The Rutherford Institute :: This Is a Test: How Will the Constitution Fare During a Nationwide Lockdown? | By John W. Whitehead |

Many store shelves in Arizona, and across the nation, have been cleared of things like toilet paper and cleaning supplies as worries about coronavirus grow.
— Read on www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/preparing-for-a-pandemic-doesnt-include-stocking-up-on-toilet-paper/527-507e5cd3-bb6d-42d9-84c3-58020881e3d9

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Here are Trump’s cuts to programs responsible for fighting coronavirus

February 27, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Fears of a pandemic come after the Trump administration spent the past several years gutting the very government programs that are tasked with combatting such a crisis.
In 2018, for instance, the CDC cut 80% of its efforts to prevent global disease outbreaks because it was running out of money. Ultimately, the department went from working in 49 countries to just 10.
— Read on archive.ph/YaMNY

What the Coronavirus Means for Pandemic Bonds (Podcast)

February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Back in 2017, the World Bank issued the world’s first pandemic bonds. The bonds are meant to shift some of the financial risk of a global pandemic on to investors, but they’ve been criticized for having ’triggers’ that are too tough to generate payouts. Now, as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, it’s worth looking at how these bonds are structured and what they can tell us about the future of public-private partnerships in finance. In this episode of Odd Lots, we speak with Olga Jonas
— Read on https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2020-02-14/what-the-coronavirus-means-for-pandemic-bonds-podcast

Fed’s Stress Tests on Banks Should Have Factored in a Pandemic

February 26, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: February 26, 2020 ~ Each year the Federal Reserve comes up with a hypothetical, severely adverse economic scenario
— Read on wallstreetonparade.com/2020/02/feds-stress-tests-on-banks-should-have-factored-in-a-pandemic/