Wednesday, March 18, 2020
'Total lockdown inevitable' says Erdan as coronavirus patients reaches 433
https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Gilad-Erdan-Total-lockdown-is-inevitable-security-forces-must-prepare-621396
The goal is to "flatten the curve"
and spread out cases over a longer period. Police would enforce required
closures; Home Front Command would supply the public with essential
products.
Ibuprofen exacerbates coronavirus disease
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/277457
The World Health Organization has recommended that people suffering from the symptoms of the virus avoid taking ibuprofen drugs such as Advil. Instead, the organization suggests taking paracetamol, such as Acamol (Tylenol).
china accused of truth shaping by pompeo - : is he really criticizing his boss?
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/17/politics/pompeo-coronavirus-presser/index.html
Iranian leaders have "lied about the
Wuhan virus for weeks, the Iranian leadership is trying to avoid
responsibility for their ... gross incompetence," Pompeo said, speaking
to reporters at the State Department.
Pompeo
has repeatedly made a point of avoiding the virus' formal name,
choosing instead to refer to it as the "Wuhan coronavirus," in an
apparent attempt to emphasize the pandemic's likely origins in China.
Speaking
about Chinese leaders on Tuesday, Pompeo said, "the disinformation
campaign that they are waging is designed to shift responsibility. Now
is not the time for recrimination, now is the time to solve this global
pandemic and work to take down risks to Americans and people all across
the world."
4 arrested after ultra-Orthodox wedding violates coronavirus restrictions
https://www.timesofisrael.com/4-arrested-after-ultra-orthodox-wedding-violates-coronavirus-restrictions/
Police arrested four people Tuesday night following an ultra-Orthodox
wedding in the city of Beit Shemesh in which at least 150 people
participated, violating Health Ministry guidelines limiting the number
of people at gatherings to 10 and closing event halls and restaurants.
According to reports in ultra-Orthodox media sites, the four were
the father of the groom, an American citizen, who arrived in Israel
from the United States and was supposed to have been in quarantine; the
father of the bride; the caterer; and a resident of Jerusalem who
reportedly organized the wedding.
2020 Time Capsule #4: Trump Is Lying, Blatantly
https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2020/03/2020-time-capsule-4/608197/
During press questioning at the White House today, Donald Trump was
asked whether his tone about the coronavirus challenge had suddenly
changed. For weeks, he’d been mocking the virus threat—at rallies, in
tweets, and in press remarks. But both yesterday and today, he’d
suddenly shifted to warning that the public-health and economic problems
were real, and would remain so for a long time.
What changed?
Trump denied there had been any shift in tone, and said (as you can see here):
“I have always known. This is a real pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic....
“I’ve always viewed it as very serious.”
This is a flat-out lie.
Trump finally had a competent press conference on the coronavirus
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/3/16/21182247/trump-coronavirus-covid-19-press-conference
On Monday, President Donald Trump finally held a press
conference in which he didn’t contradict the advice of experts and gave
solid advice to Americans on the coronavirus pandemic — after weeks of a
public response that experts have described as unhelpful and
disturbing.
At the top of the conference, Trump talked up new
guidelines by the federal government about what individuals should do to
slow the spread of Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel
coronavirus.
Trump finds his MAGA movement fracturing over coronavirus
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/16/trump-maga-coronavirus-movement-130831
Just two weeks after President Donald
Trump rallied conservatives to focus on the threat of socialism, his
followers are splitting over the coronavirus pandemic.
On one side are those like Bill Mitchell, who dismiss it as nothing worse than the flu, and the drive to eradicate it as “climate change 2.0”
— as in, a media-lefty mass hysteria. On the other side are pro-Trump
fixtures like Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller, who have been
sounding alarms on the coronavirus since January, and are calling for harsher lockdowns and social distancing.
Trump dismissed coronavirus pandemic worry in January — now claims he long warned about it
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/17/trump-dissed-coronavirus-pandemic-worry-now-claims-he-warned-about-it.html
President Donald Trump claimed
on Tuesday he has believed the coronavirus outbreak was “a pandemic,
long before it was called a pandemic” — but in January, he explicitly
played down concerns when asked about it.
Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations 'is working with police to prosecute child abuser'
https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/union-of-orthodox-hebrew-congregations-is-working-with-police-to-deal-with-child-abuser-1.498158
Speaking
on behalf of the London Charedi umbrella organisation, solicitor Paula
Jefferson disclosed the information on the opening day of an inquiry
into abuse in religious communities on Monday.
Answering
claims that incidents of abuse were often kept within the Orthodox
community, she said the Union was clear that “all allegations” should be
reported to the appropriate authorities.
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