This is demonstrably false---and a clear sign that this COVID crisis was devised to turn the whole world into a neo-feudal high-tech playground for the ultra-rich, with just enough of us left living (if you can call it that) to service them.
"The virus" is NOT "resurgent," as the data makes quite clear. Only those who get their "news" about it from Big Pharma's advertising venues---a captive audience that, unfortunately, includes millions of "educated" people---believes it's on the rise again, since that's what the New York Times and NPR et al. keep telling us, based on morbid half-truths, terroristic rumor-mongering, factoids taken out of context, the deliberate obfuscation of what constitutes a COVID-19 "case," unrelenting CENSORSHIP of inconvenient truths, and a staggering array of bald-faced lies, about the infectiousness of children, the effectiveness of HCQ+, the necessity of masks, and every other aspect of this "crisis." "Forced isolation" wasn't necessary in Japan, Taiwan, Iceland, South Korea, Sweden or Belarus---or Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas or the Dakotas---which all got through the crisis very well with no lockdown of any kind; nor was it necessary ANYWHERE, though it was surely used in China and New Zealand---models of repressiveness applauded by the same high interests pushing just that sort of crackdown here and now. This technocratic faux-"solution" is political, not medical, and represents an existential threat to freedom, health and happiness throughout the US and beyond. This must be stopped, and WILL be stopped, because it's too big, and too evil, NOT to fail; and because there are enough of us, and will be eventually be even more of us, who just won't take it MCM > > Forced Isolation May Be the Only Way to Stop Resurgence of Virus > > https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-13/forced-isolation-may-be-the-only-way-to-stop-resurgence-of-virus > <http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/BB17VSNH?ocid=sf> > <https://twitter.com/share?url=http%3a%2f%2fa.msn.com%2f01%2fen-us%2fBB17VSNH%3focid%3dst&text=Forced+Isolation+May+Be+the+Only+Way+to+Stop+Resurgence+of+Virus&original_referer=http%3a%2f%2fa.msn.com%2f01%2fen-us%2fBB17VSNH%3focid%3dst> > <https://web.whatsapp.com/send?text=http%3a%2f%2fa.msn.com%2f01%2fen-us%2fBB17VSNH%3focid%3dsw> > <?subject=Forced%20Isolation%20May%20Be%20the%20Only%20Way%20to%20Stop%20Resurgence%20of%20Virus&body=I%20thought%20you%20would%20be%20interested%20in%20this%20story%20I%20found%20on%20MSN%3a%20Forced%20Isolation%20May%20Be%20the%20Only%20Way%20to%20Stop%20Resurgence%20of%20Virus%20http%3a%2f%2fa.msn.com%2f01%2fen-us%2fBB17VSNH%3focid%3dse> > ------------------------------ > [image: Bloomberg logo] <https://www.bloomberg.com/> Forced Isolation May > Be the Only Way to Stop Resurgence of Virus > <http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/BB17VSNH?ocid=sf> > <https://twitter.com/share?url=http%3a%2f%2fa.msn.com%2f01%2fen-us%2fBB17VSNH%3focid%3dst&text=Forced+Isolation+May+Be+the+Only+Way+to+Stop+Resurgence+of+Virus&original_referer=http%3a%2f%2fa.msn.com%2f01%2fen-us%2fBB17VSNH%3focid%3dst> > <https://web.whatsapp.com/send?text=http%3a%2f%2fa.msn.com%2f01%2fen-us%2fBB17VSNH%3focid%3dsw> > <?subject=Forced%20Isolation%20May%20Be%20the%20Only%20Way%20to%20Stop%20Resurgence%20of%20Virus&body=I%20thought%20you%20would%20be%20interested%20in%20this%20story%20I%20found%20on%20MSN%3a%20Forced%20Isolation%20May%20Be%20the%20Only%20Way%20to%20Stop%20Resurgence%20of%20Virus%20http%3a%2f%2fa.msn.com%2f01%2fen-us%2fBB17VSNH%3focid%3dse> > > (Bloomberg) -- Flare-ups from Australia to Japan show the world hasn’t > learned an early lesson from the coronavirus crisis: *to stop the spread, > those with mild or symptom-free coronavirus infections must be forced to > isolate, both from their communities and family.* > > In Australia, where Victoria state has been reporting record > <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-10/nursing-home-outbreaks-lift-death-rates-in-hong-kong-australia> > deaths, some 3,000 checks last month on people who should have been > isolating at home found 800 were out and about. In Japan, where the virus > has roared back, people are staying home but aren’t in isolation: 40% > <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-06/virus-wary-japan-bewildered-by-muddled-messages-on-holiday-risk> > of elderly patients are getting sick from family members in the same > apartments. > > The* failure to effectively manage contagious people with mild or no > symptoms is a driving factor* behind some of the world’s worst > resurgences. But lessons from Italy, South Korea and others that have > successfully contained large-scale outbreaks show that there’s a > tried-and-tested approach > <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-30/italy-home-quarantine-repeats-mistake-made-in-china-doctors-say> > to cutting off transmission: *move them out of their homes into > centralized facilities while they get over their infections*, which > usually doesn’t require longer than *a few weeks*. > > “A laissez-faire approach naively *trusting everyone to be responsible > has been shown to be ineffective*, as there will always be a proportion > who will breach the terms of the isolation,” said Jeremy Lim, adjunct > professor at the National University of Singapore’s Saw Swee Hock School of > Public Health. > > Faced with a new cluster this week after 102 days without a locally > transmitted case, *New Zealand has quickly enacted this strategy, placing > 17 people -- including two children below the age of 10 -- into centralized > quarantine.* > > But other countries facing sustained spread like Australia and the U.S. > are not broadly enacting the policy despite its proven track record. Their > unwillingness -- or inability -- to do so underscores the challenges faced > by *liberal democracies* whose populations *are less likely to tolerate > measures that require individual sacrifice for the greater good. * > > Not at Home > > The existence of a large group of carriers who hardly feel sick is a > unique feature of the coronavirus crisis, and a major factor that has > driven its rapid spread across the globe. Unlike in previous outbreaks like > the 2003 SARS epidemic, many infected people don’t feel ill enough to stay > home, and so spread the pathogen widely as they go about their daily lives. > > The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated > <https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html> > that *40% of Covid-19 infections are asymptomatic.* > > In Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged last year, > mildly sick patients were originally turned away from hospitals and told to > rest at home, given that the overwhelmed health-care system needed to tend > to the most severe cases. But health experts soon found that these people > would infect their family members and others as they moved around in the > community, precipitating a deluge of cases. > Read more on successful virus containment strategies in Asia: > These Elite Contact Tracers Show the World How to Beat Covid-19 > <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-25/these-elite-contact-tracers-show-the-world-how-to-beat-covid-19>Virus > Hunters Sift Through Sewage to Detect Covid-19 Hotspots > <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-01/up-against-fierce-new-waves-nations-turn-to-sewage-and-drones>As > China Fights Second Wave, Taiwan Starts Stockpiling Again > <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-15/taiwan-is-already-preparing-for-the-next-pandemic>Beijing > Just Reported No Cases. Here’s How They Turned It Around > <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-07/beijing-just-reported-no-cases-here-s-how-they-turned-it-around> > > Bringing mild or asymptomatic patients to designated facilities -- > re-purposed convention centers, hotels and stadiums -- for basic medical > care marked a turning point in the city’s fight against the coronavirus. > Simply separating them from healthy people halted the pathogen’s silent > spread through the community. > > The strategy has since been used in Italy, Singapore and South Korea at > the height of their own coronavirus outbreaks earlier this year. Faced with > a resurgence last month, Hong Kong converted > <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-02/china-to-help-hong-kong-boost-virus-tests-build-mobile-hospital> > an exhibition center to accommodate mild Covid-19 patients and is building > more such facilities. > > In New Zealand, the government put “a lot of thought” into enacting the > policy, and is asking family members of confirmed cases to go into > centralized quarantine with them if they require care, said director > general of health Ashley Bloomfield. > [image: a group of people in a room: Fitting Out and Finishing Touches to > a Dedicated Covid Health Centre as India Extends Lockdown] © Bloomberg > Fitting Out and Finishing Touches to a Dedicated Covid Health Centre as > India Extends Lockdown > > Finishing touches are applied to a ward at a dedicated Covid Health Centre > at the Bandra Kurla Complex exhibition ground in Mumbai, India on May 17. > > Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg > > The approach is effective firstly because it prevents people from > infecting family members in the same household -- over 80% of cluster > infections in China cities were in households after mild patients were > allowed to stay home, said a Lancet study > <https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30744-3/fulltext>. > In Europe, the surge > <https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/27/world/europe/coronavirus-italy-bergamo.html> > of household infections drove Italy’s Milan to start putting such cases in > hotels, enabling the country to gain control over its outbreak in early May. > > Beyond household spread, the strategy is necessitated by a facet of human > nature that’s been seen time and again across countries and cultures: left > to their own devices, some people just won’t follow the rules. > > In Australia and Japan, infected people who’ve been told to stay home have > gone out for a variety of reasons -- some can’t work from home and need the > income, while others want to pick up groceries and supplies. One woman in > Tokyo traveled > <https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO58774680T00C20A5000000/> cross > country by bus after having her infection confirmed. > > “It is far better to be more aggressive in the short term with even mild > cases than it is to allow such cases to slip under the radar,” said > Nicholas Thomas, associate professor in health security at the City > University of Hong Kong. > Locked Up > > But forcibly moving mild or asymptomatic patients into centralized > facilities has been met with backlash in some countries where citizens are > not as accepting of government directives. Some people might lose their > jobs if they disappear for two weeks, or have caretaking responsibilities > for young children or older parents where it’s unfeasible to be separated. > > “People would be wondering what on earth they’re doing locked up in a > hospital,” said Stephen Leeder, emeritus professor of public health and > community medicine at the University of Sydney. “From what I know about the > Australian psyche, I don’t think it would go down all that well.” > > In places like Venezuela and India where conditions in quarantine > facilities are poor, the prospect of being taken away has caused some to > avoid being tested or to lie to contact-tracers for fear of being found > positive, making the work of health officials more challenging. > [image: a screenshot of a cell phone: Victoria state accounts for almost > all the flareup's new cases] © Bloomberg Victoria state accounts for > almost all the flareup's new cases > > In an emailed response to Bloomberg News queries, the Department of Health > and Human Services in Victoria said the government provides alternative > accommodation for quarantine, but that these are for health workers “who > may not be able to safely live at their normal address” and other > vulnerable groups. > > Rather than forcing isolation on mild cases, authorities have locked down > 5 million residents in Melbourne and are tightening restrictions until new > cases come under control. > [image: a store in a subway station: Wearing Face Coverings Becomes > Mandatory in Melbourne] © Bloomberg Wearing Face Coverings Becomes > Mandatory in Melbourne > > An information sign informs all customers that they must wear a protective > mask at all times at a shopping precinct in Melbourne on July 23. > > Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg > > Officials are using a combination of stepped-up checks and fines > <https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/stay-home-new-crackdown-isolation-breaches> > of A$4,957 ($3,550) to convince infected people to stay home, while repeat > offenders risk a A$20,000 penalty in court. More than 500 military > personnel are helping the police conduct checks on 4,000 households every > day to ensure those who are supposed to be staying home are there. > > To be sure, aggressive and thorough contact-tracing and case follow-up > have successfully contained outbreaks in countries like Germany without a > centralized quarantine strategy. But these places relied on an army of > efficient workers hunting down every chain of transmission, a resource not > many governments have had time to build up. > > “The classic practice in public health is to identify, trace and > quarantine,” said Yang Gonghuan, former deputy director of the Chinese > Center for Disease Control and Prevention. “But how that is carried out > depends on popular sentiment and the country’s resources.” > > For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com > <https://www.bloomberg.com/> > > ©2020 Bloomberg L.P. > > > -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. 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