Coronavirus live updates: Trump tweets about U.S. containment measures as Ohio, Louisiana issue stay-at-home orders – The Washington Post

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams begged Americans to stay home while warning that the situation is “going to get bad” in the coming days. — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/23/coronavirus-latest-news/ AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Stay Inside next week or two. Let virus peak & pressure Trump to sign the Defense Production Act allowing more Corporations to employ staff … More Coronavirus live updates: Trump tweets about U.S. containment measures as Ohio, Louisiana issue stay-at-home orders – The Washington Post

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce This is new! If you lose your sense of smell, you may have Covid 19, requiring self isolation. Teams of physicians are noticing this phenomenon globally. Of course, this assumes you could smell and taste beforehand. Lol. Be well.

http://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/health/coronavirus-symptoms-smell-taste.html

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Paid Leave, who is eligible. How much is authorized. Does not cover Corporations with 500 or more employees

http://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/upshot/coronavirus-paid-leave-guide.html

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce President refuses to invoke Law that would allow Corporations like GM to produce essential equipment. We wouldn’t have had a heath emergency, if he had listened to Scientists last year laying out the case for preparedness for Crimson Contagion , better known as Covid 19.Making essential equipment is stimulus for the entire country.

http://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-supplies.html

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Instructions to the Fed, Treasury & Congress , from Ben Bernacke & Janet Yellen @the FT , on jump starting Corporations & loosening funds to People, providing liquidity in this time of crisis.

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Charts on Covid 19 spread from the FT 3/17/20

The Asian Countries have a culture & responsive Governance to treat Pandemics. We could learn from them. Their countries have not ground to a halt. They have testing & equipment to handle respiratory symptoms & government mechanisms to order Quarantine , identify hot spots and limit contagion. Contact them, they’re controlling viral infection.

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Most places in America are worse off than they were in 2016. With the Coronavirus by necessity, we’ll be in Lockdown to protect ourselves & community. QE for Middle & Lower classes , working or not, 18 & older require a $5000 stimulus. That’s $770Billion. When it’s over, we’ll need reconstruction & more stimulus. We’re all in this together. Rich & poor for America & Americans.

http://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/upshot/american-counties-left-behind-trump.html

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Great advice from the Mayor of Seattle on how to protect your city from the human & economic toll of the Pandemic. Emergency funding from philanthropy for small businesses. People are coping with trauma & loss of close family members. Communities are coming together to help each other. It’s a necessity when there is no Leadership from the top!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/14/seattle-mayor-jenny-durkan-coronavirus/

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Reality: what’s really Important? Healthcare adequately funded for ongoing preparedness against future Pandemics. Hospitals & Healthcare professionals are our defense against disease & diseases of Despair! To combat Covid 19 & diseases of Despair, we must confront our State of Inequality, too! Life for most Americans will change. Be just, humane & pass Laws that recognize everyone’s worth. QE for the Middle & Lower Classes

http://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/us/coronavirus-health-departments.html

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce A global recession is a time for cooperation among nations, lifting of tariffs and stimulus and cash pumped into the National Economy! This is not the time to worry about deficit spending or inflation. This is a time for quantitative easing for the Middle Class. Use Treasury’s repo bonds to give a basic living wage to Middle & lower classes. A basic living wage, now!

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/03/a-coronavirus-recession-could-be-supply-side-with-a-1970s-flavour