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5:41 min
DHS secretary breaks down efforts to get protective gear to US hot spots
•Apr 9, 2020
Fox News
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf joins ‘The Daily Briefing.’
I’ve been wearing my Maff when I go out...Doug, remember that "MAFFS is HARD!!"
And MOST folks are within 1 Std Dev of the mean, half above and half below, SO, MAFFS is HARD for most people.
I’ve been wearing my Maff when I go out...
Personally, I would not touch them.my question is, in my neighborhood we have a lot of cats and kittens that go from house to house, hanging out - can cats be carriers of it? do I need to worry when I have three of them hanging out on my front porch or yard. I haven't petted any of them, but all my neighbors do - feed them and pet them.
Same here.I'd prefer a good therapy over a vaccine. I don't trust vaccine and I don't trust the motives of those who make them.
Last month, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) issued an executive order postponing all elective surgeries and minor medical procedures through the beginning of April. However, the state is not formally under a statewide stay-at-home order.INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center Portland Ave. is an extension of the INTEGRIS Baptist campus with the same leadership team. The postponement of non-emergent surgeries and procedures has led to a declining census at both facilities. In an effort to better consolidate our resources we are temporarily closing the Portland Ave. building with the exception of the emergency room, it will remain open, and limited outpatient services. We fully anticipate that if and when we see a surge of COVID-19 patients in Oklahoma City, we will be reopening this campus.
See, I told you people would start to die in the pc states, like California and Chicago, as resources were diverted to illegals, and whatever protected class in favor at the time. Divert resources to homeless queer kidsView: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIr7CTzgD-g
46:56 min
Coronavirus: CA Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses state's response to COVID-19
•Streamed live 103 minutes ago
KTLA 5
Update: California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other officials were providing updates on the state's response to COVID-19. Motel vouchers for health care workers discounts scaled to pay. CalTravelStore.com HealthCorps 86,516 volunteers now. United Airlines, Southwest, Alaska and Delta Airlines have donated out of state travel and the state has accomodations. Helath care workers who have tested positive and those exposed also can access hotel rooms.
18309 tested positive, 492 deaths (50 yesterday,) 1132 in ICU (drop of 1.9% from yesterday,) 2825 hospitalized. We have bent the curve but it as been stretched so will peak later. We started with 7587 ventilators, now have 11747 ventilators. Hospitals only using 31.89% of their ventilators. (8,000 not in use) This does not include the CA state stockpile. That is why CA was able to lend ventilators to other states (There is a claw back agreement if needed.) They check in daily with every county on what they have and need. They make sure they have 2X as many vents as they need that day and stockpile are regionally prepostitioned and hospitals. Have mutual aid system. Taking care of the smaller hospitals where surge could overwhelm. Goal is to secure 10,000 more ventilators. Bridge ventilators (not built to last forever, step down for those not at same stage of acuity as the regular.)
Capacity of CA to procure hundred of millions of units PPE items for hospital and l system, not include grocery front line and IHSS (In home health service) hundreds of thousands pushed out daily and will increase significantly over next few weeks.
New Batelle mask sterilization system operational April 20.
California Coronavirus COVID-19 Response has resources for domestic abuse. Stay at home is disproportionately impacting women.
Concern of loss of fishing season - not cancelling just want to delay. Inyo and Mono county were concerned they would be inundated by out of area fishermen and they don't have the health care capacity. Are addressing with county health on a county by county basis.
Grappling with special education issues in distance learning. Also broadband access. How do we make up for lost learning time. Looking at summer support.
LBGTQI homeless youth resources and crisis lines
13,900 testing backlog still. Looking how to expand PCR testing and ensure "equity lens" is in place to make sure poor and minorities have access. Antibody tests (serum) community spread and immunity from reinfection. Looking at how to use to guide decision. Other countries re-thinking their use
Project room key - getting people out of congregate situations with infection into separate motel rooms.
The distinguished Democratic Leader and the Speaker of the House sought to use this crucial program to open broader negotiations on other topics, including parts of the CARES Act where literally no money has gone out the door yet.
The Democratic leadership has suggested they may hold Americans’ paychecks hostage unless we pass another sweeping bill that spends half a trillion dollars doubling down on a number of parts of the CARES Act, including parts that have not even started to work yet.
“We are asking small business owners across America to place their faith in us. We are asking them to keep workers on payroll because Congress, the Treasury, and the SBA will have their back,” McConnell said. “We must not fail them. My colleagues must not treat working Americans as political hostages.”The country cannot afford unnecessary wrangling or political maneuvering. Treating this as a normal, partisan negotiation could literally cost Americans their jobs.
“As a Main Street entrepreneur, it’s sad that Senate Democrats have blocked $250 billion of additional aid for small businesses,” Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) said in a statement on Thursday. “The PPP fund will soon run out of money and more businesses will close their doors while Democrats block additional relief.”After hearing from Iowans and seeing the overwhelming response of small businesses across the country, it’s clear we need to bolster the Paycheck Protection Program. We don’t have time for political games; we’re in a crisis. Workers and employers in Iowa and across the country need this relief now more than ever, so let’s put aside the politics and swiftly get this specific additional support for small businesses approved so money can keep flowing, Iowa workers can continue to collect a paycheck, and our state’s small businesses can stay afloat.
“Let’s pass more non-controversial funding for Americans’ paychecks. Let’s do it today. And then let’s continue to work together, with speed and bipartisanship. We will get through this crisis together,” McConnell concluded.As a Main Street entrepreneur, it's sad that Senate Democrats have blocked $250 billion of additional aid for small businesses. The PPP fund will soon run out of money and more businesses will close their doors while Democrats block additional relief.Senate adjourns until Monday after Democrats block McConnell's bid to add $250 billion in small business aid
— Senator Mike Braun (@SenatorBraun) April 9, 2020
Pentagon says COVID report cited by ABC doesn’t exist
The Pentagon says a supposed intelligence report cited by ABC News on an emerging COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t exist.m.washingtontimes.com
Pentagon says COVID report cited by ABC doesn't exist
Thursday, April 9, 2020
- By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times
The Pentagon says a supposed intelligence report cited by ABC News on an emerging COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t exist.
ABC said the report was issued in November by the National Center for Medical Intelligence, an arm of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). It supposedly warned of a pandemic of what would be later named COVID-19.
Relying on sources who said they saw the report, ABC News said the warning was briefed “multiple times” to the DIA, the staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Trump White House.
The Pentagon said it did an exhaustive search and could find no such document.
Col. R. Shane Day, a physician who heads the medical intelligence unit, issued a flat denial.
“As a matter of practice, the National Center for Medical Intelligence does not comment publicly on specific intelligence matters,” Col. Day said. “However, in the interest of transparency during this current public health crisis, we can confirm that media reporting about the existence/release of a National Center for Medical Intelligence Coronavirus-related product/assessment in November of 2019 is not correct. No such NCMI product exists.”
A defense official told The Washington Times, “The center is part of the broader Intelligence Community effort to provide intelligence, expert assessments, and pandemic warning to senior U.S. government leaders, with the critical mission of supporting defense policymakers and U.S. warfighters. NCMI and the Defense Intelligence Agency spent considerable time over the last 24 hours examining every possible product that could have been identified as related to this topic and have found no such product.”
The South China Morning Post reported scientists believe they have found perhaps the first COVID-19 victim on Nov. 17 in Hubei Province, home to Wuhan City, where the virus broke out in December 2019 and spread to the world.
China reported to the World Health Organization in mid-January that the coronavirus wasn’t transmitted human-to-human, an inaccurate statement passed to the public by WHO.
It is absurd and cruel that a taxpaying family with mixed immigration status could be excluded from this relief during this pandemic.
Today I introduced a bill and led a letter to address this major error.
All Americans need our help right now. Coronavirus In Minnesota: Omar Pushes For Relief Checks For Mixed-Status Families
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) April 7, 2020
She also sent a letter to the Department of Treasury, urging it to address the eligibility requirements to “clarify how certain taxpayers and dependents can actually receive these payments.”The CARES Act provides a one-time stimulus payment of $1200 for most adults and $500 for children under the age of 17. In order to receive payment, the CARES Act requires identification in the form of a Social Security Number (SSN). Under current statute, married couples filing jointly with any non-SSN identification will not be eligible for the stimulus payment.
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The Recovery Rebates Improvement Act will expand the eligibility requirement to ensure joint tax filers with one SSN will receive payment and provide more people with vital economic assistance. Comprehensive legislation is needed in the next package to ensure that all noncitizens, whether holding a SSN or not, can access these relief payments.
Gee, if this PBS puff piece was really true then we wouldn't be dealing with THOUSANDS OF INFECTED HEALTHCARE WORKERS, AND HUNDREFS OF THEM WHO DIED BECAUSE F%%^^ ASSES LIKE THIS CLOWN DIDN'T DO THEIR JOBS. BALTIMORE IS IN GOOD SHAPE?.STFU you lying pos!!!View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqrwt2q9C5E
6:21 min
Why Larry Hogan {Maryland] is proud of fellow governors' response to COVID-19
•Apr 7, 2020
PBS NewsHour
Governors across the country are working together to ensure frontline medical workers receive the protective gear that can keep them from contracting or transmitting COVID-19. Maryland’s Larry Hogan is the chairman of the National Governors Association, and he joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the ongoing effort to “catch up” to the crisis and why he feels proud of how U.S. governors are responding.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EcptPL9o_w
3:48 min
Hogan Tours Convention Center's Coronavirus Field Hospital
•Apr 7, 2020
WJZ
Gov. Larry Hogan toured the Baltimore Convention Center's 250-bed coronavirus field hospital on Tuesday.
You do realize in some cultures Squid is considered to be edible Sushi?I’ve been wearing my Maff when I go out...
Yes indeed cats, including Tigers and Lions can be infected by people. Search the Brooklyn Zoo story about the infected zoo cats. Dogs are okay, but cats, especially feral ones are not.Personally, I would not touch them.
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Thursday, April 9, 2020
Executive Branch Agencies Recommend the FCC Revoke and Terminate China Telecom’s Authorizations to Provide International Telecommunications Services in the United States
Today, interested Executive Branch agencies[1] unanimously recommended that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revoke and terminate China Telecom (Americas) Corp.’s authorizations to provide international telecommunications services to and from the United States. China Telecom is the U.S. subsidiary of a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-owned telecommunications company.
The Department of Justice led the review of China Telecom’s authorizations, and it based the recommendation on developments since the authorizations were last transferred in 2007, including China Telecom’s failure to comply with the terms of an existing agreement with the Department.
“Today, more than ever, the life of the nation and its people runs on our telecommunications networks,” said John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security. “The security of our government and professional communications, as well as of our most private data, depends on our use of trusted partners from nations that share our values and our aspirations for humanity. Today’s action is but our next step in ensuring the integrity of America’s telecommunications systems.”
In its recommendation, the Executive Branch agencies identified substantial and unacceptable national security and law enforcement risks associated with China Telecom’s operations, which render the FCC authorizations inconsistent with the public interest. More specifically the recommendation was based on:
Some of the foregoing relate to China Telecom’s failure to comply with a 2007 Letter of Assurance, which was a basis for the existing FCC authorizations. The Department’s National Security Division, Foreign Investment Review Section, identified those compliance issues through its mitigation monitoring program. As a result, the Executive Branch agencies concluded that the national security and law enforcement risks associated with China Telecom’s international Section 214 authorizations could not be mitigated by additional mitigation terms.
- the evolving national security environment since 2007 and increased knowledge of the PRC’s role in malicious cyber activity targeting the United States;
- concerns that China Telecom is vulnerable to exploitation, influence, and control by the PRC government;
- inaccurate statements by China Telecom to U.S. government authorities about where China Telecom stored its U.S. records, raising questions about who has access to those records;
- inaccurate public representations by China Telecom concerning its cybersecurity practices, which raise questions about China Telecom’s compliance with federal and state cybersecurity and privacy laws; and
- the nature of China Telecom’s U.S. operations, which provide opportunities for PRC state-actors to engage in malicious cyber activity enabling economic espionage and disruption and misrouting of U.S. communications.
More information concerning the Executive Branch agencies’ recommendation is available on the FCC’s International Bureau Filing System (IBFS), under Docket Number ITC-T/C-20070725-00285. The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration filed the recommendation on behalf of the Executive Branch agencies.
The Department is committed to working with industry to ensure that critical business needs are considered and addressed in a manner that is consistent with the United States’ national security and law enforcement interests. This action was taken under the legacy, ad hoc arrangement of the Departments of Justice, Defense, and Homeland Security, formerly known as Team Telecom, the operation of which was recently formalized by Executive Order dated April 4, 2020, establishing the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector. Applications referred by the FCC after the date of the Executive Order will be handled under the process outlined therein.
Executive Branch Agencies Recommend the FCC Revoke and Terminate China Telecom’s Authorizations to Provide International Telecommunications Services in the United States
oday, interested Executive Branch agencies unanimously recommended that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revoke and terminate China Telecom (Americas) Corp.’s authorizations to provide international telecommunications services to and from the United States. China Telecom is the U.S...www.justice.gov
From my observations watching their carts at the local Farmington, nm Sam's and walmarts, they tend to eat predominately cheap carbohydrates and drink way too much soda and booze. I am sure type 2 diabetes is off the charts...just like the blacks. Anecdotally, the Gallup, NM and west end Farmington Walmarts haven't carried Auguson farms storage food in the 5 years I have been in the area but the candy aisles are the biggest I have ever seen. Take it for what it's worth and stating what I see doesn't make me a racists....so piss up a rope John Reb!The Calif. tribal members I know and used to represent on the county level have a high incidence of diabetes. (I don't know about hypertension, but my tribes have almost annual exposure to heavy smoke from wildfires.) I was wondering if there were indications that native Americans, from the navaho experience, were particularly prone to the disease like blacks seem to be.
Please find some loop hole or another to get rid of WalMart, too. After seeing them go the full jack boot thug route up to and including closing their garden centers
Our economy is so integrated I don't see how they can successfully resurrect just part of it to much success. I guess we shall see.Mnuchin Says Trump Looking at Areas of U.S. Where Economy Can Be Reopened
Mnuchin also said he hopes the shutdown does not go on longer than eight weeks.www.newsweek.com
TREASURY SECRETARY STEVE MNUCHIN SAYS DONALD TRUMP IS LOOKING AT AREAS OF U.S. WHERE ECONOMY CAN BE REOPENED
BY EDDY RODRIGUEZ ON 4/7/20 AT 1:27 PM EDT
Steven Mnuchin speaks in the press briefing room with Donald Trump, Mike Pence and Administrator Jovita Carranza of the Small Business Administration during the Coronavirus Task Force briefing on April 2. Americans have filed 10 million unemployment claims in the past two weeks, according to Forbes.WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY
Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is looking at areas in the country where the economy can be reopened.
"I think everything I hear from the medical professionals in many places is we're close to the worst point and beginning to peak. I think then things are going to get better. I know the president is very much looking at how we can reopen parts of the economy. There are parts of the country, like New York, where obviously this is very, very concerning. There are other parts of the country where it's not," Mnuchin said in an appearance on FOX Business Network.
Mnuchin said he hopes the shutdown will not go on longer than eight weeks, which is the length of time small businesses can pay their employees when they take out a loan from the federal government loan program provided under the CARES Act.
"All these small businesses need to do is pay their employees. If they're closed and there's no work to do, they don't have to come in. They just pay them so as soon as they're ready to open, they have their employees.… They didn't have to get unemployment," Mnuchin said, adding that the amount of people who could benefit for this program account for "50 percent of the private economy.
"I can assure you the president has instructed us to get this money into the economy fast."
Americans have filed 10 million unemployment claims in the past two weeks, according to Forbes. The numbers are due to businesses closing down as a result of stay-at-home orders put in place in response to the new coronavirus pandemic. Businesses Insider compiled a list of major companies that have either furloughed or laid off thousands of employees. including Marriott International, General Electric and Macy's.
Trump has said that he does not want the cure to be worse than the disease, meaning that the measures put in place to protect Americans from contracting the new coronavirus should not be worse than the impact of the virus itself.
"We built the greatest economy in the world. I'll do it a second time. We got artificially stopped by a virus that nobody ever thought possible," the president said Monday during his daily coronavirus press briefing.
There are over 370,000 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the United States and over 11,000 deaths attributed to the virus, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
Think about the local small businesses. Keeping them alive is important.Our economy is so integrated I don't see how they can successfully resurrect just part of it to much success. I guess we shall see.