Some refuse to blame China, and that was a given going in.
Posted by Wally Bunker on April 14, 2020, 8:27 pm
As we continues to search for a definitive treatment for COVID-19, the global pandemic continues.
As it stands today, our only weapon against the virus is social distancing, in which we remain as isolated as we can in order to starve the virus of hosts. While this is undeniably effective in terms of health and safety, the lack of recreation that we are experiencing has hit the economy like an asteroid, decimating just about any business that relies on our disposable income to stay afloat.
In order to reopen the world, we need to know that we’ll be safe, and the only true path to safety lies within a cure, vaccine, or reliable treatment for COVID-19 that hasn’t yet presented itself.
As the research into the illness continues, concerns have been raised about a viral laboratory in China that specializes in just such sicknesses, and just so happens to be only a stone’s throw away from the pandemic’s original outbreak in Wuhan.
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Now, as conspiracy theories simmer regarding a possible connection between the two, a leaked series of transmissions from deep within the State Department is adding fuel to the fire.
U.S. Embassy officials warned in January 2018 about inadequate safety at the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab and passed on information about scientists conducting risky research on coronavirus from bats, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
Those cables have renewed speculation inside the U.S. government about whether Wuhan-based labs were the source of the novel coronavirus, although no firm connection has been established. The theory, however, has gained traction in recent days.
Just how serious were these concerns?
In a series of diplomatic cables labeled “Sensitive But Unclassified,” U.S. Embassy officials warned that the lab had massive management weaknesses, posed severe health risks and warned Washington to get involved.
The first cable, which was obtained by the Post, also sent red flags about the lab’s work on bat coronaviruses and more specifically how their potential human transmission represented the risk of a new SARS-like pandemic.
“During interactions with scientists at the WIV laboratory, they noted the new lab has a serious shortage of appropriately trained technicians and investigators needed to safely operate this high-containment laboratory,” the Jan.19, 2018 cable, written by two officials from the embassy’s environment, science and health sections who met with the WIV scientists, said.
The cable argued that the United States should give Chinese researchers at the Wuhan lab more support because its research on bat coronaviruses was important and dangerous. The lab had already been receiving assistance from the Galveston National Laboratory at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
China’s alleged cover up of the virus was bad enough to warrant widespread criticism of the communist regime, but the possibility that COVID-19 was leaked intentionally will almost certainly spark in international row.
Looking back, we probably should have nuked china in the sixties.
Re: Some refuse to blame China, and that was a given going in.
Here's what Trump was doing about coronavirus while Democrats, liberals and their media were obsessing about impeachment: December 31: China reports the discovery of the coronavirus to the World Health Organization. January 6: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice for Wuhan, China due to the spreading coronavirus. January 7: The CDC established a coronavirus incident management system to better share and respond to information about the virus. January 11: The CDC issued a Level I travel health notice for Wuhan, China. January 17: The CDC began implementing public health entry screening at the 3 U.S. airports that received the most travelers from Wuhan – San Francisco, New York JFK, and Los Angeles. January 20: Dr. Fauci announces the National Institutes of Health is already working on the development of a vaccine for the coronavirus. January 21: The CDC activated its emergency operations center to provide ongoing support to the coronavirus response. January 23: The CDC sought a “special emergency authorization” from the FDA to allow states to use its newly developed coronavirus test. January 27: The CDC issued a level III travel health notice urging Americans to avoid all nonessential travel to China due to the coronavirus. January 29: The White House announced the formation of the Coronavirus Task Force to help monitor and contain the spread of the virus and provide updates to the President. January 31: The Trump Administration: Declared the coronavirus a public health emergency. Announced Chinese travel restrictions. Suspended entry into the United States for foreign nationals who pose a risk of transmitting the coronavirus. January 31: The Department of Homeland Security took critical steps to funnel all flights from China into just 7 domestic U.S. airports. February 3: The CDC had a team ready to travel to China to obtain critical information on the novel coronavirus, but were in the U.S. awaiting permission to enter by the Chinese government. February 4: President Trump vowed in his State of the Union Address to “take all necessary steps” to protect Americans from the coronavirus.
The ONLY thing you heard out of the Democrats at that time was impeachment. Now they are blaming the president. Where were they? Trying to impeach a president and calling travel bans (that probably saved many lives) racist.
On January 29, 2020 Joe Biden in a speech in Iowa said that Trump's idea of restricting travel from China was "Xenophobic". On March 9, 2020 Bernie Sanders said he would NOT, I repeat he said he would NOT shut down travel from China. In fact Bernie said "Isn't it funny that this President's first reaction is to close the borders." February 24, 2020 Nancy Pelosi says from San Francisco's China Town to come visit, it is safe and "there are no Coronavirus concerns". Then SF became one of the epicenters of the disease. March 20, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow (as well as NY Times) bash Trump for talking about Hydroxy Cloroquin calling it a "fairy tale" and giving people false hope. Now it is being sought after to fight the disease and is being tested as helping patients recover faster. March 30, 2020 Morning Joe anchors say "everyone saw this coming in early January...yet January 24 2020, Joe Scarborough and wife Minka had a segment where they said "no Americans need to be concerned about COVID-19 and should be more concerned about the common flu. Everything I have quoted are all true and easily verified. It seems to me that the Liberal leaders and media have not been accurate about ANYTHING about COVID-19 and some how Trump has been way ahead of them. Trump nailed this one and the press does everything to blame him? Do not let the media rewrite facts. Liberals and the media on January 28th were talking about the final vote of the impeachment hearing while Trump was sounding the alarm. They all said he was trying to distract us....well guess what, he was right this time. Facts Matter
Re: During the impeachment here is what also happened regarding the virus
By NBC Bay Area staff • Published February 24, 2020 • Updated on February 25, 2020 at 7:05 am
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi toured San Francisco's Chinatown Monday to send a message. She said there's no reason tourists or locals should be staying away from the area because of coronavirus concerns.
"That’s what we’re trying to do today is to say everything is fine here," Pelosi said. "Come because precautions have been taken. The city is on top of the situation."
Pelosi visited The Wok Shop, a temple and the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory, which was started 58 years ago by owner Kevin Chan's mother and uncle.
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Trump should have had her in lockdown, its his fault.
Re: During the impeachment here is what also happened regarding the virus