News of the World

[DerVVulfman]

Melana, TsunamiJurai, forget about hanging around with friends

DUDE! How can you forget about yamina!

Wow... it totally sucks for Harvey, doesn't it?
https://deadline.com/2020/03/coronavirus...202889800/
After ruining lives , he gets convicted of all those charges. Now the movie mogul tests positive for Corona. Sorry, Harv. It's not the beer.

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Here's your sharp toothed shark reporting the latest news once again!

Tom Holland sick??

https://heroichollywood.com/spider-man-t...virus-sick
I dunno if this is true or it's just a reprint of an earlier news article or videoclip... He says he doubts it's Covid-19...

Tom Hanks and his wife are no longer coronavirulent!

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52003980

The Americas

Difficult Times in Sunny Costa Rica!

158 cases, 2 deceases, 2 recovered

Cases found in all 7 provinces
Including 17 foreign nationals

Water shortages in several cantons of Costa Rica!  
We're in the dry season alias summer right now...
How does a shark like me swim without water!?

Starting tomorrow, vehicles will not be allowed to drive within the country from 10 PM through 5 AM!
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/ningun-...cepciones/
Yeah, that includes a fine for sure. OK, some exceptions will be made for some people like...

• <== Reporters looking for news
  
• Food deliveries
  
• Health care workers
  
• Police officers (obviously...)
  

Temples closures are mandatory!
So far it was a recommendation but now they must comply with the Health Ministry's decrees.

Beaches will be closed!
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/cierre-...detenidos/
Are you a local tourist? Or are you a foreign national? Then stay out of beaches and national parks!
Otherwise you'll be kicked out! Literal! And probably you'll get arrested in the process...

Tourists expelled from national park
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/sacan-a...-covid-19/
Yeah, some people just don't get it.

Costa Rica has no food crisis! Food production remains stable!
https://www.crhoy.com/economia/industria...alimentos/

Unemployed Nicaraguan return home due to Covid-19 crisis
Meaning they're leaving Costa Rica...
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/nicarag...-covid-19/
Did you think that didn't mean anything at all? Think it twice!

Starting tomorrow Residents and Refugees leaving Costa Rica on vacations will lose their status!
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/residen...igratorio/
The article mentions Easter specifically but it's valid for the whole corona-season!

While some people attempt to leave the country, others, 511 illegal aliens, try to slip in...
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/511-ext...fronteras/

About 4000 people were served quarantine orders
They're mainly Costa Ricans and residents returning from a trip
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/casi-4-...slamiento/

Germany sent a plane to rescue citizens stranded in Costa Rica
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/alemani...ciudadanos
They had done the same in Guatemala where 140 Germans could not take a plane on their own because of Central American countries' travel restrictions imposed lately.

China will donate covid-19 test kits to Costa Rican authorities
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/china-d...-covid-19/
The list of donations also includes masks and suits. Still, they're Chinese so we don't know if they're reliable...

Mexico

Mexican President asks people for going out and enjoy life (during the Covid-19 crisis)
https://www.crhoy.com/mundo/presidente-d...-covid-19/
He's a real lunatic for sure! He doesn't care if the virus spreads wider than ever!

Cuba

Cuba isolates tourists in hotels due to covid-19 concerns
https://www.crhoy.com/mundo/cuba-aisla-e...-covid-19/
Did you ever plan to visit Cuba? Guess what? That'd be a TERRIBLE IDEA for sure!  
You'd be one of the 32,000 tourists stranded there, in the midst of an incredibly boring lockdown...
Bats was lucky that he left the island over a week ago.

Colombia

At least 23 inmates killed in prison riot in Colombia - root cause: Covid-19
https://www.france24.com/en/20200323-at-...n-colombia
I guess there's always an excuse to flee away when you're an inmate...

In battle against coronavirus, Colombia transforms military hospital
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/in-battl...2020-03-23
Dire circumstances make you take complex decisions.

In Costa Rica the CENARE, a hospital specialized in rehabilitation, is being repurposed as a Covid-19 treatment center.

USA

Democrats expenses spree!
They wanna spend $2.5 Trillion not just $1.8 Trillion as Republicans had requested!
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/202...-package-/

Real ID and Flights: Trump postpones its deadline because of its slow adoption by States
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/202...eve-amid-/
Well, you can still take a plane without getting a Real ID, guys!

Trump says coronavirus not Asian Americans' fault
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52013361
Even if Trump won't stop calling the coronavirus a "Chinese virus", he does agree on not blaming Asian Americans for its conception, development and spread.
I suspect he doesn't include those that "have escaped" from China in the last decade.

Cases in New York

20,875 cases, 157 deceases, 2,635 hospitalized

New York City only

12,305

Cases in Maryland

288 cases, 3 deceases, 3 recoveries

PG county only
47-1-0

Canada and Australia not partaking in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/22/ameri...index.html
Well, they've got reasons to fear something can go wrong in Japan if they get confined in reduced spaces...

Rest of the World

Coronavirus: Iran is facing a major challenge controlling the outbreak
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51642926
Did you ever want to know how Iran is coping with the covid-19? Then go click on the article above! I warn you it might sound kind of discouraging. Especially during Nowruz according to BBC.

[DerVVulfman]

Democrats expenses spree!
They wanna spend $2.5 Trillion not just $1.8 Trillion as Republicans had requested!
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/202...-package-/

Well, as Democrat Rahm Emanuel stated, "You never let a serious crisis go to waste." And that's what Democrats did.

Democrats try to hijack coronavirus stimulus for liberal Christmas in March
The bill is meant to help victims of the CoronaVirus and the ensuing financial crisis. Yet, Nancy rushed back to congress and filled it with everything from enforced diversity, reckless voting rules, and the Green New Deal; nothing of which are related to Covid-19. They aren't playing politics. They're promoting their agenda while Americans are held hostage.

Diversity? Yeah, and they have two old white guys running in the primaries. Diversity. Pfft---*

It looks like when President Trump felt assured that the decades old Malaria drug was promising, Bloomberg News jumped on it and made a seriously stupid statement. Yeah, that did Bloomberg a lot of good.
Critics slam Bloomberg News report warning 2 grams of Trump's Touted Virus Drug can Kill You
Sheesh.. "Musk Can Kill With Just Two Gram Dose" ??? Really? Two grams of ANYTHING can kill you. That's why it's measured in MILLIGRAMS!

If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything eh? They forgot to add "Don't say anything stupid, either.".

And it looks like the Malaria Drug Trump Touted is working just fine.
Daniel Dae Kim reveals he's 'practically back to normal' after testing positive for coronavirus

You remember him from Lost? Or maybe the Babylon 5 Spin-off, The Crusade? Well, in his own words... "I am happy to report that my progress has continued and I feel practically back to normal. I am lucky to be in the 80 percent of diagnosed cases that have not required hospitalization, that’s an important statistic,” he added.

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Biden urges Trump to drop Obamacare lawsuit
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/202...a-lawsuit/

Joseph R. Biden called on President Trump Monday to drop a lawsuit against Obamacare, saying the coronavirus outbreak has underscored the importance of making affordable health care more available.
...
Mr. Biden said if it were not for the law, then millions more Americans would be facing the prospect of contracting COVID-19 without health insurance.

:thonk: I wonder if that's true...

Trump against closing down the whole country
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/202...conomy-ti/
It seems he prefers to wait for the evolution of the coronavirus for a bit longer before he takes any drastic measures.

Second Fox Business Network employee has contracted the coronavirus
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/202...-has-test/
Well, Madonna seems to be right, the virus doesn't care about who you are or where you work in...

Trump praising the Fed!?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/202...ns-trump-/
I know the Federal Reserve, the American central ban, took some measures against the virus but I never expected Trump to congratulate its head for doing anything.

Trump won't nationalize companies
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/202...r-defense/
Well, unless he were a communist, I don't see why he would support it.

Trump denies the White House knew anything about the coronavirus before we all did
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/202...about-int/

[DerVVulfman]

Joseph R. Biden called on President Trump Monday to drop a lawsuit against Obamacare, saying the coronavirus outbreak has underscored the importance of making affordable health care more available.

Available, but still unaffordable...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/...-too-many/
"Today, the average monthly premium for a benchmark exchange plan is $462, nearly 70% higher than in 2014." - Forbes.
And many left the exchange because it was too expensive. So Biden can keep HIS Obamacare coverage... if he can pay for it.

Trump won't nationalize companies
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/202...r-defense/
Well, unless he were a communist, I don't see why he would support it.

Yeah, he's not a democrat either.

Those who fail to recall the lessons of history...

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Costa Rica

As you may have already noticed by now, China looks for ways to influence countries like Costa Rica to be more Chinese policies-friendly. Now it reached a new milestone so it seems.

With this tool file a complaint against stores that work on the fringes of the law
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/con-est...-de-salud/
I know the Health Ministry and the police enforcement agency got more powers due to the coronavirus crisis but this seriously look a lot like Chinese people denouncing those who seemed to have contracted the elusive virus.

Germany

No fathers allowed in delivery rooms
https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-no-fat...a-52893768
Are you a German father or about to become one? Then you won't like this because you'll miss the chance to watch how your baby is born.

Merkel tests negative for Covid-19

https://www.thelocal.de/20200323/merkel-...oronavirus
After being treated by a doctor that has contracted the fearful Covid-19, she needs to stay away from parliament till she tests negative a second time.

Man arrested over German rail (Deutsche Bahn) sabotage attempt
https://www.thelocal.de/20200321/man-arr...ge-attempt
On last Saturday an idiot thought loosening the bolts on a stretch of the busy high-speed rail line between western cities Cologne and Frankfurt was a great idea.

Man licks ticket machine to spread coronavirus
https://www.dw.com/en/german-man-licks-t...a-52887069
Talking about morons, another guy in Munich wanted to find out how such a machine actually tasted.  Of course, in times of the awful virus he had to spread it as much as possible, that was his mission there.

By the way, the United Kingdom might also miss the next Olympic games if they're not postponed...

Switzerland

Elite hackers target WHO as coronavirus cyberattacks spike
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-healt...SKBN21A3BN

Elite hackers tried to break into the World Health Organization earlier this month, sources told Reuters, part of what a senior agency official said was a more than two-fold increase in cyberattacks.
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Urbelis said he picked up on the activity around March 13, when a group of hackers he’d been following activated a malicious site mimicking the WHO’s internal email system.
...
Two other sources briefed on the matter said they suspected an advanced group of hackers known as DarkHotel, which has been conducting cyber-espionage operations since at least 2007.

Let's hope hackers don't manage to grab any information nor delete it.

The WHO published an alert last month - available here - warning that hackers are posing as the agency to steal money and sensitive information from the public.

Don't let them ever fool you!

Cybersecurity firms including Romania’s Bitdefender and Moscow-based Kaspersky said they have traced many of DarkHotel’s operations to East Asia - an area that has been particularly affected by the coronavirus. Specific targets have included government employees and business executives in places such as China, North Korea, Japan, and the United States.

That sounds Chinese or North Korean to me...

The UK has gone into full coronavirus lockdown with the public banned from leaving home for nonessential reasons
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavi...-19-2020-3
Pretty much what he said is: "Stay home!"

Spain

Spanish Football League suspended indefinitely
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52004775
They first thought they could stop playing for a couple of weeks or few months but nope, the coronavirus is hitting them harder than they first thought. You don't believe me!? Well, go ask Real Madrid then!

By the way, 2 former Real Madrid presidents have contracted the coronavirus, 1 of them passed away already...

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Japan and IOC now welcome Tokyo 2021

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/m...s-pandemic
Finally Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and IOC head Thomas Bach realized there was no way the games could be successful if teams or federations followed USA, Canada, Australia and United Kingdom in their flee away spree.
How exactly would athletes train properly if countries like Costa Rica, Spain, Italy and many others forbid going outside for non essential activities? They also ban gatherings!  

India: Full Lockdown

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/24/coronavi...kdown.html
Well, now the second most populous country is in need of restricting most activities in order to fight the fearful coronavirus.

Nicaragua admits there are 6 suspected cases of Covid-19
https://www.articulo66.com/2020/03/23/co...nicaragua/
Well, we might never know how far it's spread across their country for they still refuse to implement any quarantine like measure.

Germany Says Six Million Coronavirus Face Masks Missing in Kenya

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articl...s-in-kenya
How do so many masks just disappear at some Kenyan airport?

Albert Uderzo: Asterix co-creator and illustrator dies aged 92

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52016721
The root cause is a heart attack.  No evidence was found that the virus had anything to do with it.

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ANALYSIS / OPINION
based on a few facts provided by news media that praise China just because

Coronavirus: Wuhan to ease lockdown as world battles pandemic

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52016139
Even if that kind of news would make us feel relieved somehow, you gotta know by now there's always a catch!  
Yes, we got one right here in front of us!
Travel restrictions in the rest of Hubei province, where Wuhan is located, will be lifted from midnight on Tuesday - for residents who are healthy.

A single new case of the virus was reported in Wuhan on Tuesday following almost a week of no reported new cases.
...
Wuhan has been shut off from the rest of the world since the middle of January. But officials now say anyone who has a "green" code on a widely used smartphone health app will be allowed to leave the city from 8 April.
Earlier, the authorities reported a new case of coronavirus in Wuhan, ending a five-day run of no reported new cases in the city.

That's exactly what should worry us about their measure! They're the source of the pandemic, yet, they ARE NOW ALLOWED to gradually move around the city... Even if there is a case of an infected individual in the city!
Two months have past since they implemented a serious lockdown and there is A CASE of covid-19 there!

It comes after health officials there confirmed that they were not counting cases of people who were positive but had not been admitted to hospital or did not show any symptoms of the disease.

See what I'm trying to tell you here!? They blatantly ignore mild and asymptomatic cases!

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/24/asia/...index.html
According to CNN the new case is a Hubei doctor... So let me ask you this, how many more cases are they just ignoring? A doctor takes cares of several patients, especially in Wuhan and Hubei province! They still relax the very same measures than seemed to be containing the spread a bit.

They might say their QR color codes might be used to determine who can enter or leave the city, including Chinese from other regions.

The most important question we gotta ask here is...

How the hell does a doctor contract Covid-19
after roughly 2 months in a severe lockdown?

I mean, if they were sitting in their homes for 2 or 4 weeks, we might understand how it was possible to get infected after all they've been waiting to get out of there. But that doctor, even if he's part of the group at risk of contracting it, get infected after so many weeks? It gotta mean people in Wuhan or Hubei didn't heal as fast as Chinese authorities first announced. This also means all the information we've received from China might not be as accurate as we first thought.

Probably somebody will now say that they just got infected after treating a seriously ill patient.
Another could state an asymptomatic patient just got too close to him as to spread the dangerous droplets filled with viruses.
Others might think their protective gear just failed him.

Can't you see how that's something we should really worry sick about?

The patients they have released so far could just be people that keep the virus dormant!

Keep in mind some of them already felt ill a few days after leaving the hospitals...  

What if they've just come asymptomatic instead of getting cured?

WHO has been cleared about not offering a cure in less than 12 or 18 months...

Unless drugs being tested in USA and Europe
that were created for treating other diseases do really work against the coronavirus,
we're at risk of witnessing a second wave of the Chinese epidemic.
Probably the pandemic could last months or even a year...

OK, that might only take place in case they ever wanna admit they failed at containing it a second time...

Let's just hope nobody in our neighborhood and hospitals really needs to remain isolated for more than a month due to the severity of their symptoms. Otherwise, our own lockdowns could last as much as 2 or 3 months!

Honestly, I do wanna be wrong about this!

Positivism usually is a good thing.

Though we've got no real proof it even seems to be possible after what the pandemic has been causing in Europe and how the numbers rise non-stop...

By the way a Costa Rican news media stated Chinese authorities reported 7 deceases in Wuhan...
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/incop-s...-covid-19/

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Panama declares full lockdown
443 cases confirmed there
https://www.crhoy.com/mundo/panama-decla...-covid-19/

Costa Rican Public Servants won't get a raise
https://www.crhoy.com/economia/gobierno-...-publicos/
Thanks Covid-19!  
Of course, police officers do get it for they're risking their lives after all...

Costa Rican Football / Soccer Players get a salary reduction
https://www.crhoy.com/deportes/clubes-re...lcanzados/
Well, they're just too expensive except for those you never ever recall their names.


UEFA Champions League Match could be the Ground Zero for Covid-19 in Lombardy, Italy
https://www.offtheball.com/soccer/biolog...new-988461
It seems that a match that was held about 2 weeks ago was what actually caused the explosion of cases in Northern Italy...

Coronavirus: ‘strange pneumonia’ seen in Lombardy in November, leading Italian doctor says
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/...er-leading

Virus was circulating ‘before we were aware of the outbreak in China’, says Giuseppe Remuzzi, director of the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Italy has now reported more than 4,800 deaths from Covid-19, more than any other country in the world

The truth? Or just a Chinese attempt to get rid of their responsibility of creating and spreading the virus?
What a shameful attitude!
It doesn't even make any sense!  
If that was the case, it would have exploded months ago! Not after a football match celebrated earlier this month!
Don't forget we got reports they started spreading rumors about USA creating and disseminating the virus in China during an international event held there several months ago.
Besides it's highly suspicious they start blaming Italy after their government has been allowing foreign medical teams, mainly Communist countries like Russia, Cuba and China, to land there so they can help them deal with their crisis.

Confirmed Cases of Covid-19 in Costa Rica

177 confirmed, 2 deceases, 2 recoveries, 4 in ICU, 1600+ people tested

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UN Launches $2 Billion COVID Humanitarian Appeal
https://www.voanews.com/science-health/c...ian-appeal

Global Markets Surge as US Agrees on Virus Rescue Deal
https://www.voanews.com/economy-business...escue-deal

Chloe Middleton: Coronavirus victim, 21, 'had no health issues'
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds...s-52041709
Young people, be careful!

In Costa Rica, the Health Ministry stated they've confirmed 201 cases already...
Panama now has 558 cases...

Turkey manages to send arms shipments into Libya
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa...into-libya
And that's how they think Libya's gonna get out of its years long war?

Coronavirus: US Senate passes $2tn disaster aid bill
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52033863
Let's see if the House will pass the law on Friday.

Walking Dead Season Finale Delayed
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/24/enter...index.html
Is this some sort of poetic justice?

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US Announces Narcoterrorism Charges Against Venezuela's Maduro

https://www.voanews.com/americas/us-anno...las-maduro
Is your name Nicolas Maduro? Are you one of his henchmen? Well, I've got bad news for you... Trump offered US$15 million for the former and US$4 million for any of the latter!

Trump Administration Readying Guidelines for States to Decide Direction to Contain Coronavirus

https://www.voanews.com/science-health/c...tes-decide
USA now surpasses the coronavirus cases officially admitted by China.

Just relax. Stay home. We're making a lot progress.

I gotta admit here I didn't expect him to ever admit people gotta stay at home during this difficult times.

The House is expected Friday to easily approve the $2 trillion economic relief package approved late Wednesday by the Senate with no dissenting votes — a rare bipartisan agreement in an era of deep political division in the country.

Well, let's hope that they approve the act so the administration can help businesses and average people in a timely fashion.

Record 3.3 Million US Workers Make Jobless Benefit Claims
https://www.voanews.com/economy-business...fit-claims
Err, I guess we all knew this could happen any time soon.  

Nicaragua confirms their first death due to Covid-19

https://www.crhoy.com/mundo/confirman-pr...nicaragua/
Nicaraguan Health Ministry stated he was the second case they'd detected.
Sadly, we all know how irresponsible Ortega and his minions have been so we dunno how many people is really infected there.

Do you hate scammers? Guess what? We've got our own down here. They impersonate banking or health care workers in order to rob you barefacedly.
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/extorsi...anco-tico/


Costa Rica has now confirmed 231 confirmed cases and discarded over 2300+ so far. They're still waiting to see if 8 patients test negative twice in 24 hours before they can release them.