Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, March 20, 2020

Episode Date: March 20, 2020

On this Friday edition of The O'Reilly Update, the Coronavirus crisis is now impacting the lives of all Americans. Folks are staying home, businesses are closed, the Stock Market is down about 25-percent since New Year’s Day… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here, Friday, March 20th, 2020. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening today in America. The virus crisis is now impacting the lives of all Americans. Folks staying home, businesses closed, stock market down, about 30% since New Year's Day. Secretary of the Treasury says one in five Americans could find themselves unemployed. without government intervention, which is happening. But still, we will go into a recession. The Trump administration telling a country that a trillion dollars will be pumped in to the economy,

hopefully stabilizing it. Since January, federal, state, local governments have been working nonstop to combat the contagion, and here's how they're doing it. On the national front, the Trump administration has suspended global travel from places like China, Europe, and most recently Canada. The White House issuing guidelines for a 15-day plan to slow the disease, even recommending, but not requiring at this point, the closure of all restaurants, bars, movie theaters, and nightclubs. States like Ohio have closed all the schools, possibly until fall. Some towns like Hoboken, New Jersey, have implemented curfews. West Virginia recorded its first case of the virus this week.

state's geographical isolation, low population, few large cities have spared it most of the virus horror. San Francisco issuing the strictest response in the nation dictating a, quote, shelter-in-place order, reserved commonly for mass shootings or terror attacks. Residents are instructed to stay home, only leaving the house for food, medicine, and emergency supplies, but enforcement in the Bay Area is largely symbolic. There is some good news to report. Doctors say social distancing is very effective in stopping the contagion. China has mostly stopped it, and South Korea is on track to defeat the virus as well.

Corona will likely cause a recession, as I said, and the president will be scrutinized, of course, over his handling of the crisis. It may not be fair, but the contagion has made it harder for Mr. Trump. to defeat Joe Biden this coming November. The next few weeks could decide the election. Right now, our new Harris poll says 57% of Americans believe the feds are doing a good job, and that is good news for President Trump. In a moment, listeners sound off about the play. Right back with that. Computer systems and cars now common. Mine has dozens of of sensors, touchscreen displays, and electronically control transmission, and more. Advanced Tech is expensive to fix. If and when, it breaks, which is why I have Car Shield. Car Shield is affordable

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And of course, this is the virus edition. So Richard and Miller Place, New York, that's on Long Island, asks, it seems so many individuals still can't get the virus tested. But all of our professional athletes seem to be getting tested quickly with no problem. Any thoughts, Bill? Sure. If you are a powerful, wealthy person, you'll find a test, and the Brooklyn Nets basketball team has its own physicians to look after the athletes. And those physicians do have access to testing kits. It's always been that way. The wealthy and powerful in America will get what they need in most cases. Judith Dolphin, DeForest, Wisconsin. I'm a senior and retired. I watch a lot of news to get a perspective on the terrible pandemic.

Why is in any of the press or media addressing the homeless situation? What is happening on the streets of San Francisco, New York, Seattle, and L.A.? Well, the homeless situation presents a vexing problem for authorities. Number one, there shouldn't be thousands of people camping on the streets, but cities like the ones you mentioned, Judith, allow it. Most of those people are drug addicted. They are not going to isolate themselves. They're not going to cooperate. You're going to have to force them into facilities in order to test them if they get the virus, whatever. They are not voluntarily coming off the streets because then they can't get their narcotics.

The press will not report that story because the press wants Americans to believe that the homeless are out there because of economic reasons. They're not. It's all substance abuse, or at least most of it. So that's why it's an underreported stories and the authorities don't know what to do. John and Cliffside Park, New Jersey, I don't understand this $1,000 check for Americans. I'm retired. with a small pension and I don't need the money. I'm actually spending less because I'm not going out to bars and restaurants. The federal government cannot make a distinction, John, between you and people who really need the money. It's impossible. The bureaucracy couldn't do it. So in order to

stimulate the economy, in order to keep people from running out of money, the government is going to issue checks to all. Jeff from Luther's Bill, can anyone explain why Russia is not showing flare-ups of Corona? I see the same in North Korea. Well, because Russian and North Korea don't have free press. So you're not going to know what's going on there, Jeff, particularly North Korea. It's isolated. Nobody's in, nobody's out. Nobody knows what's going on. And Putin doesn't want anybody know what's happening in Russia. He doesn't want the Russians to know. That government's very shaky over there. So those are all good questions. If you want to ask me anything, it's Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com.

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A typical person's lifespan depends on genetic factors, health, personal choices like smoking and diet, and many other factors. It also depends on where you live. There's currently a 36-year gap between places with the highest and lowest life expectancies around the world. According to the Economic Forum, folks in Japan tend to stick around the longest. A healthy diet of fish and vegetables means residents in the land of the rising sun live to about 85 years old on average. The country also has the most centenarians in the world. That's 100 years plus. Switzerland next. Country is routinely ranked as the most physically active in Europe. Hello, ski slopes. Studies show the Swiss suffer less anxiety and depression than their neighbors in Germany and Italy. Average life expectancy, 85 for women, 82 for men in Switzerland. In Iceland, folks can

expect to hang around until their 81st birthday. Scientists believe the cold weather might actually help you live longer. Researchers at the University of Michigan say frigid temperatures trigger genetic responses that extend a person's lifespan. And all the way down the list at number 35, right between Lebanon and Cuba, the United States of America. The average life expectancy here for a male, born in the year 2000, just 76 years old. Women slightly higher, 81. But it turns out where you live in America can play a major factor. Residents in Charleston, South Carolina and Naples, Florida, lived nearly a decade longer than the national average. The worst for your health? Mississippi, just 73 years old.

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