Bayer donates millions of tablets of malaria drug that could fight coronavirus to U.S. government

Pharmaceutical company Bayer has responded to the ongoing outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus — formally known as COVID-19 — by donating millions of tablets of an anti-malarial drug that could be used to combat the disease to the United States government.

According to a story published Thursday at MarketWatch:

U.S. listed shares of Bayer AG bayry rose 3% in trading on Thursday afternoon after it said it had donated three million tablets of Resochin, a chloroquine product, to the U.S. The German drugmaker said that it is seeking an emergency use authorization for the drug in the U.S., where it is not approved. Health care providers in countries like China and France have been using chloroquine-based therapies to treat COVID-19 patients as there are no proven treatments for the disease.

At a Thursday press briefing, President Donald Trump said that he had directed the Food and Drug Administration to speed up trials of various drugs — including chloroquine — an action which he said could be a potential "game-changer" in fighting the disease.

"Nothing will stand in our way as we pursue any avenue to find what best works against this horrible virus," Trump said at the White House briefing. "Now, a drug called chloroquine — and some people would add to it 'hydroxy,' Hydroxychloroquine — So Chloroquine or Hydroxychloroquine. Now, this is a common malaria drug. It is also a drug used for strong arthritis … But it is known as a malaria drug, and it's been around for a long time and it's very powerful."

The president also cautioned, "When you go with a brand-new drug, you don't know that that's going to happen" but that the anti-malarial has shown "very, very encouraging early results. And we're going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately."

FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn explained that while chloroquine has been approved to treat other conditions, the agency wants to get more information about its efficacy against the coronavirus.

For now, "we're looking at drugs that are already approved for other indications; so they're already approved, as the President said, for other diseases," Hahn explained at the briefing.

"As an example, many Americans have read studies and heard media reports about this drug, chloroquine, which is an anti-malarial drug," Hahn explained. "It's already approved — as the President said — for the treatment of malaria, as well as an arthritis condition" but officials wants to get more information in the form of "a large, pragmatic clinical trial."

According to numbers aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, the United States has over 14,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Friday morning and has seen over 205 resulting deaths. The same data show that there are 246,000 confirmed cases of the virus globally.

http://www.hideoutnow.com/2020/03/bayer-donates-millions-of-tablets-of.html

USCOURTS.GOV: “California has activated its Continuity of Operations Plan”

Activation of Continuity of Operations Plan

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.

The activation of the COOP Plan is necessary to ensure the

continuous performance of essential functions and operations

of the Court in light of the continuing emergency pandemic

caused by the spread of COVID-19, also known as the

“Coronavirus.”

The following are examples of actions that will be taken pursuant to the COOP Plan:

www.cacd.uscourts.gov/news/activation-continuity-operations-plan

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/uscourts-gov-california-has-activated-its-continuity-of-operations-plan/

YouTube and Netflix slash video quality in UK, EU amid coronavirus outbreak

YouTube and Netflix will temporarily reduce video quality in the United Kingdom and European Union amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

The move is said to prevent users from overwhelming the internet with streaming requests and will run for at least 30 days, according to Newsweek.

What are the details?

On Friday, YouTube — which is owned by Google — announced that the decision was made to ensure "smooth functioning of the internet" during a time of worldwide crisis.

The move will also free up internet bandwidth for employees telecommuting to their places of employment.

A spokesperson for the company told Newsweek, "While we have seen only a few usage peaks, we have measures in place to automatically adjust our system to use less network capacity."

"Following the meeting by Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, YouTube's CEO, Susan Wojcicki, and [E.U.] Commissioner [Theirry] Breton, we are making a commitment to temporarily default all traffic in the EU to Standard Definition," the spokesperson added. "We will continue working with member state governments and network operators to minimize stress on the system, while also delivering a good user experience."

Netflix issued similar directives in the area on Thursday.

In a statement, the company said, "We estimate this will reduce Netflix traffic on European networks by around 25 percent while also ensuring a good quality service for our members."

What else?

Breton hailed the move in a statement.

"Millions of Europeans are adapting to social distancing measures thanks to digital platforms, helping them to telework, e-learn, and entertain themselves," he said. "I warmly welcome the initiative that Google has taken to preserve the smooth functioning of the internet during the COVID-19 crisis by having YouTube switch all E.U. traffic to Standard Definition by default. … We will closely follow the evolution of the situation together."

http://www.madnesshub.com/2020/03/youtube-and-netflix-slash-video-quality.html

Texas diagnostic company will have 30,000 coronavirus home testing kits ready by Monday

A company in Austin, Texas, announced that it will have 30,000 coronavirus home testing kits available by Monday, a significant breakthrough in addressing the widespread shortage of testing in the U.S., according to the Austin American-Statesman.

Who's responsible? The tests are from a company called Everlywell, a medical diagnostics company based in Austin that just last week put up $1 million of incentives to spur progress toward creating home testing solutions.

The company's capacity to offer more tests could expand significantly in the coming weeks.

"We plan to eventually have testing and diagnosis capacity for a quarter of a million people weekly. However, this process will take several weeks and could take a few months," an Everlywell statement said.

How do you get one? The tests will only be available in the United States. The first step is for patients to fill out a questionnaire on the Everlywell website, part of a screening process designed by the CDC.

The price of the test is currently $135, although Everlywell is reportedly working with the federal government toward a goal of offering the test at no cost. The company will reportedly make no profit on the tests.

"Given the momentum in Congress about providing free coronavirus testing for Americans, we want to do everything we can to make this test free," Everlywell founder Julia Cheek told the Statesman.

How does it work? Patients collect their swab sample at home and then give it to a government-certified lab. They can then receive their results in two days through a telemedicine visit.

U.S. testing shortage: While President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence assured reporters Friday that the availability of tests is improving, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said although progress has been made, there is more that needs to be done and supply is not yet meeting demand.

https://postnewsd2.blogspot.com/2020/03/texas-diagnostic-company-will-have.html

The SCOTUS issued a major 5-4 decision that illegal immigrants who use someone else’s information when filling out tax forms for employment can face criminal charges. How is this not unanimous?

The Supreme Court has been giving President Donald Trump recent wins. And in a close decision, they have handed him another one.

The nation’s highest court recently took on a case involving undocumented workers and ruled that illegal aliens who steal Americans’ Social Security numbers can be charged with a crime.

The SCOTUS issued a major 5-4 decision that illegal immigrants who use someone else’s information when filling out tax forms for employment can face criminal charges.

All four liberal justices — Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan — did not believe that illegals who commit these crimes should face criminal charges.

This should be 9-0. WTF is wrong with SCOTUS?

Seriously, it can take a lot of time and money to sort out tax problems created by some random stranger reporting income with your social security number. Happened to my dad many years ago. Retired professional on a US government pension and doing professional contract work part time for US government agency. Some restaurant worker in Brooklyn used his social security number to get the job, and the employer reporter the perp’s income with that social security number. Dad did his taxes, and then got a notice from the IRS about additional taxes he owed on income that he failed to report on his tax return. Took a couple of years to get it straightened out, even though the application of a speck of common sense would have made clear that my dad was not bussing tables in Brooklyn under another name.

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/the-scotus-issued-a-major-5-4-decision-that-illegal-immigrants-who-use-someone-elses-information-when-filling-out-tax-forms-for-employment-can-face-criminal-charges-how-is-this-not-unanimous/

Fed Printing $75 Billion A Day! But the Global Economy Falls Into Recession Rapidly!

The central banks around the world are still reducing interest rates and printing more money. The Fed, the ECB, the Bank of England, RBA, and every other central bank are completely exhausting all options. “Helicopter” Ben and Janet Yellen have now suggested the Fed go where they have never been before. This is going to be wild.

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Coronavirus markets: Bank of America says the recession already here

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Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen urge the Fed to buy corporate bonds

www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/ben-bernanke-and-janet-yellen-are-urging-the-fed-to-buy-corporate-bonds.html

^N225 Interactive Stock Chart | Nikkei 225 Stock – Yahoo Finance

finance.yahoo.com/chart/%5EN225Philadelphia Fed Factory Index Slumps by Most on Record

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Assets: Total Assets: Total Assets (Less Eliminations From Consolidation): Wednesday Level (WALCL) | FRED | St. Louis Fed

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Assets: Securities Held Outright: U.S. Treasury Securities: All: Wednesday Level (TREAST) | FRED | St. Louis Fed

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Treasury Securities Operational Details – FEDERAL RESERVE BANK of NEW YORK

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Bank of England’s QE programme is bigger than the City expected | World news | The Guardian

www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/19/bank-of-englands-qe-programme-is-bigger-than-the-city-expected

(1) Viraj Patel on Twitter: “Go big or go home from Bank of England. 15bps cut & £200bn QE (mainly govt bonds). Big purchases. BoE previously saw QE as a credit-easing measure too at times of market stress. So makes sense. BoE have now laid their cards on the table. Not a lot left in the monetary tank $GBP t.co/Bs0ibnsnlr” / Twitter

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Monetary Policy Summary for the special Monetary Policy Committee meeting on 19 March 2020 | Bank of England

www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy-summary-and-minutes/2020/monetary-policy-summary-for-the-special-monetary-policy-committee-meeting-on-19-march-2020

Coronavirus: Philippine stock market plummets 24% after trading halt | Markets – Gulf News

gulfnews.com/business/markets/coronavirus-philippine-stock-market-plummets-24-after-trading-halt-1.1584583272412

Australia Cuts Key Rate to 0.25%, Adopts Yield Curve Control – BNN Bloomberg

www.bnnbloomberg.ca/australia-cuts-key-rate-to-0-25-adopts-yield-curve-control-1.1408638

The Time for 50-Year Treasuries May Have Finally Come – BNN Bloomberg

www.bnnbloomberg.ca/the-time-for-50-year-treasuries-may-have-finally-come-1.1408953

Consumers Face a Massive Credit Crunch. Lenders Are Still Figuring Out What To Do. – WSJ

www.wsj.com/articles/consumers-face-a-massive-credit-crunch-lenders-are-still-figuring-out-what-to-do-11584610200

(1) Sven Henrich on Twitter: “I think all the excess and reckless monetary policies of the past 11 years are directly responsible for the severity of this crash. It caused all this TINA nonsense, made people chase, distorted asset prices and left the world unprepared. And now they left themselves ineffective.” / Twitter

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(1) Kayla Tausche on Twitter: “As I just reported on @CNBC — Lawmakers are wary of bailing out Boeing, comparing it to AIG, a company that required government rescue only because of its own risky decisions. Based on current thinking, WH would have to make an extremely compelling case to change minds.” / Twitter

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Investor Ray Dalio: US corporate losses from coronavirus to top $4T

www.cnbc.com/2020/03/19/investor-ray-dalio-estimates-the-corporate-losses-in-the-us-from-coronavirus-will-top-4-trillion.html

China Accuses Pompeo Of Lying. State Dept. Spokeswoman: China ‘Holding The Match. They Lit The World On Fire With This Virus.’

On Friday, after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the Chinese government of having “wasted valuable days” after discovering the coronavirus by permitting “hundreds of thousands” to leave Wuhan and travel abroad, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying ranted on Twitter at Pompeo, “Stop lying through your teeth!” She added, “As WHO experts said, China’s efforts averted hundreds of thousands of infection cases.”

Pompeo stated, “The Chinese Communist Party didn’t get it right and put countless lives at risk as a result of that,” as France 24 noted.

Chunying claimed China had alerted the United States regarding the coronavirus outbreak on January 3 and the State Department told Americans in Wuhan on January 15. She wrote, “And now blame China for delay? Seriously?”

But State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus responded, “By Jan. 3, Chinese authorities had already ordered #COVID19 virus samples destroyed, silenced Wuhan doctors, and censored public concerns online.” Ortagus added that Hua “is right: This is a timeline the world must absolutely

On Thursday, Ortagus told Guy Benson of Fox News that the Chinese government was “Holding the match. They lit the world on fire with this virus.”

Benson asked, “Officials in Wuhan saying there are no new cases as of today. Should we believe that information from the Chinese government and relatedly, what do you make of this tempest over people saying it’s racist of the president or anyone else to talk about the Chinese roots of this disease, calling it the ‘China virus,’ ‘Chinese virus,’ what have you?”

http://www.stationgossip.com/2020/03/china-accuses-pompeo-of-lying-state.html

Bankruptcy judge approves New Ulm Diocese's clergy sex abuse settlement

St. Paul, Minn. — A U.S. bankruptcy judge gave final approval March 10 to a $34 million settlement agreement between 93 victim-survivors of clergy sexual abuse and the Diocese of New Ulm, Minnesota, as well as parishes within the diocese.

Claimants voted unanimously to approve the settlement.

Judge Robert Kressel's final approval clears the way for the 93 clergy abuse survivors to begin receiving compensation under the settlement. It also marks the end of a three-year bankruptcy process for the diocese. The diocese also has committed to 17 child protection protocols.

In a statement, Bishop John M. LeVoir of New Ulm apologized for the harm abuse survivors endured and said he knows the settlement can't make amends for all that was taken from them.

The bishop said the Catholic Church is a safer place for children and young people today thanks to abuse survivors' bravery, perseverance and advocacy for changes to protect the vulnerable, and hold abusers and church leaders accountable.

"Please join me in praying for the healing of survivors as well as doing what we can to assist them in the healing process," LeVoir said.

The diocese filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in early March 2017.

In a statement at the time, LeVoir said he asked diocesan attorneys to take the action in response to the enactment of the 2013 Minnesota Child Victims Act, which temporarily lifted the civil statute of limitations on child sexual abuse claims for three years. That three-year window ended May 25, 2016.

Under the window, 101 lawsuits were filed against the New Ulm Diocese and some of its parishes.

Taking the legal step for reorganization was "the fairest way to resolve sexual abuse claims while allowing the church to continue its essential work of serving people in our local communities," LeVoir said at the time.

A June 26 diocesan news release on the agreement said the funds for the settlement "are made up of insurance coverage settlements and cash and property contributions from the diocese and parishes, including parishes that do not have claims against them."

"When claimants approve the settlement plan, it will result in a 'channeling injunction,' which will prevent claims against the diocese and parishes based on events that occurred before confirmation of the plan," it said.

https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/bankruptcy-judge-approves-new-ulm-dioceses-clergy-sex-abuse-settlement

‘Hold tight’: Chancellor Kurz says Austria will extend coronavirus restrictions until mid-April

Coronavirus restrictions will be extended in Austria until April 13, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Friday.

The Alpine country has reported more than 2,200 coronavirus cases and six deaths from the global pandemic, Reuters reports.

Austria imposed severe restrictions on movement on Monday, in response to the developments in Italy and a sharp increase in coronavirus cases in some of its regions.

“Hold tight,” Kurz urged Austrians at a news conference. “We must not slow down. We must stick with the measures we have taken.”

https://www.rt.com/newsline/483613-austria-extend-restrictions-kurz/

Never forget-precautions not panic, PM Modi's appeal to people amid spread of COVID-19

The number of coronavirus positive cases in the world is rising in alarming numbers with a total of 2,72,351 reports of infections while the death toll reaches 11,310. Italy reported another huge spike in fatalities which have now crossed 4,000. In the past 24 hours, the country recorded 627 deaths taking its total to 4,032, as per officials. Italy's COVID-19 death toll overtook that of China which has reported 3,139 deaths.

The number of coronavirus positive cases in the world is rising in alarming numbers with a total of 2,72,351 reports of infections while the death toll reaches 11,310. Italy reported another huge spike in fatalities which have now crossed 4,000. In the past 24 hours, the country recorded 627 deaths taking its total to 4,032, as per officials. Italy's COVID-19 death toll overtook that of China which has reported 3,139 deaths.

Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday imposed a lockdown, he instructed all public institutions and places of gathering to shut their doors due to the coronavirus outbreak, which has already afflicted more than 3,200 people and killed over 160.

In India, the confirmed cases as on March 20, 2020 at 11:30 pm was at 236 including foreign nationals, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal appears before ED in connection with money laundering probe against Yes Bank promoter Rana Kapoor and his family members: Officials.

21 March 2020, 15:34 PM

Coronavirus: Autos, taxis to remain off roads in Delhi during Sunday's 'Janata Curfew'.

21 March 2020, 15:31 PM

First positive case of coronavirus reported in Moradabad. A 19-year girl who was studying in France had come to India 5 days ago.

21 March 2020, 14:46 PM

Massive clashes erupted inside Kolkata's Dum Dum Jail. Inmates allegedly vandalised jail premises, attacked jail officers, tried torching jail property. Stone pelting has begun. Barrackpore CP Manoj Verma and other senior officials are inside the jail to bring the situation under control. Three fire tenders at the spot to douse the fire.

This is due to coronavirus. The courts have been closed due to COVID-19 outbreak, hence bail hearing has been deferred. Plus all inmates have been asking for masks and sanitisers.

21 March 2020, 14:24 PM

West Bengal Higher Secondary Board Examination has been postponed till April 15 in wake of coronavirus outbreak, state education minister Partha Chatterjee informed.

21 March 2020, 13:36 PM

The Ministry of Railways in a tweet urged people to not travel on passenger and long distance trains unless absolutely necessary. In a series of tweets it also mentioned cases of people who were travelling while in quarantine.

http://postnewsd2.blogspot.com/2020/03/never-forget-precautions-not-panic-pm.html

Former director of Massachusetts biotech firm faces up to seven years in Chinese prison after 'hiding her coronavirus symptoms and flying from Los Angeles to Beijing for treatment'

A former associate director of a US biotechnology company is facing up to seven years in prison in China after allegedly hiding her coronavirus symptoms and flying from Los Angeles to Beijing in hopes of receiving treatment.

The Chinese national, 37, gobbled down anti-fever medicine at LAX to suppress her high temperatures before boarding the 13-hour flight back to her homeland with her husband and son, Chinese authorities said.

The mother-of-one, named as Jie Li, worked for Biogen, a multinational firm at the center of an outbreak of the coronavirus in Massachusetts. Around 30 per cent of the confirmed cases in the state are believed to be linked to a conference held by the company in Boston in February.

http://www.stationgossip.com/2020/03/former-director-of-massachusetts.html

US Warns Iran: Coronavirus Won’t Save You From Sanctions

Pompeo falsely denies humanitarian aid is restricted by US sanctions

US hostility toward Iran is such a deeply ingrained aspect of policy that any sign of doing something nice, like the reports earlier this week that Trump didn’t want to attack Iran outright during the coronavirus because he thought the world would be critical, is inevitably followed by a litany of hostile, and in some cases downright spiteful statements by the administration.

So with Iranians still dying from coronavirus at a high rate, officials insisted the suggestion of easing sanctions was quickly rejected, with the US adding that the coronavirus “won’t save you” from the sanctions, and that the US absolutely wouldn’t consider any relief.

US Special Envoy Brian Hook added that if Iran was having trouble they should’ve spent more on health care instead of billions on war. That’s probably not going to ring well domestically in the US, given how much more the US has been spending on war by comparison. In retrospect, major US cities are almost certainly wishing they had more health infrastructure and fewer wars.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo falsely claimed that the US sanctions don’t impact humanitarian aid for Iran. This is based on US laws technically including a waiver for humanitarian aid, so by design they aren’t under sanctions. In practice, however, banking sanctions make all trade, including aid shipments, much more difficult. On top of that, trying to buy things like medical equipment is also sanctions, and not considered humanitarian aid even though it would have a big impact on the health care systems.

With the US looking to use the virus to make public digs at the Iranians, Iran’s Deputy Health Minister also noted the trouble the US is also having with coronavirus, suggesting that Iran stands ready to help the US get its virus under control.

Iran was one of the first nations hit hard by the pandemic, and sanctions have made it difficult for them to get things under control. The US clearly has no interest in helping Iran keep things contained, but as the crisis in the US grows, sticking it to Iran may seem lower priority.

https://news.antiwar.com/2020/03/20/us-warns-iran-coronavirus-wont-save-you-from-sanctions/

From Cluster Bombs to Toxic Waste: Saudi Arabia is Creating the Next Fallujah in Yemen

From dumping toxic waste into the sea to littering Yemen’s farms with tons of unexploded cluster bombs, Saudi Arabia is creating a legacy so toxic in Yemen that experts believe it could take a century to undo.

AL-JAWF, YEMEN — As the world’s focus turns to the rapidly-spreading COVID-19 pandemic, Yemenis are reeling from their own brewing tragedy, contending with the thousands of cluster bombs, landmines and other exploded munitions that now litter their homeland. Just yesterday, a young child was killed and another was injured in the al-Ghail district of al-Jawf when a landmine left by the Saudi military exploded, witnesses told MintPress. Outraged and terrified by the presence of these unexploded ordnances, Ahmed Sharif, a father of 9 who owns a farm in the district called the unexploded ordnances “a significant threat to our children.”

Earlier this week, thousands of cluster bombs containing between dozens and hundreds of smaller submunitions were dropped by air and scattered indiscriminately over large areas near Ahmed’s farm. A large number of those munitions failed to explode on impact, creating a new threat to residents already reeling from 5 years of war, famine and an economic blockade. The use, production, sale, and transfer of cluster munitions is prohibited under the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, an international agreement recognized by over 100 countries, but rejected by Saudi Arabia and the United States.

Saudi Arabia is estimated to have dropped thousands of tons of U.S.-made weapons in al-Jawf over the past 100 days alone. Al-Jawf is an oil-rich province that lies in Yemen’s north-central reaches along the Saudi border. The aerial campaign is likely a last-ditch effort to stem the tide of battlefield success by local volunteer fighters who teamed with Houthi forces to recapture large swaths of al-Jawf and Marib provinces. That campaign, for all intents and purposes, has failed.

On Wednesday, the Houthis announced that their military operation – dubbed “God Overpowered Them” – was complete and that al-Jawf was free of Saudi occupation. According to Houthi sources, more than 1,200 Saudi-led coalition fighters were killed or injured during the operation and dozens of Saudi troops, including officers, were captured. The Houthis also struck deep into Saudi territory in retaliation for the more than 250 Saudi airstrikes that were carried out during the campaign. In multiple operations, ballistic missiles and drones were used to target facilities inside Saudi Arabia, according to officials.

Saudi losses haven’t been limited to al-Jawf either. Last week, Marib province, which lies adjacent to Yemen’s capital of Sana’a, was recaptured following heavy battles with Saudi forces. Local tribal fighters were able to clear strategic areas in the Sirwah District with the assistance of Houthi forces and take control of the town of Tabab Al-Bara and the strategic Tala Hamra hills that overlook Marib city. Both the Saudi-led coalition and its allied militants initially admitted defeat but later described their loss as a tactic withdrawal.

Marib is now the second Yemeni governorate adjacent to Saudi Arabia to fall under the control by Yemen’s resistance forces in the last month, al-Jawf being the first. Both provinces have strategic importance to Saudi Arabia and could serve as a potential launch point for operations into Saudi Arabia’s Najran province.

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https://www.mintpressnews.com/cluster-bombs-toxic-waste-saudi-arabia-deadly-legacy-yemen/265897/

FDA Authorizes First 45-Minute 'Rapid Point-Of-Care' Test

As the number of confirmed cases in New York State and around the country climbs at a staggering rate, and millions of Americans prepare to hunker starting Monday for an economic shutdown that's set to last for two weeks, the FDA announced Saturday that it has approved a rapid "point-of-care" test for COVID-19 that can produce results for patients within 45 minutes.

The agency approved the test late Friday, and on Saturday announced that it had granted the first approval a California company that will have the tests commercially available by the end of the month (it's March 21).

The FDA granted “emergency use authorization” to Cepheid, a Cali-based company that makes a rapid molecular test for the coronavirus. Getting results in 45 minutes would be far quicker than the current situation in which tests typically are sent to central reference labs that can take days to deliver results.

The FDA authorization covers "patient care settings" including doctors’ offices, though the tests will reportedly be used mostly in hospitals and ERs, according to the Washington Post.

Most critically, the test doesn't require a nasal swab (one of many medicinal necessities for which supplies are growing short) and added that a 'nasal aspirate' can be used. From what we can tell, that's a fancy term for a loogie.

In a video on the company’s website, David Persing, Cepheid’s chief medical and technology officer, said the test will “help alleviate the pressure” that the covid-19 has placed on health-care facilities. The new test, he said, will help doctors quickly decide which treatment is appropriate for which patients.

There's one other wrinkle: For technicians to run the tests, they will need the company’s automated GeneXpert Systems, of which there are roughly 5,000 in the US, and 23,000 around the world - not exactly a massive supply.

Hopefully, more machines will be available with purchase of the tests. But even if they aren't, tests currently take 2-3 days for results to become available. Even with these limitations, the new tests will dramatically increase the government's capacity to test.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/fda-authorizes-first-45-minute-rapid-point-care-test

HIDDEN KNOWLEDGE

What we think we get WE GET!

But if they (Cabal) can keep you distracted and thinking of other things they can shape

everyone's reality away from what really matters.

The Cabal has used hidden knowledge to shape their EVIL plans.

Using their MSM to project their desired reality into the minds of the public

They have been able to use our collective power to create their world, this is why they use

think tanks and secret societies to shape reality for the masses. Wars, famine and disaster

to keep you in fear, one crisis after another.

Corona Virus is the next installment to drive panic, anxiety and primal fear, once

triggered these emotions over power rational thought in the sedated mind. You

become vulnerable and open to suggestion and herd mentality when in this state.

Eager to hand over your rights to the very people creating the crisis in the hope they

will somehow make you safe. RATIONAL THOUGHT IS LOST.

The issues they create exist in your mind planted there over the airways, whether it be

social media TV radio what ever flavor. We ignore the reality we see in real life choosing

to believe the information fed to us.

It is time to wake up and start using your own discernment.

We are the faithful servants of the most high here to guide humanity through their ascension from

a world ruled by darkness, greed, centralized control and PURE EVIL into the world of love, light

and righteousness.

It is time for each individual to make a personal connection with the most high, do it privately

ask for forgiveness first and then seek good things for those you care about. Pray for each

other. Doing so you join the body of Christ and together we will all be successful. This is the way the

life and the truth.

Jesus Loves (You)

GOD WINS