Perspective: Losing our collective minds over the coronavirus?

Perspective: Losing our collective minds over the coronavirus?

by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2020 “Panic mixed with shameless pandering is a recipe for a bigger crisis than the coronavirus itself,” Conservative Review senior editor Daniel Horowitz wrote. “Politicians and the media are telling the public to be prudent and not to panic, but everything they are saying and implementing is sowing panic, and […]

Unreported: Fauci would prescribe Chloroquine to coronavirus patients

Unreported: Fauci would prescribe Chloroquine to coronavirus patients

by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2020 Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he would prescribe Chloroquine to coronavirus patients. In an interview on AM 990 in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Fauci spoke with Townhall columnist and morning host Chris Stigall about the hope in the hydroxychloroquine drug that […]

Fact checking Joe: Biden continues to push coronavirus misinformation

Fact checking Joe: Biden continues to push coronavirus misinformation

by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2020 Joe Biden has repeatedly spread misinformation about President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus, a report said. The Daily Caller noted five different occasions where the like 2020 Democratic Party presidential nominee and his campaign have pushed false narratives about Trump’s response to the outbreak. Biden falsely said Trump […]

Media reports on South Korea’s virus response said to mask real story

Media reports on South Korea’s virus response said to mask real story

by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2020 In January, South Korea reportedly sent millions of masks to China amid the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. Shortly after the Chinese government quarantined the entire city of Wuhan on Jan. 23, South Korea quickly provided China over 6 million masks, in addition to at least 42,000 protective suits, other supplies, […]

Olympics will be postponed for one year, Japan’s Abe says

Olympics will be postponed for one year, Japan’s Abe says

by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2020 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach on Tuesday announced that the 2020 Summer Olympic Games will be postponed for about one year due to the coronavirus crisis. The opening ceremony had been planned for July 24 in Tokyo. “[T]he IOC president and […]

Reports: Stockpile of N95 masks depleted, never restocked on Obama’s watch

Reports: Stockpile of N95 masks depleted, never restocked on Obama’s watch

by WorldTribune Staff, March 24, 2020 There is a shortage in the Strategic National Stockpile of one of the most needed supplies amid the coronavirus outbreak — N95 respirator masks — in large part because the Obama administration failed to replenish the supply following the H1N1 outbreak in 2009, reports say. Current Health and Human Services […]

Gamblers raise stakes on creativity during sports shutdown

Gamblers raise stakes on creativity during sports shutdown

by WorldTribune Staff, March 24, 2020 Bookies have never been accused of a lack of creativity, and they are proving that as the coronavirus outbreak has all but shut down sports in the United States. Bets can’t be placed on who will pull off the biggest upset in the NCAA basketball tournament, how many three-pointers […]

Saving lives, livelihoods? Democrats seen exploiting crisis to advance non-virus agenda

Saving lives, livelihoods? Democrats seen exploiting crisis to advance non-virus agenda

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, March 23, 2020 Democratic senators on Sunday blocked a coronavirus stimulus package in which negotiators had given the Democrats essentially everything they wanted, observers said. But the Democrats proclaimed it a corporate giveaway and stopped it in its tracks. “The bill was not just loans to corporations. It also had relief […]

Dusting off ‘Civil Defense’: Use this pandemic to prepare for the next, worse one

Dusting off ‘Civil Defense’: Use this pandemic to prepare for the next, worse one

FPI / March 23, 2020 Commentary by Paul Crespo The Chinese Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) is causing death and disruption throughout the U.S., and worldwide, and is expected to worsen before it gets better. We must do everything we can to contain this pandemic and save lives now. However, while we fight this current battle, the […]

Taiwan says its December warnings on coronavirus were ignored by China-friendly WHO

Taiwan says its December warnings on coronavirus were ignored by China-friendly WHO

by WorldTribune Staff, March 22, 2020 In late December, health officials in Taiwan say they warned the World Health Organization (WHO) about the infectivity of the coronavirus. Weeks after receiving Taiwan’s warning, on Jan. 14, WHO repeated China’s claim that coronavirus was not contagious among humans. Since 1971, China has periodically blocked Taiwan’s membership in […]