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Deep Breath, Everyone

Clare M. Lopez April 5, 2020 General News, Op Eds, Trending Comments Off on Deep Breath, Everyone

Yes, the coronavirus –
or COVID-19 – pandemic, now affecting more than 150 countries worldwide, is a
serious health challenge. U.S. confirmed cases are climbing upwards of 3,000, but
thanks to the Trump administration’s aggressive, early, and sensible counter
measures plus a world class health care system, deaths here have been held to around
60 as of 15 March 2020.

So, we all need to
take a deep breath, follow the advice of health officials regarding hygiene and
preventive measures like avoiding large public gatherings and travel for a
while. But to the madcap left-wing media and assorted Democrats: stop the
feeding frenzy, stop the panic-mongering. It’s pretty clear you’d like to see
the U.S. economy go into the tank this election year of 2020, as it’s also
pretty clear the Democratic candidates vying for their party’s presidential
nomination otherwise have no chance of defeating President Donald Trump in
November. None of that helps America. Coronavirus is not a campaign tool for
partisan politics. And none of that will stop Trump from a landslide
re-election victory anyway.

This is not to suggest
that ill-informed complacency is in order either. COVID-19 threatens us with a
deadly combination of infectiousness and
lethality
, according
to Dr. Richard Hatchett, CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness
Innovations, who is currently working on a vaccine in the UK. We, the public,
still do not know how or exactly where this virus began its rampage—although
it’s clear it was somewhere in Hubei Province, in the city of Wuhan, China. We also
know that Wuhan is the site of the Wuhan Virology Institute, a BSL-4
(Bio-Safety Level 4) laboratory where the Chinese communist regime conducts
offensive biological warfare research. Other major unknowns include how the
COVID-19 virus may have been genetically modified inside that lab or how it may
be mutating on its own, now that it is set loose in the world. How might the
virus react to countermeasures like quarantine, therapeutic remedies, or an
eventual vaccine? Right now, we simply don’t know, but what we do know is that
the best medical minds in the world are working around the clock to beat this
thing.

In the meantime, we
Americans can take encouragement from the top notch medical team that the Trump
administration has assembled: Vice President Mike Pence is the designated lead
for the overall administration effort; and Health and Human Services Department
Secretary Alex Azar; Robert Redfield, the Director of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention; and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health Anthony Fauci are the
best of the best. Critically important for the American public is the way they
and the President have all made themselves daily available for briefings and
updates. Staying in touch with the American people, speaking truth to us
always, and maintaining transparency about the developing situation, whether
positive or negative, is the best way to ensure a calm, effective, and
methodical response to countering this virus. One suggestion that would help
take some of the load off these top admin and health officials and also improve
public awareness would be the broadcasting of more public health messaging on
radio, TV, and social media.

Think of this, too:
even as the global supply chain for goods from China and elsewhere inevitably
is going to be disrupted due to the decrease in commerce, production, and
travel worldwide, U.S. businesses may find opportunity. We, like other
economically advanced societies, have allowed too much of our manufacturing,
especially in areas like medical supplies and pharmaceuticals, to be outsourced
to places like China. It is time to bring that manufacturing back home again.
Once again, the Trump administration’s quick steps to partner government
agencies with private industry will help enable exactly that outcome.

On a final note: the
roller coaster ride of the U.S. stock market has more to do with an oil price
war between Saudi Arabia and Russia than the COVID-19 virus. More on that in
forthcoming blog posts.

Let’s end here for now
with some very good recent advice from Steve Bannon: “keep informed and carry on.” 

Clare M. Lopez is
the Founder/President of Lopez Liberty LLC. She was a career CIA operations
officer and served as Vice President for Research and Analysis at the Center
for Security Policy from 2014-2020.

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