Every day you’re hearing an updated tally of the number of Americans who’ve “died” of COVID-19.
And, it’s time everyone wised up about those daily COVID-19 fatality reports. They don’t represent the number of people it's killed. They represent the number of death certificates listing it as a cause. And those two things are most definitely NOT the same.
We know with absolute certainty that CDC guidelines for filling them out mean people with mild cases who die of some unrelated disease get added to the virus’s death toll. And 80% of COVID-19 infections have symptoms way too mild to kill anyone. In fact, a lot of people get no symptoms at all.
We even know that people who aren’t infected with the virus are getting counted as fatalities.In short, the numbers are as accurate as are the COVID-19 tests for which people are clamoring. [The vaunted Wuhan strain tests have a false positive ratio rivaling the tests for Lyme Disease; I'll let the reader look those stats up themselves].
If you think that by going for a picnic in a rural location no one will find you, don’t be surprised if an officer appears from the shadows! We are covering the whole county #urbanandrural #StayHomeSaveLifes #ProtectTheNHS 2813 7702 pic.twitter.com/hieQ86dM9R— Central Community Team (@CentralBedsCPT) April 11, 2020
The state has shut down all liquor stores, leading customers to crowd into retailers across the border.
But apathy about cancel culture is very damaging to the Christian cause. Christianity is supposed to be spread by persuasion. If people are to become Christians, they have to be persuaded of the truth that the crucified and risen Jesus Christ is the divine saviour of the world from sin and its consequence – which, according to the Bible, is eternal death. As the Apostle Paul summarised the Christian message in his letter to the Romans in the New Testament: ‘For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.’ How can people be persuaded of this wonderful message of salvation if the persuaders are not allowed to speak freely and publicly?When the mayor of New York states he can "permanently" close Christian and Jewish houses of worship [he can't, of course, but note that the specificity of his dictatorial desire is limited to only two of NYC's several religions] and there is no vigorous response from our leadership, that is a semaphore of their acquiescence and surrender. In fact, there almost seems to be a gleam in the eyes of some of the church's powers-that-be when they state that this pale, wan, desiccated thing that is "remote worshipping" is the future of the church.
Surely the publicity that has attended these enforcement actions will reduce the incidence of surfing, sunset-watching, and paddle boarding up and down the coast of Southern California, but at what cost to the already eroding level of respect for law enforcement? Making matters worse is the decision to grant early release to 3,500 inmates in California so as to avert a coronavirus outbreak in the state’s 35 prisons. That’s right, while ordinarily law-abiding people are rousted by the police for daring to engage in harmless activities so as to avoid going stir crazy, convicted felons are being sprung from prison. Yes, we must release all those burglars, car thieves, and con artists to make room for the expected wave of surfers, paddle boarders, and sunset watchers. One feels safer already.However, the thesis is that actions such as these will erode police authority. In fact, at least in the surfing community, it has been destroyed.
The Venezuelan ship appears to have been trying to seize the cruise ship, which is designed to safely sail through icy waters.
Thus far, people are denied socialization at work, school, restaurants, congregations, places of group conviviality, and sporting events. We are social animals and will resist this very soon; possibly in ways forthright and aggressive.Part of that resistance is the surrender of reason and logic, and the embrace of paranoid conspiracy theories about an "other" who is secretly plotting against you and you alone. Fortunately, you hold the truth and will tell the world, even if the world doesn't want to hear it.
Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China🇨🇳. pic.twitter.com/Fnl5P877VG— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 14, 2020
That really was a "powerful show". Good advice, bud.In powerful show of defiance of #coronavirus scare, huge crowds gathering in NYC's Chinatown for ceremony ahead of annual #LunarNewYear parade. Chants of "be strong Wuhan!"— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) February 9, 2020
If you are staying away, you are missing out! pic.twitter.com/NGBUAfHWpl
The Covid-19 pandemic will have huge consequences: for human life and health, for the global economy, for people’s livelihoods. Coping with these consequences largely depends on developing a strong sense of social solidarity: drawing on the ties that bind us to our communities, friends and families, and setting aside petty differences and grievances.
This can mean many things, and will need to take many creative forms. But, however we do it, we must bring young people into the project of meeting this challenge, by encouraging the best in them rather than presuming the worst.
Do we really need the feds to order more ventilators or do we just need the feds to get out of the way? https://t.co/i7YKw8XJLA— reason (@reason) March 24, 2020
Do we really need to ask such questions of whether the presence of the czar for diversity and inclusion at Yale is missed as much as the often-caricatured cop on patrol at 2 a.m. in New Haven?
Lord Jesus Christ, you travelled through towns and villages curing every disease and illness.
At your command, the sick were made well.
Come to our aid now, in the midst of the global spread of the coronavirus, that we may experience your healing love.
Heal those who are sick with the virus.
May they regain their health and strength.
Heal us from our fear, which prevents neighbors from helping one another.
Heal us from our pride, which can make us claim invulnerability to a disease that knows no borders.
Good Lord, healer of all, stay by our side in this time of uncertainty and sorrow.
May those who have died from the virus rest in peace and rise in glory.
Be with the families of those who are sick or have died.
As they worry and grieve, defend them from illness and despair.
Be with the doctors, nurses, researchers and all medical professionals who seek to heal and help those affected and who put themselves at risk in the process.
May they know your protection and peace.
Be with the leaders of all nations. Give them the foresight to act with prudence and charity for the well-being of the people they are meant to serve.
Stay with us, Lord, and grant us your peace. Amen.
It certainly was a time of purification for me. My heart, ever questioning my goodness, value, and worth, has become anchored in a deeper love and thus less dependent on the praise and blame of those around me. It also has grown into a greater ability to give love without always expecting love in return.... What once seemed such a curse has become a blessing. All the agony that threatened to destroy my life now seems like the fertile ground for greater trust, stronger hope, and deeper love.
Thus far, people are denied socialization at work, school, restaurants, congregations, places of group conviviality, and sporting events. We are social animals and will resist this very soon; possibly in ways forthright and aggressive.Unless you start arresting people who go out outside, it’s not going to last that long. https://t.co/FyjOxkPS9v— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) March 22, 2020
Trump is much too old and far too big for his britches to be hanging around the political playground making up nasty nicknames and teasing the wimpy kids. One of these days, his big fat old ego is going to get stuck in the slide, bend the monkey bars, or break the swing set seat.
Joe Biden is a zombie from the policy cemetery of the Carter era, with a stump performance like Election Night of the Living Dead.
And Bernie Sanders is the decrepit grouch who should be sitting on a park bench in Boca Raton, grouching about his grandchildren voting for Bernie Sanders.
A novel solution to the N95 mask shortage from the brilliant Dr. Slatnick and the Innovation Team at @BostonChildrens . Reusable. $3. Uses existing hospital inventory. #VisualAbstract below. #Covid_19— Andrew M. Ibrahim MD, MSc (@AndrewMIbrahim) March 21, 2020
Video demonstration: https://t.co/YMqtrXSPww pic.twitter.com/34DxyfxSLf
A woman in Springfield, Missouri has given birth in the toilet paper aisle at Walmart— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 20, 2020
“I fear we are losing our minds over Covid-19. Yes, it is a serious pandemic. But there have been worse pandemics in the past and we didn’t respond by shutting down society and decimating economic life. There’s a feeling of hysteria around this.”— spiked (@spikedonline) March 21, 2020
Brendan O’Neill on Sky Australia pic.twitter.com/FPxikQmFnv
