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Day 22

06/04/2020 Monday, Cloudy

Boris Johnson was taken to the hospital for further tests not for emergency as reported. He really needs some rest as every patient does.

A dangerous sign arises when some politicians call for "days of reckoning"

In order to cover up their incompetance and arrogance facing the pandemic, they blame others. Accusation against China internationally, or riots againt Chinese locally might follow.

As WHO president praises China's effort, they call for "G20 for public health" to bypass WHO.

Coronavirus: China’s disinformation campaign costing lives and hindering global response, MPs warn

The question is: who's really doing the disinformation campaign?

According to BBC:
As chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Mr Burr receives nearly daily briefings on threats to US national security. Details of his financial filings emerged via an investigation by ProPublica.
On 7 February, shortly after the first case of coronavirus was reported, Mr Burr wrote on Fox News that the US government was “better prepared than ever” to tackle an outbreak. 

But a week later, when President Donald Trump assured the public that the virus would not hit America hard, Mr Burr and his wife sold between $628,000 and $1.72m in stocks, including shares in two hotel groups. Two weeks after that, he privately warned a group of wealthy constituents about the dire economic impact of coronavirus. He told the group to curtail their travel, according to the speech obtained by NPR.

According to FT:
Richard Burr, the Republican chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, and his wife sold up to $1.7m worth of shares on February 13, according to congressional disclosures.

Don't they know how serious the pandemic would be?

According to NPR: 


Weeks Before Virus Panic, Intelligence Chairman Privately Raised Alarm, Sold Stocks
 
On that same day, Burr attended a luncheon held at a social club called the Capitol Hill Club. And he delivered a much more alarming message.

"There's one thing that I can tell you about this: It is much more aggressive in its transmission than anything that we have seen in recent history," he said, according to a secret recording of the remarks obtained by NPR. "It is probably more akin to the 1918 pandemic."

 

 

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