Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, April 10, 2020

Episode Date: April 10, 2020

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Bill O'Reilly here Friday, April 10th, 2020. Good Friday. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening today in America. Half of humanity now on lockdown to help slow the spread of the virus. About 3.9 billion people have been asked to remain in their homes. The biggest quarantine in world history. In all more than 90 countries have implemented severe restrictions on daily life to protect their citizens. Despite the drastic measures, some nations are now actually easing travel bans and shifting focus towards rebuilding economies. In China, the communist government is urging people to return to work and to visit tourist sites across the country. Long lines have returned to the Great Wall after a major decline in visitors. Even Apple stores are back in business

after closing their doors in February. Same thing with Starbucks. To Europe, where five countries are now easing rules after some of the worst outbreaks on Earth. In Italy, lawmakers in Rome are asking factory workers, farmers, and truckers to get back to business. In Austria, stores under a specific size will be allowed to admit new customers. Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, plans similar policies after Easter Sunday. Back in the USA, the Trump administration extended the shutdown until the end of April, but signaled some citizens could return to work shortly after that. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo now organizing a task force to study how and when to ease restrictions on the country's largest urban area and the current epicenter of the pandemic. New York state accounts for

nearly half of all virus fatalities in America. While researchers say phase one could be over in Europe, Asia, and parts of North America, there is concern about the southern hemisphere. Experts say the virus is likely heading to South America, the Caribbean, and parts of Africa. An outbreak in places like Venezuela, Cuba, or Nigeria would be devastating as people are very poor, don't have resources, and hospitals are few. So on this Good Friday, may be a prayer of protection for all of us in this world. This virus will end. I believe it will end by summer in the United States, but who knows? Prayer? Can it help on this Good Friday? Maybe. Coming up,

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Bill, I received a message from a family member with an attachment of a video from a doctor with a step-by-step process of how to disinfect grocery items. Where do you draw the line between being reasonable and hysterical? Well, look, Mark, if you have time on your hands and you want to wash up all the groceries, I don't have a problem with that. I think it's an overreaction, but is it a bad thing? No. Am I going to do it?

No. especially because the grocery stores are very responsible in how they are packaging items. So I understand the paranoia. I understand the panic in some areas. If there's a video showing how to cleanse food, okay, I don't see anything wrong with that. Sandy in Billings, Montana, writes, I think Senator Tom Cotton is the right idea on punishing China for the pandemic. I was shocked at the extent of how we rely on China for medications, bring the manufacturer of

antibiotics and other drugs that we outsource to China back home. Hey, Sandy, look, that's going to happen. China lied about the pandemic. Its image all over the world has been damaged, and that's not going to change. Few trust the communists running the show in Beijing. We've got to be careful. You can't get into a trade war with China. That's going to hurt the USA. And we are now in a recession because of the virus. So the world has got to pull together. That includes China. But you are right. Can't have them making our medicines any longer. Jim is in Newtown, Virginia. Bill, is there anything being done to protect us from looters, drug dealers, and gangs in these trying times? Crime is where, weighed down, Jim, in most urban centers. I believe it's because fewer people are on the

street, so there's fewer customers for the dope dealers, fewer people to mug. I don't think the criminals are social distancing. They need money. They're going to get money by committing crimes. Anything new to protect us? Not really. There hasn't been much looting. Burglaries on stores are up in New York City, but it isn't anything that is out of control at this point. Betty, in San Antonio, Texas, thank you, Bill, for wishing us a peaceful weekend. That is a precious hope. I pray every day for peace and joy. You know, Betty, it's Good Friday, and billions of Christians all over the world are contemplating, praying, thinking about the execution of Jesus. I wrote about it in my book, killing Jesus.

It was a turning point for our civilization, whether you believe that Jesus is God or not. So, praying for protection is what I am urging everyone on this Good Friday. Even people who don't believe, it's not a bad thing to think about the world, how the world got here, the state of the world. All of those things are positives. So I appreciate your letter and I'm glad you're praying for peace, joy, and I hope protection. I'm Bill O'Reilly and I approve that message by actually putting it together in a moment, something you might not know. It's shocking that your home can be stolen easily. Deborah learned that brutal lesson when thieves found her home's title online. They then forged the document to appear she sold her house, but she didn't. The criminals

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Easter is upon us. 80% of Americans will be seller. celebrating 2.2 billion folks around the world. The holiday marks the resurrection of Jesus, as we reported yesterday, and his ascent into heaven, according to Christian believers. It is the most significant holiday on the Christian calendar and the most popular church-going day of the year. But for kids, it's all about the Easter bunny. Ninety-one million chocolate bunnies will hop into homes. 16 billion jelly beans will find their way. into Easter baskets. Peeps, also popular, kids will gobble up 1.5 billion of the marshmallow treats. Recent studies suggest 90% of parents plan on limiting their children's candy intake on Easter. Good

luck. Now, the Bible doesn't mention the bunny or eggs or chocolate. We have German immigrants to thank for that tradition in these 1700s, the custom of an egg-giving rabbit. began to make its way across America. Children decorated nests. Good kids got colored eggs on Easter Sunday. Today, 10 million egg-dye kits are sold every Easter, eight and 10 Americans planning to partake. But bunnies and eggs, that's not how Easter is celebrated everywhere. Let's look around the globe. We'll find some very interesting traditions. In France, it's not bunnies, its bells between Holy Thursday and the Easter Vigil, no church bells are wrung in recognition of Jesus' death. It's all quiet. Some children believe the bells are all taken to Rome to be

blessed by the Pope. To Florence, Italy, where Easter looks like the 4th of July. For the past 350 years, locals there have loaded a street cart with fireworks for a tradition, they call, Scopio Delcaro. Explosion of the cart. Ironically, it's meant to bring peace for the rest of the year. In Australia, bunnies are considered pests. So they came up with an alternative. The Easter bilby mate. Bilbies are natives to the outback, floppy ears, noses like mice, and yes, they have chocolate Easter bilbies. Back after this. A former White House of Congress, Economist says there's a 100% chance of a recession and predicts one million jobs will be lost in April. So many Americans are moving to physical gold and silver as a recession-proof safe haven for their retirement.

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