Bulletin N°886
Subject:
The Coronavirus: Pandemic and Polemic.
Grenoble, March 9, 2020
Dear
Colleagues and Friends of CEIMSA,
Please
find below 10 articles discussing :
The Coronavirus: Pandemic and Polemic.
Sincerely,
Francis
Feeley
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Professeur
honoraire de l'Université
Grenoble-Alpes
Ancien Directeur de Researches
Université de Paris-Nanterre
Director of The Center for the Advanced Study
of American Institutions and Social Movements
(CEIMSA-in-Exile)
The University of California-San Diego
http://www.ceimsa.org
1)
“Coronavirus: The “Cures” Will Be Worse Than the Disease” –
James Corbett.
https://www.corbettreport.com/coronavirus-the-cures-will-be-worse-than-the-disease/
Published on February 29, 2020
2)
“HIV
& Ebola-Like Mutations Suggest Coronavirus Leaked
From a Lab” – by
https://www.ccn.com/hiv-ebola-like-mutations-suggest-coronavirus-leaked-from-a-lab/
Published on March 3, 2020
3) “Who Made Coronavirus? Was It the U.S., Israel or China Itself? “– by
Philip Giraldi.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/53083.htm
Published on March 7,
2020
4) “Bioweapons Expert Speaks Out About
Novel Coronavirus” – analysis b y Dr. Joseph Mercola.
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/03/08/dr-francis-boyle-bioterrorism.aspx
Published on March 8,
2020
5) “Coronavirus: Italy quarantines 15 million people, France to
hold defense meeting” – by RFI.
Published on March 8,
2020
6) “China
is ill, but it goes much deeper than the coronavirus”
– by Ai Weiwei.
Published on March 8,
2020
7) “Los
Angeles port, country's biggest, hit hard by coronavirus”
– by RFI.
http://www.rfi.fr/en/wires/20200305-los-angeles-port-countrys-biggest-hit-hard-coronavirus
Published on March 5,
2020
8) “Stock
Market's Whiplash Is Eerily Similar to 2008 Crash” – by
https://www.ccn.com/weekend-stock-market-whiplash-eerily-similar-to-2008-crash/
Published on March 7,
2020
9) “Dow
Futures Crash 1,000 Points as Saudi Arabia Destroys Oil Prices” -
https://www.ccn.com/dow-futures-crash-1000-points-as-saudi-arabia-destroys-oil-prices/
Published on March 8,
2020
10) “A
doctor speaks against ‘the loss of reason’ in this rising ‘wave of fear’.”
Published on March 9,
2020
From Abdu Sharkawy (on
Facebook):
I'm a doctor and an infectious diseases
specialist. I've been at this for more than 20 years seeing sick patients on a
daily basis. I have worked in inner city hospitals and in the poorest slums of
Africa. HIV-AIDS, Hepatitis, TB, SARS, measles, shingles, whooping cough,
diphtheria . . . There is little I haven't been exposed to in my profession.
And with notable exception of SARS, very little has left me feeling vulnerable,
overwhelmed or downright scared.
I am not scared of Covid-19. I am
concerned about the implications of a novel infectious agent that has spread
the world over and continues to find new footholds in different soil. I am
rightly concerned for the welfare of those who are elderly, in frail health or
disenfranchised who stand to suffer mostly, and disproportionately, at the
hands of this new scourge. But I am not scared of Covid-19.
What I am scared about is the loss of
reason and wave of fear that has induced the masses of society into a
spellbinding spiral of panic, stockpiling obscene quantities of anything that
could fill a bomb shelter adequately in a post-apocalyptic world. I am scared of
the N95 masks that are stolen from hospitals and urgent care clinics where they
are actually needed for front line healthcare providers and instead are being
donned in airports, malls, and coffee lounges, perpetuating even more fear and
suspicion of others. I am scared that our hospitals will be overwhelmed with
anyone who thinks they " probably don't have it
but may as well get checked out no matter what because you just never
know..." and those with heart failure, emphysema, pneumonia and strokes
will pay the price for overfilled ER waiting rooms with only so many doctors
and nurses to assess.
I am scared that travel restrictions
will become so far reaching that weddings will be canceled, graduations missed
and family reunions will not materialize. And well, even that big party called
the Olympic Games...that could be kyboshed too. Can you even imagine?
I'm scared those same epidemic fears
will limit trade, harm partnerships in multiple sectors, business and otherwise
and ultimately culminate in a global recession.
But mostly, I'm scared about what
message we are telling our kids when faced with a threat. Instead of reason,
rationality, open-mindedness and altruism, we are telling them to panic, be
fearful, suspicious, reactionary and self-interested.
Covid-19 is nowhere near over. It will
be coming to a city, a hospital, a friend, even a family member near you at
some point. Expect it. Stop waiting to be surprised further. The fact is the
virus itself will not likely do much harm when it arrives. But our own
behaviors and "fight for yourself above all else" attitude could
prove disastrous.
I implore you all. Temper fear with
reason, panic with patience and uncertainty with education. We have an opportunity
to learn a great deal about health hygiene and limiting the spread of
innumerable transmissible diseases in our society. Let's meet this challenge
together in the best spirit of compassion for others, patience, and above all,
an unfailing effort to seek truth, facts and knowledge as opposed to
conjecture, speculation and catastrophizing.
Facts not fear. Clean hands. Open
hearts.
Our children will thank us for it.