Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2020-03-20

Saturday, March 21, 2020

Event Update For 2020-03-20

http://jumpingjackflashhypothesis.blogspot.com/2012/02/jumping-jack-flash-hypothesis-its-gas.html

The seas, lakes and oceans are now pluming deadly hydrogen sulfide and suffocating methane. Hydrogen sulfide is a highly toxic water-soluble heavier-than-air gas and will accumulate in low-lying areas. Methane is slightly more buoyant than normal air and so will be all around, but will tend to contaminate our atmosphere from the top down. These gases are sickening and killing oxygen-using life all around the world, including human life, as our atmosphere is increasingly poisoned. Because both gases are highly flammable and because our entire civilization is built around fire and flammable fuels, this is leading to more fires and explosions. This is an extinction level event and will likely decimate both the biosphere and human population and it is debatable whether humankind can survive this event.

A. More fires and more explosions, especially along the coasts, but everywhere generally.
B. Many more animal die-offs, of all kinds, and especially oceanic species.
C. More multiples of people will be found dead in their homes, as if they'd dropped dead.
D. More corpses found in low-lying areas, all over the world.
E. More unusual vehicular accidents.
F. Improved unemployment numbers as people die off.

Category: Variety Pack

2020-03-20 - Laundromat and recycling plant destroyed by fire on the waterfront in coastal Pictou (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/6706791/pictou-laundromat-recycling-building-fire/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/fire-buildings-pictou-waterfront-seniors-1.5504118
http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/provincial/fire-destroys-washtub-laundromat-in-pictou-427035/
http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/seniors-evacuated-from-pictou-apartment-complex-after-fire-at-nearby-building-1.4861263
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/fire-rips-buildings-pictou-waterfront-113906948.html

2020-03-20 - Minivan explodes into flame while parked in garage at home, fire spreads, home destroyed, in Olathe (Kansas):
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article299756.html

Quote: "An explosion and fire that tore through an Olathe home Thursday night appears to have started in a minivan that was parked in a garage, investigators said. Two adults and two teenagers in the two-story house in the 900 block of East Elizabeth Street heard the explosion and escaped safely. The fire caused an estimated $300,000 in damages, according to the Olathe Fire Department. The explosion moved two of the garage walls and firefighters had to stabilize the structure. The minivan was destroyed."

2020-03-20 - Coronavirus global death toll passes 11,000 with more than 260,000 infections worldwide:
http://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/global-coronavirus-death-toll-passes-11000
http://www.businessinsider.in/international/news/coronavirus-cases-across-the-world-news-and-updates/articleshow/74727479.cms

2020-03-20 - Illinois, New York and California now on near-complete lockdown involving 70+ million people:
http://apnews.com/52f7fc77cce85060ad1cf73297b7cd45

Quote: "Illinois and New York state joined California on Friday in ordering all residents to stay in their homes unless they have vital reasons to go out, restricting the movement of more than 70 million Americans in the most sweeping measures undertaken yet in the U.S. to contain the coronavirus."

2020-03-20 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 13 with 420 confirmed infections in Georgia:
http://wgxa.tv/news/local/current-updated-list-of-total-number-of-covid-19-cases-in-georgia

2020-03-20 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 177 with 3,983 infections in the UK:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8135465/UKs-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-40-177-biggest-daily-spike.html

2020-03-20 - Coronavirus death toll rises by record 627 to 4,032 with 47,021 infections in Italy:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-8136351/Italys-coronavirus-deaths-surge-627-day-elderly-high-risk.html
http://katu.com/news/coronavirus/people-in-italy-warn-people-in-the-united-states-about-the-coronavirus
http://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-italy-army-transport-coffins-bergamo-morgue-crisis-video-2020-3

Quote: "The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has leapt by 627 to 4,032, officials said on Friday, an increase of 18.4% - by far the largest daily rise in absolute terms since the contagion emerged a month ago. On Thursday, Italy overtook China as the country to register most deaths from the highly contagious respiratory disease. The total number of cases in Italy rose to 47,021 from a previous 41,035, a rise of 14.6%, the Civil Protection Agency said."

Quote: "Video shows Italian army trucks transporting coffins from Italy's worst-hit city to remote cremation sites because morgues can't cope with more coronavirus deaths..."

2020-03-20 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 11 with 904 confirmed infections in Brazil:
http://www.devdiscourse.com/article/health/948726-at-least-11-dead-904-people-infected-with-coronavirus-in-brazil

2020-03-20 - Ethicists agree on who gets treated first when hospitals are overwhelmed by coronavirus:
http://qz.com/1821843/ethicists-agree-on-who-should-get-treated-first-for-coronavirus/

2020-03-20 - What Covid-19 symptoms look like, day by day:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/covid-19-symptoms-look-day-143000334.html
http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/what-covid-19-symptoms-look-like-day-by-day/vi-BB11pWbr
http://www.businessinsider.com/novel-coronavirus-covid-19-symptoms-day-by-day-2020-3

2020-03-20 - Covid-19 supply chain shock born in China is going global:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/covid-19-supply-chain-shock-100000918.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-20/a-covid-19-supply-chain-shock-born-in-china-is-going-global
http://www.industryweek.com/supply-chain/article/21126666/a-covid19-supply-chain-shock-born-in-china-is-going-global

2020-03-20 - Around 100 cattle egrets and 9 crows found dead in Uttar Pradesh (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/up-100-cattle-egrets-and-nine-crows-found-dead-in-aligarh/articleshow/74715207.cms
http://www.sott.net/article/431047-100-cattle-egrets-and-9-crows-found-dead-in-Uttar-Pradesh-India

2020-03-20 - Woman and girl, 24 and 17, die in the Rusape River in Rusape (Zimbabwe):
http://www.pressreader.com/zimbabwe/the-manica-post/20200320/281535113071385

2020-03-20 - Man has 'medical event' while riding bicycle and dies in Modesto (California):
http://www.modbee.com/news/local/article241401706.html

Quote: "Traffic Sgt. Lance Nicolai said he is confident the man was not a victim of hit and run but that he either died from a medical event or fell and hit his head after suffering a medical event. A passerby saw the man and called 911 shortly after 11:30 p.m. He was still straddling his bicycle when first responders arrived."

2020-03-20 - Tractor trailer veers off road and overturns just before 5:20 AM on Jarrettsville Pike near Cockeysville (Maryland):
http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/jarrettsville-pike-shut-down-after-a-tractor-trailer-accident

2020-03-20 - Tractor trailer overturns on Wilson Highway in Grayson County (Virginia):
http://www.wfxrtv.com/news/local-news/tractor-trailer-loaded-with-logs-overturns-on-grayson-county-highway/
http://www.facebook.com/IVFD.VA/posts/2708474552598829

2020-03-20 - Tractor trailer overturns into median on I-81 in Chilhowie (Virginia):
http://www.wjhl.com/news/regional/virginia/chilhowie-emergency-crews-respond-to-friday-night-tractor-trailer-accident/

2020-03-20 - Two trucks collide head-on at 1:55 AM in Lutterworth (Britain), 2 injured:
http://www.rugbyadvertiser.co.uk/news/two-lorry-drivers-rushed-hospital-after-head-smash-rugby-road-lutterworth-2503806

2020-03-20 - Minibus and car crash on Kingmoor Road in Carlisle (Britain), 5 injured:
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/18323413.five-people-injured-minibus-car-crash-carlisle/

2020-03-20 - Two cars collide head-on near Deerfield (Wisconsin), 1+ injured:
http://www.nbc15.com/content/news/At-least-one-injured-in-head-on-collision-near-Deerfield-568957031.html

2020-03-20 - Car crashes on Highway 17 in Little River (South Carolina), 1 injured:
http://wpde.com/news/local/1-person-injured-in-horry-county-accident
http://www.facebook.com/horrycountyfirerescue/posts/3585729561456041

2020-03-20 - Car crashes off street at 12:30 AM, bursts into flame, in Cleveland (Ohio), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.cleveland19.com/2020/03/20/early-morning-car-fire-leaves-one-man-dead-tremont-neighborhood/

2020-03-20 - Car overturns on Bunola River Road in Forward Township (Pennsylvania), 5 injured:
http://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/five-injured-in-forward-township-crash/

2020-03-20 - Car crashes on Northport Drive in Madison (Wisconsin), 4 killed:
http://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Madison-police-respond-to-significant-crash-568989941.html
http://fox6now.com/2020/03/21/single-vehicle-crash-leaves-4-dead-in-madison/

2020-03-20 - Pit bull attacks and injures toddler boy, face attack, in Niagara Falls (New York):
http://buffalonews.com/2020/03/21/year-old-child-seriously-injured-in-niagara-falls-dog-attack/

2020-03-20 - Crocodile attacks and kills man in coastal Sarikei (Malaysia):
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/03/21/body-parts-believed-to-be-from-missing-man-found-in-croc039s-stomach

2020-03-20 - Building partially collapses in Steubenville (Ohio):
http://www.heraldstaronline.com/news/local-news/2020/03/building-collapses-in-downtown-steubenville/

2020-03-20 - Magnitude 4.5+ earthquake strikes near Carson City (Nevada):
http://news3lv.com/news/local/preliminary-magnitude-50-earthquake-reported-near-carson-city
http://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Magnitude-50-earthquake-in-Carson-City-area-568984501.html
http://fox40.com/news/local-news/usgs-5-0-preliminary-magnitude-quake-hits-near-carson-city/
http://mynews4.com/news/local/earthquake-felt-in-northern-nevada

2020-03-20 - Powerful storm hits Iraq and Saudi Arabia:
http://strangesounds.org/2020/03/biblical-floods-iraq-saudi-arabia-video-march2020.html

2020-03-20 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Dili (East Timor):
http://watchers.news/2020/03/20/massive-floods-hit-capital-dili-destroying-nearly-200-homes-and-affecting-over-25-000-people-east-timor/

2020-03-20 - Long-phased-out refrigeration and insulation chemicals still widely in use and warming the climate:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/17032020/cfc-ozone-layer-short-lived-climate-pollutants

2020-03-20 - Conservationists say salmon fishing plan imperils whales:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2020/03/18/conservationists-say-salmon-fishing-plan-imperils-whales/
http://www.savingseafood.org/news/conservation-environment/conservationists-say-salmon-fishing-plan-imperils-whales/

2020-03-20 - US senators sold stock after coronavirus briefings in January:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-20/senators-sold-stock-after-coronavirus-briefings-in-january
http://www.sott.net/article/431042-US-senators-sold-stock-after-coronavirus-briefings-in-January

6 comments:

TomMarch 22, 2020 at 6:53 AM
Sleep-in Sunday around here. Wishing Jonny and everyone reading JJFH well as we start this next week. Things are looking like we're being led down a path of containment-where- we-are - or "JAIL NATION!"

The U.S. Right Now In Pictures
https://strangesounds.org/2020/03/usa-empty-streets-pandemic-corona-video-pictures.html

[lots of pics and videos]

Climate shocks in just one country could disrupt global food supply
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2020/03/20/climate-shocks-in-just-one-country-could-disrupt-global-food-supply/

Catastrophic crop failures caused by extreme weather in just one country could disrupt global food supplies and drive price spikes in an interconnected world, exposing how climate change threatens global stability, researchers said on Friday.

Based on two models of how countries could try to meet their needs, an international research team found the United States would deplete nearly all its wheat reserves after four years in both scenarios, while global stocks could drop by 31%.

The 174 countries to which America exports wheat would see their reserves decrease, even though they did not themselves suffer failed harvests, according to a study published in the journal Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.

“It affects almost every country in the world because the U.S. has so many trade links,” said lead author Alison Heslin, a researcher at Columbia University’s Center for Climate Systems Research and NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.[more]

Coronavirus update - 21 March, 2020

Italy Goes Full "Wuhan", Orders Most Restrictive Lockdown Yet, As Global Case Total Passes 300k: Live Updates
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/coronavirus-update-21-march-2020.html [Zero Hedge]

Summary:

Massive surge in number of deaths and cases in UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, and France
New York, New Jersey deaths, cases accelerate
Italy goes under full lockdown
Rikers outbreak worsens: 21 inmates
NY Gov Cuomo: "months, not weeks" to control virus
Ukraine declares total quarantine
Belgium sees 25% jump in cases
Saudi Arabia reports 10% spike
German gov't ends years of fiscal restraint with 365 billion euro aid package
NYC airspace closed after positive Air Traffic Controller test
NJ declares full state lockdown; "will take action" for people not following precautions
FDA authorizes first 45-minute COVID-19 test
US Fiscal Aid package around $2 trillion (10% of GDP), Kudlow
Officials increasingly calling for the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics

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Update (0940ET): After one of his aides tested positive, VP Pence was tested, and as it turns out, has tested negative, along with his wife, Karen Pence.

[also by Zero Hedge]
Detention without trial in the USA

In Sweeping Power Grab, DOJ Seeks Ability To Detain People Indefinitely Without Trial {Kevin mentions this on BBN]
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/detention-without-trial-in-usa.html

In a sweeping power grab, the Department of Justice has asked Congress for the ability to go directly to chief judges in order to detain people indefinitely without trial during emergencies.

Politico notes that the requests are unlikely to make it through the Democratic-controlled House.

The proposed changes have raised concerns over the implications for habeas corpus - the right to appear before a judge and seek release. [more; thought that ended under Bush]

[2nd piece below]

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TomMarch 22, 2020 at 6:54 AM
Epidemic Computer Models Show ONLY COMPLETE SHUT DOWN for 18 Months Can stop Virus
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/imperial-college-of-london-only.html [Hal Turner]

A Report by the Imperial College of London says millions of us will die and that health systems will be overwhelmed by Coronavirus, WITHIN 3 MONTHS. To mitigate the disaster of this outbreak, new measures need to go into place immediately. 18 Months SHUTDOWN!

But here’s the catch: if we EVER relax suppression before a vaccine is administered to the entire population, COVID-19 comes right back and kills millions of Americans in a few months, the same as before. [more; so MANDATORY (Gates) vaccine (now with micro-chip!) as the end result!]

And So It Begins . . . Man Drops Dead on NYC Subway - Coronavirus
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/news-from-big-apple.html [also from Hal Turner]

A passenger on a New York City Subway Train got up off the bench seat . . . and dropped dead. Witnesses said the man was wheezing terribly before collapsing.

NYPD Officers who responded DID NOT WEAR FILTER MASKS! ! ! !
This type of incident, with people simply dropping dead in public, was seen in Wuhan, China, at the beginning of it's coronavirus outbreak. Many more such incidents took place in Wuhan and videos from nearby witnesses were uploaded to social media every day until the Chinese Communist Party shut off Internet access.

It is not yet known if closet-Commies infesting the United States will attempt such an Internet shutdown.
The fact this is now taking place in New York City does not bode well for the rest of America. What's taking place here is, sadly, likely to come to YOUR neighborhood as well. [and]

New York City Coronavirus Deaths now One per Hour – 3/20/20

As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads, we are beginning to see stark numbers of infection and death – particularly in New York City. Today, one death per hour was taking place, and that could become the “new normal” going forward. It is no wonder we are beginning to see the “stay at home” orders in multiple states and local areas. [and]

NEW JERSEY ISSUES "STAY HOME" ORDER -[more]

Federal Courts Announce "Continuity of Operations" Activation
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/continuity-of-operations-activated.html

Chief Judge Virginia A. Phillips announces the United States District Court for the Central District of California has activated its Continuity of Operations Plan (“COOP”), effective March 23, 2020 through and including May 1, 2020.
[more]

Exclusive: Inside The Military's Top Secret Plans If Coronavirus Cripples the Government
https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-inside-militarys-top-secret-plans-if-coronavirus-cripples-government-1492878

Even as President Trump says he tested negative for coronavirus, the COVID-19 pandemic raises the fear that huge swaths of the executive branch or even Congress and the Supreme Court could also be disabled, forcing the implementation of "continuity of government" plans that include evacuating Washington and "devolving" leadership to second-tier officials in remote and quarantined locations.

But Coronavirus is also new territory, where the military itself is vulnerable and the disaster scenarios being contemplated -- including the possibility of widespread domestic violence as a result of food shortages -- are forcing planners to look at what are called "extraordinary circumstances".

Above-Top Secret contingency plans already exist for what the military is supposed to do if all the Constitutional successors are incapacitated. Standby orders were issued more than three weeks ago to ready these plans, not just to protect Washington but also to prepare for the possibility of some form of martial law. [more]

[3rd part follows]

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TomMarch 22, 2020 at 6:56 AM
Dark Journalist X Continuity of Government (COG) Martial Law Takeover Revealed! [from 3/19]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9nTI93FtuU [~ 158.25 min.]

M5.0 Earthquake Hits Nevada Near Lake Tahoe Reawakening Memories Of Ancient Gigantic Tsunamis
https://strangesounds.org/2020/03/lake-tahoe-tsunami-risks-seichesdangers-videos.html

A M5.0 earthquake hit 6km N of Johnson Lane, Nevada near Lake Tahoe.

Tremors have been felt up to Sacramento, reawakening fears of a quake-induced ancient tsunami that happened in the recent prehistoric past at Lake Tahoe. [more]
Trump Administration Proposes Allowing GE Crops on Thousands of Acres of National Wildlife Refuges
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2020/03/20/trump-administration-proposes-allowing-ge-crops-on-thousands-of-acres-of-national-wildlife-refuges/

The Trump administration has proposed to approve genetically engineered crops on national wildlife refuges throughout the southeastern United States, a step likely to increase use of glyphosate and other pesticides known to harm wildlife. [more]

Series of damaging earthquakes hit capital Zagreb, Croatia - the strongest since 1880
https://watchers.news/2020/03/22/zagreb-croatia-earthquake-damage-march-2020/

Several moderately strong and shallow earthquakes shook Croatian capital Zagreb early Sunday morning (LT), March 22, 2020. EMSC registered the strongest ones as M5.3 at 05:39 UTC and M5.0 at 06:17 UTC. Both quakes were registered at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). The USGS registered the strongest one as M5.4 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles).

Croatian Geophysical Institute is reporting the strongest one as M5.5, making it the largest earthquake to hit Zagreb since 1880 (M6.3).

Widespread damage was reported across the capital and nearby cities.

At least one person was seriously injured and is in critical condition. [more]

Yucatan Peninsula heading into worst drought since 1986, Mexico
https://watchers.news/2020/03/21/yucatan-peninsula-heading-into-worst-drought-since-1986-mexico/

The drought situation in the Yucatan Peninsula in 2020 is shaping up to be worst in the past 34 years. Three years of below-average rainfall are merging, and groundwater levels are already pummeling to minimum levels, making this year's drought projections similar to major droughts that occurred in 1986 and 1962. [more]

Ron Paul: The Coronavirus Hoax
https://www.sott.net/article/431140-Ron-Paul-The-Coronavirus-Hoax

Governments love crises because when the people are fearful they are more willing to give up freedoms for promises that the government will take care of them. After 9/11, for example, Americans accepted the near-total destruction of their civil liberties in the PATRIOT Act's hollow promises of security.

State and local authoritarians love panic as well. The mayor of Champaign, Illinois, signed an executive order declaring the power to ban the sale of guns and alcohol and cut off gas, water, or electricity to any citizen. The governor of Ohio just essentially closed his entire state. [more]

[4th section next]

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TomMarch 22, 2020 at 6:56 AM
Explosion on the far side of the sun
https://www.sott.net/article/431129-Explosion-on-the-far-side-of-the-sun

Solar Minimum is not as quiet as you think. On March 20th, something exploded on the farside of the sun. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) saw the debris flying over the sun's eastern limb [~ 3.3 min. video]

'Pulsing' of Yellowstone volcano is increasing due to trapped magma below
https://www.sott.net/article/431123-Pulsing-of-Yellowstone-volcano-is-increasing-due-to-trapped-magma-below

The Norris Geyser Basin, the oldest, hottest and most dynamic thermal area in the park, was observed to rise 5.9 inches each year from 2013 to 2015 - an unusual event that left researchers baffled.

This is the first time the scientific community has been able to track an entire episode of magma intrusion, which they say is a common occurrence throughout Yellowstone.

At 3,472 square miles, the park is larger than the states of Rhode Island and Delaware combined.

The uplift at Norris Geyser first began in 1996, but came to halt between 2013 and 2014 after a magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck the area.

Following the natural event, the ground started to sink back to its natural depth.

However, data shows that the rise began again in 2016 and continued two years after - researches believe it has paused for now. [more]

Heavy rains flood parts of Ohio, stranding residents
https://www.sott.net/article/431094-Heavy-rains-flood-parts-of-Ohio-stranding-residents

At least three inches of rain fell in the region overnight and early on Friday, flooding roadways and overwhelming waterways when the ground — already saturated from previous rains — could not hold it all, according to Kathleen Fuller, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Transportation.

Around 5:45 a.m. on Friday, a man escaped from his S.U.V. before it washed into an inundated culvert under State Route 79 and became lodged there, said Morgan Overbey, a Transportation Department spokeswoman in Licking County. The collapse of a portion of the route, near the city of Heath, created a chasm up to 17 feet deep of roaring water, she said.

A shiny tire, all that was visible of the vehicle, jutted out of the churning waters. [more]

[5th part follows]

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TomMarch 22, 2020 at 7:01 AM
Colorado, Nebraska smacked by blizzard as spring began
https://www.sott.net/article/431093-Colorado-Nebraska-smacked-by-blizzard-as-spring-began

Spring officially began on Thursday, in the earliest start to the season in 124 years for the United States, but for Americans living in parts of the Central states, it felt more like the first day of winter as a blizzard swept across the region.

Wind-whipped snow caused major disruptions from the Colorado Rockies through Nebraska with as much as 23 inches of snow accumulating near Nederland, Colorado. [more; videos]

4.5-magnitude earthquake hits Carson City area
https://www.yahoo.com/news/4-5-magnitude-earthquake-hits-060224426.html [~ 2 min. video]

Magnitude 3.2 earthquake hits Carson City, Nev.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/magnitude-3-2-earthquake-hits-041431121.html

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Saturday at 7:53 p.m. Pacific time in Carson City, Nev., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Rig Count Plummets As Oil Price War Rages On
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/rig-count-plummets-oil-price-172900510.html

Baker Hughes reported that the number of oil and gas rigs in the US plummeted this week by 20, falling to 722, with the total oil and gas rigs clocking in at 244 fewer than this time last year. [more]

The Coronavirus Crisis Could Wipe Out Entire Industries. These Are the Ones at Risk.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/these-debt-heavy-industries-stand-to-fare-worst-during-the-virus-crisis-51584742383

When the world emerges from the coronavirus pandemic—hopefully sooner rather than later—some businesses, and perhaps entire industries, will probably have vanished, absent a federal rescue.

That’s both because of the destructive impact of the virus, which has nearly frozen commercial activity in many corners of the economy, and the long period of low interest rates that has encouraged companies to add debt, much of which will soon come due. [more; airlines, energy, cruises, & private equity]

The coronavirus pandemic will almost certainly cause a permanent expansion of America's social safety net
https://www.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-pandemic-almost-certainly-cause-123300178.html

[or FEMA camps . ..]

Coronavirus' death rate found to be lower than World Health Organization estimates
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/coronavirus-covid19-death-rate-140843529.html

At the beginning of March, the WHO announced the virus had killed 3.4% of patients worldwide, which other experts called a likely “overestimate”. [China lies, U.S. lies, Iran lies]

To learn more, scientists from The University of Hong Kong looked at the 48,557 confirmed cases that had arisen as of 29 February in the Chinese city Wuhan, where the outbreak emerged.

They found the average death rate among patients under 30 was 0.3%, rising to 0.5% for those between 30 and 59, and 2.6% for people aged 60 or above.

Overall, they calculated the fatality rate to be 1.4%.

Although “promising”, experts have stressed estimating death rates in the midst of an outbreak is “fraught with difficulties”. [more; especially when you can't trust the #s!]

Italian doctor who warned of medical supply shortages to fight coronavirus has now died from the disease
https://www.yahoo.com/news/italian-doctor-warned-medical-supply-141723519.html

Italian doctor Marcello Natali frequently sounded the alarm about problems with Italy's response to the novel coronavirus crisis.

He died Wednesday from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, at the age of 57, health officials confirmed.

"The situation has not gotten better since end of February. We received some masks, some glove kits, nothing else. A mask that should last half-a-day here lasts a week," said Natali.

Italy leads the world in COVID-19 deaths, reportedly surpassing China 3,405 to 3,253 as of Friday morning. [more]
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TomMarch 22, 2020 at 3:50 PM
Chester Police Officer Dies On Duty After Medical Emergency
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/chester-police-officer-dies-on-duty-after-medical-emergency/2336163/

A police officer in the city of Chester passed away on duty after suffering an medical emergency, Chester's mayor said.

Officer Bronelle Barrett-Lee, a 20-year veteran of the police force and mother of four, died on Saturday inside the department's Operations Center.
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