What Happens If A Vaccine for The Coronavirus Never Gets Developed?

Countries are lying frozen in lockdown and multitudes of people are losing their livelihoods. Public figures are teasing breakthroughs which could mark the end of the crippling COVID-19 pandemic: a vaccine.

However, there’s one other, worst-case scenario: that no vaccine ever gets developed. In this scenario, the hopes of the public are repeatedly raised then dashed, as a variety of proposed options fall before the last hurdle.

Rather than wiping out the coronavirus, societies instead might learn to live with it. Cities would gradually open and some freedoms can be returned, yet on a short leash, if specialists' suggestions are followed. In the short term, physical tracing and testing will become a part of our lives; however, in most countries, a sudden direction to self-isolate might come during any moment. Treatments might be created -- yet disease outbreaks still could occur every year, and the worldwide death toll would continuously tick upwards.

It is a path that is seldom publicly countenanced by politicians, speaking optimistically in regard to human trials already underway to discover a vaccine. However, the possibility is taken seriously by several experts -- because it has happened before. Many times.

According to Dr. David Nabarro, professor of global health at Imperial College London, there are viruses that they still don’t have vaccines against. They cannot make an assumption that a vaccine is going to appear at all, or if it actually does appear, whether it’ll pass all of the tests of safety and efficacy.

Nabarro adds that it is critical that all societies get themselves within a position in which they have the ability to defend against COVID-19 as a constant threat, and to have the ability to go about economic activity and social life with COVID-19 in our midst.

Most specialists are confident that a coronavirus vaccine eventually will be created; partly because, unlike prior diseases such as malaria and HIV, COVID-19 doesn’t rapidly mutate.

Many, which includes Dr. Anthony Fauci, imply that it might occur in one year to 18 months. Additional figures, such as Chris Whitty, England's Chief Medical Officer, have veered towards the more distant part of the spectrum, and suggest that one year might be too soon.

However, even if a vaccine gets developed, bringing it to fruition within any of the above timeframes might be a feat never accomplished before.

What a life without the vaccine might look like

If a vaccine cannot be produced, life won’t remain as it currently is. It might not quickly return to normal.

According to experts, the lockdown isn’t sustainable economically, and probably not politically. Therefore, we have to have other things that can control it.

This means that, as countries begin creeping out of their paralyses, specialists could push governments to implement a new way of life and interaction in order to buy the world some time, in the months, years or even decades until the coronavirus can be eliminated through the use of a vaccine.

According to Nabarro, it’s critical to work on being coronavirus-ready. He’s calling for a new "social contract" where residents in each country, while beginning to go about their usual lives, take responsibility to self-isolate if they display symptoms or touch a possible coronavirus case.

It means that the culture of shrugging off light cold or cough symptoms and going into work ought to be over. In addition, experts expect a permanent change in attitudes in regard to remote working, with working from home becoming the norm for white collar workers. Companies may be expected to shift their rotations in order for offices to never be full.

Nabarro adds that it has to become a way of behaving that all of us ascribe to personal responsibility ... treating the ones in isolation as heroes instead of pariahs. "A collective pact for well-being and survival in the face of the virus threat.

It’ll be hard to do in poorer nations, Nabarro adds; therefore, discovering methods of supporting developing countries are going to become ‘especially politically tricky, yet also extremely important.’ Nabarro cites tightly packed migrant and refugee settlements as areas of extremely high concern.

Nabarro says in the short term, a vast program of contact tracing and testing might have to be implemented to permit life to function along with the coronavirus -- one that dwarfs any such program ever set up to battle an outbreak, and that remains some time away inside major countries such as the UK and the US.

Other experts point out that absolutely critical will it be to having a public health system in place which includes monitoring for syndromic surveillance, diagnosis in the workplace, contact tracing, and early communication about whether we must re-implement social distancing.

These systems would permit some social interactions to come back. If there is minimal transmission, it might be possible to open up things for sporting events and additional large gatherings, according to experts -- yet this type of a move wouldn’t be permanent and continually would be evaluated by public health bodies and governments.

This means that the NFL, Premier League, and additional mass events would move ahead with their routines so long as athletes are being tested regularly, and welcome fans in for weeks at a time -- maybe separated inside the stands -- before abruptly shutting stadiums if the threat increases.

Experts suggest that pubs and bars are also likely last on the list, because they’re overcrowded. They might reopen as restaurants, with some social distancing involved. Some countries in Europe have signaled they’ll begin to allow restaurants to serve patrons at vastly decreased capacity.

Restrictions are more than likely to return over the winter, and expert suggest that coronavirus peaks would occur each winter until a vaccine is presented.

And lockdowns, most of which are in the process of slowly being lifted, would return during any moment. Occasionally there’ll be outbreaks, movement will be limited -- and that might apply to areas of a country, or it might even apply to an entire country, Nabarro adds.

The more time goes by, the more imposing becomes the strongly debated idea of herd immunity -- reached as the majority of any given population, about 70 to 90 percent, becomes immune to infectious diseases. This does to some extent restrict spread, according to experts – even though population immunity that is caused by natural infection isn’t the best method of providing population immunity. The best method is through the use of a vaccine.

Measles is the ‘ideal example,’ say experts -- before vaccines became widespread, each year 2 - 3 million humans would obtain measles, and that’d be true here, as well. The amount of suffering and death from the coronavirus would be vast even if a massive part of the population isn’t susceptible.

All those predictions are tempered by a belief that a vaccine will, ultimately, be created. Experts state that they do think there will be a vaccine – there are plenty of funds, there is plenty of interest and the target is very clear.

However, if prior outbreaks have shown us anything, it is that searches for vaccines aren’t predictable. Experts end by saying they do not believe any vaccine has been quickly developed and that they would be shocked if we had a vaccine in 18 months.

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Our group, The New Journey Pac is one of America's leading Republican Conservative Afro-American groups in the USA. Our goal is to get more Afro-Americans to vote for President Trump and for other congressional Republicans in November.  The GOP must regain The House to de-throne her Majesty Nancy Pelosi. Plus keep the Senate and re-elect Donald Trump. 

We are the GOOD GUYS and we want to give hope and help to many less fortunate Blacks in poor areas by replacing the Democratic positions that have failed to fulfill their promises. Donald Trump has over delivered on his promises and that is why so many millions follow and support him. But he ONLY received 8%, yes only EIGHT PERCENT of the Black Vote in 2016. We aim to get that number MUCH, MUCH higher.

HOW...

Through EDUCATION and the power of their vote is what matters. That will enable things to change in their favor. Our website www.BlackCovid-19News.com  keeps up with why and how COVID-19 has had such a negative effect on the Black Nation and what they can do about protecting themselves.

If YOU want to help make a difference and can help please give what you can. Now. Every dollar makes a difference. We are still short of our $500,000 goal by the summer. However, we have just passed the $400,000 mark and are hopeful we will reach our goal. DONATE HERE.

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Top Virtual Vacation Ideas During the Pandemic

We’re mindful of the ones in the culinary, hospitality, and travel industry who are out of a job — the ones who make our family travels particularly memorable. If possible, use opportunities from businesses such as Walks, a group tour operator whose over 700 guides cover more than 15 destinations around the world, to help them.

The concept: Your loved ones share an activity in the privacy of their own home — make pasta or pizza, for instance, or virtually take a tour of the Metropolitan Museum, all while interacting on the internet with a guide as you might in real life. Those virtual tours cost only $10, and 100 percent of what you opt to tip goes to guides who are currently out of work. In addition, receive a $25 credit for future live Walks tours (good for 2 years).

Follow all of your favorite destinations to check what they’re offering. Here we cover top Virtual Family Travel ideas gathered in collaboration with TakingtheKids.com.

Adventuring w/ Austin Adventures Virtual Vacations

Austin Adventures, an award-winning family tour operator is notorious for leading all-age guided visits to the great outdoors worldwide. Currently limited to their headquarters in Montana, Kasey Austin, the CEO of the company, has started a sequence of one-hour-long virtual adventures to their leading destinations. Made for ages 6 to 12 with everyone invited, it’s possible to tour Alaska, Yellowstone and the local zoo, right now or at your convenience, since each one is recorded.

Alaska Bucket List Trip

It’s the time of year folks are placing the finishing touches on preparations to go to Alaska. This year, see or visit what research is going on at Denali National Park. View videos of Alaska wildlife and highly sought-after destinations whether you wish to be on the Alaska Railroad, watching whales in Seward, taking tours of Anchorage or more and select your own virtual experience in Alaska.

Animal Antics Woodstock, VT

Families may virtually meet newborn calves, fuzzy baby chicks, and small lambs in sweaters ; Life on a dairy farm in Vermont may be experienced via Billings Farm At Home’s landing page, bringing farm animals to family members with photographs, interactive content, which includes farm recipes to prepare at home, downloadable coloring pages of animals that feature sketches by Kristina Rodanas (artist) and directions on ways to create natural egg dye in your home to decorate Easter eggs.

Arizona Outdoors Virtually

Rafting on the Colorado River or fantasy visits to the Grand Canyon may have been cancelled yet it’s possible to take a virtual Arizona road trip or walk among the wildflowers inside Arizona. You can dig deep with Google Earth that recently introduced virtual tours of Grand Canyon. You can virtually go to the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff that is 125 years old via their live streams, as well as interactive stargazing on their YouTube channel. Scottsdale started Support Scottsdale that has a “play” section that has virtual activities and tours.

Beach Vibes Socal

Check out Malibu Beach Inn in Malibu’s live stream which offers fantastic Pacific views. Heading south, the Beach Cam from Hotel Del Coronado spotlights the coast off of San Diego. The San Diego Zoo, the city’s leading attraction, features live webcams and special San Diego Zoo Kids site with amazing animal facts.

Cape Canaveral, FL

People can take a tour of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and check out what Astronaut Training involves, in conjunction with downloadable activities you can do at home, thanks mainly to the Kennedy Space Center. If you have paper towel tubes, straws, and rubber bands, it’s possible to launch and build your own rocket! Or you can challenge the children to name a few of the household items which were invented for the space program. Do you have a cellphone or microwave anyone? If you wish to shoot for the moon, you can check out NASA STEM@Home programming for grades Kindergarten through 4^th grade, created to encourage future entrepreneurs and scientists with amazing activities.

Yoga Together

Enjoy a family yoga class courtesy of the indoor waterpark Great Wolf Lodges chain of hotels. Their option of poses and video that has characters showing every pose is particularly effective with preschool-aged kids.

For ages 6+, view the online yoga classes for kids and families streaming each Mon, Thur. and Sat from the New York’s Iyengar Yoga Institute, among the country’s top teaching facilities of the classical style of yoga that was pioneered by B.K.S. Iyengar in the 30s. Over 50 all-level sessions weekly — suitable for teenagers and older — are led by an assistant and master teacher who view participants and offer coaching in real-time.

Bring your Beach Towel to FL

Go to Florida, the state’s tourism office runs Florida Beach Finder that permits armchair visitors to virtually see Florida’s much-adored beaches. You will require sunglasses to assess their listing of 825 beaches in order for you to determine if you want a romantic, family friendly, or adventurous beach, among others. However, Florida is a lot more than beaches – it is eco-exploration in the Everglades and theme parks. There isn’t anything more Florida than live alligators, which it’s possible to meet on the “School of Crocs” Facebook Live show, as well as YouTube segment referred  to as “Later Gator” from Orlando, Florida’s Gatorland.

The New Journey Super Pac

Our group, The New Journey Pac is one of America's leading Republican Conservative Afro-American groups in the USA. Our goal is to get more Afro-Americans to vote for President Trump and for other congressional Republicans in November.  The GOP must regain The House to de-throne her Majesty Nancy Pelosi. Plus keep the Senate and re-elect Donald Trump. 

We are the GOOD GUYS and we want to give hope and help to many less fortunate Blacks in poor areas by replacing the Democratic positions that have failed to fulfill their promises. Donald Trump has over delivered on his promises and that is why so many millions follow and support him. But he ONLY received 8%, yes only EIGHT PERCENT of the Black Vote in 2016. We aim to get that number MUCH, MUCH higher.

HOW...

Through EDUCATION and the power of their vote is what matters. That will enable things to change in their favor. Our website www.BlackCovid-19News.com  keeps up with why and how COVID-19 has had such a negative effect on the Black Nation and what they can do about protecting themselves.

If YOU want to help make a difference and can help please give what you can. Now. Every dollar makes a difference. We are still short of our $500,000 goal by the summer. However, we have just passed the $400,000 mark and are hopeful we will reach our goal. DONATE HERE.

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Should Prisons Release Non-Violent Offenders?

Coronavirus spreads where humans congregate. With rare exception, COVID-19 preys on the weakest among people—the infirm, the sick, the elderly—which is the reason why it’s so harmful in places of detention. A disproportionate quantity of inmates are unwell, elderly, or both, and prisons are always unsanitary and frequently overcrowded. Many of the biggest outbreaks around the country are in places of detention.

However, the official response to COVID-19 in the prison system has been positively anemic. Most states have created guidelines meant to restrict the spread of the virus in their prisons, but most have thereby far resisted the most morally immediate solution: let inmates go. And not by the hundreds. Not even by the thousands. But hundreds of thousands of prisoners ought to be released from jail.

We give pause when we ask the question, “Who is, but shouldn’t be, in the prison system?” Even before coronavirus, we only had one available narrative which gave us a prepared answer to that question—the one given by The New Jim Crow, the most influential novel about criminal justice in the 21st century. By the author’s reasoning, the bulk of the ones who should not be incarcerated are war on drug victims, the majority of whom were brown and black, non-violent, low-level offenders. If we only could release those individuals, the mass incarceration problem could be solved—and the COVID-19 crisis averted.

But as most have seen, the author’s main contention is merely mistaken. We have more than 1.5M individuals inside our prisons alone, and an additional 630,000 inside jails, which together yields the greatest per capita rate of imprisonment around the world. However, most prisoners within this country—seventeen of every twenty—are held by the states, and the majority of state prisoners were convicted of a violent crime. Only around 15% are there for drug crimes, and the majority of these were convicted of trafficking or possessing with the intent to distribute. It is difficult to tell precisely how many folks in prison are non-violent, low-level drug offenders, yet oft-cited research from 2004 placed the figure somewhere between 1 – 2% of the imprisoned population, or between 15,000 to 30,000 individuals.

The governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, recently issued an executive order that directed the department of corrections to identify appropriate candidates for release, and noted in the preamble that ‘minimizing the quantity of people inside correctional facilities decreases the risk of rapid transmission of coronavirus between staff and residents . . . by better permitting for the institution of social distancing and additional mitigation efforts.’

To accomplish this goal, Wolf, a Dem who thinks of himself as a criminal justice reformer, ordered that the department identify “vulnerable” inmates eligible for release within the following 12 months. By “vulnerable,” Wolf meant anyone who’s at risk based on age, has an autoimmune disorder, is pregnant, or suffers with a “severe chronic medical condition” like heart disease or diabetes. In addition, he asked the department to identify prison inmates eligible for release within the following 9 months, irrespective of vulnerability. From that fraction, he then excluded anyone, irrespective of how vulnerable or how close their release was, serving time for a crime that involved personal injury, violence, drug trafficking, a deadly weapon, as well as anybody who was denied parole or has an outstanding felony or misdemeanor warrant. No matter how old the conviction might’ve been and irrespective of their present behavioral profile, if inmates in Pennsylvania fall into one of those additional categories, they aren’t qualified for release under his order.

Because of those carve-outs, the order will do basically nothing. The state estimates that 1,500 - 1,800 prison inmates come inside the literal terms of the order, although it predicts that fewer will eventually be released. The state of Pennsylvania incarcerates a little over 44,000 inmates, which means Wolf’s plan will decrease Pennsylvania’s  population in prison by approximately 3 – 4%. At the end of March 2020, Pennsylvania’s prisons were operating at 94.5% capacity, and 10 of 25 facilities in Pennsylvania were above or at 100% capacity, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

The order by Wolf won’t make a dent in the coronavirus crisis in PA prisons, although it’ll at least improve over the plan that was proposed by the state legislature that had the desire to cap releases at 450.

Decreasing prison populations by a few percentage points is akin to asking a couple of folks in the back row of an overcrowded movie theater to exit then telling everybody who is left to spread out.

Elderly offenders are less likely to recidivate. Osborne Association research found that around the nation, over 43% of all released people recidivate within 3 years, although only 7% of the ones aged 50 to 64, and only 4% of the ones over age 65, go back to prison for brand-new convictions—the lowest rates of all imprisoned age demographics.

If we wish to provide for social distancing in the prison system, the safest, surest method includes releasing everyone over age 50.

The New Jim Crow provided a painless prescription: quit sending young brown and black males to prison for minor drug crimes. The step could end mass incarceration and reverse years of racial injustice. Plus, the measure would be simple, since the crack epidemic ended by the time the novel appeared. Most importantly, if we took this measure, we would be able to double down on everything else.

We would be able to increase sentences for violent crimes, as that wasn’t part of the problem. We would be able to sentence more individuals to life in prison, because that wasn’t part of the problem. We would be able to keep hundreds of thousands of individuals in prison until they pass away, because this too wasn’t part of the problem. The issue was the nonviolent, low-level offender. And since we weren’t sending these folks to prison, concentrating our attention on them didn’t require that we actually do anything differently. More importantly, we didn’t need to release lots of individuals. In short, we can sympathetically gaze at the mental image of a young brown or black man languishing in the prison system for a trivial drug crime because it isn’t real.

While we have your attention...

...we’re asking for your help. Confronting the myriad of challenges of coronavirus—from the economic to the medical, the political to the social—demands all the moral and clarity we can muster. Recently, an open letter to Governor Ron DeSantis in Florida was written about how black people constituted 17% of state residents, but there were 39% of people in jail and 47% of people in prison. Since 1970, the total jail population has increased 513%.  The letter would apply to many governors as many of the Afro-American prisoners languishing in prisons are non-violent offenders and now with COVID-19 approaching, they’re sitting ducks in their cell blocks. You can read the open letter here.

The New Journey Super Pac

Our group, The New Journey Pac is one of America's leading Republican Conservative Afro-American groups in the USA. Our goal is to get more Afro-Americans to vote for President Trump and for other congressional Republicans in November.  The GOP must regain The House to de-throne her Majesty Nancy Pelosi. Plus keep the Senate and re-elect Donald Trump. 

We are the GOOD GUYS and we want to give hope and help to many less fortunate Blacks in poor areas by replacing the Democratic positions that have failed to fulfill their promises. Donald Trump has over delivered on his promises and that is why so many millions follow and support him. But he ONLY received 8%, yes only EIGHT PERCENT of the Black Vote in 2016. We aim to get that number MUCH MUCH higher.

HOW...

Through EDUCATION and the power of their vote is what matters. That will enable things to change in their favor. Our website www.BlackCovid-19News.com  keeps up with why and how COVID-19 has had such a negative effect on the Black Nation and what they can do about protecting themselves.

If YOU want to help make a difference and can help please give what you can. Now. Every dollar makes a difference. We are still short of our $500,000 goal by the summer. However, we have just passed the $400,000 mark and are hopeful we will reach our goal. DONATE HERE.

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How Many Coronaviruses Are There?

In order to better understand the COVID-19 and SARS-Cov-2 virus, the disease it leads to, from an infectious disease viewpoint, some specialists recommend seeing coronaviruses categorically as “new” and “old” as far as how long the viruses have been infecting human beings.

A Cleveland Clinic pediatric infectious disease expert, Frank Esper, MD, states that genetically they’re differentiated into 4 groups: delta, gamma, beta, and alpha coronaviruses; only beta and alpha coronaviruses have been discovered to infect human beings.

The older coronaviruses in humans were originally identified in the 1960s, yet have probably circulated in human beings for hundreds of years. Those include HKU1 (beta coronavirus), OC43 (beta coronavirus), NL63 (alpha coronavirus) and 229E (alpha coronavirus).  Those older iterations mainly present with mild respiratory infections, except for beta coronavirus HKU1, which also can trigger gastrointestinal infection, according to Dr. Esper.

The doctor refers to newer coronaviruses as “the true emerging infectious diseases.” Those include SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV (MERS), and SARS-CoV (SARS). According to the doctor, those are strains which have gone through recent animal-to-people transition. It may occur when a virus mutates right to human beings, or via a second species which then further mutates to a human pathogen.

He adds that it’s what we witnessed with SARS in the years 2002 and 2003 and MERS in the year 2012 and probably what just occurred with SARS-CoV-2.

Such viral mutations mainly occur in animal species — and mostly remain in animals — however, when a rare mutation permits transmission into people, our immune systems are actually less-equipped to deal with the disease. It’s the case with those more massive epidemics we’ve seen; even though, it is vital to bear in mind, just because a mutation is showing human transmission, does not mean it is reproducing well.

In instances of SARS-CoV-2, SARS and MERS, reproduction was successful enough to spread from animal-to-person then from person-to-person, yet that does not mean there was enough evolution to become a persistent pathogen to humans.

According to Dr. Esper, when those virus mutations enable transmission to people, their survival becomes dependent upon optimization of virus infection between people. A fast response from the public health may mitigate the likelihood of that by restricting the spread of infection in people and, thereby, decreasing the opportunity of more efficient, new viruses from coming on the scene. In some instances, unpredictable variables also might work to suppress the virus’ spread, such as weather conditions or additional circulating pathogens.

Dr. Esper adds that they’re still speculating why SARS vanished. One theory is that while SARS had the ability to cause transmission from one person to another, the virus did not have the ability to go from one season over to the next. It pretty much got its single winter transmission season and mostly vanished and never returned.

In order to put the more modern-day coronaviruses in perspective, the case/death rate for SARS was 9.6 percent; the virus infected 8,098 humans during the outbreak of 2003 and 774 of those cases were deadly. The MERS 2012 outbreak, unlike SARS, continuously infects multiple dozens of individuals every year. According to The World Health Organization, since September of 2012, there’ve been 858 fatalities and 2,494 confirmed cases. a case-death rate of 34.4 percent.

The SARS-Cov-2 virulence remains to be seen, though it has shown substantial adaptability to spread from one person to another in areas of outbreak and also outpaced SARS in quantity of documented fatalities and cases. According to Dr. Esper, the actual quantity of infected individuals still will take time to confirm.

‘New’ Coronaviruses and Globalization

In addition, the “new” coronaviruses have taught humans a lot about infectious disease within an age of globalization.

It has been almost two decades since the outbreak of SARS occurred. According to Dr. Esper, that was a time in infectious disease history which emphasized the implications of a pandemic, for better and for worse, within an age of increased global connectivity.

He adds that it was a wake-up call. They witnessed the virus’s capability of circulating rapidly across countries and within new global areas. On the flip side, they also witnessed a significant collaborative response among regions and countries to stop and prevent its spread.

WHO created a global outbreak response and alert network right after the outbreak of SARS. They’ve continued to strengthen those efforts in order to equip clinicians with resources and tools that manage the care of patients and offer safety alerts and real-time data to the general public.

However, it stands to reason that they aren’t playing catch-up as much with this particular virus as they were with the prior MERS and SARS pandemic influenza or coronaviruses, where by the time they realized there was a fresh virus strain, it had already spread somewhere else in the world.

What is next?

Currently, there isn’t any COVID-19 vaccine, even though efforts at developing one are underway. According to Dr. Esper, developing a vaccine is just a part of the task. You must ensure that this vaccine is effective, safe, and may be stably transported to humans who require it, and not only in a single country yet around the world. Growing this virus to create a viable candidate for a vaccine is a critical step; however, there still are several others.

In the United States, a clinical trial is evaluating using a broad-spectrum antiviral medication referred to as remdesivir that treats COVID-19, yet thus far there isn’t any data to validate the drug’s efficacy to treat this disease strain.

These swiftly evolving circumstances means clinicians must stay vigilant and updated on public health guidelines, bearing in mind that there’s still a lot more we’re going to learn about the virus.

Dr. Esper concludes by noting that at this point, there isn’t any treatment. There isn’t any vaccine. The best thing to do is provide everyone the data needed about how to protect themselves, which also will help to mitigate further spread.

The New Journey Super Pac

Our group, The New Journey Pac is one of America's leading Republican Conservative Afro-American groups in the USA. Our goal is to get more Afro-Americans to vote for President Trump and for other congressional Republicans in November.  The GOP must regain The House to de-throne her Majesty Nancy Pelosi. Plus keep the Senate and re-elect Donald Trump. 

We are the GOOD GUYS and we want to give hope and help to many less fortunate Blacks in poor areas by replacing the Democratic positions that have failed to fulfill their promises. Donald Trump has over delivered on his promises and that is why so many millions follow and support him. But he ONLY received 8%, yes only EIGHT PERCENT of the Black Vote in 2016. We aim to get that number MUCH MUCH higher.

HOW...

Through EDUCATION and the power of their vote is what matters. That will enable things to change in their favor. Our website www.BlackCovid-19News.com  keeps up with why and how COVID-19 has had such a negative effect on the Black Nation and what they can do about protecting themselves.

If YOU want to help make a difference and can help please give what you can. Now. Every dollar makes a difference. We are still short of our $500,000 goal by the summer. However we have just passed the $400,000 mark and are hopeful we will reach our goal. DONATE HERE.

FREE Special Trump Coin

Black Voters Who Don't Support Biden 'Aren't Black'

It was an opportunity for Biden to connect with an important voter group who assisted him in clinching the Democratic nomination and are critical to his chances in November: one appearance on a radio show that is popular with African-American audiences, “The Breakfast Club.”

Instead, Joe’s suggestion that blacks considering voting for Trump “ain’t black” rapidly overshadowed the remainder of the interview, and ricocheted around social media, which drew fire from black Dems and culminated with Biden hurrying to express regret for those comments.

However, the episode provided an awkward reminder that while the presumptive nominee leads Donald Trump in the polls and long has performed particularly well among blacks, his relationship with this target audience still is faced with tests.

Many black activists argued that while African American voters powered Joe to victory within a competitive primary race, he must make sure that the population remains energized for November. Plus, even some Joe backers state they had concerns that this episode might damage the former VP’s position.

According to Angela Rye, a previous Congressional Black Caucus executive director and top Democratic activist, it almost came across like black folks need Biden more than Biden needs blacks. She adds that ‘it’s a party that we have committed our votes and our lives to, and we’re tired of being taken for granted, and being silenced and treated as invisible.’

Trump’s campaign instantly seized on the statements to attempt to drive a wedge between Joe and his voter base. Trump’s campaign even began to sell tee shirts reading, #YouAintBlack - Joe Biden.

The current president has a history of racist statements and has struggled with the black voting community for a long time. However, he’s hoping to improve that margin in 2020, especially in swing states such as Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Trump’s campaign has plans to open field offices in majority-African American cities and encouraged blacks to sign up for updates by texting the term “woke” to a campaign number.

The recent exchange happened during a contentious interview with Charlamagne Tha God, a radio host who pushed Joe on his record. Once a Biden aide signaled that it was time for Joe to wrap up, Charlamagne stated, ‘You cannot do that to black media.’ Then, he said to Biden that he should return to the show before November because they had more questions for him.

Biden responded by basically saying, ‘You got more questions, but I will tell you, if there’s an issue figuring out whether you are for me or President Trump, you ain’t black.’

Charlamagne replied by basically saying that ‘It doesn’t have anything to do with President Trump, it has to do with this fact — I want something for the community.’

In a recent Washington Post interview, Charlamagne stated that Mr. Biden must work to win over the black vote. According to Charlamagne, the older African American voting community knew the Joe who was in the Senate who helped blacks and was there for blacks. He added that, however, ‘we know 1986 crack laws Joe. We know 1994 crime bill Joe. We know 1984 mandatory minimum sentences Joe. That is what he has come to learn. Therefore, Biden must win us over.’

Biden, within hours, on a call with the U.S. Black Chambers, regretted his comments. According to Biden, no one ought to vote for any party based upon their background, religion or race. Biden added that there are black people who believe Trump is worth voting for. . . He is ready to put his record against Trump’s.

However, Trump’s approval rating with African Americans might be higher than people think.

An overlooked voter group is now emerging as a possible threat for Democrats: young males of color.

According to interviews with top Republican and Democratic strategists and review of polling information, male Latino and African American voters — especially the ones under 35 — are showing an openness to Trump’s bid for re-election.

Driven by a greater acceptance of Trump’s behavior and once-strong economy, their interest is substantial enough to alarm Dems that the overwhelming support they usually count on from African Americans might be diminished in November, with possibly severe consequences in a tight election.

The New Journey Super Pac

Our group, The New Journey Pac is one of America's leading Republican Conservative Afro-American groups in the USA. Our goal is to get more Afro-Americans to vote for President Trump and for other congressional Republicans in November.  The GOP must regain The House to de-throne her Majesty Nancy Pelosi. Plus keep the Senate and re-elect Donald Trump. 

We are the GOOD GUYS and we want to give hope and help to many less fortunate Blacks in poor areas by replacing the Democratic positions that have failed to fulfill their promises. Donald Trump has over delivered on his promises and that is why so many millions follow and support him. But he ONLY received 8%, yes only EIGHT PERCENT of the Black Vote in 2016. We aim to get that number MUCH MUCH higher.

HOW...

Through EDUCATION and the power of their vote is what matters. That will enable things to change in their favor. Our website www.BlackCovid-19News.com  keeps up with why and how COVID-19 has had such a negative effect on the Black Nation and what they can do about protecting themselves.

If YOU want to help make a difference and can help please give what you can. Now. Every dollar makes a difference. We are still short of our $500,000 goal by the summer. However we have just passed the $400,000 mark and are hopeful we will reach our goal. DONATE HERE.