Friday, March 13, 2020

Even Humor Can Be Sick.





 
This is a mordant way of putting death from various causes in perspective.
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My computer is generally full of viruses and I have never had to wash my hands.
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Decisions that place America first create problems. Meanwhile, politically speaking, nothing Trump does will be acceptable and yet, those who hate/oppose him have nothing to offer.  What continued hypocrisy.

Amelioration or a total solution has come down to mostly individual health care decisions, testing and time to produce an ultimate vaccination.

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Setting Off a Frenzy
European leaders on Thursday scrambled to accommodate US President Donald Trump’s travel bans on European citizens traveling to the United States in order to halt the spread of the coronavirus, the Wall Street Journal reported.
On Wednesday, Trump declared a near-total ban that would restrict European travelers from 26 countries from entering the US for the next 30 days. The ban will take effect Friday, and excludes travelers from the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The European Union criticized the move, saying that Trump made the decision “without consultation” from the bloc, USA Today reported.
“The (novel) coronavirus is a global crisis, not limited to any continent and it requires cooperation rather than unilateral action,” said the European Commission, the EU’s top policy-making body.
Some said the president’s announcement was political, a distraction from the initial low-key response by the administration to the virus.
“Trump needed a narrative to exonerate his administration from any responsibility in the crisis,” Gerard Araud, a former French ambassador to the United States, wrote on Twitter. “The foreigner is always a good scapegoat.”
Airlines, already reeling from the impact of the virus since January, have scrapped thousands more flights and are reworking schedules to meet the new US requirements.
The European Central Bank also launched a stimulus package to shield EU countries from the economic impact caused by the virus, which has strongly impacted the tourism sector, with online sites such as Booking.com and Airbnb suffering multiple cancellations.
The World Health Organization officially declared the virus a pandemic on Wednesday, having swept into at least 114 countries. It has killed more than 4,000
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