Well it looks like Donny is getting sick of showing us how really stupid he really is.

Trump says briefings 'not worth the effort' amid fallout from disinfectant comments.

That should put a stop to all his really stupid ideas and false facts about COVID-19 hopefully.

Trump will not comprehend?
But for heavens sake. He is a genius. They don't fail.
Actually they do at Ragnarök. But that is long after Trump's "reign" and kings after him.

That fake president is clearly not sane, and should be removed from office ASAP.
Invoke the 25th Amendment immediately.

But that means that Mike Pence will be President of the USA... Horror...

That fake president is clearly not sane, and should be removed from office ASAP.
Invoke the 25th Amendment immediately.

But that means that Mike Pence will be President of the USA... Horror...

Yep

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That fake president is clearly not sane, and should be removed from office ASAP.
Invoke the 25th Amendment immediately.

But that means that Mike Pence will be President of the USA... Horror...

Yep

I'm shivering to my toes... Well good luck America. Or should we buy an american pie like we did many years ago...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq8wbXAR4ZQ

... Posting tons of lies again, denying what he have said over the last months,
as well as contradicting himself again over the light and bleach stupidity. He said first that he was being sarcastic, and spoke to the reporters. Now he come up with another lie, saying "......I was speaking to our Laboratory expert, not Deborah, about sunlight etc. & the CoronaVirus."

His only way out now, is to start a war somewhere, to distract from this. Iran?

That fake president is clearly not sane, and should be removed from office ASAP.
Invoke the 25th Amendment immediately.

When the lies fail and whatever other distraction attempts fail, stirring a war is the final distraction...


Indeed here is a desperate and lethal combination:

YouTube: Sky News - Trump walks out of his coronavirus news conference

Note also in that report that the USA FDA are now recommending NOT to use chloroquine for treating COVID19 sufferers - after killing a few victims.


Again, my own personal observation is that is the behaviour of someone who is senile, sociopathic, or worse, or all of those.

There are disturbing consequences.


All in the USA?
Martin

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Syphilis?

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Syphilis?

What?!

He's trying the old methylmercury treatment from the 1500's?! Self administered...? No wonder he has gone mad!...

(Or is he burning too much mercury contaminated coal?...)


All in the USA...
Martin

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Truly the mad hatters tea party.

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Truly the mad hatters tea party.

I'm guessing you're meaning the medical syndrome rather than one of the gangsters?...


Still, all a deadly bad... 'Ouch!'

All in the USA.


Stay safe!
Martin

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... However consider https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/no-evidence-that-recovered-covid-19-patients-cannot-be-reinfected-who-idUSKCN2270FB this might make the reopening utterly impossible. It also might mean a vax is impossible if true. More research (double blind study?) is necessary immediately.

<ed>As I originally said it reminds me of a red/blue map, but it shouldn't unless politics is a factor in the spread.

As a respiratory virus, do only those people that suffer the full infection gain immunity?

Quite possibly, the '80%' of the population that don't even notice they've been infected may well be clearing the virus due to their healthy mucous respiratory linings alone...


We either need to wait for the virus to naturally mutate into something less nasty, or we develop a treatment, or we get vaccinated. There is an urgent research race ongoing.

Hopefully, our scientists and medics will be better appreciated after they save us all, yet again.


All in our only one world,

Stay safe!
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To please the media of the world about Sweden.
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/trots-ministerns-harda-varning-trangsel-i-stockholm-under-loningsnatten
Yes we have morons here as well. Just like in countries with a "lockdown". Is that hard to understand?

Some countries have lockdowns like Denmark.

Several people have already been fined since they have violated the new so-called residence ban introduced by the Copenhagen Police.
When it gets warmer outside, many Copenhageners gather outside. On Saturday, police imposed a restraining order at the port area of ​​the Islands Brygge district to prevent the spread of the corona virus.
Copenhagen police write on Twitter that a number of people have been fined.
One of them is a woman with two children who took a break on a bench at a playground. She tells DR that she has a hard time understanding why she has been fined and says she did not go into the playground if there were any others there.
"I'm actually quite shocked," she says.
The woman says that she should appeal the fine, which is SEK 2,500 roughly 300 US dollars.
The ban in Islands Brygge is valid until midnight May 1. (TT).

Guidance published on the government's website says those on furlough who take on new work must be ready to return to their normal job at any time and must complete the relevant paperwork making their situation clear to the tax authority.

Establishment must have its pound of flesh
Which came 1st?
The chicken or the egg?

Furloughed workers may be encouraged to work as fruit and vegetable pickers to help farmers fill a labour shortage, the environment secretary has said.

Well I guess that there's a difference between our countries as over here our farmers were (and are still being) inundated with more applications for work than they could possibly handle for many weeks now.

A friend in New York sent me this from governor Cuomo

April 26, 2020.


As we look to the months that lie ahead, we must ask the question: How can we build back better? There is no returning to yesterday — there is only moving forward. In the months ahead, employers will need to rethink how workplaces can be safer. Our health care system will have to become harder and more resilient. Our technology must improve. This pandemic has altered New York, and we have been through hell, but we must learn the lessons of this crisis to reimagine society for the better.

Here's what else you need to know tonight:

1. Today I outlined a phased plan to safely reopen New York at the appropriate time, taking a regional approach. Phase one will be to reopen low-risk construction and manufacturing businesses in parts of the state that have experienced a 14-day decline in the hospitalization rate. Phase two will open certain industries based on priority and risk level. (Businesses considered "more essential" with inherent low risks of infection in the workplace and to the customer will be prioritized.) Officials are closely monitoring the hospitalization rate, the infection rate, and other key health indicators, and will make adjustments to the plan based on this crucial data.

2. There will be a two-week waiting period in-between phases of this plan to monitor the effect. This will help ensure that the hospitalizations and infection rates are not increasing as some workers begin to return to work.

3. Businesses and industries will create plans that include new measures to protect employees and consumers. The physical workplace will have to be reimagined to be safer, and businesses must implement processes that lower the risk of infection. The state is consulting with local leaders in each region and industry to formulate these plans.

4. Multi-state coordination is key, especially in downstate New York, where the outbreak has been more severe. We will work with neighboring states to ensure safe and consistent policies. In downstate New York, special attention will be taken to ensure the safety of low-income communities.

5. Hospitalizations fall again. Yesterday, the total number of hospitalizations fell to 13,839 — returning to the level of March 31. This is a positive trend, but it is still far higher than we would like to see. I am very saddened to say we lost 367 New Yorkers yesterday — down from 437 the previous day. Every day, this is the worst, most devastating news that I must give to New Yorkers.

6. The L Train tunnel project is complete months early and under budget. A project that repaired two subway tubes connecting Brooklyn to Manhattan, which were damaged during Superstorm Sandy, is complete ahead of schedule. The innovative project, which combined technologies in a novel way to avoid what would have been a highly disruptive total shutdown of the L Train, showed the importance of thinking outside the box when we are faced with challenges. (Despite this milestone, New Yorkers are still being asked to avoid taking mass transit unless they are essential workers.)

Tonight's "Deep Breath Moment": New York essential workers will be honored with an air show on Tuesday. The US Navy's Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunderbirds will fly over the New York Metropolitan area as a tribute to all the workers on the frontlines of this pandemic. "This is our way of showing that we are all in this together and that America's spirit will prevail," said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein and Navy Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday in a joint statement.

I hope other states take similar measures.

Reuters - Hong Kong scientists say new antiviral coating can protect surfaces for 90 days

The coating, called MAP-1, took 10 years to develop and can be sprayed on surfaces that are frequently used by the public, such as elevator buttons and handrails, researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) say.

“These places are frequently touched, and, at the same time, serve as a very effective medium for transmission of diseases,” said HKUST Adjunct Professor Joseph Kwan, one of the chief researchers in the team that developed the product.

The coating that forms after spraying has millions of nano-capsules containing disinfectants, which Kwan says remain effective in killing bacteria, viruses and spores even after the coating has dried.

Unlike common disinfecting methods such as diluted bleach and alcohol, MAP-1 is further boosted by heat-sensitive polymers that encapsulate and release disinfectants upon human contact, Kwan said.

It is non-toxic and safe for skin and the environment, the researchers say.

Applying the coating at schools costs HK$20,000 (£2,075) to HK$50,000, depending on the size of the sprayed area. The company also plans to introduce 50ml and 200ml domestic use versions with prices ranging from HK$70-250.

Reuters - Hong Kong scientists say new antiviral coating can protect surfaces for 90 days

The coating, called MAP-1, took 10 years to develop and can be sprayed on surfaces that are frequently used by the public, such as elevator buttons and handrails, researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) say.

“These places are frequently touched, and, at the same time, serve as a very effective medium for transmission of diseases,” said HKUST Adjunct Professor Joseph Kwan, one of the chief researchers in the team that developed the product.

The coating that forms after spraying has millions of nano-capsules containing disinfectants, which Kwan says remain effective in killing bacteria, viruses and spores even after the coating has dried.

Unlike common disinfecting methods such as diluted bleach and alcohol, MAP-1 is further boosted by heat-sensitive polymers that encapsulate and release disinfectants upon human contact, Kwan said.

It is non-toxic and safe for skin and the environment, the researchers say.

Applying the coating at schools costs HK$20,000 (£2,075) to HK$50,000, depending on the size of the sprayed area. The company also plans to introduce 50ml and 200ml domestic use versions with prices ranging from HK$70-250.

So now we understand what's behind the virus..........PPE and coating sales...........

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So now we understand what's behind the virus..........PPE and coating sales...........

I wouldn't be at all surprised if that was the mindset of the Smithfield's CEO & board.

So now we understand what's behind the virus..........PPE and coating sales...........

I wouldn't be at all surprised if that was the mindset of the Smithfield's CEO & board.

....probably correct.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithfield_Foods
Smithfield Foods, Inc., is a meat-processing company based in Smithfield, Virginia, in the United States, and a wholly owned subsidiary of WH Group of China.[a]

.....Then known as Shuanghui Group, WH Group purchased Smithfield Foods in 2013 for $4.72 billion.[9][10] It was the largest Chinese acquisition of an American company to date.[11] The acquisition of Smithfield's 146,000 acres of land made WH Group, headquartered in Luohe, Henan province, one of the largest overseas owners of American farmland.[b]

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