Coronavirus Central

CV Central celebrates our fiftieth episode as the longest running pandemic podcast by looking at how the struggle to find winners financially and ideologically is making the American response incoherent which portends a hard future on every front, including health and economics.  As the WSJ shifts to see immune suppression as playing a major role, we see the Fed tell us unemployment will rise further still as the economy shrinks.  A delayed and reactive Federal response emphasizing top-down control is trying to save the old system as even as we see 17 million Americans unemployed, a third unable to pay rent, and people without help stuck in a labyrinthine system of bureaucracy.  Without PPE or support to be delivered, California's Governor talks about their own nation-state acting differently as autonomy grows, and in a totally different but equally independent manner, we see Idahoans wanting to protect their privacy and liberty as a diverging response.  Will we accept tracking?  What does the new world look like with a second and other waves threatened?  We see alienation, division, and scarcity as the food chain is covered, and we seek to prepare for a future whose only certainty is how different it will surely become. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central E-Mail: coronaviruscentral@pm.me Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ Haywire immune response leading to Covid deaths: https://www.wsj.com/articles/haywire-immune-response-eyed-in-coronavirus-deaths-treatment-11586430001 Fed Chair Powell reports US economy deteriorating quickly: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fed-chair-powell-says-us-economy-deteriorating-with-alarming-speed/ar-BB12o0Ak Fed picking winners and losers in artificial sustenance of finance: https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/the-feds-intervention-is-widening-the-gap-between-market-haves-and-have-nots/ HHS reports exhausted Federal storage supply for PPE: https://apnews.com/a464316e25560d393bd07a021b7e81ba Severe food shortages expect in a few weeks per FEMA leak: https://modernsurvivalblog.com/pandemic/severe-food-shortages-in-weeks-without-ppe/ FL Governor unaware of ages of coronavirus victims: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/09/politics/florida-ron-desantis-false-claim-coronavirus/index.html Questions about a tracking app and the balance between safety and privacy: https://www.businessinsider.com/government-coronavirus-tracking-app-contain-pandemic-work-2020-4 Newsom calls CA a nation-state as frustration with Federal response builds: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-09/california-declares-independence-from-trump-s-coronavirus-plans Father arrested for playing with daugher in CO park: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/father-arrested-for-playing-with-daughter-in-park-citing-coronavirus-restrictions/ar-BB12jHrV Idaho liberty movement forming against coronavirus restrictions: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/ammon-bundy-i-want-the-virus-now.html Lancet warns of second wave coming: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30845-X/fulltext We won't be getting back to normal: https://www.theorganicprepper.com/getting-back-to-normal/ This program remains free, posted every weekday, with support from listeners like you.  Correspondence, stories, and donations to keep this going can be sent to: PO Box 35, Greenville Jct, ME 04442.  Or, make donations electronically using Venmo @cvcprv. God Bless.

Episode 49 looks at how countries around the world are handling the coronavirus outbreak.  We look at Korea reporting about this question of reactivation and what it means to start things off.  From there, we look at how badly Ecuador has been pounded and all the ways in which Brazil, a country not dissimilar to the United States in many aspects, is struggling and sits just before a major outbreak.  India is trying to prevent a disaster, as we share a story of a gathering in Pakistan 100,000 strong that may infect much of the Muslim Third World.  Indonesia is under pressure and Algeria is struggling to remain stable.  Turkey has jumped into the front rank of nations and Russia is arresting people for dog walking.  Sweden let the disease flow more freely, and now has taken the lead in death toll in Scandinavia, paralleling how the UK has become struck.  Lastly, we include a leaked speech from a PLA speaker in China that suggests a very scary future if the Covid they fear is revealed as our reality.  In sum, we learn the worldwide consequences are far beyond stopping from the health, economic, and geopolitical levels as the coronavirus moves forward. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central E-Mail: coronaviruscentral@pm.me Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ Coronavirus reactivating in "cured" Korean patients: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-09/coronavirus-may-reactivate-in-cured-patients-korean-cdc-says Ecuador's struggles continue to worsen: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/world/americas/ecuador-coronavirus.html Brazil's cavalier response sets Bolsonaro against every state governor: https://time.com/5816243/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-coronavirus-governors/ Urban poor in Brazil can't afford not to work as virus spread hastens: https://abcnews.go.com/International/slums-rio-communities-choose-hunger-coronavirus-slums-rio/story?id=69996825 Brazil struggling to obtain ventilators from China: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3079147/coronavirus-brazil-looks-build-its-own-ventilators-china-orders Diplomatic ties between Brazil and China fraying: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/china-outraged-brazil-coronavirus-comments-200407051954633.html Brazil and India along with other countries poorly set for economic cost of coronavirus: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2020/04/08/brazil-is-least-prepared-for-coronavirus-pandemic-but-india-is-even-worse/#6926360b67c9 Pakistan religious gathering served as megaspreader event as case toll worsens at home and abroad: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3078479/fears-massive-pakistan-coronavirus-outbreak-after-100000 Indonesia reverses from original claims the virus won't be so bad as pandemic takes root there: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-08/coronavirus-could-cause-240,000-deaths-in-indonesia/12131778 Algeria is torn between protests and pandemic: https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/coronavirus-algeria-amid-economic-crisis-street-protests-will-have-wait Turkey sees surge in coronavirus cases: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-08/surge-in-turkey-s-new-coronavirus-cases-a-concern-who-says Russia faces conflict between those staying home and wanting to go out: https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-in-russia-self-isolate-or-face-the-consequences/a-53055806 Sweden avoids lockdowns, faces highest death toll in Scandinavia: https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-sweden-no-lockdown-test-thousands-deaths-expected-2020-4 UK sees worst day yet: https://thehill.com/policy/international/europe/491799-uk-reports-938-coronavirus-deaths-largest-single-day-jump Leaked Chinese military speech suggesting covid may be far worse than being publicly revealed: https://www.jenniferzengblog.com/home/2020/4/8/leaked-internal-speech-of-a-chinese-military-expert- This program remains free, posted every weekday, with support from listeners like you.  Correspondence, stories, and donations to keep this going can be sent to: PO Box 35, Greenville Jct, ME 04442.  Or, make donations electronically using Venmo @cvcprv. God Bless.

In our 48th episode, we explore challenging evidence suggesting that antibody protection is brief and scant, that the red blood cells are another target, and a provocative fear that asymptomatic carriers may experience reactivation through means not understood within a month of a first infection.  After looking at the troubles in the Bronx, and an elevated death toll from the UK from home deaths, we consider why ivermectin might be helping as another antimalarial.  We add evidence the hypoxia leading to deaths is because Covid interferes with both the iron and scaffolding of red blood cells, and learn that carriers with slight infection were without antibodies in under a month in a substantial number of cases.  This changes many assumptions in the modeling, suggesting reinfection could occur rapidly, but also with increasing severity as recurrent asymptomatic carriers could hit each other with increased density of viral load in infected areas with already present Covid to guide potential immune suppression.  These problems might be why we see UK papers now questioning if this came from a lab as China hoards masks at the same time people get sick in Toronto from bad ones they shipped out.  Feds are taking from states and hospitals without explanation in the US.  In the good news department, Vitamin C helps a lot even for those in the hospital, and North Dakota gives us an example of how science can permit different publicly useful and acceptable responses as we move forward. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central E-Mail: coronaviruscentral@pm.me Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ Infection now hitting the Bronx especially hard: https://gothamist.com/news/st-barnabas-hospitals-bronx-coronvirus UK daily statistics fail to report numbers outside hospital leading to upward revisions: https://www.ft.com/content/44f4301e-b5f3-4434-a086-9a822ea72a71 Ivermectin shows efficacy against Covid in Australian labs: https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200407/parasite-drug-shows-early-promise-against-covid-19 How Covid attacks a red blood cell - study: https://chemrxiv.org/articles/COVID-19_Disease_ORF8_and_Surface_Glycoprotein_Inhibit_Heme_Metabolism_by_Binding_to_Porphyrin/11938173 Clinical evidence of Covid reinfection in short time: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7102560/ Low antibody levels in first study suggest considerable reinfection risk: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3078840/coronavirus-low-antibody-levels-raise-questions-about Did the coronavirus leak from a laboratory in Wuhan? https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/world/did-coronavirus-leak-from-a-research-lab-in-wuhan-startling-new-theory-is-no-longer-being-discounted-amid-claims-staff-got-infected-after-being-sprayed-with-blood/ar-BB12bcbn Ontario has to dump half of mask supply after Chinese provided masks fail safety standards in province nursing homes: https://globalnews.ca/news/6789934/coronavirus-city-of-toronto-surgical-masks-recall/ China bought 2 billion masks globally and returned home before outbreak spread internationally: https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-regime-hoards-global-inventory-of-medical-supplies-leading-to-growing-shortage-outside-china_3298893.html FEMA seizing masks from states and hospitals without clear explanation: https://sports.yahoo.com/hospitals-feds-seizing-masks-other-210748808.html Vitamin C infusions help severely ill patients according to several doctors: https://www.worldhealth.net/news/3-us-hospitals-use-ivs-vitamin-c-other-low-cost-readily-available-drugs/ North Dakota undertakes widespread testing to seek different approach to coronavirus management: https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/fourth-covid-19-death-reported-in-north-dakota-rural-testing-project-deemed-a-success/article_870019e6-975a-5efd-b2cb-15ccd1d48d1c.html This program remains free, posted every weekday, with support from listeners like you.  Correspondence, stories, and donations to keep this going can be sent to: PO Box 35, Greenville Jct, ME 04442.  Or, make donations electronically using Venmo @cvcprv. God Bless.

Episode 47 offers a counterpoint to the optimism which is infecting the West and leading to dangerously premature conclusions.  New reporting from Spain suggests a death told double or triple what was officially recorded from Covid, more people in Korea are testing as reinfected, and we look at the suggestion hypoxia, a lack of oxygen, might be part of the problem resulting from the virus potentially interacting with hemoglobin, or red blood cells.  As promised, economics are considered as detail after detail shows how we're seeing the decoupling of finance from the real world of goods and services as we show food lines lengthen, grocery workers die, warehouses hampered, and worries grow.  Gold rising as stocks do the same hint at the fundamental disconnect.  We close with another glance into China where they are trying to internationalize internet kill switches as they claim zero infections in their military and charge Italy to get back the masks a more generous people once donated to the CCP.  From health to economics to geopolitics, the evidence makes clear this is only the beginning of what Covid hath wrought upon us. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central E-Mail: coronaviruscentral@pm.me Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ Spanish Courts find death toll far exceeds Covid case reporting suggesting many additional virus related deaths as most likely culprit: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/4218938/0/enterramientos-coronavirus-castilla-la-mancha-casi-triplican-cifras-oficiales/ 51 cases of "reinfection" lead to more questions from South Korea: https://www.the-sun.com/news/645016/fears-coronavirus-hide-cells-reactivate-recovered-patients-test-positive/ A theory that suggests hypoxia might be affecting Covid patients with viral bonding to iron depriving body of oxygen leading to respiratory failure: http://web.archive.org/web/20200405061401/https://medium.com/@agaiziunas/covid-19-had-us-all-fooled-but-now-we-might-have-finally-found-its-secret-91182386efcb Former Fed Chair Yellen expects massive economic GDP decline and unemployment spike: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/06/janet-yellen-says-second-quarter-gdp-could-decline-by-30percent-and-unemployment-is-already-at-12percent-13percent.html Commodity trading continues to fall threatening historic lows as predictor of future trouble: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/market-bottom-or-very-tough-times-ahead-heres-what-one-chart-watcher-is-keeping-his-eye-on-2020-04-03 Florida food bank sees 600% rise in demand: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8193153/Miles-long-row-cars-waits-outside-Florida-food-bank-demand-produce-surges-600-cent.html Meat production plants shutting down in several states: https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-hits-meat-plants-as-some-workers-get-sick-others-stay-home-11586196511 Grocery workers dying from coronavirus exposure: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/grocery-workers-are-beginning-to-die-of-coronavirus/ar-BB12eFSF Amazon warehouses facing more worker unrest as coronavirus toll grows: https://nypost.com/2020/04/06/amazon-faces-another-staten-island-warehouse-strike/ Gold price rising steadily: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gold-rises-aims-for-highest-close-in-nearly-a-month-ahead-of-whats-expected-to-be-a-week-of-difficult-coronavirus-news-2020-04-06 Up to 1/6 of NYPD calling off as burglaries rise in NYC: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8188535/Law-order-fears-NYC-nearly-10-000-NYPD-FDNY-members-sick-city.html China claims zero infections in its military: https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/china-claims-zero-infections-its-military?amp Sailors unhappy with US Navy response to their safety: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sailors-slam-navy-for-virus-response-on-ships-naval-base-san-diego/ar-BB12e8uf China using Huawei and new 5G networks to introduce internet "Shut Up Command" for centralized control as standard feature: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/chinas-new-ip-proposal-to-replace-tcp-ip-has-a-built-in-shut-up-command-for-censorship/ China charges Italy for the masks Italians donated to them one month prior: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8193197/China-forces-Italy-BUY-masks-coronavirus-supplies-donated-Beijing.html CCP endorses social media conspiracy theory that blames US Army for infecting their country: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxe9yq/the-chinese-government-has-convinced-its-citizens-that-the-us-army-brought-coronavirus-to-wuhan This program remains free, posted every weekday, with support from listeners like you.  Correspondence, stories, and donations to keep this going can be sent to: PO Box 35, Greenville Jct, ME 04442.  Or, make donations electronically using venmo @cvcprv. God Bless.

For Episode 46, we reset and take a look at the current situation.  Good news about flattening curves in Spain, Italy, and elsewhere conceals that we are at the beginning of a long story.  We look at the modeling from US and the many missteps along the way as we ask if we're really turning the corner, using the South as having many examples of how the modeling that presumes distancing does not reflect the on the ground reality.  Then, we ask about the adaptability of the coronavirus, noting how it jumps species, closing with stories about mutations and recombination in this class allowing for greater transmissibility. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central E-Mail: coronaviruscentral@pm.me Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ Boris Johnson admitted to hospital for Covid treatment: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8191027/Coronavirus-hit-Boris-Johnson-hospital-amid-UK-crisis.html Europe sees numbers begin to fall in response to social measures: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/06/europes-coronavirus-numbers-offer-hope-as-us-enters-peak-of-terrible-pandemic An inside look at the Federal Response to this date: https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/The-U-S-was-beset-by-denial-and-dysfunction-as-15179067.php Coronavirus peak in US projected in 11 days: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8189153/Coronavirus-peak-death-rate-strike-U-S-11-days-2-644-people-die-24-hours.html University of Washington modeling site: https://covid19.healthdata.org/projections Spared initially, the American South may suffer badly before much longer: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/03/coronavirus-rural-south-164225 How Americans are underestimated the duration of the Covid pandemic: https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/03/americans-are-underestimating-how-long-coronavirus-disruptions-will-last-health-experts-say/ At least 8 strains of the coronavirus have been identified: https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/medical-advances/491056-at-least-8-strains-of-the-coronavirus-have-been Nextstrain mapping of the various Covid genomes reported: https://nextstrain.org/narratives/ncov/sit-rep/2020-04-03?n=15 Tiger infected at the Bronx Zoo: https://time.com/5815939/tiger-bronx-zoo-positive-coronavirus/ Recombination, Reservoirs, and the Modular Spike: Mechanisms of Coronavirus Cross-Species Transmission: https://jvi.asm.org/content/84/7/3134 The Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Protein Is Dynamically Associated with the Replication-Transcription Complexes: https://jvi.asm.org/content/84/21/11575 This program remains free, posted every weekday, with support from listeners like you.  Correspondence, stories, and donations to keep this going can be sent to: PO Box 35, Greenville Jct, ME 04442.  Or, make donations electronically using venmo @cvcprv. God Bless.

Episode 45 delves deeply into China, their response, and the evolving competition with the United States.  We start by looking at Latin America coming into crisis, promising a rising death toll and infection in countries from Mexico to Chile, peeking at Ecuador here.  We see nearly 7 million Americans now out of work as backdrop.  From there, we see the CIA reporting now that the CCP fudged the numbers.  China is friendly to some with new propaganda outlets and offers of masks to Italy and the UK, but won't even allow Taiwan to get near the WHO as they buzz them with war planes.  We look at the doctrine, how China continues to spend to gain influence, what 5G allows for standards and surveillance and ask as America gets sicker and withdraws, including with two aircraft carriers, what will China do?  Whether by chance or choice, the opportunities for the dragon seem to be rising in this year of the rat. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central E-Mail: coronaviruscentral@pm.me Guayaquil, Ecuador hit terribly with death count exceeding bureaucratic capacity: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-01/coronavirus-in-guayaquil-ecuador-bodies-in-the-streets Mexico looks to be in major trouble due to poor policy start and extreme health care shortfall: https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/02/coronavirus-is-about-to-explode-in-mexico-its-time-to-secure-the-border/ 6.6 million Americans file for unemployment last week: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-covid-weekly-initial-jobless-claims-march-28-165758189.html Next virus hot-spots will be Michigan, Indiana, and Connecticut according to Dr. Birx: https://www.msn.com/en-us/finance/markets/next-virus-e2-80-98hot-spots-e2-80-99-seen-as-michigan-connecticut-indiana/ar-BB125NEr China threatening pharmaceutical drug exports: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/17/china-threatens-restrict-critical-drug-exports-us/ CIA claims CCP lied about Chinese numbers from Wuhan: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/us/politics/cia-coronavirus-china.html Hong Kong paper talking about US losing influence in propaganda war: https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3077776/trump-losing-coronavirus-blame-game-china-and-its-costing-american Chinese strategic doctrine of "Three Warfares" applied - public opinion, legal, and psychological in service of total information war: https://warontherocks.com/2018/01/chinas-three-warfares-perspective/ Chinese media create far greater media presence in West during Covid outbreak: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/china-steps-up-western-media-campaign-over-coronavirus-crisis China commits to Belt and Road Initiative of major foreign infrastructure investment amidst coronavirus: https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Belt-and-Road/China-faces-Belt-and-Road-course-correction-after-coronavirus The geopolitical and national security implications of 5G and why China was winning in framing over the US: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/5g-where-china-and-west-finally-diverge/604309/ China bullying Taiwan during pandemic: https://nypost.com/2020/04/01/why-is-china-bullying-taiwan-in-the-middle-of-the-global-pandemic/ USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier commander relieved of duty as outbreak consumes two vessels: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/politics/uss-roosevelt-commander-relieved/index.html This program remains free, posted every weekday, with support from listeners like you.  Correspondence, stories, and donations to keep this going can be sent to: PO Box 35, Greenville Jct, ME 04442.  God Bless.

Here in Episode 44, we look more deeply into the two to three times normal death rate of people who are passing beyond annual averages in Lombardy of whom only a third are being attributed to Covid.  A new study suggests ferrets and cats may carry the coronavirus, including the possibility cats exhale the virus.  Even with more ventilators coming online, shortages in doctors, drugs, and oxygen represent new problems, as nurses are more actively protesting being asked to work absent PPE.  Canada says to expect this until July, at best, as the Netherlands starts studying when herd immunity may come.  Food banks are seeing 40x their usage in Orange County, CA and we have only seen one in a thousand, if that, exposed as the crisis deepens. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central E-Mail: coronaviruscentral@pm.me Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ Susceptibility of various animals to Covid: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.30.015347v1 WSJ study of Italian death rates suggests many more deaths from both Covid and lack of access to medical care for other conditions: https://www.wsj.com/articles/italys-coronavirus-death-toll-is-far-higher-than-reported-11585767179 Shortages of key ventilator drugs and staffing issues lessen ventilator efficacy, could cause major problems in the future: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/potential-coronavirus-shortages-focus-ventilator-operators-critical-drugs/story?id=69907976 Oxygen shortages for ventilators at NYC hosptials: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/hospitals-facing-oxygen-shortage-amid-coronavirus-crisis/story?id=69915446 Chicago Hospital bans nurses from wearing PPE: https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/03/31/hospital-is-not-allowing-nurse-to-wear-masks-in-thick-of-covid-19-pandemic-furious-nurse-says/ National Nurses United protesting PPE shortages, reporting on massive shortfalls: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/rns-15-hca-hospitals-protest-lack-covid-19-preparedness UK rethinking mask effectiveness as more options for aerosolization change assessment: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52126735 Best case scenario sees Covid response going until at least July in Canada: https://nationalpost.com/news/best-case-scenario-covid-19-measures-expected-to-last-until-july-government-document-says Netherlands starts study to assess path to herd immunity over next year: https://nltimes.nl/2020/03/31/netherlands-launches-study-determine-covid-19-herd-immunity Visual represenation of the CARES Act: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-anatomy-of-the-2-trillion-covid-19-stimulus-bill/ NY lawmakers considering shutting down Amazon warehouses after more workers sick and complaining of unsafe health conditions: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/01/ny-lawmakers-unions-ask-bezos-to-close-amazon-warehouses-hit-by-coronavirus.html Vermont orders box stores to only sell essential goods: https://www.wcax.com/content/news/Vermont-orders-big-box-stores-to-stop-in-person-sales-of-nonessential-items-569263991.html Food lines at Anaheim food banks as post Disney economy there sees 92% local unemployment amid tourism busy: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8176555/Lines-stretch-California-food-banks-near-Disneyland-closure.html This program remains free, posted every weekday, with support from listeners like you.  Correspondence, stories, and donations to keep this going can be sent to: PO Box 35, Greenville Jct, ME 04442.  God Bless.

Episode 43 starts with a troubling case of a woman from Detroit who suffered acute hemorrhagic necrotizing encephalopathy - or a bleeding brain - apparently related to Covid and the cytokine storm problem.  We look at a study from Los Angeles that showed only 5% of the suspected influenza patients had Covid, meaning both coronavirus spread is in the community there but also still likely has many more people to reach foreshadowing a longer interval.  That's bad news for doctors being silenced and fired for talking about a lack of PPE leading to situations like Boston and Spain where mass staff infection is becoming common.  In NY, the situation is seeing mass graves being predug by prisoners.  All this is happening as we see people under extreme psychological and economic stress and with a leadership vacuum in taking the fight to the virus promising instability and wilder days ahead. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central E-Mail: coronaviruscentral@pm.me Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ Covid-19 associated Acute Hemorrhagic Necrotizing Encephalopathy: CT and MRI Features: https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.2020201187 SARS-CoV-2/Influenza Study from LA: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764137 Hospitals seek to silence doctors under threat of dismissal throughout US: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-31/hospitals-tell-doctors-they-ll-be-fired-if-they-talk-to-press Boston seeing major infection in hospital staff: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/30/824170756/four-boston-hospitals-report-significant-numbers-of-employees-have-the-coronavir Spain also suffering major struggles to keep medical staff in the fight: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/spain-tightens-restrictions-week-lockdown-begins-200330191539568.html US emergency medical supply dwindling: https://news.trust.org/item/20200401004741-7rc0u Rikers Island prisoners digging future tombs on NYC island for pandemic victims: https://theintercept.com/2020/03/31/rikers-island-coronavirus-mass-graves/ Red Cross warns of impending civil unrest in West: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-03-27/pandemic-could-spark-unrest-among-wests-urban-poor-red-cross-aid-agency The losers of the stimulus package: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/30/heres-who-wont-qualify-for-beefed-up-coronavirus-unemployment-relief.html Consumers worldwide shift habits into survival mode: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3077901/coronavirus-china-us-consumer-behaviour-radically-altered Bay Area stay at home order extended to May 3: https://patch.com/california/martinez/bay-area-coronavirus-stay-home-order-extended-what-know Challenges in West Australia: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-01/coronavirus-wa-cases-fall-as-wa-begins-to-flatten-the-curve/12107326 Cascading effects of food supply issues: http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/supplies-are-starting-to-get-really-tight-nationwide-as-food-distribution-systems-break-down This program remains free, posted every weekday, with support from listeners like you.  Correspondence, stories, and donations to keep this going can be sent to: PO Box 35, Greenville Jct, ME 04442.  God Bless.

We seek the ultimate questions in Episode 42 as some of your inquiries are answered with the latest research.  We look at how not just cases, but deaths are likely being under reported especially as places with taxed medical systems make the decision to exclude high risk low survivability patients, substantiated by proving fatality numbers versus annual averages and Covid official casualty counts that are substantially beneath this discrepancy.  We learn that infants seem not to carry the coronavirus, although most had antibodies.  Japanese researchers show how microparticles could spread Covid in many more places with video that will astound.  In light of this, we see Austria's decision to mandate masks outside as sensible, as those places without protection get ill more quickly.  On the economic front, we see strikes and worker unrest building at Amazon, Whole Foods, in meatpacking and agriculture.  Tenants are planning not to pay, and Sicilians working under the table are now stealing their groceries.  Tensions build as the government response helps some but not all, and with restrictions likely until June as promoted in Virginia, the future will be a challenge.  Lastly, Brazil prepares as they see the virus is mutating there and a long fight is ahead. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central E-Mail: coronaviruscentral@pm.me Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ Death rate not counting many people dying at home in Italy and elsewhere: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/03/30/italys-true-death-rate-warning-britons-want-call-covid-19-lockdown/ Anitbodies in infants with mothers who have Covid: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763854 Japanese research reveals microdroplets produced by breath and conversation aerosolize the virus: https://bgr.com/2020/03/30/coronavirus-update-new-research-suggests-we-should-be-wearing-masks/ Austria requires masks for all outside actions, reduces spread by 3/4: https://www.ft.com/content/f68f3063-5024-4654-9389-bcc7ee1efd8e Amazon warehouse employee organizes strike for unsafe working conditions: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/29/amazon-workers-in-staten-island-plan-strike-over-coronavirus-safety.html Amazon employee who organized strike fired for causing "unsafe" work conditions: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/amazon-fires-staten-island-worker-who-organized-walk-out-protest-over-lack-of-coronavirus-protections/2352118/ Whole Foods plans strike starting today over safety and pay: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dmeka/whole-foods-employees-are-staging-a-nationwide-sick-out Meat handlers regularly practice in unsafe conditions with Covid suspected individuals still working at many facilities: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/food-workers-meat-coronavirus-sick Rent strike movement rising nationally: https://apnews.com/1bd0dccae3f84e380af62b3dd91ee26e Civil unrest quickly building in Sicily as food scarcity becomes issue: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/italy-risks-losing-grip-in-south-with-fears-of-looting-and-riots/ar-BB11V5A1 Review of the CARES Act passed by Congress: https://www.forbes.com/sites/leonlabrecque/2020/03/29/the-cares-act-has-passed-here-are-the-highlights/#36b024cf68cd New Jersey rationing access to pharmaceuticals: https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/prevent-drug-shortages-ag-grewal-imposes-emergency-statewide-restrictions-certain-prescription-medications/ Virginia shut down until June 10th: https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/all-releases/2020/march/headline-855702-en.html Brazil prepares and already sees mutation in Covid as virus adapts to tropical environment: https://www.brasilwire.com/coronavirus-has-already-mutated-in-brasil-an-interview-with-margareth-dalcomo/ This program remains free, posted every weekday, with support from listeners like you.  Correspondence, stories, and donations to keep this going can be sent to: PO Box 35, Greenville Jct, ME 04442.  God Bless.

We begin our eighth week of coronavirus coverage with Episode 41 as we look to answer questions.  Exploring the confused immune response and cytokine storm effects may explain why certain people get more ill including critically so, offering new avenues for medical intervention.  We discuss the high mortality rate and the problems of ventilators.  Countries around the globe push back the timeframe as we see an unusually high unattributed number of dead people emerge from Wuhan questioning those numbers one urn at a time.  Italy sees the curve flatten but the pressure continue as some looting happens in Sicily.  New York has food banks under pressure as new hospitals arise.  But what is happening in NYC is spreading throughout America as we look at both small towns and a Midwestern city in Detroit to show just how fast Covid takes root once in a given area. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central E-Mail: coronaviruscentral@pm.me Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ Dr. Ya-Chi Ho diagram for how immune suppression happens: https://twitter.com/HoLabHIV/status/1244409779667206145/photo/1 Microbiology of lungs study of immune response against Covid: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.23.20026690v1 Analysis of immune suppression from SARS in mice: https://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fulltext/S1931-3128(16)30006-3 India moving forward with antiviral drug testing and production: https://telanganatoday.com/anti-viral-drug-in-making-to-tackle-covid-19/amp FDA approves hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for use: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/29/fda-emergency-authorization-anti-malaria-drug-155095 Steep mortality rate from early cases in ICU questions effectiveness of interventions: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8164079/Mortality-rate-coronavirus-patients-intensive-care-close-50-shock-report-reveals.html Russian population profile for Covid trends somewhat younger: https://www.rt.com/russia/484428-moscow-coronavirus-younger-patients/ UK lockdown to last until at least June: https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/29/uks-coronavirus-lockdown-must-last-june-warns-government-adviser-12472832/ 26,000 extra urns beyond what was reported from either Covid or would be projected naturally are delivered in Wuhan: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/wuhan-covid-19-deaths-may-be-in-tens-of-thousands-data-on-cremations-show/ar-BB11T0Vb Italy keeps waiting for peak that never seems to come: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/we-are-now-experiencing-the-aftershock-as-italys-death-toll-exceeds-10000-italians-wait-for-the-coronavirus-surge-to-finally-peak-2020-03-30 People without income taking food in Sicily: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/italy-sets-aside-400m-for-food-vouchers-as-social-unrest-mounts NYC food aid entities are beginning to buckle: https://nypost.com/2020/03/29/coronavirus-nyc-food-pantries-facing-crisis-plead-for-state-city-aid/ New York continues case acceleration even as curve flattens slightly: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3077553/coronavirus-tent-hospital-erected-central-park-new How the coronavirus is affecting middle America: https://apnews.com/cb56e50250328b923776408386b3a82a Virus task force overruled Trump's quarantine idea: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/29/trump-new-york-quarantine-mnuchin-coronavirus-153681 Michigan in focus, Detroit hit heavily with fast case growth: https://www.freep.com/in-depth/news/local/michigan/2020/03/28/michigan-coronavirus-surge-covid-19-case-count/2898574001/ This program remains free, posted every weekday, with support from listeners like you.  Correspondence, stories, and donations to keep this going can be sent to: PO Box 35, Greenville Jct, ME 04442.  God Bless.

The fortieth episode looks at the second part of the health equation which is to delve into why the economic problem is so bad.  After a quick review of drug shortages, an exploration of a different pathway by which the coronavirus is harming people, and a glance into Russia getting sick and Italy having dead whose numbers are rising sharply in one town without an attributed reason, we look at the pending policy bill.  A pork-laden monstrosity that is conceived reactively as just another response in an unending line of new debts, it fails to solve the basic question of how to keep people whole and stop people from moving for a time sufficient to stamp out Covid.  The rush to satisfy debt versus public health means a bill not so concerned with ventilators, PPE, and medical support as it is inadequate loans, heavy bureaucracies, and promising a bigger problem later for many people.  We see 3.3 million Americans unemployed this week as the first harbinger of many more to come.  Inability to pay rent, then to pay mortgages, and then to pay lenders comes forward as small businesses shutter.  How does agriculture hold up especially with a severely at risk population for both spread and contamination in close quarters outside legal status still out there?  Absent these answers, we see truckers avoiding NYC, people in northern Michigan telling city folks to stay home, and Texas now quarantining people coming from hot spots being quarantined or heavily fined and incarcerated.  All this in a battle between finance, debt, and control, with economy, assets, and scarcity on the other side as people make rational health decisions toward safety, something our government seems to struggle on all sides to understand. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ Russia passes 1,000 cases: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/03/27/russias-coronavirus-cases-surpass-1000-in-biggest-one-day-jump-a69710 Bergamo Mayor reports on dead found at home without formal cause given: https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/21/italian-mayor-claims-the-true-death-toll-from-covid-19-likely-to-be-much-higher Covid entering through C147 pathway study: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.14.988345v1 Additional documentation on alternatives to ACE-II pathway infection: https://sanchakblog.wordpress.com/2020/03/18/are-we-barking-up-the-wrong-tree-with-respect-to-ace2-does-sars-cov2-use-cd147-as-a-receptor-as-a-chinese-study-stated/ Ongoing list of drug shortages: https://www.ashp.org/Drug-Shortages/Current-Shortages/Drug-Shortages-List Forbes report on unrelated spending barreled into the coronavirus stimulus: https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2020/03/26/is-there-wasteful-spending-in-the-coronavirus-stimulus-bill/#5f19b04e60ae Corporate bailouts and insider trading expected features: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-white-collar/u-s-corporate-crisis-bailouts-may-prove-bonanza-for-insider-trading-new-study-warns-idUSKBN21D1AS Bureau of Economic Analysis: US GDP by Industry: https://www.bea.gov/system/files/2020-01/gdpind319.pdf Bureau of Labor Statistics: Workers by Industry: https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/employment-by-major-industry-sector.htm 3.3 million file unemployment claims last week: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/26/weekly-jobless-claims.html Analysis of how high unemployment may rise and problems which may result: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/how-high-will-unemployment-go-weve-only-seen-the-start.html Cascading problems of rent, mortgage, and lending with uncertain response: https://www.curbed.com/2020/3/24/21191545/coronavirus-stimulus-rent-housing-apartment Small business in big trouble: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/small-businesses-face-nightmare-cash-crunch-coronavirus-pandemic/story?id=69779601 Migrant labor and what it means for health risks and food supply: https://www.eater.com/2020/3/26/21194074/coronavirus-risk-farm-workers-farmers Truckers starting to avoid NYC: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-26/truckers-wary-of-new-york-deliveries-create-headache-for-grocers Northern MI seeks Detroiters and others to stay away: https://www.bridgemi.com/quality-life/northern-michigan-downstate-residents-stay-home-during-coronavirus Texas is putting mandatory self-quarantines with punishment on incoming travelers from most heavily hit regions: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/26/texas-orders-self-quarantine-air-travelers-new-york-and-new-orleans/

Episode 39 is the first part of an exploration about the dangers America faces and what we realistically should respect from this virus.  After a quick update in which it appears reinfection is less likely as good news but mutation more aggressive as bad news, we go into the action in New York's hospitals where life and death scenes are playing out right now as supply is being overwhelmed.  The stark relief comes into focus with two pieces by the New England Journal of Medicine that consider rationing of care, and ventilator protocols as what some will call triage and others will brand death panels because of our inaction.  We see morgue capacity now in question, officers calling off sick, and doctor breaking down as garbage bags are being used to supplement PPE.  This crisis may go on for many months, be a season event, and we look starkly at the potential of event that without much better action that seems improbable from not just policy makers, but our businesses and our people, where Americans are chancing a death toll into the millions by summer's end.  Tomorrow's second part will go into the equally troubling economic and survival implications of a society entering plague with disparity, distrust, and despair. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ Person infected with two different strains found in Iceland: https://grapevine.is/news/2020/03/24/patient-infected-with-two-strains-of-covid-19-in-iceland/ Reinfection from the same Covid strain does not occur in monkeys: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.13.990226v1 Hospital surge capacity all devoted to Covid in NYC: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/its-all-covid-new-york-medical-staff-brace-for-a-surge-of-coronavirus-patients Harrowing scenes like an apocalypse from Queens Elmhurt Hospital: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/nyregion/nyc-coronavirus-hospitals.html NEJM Ethical Guideline suggestions for rationing of care: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb2005114 NEJM suggestion for ventilator limitation issues involving life and death: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2005689 Hospitals forced to consider risks of resuscitation amidst PPE and ventilator shortages: https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2020/03/25/hospitals-across-us-consider-universal-do-not-resuscitate-orders-for-coronavirus-patients/ NYC Hospitals use Vitamin C to bolster immune systems of patients: https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/new-york-hospitals-treating-coronavirus-patients-with-vitamin-c/ Uncoordinated NYPD health response leads to many officer outages: https://nypost.com/2020/03/25/sick-nypd-cop-sent-back-to-work-then-she-tested-positive-for-coronavirus/ Morgue capacity in question in NYC: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/25/dhs-briefing-nyc-morgues-near-capacity-148259 Fauci: Coronavirus could become seasonal fixture: https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-could-become-seasonal-top-us-scientist-001146451.html Speculative piece on how the pandemic could play out: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/how-will-coronavirus-end/608719/

Episode 38 goes for a wider and deeper cut into the virus.  We check in with New York where the hospital system is now under deep stress, in the quickly expanding Atlanta cluster, see LA cutting off power to those businesses who stay open, and we look into how China lost many cell phone users as another hint something worse happened.  People flee from the cities to the country to cold receptions as countries begin shutting down trade and exports for their own domestic need.  The military has begun ramping up support operations with hospitals and doctors incoming.  Amidst all this, we look at DC disconnected with a so-called coronavirus support plan that basically promises 4% to the American people, 29% to corporate interests, and 67% to the banks who are being permitted to make unlimited loans with free money while we are told to work in these dangerous conditions.  This widening gap between finance and economy, between currency and value, is at the heart of what might cause a situation worse than 1929 and as we see spot gold rise while gold contracts plummet, we look critically at what people say they are doing versus what they are actually doing as too many shift the emphasis from the virus and health to their own cynical ends. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ A single coronavirus patient can be responsible for infecting up to 59,000 others: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8149149/Expert-describes-one-coronavirus-patient-infect-59-000-others.html Iceland sees 40 different mutations: https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/iceland-scientists-found-40-mutations-of-the-coronavirus-report-says/amp/#aoh=15851187026926 21 million Chinese cell phones cancelled in strange aberration: https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2020/03/24/21-million-chinese-cellphone-users-disappear-in-three-months-of-pandemic/ NYC ICU's under severe stress: https://apnews.com/b08afe589e0d6dae9469c8211157199c Case toll rising quickly in Georgia: https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/breaking-deaths-reported-georgia-coronavirus-cases-surpass/fP5W6Q4UhAyZz6CgRCyaeK/ Los Angeles shutting power and water to non-essential businesses to force compliance with stay at home order: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8146283/Angry-locals-St-Ives-Cornwall-scrawl-messages-beach-second-home-owners-remain-defiant.html Multiple Amazon warehouses impacted by Covid: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/03/24/covid-19-hits-6-amazon-warehouse-employees-reports-say/2913396001/ Countries now starting to limit food exports: https://www.msn.com/en-us/finance/markets/countries-are-starting-to-hoard-food-threatening-global-trade/ar-BB11EY3M India shuts down exports of hydroxychloroquine: https://news.rediff.com/commentary/2020/mar/25/covid19-govt-bans-export-of-antimalarial-drug/8d794e6dd647919c3c1858d8ecd67c2c Nevada Governor takes drug away from doctors in political stunt: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/24/steve-sisolak-nevada-governor-bans-malaria-drugs-c/ Pentagon expects 8-12 week crisis for coronavirus at minimum: https://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-sees-coronavirus-crisis-lasting-several-months-173422675.html Army Corps of Engineers preparing to build field hospitals for Covid sufferers in US: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/23/army-corps-engineers-convert-hotels-dorms-hospital-units-amid-outbreak.html $6 trillion dollars promised in government response, most to banks and corporations: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/coronavirus-relief-white-house-adviser-larry-kudlow-projects-aid-package-to-reach-roughly-6-trillion/ Federal Reserve puts reserve requirements to 0: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/reservereq.htm Gold market in major trouble due to inability to meet contracts and margin calls: https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/gold-market-breaking-down-gold-spreads-explode-lbma-warns-liquidity-problems

Episode 37 begins with a scathing critique of how America's determination to put finance, not economics, ahead of science and health is going to lead to this country experiencing the worst of all worlds with the utterly inadequate response by both the Executive and Legislative branches where it is increasingly clear everything but Covid is their priority.  We present a compelling case from Johns Hopkins as to why the science is bad and use an article about the peril to commercial mortgages with echoes of 2008 to hint at what is really going on in America.  In science updates, we have news about the increased risk about diabetics and hypertension, more details about how aggressively the coronavirus obliterates the nervous system, and information surface contamination may be longer in certain environments.  A tour through Europe and Australia shows how countries are being rewarded for more effective and immediate responses, as we see Italy trying to flatten the curve as Spain suffers from wider dispersal, the French deal with people ignoring social distancing measures, and the Germans testing early, often, and getting prepared.  The UK now has moved into lockdown, hoping to blunt the problem, and Australia is on the same page as the explosion has now hit down under. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ Trump ignores doctors and science for economic focus: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-doctors-want-shut-down-the-world-for-couple-years-2020-3 Thread from Johns Hopkins scientist on the choice US is making: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1242232846900756482.html Assessing patient risk for diabetes, hypertension with Covid: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30116-8/fulltext Looking into how Covid suppresses the immune system as a key unknown: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/theres-a-lot-we-dont-know-uw-researchers-look-at-how-coronavirus-turns-body-against-itself-and-kills/ Covid survived 17 days on surfaces on Diamond Princess: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/23/cdc-coronavirus-survived-in-princess-cruise-cabins-up-to-17-days-after-passengers-left.html Italy underreporting cases as death toll seems to flatten: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-24/italy-virus-cases-10-times-higher-than-reported-repubblica-says Spain suffering from wider dispersion around their nation: https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-03-24/coronavirus-is-spreading-faster-and-further-through-spain-than-in-italy.html France issues 90,000 citations as people ignore coronavirus lockdown resulting in further spread: http://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20200323-90k-breaches-of-containment-rules-in-france-as-coronavirus-death-toll-approaches-700 Germany benefits from widespread testing and proactive implementation: https://www.ft.com/content/c0755b30-69bb-11ea-800d-da70cff6e4d3# UK moves into lockdown to try to arrest viral spread: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52012432 Australia sees case explosion as number passes 2,000: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/coronavirus-updates-victoria-live-who-says-pandemic-is-accelerating-olympics-postponed-20200324-p54d7o.html Commercial mortgages threaten by American economic shutdown putting investors at peril: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/real-estate-billionaire-barrack-says-230309693.html

Episode 36 starts a new week with more stories about the terrible symptoms of this disease as well as a report all may not be well in Wuhan.  Italy can't even count their dead and now Covid-19 is everywhere in Canada.  New York features as the center of this outbreak with 5% of global current cases and we see the struggle to keep going as one surgeon at NY Presbyterian Hospital reports that can't meet the coming demand.  Medical imports are lagging, chloroquine is running out, and the search for PPE is becoming critical as the CDC is telling nurses to wear bandanas if all else fails.  We look into the quarantine letters about essential businesses and see that as an effort to keep people out, but at what expense to the virus fighting effort as many people in Seattle choose to ignore stay at home orders.  As DC fights over a pork laden bill, we look at the debt balloon, the question of inflation, and listen to the Fed warn nearly 1/3 of people may lose their job and half our GDP may also be lost.  We look at three ways to deal with that:  Resetting the debt, sending in the military, or trying to limp through, admitting there is no perfect solution to a pandemic running roughshod. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ Report of Lung Failure from Louisiana: https://www.propublica.org/article/a-medical-worker-describes--terrifying-lung-failure-from-covid19-even-in-his-young-patients Report Wuhan now denying virus tests as focus shifts to economy: https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1516240-20200323.htm Italian doctor too busy to count the dead: https://www.oe24.at/coronavirus/Italienische-Aerzte-Sind-am-Ende-unserer-Kraefte/423073342 Coronavirus in every Canadian provinces as restrictions tighten: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canada-coronavirus-death-toll-jumps-officials-could-punish-those-ignoring-precautions-idUSKBN2190PX Seattle residents of all stripes ignore shetler-in-place suggestion: https://mynorthwest.com/1779279/rantz-seattle-force-coronavirus-shelter-in-place/ NYC Epicenter of Pandemic: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/nyregion/Coronavirus-new-York-epicenter.html NY Presbyterian Hospital Chief Surgeon warns they will be soon overrun as supplies and capacity are not adequate: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/internal-memos-chief-surgeon-york-presbyterian-hospital-revealed/story?id=69735650 Imports of medical supplies plummet as demand soars: https://apnews.com/6d9382c1e8ee36f9ed1a4dfe7815ceb1 Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine shortages announced: https://www.modernhealthcare.com/supply-chain/chloroquine-short-supply-hospitals-buy-bulk Chicago area hospitals seeking PPE from dentists, vets, and plants: https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/hospitals-ask-vets-dentists-supplies What makes for an esssential business to break quarantine: https://www.natlawreview.com/article/illinois-issues-covid-19-stay-home-order-excluding-essential-businesses-and Stimulus package for Covid stalls in Congress: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/22/politics/stimulus-package-coronavirus-negotiations-congress/index.html Massive debt anticipated for the Federal Government: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/22/government-budget-deficit-is-about-to-explode-to-fight-the-coronavirus.html Fed Chairman of St. Louis predicts 30% unemploiyment and 50% contraction of GDP due to coronavirus: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/unemployment-could-reach-30-in-the-us-says-st-louis-feds-bullard-2020-03-22 Considering a debt jubilee as solution: http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1584897541.php Military contingency plans struggle with domestic audience and law enforcement problems: https://www.newsweek.com/inside-us-militarys-plans-stop-civil-disturbances-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-something-they-1493485 

Some positive news starts Episode 35 as we report on a new blood test for Covid antibodies which might open up the opportunity for rapidly expanded onsite testing.  We also found a study from China which reports that Tocilizumab is a drug which helped patients in severe distress recover lymphocytes and improve blood oxygen saturation, a chance to reduce the ventilator shortage.  The government is working with social media to gain information even as suppression efforts continue, including more analysis of the leaked US Health and Human Services report where they anticipate supply shortages for the next 18 months or longer.  The Trump Administration appears to be contemplated a ban on domestic air travel, shutting down the stock market, and asking people to stay in place.  However, the existing bill before Congress slowly working forward is not adequate to meet the needs of many people to accomplish such a quarantine meaning absent much improved medical intervention, the spread will likely hasten.  Reports from California, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania all show the acceleration of the coronavirus and slowing of the economy.  While government thinks small, people come up big as 3D printers help keep people safe and alive in both New York and Italy, showing the value of open source community based action. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ CDC US Case and Test Count: CDC Update New blood test for antibodies: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/new-blood-tests-antibodies-could-show-true-scale-coronavirus-pandemic Chinese study about efficiacy of Tocilizumab for acute and severe cases: http://chinaxiv.org/abs/202003.00026 Additional information on Tocilizumab: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tocilizumab#Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome_coronavirus_2019_(COVID-19) Review: Immunological study of T-Cell exhaustion: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.18.20024364v1 The experiences of a family in Milan during the outbreak: https://slate.com/technology/2020/03/coronavirus-covid19-italy-hospital-deaths-us-warning.html Balance between privacy and public health as social media tracking apps are considered: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/19/facebook-google-could-share-smartphone-data-to-fight-coronavirus.html What we are not being told about how bad this pandemic might be: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/18/1928623/-Reports-reveal-what-officials-are-being-told-about-COVID-19-and-it-s-not-what-they-are-telling-us Trump Administration considering more expansive measures but none are imminent: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/trump-eyes-grounding-jets-halting-stock-trading-ording-shelter-in-place California has 40 million residents ordered to stay at home as Governor Newsom projects a 56% infection rate from Covid. Boston sees hospital case number quadruple overnight: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/hospitals-say-spread-of-coronavirus-in-boston-appears-to-be-accelerating/2093241/ Pennsylvania shuts down all non-essential businesses: https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/live-updates-coronavirus-pennsylvania-what-you-need-know-thursday/NSJ3WMDCVRD65F3O4OMBSK5SH4/ Ohio Governor reports National Guard deployment is for food distribution: https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/ohio-governor-and-national-guard-clear-up-martial-law-rumors Elements of Congress' relief plan expected for late next week: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/818253789/congress-awaits-gop-relief-plan-as-first-lawmakers-test-positive-for-coronavirus Syracuse couple print 3D face masks to help local effort: https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/03/cny-couple-using-3d-printers-makes-100s-of-face-shields-for-coronavirus-testing-clinic.html 3D printing company replicates key valve to save lives, gets sued by manufacturer: https://www.medicaldevice-network.com/news/3d-printed-valves-covid-19-italy/

For Episode 34, we start with a reminder that younger people can and do get sick, die, and use valuable resources when they don't separate themselves from the Covid-19 outbreak.  London is moving toward lockdown as the United States sees a report leak that claims they see the crisis as being 18 months or longer, perhaps informed by the Imperial College study and the time to vaccine with multiple waves.  Amazon now has a warehouse worker sick and a personal anecdote about food scarcity serve as warning for potential shortages ahead.  We look first at nursing homes where people are getting sick from hospital visits or other sources, but also at prisons and the complex situation there.  To prevent virus spread, nonviolent offenders are being released before riots happen, but will they have access to resources, cause disruptions, and how will law enforcement react and will it continue showing up?  Big questions and few answers, but situations we need to watch.  JP Morgan sees our economy shrinking by 14% next quarter already, and oil is tumbling further - what will last and how you can prepare are what we look at in this challenging episode. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ CDC US Case and Test Count: CDC Update CDC analysis elevates health risk for younger people: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/488325-cdc-data-show-coronavirus-poses-serious-risk-for-younger-people 37 year old healthy man dies from Covid in Spain: https://www.larazon.es/madrid/20200318/zxruj2ihinajzobf24fp36tlla.html Lockdown thought to be imminent in London: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11206724/what-lockdown-mean-when-start-london/ Pandemic to last 18 months or longer according to leaked US report: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/us-govt-expects-18-month-pandemic-with-widespread-supply-shortages/ Amazon warehouse worker tests positive for coronavirus: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/amazon-warehouse-employee-has-coronavirus/608341/ Florida believes 19 nursing homes have Covid cases: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/public-global-health/488328-19-long-term-care-facilities-in-florida-report? Baltimore Mayor asks people to stop shooting each other because hospial beds are needed for coronavirus victims: https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/18/we-need-those-beds-baltimore-mayor-urges-people-to-put-down-guns-after-violence-continues-during-covid-19-pandemic/ Philadelphia stops arresting people for many nonviolent crimes in effort to reduce jail and prison population and risk of exposure: https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/philadelphia-police-coronavirus-covid-pandemic-arrests-jail-overcrowding-larry-krasner-20200317.html Brazilian prison riot over coronavirus fears: https://www.complex.com/life/2020/03/hundreds-brazilian-inmates-riot-escape-prison-coronavirus-lockdown Major concerns in Federal and local penitentiaries about staff and inmate safety: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/18/politics/coronavirus-in-us-jails-heighten-concerns/index.html JP Morgan projects 14% contraction of US economy in Q2: https://business.financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/jp-morgan-slashes-forecast-for-u-s-gdp-sees-14-q2-drop Oil prices continue to drop and could go below zero if supply overruns demand: https://www.ccn.com/this-is-how-oil-prices-can-crash-below-0-yes-really/

For our thirty-third episode, we start by noting that Facebook is now blocking legitimate stories which they attribute to a "bug" as the WHO and partners invest more energy into controlling information than fighting the outbreak.  We share a new study that suggests children can still be at risk, though thankfully less than adults, as we also report from the Dutch that many young seemingly healthy people are in severe distress from Covid.  The hope is people will change their behaviors as New York is perched on the verge of a major shutdown that we see happening now in Switzerland.  We look at the problems of renters, unemployed, and those needing resources as a bipartisan consensus forms around debt suspension or forgiveness and the direct payment of income to all adult Americans to get through this crisis so people won't have to go out.  As that lurches forward, we see Texas getting prepared with better decisions about public events, but shortfalls in supply.  Louisiana is also coming under the gun post Mardi Gras, and while Florida has begun shutting down some bars and restaurants, partially, the Sunshine State continues to lag.  Lastly, a new drug for fighting flu in Japan is having some positive impacts so we talk about favipiravir (Avigan) as another tool in the arsenal. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ CDC US Case and Test Count: CDC Update Facebook censors multiple news sources about coronavirus: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/03/17/facebook-deleting-coronavirus-posts-leading-to-charges-of-censorship/#329163525962 New study reports that children are at risk from Covid though less than adults: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/new-data-shows-children-can-get-severely-ill-from-coronavirus-first-known-child-death/news-story/02fbdf91cd35eb08b3156dd3bd89dc38 Belgian doctor reports on severe lung trauma to healthy people in 20's and 30's: https://nypost.com/2020/03/17/coronavirus-doctor-says-lung-scans-for-young-patients-were-nothing-short-of-terrifying/ WSJ discusses intergenerational war about how seriously people take Covid: https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-generational-war-is-brewing-over-coronavirus-11584437401 NYC considering issuing shelter in place order and ramifications for the region: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/nyregion/coronavirus-nyc-shelter-in-place.html Swiss hospitals will face collapse within 10 days at current patient progression rate: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/coronavirus-swiss-hospitals-face-collapse-in-10-days-if-virus-keeps-spreading Layoffs across America swamp unemployment offices: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/17/coronavirus-layoffs-america-unemployment-134819 Portland, OR passes legislation to suspect post rent due evictions: https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/multnomah-county-portland-suspend-evictions-during-coronavirus-outbreak.html Bipartisan consensus forming for immediate cash injection: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/17/ubi-during-coronavirus-who-supports-giving-cash.html Texas preparing for case load increase as medical professionals worry about bed, mask, and ventilator capacity: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/17/texas-coronavirus-cases-could-stretch-hospital-capacity-thin/ Louisiana enacting more restrictions as case load continues to grow especially in New Orleans: https://www.livescience.com/louisiana-coronavirus-updates.html Florida shuts down bars and nightclubs, restaurants partially open, beaches still open: https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/coronavirus-florida-shuts-down-bars-nightclubs-issues-sweeping-restrictions-for-restaurants-beaches/ Chinese study suggests favipiravir with early administration has substantial value in reducing severity of coronavirus: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/japanese-flu-drug-clearly-effective-in-treating-coronavirus-says-china

A deeper look into how these lockdowns will function and what purpose they serve is the focus of Episode 32.  After more harrowing evidence from Italy, we look deeply into why you don't want to treat Covid with ibuprofen for the early fever and a dive into the T-cells suggests that afflicted immune response is at the heart of case severity.  Revised modeling in the UK is leading to a shift from mitigation to containment, as reflect in France's mandatory shutdown.  We see the same in the US starting as San Francisco is the first area to begin lockdowns will likely only accelerate even as we must wonder will they prove enough given the many exemptions required to keep basic services functioning.  We address the strange irony that the food production, distribution, and delivery system will require people who are most at risk for the least compensation to contemplate serious risk to help others who are not exposed, and look at how Amazon will deal with this and the many tensions that create a massive vulnerability.  Lastly, we peek at the first efforts toward the first vaccine candidate - a goal far off in this distance but toward which progress is being attempted. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ CDC US Case and Test Count: CDC Update Stories of those departed from Italy: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/17/this-is-like-a-war-view-from-italys-coronavirus-frontline WHO considers airborne precautions in reversal: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/16/who-considers-airborne-precautions-for-medical-staff-after-study-shows-coronavirus-can-survive-in-air.html French recommend using tylenol over advil: https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-reports-that-the-french-health-minister-recommended-use-of-paracetamol-for-fever-from-covid-19-rather-than-ibuprofen-or-cortisone/ T-Cell expresion in Covid-19 and how the immune system gets exhausted: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.18.20024364v1 Revised modeling from Imperial College about effectiveness of NPI measures to contain the pandemic: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf What Goldman Sachs told their clients about virus and macroeconomic implications: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/half-america-will-get-sick-here-what-goldman-told-1500-clients-its-sunday-conference-call US and UK Hospitals vulnerable to surge in virus cases: https://www.ft.com/content/effd0dae-655f-11ea-b3f3-fe4680ea68b5 France assigns 100,000 police to enforce lockdown after too many people fail to voluntarily comply and virus spreads: https://www.france24.com/en/20200317-france-to-deploy-100-000-police-to-enforce-its-war-on-coronavirus Six Bay Area Counties enter lockdown starting Tuesday at midnight: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-16/how-the-san-francisco-bay-areas-coronavirus-shelter-in-place-order-works Trump Administration suggests states get their own respirators and supplies independent of Federal provision: https://theweek.com/speedreads/902682/trump-governors-try-getting-respirators-coronavirus-patients-yourselves WA health care workers need more mask, request release from national strategic supply as the last supplies are being exhausted: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/487785-washington-state-lawmakers-warn-health-workers-running-low-on-protective Amazon Prime may falter during coronavirus: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/epgk8w/amazon-prime-will-falter-during-coronavirus-panic-experts-say Amazon attempting to hire 100k more staff: https://www.ft.com/content/a639e49f-8bee-4c32-8cdd-9a3479c23eec Reddit: Amazon worker through Whole Foods explains why they are calling off and convincing others to do likewise for safety and equity concerns: https://www.reddit.com/r/wholefoods/comments/fjj6ml/an_argument_for_calling_out_sick/ First experimental coronavirus vaccine now undergoing Phase I testing in Seattle: https://www.livescience.com/first-person-coronavirus-vaccine-clinical-trial.html

Episode 31 sees a new week beginning with the world shutting down to fight coronavirus by stopping the spread by any means possible.  Austria, France, and Spain join Italy in lockdown as Europe's outbreak accelerates wildly.  We cycle the Anglosphere to see New Zealand closing down fast, Australia treading water, the United States stumbling, and the UK preparing for the worst.  Ohio offers an example of aggressive proactive action for social distancing as other states and cities begin independently doing the same.  New numbers suggest a higher case fatality rate, in both the best case scenario, and the unfortunately more realistic situation we are moving toward which will sorely test each country's medical system but for a fortunate few. Join the Telegram chat at: https:/t.me/coronaviruscentral.com Facebook: @coronaviruscentral Twitter: @coronaviruscast YouTube:  Coronavirus Central Links: Latest statistics: https://covid19info.live/ Case sources: https://bnonews.com/ Covid-19 news: http://covidreport.net/ CDC US Case and Test Count: CDC Update Coronavirus lockdowns across Europe and Australia's preparations: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-16/coronavirus-lockdowns-how-do-they-work/12057870 How Spain is managing both political tensions and the viral outbreak in lockdown: "https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/world/europe/spain-coronavirus.html" Italian doctor reports patients are lucidly approaching their death with desire to have last words with family; https://nypost.com/2020/03/13/italian-doctor-describes-coronavirus-patients-last-calls-to-loved-ones/ Lancet offers updated projections on CFR: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30195-X/fulltext Two US ER doctors in critical condition with Coronavirus: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/us/coronavirus-physicians-emergency-rooms.html UK predicts 8 million people to need hospital assistance: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1255724/coronavirus-uk-latest-news-covid-19-coronavirus-europe-outbreak-boris-johnson-trump-US Ohio shuts down bars and restaurants expecting multiple "Wuhans" nationally: https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200315/coronavirus-governor-orders-ohio-bars-restaurants-to-shut-down Minnesota deregulates ambulances in anticipation of additional need: https://www.firerescue1.com/fire-products/personal-protective-equipment-ppe/articles/minnesota-issues-5-day-emergency-suspension-of-ambulance-services-memo-RVIilYFeqaqAyhmz/ CDC now advising no gatherings over 50 people for next 8 weeks: https://abc7news.com/health/covid-19-no-large-gatherings-for-next-8-weeks-cdc/6016468/ New Zealand shuts down most air traffic and requires 14 day quarantine for all entrants: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/we-dont-want-to-be-italy-new-zealand-bans-gatherings-of-more-than-500-due-to-coronavirus Canadian airports packed, fail to inform travelers to self-quarantine: https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/coronavirus-the-major-breakdown-at-canadian-airports/ Mexico goes forward with 70,000 ticketed music festival despite coronavirus fears: https://apnews.com/96c71c1f4bd4c202d1d06e00b9f36d51 Inflammation of the lower lungs leaves body defenseless: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-08/coronavirus-nears-fatal-tipping-point-when-lungs-are-inflamed