Category Archives: COVID-19

Free Exercise Of Religion Attacked

sunbeam April 15, 2020 Comments Off

Fundamental liberties do not end because there is a pandemic. Individual rights in our Constitution do not disappear during a public health crisis. This does not mean that quarantine cannot be imposed if someone has been exposed to a highly communicable and/or deadly disease. However, measures taken need to be even-handed. A government entity is not permitted to discriminate against one group while allowing another group to engage in the same or similar activity. There can be no disparate treatment.

Last week Greenville, Mississippi mayor Errick Simmons, a Democrat, and the city council banned churches from hosting drive-in services.

“The City of Greenville put in place an Executive Order that orders all church buildings closed for in person and drive-in church services, until the State of Mississippi’s Shelter In Place Executive Order No. 1466 is lifted by Governor Tate Reeves. Churches are strongly encouraged to hold services via Facebook Live, Zoom, Free Conference Call, and any and all other social media, streaming, and telephonic platforms,” the order read.

The governor’s order (EO 1466) recommended that church services not be in person but, he did not prohibit drive-in services. “Mississippi is not China, and it never will be,” Reeves insisted.

Counting COVID-19 Deaths

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Something strange is going on. While the number of deaths from COVID-19 are screamed at us every day from the talking bobbleheads in the media, the number of deaths from heart attacks and strokes have plummeted. This makes no sense. If anything, given the anxiety and stress of this crisis, we should be seeing more heart attacks not less. The same can be said for strokes.

Blatant Lies

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The entire Russian collusion debacle was played out to the max even though every person in the media, every Democratic politician and even Robert Mueller knew there was no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. This has now been attested to by AG Bill Barr last week, who said that the initiation of the investigation known as Crossfire Hurricane was “without any basis.” But the lie was carried forward for over two years. The absolute derangement of those on the left is unprecedented.

This derangement was visible with the subsequent faux impeachment over a legitimate investigation into the money laundering that was going on in Ukraine. Ukraine is another example of how there is one set of laws for those elite members of the Left while there is a different set of laws for the common people.

Democrats Hate Small Business Owners

sunbeam April 10, 2020 Comments Off

The Paycheck Protection Program is an SBA loan that helps small businesses keep their workforce employed during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. It is a loan designed to provide a direct incentive for businesses to keep their workers on the payroll. SBA will forgive loans if all employees are kept on the payroll for eight weeks and the money is used for payroll, rent, mortgage interest, or utilities. At least 75% of the money must be used for salaries.

Loan application processing began April 3^rd. Despite some initial confusion and some capacity issues within the SBA network, the program has been processing applications at a phenomenal rate. Over $75 billion was submitted for approval in the first three business days the program was in operation.

Good News

sunbeam April 9, 2020 Comments Off

As noted many times before, the news keeps rapidly changing on the frontlines fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. As recently as St. Patrick’s Day, models were predicting upwards of 2+ million deaths in the US.

Wuhan Flu Treatment Update

sunbeam April 7, 2020 Comments Off

There is a light at the end of the tunnel and it is not another train coming at us. A solution to the COVID-19 epidemic is visible. The key to returning to normalcy is the rate at which people who contract the illness need to be hospitalized.

The media have been mostly ignoring this. Every day and night they are blaring the TOTAL number of people who have gotten it along with the number who have died. Of course, these numbers go up. They will continue to do so because people will get the illness and, unfortunately, some will die.

When the media does pay attention to hospitalization, it is usually to scream that a hospital is being overwhelmed. They pay little attention to the hospitalization rate, that is, the number of people who require hospitalization out of the number who fall ill. This is the key to getting back to normal.

Let’s talk a couple of what-if scenarios.

Lies

sunbeam April 6, 2020 Comments Off

Rahm Emanuel, former chief of staff for President Obama and current mayor of Chicago, once said, “Never let a crisis go to waste.” He was espousing the idea of using a crisis to get other things approved that had no chance otherwise.

Today with the coronavirus crisis in full bloom, governors are misrepresenting and/or lying about conditions and circumstances to move their state up on the list to get supplies or to get more money from the federal government.

BOOM!

sunbeam April 3, 2020 Comments Off

On Thursday Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sent a letter to President Trump saying it was “long past the time” to name a senior military officer to lead the supply-chain effort.

As usual, Senator Schumer was attempting to smear the administration regarding U.S. supply needs in combating COVID-19. This seems to be the only activity the Democrats are engaged in lately.

The letter is ridiculous since Admiral John Polowczyk is already in that supply-chain procurement and distribution position and Schumer knew this.

Apparently the Senator forgot that PDJT is a ferocious counter-puncher.

Where Did The Wuhan Virus Come From?

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On Tuesday evening Tucker Carlson did a piece on Fox News on the possible origins of COVID-19. In it he discussed a report that claimed that the virus may have originated from a Chinese research laboratory in Wuhan.

Things We Have Learned

sunbeam April 2, 2020 Comments Off

This is the second in this series about things we have learned from the Chinese Flu crisis also known as COVID-19.

The question for today is can the World Health Organization (WHO) be trusted? Are their pronouncements regarding health issues around the world worth anything more than something that can be used to line the bottom of bird cages?