NY State Declared Major Disaster Area After 56 Coronavirus Deaths — Military is Outlining Plans to Take Over Hotels, Dormitories, Arenas to Treat Patients

On Friday President Trump declared New York State a major disaster area as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases jumped to 10,356 by Saturday morning.

There have been 56 deaths reported in the state due to coronavirus.

The US mortality rate for the coronavirus has dropped to 1.2% from 4% in the last 13 days.

The US military is now working on plans due to the emergency declaration that will enable them to take over hotels, college dormitories and sports arenas and turn them into ICU-like areas.

Via The Geller Report and Daily Mail.

Donald Trump has declared New York State a major disaster area as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases skyrockets and New York City was declared the epicenter of the US outbreak by city Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The US military will now be called in, and the US Army Corps of Engineers have said they plans to take over hotels, sports arenas, college dorms and other buildings in a bid to bolster the number of available hospital rooms.

De Blasio had urged Trump to send in the military and its logistical support to hard-hit New York State, California and Seattle on Wednesday. On Friday de Blasio said: ‘We constitute 30 percent of the cases in the US and 70 per cent of the cases in New York State. Whether we like it or not, we are the epicenter.’

The president’s declaration comes as a hospital in the Bronx revealed it is running low on ventilators and a Queens doctor revealed that an elderly patient experiencing coronavirus symptoms died on the hospital ward floor.

On Friday, patients were seen lining up around the block at test centers in New York City as they tried to get tested for the disease. One video showed hundreds lining up waiting to be tested at Queens’ Elmhurst Hospital.

And in Chicago they are filming military vehicles being shipped on trains.

This video was shot in Chicago this week. They’re moving around the military equipment. Maybe nothing, maybe not. pic.twitter.com/OU9BnnKEII

— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) March 21, 2020

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/ny-state-declared-major-disaster-area-after-56-coronavirus-deaths-military-is-outlining-plans-to-take-over-hotels-dormitories-arenas-to-treat-patients/

It's Not Just Toilet-Paper & Hand-Sanitizer - Condoms & Pot Sales Soar Amid Global Lockdown

The number of reported cases and deaths of COVID-19 continues to rise on an exponential curve across the world.

For the last month, people have been panic hoarding non-perishable foods, hand sanitizer, and toilet paper at grocery stores across the US and Europe. In a pandemic, some people have different priorities. We noted this as early as March 1, when the local news interviewed a man at a US Costco store, who bought boxes of condoms and a big jar of coconut lube. And it's not just safe sex products that people are purchasing. There's also a huge demand for marijuana.

We usually spend Saturday morning scouring the internet in search of panic hoarding videos of consumers fighting over toilet paper and or bags of rice at big-box retailers. However, we've covered the topic so much that it would be boring at this point to rehash what is already known.

So, an emerging trend among consumers in the Western Hemisphere ahead of a city or nationwide lockdowns has been the stockpiling of condoms and weed.

A shortage of condoms has developed at retail stores. Sex toy company Womanizer has reported that their brand of condoms has seen a 60% surge in sales in Italy, a 40% rise in France, and a 71% jump in Hong Kong. The company said sex toy sales across the world have also risen in the last month.

We were the first to note that virus-porn-themed videos by amateurs on Pornhub were becoming popular in early March. Since our reporting, the amount of "coronavirus porn" videos have jumped 10x on the site.

With consumers loading up on condoms and sex toys, their next move appears to be the purchasing of marijuana.

Bank of America recently said that higher demand for cannabis had been seen in the US as tens of millions of people are confined to their homes as the government limits mass gatherings and shutters businesses.

"Our checks across North America were consistent: regardless of region, cannabis purchases have accelerated," BofA analyst Christopher Carey said in a note. "While likely on pantry loading, it's not unreasonable to think there will be some boost to per capita consumption as people stay at home longer."

The explosive demand for cannabis was the most visible in California as videos surfaced on Twitter of long lines at pot shops after Gov. Gavin Newsom told residents across the state to "stay home."

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/its-not-just-toilet-paper-hand-sanitizer-condoms-pot-sales-soar-amid-global-lockdown

'Oh Hell No': DOJ Using Coronavirus Crisis to Push for Expansive Emergency Powers

"This is abhorrent (also: predictable)."

The Department of Justice is using the coronavirus outbreak to ask Congress for sweeping emergency powers including suspending habeas corpus during an emergency, a power grab that was denounced by civil liberties advocates.

"Oh hell no," tweeted Fletcher School professor Daniel Drezner.

The DOJ plans were reported on by Politico's Betsy Woodruff Swan, who reviewed the request documents.

According to Swan:

The proposal would also grant those top judges broad authority to pause court proceedings during emergencies. It would apply to "any statutes or rules of procedure otherwise affecting pre-arrest, post-arrest, pre-trial, trial, and post-trial procedures in criminal and juvenile proceedings and all civil process and proceedings," according to draft legislative language the department shared with Congress. In making the case for the change, the DOJ document wrote that individual judges can currently pause proceedings during emergencies, but that their proposal would make sure all judges in any particular district could handle emergencies "in a consistent manner."

The request raised eyebrows because of its potential implications for habeas corpus—the constitutional right to appear before a judge after arrest and seek release.

"You could be arrested and never brought before a judge until they decide that the emergency or the civil disobedience is over. I find it absolutely terrifying," National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers executive director Norman L. Reimer told Swan. "Especially in a time of emergency, we should be very careful about granting new powers to the government."

The documents also ask for the authority to conduct videoconference hearings even without the defendant's permission, banning people with the coronavirus from applying for asylum, and pausing the statute of limitations during an emergency.

The asylum rules, said Tahirih Justice Center CEO Layli Miller-Munro, are unnecessary and cruel.

"I think it's a humanitarian tragedy that fails to recognize that vulnerable people from those countries are among the most persecuted and that protecting them is exactly what the refugee convention was designed to do," said Miller-Munro.

The news sent shockwaves through the Beltway.

"This is abhorrent (also: predictable)," tweeted Economist reporter John Fasman.

According to Swan, it's unlikely the bill will pass the Democrat-led House.

Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.) signaled his opposition to the bill on Twitter Saturday afternoon.

"Congress must loudly reply NO," said Amash.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/21/oh-hell-no-doj-using-coronavirus-crisis-push-expansive-emergency-powers?cd-origin=rss

Bolivia Postpones Presidential Election for Indefinite Period Over Coronavirus Pandemic

The total quarantine was ordered earlier by the Bolivian government, as the new coronavirus disease has already spread to more than 180 countries.

Bolivia has postponed its presidential election initially scheduled for 3 May for an indefinite period of time over the new coronavirus pandemic, according to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.

"The Supreme Electoral Tribunal has decided as an exceptional measure to suspend … preparations for the election for 14 days effective 00:00 Sunday, 22 March", the statement said.

Earlier, however, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal's chief, Salvador Romero, said that preparations for the presidential election run as scheduled.

So far, Bolivia has registered at least 19 cases of the novel coronavirus. In Latin America, Brazil remains the country worst hit by the disease.

To prevent the spread of the virus, Bolivia has suspended air traffic with Europe, where the epicentre of COVID-19 has apparently shifted to from China.

Globally, more than 234,000 people have been infected with the virus, and over 9,800 have died, according to the latest situation update by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

https://sputniknews.com/latam/202003211078661113-bolivia-postpones-presidential-election-for-indefinite-period-over-coronavirus-pandemic/

Syria Suspends International Flights Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Originating in China last December, the virus has rapidly spread across the globe prompting the World Health Orginisation to declare the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on 11 March.

The Syrian authorities decided to temporarily stop international air traffic amid the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, Syrian Minister of Transport Ali Hammoud said on Saturday, adding that a flight from Moscow to Damascus on Sunday will be the last one.

"The last flight will arrive from Moscow tomorrow, after which all flights from and to Syria will be suspended", Hammoud told Sham FM radio station.

The flight from Moscow to Damascus is operated by the Syrian Air flag carrier.

While Syria has no confirmed cases of the virus so far, its neighbour Iran has registered more than 19,000 COVID-19 cases, while another neighbour, Turkey, has also seen a nearly double increase in the number of people infected, with 670 cases confirmed so far.

Experts warned that for the war-torn Syria coronavirus epidemic would be a catastrophe.

As of today, the new coronavirus has spread to more than 180 countries, with more than 234,000 confirmed cases and over 9,800 deaths registered so far, according to the latest situation update by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202003211078661006-syria-suspends-international-flights-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/

2014: "Ebola Pandemic Smells Like a Hoax"

Left, It's not Ebola that will get you. It's the vaccines.

A reminder that these pandemic hoaxes have been regular events.

Six years ago:

"The Ebola Epidemic is a hoax on the scale of 9-11 and Sandy Hook. The purpose is to frighten the masses into accepting martial law measures and to send troops to occupy West Africa."

"IT IS INDISPENSABLE TO… UTTERLY EXHAUST HUMANITY WITH DISSENSION, HATRED, STRUGGLE, ENVY AND EVEN BY THE USE OF TORTURE, BY STARVATION, BY THE INOCULATION OF DISEASES, BY WANT, SO THAT THE "GOYIM" SEE NO OTHER ISSUE THAN TO TAKE REFUGE IN OUR COMPLETE SOVEREIGNTY IN MONEY AND IN ALL ELSE." Protocols of Zion, 10:19

Please note these facts: Ebola isn't airborne. Whenever speaking officially, CDC has to tell the truth that any doctor or nurse will tell you. "This is not like flu. It's not like measles, not like the common cold. It's not as spreadable, it's not as infectious as those conditions," That's from Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

People don't get exposed by sitting next to someone on the bus or an airline. The infection is contracted through ingestion (or injection) of infected fluids entering the body through porous membrane tissue, or open cuts.

To date, they say the death toll approaches 5000 in West Africa, and ONE in the United States. Did you know that at least 98,000 people died last year from medical negligence in hospitals? That's 270 a day! Where is CNN for THAT story? Does Obama Care? [1]

When did the current Ebola media blitz enter public perception? Answer: Media kicked it off on March 19th with a report of 23 deaths in Guinea from a "mystery hemorrhagic fever". Note: they weren't calling it Ebola yet, and nobody paid attention till they did a month later.

The media sensation started with a bang on July 27th with the headlines that Dr. Kent Brantly, 33, and missionary Nancy Writebol had contracted Ebola near Monrovia, Liberia. Brantly was quoted saying "I held the hands of patients while they were dying".

The handsome white doctor was flown with much drama to the United States Center of Disease Control flagship, Emory Hospital in Atlanta Georgia.

https://www.henrymakow.com/2020/03/ebola-pandemic-smells-like.html