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Commentary: Michigan Deserves Compensation from China

May 27, 2020May 26, 2020 Michigan Star Staff

Washington is right to demand financial compensation from China, whose leaders must be held accountable for lying to the world about the devastating COVID-19 pandemic that originated in their country. Michigan should throw its weight behind the effort, as well.

Around 4,500 Michiganders have already paid the ultimate price for China’s deadly coronavirus coverup, and thousands more are fighting for their lives against this ruthless disease every day. While the federal government’s bold emergency initiatives have helped save countless American lives, our country should have never had to fight this invisible enemy in the first place.

Democrat Senators Support Resolution Calling ‘Chinese Virus’ Racist

May 25, 2020May 24, 2020 Michigan Star Staff

A former Democratic presidential candidate has introduced a resolution condemning the phrase “Chinese Virus” as racist.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) ran unsuccessfully for president and has since endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Harris introduced Wednesday in the U.S. Senate a resolution, which states, “whereas the use of anti-Asian terminology and rhetoric related to COVID–19, such as the ‘’Chinese Virus,’ ‘Wuhan Virus,’ and ‘’Kung-flu,’ have perpetuated anti-Asian stigma.”

Intelligence Officials Are Taking a Serious Look at the Possibility Coronavirus Leaked from Wuhan Lab: Report

April 16, 2020 Michigan Star Staff

The U.S. intelligence community is seriously considering the possibility that the novel coronavirus could have been accidentally released from a research lab in Wuhan, according to a report Tuesday.

Coronavirus Expert Says Virus Could Have Leaked From Wuhan Lab

April 4, 2020April 3, 2020 Michigan Star Staff

A molecular biologist who has been quoted as a coronavirus expert by The Washington Post and MSNBC said Thursday in no uncertain terms that the novel coronavirus could have been unleashed due to a leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Judson Phillips Commentary: Chinese Coronavirus Effect on the Economy

April 1, 2020March 31, 2020 Michigan Star Staff

We need to remind everyone, “It’s the economy, stupid”

Dutch Government Recalls More than a Half-Million Faulty Chinese-Made N95 Masks for Treating COVID-19 Patients

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Jason M. Reynolds

Hundreds of thousands of Chinese-made KN95 protective masks distributed to hospitals treating the COVID-19 Chinese coronavirus in the Netherlands have proven to be unreliable and are being recalled, according to a report.

Vox Scrubs China Reference from Title of Coronavirus Video

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 Michigan Star Staff

Liberal media outlet Vox removed a reference to China from the title of a video it published about the role that wildlife markets there play in the spread of infectious disease like coronavirus.

Vox’s video, which has more than 18 million views, was initially titled “Why new diseases keep appearing in China.” It is now titled: “How wildlife trade is linked to coronavirus.”

Vox acknowledged the edit in a description of the video on YouTube.

Just Three States Account for Close to 70 Percent of All U.S. Coronavirus Deaths

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 Anthony Gockowski

Just three states account for close to 70 percent of all deaths caused by the coronavirus in the United States, according to the latest data available Thursday afternoon.

CNN Called COVID-19 ‘Chinese Coranvirus’ in January, Mainstream Media Says Trump is Bigoted When He Says Same Thing Today

March 19, 2020March 18, 2020 Zachery Schmidt

CNN has been critical of President Donald Trump for blaming the Chinese for the coronavirus; however, the network referenced the coronavirus as “The Chinese Coronavirus” on Twitter on January 21.

Commentary: With Teleworking in Place, GOP State Governors Should Modernize Their Governments and Deal With Public Sector Unions

March 18, 2020March 17, 2020 Michigan Star Staff

State and local government agencies are shutting down or having workers telecommute in response to the Chinese coronavirus, and now it is the time for GOP governors and legislatures to modernize their governmental operations, not just survive. It should be a good time to assess which departments and employees are vital, and which are not. Once those assessments are made, appropriate cuts should be made.

Commentary: The U.S. Economy Will Weather the Chinese Coronavirus

March 17, 2020March 17, 2020 Michigan Star Staff

President Donald Trump praised the Federal Reserve for cutting the federal funds rate to a range of 0 percent to 0.25 percent, and restarting quantitative easing with $500 billion of U.S. treasuries purchases and $200 billion of mortgage purchases in response to the Chinese coronavirus global pandemic.

“It makes me very happy and I want to congratulate the Federal Reserve,” he said. “That’s a big step and I’m very happy they did it.” Trump has been hounding the Fed for years to cut interest rates to make the dollar more competitive against trading partners’ currencies including the yuan, euro and peso. Now he gets his wish.

Commentary: Globalization Helped Export China’s Coronavirus

March 14, 2020March 13, 2020 Michigan Star Staff

In the current environment, something not seen in America in living memory, the fear and panic of the Chinese coronavirus make it near impossible to look ahead. But while everyone who can is working on the “here and now,” it is vital that we think about how this situation came to be, what we can learn from it, and how the crisis we are now experiencing can be prevented in the future.