For about 2 weeks, new cases of Coronavirus in China seemed to be increasing at a lower rate and showing signs of containment. Late last night, China increased its diagnosed cases by 15,000 in a single day, with 254 deaths in a single day. Which again indicates China has not been forthcoming about how truly widespread and uncontrolled the virus is.

China still won't allow CDC medical teams into the country to see what the true situation is.

Gordon Chang, interviewed by Lou Dobbs on Monday, let on that there is panic in Chinese cities, and (video shown) of Chinese officials going into people's homes and forcibly removing infected citizens with brutal force to an internment location, likely taking them somewhere to die in mass numbers out of public view. And that the number of cases could be two, three or even ten times the official number of cases reported by China.

I've been aware for some time that virtually every product is maanufactures in Coronavirus-infected China. A great deal of our packaged food, probably only fresh fruit and vegetables are grown domestically in the U.S., or maybe Mexico. The virus could come in on other products such as hardware or lumber or electronics. Or transmitted by those who deliver these items into U.S. shipping ports.
It will cause, and already has, a cataclysmic decline in China's economy. And will likely cause a decline in the U.S. economy by about 1%. Needless to say, many U.S. businesses are very reliant on Chinese suppliers. For both health and economic reasons, more reasons to return manufacturing to the U.S., to end U.S. reliance on maanufacturing from China, and to secure our borders from illegal immigration. So as not to leave the U.S. so exposed to an outbreak, or to a break in manufacturing supply again. And likewise, thank God we are now oil-independent for the first time in 70 years. We need to be manufacturing-independent and food-independent, pharmaceuticals-independent and electronics-independent as well.

On the plus side, the disease is expected to peak and level off in new cases by April, after which the hot weather should reduce new cases. Apparently pneumonia-type viruses don't survive and spread as well in hot weather.