The responsibility for American deaths might lie in part with China but it also lies with America's pathetic preparedness and response to the pandemic. If there is a court case I expect it will be messy.
The responsibility for American deaths might lie in part with China but it also lies with America's pathetic preparedness and response to the pandemic. If there is a court case I expect it will be messy.
any idea what court this would be heard in?
Hi spring-peeper, I have no idea as to which court, it was a slightly flippant comment, but it was highly predictable someone in the USA would bleat about compensation from China. America being so litigious compared to other countries.any idea what court this would be heard in?
Hi spring-peeper, I have no idea as to which court, it was a slightly flippant comment, but it was highly predictable someone in the USA would bleat about compensation from China. America being so litigious compared to other countries.
The comments I heard were that China not initially dealing with the outbreak properly caused the pandemic which then went on to cause the damage and deaths in the USA. This is all very well - but the damage in the USA could have been much less had the USA responded properly to the pandemic themselves.
After WWI Germany paid reparations. Might be slightly similar?..
Also, has any other country sued another?
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iirc US aren't a party to the ICJ, they refused to support it or something. or am I thinking of something else?International Court of Justice in The Hague?
or Court of International Trade in New York? Much more likely to get the judgement they want Court of International Trade | United States
Covid Prison Data, a group of university criminal justice and data experts, says that based on public reports, 13,436 inmates and 5,312 corrections staff nationwide have tested positive for coronavirus.
But many states, and the federal penitentiary system, have done only a small amount of testing. Five of the 50 states don't even report data.
Prisons occupied eight spaces on The New York Times' compilation of the top 10 infected institutions, with the Marion Correctional Institution at the top.
One prison in Marion, Ohio has become the most intensely infected institution across the country, with more than 80 percent of its nearly 2,500 inmates, and 175 staff on top of that, testing positive for Covid-19.
Things are looking grim in US prisons.
More than 80pc of inmates test positive for coronavirus in US prison
A prison in Marion, Ohio has become the most intensely infected institution across the countrywww.telegraph.co.uk
An emergency proclamation issued Thursday in Stillwater, Oklahoma, requiring the use of face masks in stores and restaurants was amended Friday after threats of violence.
"In the short time beginning on May 1, 2020, that face coverings have been required for entry into stores/restaurants, store employees have been threatened with physical violence and showered with verbal abuse," Stillwater City Manager Norman McNickle said in a statement.
"In addition, there has been one threat of violence using a firearm. This has occurred in three short hours and in the face of clear medical evidence that face coverings helps contain the spread of Covid-19."
Due to the threats of violence the city has decided to amend their emergency order but still want people to wear face masks whenever possible, the statement said.
A grim but instructive experiment. Something close to forced exposure, and evidence against an idea that has been suggested by other data that many of us may be resistant to catching it, as a result perhaps of having had a related coronavirus cold in the past. Some of us may be partially resistant, but that's a fairly big sample size showing that in certain conditions nearly all of us can catch it.Things are looking grim in US prisons.
More than 80pc of inmates test positive for coronavirus in US prison
A prison in Marion, Ohio has become the most intensely infected institution across the countrywww.telegraph.co.uk
President Trump on Sunday took aim at George W. Bush after the former Republican president issued a call to push partisanship aside amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
In a three-minute video shared on Twitter on Saturday, Bush urged Americans to remember "how small our differences are in the face of this shared threat."
"In the final analysis, we are not partisan combatants, we are human beings, equally vulnerable and equally wonderful in the site of god," Bush said. "We rise or fall together, and we are determined to rise."
In an early morning tweet on Sunday, Trump called out Bush for his failure to support him as he faced an impeachment trial earlier this year over his alleged dealings with Ukraine. He cited apparent comments from Fox News anchor Pete Hegseth, who asked why Bush didn't push for "putting partisanship aside" amid the trial.
"A Minnesota weatherman was cut loose after using his social media account to promote the characterization of protesters demanding to reopen the state ASAP as “White nationalist Nazi sympathizer gun fetishist miscreants.” "
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he's Sven Sundgaard, eh.
A Minnesota weatherman was cut loose after using his social media account to promote the characterization of protesters demanding to reopen the state ASAP as “White nationalist Nazi sympathizer gun fetishist miscreants.”
That controversial posting further warned “Armed extremists” should not be taken lightly.
KARE-11 announced Friday that Sven Sundgaard was no longer with the network following an entry on his Facebook page, where he reposted the words of Rabbi Michael Adam Latz calling out demonstrators who have staged rallies in places including Minnesota, in which those activists demand their states gets back to business in the throes of a pandemic.
The comments were removed from Sundgaard’s Facebook page, but not before Alpha News in Minnesota took a screenshot.
KARE 11 released a statement on Facebook Friday stating that “Due to continued violations of KARE11′s news ethics and other policies, we have made the decision to part ways with Sven Sundgaard.”
Sundergaard joined the network in March 2006, according to a bio that has been removed from the news outlet’s website.
Rallies like the ones Latz references in Minnesota have popped up across the nation in recent weeks as health officials warn the COVID-19 pandemic, which has infected more than a million people in the U.S. and taken more American lives than the war in Vietnam, will continue to present a health crisis if effective safety measures currently in place are abandoned.
President Trump tweeted his support to “Liberate Minnesota” on April 17.
His suggestion was met with resistance on Twitter, where video of protests in front of the governor’s mansion were posted.
More than 5,000 coronavirus infections have been confirmed in Minnesota, resulting in 371 deaths. The state’s former governor, professional wrestler Jesse “The Body” Ventura, said this week that he’s considering running for president.
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America is fucked.