{"id":8492,"date":"2020-03-06T07:03:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T11:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=8492"},"modified":"2022-11-11T14:56:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T18:56:00","slug":"theres-something-very-wrong-with-the-coronavirus-pandemic-and-these-are-just-6-of-the-most-obvious-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=8492","title":{"rendered":"<b>There&#8217;s something very wrong with the &#8216;coronavirus pandemic&#8217;.<\/b> And these are just 6 of the most obvious issues."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8493\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1_2_CV2_TBP-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1018\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1_2_CV2_TBP-Copy.jpg 1018w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1_2_CV2_TBP-Copy-300x187.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1_2_CV2_TBP-Copy-768x478.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Six Ways Why Coronavirus\u00ae Fails the Sniff Test<\/h1>\n<p>By Doug \u201cUncola\u201d Lynn via TheBurningPlatform.com<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Only one form of contagion travels faster than a virus. And that\u2019s fear.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2015 Dan Brown, Inferno<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It appears\u00a0<em>reaction<\/em>\u00a0to Coronavirus\u00ae has wreaked more carnage globally than the virus itself. Although a 2-3% mortality rate is nothing to sneeze at, it\u2019s not exactly a Biblical plague either; even if virtually\u00a0<em>none<\/em>\u00a0of it passes the sniff test.<\/p>\n<p>Given how Coronavirus\u00ae has been\u00a0<em>reported<\/em>, coupled with how it\u2019s been\u00a0<em>handled<\/em>, its dubious origins, the alleged number of infected and deceased, as well as the age and general health of those who are reported to have died\u2026.something stinks.<\/p>\n<p>As I\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thetollonline.com\/2020\/02\/19\/the-pluses-and-minuses-of-perceived-slyness-stuffed-sinuses-and-coronaviruses\/\">indicated in my last article<\/a>, it seems Coronavirus\u00ae has, indeed, become the new Terrorism\u00ae.\u00a0 The dark powers\u00a0<em>want<\/em>\u00a0the panic. They\u00a0<em>need<\/em>\u00a0the hysteria. Why? For diversion, control, or all the above.<\/p>\n<p>There can be no doubt the mainstream media is NOT trying to downplay COVID-19. Just the opposite.\u00a0 Except what makes this latest remarketing of coronavirus different than 911\u00ae, Weapons of Mass Destruction\u00ae, and The War on Terror\u00ae, is that, this time, the Alternative Internet is on board \u2013 even to the point of citing Orwellian Media sources.<\/p>\n<p>In any event, healthy skepticism is not close-mindedness, per se, because we may one day have a genuine pandemic on our hands.\u00a0 But Coronavirus\u00ae doesn\u2019t present the way one would expect if real.\u00a0 Instead, the hysteria has a sort of Y2K vibe to it all.<\/p>\n<p>So I ask you, Dear Reader, what if all the numbers and the reporting regarding the\u00a0<em>contagiousness<\/em>,\u00a0<em>infectivity<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>mortality<\/em>\u00a0of Coronavirus\u00ae were completely erroneous? Or, worse\u2026,\u00a0<em>complete<\/em>\u00a0<em>bullsh*t<\/em>\u00a0like the Russian Dossier and the whistleblower behind Operation Ukrainian Impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>What if the Chinese were punked?<\/p>\n<p>What if every single human being on earth who has ever lived, has had coronaviruses in their system at one time or another and the math was exactly the same?<\/p>\n<p>What if SARS and MERS were similar psyops played out\u2026. when? During peak flu season.<\/p>\n<p>Because, if all the fundamentals are wrong, then\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/health\/covid-19-risks-doing-math\">so will be the conclusions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Let us count the ways Coronavirus\u00ae fails to pass the sniff test:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>1.) The Hype<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Again, this blogger\u2019s speculation is that Coronavirus\u00ae is the remarketing of coronavirus via COVID-19\u00ae, and the\u00a0<em>selective reporting<\/em>\u00a0is the hype.\u00a0 Because this urgency behind Coronavirus\u00ae in the news makes African AIDS look like the sniffles.<\/p>\n<p>It also has become completely obvious that certain names\/entities consistently appear in the COVID-19\u00ae coverage (in both the mainstream and alternative media): The Gates Foundation, John Hopkins University, and UK\u2019s The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>From last fall:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerforhealthsecurity.org\/event201\/\">Event 201, a pandemic exercise to illustrate preparedness efforts<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation hosted Event 201, a high-level pandemic exercise on October 18, 2019, in New York, NY. The exercise illustrated areas where public\/private partnerships will be necessary during the response to a severe pandemic in order to diminish large-scale economic and societal consequences.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(More on that in # 3 below)<\/p>\n<p>And this from a few days ago:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/governments-will-use-coronavirus-card-downgrade-estimates-and-increase-interventionism\">Governments Will Use The Coronavirus Card To Downgrade Estimates And Increase Interventionism<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The John Hopkins University Coronavirus Global Cases Monitor shows that the mortality rate of the epidemic is very low. At the close of this article, 87,470 cases, 2,990 deaths and 42,670 recovered.<\/p>\n<p>It is normal for the media to focus on the first two figures, but I think it is important to remember the last one. The recovered figure is more than ten times the deceased one. This should not make the reader ignore the epidemic, but it is also worth reading the scientific study that shows that the death rate in citizens under 60 is less than 1.3%, 0.2% in young population, and on average it is a maximum of 4% (\u201cThe Epidemiological Characteristics of an Outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Diseases\u201d, February 2020).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, the John Hopkins people have been incessantly interviewed throughout the cable news universe.<\/p>\n<p>Now consider the timeline:\u00a0 On Sunday, February 2, 2020, the first\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2020\/feb\/02\/coronavirus-deaths-hong-kong-health-workers-to-strike-china-border\">COVID-19 death outside of China was reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Global development<\/p>\n<p><em>Coronavirus: first death outside China recorded as total fatalities pass 300<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Man from Wuhan has died in a Philippines hospital, says WHO, as Xi Jinping orders 1,400 more medical workers into Wuhan<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Global development is supported by<br \/>\nBill and Melinda Gates Foundation<\/p>\n<p><em>Sun 2 Feb 2020 11.08 EST<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed. The Gates Foundation. And the hits keep coming.<\/p>\n<p>What about the timing of the first recorded COVID-19\u00ae death that occurred outside of China? It was one day before the Iowa Caucuses were held (2-3-2020) where the results were massaged to raise Mayor Pete over Bernie and bump Biden to the bare minimum viability.<\/p>\n<p>It was also two days before the Diamond Princess cruise ship was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/02\/04\/asia\/coronavirus-japan-cruise-intl-hnk\/index.html\">quarantined in Japan<\/a>\u00a0(more on this in # 4 below) and three days before Trump was acquitted in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly, it would be a stretch to believe the hype behind a \u201cnew\u201d global virus would be geared to somehow affect the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election\u2026 but in the age of 911, Russiagate, and Operation Ukrainian Impeachment \u2013 would anything surprise me?<\/p>\n<p>Nope. Probably not.<\/p>\n<p>However, it could be that everything we\u2019re seeing regarding COVID-19 is\u00a0<em>real<\/em>; which would be amazing since it would be the first time in decades the Orwellian Media got it right. Maybe even the first time ever.<\/p>\n<p>And, now, it\u2019s been reported Coronavirus\u00ae\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/02\/29\/coronavirus-threatens-to-disrupt-2020-campaign-118238\">\u201cthreatens to disrupt\u201d<\/a>\u00a0the 2020 Campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Empty stadiums and no more selfie lines? Coronavirus becomes 2020 X-factor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If the virus does spread, the mechanical implications for campaigns could be profound.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And what about The Guardian? Always The Guardian:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/01\/coronavirus-mike-pence-donald-trump-jr-democrats-millions-die\">Coronavirus: Pence defends Trump Jr claim Democrats want \u2018millions\u2019 to die | World news | The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why, those tenacious Brits are everywhere. Even on the ground in Washington State?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/01\/coronavirus-washington-state-nursing-home-lockdown\">Coronavirus: Washington state nursing home placed on lockdown | World news | The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because Coronavirus\u00ae is everywhere. All day. Every day.<\/p>\n<p>An especially good benchmark is what\u2019s being reported via cellphone apps because these are primarily what the Bubbleheads see. The headlines are also queued onto internet browsers and e-mail platforms.<\/p>\n<p>This from Yahoo News recently:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/global-virus-death-toll-tops-3-000-south-024847426.html\">Global virus death toll tops 3,000 as cases soar around world<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But after several paragraphs of doom, we read, way down the page, that the second death in Washington State was\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2026.a man in his 70s with underlying conditions\u2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"a124987f279ada0338469db0cf4fd76e\" data-index=\"5\">\n<div id=\"zergnet-widget-60899\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Again, nothing to sneeze at, but still not the Bubonic Plague either, as it seems to be presented in the media.<\/p>\n<p>Like SARS, coronavirus is\u00a0<em>pneumonia<\/em>. But is COVID-19\u00ae worthy of the hype with a 1-3% mortality rate?\u00a0 Especially, when most of those who have died were considered \u201cmedically high risk\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Again, it seems the\u00a0<em>panic<\/em>\u00a0over COVID-19\u00ae is causing more problems than the virus itself.<\/p>\n<p>So maybe Churchill had a point when he said: \u201c<em>The only thing to fear is fear itself.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the World Health Organization (WHO):\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/pneumonia\">pneumonia killed 808,694 children under the age of 5 in 2017<\/a>, accounting for 15% of all deaths of children under five years old.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s 67,000+ a month! Little kids dying around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Where were the headlines?<\/p>\n<p>But COVID-19? Less than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/opsdashboard\/index.html#\/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6\">100,000 infected and a little more than 3,000 reported deaths<\/a>\u00a0at the time of this writing. And that\u2019s the John Hopkin\u2019s numbers.\u00a0 But even IF the reporting was bogus and the mortality rate was as high as 6 to 11% as some have claimed, then wouldn\u2019t faulty reporting mean the number of infected could be higher as well? And wouldn\u2019t that reduce the mortality rate also?<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, if COVID-19 spreads so easily, then why only less than 100,000 cases worldwide?\u00a0 Especially considering that China is the most populous nation on earth.<\/p>\n<p>Now consider that Aspiration Pneumonia has a mortality rate of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medscape.com\/answers\/296198-38080\/what-is-the-mortality-rate-of-aspiration-pneumonia\">21% overall, 29% hospital-associated, and 30-62% in \u201colder, sicker patients\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\/weekly\/index.htm\">CDC Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report<\/a><u>:<\/u><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>CDC estimates that so far this season there have been at least 32 million flu illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations and 18,000 deaths from flu.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Honestly, it seems COVID-19 has even less stamina worldwide than Joe Biden on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p>The New England Journal of Medicine has speculated that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2020\/02\/28\/new-england-journal-of-medicine-coronavirus-could-be-no-worse-than-flu\/\">coronavirus could be no worse than the flu<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An editorial published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine speculated that the coronavirus currently causing panic in world markets could turn out no worse than \u201ca severe seasonal influenza\u201d in terms of mortality.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So is COVID-19\u00a0<em>real<\/em>\u00a0or is it a\u00a0<em>marketing gimmick<\/em>?\u00a0 How would you know for sure?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2.) \u201cThe Eyes of Darkness\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Paradoxically,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vigilantcitizen.com\/latestnews\/coronavirus-was-eerily-predicted-in-a-1981-novel\/\">Coronavirus Was Eerily Predicted in a 1981 Novel<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2026Throughout his career, [Dean] Koontz wrote under several pen names including David Axton, Deanna Dwyer, K.R Dwyer, Brian Coffey, and Leigh Nichols. It is with this last pen name that Koontz wrote the novel The Eyes of Darkness in 1981 \u2013 a \u201csuspense thriller\u201d that is causing even more \u201csuspense thriller\u201d nearly 40 years after its original publication.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026.the virus is called Wuhan-400 because it was developed at their \u201cRDNA labs outside of the city of Wuhan\u201d. As you might know, the epicenter of the actual Coronavirus outbreak is in Wuhan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The severe \u201cpneumonia-like illness\u201d was to \u201cspread throughout the globe\u201d in what year?\u00a0 Answer:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theburningplatform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ERSUscNUUAIlHV6-1.jpg\">\u201cin 2020\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-213733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theburningplatform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2_CV2-EYES-Copy.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theburningplatform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2_CV2-EYES-Copy.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.theburningplatform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2_CV2-EYES-Copy-350x254.jpg 350w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"436\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The story also featured a scientist named\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theburningplatform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ERSUs4RUcAMLvdM.jpg\">Li Chen<\/a>\u00a0which is an amazing coincidence considering a guy by the name of Li Wenliang was the actual COVID-19 whistleblower in Wuhan who, by the way, was a 33-year-old ophthalmologist. Yes. An\u00a0<em>eye<\/em>\u00a0doctor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aao.org\/headline\/coronavirus-kills-chinese-whistleblower-ophthalmol\">Coronavirus kills Chinese whistleblower ophthalmologist \u2013 American Academy of Ophthalmology<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The 33-year-old doctor was the first to raise the alarm about the coronavirus in late December. Using the Chinese social media platform Weibo, Li attempted to warn his colleagues about a cluster of SARS-like pneumonia cases. As his posts went viral, he realized that he \u201cwould probably be punished.\u201d Within days, he was summoned by Chinese officials and forced to sign a letter accusing him of \u201cmaking false comments\u201d that had \u201cseverely disturbed the social order\u201d. A copy of that letter was later posted on Weibo.<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, Dr. Li returned to work and, unfortunately, contracted the virus from an asymptomatic glaucoma patient\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, let\u2019s see\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>2020<\/p>\n<p>Wuhan, China<\/p>\n<p>Pneumonia-like illness<\/p>\n<p>Spread throughout the globe<\/p>\n<p>Li Chen (when Li Wenliang was the actual whistleblower\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 an actual\u00a0<em>eye<\/em>\u00a0doctor)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kind of adds a whole new dimension to 2020 vision, no?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>3.) October, 2019: \u201cEvent 201\u201d in New York City &amp; the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, China<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Most sources point to December 2019, or January 2020, as the beginning of Coronavirus\u00ae.\u00a0 In truth, it started in October 2019 \u2013 when the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AoLw-Q8X174\">Event 201 conference took place in New York City<\/a>\u00a0and at the exact same time the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2019_Military_World_Games\">2019 Military World Games<\/a>\u00a0were holding its opening ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>The video embedded below is the Gates Foundation \/ John Hopkins \u201c<em>Event 201 Pandemic Exercise<\/em>\u201d highlight reel.\u00a0 It was posted on 11-4-2019 and showcases \u201cGNN\u201d (simulated) \u201cnews anchor reports\u201d designed to generate (simulated) urgency:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AoLw-Q8X174?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-ratio=\"0.5630952380952381\" data-width=\"840\" data-height=\"473\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>In accordance to my last article entitled:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thetollonline.com\/2020\/02\/19\/the-pluses-and-minuses-of-perceived-slyness-stuffed-sinuses-and-coronaviruses\/\">\u201cThe Pluses and Minuses of Perceived Slyness, Stuffed Sinuses, and Coronaviruses\u201d<\/a>, note how the above video demonstrates a\u00a0<em>real-world<\/em>\u00a0U.N. Contingency Team (a consistent Hollywood remedy) arguing for increased centralization and coordination between the U.N. and World Health Organization (WHO) with \u201cprivate sector supply chains\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning at the 7:01 mark, the \u201cGNN Simulation\u201d factors how \u201cTHE PANDEMIC IS CAUSING A GROWING GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS\u201d \u2013 followed by commentary from real-life Chinese and U.S. CDC officials.<\/p>\n<p>At the 8:15 mark, the GNN news simulation addresses how portions of the internet were shut down to \u201cquell panic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>And, if you don\u2019t believe Coronavirus\u00ae is about\u00a0<em>control<\/em>, then watch the \u201cScenario Epilogue\u201d from the 10:03 mark to the end.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind the \u201cEvent 201\u201d exercise occurred in October 2019 and corresponded exactly with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2019_Military_World_Games\">2019 Military World Games<\/a>, hosting 110 nations and thousands of military members from around the world in\u2026 yes\u2026 WUHAN CHINA\u2026. amidst a \u201cmalaria\u201d outbreak in what we now know to be as ground zero of the Coronavirus outbreak weeks\u00a0<em>before<\/em>\u00a0the virus was first reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"a124987f279ada0338469db0cf4fd76e\" data-index=\"9\">\n<div id=\"rc-widget-4410e8\" data-rc-widget=\"\" data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"109435\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Accordingly, the Global Times posted an article entitled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/1180549.shtml\">\u201cFive foreign athletes from military world games in Wuhan infected with malaria, not COVID-19 in October, 2019: hospital head\u201d<\/a>, that has since been scrubbed from the internet.\u00a0 However, here is a screenshot showing the search result as proof the article once existed:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-213732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theburningplatform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/3_CV2_Search.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theburningplatform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/3_CV2_Search.jpg 662w, https:\/\/www.theburningplatform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/3_CV2_Search-315x300.jpg 315w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"571\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do you believe in\u00a0<em>coincidence<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>conspiracy<\/em>?\u00a0 You\u2019re probably right.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>4.) The Diamond Princess<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Remember the Diamond Princess Cruise ship where the coronavirus quarantine was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/article\/diamond-princess-coronavirus-cruise-ship-japan\">described to be a disaster<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>On February 4, 2019, the day before Trump was acquitted in the senate, the ship was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/02\/04\/asia\/coronavirus-japan-cruise-intl-hnk\/index.html\">first quarantined with 2,666\u202fguests and\u202f1,045\u202fcrew members on board<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/feb\/05\/coronavirus-cruise-ship-carrying-3700-quarantined-in-japan-after-10-test-positive\">reported the following<\/a>\u00a0on 2-5-2020<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Of a further 273 people on board who have since been tested, 31 results had come back and of those 10 were positive, Japan\u2019s health minister, Katsunobu Kato, said on Wednesday. It is not clear whether more tests would be carried out. None of the 10 infected people \u2013 three each from Japan and Hong Kong, two Australians, one American and one Filipino crew member \u2013 had severe symptoms, public broadcaster NHK said.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, health checks began on 1,800 passengers and crew on a second cruise ship docked in Hong Kong, after 30 staff members reported symptoms including fever, according to Reuters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em>By Feb 8th it was reported\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/news\/2020\/02\/08\/coronavirus-cruise-ships-diamond-princess-cases-rise-japan-coast\/4693112002\/\">63 people were ill<\/a>\u00a0and by Feb 10<sup>th<\/sup>, 24 Americans were said to be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/02\/10\/us\/coronavirus-cruise-ship-americans-quarantine\/index.html\">suffering from coronavirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then, a week later, the cruise line itself\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.princess.com\/news\/notices_and_advisories\/notices\/diamond-princess-update.html\">updated the following on their website<\/a>: 169 new cases on February 18th and the \u201cend of the quarantine and disembark process\u201d on February 19th and 20th.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously? Really?<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/victoriaforster\/2020\/02\/28\/six-people-from-the-diamond-princess-cruise-ship-have-now-died-from-covid-19-after-quarantine-failure\/\">one report so far<\/a>, six people who were on the Diamond Princess have now died with 705 of the 3,711 infected = a 19% infection rate within a poorly handled quarantine.\u00a0 We also know at least two of the deceased\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/health\/rate-diamond-princess-infections-suggest-worldwide-infections-are-much-higher-official\">were in their eighties<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Given the quarantine began a month ago \u2013 either the incubation process takes longer \u2013 or \u2013 the death rate is far lower than 6-11% as some are now claiming \u2013 or the\u00a0<em>testing<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>reporting<\/em>\u00a0is FUBAR?<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, something is off. Because shouldn\u2019t we be hearing more dire news on the Diamond Princess passengers by now? Especially given the first-person accounts of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/health\/2020\/03\/01\/detroit-woman-diamond-princess-cruise-quarantine-coronavirus-covid-19\/4891872002\/\">overall sloppiness of the quarantine itself<\/a>; and the alleged high infectivity of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Now consider this: Infected U.S. passengers aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship were brought to Travis Air Force Base in northern California . Then, days later, the media exploded over the first case of \u201c<em>unknown origin<\/em>\u201d in California. Except,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2020\/02\/26\/coronavirus-san-francisco-emergency-face-masks-brazil-south-korea\/4878620002\/\">reports said<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s also possible, however, that the patient may have been exposed to a returned traveler who was infected.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh, and where was this person infected via \u201cunknown origin\u201d?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/california\/new-case-of-novel-coronavirus-in-northern-california-cdc\/2242792\/\">Answer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>California officials said the person is a resident of Solano County<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And guess where Travis Air Force Base is located? You guessed it: Solano County California \u2013 just northeast of San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>So I ask you: Do the governing authorities and media want the\u00a0<em>virus<\/em>\u00a0to spread or the\u00a0<em>fear<\/em>\u00a0of the virus to spread?<\/p>\n<p>Now consider another first-person account:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2020\/02\/28\/i-have-coronavirus-so-far-it-isnt-that-bad\/\">\u201cI have the coronavirus. So far, it isn\u2019t that bad.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2020\/02\/28\/i-have-coronavirus-so-far-it-isnt-that-bad\/\">By Carl Goldman, The Washington Post|February 28, 2020<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I caught the virus on the Diamond Princess\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026.Our test results had not arrived before we boarded buses for the airport, where two U.S. government planes waited for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026As we took off from Tokyo, I had a bit of a cough\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026When I woke up, I had a fever..<\/p>\n<p>\u2026So I took a seat in the quarantine area and fell back asleep until we touched down in California, at Travis Air Force Base\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came onto the plane and said that three of us who had been cordoned off would fly to Omaha (with our spouses, if they wanted to come along). The CDC had a quarantine location at the University of Nebraska\u2019s hospital<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s also true that some of the Diamond Princess passengers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/14-americans-test-positive-coronavirus-after-evacuation-quarantined-cruise-ship-n1137616\">were flown to Lackland Air Force Base in Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So\u2026 let\u2019s see\u2026 before their test results were back, authorities migrated infected Americans from a cruise ship to buses and then airplanes. Then, they planted the highly infectious patients, and their spouses, in California, Texas, and Nebraska.<\/p>\n<p>What could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, yeah. Oops!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/cdc-accidentally-releases-diamond-princess-evacuee-who-tested-positive-virus\">CDC Accidentally Releases \u2018Diamond Princess\u2019 Evacuee Who Tested Positive For The Virus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/5978121\">Coronavirus patient released from isolation in San Antonio later tested positive<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even Dean Koontz could not have imagined it better.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>5.) Control<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>These just in\u2026 like clockwork; and right on schedule:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/202002\/epidemics-like-coronavirus-are-putting-a-spotlight-on-contactless-biometrics\">Epidemics like coronavirus are putting a spotlight on contactless biometrics<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is a guest post by Mohammed Murad, vice president, global sales and business development, Iris ID.<\/p>\n<p><em>The world is in the grip of a coronavirus epidemic the impact of which extends well beyond people\u2019s health\u2026<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/02\/25\/coronavirus-china-to-boost-mass-surveillance-machine-experts-say.html\">Coronavirus: China to boost mass surveillance machine, experts say<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>KEY POINTS<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese government has enlisted the help of technology companies to create products to help contain the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Technologies from drones to facial recognition are being used to track people.<\/p>\n<p>Experts told CNBC that the ramp up in surveillance could continue even after the virus is contained.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/1631a414cfba8ae39dee4b82748b129b\">Vexed by how to contain virus, countries take tough steps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.trust.org\/item\/20200227142704-o5sk0\">Schools shut, travel curbed as world races to fight coronavirus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It also appears Americans must prepare for \u201csignificant disruption\u201d and Orange Man bad:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/coronavirus-live-updates-cdc-warns-americans-significant-disruption\/story?id=69190968\">CDC warns Americans of \u2018significant disruption\u2019 from coronavirus<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>U.S. health officials issued a strong warning about novel coronavirus on Tuesday despite remarks from the Trump administration stating they have the situation under control.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, health officials said they\u2019d hoped to prevent community spread in the United States. But following community transmissions in Italy, Iran and South Korea, health officials believe the virus may not be able to be contained at the border and that Americans should prepare for a \u201csignificant disruption.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Once again, it could be this latest incarnation of coronavirus is a real killer and the mortality rates now being reported are completely bogus.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the Chi-coms started the conflagration to smoke-out the protests (and protesters) in Hong Kong. \u00a0This\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j4R_JG6KMeY\">slick embedded video (right here)<\/a>\u00a0shows cell-phone footage of the crackdown in China.\u00a0 Perhaps this is the\u00a0<em>real\u00a0<\/em>suppressed news regarding Coronavirus\u00ae.\u00a0 It would certainly qualify as a possible motive \u2013 and opportunity. And, relatively speaking, Wuhan \/ Hubei province is in (somewhat) close proximity to Hong Kong \u2013 and, even, Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe the global financial elite wanted to burn down China\u2019s economy and cause civil strife in order to secure Hong Kong and\/or Taiwan. Or it could be the globalists desire the Asian flu to spread like wildfire around the globe in order to centralize power with a new world order and cashless financial system.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also possible the Centralizers have been trying to light just the right-sized fire for some time with the burning matches of Bird flu, Swine flu, SARS, MERS, et al, all of which, so far, have extinguished upon the damp grass of the human immune system \u2013 and prior to the flames taking hold.<\/p>\n<p>It could be they got it just right this time.<\/p>\n<p>If I believed in coincidences, I might even say it could be naturally occurring.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe the time has come \u2013 and, as the musician Frank Zappa\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/quotes\/12280-the-illusion-of-freedom-will-continue-as-long-as-it-s\">previously predicted<\/a>, the \u201c<em>illusion<\/em>\u201d has become \u201c<em>too expensive\u201d<\/em>\u00a0to maintain\u201d and we\u2019re now about to \u201c<em>see the brick wall at the back of the theater<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It any event, it appears Coronavirus\u00ae has arrived on schedule and at the perfect time.\u00a0 And here is an article speculating on why:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefreedomarticles.com\/5-nwo-agendas-accompanying-coronavirus-epidemic\/\">5+ NWO Agendas Accompanying the Coronavirus Epidemic<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Centralized Control of Information, i.e. Censorship and Narrative Control<\/li>\n<li>The Cashless Agenda<\/li>\n<li>Martial Law Quarantines<\/li>\n<li>Mandatory Vaccination<\/li>\n<li>Bill Gates\u2019 ID2020: Digital Identification via Microchipping<\/li>\n<li>Agenda 2030: Wuhan Slated to be one of China\u2019s Smart Cities<\/li>\n<li>Is the Coronavirus Epidemic a Race-Based Bioweapon?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Again\u2026, a bad cold, a bioweapon, or a Biblical plague: At this point, what difference does it make?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>6.) Considerations Regarding COVID-19\u00ae, Trump, &amp; the Economy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It is very interesting how the same people who, just a few weeks ago, were talking about Trump taking the blame for any economic downturn prior to the election, are now accepting of the current market carnage as due to Coronavirus\u00ae. \u00a0And this is no surprise because the Orwellian Media has universally blamed the COVID-19\u00ae outbreak for the economic volatility.<\/p>\n<p>Here is another example from one of the largest news sources in the digital bubble, Yahoo, which is incessantly spraying smart devices around the globe:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/coronavirus-has-ravaged-the-stock-market-and-the-extreme-selling-may-just-be-starting-145001775.html\">Coronavirus has ravaged the stock market and the extreme selling may just be starting<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Proceed with caution, value-seeking investors. The hammer job done on stocks at the hands of the spreading coronavirus may just be getting started if history and common sense are any guides.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026.The current correction spurred by fears of the coronavirus morphing into a global pandemic \u2014 where $2.5 trillion has been wiped off the value of U.S. stocks since last Wednesday\u2019s high per S&amp;P data \u2014 is approaching the average bull market percentage pullback. But the losses have come in only four days and there remains significant uncertainty as to how bad Corporate America\u2019s profits will be hit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Won\u2019t coronavirus take Trump off the\u00a0<em>perception hook<\/em>\u00a0for the economy? Because the global financial elite COULD have crashed the markets and then blamed Trump (and Brexit) for the sins of nationalism, populism, tax cuts and trade isolationism.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-213731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theburningplatform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/4_CV2_Trump-Copy.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theburningplatform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/4_CV2_Trump-Copy.jpg 685w, https:\/\/www.theburningplatform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/4_CV2_Trump-Copy-350x197.jpg 350w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But now, if COVID-19 takes the blame, how can the Dem\u2019s tack it to Trump before the November election? Because, right now, the only ones who look bad are those who are politicizing the outbreak = Trump\u2019s opponents and the media.<\/p>\n<p>So, what are the implications? And will they matter?<\/p>\n<p>There remains the possibility that COVID-19 could actually\u00a0<em>help<\/em>\u00a0Trump get reelected; especially if the virus (with its low mortality rate) fizzles in the sun like SARS.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind Trump also initiated a travel-ban in January as a response to COVID-19 \u2013 a move that as widely ridiculed by his opponents.<\/p>\n<p>And if this\u00a0<em>was\u00a0<\/em>a manmade and\/or marketing campaign to burst the bubble, what do you suppose are the actual implications of\u00a0<em>that<\/em>? Think it through very carefully because the ramifications are\u00a0<em>yuge<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>No matter what, it remains to be seen if Coronavirus\u00ae is one of the<em>\u00a0best<\/em>\u00a0things to happen to Trump prior to November 3, 2020. Or the\u00a0<em>worst<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There are far better depopulaters than COVID-19 \u2013 like AIDS in Africa, as an example. But\u2026 advertising works.<\/p>\n<p>Ask yourself what would happen if the headlines were all exclaiming COVID\u2019s 98% survival rate. And perhaps an even better question is why the headlines are NOT exclaiming COVID\u2019s 98% survival rate.<\/p>\n<p>What is the real\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/propaganda\">propaganda<\/a>\u00a0here?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Propaganda:<\/p>\n<p>:the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person<\/p>\n<p>:ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one\u2019s cause or to damage an opposing cause<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Who do you believe? W.H.O.? The CDC? The Orwellian Media? The Democratic presidential candidates? Team Trump? The Drudge Report? The Alternative Internet?<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because, it seems Coronavirus\u00ae has all the appearance of \u201chype\u201d\u2013 like it\u2019s being milked for all it\u2019s worth. Like trying to prop up Joe Biden with duct-tape and knee-braces to stumble across each state\u2019s primary finish line.<\/p>\n<p>But, to be sure, the public\u00a0<em>reactions<\/em>, including within the financial markets, are\u00a0<em>real<\/em>. Just like clockwork. And I do believe vaccines and quarantines have the potential of being more dangerous than common, or even uncommon, coronaviruses.<\/p>\n<p>It could be COVID-19 was tweaked to become highly infectious and maybe the elite loosed the virus on the unsuspecting Chinese as an end-game checkmate; and are now using the media to hype it for all it\u2019s worth.<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe the Chi-com\u2019s have used the virus as cover to neutralize \u201cinfected\u201d protesters.<\/p>\n<p>In any event, it appears governments have strived to create panic and financial collapse to promote a hoax that would accomplish the destruction.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Because they feel it\u2019s time.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theburningplatform.com\/2020\/03\/04\/six-ways-why-coronavirus-fails-the-sniff-test\/\">https:\/\/www.theburningplatform.com\/2020\/03\/04\/six-ways-why-coronavirus-fails-the-sniff-test\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}