US building temporary hospitals. Class Action against the French State
over HCQUS building temporary hospitals. Class Action against the French
State Council over HCQ
Newsletter published on March 28, 2020
(1) CHLOROQUINE is wrongly being given to elderly patiens who take
AMIODARONE
(2) COVID-19 tough on lungs, can cause difficult-to-treat pneumonia
(3) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is building temporary hospitals
(4) France, Czechs, & Other US Allies Exit Iraq Over COVID-19 Fears
(5) Farmers will have to get Locals to pick Fruit & Veg - paying higher
wages & better conditions
(6) French state deprives its citizens of the cure 'plaquinil'
(hydrochloquine) in the interest of BigPharma
(7) Marine Le Pen's position on Didier Raoult
(8) Censorship of Raoult; globalisation policy of Macron has failed
(9) Class Action against the French State over withholding of Chloroquine
(10) Class Action at the French State Council (Conseil d' État) prepared
by French councillor Régis Castelnau
(1) CHLOROQUINE is wrongly being given to elderly patiens who take
AMIODARONE
From: cg <acmealethia@gmail.com>
Subject: Attention! Big mistake in last report! Urgent!
AMIODARONE is a regularly prescribed drug for atrial fibrillation, a
form of arrhythmia. It is very normal for the elderly to take
AMIODARONE. I take it every day and have for several years. Your last
email implies Amiodarone is a bad thing to take for the elderly. This
makes no sense. It is Chloroquine which increases arrythmia amongst
those who have it and causes tachycardia among those who don't. It is
true that Chloroquine poses a problem for the elderly.
The report that is garbled must be: CHLOROQUINE is being given to
elderly patiens who take AMIODARONE. CHLOROQUINE Would Certainly be a
mistake for someone who takes AMIODARONE. It would aggravate the heart
condition, therefore Chloroquine is contra-indicated. Chloroquine is
also contra-indicated for those with retinopathy, that is retina
problems. For these, the elderly with heart problems and those with
retina problems another medication other than chloroqune is needed.
Otherwise your info is very useful and appreciated.
(2) COVID-19 tough on lungs, can cause difficult-to-treat pneumonia
March 26, 2020 / 6:39 PM
By Brian P. Dunleavy
March 26 (UPI) -- The COVID-19 pandemic started in Wuhan, China, as a
cluster of unusually severe pneumonia cases of unknown cause. Now that
the disease has spread globally, the lungs continue to bear the brunt of
the infection in humans -- just as they do with conventional pneumonia.
A small study published recently in the journal Academic Radiology found
that the new coronavirus impacted both lungs in nearly 80 percent of
cases, with the vast majority showing significant injury or inflammation
on computed tomography, or CT, scans.
"The virus that causes COVID-19 -- SARS-CoV-2, or severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus -- infects the cells that line the
respiratory tract from the nose down into the lungs, where it causes
cells to die and creates an immune reaction," Dr. Ben Singer, a
pulmonary and critical care specialist at Northwestern Memorial
Hospital, told UPI.
"That immune reaction helps to clear the virus, but can also cause
damage to the lungs as well," Singer said.
Although the majority of people infected with COVID-19 either have no
symptoms at all or feel like they have an upper respiratory tract
infection -- a low-grade fever, cough, sinus congestion and headache or
fatigue -- some may progress to what feels like a severe case of the
flu, Singer said.
Researchers in Wuhan noted in a study published by The Lancet that this
is how more than 60 percent of those infected experience the virus.
As many as 6 percent of people with the coronavirus develop pneumonia,
an infection that impacts the lower respiratory tract -- the region
below the larynx, according to an analysis published in late February by
the New England Journal of Medicine.
Lower respiratory tract infections like pneumonia often result in
serious illness because they can affect the ability to breathe, noted
Dr. Raju Reddy, an assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary,
Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at University of Florida Health.
"People may have cough, sputum and shortness of breath," Reddy told UPI.
"COVID-19 causes acute lung injury, which is characterized by air spaces
getting filled with fluid, protein and cells. It is similar to other
viral pneumonias in the end results -- inability for the lung to
adequately oxygenate the blood."
The type of pneumonia associated with COVID-19 has been described as an
infection that affects the air passages that move air between the lungs
and the outside world.
With this infection, the lining of the air passages become inflamed and
irritate nerves in the lining of the airway, Singer said. As the
infection progresses, fluid can accumulate in the air passages and the
air sacs at the bottom of the lungs, before spreading to the rest of the
lungs.
It's this tendency to affect the entire lungs that makes pneumonia
caused by the new coronavirus so unique -- and severe. Lungs filled with
fluid are unable to send sufficient oxygen to the bloodstream. As a
result, the body is less able to take on oxygen and get rid of carbon
dioxide.
While some types of pneumonia are caused by a bacterial infection, and
are thus treatable with antibiotics, this isn't true for all of them.
"Although most people do not realize it, most pneumonias are actually
caused by viruses, including influenza," Singer said. "COVID-19 appears
to cause severe pneumonia in a greater fraction of people than
influenza, and it also spreads more easily."
At this point, there is no cure for the pneumonia associated with
COVID-19, so doctors are focusing on providing "supportive care," Reddy
said. This involves the use of ventilators to help the lungs maintain
high oxygen levels until the infection resolves and the organs are able
to function normally on their own.
This is the reason for concern over shortages of these machines at many
U.S. hospitals.
"We provide supplemental oxygen by various methods and wait for the body
to recover," Reddy said.
Roughly 1 percent to 2 percent of COVID-19 patients fail to recover, and
researchers say those who do still might be at risk for developing
secondary infections. They might be treated with antiviral drugs or
antibiotics to blunt the impact.
"Fortunately, most cases of COVID-19 are mild and can be managed at home
like one would care for a bad cold," Singer said. "When patients become
sick enough to need the intensive care unit, they often require life
support with a mechanical ventilator and other measures to support their
bodies while the virus runs its course.
"We are interested in a number of medications that target either the
virus itself or the immune reaction to the virus. These medications are
best given in the context of a clinical trial."
(3) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is building temporary hospitals
Race to build temporary hospitals nationwide as coronavirus spreads
By Bryan Llenas, Lucas Tomlinson | Fox News
March 28, 2020
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking at 114 facilities in all 50
states to convert into potential temporary hospitals in an effort to
increase the nation's hospital capacity in preparation for an expected
influx of hundreds of thousands of coronavirus patients.
Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, the commanding general of the Army Corps of
Engineers, said Friday afternoon he is particularly "concerned" about
the virus rapidly spreading to other areas of the country as the number
of infections in the United States topped 100,000 Friday.
Semonite also announced he is planning to convert Chicago's McCormick
Place convention center into a makeshift hospital to treat 3,000
Covid-19 patients by April 24, at a cost of $75 million.
Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, USACE Commanding General, surveys the Jacob
Javits Convention Center in New York Thursday. (U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers)
The coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented for the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers - which is working against the clock to convert existing
convention centers, dorms, and hotels into functioning hospitals for
both COVID-19 and non COVID-19 patients before the outbreak reaches its
peak and overwhelms hospitals nationwide.
"We've never done a pandemic capability. We don't have on the shelf
designs on how to modify hotels into COVID centers," Semonite told
reporters at a Pentagon news conference Friday. "We are cutting
contracts every night to be able to get contractors to be able to come
to facilities."
On Monday, the largest temporary hospital yet built will open in New
York City to non-COVID-19 patients. The Javits Convention Center is now
a 2,900-bed hospital, each bed separated by curtains and divided into 10
x 10 foot cubicles. The space is equipped with nurses' stations and
engineers are adding showers.
New York state is currently ground zero for coronavirus in the U.S. The
state has 53,000 hospital beds but officials project they will need
140,000 at the height of the crisis in three weeks' time.
"We have a very narrow window of opportunity and if we don't meet it we
will miss out," Semonite told Fox News. "It's not a question of, 'How
long do I need?' It's 'How long do I have?'"
The Javits conversion is one of four temporary hospitals that will open
in the New York area within the next two weeks. Three other locations
include dormitories at two State University of New York campuses on Long
Island.
The rooms are singularly ventilated, allowing COVID-19 patients to be in
controlled and pressurized environments.
"We would go in and bring down the pressure 2 or 3 [pounds per square
inch]," Lt. General Semonite explained. "Then on the door we would put
on a great big plastic - with a zipper - and you'd walk into a
controlled room."
Wireless equipment will allow for each hotel or dorm room to be
monitored remotely by nurses, cutting back on the number of personnel
needed and limiting the risk of contamination.
New York is the test model for the Corps of Engineers, who are
communicating with at least 21 engineer planning teams in other states
that have not yet been as heavily impacted by COVID-19.
"We're learning things every single day," Semonite told Fox News outside
the Javits Center Friday. "When the New York engineers learn how to do a
different configuration, we're then exporting that right away to my team
in Washington D.C. and they're pushing that out to California,
Washington and Florida."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday he has asked President Trump to
approve the construction of four more temporary hospitals. The governor
said he wants to have a 1,000+ bed facility in every New York City
borough and in the hardest-hit surrounding counties of Nassau, Suffolk,
and Westchester.
In other words, Cuomo is asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to
equip the state with 8,000 temporary hospital beds in eight locations by
the end of April.
On Friday, Governor Cuomo scouted the newly proposed temporary hospital
sites at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens,
CUNY Staten Island, and the New York Expo Center in the Bronx.
"We're also looking at hotels and nursing homes," Cuomo said. "We're
looking far and wide, [being] very creative, aggressive and finding all
the space that we can possibly find."
An additional 1,000 hospital beds for non-COVID-19 patients is arriving
in New York Harbor on Monday. The Navy hospital ship, USNS Comfort, has
12 operating rooms and 1,200 medical personnel.
The U.S. Army has sent roughly 650 medical personnel from two field
hospitals to New York City to replenish the first responder ranks -
battling the invisible contagion.
"This is a rescue mission you're on," Cuomo told a contingency of
National Guard troops inside the Javits Center. "The mission is to save
lives, that's what you're doing."
(4) France, Czechs, & Other US Allies Exit Iraq Over COVID-19 Fears
by Tyler Durden
Fri, 03/27/2020 - 04:15
The United States has shown itself willing to both keep up its 'maximum
pressure' campaign on Iran and its proxies while riding roughshod over
Iraqi sovereignty by remaining in the country even as Baghdad leaders
and the broader population demand a final exit.
But in another sign Europe is ready to divorce itself from US aims in
the region, France has abruptly withdrawn its forces from the country
after being there for five years. Interestingly the prime reason given
was troop safety concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, but we imagine
European leaders likely now see an opportunity to make a swift and easy
exit without provoking the ire of their US counterparts.
International correspondents say this includes French withdrawal from
six bases, with a small contingent of about 100 troops remaining in the
country. The Czech Ministry of Defense also announced the exit of its
forces Wednesday, which followed a large contingent of British forces
leaving last week, also on fears of coronavirus exposure during the mission.
"British, French, Australian and Czech troops who were coaching Iraqi
counterparts were being temporarily sent home as Baghdad had put a hold
on training operations to prevent the spread of COVID-19," reports the
AFP this week.
All had been there to support coalition anti-ISIL operations led by
Washington. But as the US mission to defeat the Islamic State has lately
become less relevant given the demise of the terror group, Washington's
focus became Iranian influence inside Iraq - far beyond the original
mission scope.
The US itself had been reportedly drawing down from certain bases, but
is not expected to ultimately depart given the current high state of
tensions with Iran-backed militias in the country.
#Coronavirus is offering an opportunity 4 the world to detach
itself from #US dominance & reshuffle alliances. #Russia & #China r no
longer the US allies enemies. #Washington will be left with only a few
vessels.
World be4 Coronavirus will no longer be the same after Coronavirus.
— Elijah J. Magnier (@ejmalrai) March 25, 2020
But Iran and Iraq's 'counter-pressure' campaign is only set to continue,
as on Thursday two rockets slammed into the Iraqi capital's
high-security Green Zone early in the morning, in an incident that's
become almost a monthly occurrence. There were no reports of injuries.
Middle East regional correspondent and analyst Elijah Magnier observes
of the rapid draw down: "Coronavirus is offering an opportunity for the
world to detach itself from US dominance and reshuffle alliances."
Indeed this will likely be the outcome in geopolitical hot spots and
even economies around the globe.
(5) Farmers will have to get Locals to pick Fruit & Veg - paying higher
wages & better conditions
March 20, 2020 / 3:00 AM
Farmers fear coronavirus will curb migrant workforce, lead to produce
shortages
By Jessie Higgins
EVANSVILLE, Ind., March 20 (UPI) -- Fresh fruits and vegetables could be
in short supply this year because the coronavirus pandemic is making it
more difficult for farmers to bring in migrant workers from other countries.
As of Thursday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services had suspended
all in-person interviews until further notice to protect its staff from
the rapidly spreading disease.
The decision means no new migrant workers can obtain visas. With spring
planting season about to begin in many states, farmers fear they won't
have enough labor to plant and later harvest their crops.
"This is a problem," said Jason Resnick, the vice president and general
counsel of Western Growers, an association that represents family
farmers in Arizona, California, Colorado and New Mexico.
"There will be less fresh produce on store shelves because of this --
there is no doubt about it," Resnick said. "Farmers are not going to be
able to produce all of their crops for lack of labor."
On Friday, however, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the media at a
coronovirus update press conference that the United States will do all
it can to ensure that foreign migrant workers can return for the harvest
season. He did not elaborate.
Currently, only foreign workers who came to the United States last year
under the migrant farm worker program (H2-A) may return, Resnick said.
On an average year, returning migrant workers comprise between 40 and 50
percent of America's 250,000 annual migrant farmworkers, the majority of
whom are from Mexico, Guatemala or other Latin American countries.
"At this point, we'll be lucky to get half the workers we need," Resnick
said.
On Thursday, the U.S. Agriculture and Labor departments announced they
had identified nearly 20,000 migrant workers currently in the United
States whose contracts are about to expire and "could be available" to
work for a different farm.
"At this point, we just don't know how many workers we're going to get,"
said Zippy Duvall, the president of the American Farm Bureau Federation.
"If it's a low number, we could really face some problems. It has the
potential to have a serious effect on the food supply this fall."
The impact will be on fruits and vegetables -- produce such as tomatoes,
peppers, berries and melons -- that have to be tended and picked by hand.
"Basically, all the things that you would grow in your garden," Duvall said.
Commodity crops -- like wheat, corn and potatoes -- can be planted and
harvested using tractors and other machinery.
"We are not a highly mechanized industry," said Brian Garwood, the owner
of Garwood Orchards, a fruit farm in northern Indiana . "We are still
dependent on labor. And it is tough work. We can't get Americans to do
these jobs. If I don't get migrant workers, we won't be able to do
anything. I'll go out of business."
(6) French state deprives its citizens of the cure 'plaquinil'
(hydrochloquine) in the interest of BigPharma
From: leo schmit <leoschmit@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Marine Le Pen & Didier Raoult.
This docter Eric Ménat is outraged and advises the French who suffered
losses to undertake class action against the French state that deprives
its citizens of the cure 'plaquinil' (hydrochloquine) in the interest
of BigPharma.
It is a video interview in French, ( 11 minutes...
Le cri de révolte d’un médecin français
Maybe I can extract and translate some meaningful quotations but the
Escobar piece at the Saker says it all quite clear.
(7) Marine Le Pen's position on Didier Raoult
From: leo schmit <leoschmit@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Marine Le Pen & Didier Raoult.
Here we have a clear statement by Marine Le Pen. (not about the Dr but
about the medicine)
1/ I am not a medicin / pharmacist
2/ I think we can congratulate ourselves with this promising development
(work of Dr Raoult)
3/ At the same time we should continue to research other
(pharmaceutical) solutions
4/ We should keep the fire burning with two kinds of wood.
Obviously MLP has to be very careful not to invite the revenge of French
based global Big Pharma power SANOFI
(8) Censorship of Raoult; globalisation policy of Macron has failed
Subject: Re: Le Monde, Facebook & French Ministry of Health censor a
video of Professor Didier Raoult
From: JP Desmoulins <jean-pierre.desmoulins@orange.fr>
All your anglophone readers can read this article. Other interesting
informations on the web site of the IHU : mediterranee-infection.com.
This censorship is probably due to the fact that we don't have enough
Chloroquine in warehouses. I bet french big pharma have been urged to
produce this drug, and the censorship of Raoult is just "necessary" to
give them the time to do it.
Another explanation is that the "happy globalisation" policy of Macron
has failed. Ordering the confinment of people at home will create a huge
deficit of industrial and services production and thus a big lowering of
the gross national product in 2020. Perhaps minus 5%, perhaps more. This
huge hole will mask the big hole that Macron's ordinary globalist policy
has created, thus allowing him (he thinks) to be re-elected.
(9) Class Action against the French State over withholding of Chloroquine
From: leo schmit <leoschmit@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Marine Le Pen & Didier Raoult. -4
It is a lot of work...
Les carences de l’État et de son gouvernement dans la conduite d’une
stratégie cohérente de lutte contre la pandémie due au Covid19 sont
absolument éclatantes. La prise en compte de l’importance de la menace a
été beaucoup trop tardive, et les mesures préconisées sont insuffisantes
quand elles sont appliquées ce qui n’est pas toujours le cas.
L’Assemblée nationale transformée en chambre d’enregistrement du pouvoir
exécutif en violation de la séparation des pouvoirs empêche la mise en
cause de la responsabilité du gouvernement.
The deficiencies of the State and its government in pursuing a coherent
strategy to fight the pandemie caused by Covid19 are absolutely
manifest. The perception of the importance of the threat hasbeen very
much retarded and the measures foreseen are insufficiant even if these
are implementedwhich is not always the case. The National Assembly,
transformed in a administrative centre of the Executive - in violation
of the separation of powers prevents any interrogation of (control over)
the government.
Dans ces conditions, compte tenu de la gravité sans précédent de cette
situation et de l’urgence il ne reste aux citoyens que la voie de
l’action devant la justice administrative, à savoir le Conseil d’État.
Under those conditions, taking into account the unprecedented gravenes
of the situation and the urgency the only what remains for the citizens
is the road of class action against the administration, to wit the State
Council.
Vu Du Droit met à la disposition de ceux qui le souhaitent un projet de
requête devant la section du contentieux du Conseil d’État statuant en
matière de référé liberté. Tous les citoyens sont recevables à saisir la
juridiction puisqu’ils sont victimes des carences de l’État et du
gouvernement. Le ministère d’avocat n’est pas obligatoire.
Vu du Droit (Legal Point of View) makes available to those who wish (to
conduct a project of) enquiry in front of the contention (?) section of
the State Council to (... statuant en matière) a free reference (?). All
of our citizens are admitted to seize their jurisdiction because they
are victims of the deficiencies of the state and the government. It is
not necessary to involve legal council (i.e. class action)
Il est possible de réaliser un copier coller à partir de ce texte, de le
compléter et de l’adresser au conseil d’État soit par courrier
recommandé au 1 Place du Palais Royal, 75001 Paris. On peut également
utiliser la voie électronique en allant sur ce lien :
Next Mr Castelnau states the facts chronologically
Next he deals with the 4 main issues:
- Immunité grégaire. herd immumisation (Russian roullette with the elders)
- masques: lack of these
- Dépistage : testing
- Respirateurs: ...
Next follows discussion based on :
"En vertu de l’article L 521-2 du Code de justice administrative : «
Saisi d’une demande en ce sens justifiée par l’urgence, le juge des
référés peut ordonner toutes mesures nécessaires à la sauvegarde d’une
liberté fondamentale à laquelle une personne morale de droit public ou
un organisme de droit privé chargé de la gestion d’un service public
aurait porté, dans l’exercice d’un de ses pouvoirs, une atteinte grave
et manifestement illégale. Le juge des référés se prononce dans un délai
de quarante-huit heures ».
- Urgency is clear
- Civil rights violation (neglect of providing public service) is clear
- atteinte grave (serious impediement ?) by the government
Next follow suggested demands to State Council to make sure that French
government:
- production of masques
- production of tests
- restoration of the Famar Pharma company (who produces hydrochloroquine
and seems to be subject to tax related inhibiting measures by French
government - must check)
In this last regard the suggested class action states that:
Les requérants ne réclament pas au Conseil d’Etat que la chloroquine
soit administrée aux patients qui souffrent du Covid-19 mais que
l’autorité administrative mette en œuvre toutes les mesures qui
permettent de l’administrer si l’expérimentation et l’analyse démontrent
que ce traitement est utile.
"the claimants do not demand from the State Council that chloroquine
should be administered to COVID19 patients,but that theadministration
(government) takes all steps /measures toadminister this drug should the
experimentation and analysis demonstrate that this is useful."
Peter this is a clear admonishment to the French government to stop
obstructiing the possible administration of chloroquine when its
usefulness is demonstrated (rather than delay this in the interest of
BigPharma)
(10) Class Action at the French State Council (Conseil d' État) prepared
by French councillor Régis Castelnau
From: leo schmit <leoschmit@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Marine Le Pen & Didier Raoult. -3
This is an elaborate judicial elaboration for 'class action' at the
French State Council (Conseil d' État) prepared by French councillor
Régis Castelnau who publishes 'Vu de Droit' (Legal Viewpoint).
Covid19 : procédure de référé liberté devant le Conseil d’État
26 mars 2020
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