Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, March 16, 2020

Episode Date: March 16, 2020

Trump tests negative for the Coronavirus, New York City closes the country’s biggest school district, Multiple states order bars and restaurants shuttered, American citizens flee Europe, and Hollywood prepares for a major financial hit. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, who are the people politicizing the virus? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here Monday. March 16th, 2020. You are listening to the O'Reilly update. Here's what's happening today in America. Panic gripping the USA over the contagion. President Trump tests negative. At least 36 states in New York City closed schools. Multiple states shutter bars and restaurants. Americans flee Europe. Hollywood prepared. for a major financial hit. Also, I had politics and the virus. But first, plenty to report to you. White House doctors confirming President Trump

does not have the coronavirus. Mr. Trump taking the test after meeting at least two people in Florida who contracted the disease. The administration now requiring daily temperature checks for anyone in close contact with the president, vice president, or the cabinet.

New York City, shutting down the largest school district in the USA. Mayor Bill de Blasio resisted, but the teachers rebelled against him. New York Governor Cuomo says the state will provide free child care for first responders, doctors, and other essential personnel. Many areas all over the country are ordering bars and restaurants to close for dine-in. customers. The move also applies to Starbucks, McDonald's, and other quick service restaurants. Takeout and delivery are still on the menu for now. Thousands of Americans scrambling to get home following the European travel ban. Italy now the center of the biggest outbreak outside of Asia, the nation of 60 million, has at least 25,000 cases and 1,800 deaths from Corona. Spain also,

on lockdown, closing most public places. As you know, all Europeans cannot fly to America unless they have citizenship here. Hollywood in trouble, weekend box office revenue fell to the lowest level in 22 years. The financial industry also under stress as folks panic and sell assets. The Fed cut interest rates over the weekend to zero. If you have to borrow, do it now. In a moment, I will analyze what should be done about those who are politicizing the disease. That's awful, unjustifiable, but it's happening all over the country. We'll pinpoint it after these announcements.

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the web at www.bill-freecoin.com. That's 8774444-4653 or billfreecoin.com. Time now for the O'Reilly Update message of the day, exploiting the virus. It is the speed of the contagion that really has folks spooked. That and the media play-by-play. There's a virus coming to your house, just like that Stephen King book. Just three weeks ago, life in America was pretty standard. Now, everything is shut down and Tom Hanks says Corona. So what happened? Disease happened. Global travel happened. Worldwide government bureaucracies

initially failed, as they almost always do. We have a list in this country. Al-Qaeda, Katrina, Maria, Vietnam, Iraq, on and on and on. Now, the committed left is hyping and using the illness to try to drive President Trump from office. Here's Trump hater Gail Collins in the New York Times, quote, let's call it Trump virus. If you're feeling awful, you know who to blame, unquote. Really astute analysis from Ms. Collins. I just don't know how she does it.

More brilliance from Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan. She puts forth that telling people not to panic, not to panic, as the federal government is doing, is a bad strategy. Ms. Noonan apparently believes panic is okay. If you look up the word panic in the dictionary, you'll see this, quote, sudden uncontrollable fear and anxiety, often causing unthinking behavior, unquote. Could it be that Peggy Noonan wrote her column in a panic? Clear thinking people are right to fear the coronavirus because it spreads quickly from even casual human contact. It's an airborne contagion, unlike AIDS or Ebola. That's scary, even if you tend to be brave. We all have a natural instinct to protect ourselves and loved ones. Absolutely nothing wrong with that.

So caution is a good protection. Panic is not. And blaming the virus on President Trump is stupid and loathsome. No national leader could stop the illness and the USA is certainly trying to contain the infection despite the political lies. Of course, mistakes will be made. This is a sudden plague upon the land. Some things will work, some will not. If politicians and pundits have better ideas, let's hear them. If not, shut up. President Trump told the nation that we are all in this together, but I don't believe that at all. Richer folks are better protected than the poor. Country people have a stronger chance to avoid infection than citizens packed into the cities. We are certainly not together in America.

We are badly divided politically, residentially, and culturally. There will be people who attempt to exploit the virus for political and or financial gain. They will try to use human suffering to advance their own interests. I am watching those people, and I will report back to you. I'm Bill O'Reilly, and I approve that message by actually writing it. For more news analysis, please visit Bill O'Reilly.com, a vital and honest news resource. In a moment, something you might not know. Let's talk about your mortgage. Are you getting the best deal possible?

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million people. Researchers at the World Health Organization believe the outbreak began in Veracruz, Mexico before moving to California and Texas. Like the coronavirus, H1N1 mostly affects adults over the age of 65. Like Donald Trump, then President Barack Obama faced criticism for a lack of test kits, but the public mostly approved of his response eventually. The H1N1 caused 61 million infections in the USA alone, requiring 270,000 hospitalizations and causing 13,000 deaths. In October 2009, the feds approved the use of the swine flu vaccine. By December 2010, the drug was widely available. The World Health Organization declared this swine flu post-pandemic. Eight months later, the vaccine killed it, and that may very well happen with corona, which is really a super flu. Did you know that

more than 36,000 Americans die each year from influenza? It's easy to panic. with all the focus on the coronavirus, but it is very important to have perspective. The leading cause of death in the USA is heart disease, killing 700,000 citizens in 2019, followed by cancer at a half million. While the stats will sadly go up, to date the coronavirus has killed fewer than 100 people in America. So stay strong. back after this. There are thousands of abandoned animals in the USA that need our help.

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