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On 3/17/2020 at 11:35 AM, Shabibilicious said:

With the US under a national emergency, Fox News hosts are admitting they didn't take the coronavirus seriously enough

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Fox News host Jesse Watters talking about the coronavirus crisis on Monday.
Fox News host Jesse Watters talking about the coronavirus crisis on Monday.

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  • Fox News hosts have for weeks claimed the coronavirus threat was exaggerated and part of a conspiracy to discredit Trump. 

  • But on Monday there were signs that hosts were belatedly taking the threat seriously, after President Donald Trump declared the illness a national emergency. 

  • "I didn't take the social distancing that seriously Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night. I went out to dinner here in the city," host Jesse Watters told viewers Monday. "And I woke up this morning I realized that was not the right move. I am no longer going out to dinner."

  • Last Friday Sean Hannity also described the pandemic as a "crisis" and praised Trump for measures to "stem the tide of the coronavirus."

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After weeks of echoing President Donald Trump's optimistic assurances that the impact of the coronavirus on the US would likely be minimal, Fox News hosts are now admitting that the pandemic might be a pretty big deal after all.

Trump's supporters at the right-leaning network had initially backed the president's previous attempts to downplay the public-health crisis, accusing the media and Democrats of exaggerating the disease's impact to damage Trump's presidency. 

On Friday, the president declared the coronavirus a national emergency. And by Monday, the network's top hosts had shifted their tone as well.

President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing with the coronavirus task force in the White House on Monday.
President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing with the coronavirus task force in the White House on Monday.

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On Monday afternoon's edition of "The Five," host Jesse Watters said the gravity of the situation had finally hit home after the weekend. 

"I went to visit my mom this weekend and she made me wear gloves to come inside her house. She is suspicious that I might have coronavirus," the Fox News host said. "I wore the gloves all afternoon in the house. That's what it is." 

"I didn't take the social distancing that seriously Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night. I went out to dinner here in the city," he said.

"And I woke up this morning I realized that was not the right move. I am no longer going out to dinner."

As recently as Sunday, Watters had projected a more optimistic view of the coronavirus, telling his show "Watters' World": "Be vigilant, don't be scared, remain calm and clean — America is the greatest country on earth. We've beaten more dangerous things than this… and we'll do it again."

 

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Weeks ago Watters was also accused of using the crisis to make xenophobic jokes about Chinese people, saying on air: "I'll tell you why it started in China ... Because they have these markets where they are eating raw bats and snakes" prompting laughter from his co-hosts.

On March 3, he also said he would use the power of "positive thinking" to beat the virus if he got infected. 

"I'm not afraid of the coronavirus and no one else should be that afraid either," he added.

Fox News prime time host Sean Hannity speaking on air on February 28, 2020.
Fox News prime time host Sean Hannity speaking on air on February 28, 2020.

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Sean Hannity, who reportedly serves as an informal adviser to the president, last week said on radio that the claims that the coronavirus is a "fraud," perpetrated by the deep state to suppress dissent and depress the US economy, "may be true." 

But by last Friday, Hannity struck a very different tone, acknowledging the scale of the crisis faced by the US — and hailing the measures taken by Trump. 

"Tonight, we are witnessing what will be a massive paradigm shift in the future of disease control and prevention," he said on his show, "Hannity."

"A bold, new precedent is being set, the world will once again benefit greatly from America's leadership ... The federal government, state governments, private businesses, top hospitals all coming together, under the president's leadership, to stem the tide of the coronavirus."

In another sign that the network may be waking up to the threat of the pandemic, Fox News confirmed Friday that host Trish Regan had been placed on a hiatus after she claimed on the March 10 edition of her show that the coronavirus is an attempt to "destroy the president."

She blamed stock-market collapses caused by the coronavirus crisis on Trump's rivals, calling it "another attempt to impeach the president."

A Fox News producer anonymously told The Washington Post that it was only the higher ratings of hosts like Hannity or Laura Ingraham — who also peddled the conspiracy that the virus is a Democratic plot — shielded them from being punished like Regan was.

Trump listens to Hannity speak at a rally in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in November 2018.
Trump listens to Hannity speak at a rally in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in November 2018.

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The network's chaotic coverage has seen misinformation and conspiracies being spread on prime slots by its hosts, while reporters try to relay accurate information to viewers, many of whom are older and so fall into the demographic most at risk from the disease. 

According to multiple reports, it was partly due the intervention of host Tucker Carlson that Trump realized that the coronavirus was just like the winter flu, and started taking it more seriously. 

Carlson had been one of the few hosts to take the threat of the virus seriously, and in an edition of his show last week criticized those who denied the seriousness of the pandemic. 

"They may not know any better," Carlson said. "Maybe they're just not paying attention, or maybe they believe they're serving some higher cause by shading reality."

"And there's an election coming up. Best not to say anything that might help the other side. We get it. But they're wrong," he added, calling the coronavirus crisis a "major event," and stressing: "It's definitely not just the flu."

 

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GO RV, then BV


Non stop with your hate for the US.
Finally, a true president gets in office and you constantly spread your uneducated manure. Im pretty sure you get paid by Soros to spread hate.  

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2 hours ago, ladyGrace'sDaddy said:

As always, looking forward to it. :tiphat:

Wasn't much......just Congresswoman TG reviewing the Senate package in one of her video updates....she has been at home for the week....the video was removed.

 

The main take away was, as it is today...the very low income people would not be getting $1200 each as an offset......rather $600.....

There didn't seem to be any reasoning behind that decision....CL

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Breaking: Trump eyes two-week quarantine, only drug and grocery stores open

 | March 20, 2020 07:31 PM

President Trump, moving with haste to slow the spread of the coronavirus, is preparing a plan to

mobilize the National Guard to help enforce a two-week quarantine of the public

if his tough-love efforts so far fail.

 

The unprecedented action would require everyone to “stay at home,” according to a source knowledgeable of the evolving plan.

The effort, which is still being mulled and wouldn’t be announced until early next week if needed, would urge that all businesses, except grocery stores and pharmacies, be closed.

It comes on the heels of other insider reports that the president is considering grounding all U.S. passenger flights to force a halt in people interacting and moving around the country.

Senior officials have said that dozens of radical ideas are being considered and that the president and his virus task force are moving quickly to protect the nation.

Trump has praised the public for following the rules he has put in place,

but the new plans are an acknowledgment that many people are not taking the warnings seriously.

In some areas, the National Guard has already been called out to enforce “stay in place” orders, a model of what Trump is considering.

 

In Washington, D.C., the Guard has been activated. The city on Friday extended school closings until the end of April.

Wisconsin has also activated the Guard, and it is in use in Florida, New Jersey, and Arizona.

In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide order for all residents to stay at home until further notice. He has also put the National Guard on notice.

Illinois did the same, and there are also parts of New York on shutdown.

The federal government has been reluctant to order a “stay in place” order. But officials have said that the administration has been briefing Congress, states, and industry leaders about a potential shutdown that could start next week and after the president taps the Stafford Act that some say allows a national quarantine.

The goal, said officials, is to stop the spread of the virus and potential deaths.

The unknown: The administration hopes that the number of cases of the coronavirus does not surge too much.

A knowledgeable source said that Department of Homeland Security officials are telling states that it is ready to mobilize the National Guard and dispatch them with U.S. military and first responders.

The goal is to have them dispatched before any call for a national quarantine.

The reason: Stop looters and other violence.

 

They will announce this as soon as they have troops in place to help prevent looters and rioters and will announce before the end of the weekend.

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By Howard MonroeMarch 21, 2020 at 5:00 pm
 

COLLINGSWOOD, N.J. (CBS) — Gov. Phil Murphy has ordered all New Jersey residents to stay home and all nonessential retail businesses to close by 9 p.m. Saturday due to the coronavirus pandemic. Murphy signed an executive order, ordering New Jerseyans to stay indoors to curb the spread of COVID-19.

What Murphy’s order means for New Jerseyans is that life is going to be a little different for the foreseeable future.

“Our job right now is severalfold. One is to expand the testing as fast as we can. Two, break the back of the curve, flatten that curve,” Murphy said. “And finally is to expand our health care capacity.

 

 

“We know that flattening the curve will take the pressure of the health care system, but we just can’t know exactly what the timing looks like.”

But in order to do that, a lot is going to change in New Jersey.

The state is currently dealing with at least 1,300 positive cases of COVID-19 and 16 deaths.

Going forward, Murphy is ordering everyone in the state to stay home and limit parties, social events and celebrations, including weddings.

 

 

“My job is to make sure we get through this emergency so you can safely gather with family and friends later,” Murphy said. “And enjoying many more birthdays and weddings in the years to come.

“Any place people congregate is a place where coronavirus can be spread. This is no time for people to be selfishly and taking a gathering underground.”

 

The governor says stores that are allowed to be open after 9 p.m on Saturday include grocery stores, pharmacies, gas stations, hardware stores, laundromats, pet stores, liquor stores and car repair shops.

Murphy also ordered all businesses to allow employees to work from home — if possible.

 

 

“Let’s do this New Jersey. Let’s be smart, let’s save lives,” Murphy said, “and together, assuming each one of us does our part, we will come through this and be stronger than ever before.”

 

 

 

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Is this where we're going?

a cashless society 

 

 

 
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FILE - This Wednesday, April 3, 2019, file photo shows a box filled with dollar bills, in New York. A growing number of businesses and individuals worldwide have stopped using banknotes in fear that physical currency, handled by tens of thousands of people over their useful life, could be a vector for the spreading coronavirus.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — In a world suffering a pandemic, cash is no longer king.

A growing number of businesses and individuals worldwide have stopped using banknotes in fear that physical currency, handled by tens of thousands of people over their useful life, could be a vector for the spreading coronavirus.

Public officials and health experts have said that the risk of transferring the virus person-to-person through the use of banknotes is small. But that has not stopped businesses from refusing to accept currency and some countries from urging their citizens to stop using banknotes altogether.

Open Books, a non-profit bookstore in Chicago, sent an email to customers last week asking individuals not to use cash. A chain of diners in Washington State has also stopped accepting cash. And delivery services like Grubhub, Door Dash, and others have instituted “no contact” deliveries, and have either stopped offering cash as a payment option or are actively discouraging it.

Experts say cash does carry a risk of transmitting the virus, but the risk from cash so far is small compared with other transmission routes. A scientific paper published early in the outbreak found the virus can live on cardboard for up to 24 hours and up to three days on plastic and stainless steel. The researchers, however, did not test whether it can live on banknote paper.

The presence of live virus particles on banknotes does not mean they are a health hazard, public health experts said. Virus particles are unlikely to return to the air, or aerosolize, once on a surface.

“It’s not impossible that there might be traces of virus on dollar bills but if you wash your hands it should provide adequate protections, you shouldn’t need anything else,” said Julie Fischer, a professor at the Center for Global Health Science and Society at Georgetown University, on C-SPAN.

Other devices used to pay for items are just as likely to be vectors for disease transfer. Credit and debit cards are made of plastic and metal. ATMs are touched by hundreds of human hands a day. And there have been studies that show smartphones are heavily contaminated with bacteria because of their constant use.

Even the Federal Reserve has taken efforts to make sure the money supply is not contaminated. Banknotes that circulated in Europe and Asia are being quarantined for seven to 10 days as a “precautionary measure,” according to a Federal Reserve spokesperson.

While businesses are discouraging cash usage, there have been reports of customers making large withdrawals from ATMs in several parts of the country. Some banks have had to order additional cash from the Fed or keep ATMs stocked at higher levels to allow larger customer withdrawals.

Banknote avoidance is not just happening in the U.S. In South Korea, which has been more successful in stemming the outbreak, the country’s central bank took all banknotes out of circulation for two weeks or, in some cases, burned paper money.

The National Bank of Poland said Thursday on Twitter that “Polish banknotes are subjected to a quarantine” and are therefore safe to use in cash transactions. The bank did not respond to a request sent Friday for more details about how that works. But a business daily, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, described how commercial banks send the banknotes to the National Bank of Poland, which holds them two weeks and disinfects them at temperatures of at least 150 degrees Celsius (300 Fahrenheit). After such operations, “clean” banknotes go back into circulation.

In Hungary, the central bank said that it is withdrawing billions of forints from circulation daily for two weeks, then “resting” them for a period of time that is believed to coincide with the virus’ survival time.

Iran is suffering the worst outbreak of the virus in the Middle East. Using cash there is common, but in recent weeks many people have avoided it and banks have announced that they will not accept cash from customers. Iranians often have multiple debit cards but cash is widely used in small-scale transactions, like buying bread in bakeries or leaving a tip. Many people have started even being careful in how they hand over debit cards, as contactless payment methods haven’t caught on there.

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Christopher Rugaber in Washington, D.C, and Nassar Karimi, in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report. Vanessa Gera contributed to this report from Warsaw, Poland.

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President Trump Enacts Stafford Act In Response To Coronavirus Pandemic

 

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President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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President Trump has enacted the Stafford Act in response to the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. During Saturday’s press briefing with the virus task force, the president went over his decision to invoke the act and noted it’s the first time it has been used to declare a major disaster to a public health crisis.

The Stafford Act, which was passed in 1988, is designed to deliver assistance to state and local governments during a time of disaster.

 

 

In an example of how the private sector is stepping up, President Trump explained how one clothing manufacturer has been helping craft medical supplies.

“By way of example, Hanes, great consumer cotton products company, is retrofitting its manufacturing capabilities and large sections of their plants to produce masks,” he said.

Both Vice President Mike Pence and top health official Dr. Anthony Fauci have also encouraged citizens who don’t show symptoms not to get tested, as it consumes resources needed by those fighting the virus.

Dr. Ben Carson also announced the cessation of foreclosures and evictions, a move which will cover millions of homeowners nationwide.

 
 

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FILE – In this Monday, March 16, 2020 file photo, a patient receives a shot in the first-stage study of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Meanwhile, President Trump has urged the FDA to fast track a potential cure for COVID-19. On Twitter, the president highlighted two drugs, hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, that when taken together may help ease symptoms of the illness.

Hydroxychloroquine is currently being used to prevent malaria, while azithromycin serves as an antibiotic.

He noted they could be “one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine.” The president went on to thank the FDA for “moving mountains” after they approved the anti-malarial for “compassionate use” on patients in dire need of treatment.

 

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