I wrote my wife's 1st cousin in the Bari region of Italy a few days ago.

He responed the virus is spreading to Southern Italy.

He said they are "closed in the house."

I have known him since 1970 when we visited Italy, and he has visited the US.

AM radio Lost Angeles KFI 640 just reported 11th death in LA county.

Also reported DJIA up over 2000, an all time record one day increase.

Sadly my wife is quite distraught, despite my efforts to be positive. She is a dramatic Italisn -American.

She normally talks with family a lot. Now it is more-so. They lost their mom two years ago. I lost my mom in Jan.
I was in ICU Feb-15-17 for my rare brain disorder.

And I'm the effing positive one!!!

The Empire State had 73,931 licensed hospital beds in 2000 before years of cuts and closures shrank the number to just 53,000 in 2020, according to records obtained by the New York State Nurses Association from the state Health Department and stats provided by officials.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday the health officials believe they will need anywhere from 55,000 to 110,000 hospital beds to treat the expected wave of coronavirus victims.

Since there are currently 25,655 cases in New York state and 98% of cases are mild, I doubt everyone is in the hospital. Dictator Cuomo may be overestimating the need for beds. Who did his math?

Currently, there are roughly 23,000 hospital beds across 71 hospitals in New Jersey, according to Rutgers and state data. On average, 55 percent of these beds are occupied, the Rutgers study said citing billing data. Rutgers is projecting 300,000 cases in New Jersey. Fun with numbers.

California needs another 50,000 hospital beds to prepare for the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic, as well as at least a billion gloves and hundreds of millions of gowns, masks and other protective gear, Governor Gavin Newsom said Monday,
The number of additional beds needed is staggering, given that there are now just 75,000 licensed hospital beds across California’s 416 hospitals, and is more than double what state officials had projected just a few days ago.

There are currently 2492 cases of Wuhan in California.

Dr. Ian Lipkin who has the Wuhan virus is on Loue Dobbs advocating to treat the country the same way with a total lockdown despite many areas beng unaffected. He is coughing into his hand on camera. He is going to take "one" of the drugs being prescribed.

Just learned that the head of WHO is not a medical doctor but a bureaucrat and a good friend of China. WHO doesn't provide China's information to the US because they work for the UN. Those who refer to WHO as the authority are looking to the wrong people. Dr.Michael Pillsbury on Lou Dobbs.

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Just learned that the head of WHO is not a medical doctor but a bureaucrat and a good friend of China. WHO doesn't provide China's information to the US because they work for the UN. Those who refer to WHO as the authority are looking to the wrong people. Dr.Michael Pillsbury on Lou Dobbs.

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Oh, yeah.... that organization is filthy.... and the corruptocrat on top has a long legacy of screwing up the reaction to countless outbreaks across the world, most notably in Africa.... there are constantly complaints being filed against the executive cadre for misuse of funds and wildly inappropriate spending on personal travel and entertainment....

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