Apr 222020
 
Small Business Firings to Start

Saul Leiter Man in straw hat 1955       The following was written by Bruce Wilds, who runs the Advancing Time blog. Bruce is a small business owner in the Midwest. I get lots of articles sent to me, but hardly ever publish any (sorry I can’t send everyone a reply) because they’re not what I think this site should be. But with this article it’s different. I think what Bruce describes is interesting, important even. The US has

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Apr 222020
 
Debt Rattle April 22 2020

DPC Yard of tenement, Manhattan, New York City 1900   • In US COVID19 Can No Longer Be Listed As Primary Cause Of Death (Salon) • England, Wales COVID19 Death Toll 41% Higher Than Government Figures (FT) • UN: Coronavirus Pandemic ‘Will Cause Famine Of Biblical Proportions’ (G.) • Missouri Is Suing China Over Coronavirus Impacts (CNN) • CDC’s Failed Coronavirus Tests Were Tainted With Coronavirus (AT) • CDC Chief Warns Second COVID-19 Wave May Be Worse (R.) • The

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Apr 212020
 
The Peak

Gordon Parks Muhammad Ali in training 1966   There are times when you think: now things must be easy to comprehend, but as it turns out, they are still not. Let me try once more. See, I was thinking it must have become much easier to gauge the impact in the US of COVID19 when I published the graph below from TheNewAtlantis.com a few days ago. That the stories about seasonal flu etc. at least should be dead and buried,

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Apr 212020
 
Debt Rattle April 21 2020

Ben Shahn “Scene in Jackson Square, New Orleans” 1935   • Coronavirus’s Ability To Mutate Has Been Vastly Underestimated (SCMP) • WHO Warns That Few Have Developed Antibodies To COVID19 (G.) • LA Infections 40 Times Greater Than Known Cases In Antibody Tests (R.) • Getting A Handle On Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection (Scripps) • Coronavirus Attacks Blood Vessel Linings All Over The Body (SCMP) • Through No Fault of Their Own (Ben Hunt) • US Economic Shutdown Too Tight For

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Apr 202020
 
Debt Rattle April 20 2020

Paul Caponigro Backlit Sunflower, Winthrop, MA 1965     • 20 Million COVID19 Tests Per Day Needed To Fully Open US Economy (ABC) • Without More Tests, America Can’t Reopen. And We’re Testing The Wrong People (Atl.) • Trump To Use Defense Production Act To Increase Swab Production (CNBC) • Israel Launches New ‘Contactless’ Roadside COVID19 Testing Booths (DM) • US Coronavirus Study Warns Sick Children Could Overwhelm Health System (SCMP) • Testicles May Make Men More Vulnerable To Coronavirus

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Apr 192020
 
Debt Rattle April 19 2020

Unknown A couple wearing smog masks, London 1953   • Did COVID19 Outbreak Start Months Earlier And Not In Wuhan? (RT) • New Wave Of Infections Threatens To Collapse Japan Hospitals (AP) • Florida Prison System Begins To Reveal Ravages Of Coronavirus (MH) • UK Care Home Deaths ‘Far Higher’ Than Official Figures (BBC) • Anger In Sweden As Elderly Pay Price For Coronavirus Strategy (O.) • A Scam To Enrich Execs: COVID19 Bailouts Fuel More Share Buybacks (Feierstein) •

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Apr 182020
 
Debt Rattle April 18 2020

Edward Hopper Cat boat 1922   • Antibody Study Suggests Coronavirus Far More Widespread Than Thought (G.) • No Evidence COVID-19 Survivors Have Immunity – WHO (Sky) • Double Warning Over Antibody Tests (BBC) • Existing Drugs ‘May Prove Effective On Coronavirus Before Vaccine Comes’ (SCMP) • Emirates First Airline To Conduct On-Site Rapid COVID-19 Tests (Em.) • US Seeks Access To Wuhan Virology Lab, Trump Questions China Death Toll (SCMP) • US, China and WHO Are All Keen To

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Apr 172020
 
Debt Rattle April 17 2020

Dorothea Lange American River camp, Sacramento, CA. Destitute family. 5 children, aged 2 to 17 years 1936   • China Didn’t Warn Public Of Likely Pandemic For 6 Key Days (AP) • US Alerted Israel, NATO To Disease Outbreak In China In November (ToI ) • Wuhan Death Toll Up By 50% As 1,290 ‘Delayed & Omitted’ Fatalities Added (RT) • Men Are Much More Likely To Die From Coronavirus. Why? (G.) • France Summons Chinese Envoy Over Criticism Of

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Apr 162020
 
Debt Rattle April 16 2020

Dorothea Lange Richmond, California 1942   • Coronavirus Testing Hits Dramatic Slowdown In US (Pol.) • Antibody Tests For Coronavirus Can Miss The Mark (NPR) • The Coronavirus Is Particularly Unkind To Those Who Are Obese (LAT) • New York Taps Mckinsey To Develop ‘Trump-Proof’ Economic Reopening Plan (R.) • New Zealand PM: Many Restrictions To Be Kept In Place When Lockdown Ends (R.) • Investors Are Underestimating The Economic Shock The World Is Facing (AEP) • Trump Threatens To

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Apr 152020
 
The Only Man Who Has A Clue

Henri Cartier-Bresson A visitor to the Forbidden City, Beijing 1948   Today, I’m going to try to show you how and why we know that in the case of a pandemic like the one we’re in, surrounded by doubts and uncertainties, there are still a series of measures that we can and, more importantly, must take. But also, how these measures are hardly ever taken, and if they are, not in the correct fashion. This has to date led us

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