The number of confirmed cases of New Coronary Pneumonia in the United States has rapidly increased in the past two days, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases has exceeded 19,000. According to U.S. media reports, Richard Burr, the Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and a Republican, once told the public that the U.S. outbreak was preventable and controllable before the U.S. outbreak broke out and the stock market collapsed. Drop a lot of stock. At the same time, successive US senators have been exposed by the US media for selling shares in advance.

U.S. intelligence executives hide contagion

Selling stocks while insider trading

Republican Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina is the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee and a member of the Senate Health Committee. National Public Radio said Burr regularly listened to Senate briefings on the new crown epidemic. In 2006, he pushed Congress to draft the Pandemic and All Risks Prevention Act (PAHPA), the current legal framework for the federal government's response to the outbreak.

According to US media reports, Burr's stock trading records show that he and his wife sold 33 different stocks on February 13, with a total valuation of between 628,000 and 1.7 million US dollars, including $ 150,000 worth of Stocks from two hotel chains. The value of both companies has fallen significantly in recent weeks. He also sold $ 65,000 of Park Hotels & Resorts stock.

The data on Burr's stock sale was obtained by the US media through the public disclosure mechanism of relevant officials in the US Congress. He reported on February 27 his February 13 selling.

National Public Radio commented that Richard Burr was involved in drafting the U.S. epidemic response framework, but he has never issued the same level of warning to the public since February.

Earlier on February 7, Burr wrote in a column on the "Fox News" website that the United States (the way to deal with the epidemic) "is better prepared than ever" and Congress has developed a "legal framework "The Trump authorities have also" actively responded to the new crown epidemic "within the framework.

Multiple U.S. Senators

Being exposed to sell stocks in advance

Three other senators also sold large shares during Burr's stock sale. According to the disclosure, they are Diana Feinstein, a California Democrat and member of the Intelligence Committee, James Inhofer, an Oklahoma Republican, and Kelly Loveller, a Georgia Republican.

Diana Feinstein and her husband frantically sold off their shares on January 31, of which between $ 1 million and $ 5 million were sold in a single day of trading on February 18. The transaction form clearly shows that this is the stock of Allogene Therapeutics, a California biotechnology company.

A disclosure report showed that Mr. James Inhofer sold a large number of shares on January 27, including shares in PayPal, Apple and real estate company Brookfifield Asset Management, with a total value of $ 400,000.

Kelly Loveller, her husband Jeffrey Sprecher, also the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, has sold 27 stocks starting January 24, valued at millions of dollars. That day, Kelly Loveller said on social media that she attended a Senate briefing on coronavirus. The couple sold shares in ExxonMobil, Ross Department Store, and the Auto Strip. △ Kelly Loveller's transaction form

Comparable to the "1918 flu"

Burr warns privately

A secret recording exposed by the National Public Radio in the United States has caused thousands of waves in the United States. The recording shows that as early as February 27th at a luncheon called "Capitol Hill Club", Richard Burr warned some of the "relationship residents who have a good relationship" with him. It will spread like the "Great Flu of 1918" and prepare them.

That day, he said, "I can tell you one thing: it (referring to the new crown pneumonia epidemic) is spreading much faster than any infectious disease in recent years. It may be more similar to the world flu pandemic of 1918."

On the day Burr issued a serious warning, Trump was still trying to calm people's panic. He said, "One day, it will disappear like a miracle. It may get worse before the situation gets better, but (but) it may disappear. Let ’s see what happens next. what happened."

According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a total of 15 new cases of new pneumonia were confirmed in the United States on February 27. Today, the number of confirmed cases in the United States has exceeded 19,000.

"He slipped out of the exit when the theater caught fire.

I also sold tickets to women and children. "

Burr himself also posted on his social media account, claiming that the media was taking his words out of context. Under his net posts, a large number of American netizens questioned the matter.

Netizen: "You sold your stock and you were fully prepared, and also confirmed to the public that our government is ready. Resign."

Netizen: "He slipped away from the exit when the theater caught fire, and at the same time sold the tickets to women and children."

Netizen: "Senator Burr, do you feel proud when you look in the mirror, or maybe you feel that you have lost your sense of honor completely and forever? Just curious."

Netizen: "I voted to sue them."