We have a Conservative Candidate for Mayor of London kindly offering to host the summer Olympics if Tokyo can’t curb the virus in their region. But check out the responses ... the Governor of Tokyo is offended with that suggestion nor is the WHO organization looking for a back-up plan. Hmmm ... B-) TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Friday it was inappropriate for candidates in London’s mayoral election to propose their city host the 2020 Olympic Games if the coronavirus outbreak forces organizers to look for an alternative site. Shaun Bailey, the Conservative candidate for mayor of the British capital, has said London would be ready to host the event if needed. The International Olympic Committee has said the World Health Organization advised it that there was no case for contingency plans to cancel or relocate the Games from Tokyo. - Fair Use - The virus is now spreading to the Middle East ... - Fair Use - Coronavirus Explodes in Italy, Threatening Europe. Can It Be Contained? By Barbie Latza Nadeau ROME—The word quarantine comes from 17th-century Venetian dialect for 40 days, which was the amount of time ships had to wait in isolation before entering certain Italian ports during the pandemic known as the Black Death. Now the word is being used again in Italy, applied to the government’s draconian reaction as the coronavirus and the disease known as COVID-19 appear to be hitting the country with a vengeance. More than 50,000 Italians living in 10 communities are literally locked down, facing jail sentences and fines if they leave their homes, thanks to the largest outbreak outside Asia. The towns, all in the north of the country, are cut off from the rest of Italy now, not even the trains stop when they roll through. The church services are cancelled and dipping one’s hand in holy water is strictly prohibited. In Rome, nervous taxi drivers outside Fiumicino Airport were hesitant to pick up Asian passengers and a Chinese woman in Turin reported being assaulted for simply being Chinese. - Fair Use - The ugly and fear of men really seems to surface quickly when viruses attack. Sad, but seemingly inevitable. Who needs atomic warfare? Seems to me that with the wearing of masks was introduced, I would still find it odd. Initially amongst Asian people, now seeing common people of every ilk and in every situation boldly wearing them. Here within the states, even when no threat existed, except perhaps the common flu. Thinking to myself, man people are even afraid to breath today! How sad. My thoughts roam back the aids epidemic of yesteryear. Even given the proven fatal diagnosis for contracting this disease many simply remained in denial or opted to take their chances with unnatural sex. They would and still do just simply continue to choose their poison as it were. Std's, VD and the like continue to infect I am told nearly half our population. Seems like we are always looking for a "magic" pill to accommodate our lifestyle choices. Sadly the evils of viruses are often hidden and it's spread seems more arbitrary than not. Indeed, the wages of our sins is death! Even a cavalier attitude towards physical death cannot minimize the impact of the spiritual death our sins usher in! Neither can one cavalier about the notion that we shall be held accountable for each of our sins! Those born again, have their sins covered and blotted out by the blood of Christ. Those not born again must give an account for and pay a price for every sin they have ever committed! How much grey matter is required to make a wise choice here?! TR Here's an article reporting that Jeff Bezos has landed in New Zealand to bug out in his underground bunker.
The Daily BeastFebruary 23, 2020,
