Notations On Our World (Special Edition): Re #CoronaVirus

Over the past day or so,  local people In Iran have begun grassroots efforts to begin local committees to contend with the raging Corona Virus as the regime is absolutely incapable of dealing with it--including producing masks and helping all in the process-this clip from Mohsen Sazegara (in Farsi) provides an update as he paints a very dire picture of the reality at hand as the Virus will continue to rise:



This is as President Trump spoke during a White House Oval Office Address that had quite a feedback over Social Media--our Team captured a sampling of it:

Notations From the Grid (Special Sunday Edition): On the #CoronaVirusUpdate

Our team has been assessing the Corona Virus Epidemic as the Economist of London said it well:  It is going Global. We will continue to provide guidance/updates daily through our Twitter Corner, Ordinary Faces, as we note a sampling of the coverage--and as we note that Orange County, our home county, declared an Emergency to deal with the challenges at hand as the World continues to grapple with it--Please visit the following resources for the latest and the updates: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention:  https://www.cdc.gov/  World Health Organization: https://www.who.int/ Tracking the Corona Virus Worldwide--By Johns Hopkins: https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/01/23/coronavirus-outbreak-mapping-tool-649-em1-art1-dtd-health/

World Pence struggles to win over critics as US coronavirus co-ordinator Critics point to record of scepticism of established medical science by vice-president FEBRUARY 27, 2020 by James Politi and Courtney Weaver in Washington World How coronavirus could upend the US election Donald Trump has bet his reputation on something he cannot control FEBRUARY 27, 2020 by Edward Luce Coronavirus: French govt says number of confirmed cases has jumped from 18 to 38  Read more on France24.com COVID-19 Emergency Press Release and Declarations 02/26/2020 04:08 PM PST The County of Orange has declared a local emergency and a local health emergency to prepare for COVID-19, commonly known as novel coronavirus. "The County of Orange and our County Health Officer Dr. Nichole Quick have declared a local emergency. We have issued these declarations in light of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's comments on COVID-19 yesterday, along with the possibility of active COVID-19 patients being brought to Fairview Developmental Center in my district in Costa Mesa," said Chairwoman Michelle Steel, Second District. "Although there are currently no cases of coronavirus in Orange County, my goal is to ensure all residents and visitors to Orange County as well as all of our resources can be prepared in the event of an outbreak." We remain hopeful:  February 27, 2020 I’m in Florida, at the Lake Nona Impact Forum, where I had the opportunity to interview a man who is trying to cure Covid-19. Given his track record, he may well succeed. He is George Yancopoulos, chief science officer and cofounder of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. Yancopoulos developed a treatment for Ebola , using an innovative technique that involves infecting thousands of mice implanted with human genes to find protective antibodies. Now he’s doing the same for the new coronavirus. If all goes well, Regeneron could be producing a treatment within two or three months. Yancopoulos got his start in health science as a high school student, when he won the Westinghouse Science Talent Search, which later became the Intel Science Talent Search and now, thanks to Yancopoulos, is the Regeneron Science Talent Search. When I asked his advice for government policy makers on health care, he answered: “There is so much focus on affordability and access in health care. And price is a huge burden. But we don’t pay enough attention to the biggest problem, which is the huge burden of disease. We should be focusing our attention on innovation, to try and come up with solutions. That’s far more important than affordability and access. If we don’t come up with innovations that change the future, it’s all going to be over.” My conversation with Yancopoulos reminded me why I’m glad to have made the transition from working in Washington, where I spent the first half of my career, to writing about business. Business, at its best, is focused on solving difficult problems; the federal government, increasingly, won’t fix even the easy ones.

Notations From the Grid (Special Thursday Edition): On the Virtual Prowl @DAVOS

#Davos2020 is continuing.    As our team continues its' periodic Twitter Updates facilitating updating through major Media Partners, we wanted to share a perspective on the Rise of China not withstanding some of the more immediate challenges it faces with declining birth rates, economic slowdown and on-going environmental challenges.    The World is coming to China now as underscored by this courtesy of the team at the Visual Capitalist as the trade war has continued: 

Notations On Our World (Weekly Edition): On #Iran

 

 Our team has been on the prowl  as We have  seen reports of protests continuing as there has been a major Security Presence yet again and one of our Media Partners we consult, Iran International, reports on elements of the popular Milita (known as the Basij) have attacked students protesting at Amir Kabir University in Tehran.   Clips that has been shown reflect how Security Forces have been dealing harshly with Protesters--there are reports of detainees throughout the country.

Our team has also been assessing the latest in regards to the aftermath of the shooting down of the Ukrainian Airline by the Missile Corp of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp.    The images above reflect visits that Officials have made to the Families--and from what we see, it has been stage-managed as meetings were held and the first active scenes in the aftermath of the crash were reported as the rescuers were frantically looking for survivors:  

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Commanders Visit with a Family 

The First Vice President Meets With the Family of one of the Victims 

Security Officials prevented families from having interviews and those families who were able to bury their dead were subject to immense controls by plain-clothers Security Officials.    It was also noted  Iran's Official Government Spokesman also noted that the President, Hassan Rouhani, had no indication of the role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp in the shooting of the plane until Friday in spite of the claim by the Commander, Hajizadeh, that he had informed the high command.     It must also be noted that Mr. Rouhani Chairs the Supreme National Security Council.   Today, Rouhani urged a special court be set up as the Judiciary came out reporting that arrests were made after a number of days whereby he stayed silent as he was busy with meetings with the Syrian Prime Minister and tried to deflect criticism from his own efforts.   

In the meantime,  Government Propaganda Efforts are continuing including a clip published reminding University Students of how ISIS would have killed all Students if it was not for the Islamic Republic and How 25 Million People came out for the funeral of Qasem Sulmeinai:

A propaganda Clip On the Role of ISIS 

A Claim of 25 Million Participants in the Funeral of Sulemiani

Our team will continue to assess it on an on-going basis as we have also been assessing the floods in the East of the Country in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan as the entire province has been devastated with no action by the Government not withstanding claims of visits by Revolutionary Guard Commanders and the Government: 

 Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Iran and the province of Sistan and Baluchestan at this time.