Covid - 19

[TYLERTECHSAS]

And where in commie China!!!!! Commies and socialist care nothing of others and other nations.
I hear nothing of China help or apologies!!
Only Judie-Christian nations seem to pour out and share the science, medical and food supplies and the human side to provide when truly needed.

Published 1 hour ago

UK poised for 'Tier 4' lockdown as new coronavirus strain linked to surge in cases emerges
The United Kingdom on Friday reported more than 28,500 new COVID-19 cases, with nearly 500 deaths.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/uk-tie...in-surge-cases

[TYLERTECHSAS]

A must read today! Leaked documents on commie China and their virus. And yes these are Biden and his family’s business buddies along with Pelosi and the Bush family. But this article isn’t about them.

Published 4 hours ago

China used internet troll ‘army’ to shape coronavirus narrative: report
China’s propaganda and censorship operation is unmatched by any other nation in the world, a university researcher claims


News about the coronavirus-related death of a Chinese doctor who had warned the public about the virus set off a massive propaganda and censorship effort to help the Chinese government regain control of the narrative inside the country about the rapidly growing crisis, according to a report.

The response to the Feb. 7 death of Dr. Li Wenliang and other events during the early days of the virus outbreak are outlined in leaked documents reviewed by ProPublica and the New York Times in a jointly produced article that was published Saturday.

Two main objectives of the Chinese government’s effort appeared to be making the virus impact seem less severe and making government officials appear to have a firmer grip on controlling the outbreak than they actually did, the report said.


Chinese officials also may have been concerned about sparking a panic, The Associated Press reported in April. It notes that Chinese leaders failed to act during a six-day stretch in January -- between the day they learned they were facing a pandemic and the day they informed the public -- even though hundreds of infected people were showing up at hospitals during the intervening days.

ProPublica and the Times quote a University of California at Berkeley professor who claims that China’s propaganda and censorship operation is unmatched by any other nation in the world.

"This is a huge thing," Xiao Qiang, a research scientist at UC Berkeley’s School of Information told the outlets. "No other country has that."

The report credits Chinese President Xi Jinping with launching the operation, called the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), in 2014.

China’s censors were worried that news about Wenliang’s death would set off a "butterfly effect" of subsequent news stories about the virus that could be damaging for the government, so they ordered news outlets not to promote stories about Wenliang and instructed social media sites to remove his name from lists of trending topics, the report said.

The censors also hired internet trolls to post "distracting chatter" on the internet to help influence public opinion as the coronavirus gradually became a bigger news story.

The Chinese government also ordered security personnel to silence commentators whose views were not aligned with those of the government, according to the report.

The leaked documents suggested a massive deployment of both people and technology – "and, presumably, lots of money" – to control the narrative, the report said.

The information was culled from more than 3,200 directives and 1,800 memos as well as other files from the CAC, as well as computer code from Chinese firm Urun Big Data Services, a service provider to local governments.

ProPublica and the Times identified hacker group CCP Unmasked as their source for the documents – and the outlets claim they verified the authenticity of much of the material.

The documents include instructions on which words to avoid using in headlines, such as "incurable," and "fatal," and to avoid using the word "lockdown" in travel articles.

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The report appeared to align with concerns that President Trump and many Republicans have expressed about China’s suspected culpability in the global spread of the coronavirus, which as of early Sunday had infected more than 76 million people around the world and killed more than 1.6 million, including more than 316,000 in the U.S., according to Johns Hopkins University.

Trump and others in the GOP have accused the Chinese government of underplaying the severity of the virus outbreak, the origins of which many trace to Wuhan, China, and have accused the World Health Organization of not demanding more accurate data from Chinese officials.

The U.S. president and others have claimed that bogus information from China had an adverse impact on other nations being able to prepare for the spread of the virus inside their borders.

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https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-...rrative-report

[dawg80]

That damn Trump! There's a new strain of the China virus running amok in the UK! Since, we were told, the rest of the world was 100% on top of this and ONLY Trump was effing it up, surely this has to be his fault. That damn Trump...

[FriscoDog]

The new Coronavirus stimulus bill has a few "extra" things in it... such as $10 million for Pakistan gender program.






Also apparently someone on K street is a big horse racing fan, because there is a lot of stuff in the bill for the regulation of the horse racing industry.

[turbodawg]

That damn Trump! There's a new strain of the China virus running amok in the UK! Since, we were told, the rest of the world was 100% on top of this and ONLY Trump was effing it up, surely this has to be his fault. That damn Trump...

British virus.

[dawg80]

Technically it is China virus - British strain.

Viruses mutate, and because a virus can go through many thousands of generations in a very, very short time period, mutations manifest fairly quickly.

[dawg80]

The new Coronavirus stimulus bill has a few "extra" things in it... such as $10 million for Pakistan gender program.






Also apparently someone on K street is a big horse racing fan, because there is a lot of stuff in the bill for the regulation of the horse racing industry.

I saw that. I am a big supporter of horse racing and am thrilled to see more protection being afforded those magnificent creatures. BUT...I do not support attaching it to this bill. This is precisely what is wrong with government in general, and the federal government in particular. The South had it right when we included a presidential line-item veto power in our Constitution. Then the Congress could over-ride said veto with a vote, 2/3, I think it was. Just imagine how much better off this country would be if the US POTUS possessed such veto power. Our national debt wouldn't be running amok, for one thing.

[Guisslapp]

The new Coronavirus stimulus bill has a few "extra" things in it... such as $10 million for Pakistan gender program.






Also apparently someone on K street is a big horse racing fan, because there is a lot of stuff in the bill for the regulation of the horse racing industry.

A minuscule fraction of what Washington gave your industry, yet I didn’t see you complain about that.

By the way, gender equality is critical to achieving democratic reform in these countries and pulling them out of the dark ages.

[FriscoDog]

A minuscule fraction of what Washington gave your industry, yet I didn’t see you complain about that.

By the way, gender equality is critical to achieving democratic reform in these countries and pulling them out of the dark ages.

You are such a troll and hack..

[DawgyNWindow]

Just found this. If this was all really in the COVID19 relief bill, shame on all those idiots in DC.

$169,739,000 to Vietnam, including $19 million to remediate dioxins (page 1476).
Unspecified funds to “continue support for not-for-profit institutions of higher education in Kabul, Afghanistan that are accessible to both women and men in a coeducational environment” (page 1477).
$198,323,000 to Bangladesh, including $23.5 million to support Burmese refugees and $23.3 million for “democracy programs” (page 1485).
$130,265,000 to Nepal for “development and democracy programs” (page 1485).
Pakistan: $15 million for “democracy programs” and $10 million for “gender programs” (page 1486).
Sri Lanka: Up to $15 million “for the refurbishing of a high endurance cutter,” which is a type of patrol boat (page 1489).
$505,925,000 to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama to “address key factors that contribute to the migration of unaccompanied, undocumented minors to the United States” (pages 1490-1491).
$461,375,000 to Colombia for programs related to counternarcotics and human rights (pages 1494-1496).
$74.8 million to the “Caribbean Basin Security Initiative” (page 1498).
$33 million “for democracy programs for Venezuela” (page 1498).
Unspecified amount to Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Curacao, and Trinidad and Tobago “for assistance for communities in countries supporting or otherwise impacted by refugees from Venezuela” (page 1499).
$132,025,000 “for assistance for Georgia” (page 1499).
$453 million “for assistance for Ukraine” (page 1500).

[Guisslapp]

Pretty sure that is the Ominibus Bill and not the COVID relief Bill.

[johnnylightnin]

Trump wants to send out more money. Threatens that he won’t sign it. Pelosi just called his bluff.

[Guisslapp]

Trump wants to send out more money. Threatens that he won’t sign it. Pelosi just called his bluff.

Perhaps if he would have been engaged in such matters all along, rather than fighting for a lost cause extension of a job he doesn’t want to do.

[DawgyNWindow]

Pretty sure that is the Ominibus Bill and not the COVID relief Bill.

Still horrible. If I wanted my money wasted, I'd do it myself.

[Guisslapp]

Still horrible. If I wanted my money wasted, I'd do it myself.

Didn’t see a lot of waste on that list.

Cleaning up agent orange that we sprayed all over Vietnam... sounds reasonable.

Modest amount of aid to countries to support democracy promotion and women’s progress...hell of a lot better than dealing with the fallout of failed states and terrorism.

Money to support refugees and narcotics initiatives in other countries...I take it you would rather have them pour into our country.

Money to Ukraine...to resist Russia expansion.

Disengaging from the world can be more costly.