some on Fox pushed back against Trump's remarks, AP's David Bauder pointed out that the network didn't question them on Thursday. The network's news site also questioned whether critics had "twisted" Trump's words. And Trump's biggest defenders on the network still are not challenging him. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if Trump does an on-air chat sooner than later with one of his friends on Fox while he dodges questions from the press..."
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/us/nursing-homes-coronavirus.html

‘Playing Russian Roulette’: Nursing Homes Told to Take the Infected
California, New Jersey and New York have made nursing homes accept Covid-19 patients from hospitals. Residents and workers fear the policy is risking lives.
By Kim Barker and Amy Julia Harris

April 24, 2020
Neal Nibur has lived in a nursing home for about a year, ever since he had a bad bout of pneumonia. Now, the 80-year-old man has not only his own health to worry about but that of his neighbors at the Poughkeepsie, N.Y., residence. Four new patients recently arrived from the hospital with Covid-19.

They were admitted for one reason, according to staff members: A state guideline says nursing homes cannot refuse to take patients from hospitals solely because they have the coronavirus.

“I don’t like them playing Russian roulette with my life,” said Mr. Nibur, who is on oxygen. “It’s putting us at risk. I am 80 years old with underlying problems. Everybody here has an underlying problem.”

The disease caused by the virus has killed more than 10,500 residents and staff members at nursing homes and long-term care facilities nationwide, according to a New York Times analysis. That is nearly a quarter of deaths in the United States from the pandemic. On Saturday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York described nursing homes as a “feeding frenzy for this virus.”

But states are increasingly turning to nursing homes to relieve the burden on hospitals and take in Covid-19 patients considered stable enough to be released. Although there is no evidence so far that the practice has allowed infections to spread in nursing homes, many residents and advocates fear that it is only a matter of time. One lawsuit in New Jersey alleges that a worker was likely to have been sickened by a Covid-19 patient readmitted from a hospital.

At the epicenter of the outbreak, New York issued a strict new rule last month: Nursing homes must readmit residents sent to hospitals with the coronavirus and accept new patients as long as they are deemed “medically stable.” California and New Jerseyhave also said that nursing homes should take in such patients. Homes are allowed to turn patients away if they claim they can’t care for them safely — but administrators say they worry that refusing patients could provoke regulatory scrutiny, and advocates say it could result in a loss of revenue.

In contrast to these states, Connecticut and Massachusetts designated certain facilities for Covid-19 patients alone — considered the safest way to free up hospital beds. The Washington Health Care Association, which represents long-term care facilities in Washington State, has asked officials to adopt a similar policy; so far, they have not.

“It’s got to happen,” said Robin Dale, the association’s president. “Then we would not have this hodgepodge of every nursing home in the state having one or two positives and crossing your fingers that it works out.”

Beth Martino, spokeswoman for the American Health Care Association, which represents nursing homes and assisted-living facilities, said her association had heard that a number of states were considering measures similar to those in California, New Jersey and New York. But many others haven’t offered any guidance on the matter.

The fears that moving coronavirus patients to nursing homes might spark outbreaks is compounded by the lack of protective equipment at many facilities, as well as shortages in staffing, requiring workers to interact with more patients. And not all hospitals are testing to check whether stable patients are still infectious before releasing them.
 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...enforce-covid-19-quarantine-order/ar-BB13ceVE
am conflicted about this potential development. as a resident , i am all in on the 14 day quarantine because of the obvious, however the electronic tracking thing bothers me. not sure how it differs from a human network of observation and follow up of the infected/potentially infected's activities and tracking. seems a subtle difference.
edit: maybe we can make all visitors wear a unlockable flashing bracelet with a "T" for tourist, lol?
second edit: now i worry about an equivalence between my "T" tourist bracelet and the star of david marker on clothing in the third riech and no longer laughing.
 
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magnifier661 said:
Agreed. Just as Governor Cuomo can’t escape culpability for sending infected seniors back to nursing homes. 43% of all New York Deaths were from Senior Citizens.
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lol, still trying to deflect away from trumps errors? You have a lot of work to catch up on as it was a bad week for the cheetoh man.
 
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