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Putting old people under virtual house arrest at home or in their care homes, denying them proper medical care, destroying the value of their pensions – how are these devastating measures supposed to be helping them?

The plague of the coronavirus has been indiscriminate: Every man, woman and child, in every country, of every religion, is a potential target of this calamitous pandemic.

Is humanity having an admirable moral moment?

The criticism leveled at haredi society is not entirely unfounded, but vilifying them in a period when we need national solidarity shows total lack of understanding of their community.

Henry Kissinger, eminence grise of imperial US foreign policy, has warned in an op-ed that no government – even his beloved hegemon – can defeat Covid-19 alone, implying that the New World Order he’s always preached must follow.

NATO, struggling to justify its existence, has found a new role for itself — as an indefatigable fighter against the Covid-19 pandemic. But so far, it has contributed significantly less to this fight than its supposed rivals.

Maybe healthcare workers are simply conservative and don’t march with the times like members of the IDF’s elite signals intelligence unit 8200.

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Nihilism or ethics? Is the life of an old man worth as much as that of a person in full possession of his faculties?

”Attaching the ‘elderly’ or ‘preexisting illness’ label to coronavirus deaths helps many people feel safer — it terrifies me.”

Disturbing reports that US buyers have snatched up medical masks that France ordered from China raise questions about the practical value of alliances and solidarity previously preached by the West in the face of a pandemic.
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This week the White House has put US forces in the Middle East on a state of alert, with Trump on Wednesday alleging that Iranian proxies in Iraq are preparing a major attack on American bases there.

People, businesses and nonprofits have been coming through to help friends, neighbors and strangers in distress. Not everyone is impressed.

The producers that will survive this brutal supply/demand crisis will likely see higher prices as a result of a possible oil shortage later this decade.

For many, social distancing from their immediate family could be a matter of life and death. With no end in sight, the distance can also mean increased feelings of loneliness and isolation.

Easter miracle Beijing-style?